My HIV Story: enriching lives and changing mindsets

Sean

Neuropsychologist & Scientist, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions

It's All About Shifting Mindsets & Enriching Lives

“Canada is a wonderful country but these experiences (stigma) are not ones that I think people should endure… there are different things we bring to the table… and people make decisions about those things without always knowing really what it means. I think giving a human face to a person, to their experiences and dimensions of them, sheds light on making this better....”

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