We have great medicines and testing for HIV, yet HIV is on the rise in Manitoba. How can we as service providers and community members adjust to better connect to HIV and our relatives who might experience it?
Join the Do it Better, Do it Safer Network for our free Lunch and Learn on December 3rd to to discuss ideas on reducing stigma in our practice and person with STBBI's and how to best access resources locally.
All are welcome and hot lunch will be provided. If attending virtually, please email
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Supported by Selkirk Community Renewal Corporation and the The Selkirk Friendship Centre.
Panelists:
Robyn Sugden and John Schellenberg (Community Connect):
Robyn is a local sex educator who specializes in neurodiversity and inclusive sex education, with a particular focus on community building, reducing shame surrounding sex and sexuality, and bridging gaps in services. She started Project Community Connect with Dr. John Schellenberg in April 2025 which is a grassroots sexual health promotion and sexual health community service navigation project in Winnipeg and surrounding areas.
John has been working on community-based HIV prevention projects since 1991 and was a member of the team that created Nine Circles CHC and Sunshine House in the late 1990s. John went back to school in 2001 and received my PhD in medical microbiology at the U of M in 2010. In 2020, John started Lamp Diagnostics, a non-profit addressing community readiness and supports for rapid screening programs in support of public health. John is very excited about partnering with Robyn Sugden in developing Community Connect, offering sexual health information and distributing prevention resources at X Club Winnipeg on a regular basis since April.
Chrissy Rowan - is a Nurse Practitioner based in Selkirk, Manitoba. She earned her Practical Nursing certificate from Assiniboine Community College in 2002, her Bachelor of Nursing degree from the University of Manitoba in 2010, and her Master of Nursing degree from Athabasca University in 2018. Chrissy has practiced as a Nurse Practitioner since 2019 and has served as a primary care NP at Selkirk Primary Care Clinic since 2020.
She is deeply committed to health equity, the social determinants of health, and the effective use of health-care resources—principles that guide her harm-reduction–focused approach to care.
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Manitoba Harm Reduction Network
Gaynor Family Regional Library
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