The 22-year-old youth worker from Nipissing First Nation said she picked up a few lessons to share while attending the Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself HIV-AIDS Conference at Best Western North Bay.
Conditions of poverty in the inner city and on reserves lead to self-destructive lifestyles, with HIV transmission rampant among addicts sharing needles and those involved in the sex trade.
A Canadore College student who started taking early childhood education and continued into the social work program, she said the best part of the conference was hearing from people who knew what they were talking about. read more
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