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According to a report by the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, the number of Canadians living with HIV/AIDS increased 40 per cent between 1996 and 2002. One group is over-represented in those statistics: aboriginal people. First Nations people are at increased risk for HIV infections for several reasons. Social, economic, and behavioural factors such as poverty, substance use, including injection drug use, sexually transmitted diseases, and limited access to health services, have increased their vulnerability. Jason Peacemaker tells his own personal story about HIV and addiction.
Emon Hassan
Posted on March 04, 2007 at 04:11 PM | Permalink
Review of Jason Peacemaker
This five minute diary by singer/songwriter Jason Peacemaker will break your heart. He represents a group, aboriginal people - who remain largely unnoticed by us folks, infected with HIV and addiction. That does not prevent him from looking at a better future by helping fight both. He was only 32 when the piece was produced. But you hear a wise man who is out of tears, but full of hope.