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Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, items CN035_1 and CN035_2 (back). An happy old Aboriginal man, wearing a fare coat with the hood over a ski hat. Behind him is a scene of water and shore before mountains with black cloud in sky. In bottom of poster a picture shows an smiling native Canadian woman with additional inscription:My name is Zipporah Ypma. I am an Inuk woman born in Main Labrador. I worked as a nursing assistant in Labrador for many years. I have two grown children born after a year-long stint in the Armed Forces. I spent a number of years in the Arctic communities of Clyde River and Yellowknife. When I came to Ottawa, I agreed to join the steering committee of the Canadian Inuit HIV/AIDS Network and add my voice to the growing number of Inuit working to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS among our people. I do my best to encourage people to reach out with open hearts to those in need and help them to understand that this is just a disease. It does not change the true spirit of people living with HIV or AIDS. Discrimination is rooted in fear. Combating fear requires all of us to make sure others have the facts and that we remind them of the Inuit values and traditions of caring and concern for our community members in need. For more information on Aboriginal people and HIV/AIDS call the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network toll-free 1-800-285-2226 or go to our webpage at WWW.caan.ca.
Type
image
Identifier
CN035_1 CN035_2 ark:/21198/zz0002wtpr
Language
English
Subject
Awareness Discrimination Fear Indigenous peoples--Canada AIDS (Disease)--Information services
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