CANFAR Annual Report FY25

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CANFAR BY THE NUMBERS FY25: THE YEAR IN REVIEW LETTER FROM THE CHAIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESEARCH CYCLE 32 CAHR-CANFAR AWARDS CANFAR-CTN+ POST-DOC AWARD STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION FUND & PROJECTS SEXFLUENT KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION NATIONAL AMBASSADORS

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WORLD AIDS DAY BLOOR STREET ENTERTAINS 28 AIDSBEAT 28 CAN YOU DO LUNCH? GROWTH OF LEGACY PROJECT DONORS (FY25) SILENT AUCTION PARTNERS EVENT CO-CHAIRS EVENT COMMITTEES LEADERSHIP TRANSITION CANFAR STAFF & CONSULTANTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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INSIDE THIS REPORT

$1,616,900 TOTAL INVESTED IN RESEARCH, NATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAMS & STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS

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BY THE NUMBERS

16,073 PEOPLE SERVED AT THE CANFARFUNDED RAPID TESTING LAB AT HQ TORONTO SINCE LAUNCH

$1.7 MILLION RECORD BREAKING AMOUNT RAISED AT BSE28

2.53 MILLION CANADIAN YOUTH REACHED THROUGH SEXFLUENT PROGRAMMING

$2,369,000

$500,000

FUNDS RAISED AT CANFAR EVENTS

DESIGNATED FUNDS FOR STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS

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GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS BROKEN

EVENT CO-CHAIRS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS

SELF-PRODUCED EVENTS

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OUR HEALTHBOXES LAUNCHED IN PRIORITY COMMUNITIES

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FY25: THE YEAR IN REVIEW CANFAR CEO Alex Filiatrault attends the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany.

CANFAR announces Crystal Waters as Bloor Street Entertains headliner.

Sexfluent launches its new Sexfluent Squad members to help reach priority youth across Canada digitally.

CANFAR hosts its Patrons Circle reception at the private home of the Gotliebs.

CANFAR Legacy Project Toronto hosts a pre-BSE styling event at Gotstyle.

The BSE committee assembled at Fairmont Royal York for the annual awareness photoshoot.

CANFAR Legacy Project hosts its Montreal Pride event at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth.

CANFAR Legacy Project hosts its Capital Pride brunch & dance party in partnership with Invest Ottawa.

CANFAR hosts its semi-annual in-person National Ambassador gathering at Ambassador Matt Hyams home.

Thom Browne hosts an exclusive shopping event in support of CANFAR at their Yorkdale location.

CANFAR hosts the first Can You Do Lunch? Vancouver at TELUS Garden with co-chairs Christie Garofalo & Jay McCauley.

CANFAR launches its annual national World AIDS Day campaign focused on revitalizing the red ribbon campaign.

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FY25: THE YEAR IN REVIEW CANFAR & Gilead break the Guinness World Record for most awareness ribbons made in an hour by a team at the 519.

CANFAR & Gilead break the Guinness World Record for world’s largest awareness ribbon mosaic in downtown Ottawa.

CANFAR hosts the recordbreaking 28th edition of Bloor Street Entertains, raising over $1.7 million.

CANFAR hosts its biannual staff planning session to prepare for the calendar year.

CANFAR hosts an intimate evening at Park Hyatt to thank our dedicated volunteer events committee members.

CANFAR launches its annual Love In, Stigma Out campaign to raise awareness about HIV stigma in Canada.

CANFAR attends CAAN’s annual parliamentary breakfast to mark Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week.

CANFAR announces new board members Al Ramsay, Sven Byl, Chanakya Sethi, and Candice Sinclair.

CANFAR Legacy Project Montreal hosts its holiday membership gathering at Jacopo.

CANFAR & CTN+ launch calls for proposals for the next Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.

CANFAR Legacy Project Toronto hosts its Love In event at Harriet’s Rooftop at 1 Hotel Toronto.

CANFAR launches Cycle 32 researcher series to showcase the latest grants selected by our Scientific Advisory Committee.

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FY25: THE YEAR IN REVIEW CANFAR Legacy Project Montreal hosts its Love In event at Hotel William Gray.

CANFAR Legacy Project Ottawa hosts its Love In event at La Nouvelle Scènes Gilles Dejardins downtown.

Sexfluent partners with SExT to deliver youth education and awareness in the Algonquins of the Barrière Lake.

Bloor Street Entertains is awarded Canada’s Most Outstanding Event at the annual Canadian Event Awards.

CANFAR presents the annual CAHR-CANFAR Excellence in HIV/AIDS Awards at the 34th CAHR conference in Halifax.

CANFAR launches its second Our Healthbox with funding from BMO at Dixon Hall in downtown Toronto.

CANFAR launches its first Our Healthbox with funding from BMO at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

CANFAR Legacy Project Toronto hosts its spring event at Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer.

CANFAR hosts the 13th annual Can You Do Lunch? with a panel discussing HIV & Aging moderated by Valerie Pringle.

CANFAR hosts its annual AIDSBEAT concert at El Mocambo, featuring bands from Toronto’s top Bay Street firms.

CANFAR attends the launch of the annual LCBO Love Pairs With Everything campaign for which CANFAR is a beneficiary.

CANFAR Legacy Project Toronto hosts its annual Pride Brunch & March with our own Grand Marshall, Gigi Gorgeous.

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D LE AN N G N I R YP RSO R AND POKESPE I A H C E NAL S INGL NATIO LERIE PR VA

HIV is still here. Diagnoses are increasing, while funding is decreasing. We’re less than five years away from the 2030 target of eradicating HIV/AIDS as a public health threat – and at the rate we’re going, it’s likely Canada will miss this threshold; unless something bold is done, and fast.

For nearly four decades we’ve invested in groundbreaking Canadian research that has changed HIV science and led to incredible discoveries that have changed the prognosis for people living with HIV. We helped develop highly-active antiretroviral therapy in the mid-90s, funded studies that pushed PrEP through Health Canada approval in the 2010s, and even helped get HIV self-test kits approved for public use in 2020.

Over the past several year’s, we’ve sought to enhance our impact and to invest in underfunded areas that are critical to ending this epidemic, whose first case in Canada was discovered in March 1982.

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This year marked a significant shift for CANFAR with the introduction of our Strategic Implementation Fund, the outcome of our National Strategic Task Force that was convened throughout 2023 and 2024.

Implementation research is an evolving field that explores how realworld evidence can inform and improve the adoption of evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies— particularly within healthcare and public health settings.

For CANFAR, this means working with community partners across the country to get HIV testing to those who need it most through the adoption of GeneXpert testing instruments. These rapid and mobile testing machines can be deployed nimbly and remove the burden of access for under-resourced populations.

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It also means installing more Our Healthboxes. In 2025, CANFAR funded four machines. Our Health- . boxes are free, accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and distribute HIV self-test kits and other sexual health supplies anonymously.

The benefits of these programs cannot be overstated: with GeneXpert testing, we can screen and diagnose new cases of HIV in 90 minutes, and subsequently connect people to antiretroviral medications within less than 24 hours. With HIV self-test kits, a screening diagnosis can be had in less than 2 minutes; and follow-up care is just a phone call away.

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

We have the tools today to end the HIV epidemic in Canada. But the resources aren’t where we need them to be. CANFAR is following the lead of the World Health Organization and helping Canada decentralize HIV testing so we can bring these services directly into the communities that need them most.

As we ramp up our investments in implementation science, we hope to have an even greater impact on our domestic epidemic by filling gaps in health inequities for priority populations.

Alongside continuing to fund Canada’s brilliant researchers as they search for a cure, and increasing national awareness for key demographics, CANFAR is acting swiftly and boldly in coordination with our community partners to provide innovative solutions that reach people in culturallysensitive safe spaces so they can access the healthcare services they need without stigma or discrimination.

ANDREW PRINGLE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANFAR

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ANDREW PRINGLE

CHANAKYA SETHI

ROBERT HOPPENHEIM

JAIME WATT

Vice-Principal, Administration & Innovation, Upper Canada College

CASEY ANTOLAK

JEFFREY KROEKER

LEEANNE WELD KOSTOPOLOUS

PATRICIA OLASKER

WILLIAM FLANAGAN

CM, Chair, RP Investment Advisors

PATTI MACNICOL

Partner, Davies Ward Phillip & Vineberg LLP

CHARLES ARMSTRONG

Chair, Armstrong Fluid Technology

DR. NOTISHA MASSAQUOI

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto & Founding Director of the Black Health Equity Lab

DR. STANLEY READ

Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto

DR. MICHAEL GRANT

Associate Dean BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Partner, Davies Ward Phillip & Vineburg LLP Vice President, Scotiabank President, Vice Chancellor, University of Alberta

MARIE HENEIN

Senior Partner, Henein Hutchison LLP SYLVIA MANTELLA Vice President Marketing, Sponsorship, and Philanthropy, Mantella Corporation JOHN PRATO Deputy Chair & Executive Director, TD Securities

Head Brand Strategy, Creative & Communications, Hoppenheim & Co Partner, Civis Law LLP

STEPHEN B. LEWIS

Chair, Stephen Lewis Foundation

TONY PEDARI, FCPA

Partner, Risk Assurance Services, PwC

Executive Chairman, Navigator Limited Sales Representative, Royal LePage Real Estate

TREVOR STRATTON

Coordinator, International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS at CAAN

Chief AI Officer & VP, Enterprise Technology

PAUL NOBLE Senior Vice-President & Chief Legal Officer, Enterprise Legal and Corporate Secretary

AL RAMSAY

MAXIME ST-PIERRE

SVEN BYL

Vice President-Head 2SLGBTQ+ & Black Customer Segments, TD Bank Group

CANDICE SINCLAIR

Entrepreneur and Business Leader, fundraising for BOOST, SickKids, CANFAR, & National Ballet of Canada

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Gestion Maxime St-Pierre Inc

TOM RANSON

Client Associate, CIBC Wood Gundy

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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MICHAEL GRANT, PhD - Co-Chair

Professor, Immunology, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

PAUL SANDSTROM, PhD - Co-Chair

Director, National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratories, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, PHAC

LISA BARRETT, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, Dalhousie Uni.

ALAN COCHRANE, PhD

Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto

HÉLÈNE CÔTÉ, PhD

Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia

DANIEL GRACE, MA, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Sexual and Gender Minority Health; Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

CHRISTINA GUZZO, PhD

Associate Professor of Virology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough

TREVOR HART, PhD, C. PSYCH

Ontario HIV Treatment Network Applied HIV Research Chair in Gay and Bisexual Men’s Health, Professor and Director, HIV Prevention Lab, Department of Psychology, Ryerson University

CARMEN LOGIE, PhD

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia

MICHAEL HAWKES, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta

CHEN LIANG, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University; Interim Director, McGill AIDS Centre, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University

MONA LOUTFY, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute; Staff Physician, Women’s College Hospital

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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADRIENNE MEYERS, PhD

Director, Laboratory Integration Office of Population and Public Health, Indigenous Services Canada

RALPH PANTOPHLET, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

STANLEY READ, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children; Consultant HIV/AIDS Family Centered Care Program Division for Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto

RENÉE MASCHING

Indigenous Community-based researcher, Seven Directions Consulting

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WE’VE INVESTED OVER $26 MILLION AND AWARDED OVER 575 GRANTS TO HIV/AIDS RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT HAVE LED TO TREMENDOUS BREAKTHROUGHS IN HIV PREVENTION, TESTING, TREATMENT, STIGMA, AND THE SEARCH FOR A CURE. WE SOLICIT & ADVANCE IDEAS FOR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS FROM RESEARCHERS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO. WE HAVE ADVANCED HIV KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE, AND ARE DETERMINED TO FILL THE GENDER AND RACE GAPS IN HIV RESEARCH. — CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $290,000

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HIV & SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AMONG GAY, BI & OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. BERTRAND LEBOUCHÉ

DISCOVERING WHY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN’T GET RID OF HIV? PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. MARIO OSTROWSKI

HIV & MENOPAUSE: ADDRESSING THE GENDER GAP IN IMMUNE RESEARCH PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. JULIE LAJOIE

Sexual dysfunctions are more common among men living with HIV than men living without HIV. In current research on sexual dysfunction, only expert voices are often heard. Dr. Lebouché and team know we need to hear directly from patients.

HIV stays in some of our immune system cells even with antiretroviral therapy, making it nearly impossible to eliminate completely from the body. Dr. Ostrowski and his team posit the body could get rid of HIV reservoirs with our immune ‘killer cells’. But there’s a catch: Killer cells in people living with HIV and on antiretroviral treatment are often not as effective as killer cells found in people not living with the virus. This phenomena is called ‘T Cell exhaustion’.

The ‘gender data gap’ refers to the lack of adequate, accurate, and comprehensive data on women and gender non-conforming folks, leading to underrepresentation and skewed perspectives in data collection, analysis, and decision-making.

Dr. Lebouché, PhD student Francesco Avallone, and the research team aim to conduct 30 semi-structured interviews with gbMSM living with HIV in Montreal who have experienced sexual dysfunction. This project will recruit participants through HIV clinics, community groups, magazines, and online platforms.

Dr. Lebouché and Mr. Avallone will gather recommendations from participants to create a patient-centered model of sexual dysfunction care.

Dr. Ostrowski and his team will analyze cells in a 3D culture system that mimics the lymph nodes in the body and track the performance of killer cells. If we can get to the heart of why these cells are exhausted, we can try to improve killer cell functionality for better immune responses.

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RESEARCH CYCLE 32 Women experience hormonal changes for most of their lives – but especially in menopause. Menopause is a natural process that happens to women as they age. This study aims to understand how aging as a woman living with HIV impacts the immune response. Our immune system may be less responsive or more tired, which can increase inflammation. This study will determine if menopause changes how T cells are activated and respond to viral infections. Changes in their activation profile may increase susceptibility to HIV.

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A SILENT EPIDEMIC: LONELINESS, SEXUAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE USE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. SHAYNA SKAKOON-SPARLING

WHAT ARE HIV CLUSTERS & HOW CAN THEY INFORM PREVENTION STRATEGIES? PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. BLUMA BRENNER

DISCOVERING WHY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN’T GET RID OF HIV? PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. AMY GILLGRASS

UNLOCKING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO HIV’S IMMUNE EVASION PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR. ANDREW MOULAND

Black sexual minority men are often sidelined in HIV prevention research.

By examining patterns in HIV genetic data, we can better understand how the virus moves through populations– which can help inform better and more targeted prevention and testing strategies.

Dr. Gillgrass and her research team are currently investigating improving the Shock and Kill approach for HIV cure using a technique that has been successfully used in cancer treatment. This approach combines our bodies’ special natural killer (NK) cells, with drugs that can reanimate dormant HIV. First, drugs called latencyreversing agents are used to reactivate latent HIV hiding in immune cells (the ‘shock’). Then, the reactivated cells can be targeted and killed by the body's immune system or anti-HIV drugs (‘the kill’). This study aims to gather evidence about the potential use of a novel kill agent in the HIV 'Shock and Kill' cure method, and based on its results, will hopefully allow Dr. Gillgrass and other researchers to expand the scope of applying this method to finding a cure for HIV.

HIV-1's capsid is a protective shell that helps the virus avoid being detected by the immune system. Dr. Mouland and team will test if the HIV-1 capsid avoids detection by the immune system’s cGAS sensor – a protein that detects foreign DNA and triggers an immune response.

Dr. Skakoon-Sparling and co-lead Garfield Durrant want to ensure their research takes a participatory action approach, which will allow them to work closely with community members to determine what resources, interventions, and supports are needed for providing culturally safe care. This research project will be conducted through an online survey with 200 Black immigrant gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. The results of this survey will help the research team to use community input in highlighting and exploring gaps in sexual health prevention for African, Caribbean and Black newcomers in Canada to inform systemic changes and improve sexual health outcomes.

Dr. Brenner and her team believe that studying the genetic makeup of HIV can give us better insight into how HIV spreads, beyond traditional methods.

This approach combines genetic analysis with patient demographics and behaviours to identify factors driving the spread of HIV among MSM and racialized communities in Quebec.

Phylogenetic network analyses will map the growth trajectories of HIV subtype epidemics that are occur across Quebec.

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RESEARCH CYCLE 32 The team will examine whether HIV-1 infection suppresses cGAS activation using cell-based tests. They will then study how HIV-1’s protective shell, the immune system, and viral genetic material (cDNA) interact after infection. Using live-cell imaging techniques, the team can confirm these interactions. This could help researchers understand how to enhance immune responses in people living with HIV and lead to making HIV more recognizable by the immune system.

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The CAHR-CANFAR Excellence in Research Awards are bestowed annually to mid-career researchers who, while at the prime of their careers, have achieved a track record of excellence and demonstrated a commitment to improving the lives of those living with HIV or at risk of acquiring the virus.

Awarded since 2017, the recipients are honoured each year at the opening ceremony of the CAHR Conference (this past year from May 1 to 4, 2025 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) to highlight the achievements of investigators in all pillars of HIV research.

THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENTS INCLUDE: BASIC SCIENCES PAUL MCLAREN (UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA) CLINICAL SCIENCES MELANIE MURRAY (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) EPIDEMIOLOGY-PUBLIC HEALTH LAWRENCE MBUAGBAW (MCMASTER UNIVERSITY) SOCIAL SCIENCES AMAYA PEREZ-BRUMER (DALLA LANA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH) COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH RENEE MASCHING

CTN+ POSTDOC AWARD

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— CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $70,000

THE 2025 CTN+-CANFAR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER 2025.

The CTN+ Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Program was established to empower earlycareer researchers, providing them with invaluable opportunities to expand their knowledge, and craft their own research programs and trials. The fellowships provide career support and are renewable

for up to two years. The CANFAR/CTN Postdoctoral Fellowship Award offers $70,000 per fellow, with an additional travel allowance of up to $5,000 to support research-related expenses. Calls for applications were open through February 2025.

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CANFAR’s strategic implementation program was developed from our Bold Actions national strategic plan, which aims to increase access to HIV testing and care, and fund implementation research to end the epidemic. This program aims to support community-based models and programs that improve healthcare accessibility for priority populations.

Implementation research is an evolving field that explores how real-world evidence can inform and improve the adoption of evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies—particularly within healthcare and public health settings. Its primary goal is to enhance the uptake of research findings by identifying and addressing the barriers and facilitators that affect implementation.

By developing effective strategies to support the integration of proven approaches into routine practice, implementation research helps bridge the

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STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION FUND gap between research and real-world applications. Ultimately, this leads to improved health outcomes and greater well-being at both individual and population levels.

To date, CANFAR has funded the Express Testing Laboratory at HQ Toronto to facilitate same-day STBBI results, and funded four Our Healthboxes, a national initiative in collaboration with REACH NEXUS. We have also supported Indigenous-centred initiatives at the Dr. Peter Centre and CBRC in Vancouver. The newest implementation program will be the GeneXpert rapid and mobile-testing instruments and cartridges to eligible community-based organizations.

The GeneXpert system shifts access to HIV testing and care from the traditional laboratory setting and directs it to where people are; facilitating same-day diagnosis and/or monitoring of HIV.

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The GeneXpert system is a rapid and mobile testing instrument that uses individual cartridges to test for a variety of infectious diseases, including HIV. It is a compact, on-demand diagnostic platform that operates as a closed system polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine – widely regarded as the gold standard in molecular diagnostics. The GeneXpert machine can provide accurate and efficient testing in just 90 minutes or less. This means that community-based organizations can use this system to test, diagnose, and link patients to HIV treatment and care ondemand and on-site.

The GeneXpert system is compact and easily transportable, making it possible to bring testing closer to communities. It shifts access to HIV testing and care from the traditional laboratory setting to meeting people where they are; facilitating sameday diagnosis and/or monitoring of HIV. Benefits of the GeneXpert system include:

Reliable, decentralized testing — bringing diagnostics closer to patients and communities that need it most Rapid turnaround times — delivering results in 90 min or less (same-day diagnosis), closing the gap between diagnosis and treatment, and reducing the risk of further transmission Flexible deployment — does not require specialized lab staff and can be operated by trained community personnel Multi-disease testing capability — can provide a range of tests on a single platform, which supports broader access to care Community-driven care — allow testing to be delivered by trusted local providers, increasing comfort, trust and participation Promoting HIV prevention — supporting education, harm reduction, and engagement through community-based approaches

CANFAR began the process of working with the Public Health Agency of Canada to obtain 28 GeneXpert machines with the goal of mobilizing these units among key community partner organizations across Canada over the next 18 to 24 months.

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THE GENEXPERT MACHINE IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DESKTOP PRINTER. OUR FIRST UNITS WERE DEPLOYED TO WOMEN’S HEALTH IN WOMEN’S HANDS IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO, AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FALL 2025.

— CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $125,000

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OUR HEALTHBOX IS A SMART VENDING MACHINE THAT PROVIDES FREE AND ANONYMOUS ACCESS TO HIV SELF-TEST KITS, SEXUAL HEALTH SUPPLIES, AND SAFE INJECTION EQUIPMENT TO REDUCE HIV TRANSMISSIONS. IT’S A PROJECT LED BY REACH NEXUS AND THE MAP CENTRE FOR URBAN HEALTH SOLUTIONS AT ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL, WITH SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS FUNDERS INCLUDING CANFAR. Each Our Healthbox machine collects data in real time to ensure we are reaching the people who are the most underserved – and providing them with access to what they need without facing judgement, racism, or stigma. As part of CANFAR’s Bold Actions strategy, Our Healthbox is an implementation research program that addresses the health gaps faced by Indigenous peoples, African, Caribbean and Black people, racialized women, and people who use substances and inject drugs.

With this initiative, we are helping to make vital resources available to everyone, including HIV self-test kits, no matter someone's circumstances. Our Healthbox will help normalize conversations around sexual health and reduce stigma in our communities.

Our Healthbox falls under implementation science, which is the scientific study of how to best promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies into routine healthcare and public health settings to improve population health outcomes.

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OUR HEALTHBOX DISPENSES FREE HIV SELFTEST KITS, CONDOMS AND SEXUAL HEALTH SUPPLIES, LIFE-SAVING NALOXONE KITS, AND HARM REDUCTION TOOLS.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR CANFAR’S OUR HEALTHBOXES: With funding from BMO: St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dixon Hall, Toronto, Ontario With funding from LCBO: North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unity, North Bay, Ontario Women’s Health in Women’s Hands, Toronto, Ontario

— CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $280,000

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CULTURE AS MEDICINE PROGRAM JASON ALTENBERG, COO, AND SCOTT ELLIOTT, CEO, DR. PETER CENTRE CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

URBAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FACE NUMEROUS CHALLENGES IN ACCESSING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE NON-STATUS OR DO NOT HAVE BAND MEMBERSHIP, WHICH OFTEN NECESSITATES THEM ACCESSING SERVICES AT NONINDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE DR. PETER CENTRE. MANY NONINDIGENOUS URBAN FRONTLINE HEALTH PROVIDERS ARE ASKING FOR SUPPORT IN ADAPTING THEIR SERVICES FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SEEKING CARE.

This project builds on the Dr. Peter Centre's Indigenous Wellness Program, which currently supports over 150 Indigenous participants-approximately onethird of Day Health clients. While not an Indigenous organization, the Centre is one of Vancouver's largest Indigenous-serving agencies and plays a unique role in modelling culturally safe HIV care.

building national capacity. The current project explores why the Centre's culturally safe model works, how it fosters trust in healthcare systems, and how its approachnow formally named the Balanced Wellness Approach-can be documented, evaluated, and adapted by non-Indigenous organizations. The grant from CANFAR is supporting:

Through this grant, CANFAR has made it possible to explore why the Centre’s culturally safe model works, how it fosters trust in healthcare settings, and how its Balanced Wellness Approach can be documented, evaluated, and adapted by non-Indigenous organizations across Canada—contributing to a more integrated and culturally grounded model of care.

Salary of Program Manager Honoraria and fees for Elders, Wellness Workers, Artists and Clinicians Development of Participant-Informed Cultural Workshops Staff Cultural Competency Training Planning and Evaluation Knowledge-sharing Convenings/Travel

The Culture as Medicine initiative grew out of CANFAR’s national task force, where the Dr. Peter Centre joined leaders from across the country to co-design a new generation of implementation projects.

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— CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $60,000

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The Medicine Bundle Program is an Indigenous-led HIV and STBBI prevention and health promotion project within the Two-Spirit Program at the CommunityBased Research Centre (CBRC). The project was developed by and for Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA+ Indigenous Peoples, integrating Indigenous knowledge, medicines, and culture in combination with Western biomedical sexual health knowledge and tools, including HIV selftesting kits.

As a community-led, evidence-based, and culturally informed intervention working to address HIV knowledge, access, and support needs among Indigenous and TwoSpirit Peoples and communities across Canada, the Medicine Bundle is closely aligned with CANFAR’s strategic funding priorities.

five local Indigenous community partner organizations, in Spring & Summer 2025.

The overarching goal of this project is to partner with these five local community organizations who will be supported in designing, delivering, and evaluating the impact of the Medicine Bundle project within their local community and/or region.

What is learned from these sharing circles, as well as the local adaptation process more generally, will be used to create a guide for communities and organizations in Canada to develop their own communitybased programs and interventions.

IMPLEMENTATION

IMPLEMENTATION

MEDICINE BUNDLE PROGRAM

PROJECT PARTNER

THE TWO-SPIRIT PROGRAM MEDICINE BUNDLE CONTAINS AN HIV SELF-TEST KIT AND INDIGENOUS MEDICINES, SUCH AS: SAGE SWEETGRASS TOBACCO CEDAR LAVENDER LABRADOR TEA BEAR GREASE DEVIL’S CLUB SALVE

— CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $125,000

To support this program, CANFAR funded a national series of in-person sharing circles, organized in collaboration with the CBRC’s

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IN JULY 2022, CANFAR FUNDED THE EXPRESS TESTING LABORATORY AT HQ TORONTO FOR THREE YEARS – AN INVESTMENT OF $500,000.

HQ Toronto (790 Bay St.) offers tailored sexual health, mental health, substance use, and social support services for gay and bisexual men, trans and AMAB non-binary people.

The lab provides confirmatory tests for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBIs), including HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphillis; with guaranteed same-day (24-hour) results.

This innovative technology, which provides accurate, rapid, laboratory-grade test results, means that people who are travelling from outside the city can receive care and be linked to treatment or prevention in the same day.

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IMPLEMENTATION

IMPLEMENTATION

RAPID TESTING AT HQ TORONTO

PROJECT PARTNER

The CANFAR Express Testing Laboratory represents a total cumulative healthcare system savings to-date of $1,099,875. It also fills critical gaps in our healthcare system. Since the lab opened, 2,784 individuals who were uninsured or precariously insured (no OHIP or IFH, 16.85% of visitors) accessed care at HQ.

FROM JULY 2022 UNTIL APRIL 2025, THE CANFAR-FUNDED EXPRESS TESTING LAB AT HQ TORONTO SAW: 81,188 VISITS 40,747 HIV TESTS 369,740 STBBI TESTS 16,073 INDIVIDUALS SERVED — CANFAR’S TOTAL INVESTMENT: $500,000

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SEXFLUENT (YOUTH AWARENESS)

AWARENESS

AWARENESS

PROJECT FUNDERS

YOUTH TESTIMONIALS FOR SEXFLUENT

Sexfluent is CANFAR’s national youth digital resource dedicated to ending Canada’s HIV epidemic by equipping youth ages 15-25 with the knowledge and tools necessary to prevent HIV. Sexfluent is transforming the conversation around sexual health to be free of judgment and shame, so that youth can be empowered to embark on their own journeys of selfacceptance and exploring pleasure.

Over the last year, 6 Sexfluent Squad members, representing diverse youth from the 2SLGBTQIA+, Indigenous, and racialized/ newcomer communities, as well as youth who have experiences with substance use, served as peer educators for Sexfluent’s digital platform, amplifying our health education messages online. Together, they have a combined audience of 2.5 million followers. Through these ongoing partnerships, Sexfluent continues to deliver a youth-led and community-driven content strategy that creates strong digital engagement to connect youth to local health resources.

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IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, SEXFLUENT HAS: Reached more than 4,785 at-risk youth through in-person educational engagement across 25 events in 11 cities, 5 provinces and 1 territory.

Distributed over 7,090 safer sex supplies (i.e. condoms, dentals dams, and lubes) and 141 HIV self-test kits, thereby expanding access to HIV prevention and testing.

Grown our online audience by 63% and increased our digital engagement by 33%, thereby enhancing access to HIV and sexual health information online.

As of June 2025, Sexfluent reached a combined online audience of 2,526,853 across our primary educational platform, Sexfluent.ca, and our social media channels. Between July 2024 and June 2025, 41,000 new users accessed our website—a 9.1% increase from the previous year—demonstrating our growing impact in expanding access to HIV knowledge.

Gia Metric (Vancouver, BC)

Chelazon Leroux (originally Saskatoon, SK)

Owen Unruh (Montreal, QC)

Kairyn Potts (Toronto, ON)

Taha Arshad (Toronto, ON)

Haley Robinson (Ottawa, ON)

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Since launching in 2022, an average of 95.8% of users have rated our Sexual Health pages as helpful, with key pages like Prevention and Harm Reduction holding a 100% positive user rating, demonstrating the ongoing relevance and educational impact of our health resource. In FY25, new tools such as a search bar and resource referral links were added to the home page and each subject area landing page, respectively, to enhance user engagement, learning and connections to care.

Between July 2024 and June 2025, Sexfluent received 56,208 organic engagements (i.e. likes, comments, shares, saves) on our educational posts, a 5.1% increase from the year prior.

This demonstrates that our content continues to resonate with youth today.

Users are taking the time to read through our posts and share our content, highlighting the relevance of our messages.

AWARENESS

AWARENESS

SEXFLUENT (YOUTH AWARENESS) Sexfluent now holds the highest engagement rate among our peer organizations. This establishes Sexfluent as a leader in online youth-driven sexual health education and prevention, further reinforcing the quality and impact of our work.

Demand for Sexfluent’s educational materials grew this year, with Sexfluent developing 16 new educational print resources for educators, community health workers and youth workers across Canada.

Between July 2024 and June 2025, CANFAR’s resource centre distributed 7,528 educational print materials across 42 cities in 11 provinces and 4 territories — a 3% increase from the previous year.

Additionally, in December of 2024, Sexfluent launched 12 new educational postcards in partnership with CATIE. Over the next two years, Sexfluent will focus on investing more in analytics, collecting testimonials, and connecting youth to care.

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STARTING HOME FIRES This national Indigenous-focused HIV campaign centres Indigenous ways of knowing and storytelling to promote HIVrelated wellness and self-determination.

Visioned by an Indigenous leadership committee, which includes Indigenous People Living with HIV/AIDS (IPHA), and supported by CATIE, CANFAR and Gilead Sciences Canada, this national campaign will include a digital social media and radio strategy and feature a curated online collection of relevant community-based HIV resources. These components will ensure Indigenous peoples across Canada have access to reliable and culturally appropriate information to make informed decisions about their HIV-related health, to support their autonomy and selfdetermination in HIV health-related decision-making, and to support equitable access to HIV knowledge and messaging that is meaningful, appropriate and resonates with Indigenous peoples.

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— CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $50,000 WITH SUPPORT FROM —

— CANFAR’S FY25 INVESTMENT: $12,500

AWARENESS

AWARENESS

KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION

PROJECT PARTNER

In November of 2024, CATIE & CANFAR held a two-day national stakeholder meeting convening 16 Black HIV leaders from across Canada to discuss how to reenvision Black-led HIV knowledge mobilization to create more meaningful impact in Black communities affected by HIV. The session aimed to generate a collective vision for what “Black-led knowledge mobilization” (BLKM) means, and what is required to initiate, sustain, and resource it effectively.

The group agreed that Canada will not reach its 2030 UNAIDS goals if Black communities remain sidelined. Nine principles of BLKM were identified through this process, and seven critical shifts (representing areas of meaningful change) were generated as requirements to achieve a just future.

CATIE & CANFAR will reconvene engaged members of the group in 2026 to mobilize one of the key areas identified: education and information.

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AWARENESS

AWARENESS

CANFAR’S NATIONAL AMBASSADORS CANFAR National Ambassadors are people living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS and represent the diverse voices of the HIV community in Canada. They speak on behalf of their personal lived experiences to highlight or amplify the human need behind CANFAR’s mission and our work.

Like Muluba, our national spokesperson, they help us increase mission awareness through community and media engagement. At events like Bloor Street Entertains, AIDSBEAT, and the CANFAR Legacy Project, our National Ambassadors take the spotlight to share their personal stories and perspectives on the current state of HIV/AIDS in Canada.

OUR AMBASSADORS (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT): National Spokesperson Muluba Habanyama, Julio Reyes, Ciro Muiruri, Martin Morberg, Joey Arrigo, Matt Hyams, Randy Davis, Ashley Murphy, Jade Elektra, Gabriel Jarquin, Myles Sexton, Justin Anantawan, Mathew Fleury

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AWARENESS

AWARENESS

WORLD AIDS DAY 2024 — PROJECT COST: $50,000

WITH SUPPORT FROM —

THE RETURN OF THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN: ACTING UP BY GOING GRASSROOTS. ONCE AGAIN WITH THE SUPPORT OF GILEAD SCIENCES CANADA, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER 76 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE WENT BACK TO THE ROOTS OF HIV/AIDS ADVOCACY AND REANIMATED THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN. WE BROUGHT BACK THE CANS, THE RIBBONMAKING, AND THE ACTIVISM POSTERS THAT ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN OF THE LATE 80S AND EARLY 90S. CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

MP ROB OLIPHANT MAKES AIDS AWARENESS RIBBONS DURING OUR WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT ON NOVEMBER 12, 2024.

The campaign was shared across Canada by 69 community partners. We provided a comprehensive toolkit that included physical and digital collateral to make participation seamless. Our campaign and its companion activations generated over 15 million media and social media impressions, and included coverage from outlets like CTV, CityNews, CBC News, Healthing, Toronto Star, 680 News, and Newstalk 1010.

THE CAMPAIGN’S KEY MESSAGES WERE: HIV IS STILL HERE. HIV IS A VIRUS. STIGMA IS A DISEASE. WHEN HIV IS UNDETECTABLE, IT’S UNTRANSMITTABLE. HIV TESTING IS FOR EVERYONE. WE CAN ONLY END HIV IF WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST.

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ON NOVEMBER 12, A PIECE OF HISTORY WAS MADE. CANFAR & GILEAD, ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY ALLIES, OFFICIALLY BROKE THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS TITLE FOR THE MOST AWARENESS RIBBONS MADE IN AN HOUR BY A TEAM! OVER 150 PEOPLE MADE 11,255 RED RIBBONS FOR HIV AND AIDS AWARENESS AHEAD OF WORLD AIDS DAY (TODAY), DOUBLING THE PREVIOUS RECORD! THE NEXT DAY, WE BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST AWARENESS RIBBON MOSAIC MADE OF RIBBONS.

These milestones were part of our #MyRedRibbon campaign for World AIDS Day, with funding from Gilead.

AWARENESS

AWARENESS

BREAKING WORLD RECORDS THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS EVENT FOR MOST AWARENESS RIBBONS MADE IN AN HOUR TOOK PLACE AT TORONTO’S 519 COMMUNITY CENTRE.

The campaign spotlighted the iconic AIDS awareness ribbon and helped raise national awareness that HIV is still here.

We broke the first record on Tuesday, November 12 at The 519 Community Centre, with Billy Newton-Davis acting as official judge.

Then on Wednesday, November 13, we unveiled the World’s Largest Awareness Ribbon Mosaic made entirely of awareness ribbons – over 20,000 hand-stapled to a wooden platform in downtown Ottawa.

This is what community action looks like, and beyond the milestone, it's a call for more collective awareness about HIV and AIDS, and its impact on marginalized and vulnerable communities, including 2SLGBTQ+ people.

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AWARENESS

AWARENESS

BREAKING WORLD RECORDS OTTAWA’S CENTRETOWN BIA DONATED SNIDER PLAZA TO HOST THE WORLD’S LARGEST AWARENESS RIBBON MADE OF AWARENESS RIBBONS

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IT’S LATE EVENING ON NOVEMBER 28. OVER 1,000 GUESTS ARE DINING AT 26 VENUES IN BLOOR-YORKVILLE. THE HOSTS INTRODUCE CANFAR’S NATIONAL AMBASSADORS WHO EACH SHARE THEIR STORIES OF LIVING WITH OR BEING IMPACTED BY HIV – AND THEIR HOPES FOR THE END OF THE EPIDEMIC IN THIS GENERATION. ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE. THE CLINKING OF CUTLERY AND PLATES. THE SHUFFLING OF HEELS ALONG BLOOR STREET. THE PRELUDE TO $1.7 MILLION RAISED...

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EVENTS

EVENTS

BLOOR STREET ENTERTAINS 28

CANFAR hosted our 28th annual Bloor Street Entertains on Thursday, November 28, 2024, which was a record success – raising over $1.7 million for CANFAR’s strategic investments.

Co-chaired again by Janice Fricker, Candice Sinclair, Michael Liebrock and Honorary Chair Sylvia Mantella, Bloor Street Entertains 28 went on to receive ‘Canada’s Most Outstanding Event’ at the Canadian Event Awards 2025.

Special entertainment by dance music icon Crystal Waters and in-demand DJ Frank Walker helped make the After Party the most in-demand ticket of Toronto’s events season. Holt Renfrew hosted a stunning style-bot motion capture for guests on the VIP 6th floor; while photographer Nancy Kim took stunning shots amid a royalworthy floral backdrop.

We had 1,113 guests at 26 venues (including some hidden gems), who collectively brought about our most successful fundraiser to date.

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EVENTS

EVENTS

BLOOR ST. ENTERTAINS

RED CARPET PARTNER

ILLUMINATION PARTNERS

LOUNGE PARTNERS

EVENT PARTNER

ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER

VENUE PARTNER

SPIRITS PARTNERS

TRANSPORTATION PARTNER

WINE PARTNER

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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ANOTHER INCREDIBLE AIDSBEAT AT THE EL MOCAMBO FOR THE BOOKS! THE 28TH EDITION ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6 RAISED OVER $182,000 FOR OUR MISSION TO END HIV IN CANADA BY FUNDING NATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS THAT FOCUS ON PRIORITY POPULATIONS. SIX BANDS. OVER 50 SONGS. 600 GUESTS. A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY RIVERSE. LIVE VOTING FOR YOUR FAVE BAND. THE COOLEST DOOR PRIZES. CANFAR RADIO ROCK IS ONE WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME!

EVENTS

EVENTS

AIDSBEAT 28 Co-chairs Christopher Guerreiro (Norton Rose Fulbright) and Mike Chalut (El Mocambo) put on another incredible show!

The bands included CODA Conduct, Vaughan Halen, Sound Prediction, The Insecurities, Screaming Legals, and Blind Trust.

WE SEND A HUGE CONGRATS TO VAUGHAN HALEN, WHO TOOK HOME THE COVETED PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD. The energy was unmatched—from the voting for People’s Choice Award, to the CANFAR national ambassadors in on-stage interviews, to the incredible performances & epic door prizes, this night delivered everything we love about CANFAR Radio Rock.

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AT OVER $325,000 RAISED, THE 13TH EDITION OF CAN YOU DO LUNCH? WAS OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL TO DATE!

With almost 450 people in the Aria ballroom at Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, the hush of the crowd was palpable as Valerie interviewed Billy Newton-Davis about his four decades living with HIV after his diagnosis in 1986.

CO-CHAIRS ANDREA ANDERS, GALLANT LAW, AND AMANDA GOTLIEB LED THE CAN YOU DO LUNCH? COMMITTEE TO ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING YEAR, 25-YEAR CANFAR NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON VALERIE PRINGLE MODERATED A THOUGHTFUL PANEL ON HIV & AGING, BILLY NEWTONDAVIS AND JOEY NICEFORO PERFORMED A STUNNING RENDITION OF ELTON JOHN’S ‘DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME’, AND WE RAISED OVER $12,000 IN THE BALLOON POP RAFFLE TO SUPPORT OUR PROCUREMENT OF HIV SELFTEST KITS.

Everyone listened intently as Randy Davis (no relation to Billy) recalled his own diagnosis story, and how he found strength, empowerment and community by advocating for other people living with HIV in the ten years since. Dr. Alice Zhabokritsky highlighted how conditions that often come with aging – hypertension, bone disorders, diabetes, immune system decline, kidney disease – arise more rapidly and more frequently among people aging with HIV. Mike Chalut and the always fabulous Jeanne Beker helped us raise over $30,000 with the live auction.

EVENTS

EVENTS

CAN YOU DO LUNCH? Special thanks to our lead partners including TPH Canada, Mantella Corporation, Labatt Breweries, TD, LCBO – Spirit of Sustainability, Studio B Home, BMO, Four Seasons Hotel Toronto; community partners P. Austin Family Foundation, Bloor-Yorkville, and ESP Inc.; floral and decor partners including Atriani, San Remo Florist, and Chair Decor; event table partners Amazon, BLG Law, The Colonnade on Bloor, Holt Renfrew and The Agency (Toronto West).

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WE TOOK CAN YOU DO LUNCH? OUT WEST ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024 – GATHERING MORE THAN 80 OF VANCOUVER’S BUSINESS LEADERS, PHILANTHROPISTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDERS TOGETHER AT TELUS GARDEN TO LEARN ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS IN BC-BASED RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS. CO-CHAIRED BY LONGTIME CANFAR SUPPORTERS JAY MCCAULEY & CHRISTIE GAROFALO, CYDL VANCOUVER RAISED OVER $80,000 FOR OUR MISSION! CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

EVENTS

EVENTS

CAN YOU DO LUNCH? VANCOUVER CANFAR National Spokesperson Muluba Habanyama led a panel featuring Patrick McDougall of the Dr. Peter Centre and Michael Kwag of the CBRC. Can You Do Lunch? Vancouver helps us expand our investments in BC to continue to fund HIV researchers who have consistently led the charge in new innovations, so we can help to scale their best practices across Canada and finally end the HIV epidemic in this generation.

Since 1996, CANFAR has invested over $1.7 million into research projects in British Columbia. These research projects have helped to transform the landscape of HIV care not only in Canada but also internationally.

We are so incredibly grateful to Christie & David Garofalo & the McCauley Family for leading the charge in support of this fundraising endeavour and for bringing our mission loudly to the West Coast.

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EVENTS

EVENTS

GROWTH OF THE LEGACY PROJECT

FY26 EVENTS AUG. 8, 2024

MONTREAL PRIDE LEGACY PROJECT EVENT AT FAIRMONT QUEEN ELIZABETH AUG. 17, 2024

CAPITAL PRIDE BRUNCH & MARCH AT MARGERITA SEPT. 11, 2025

SIP & STYLE AT GOTSTYLE TORONTO NOV. 14, 2025

LEGACY OTTAWA WORLD RECORD RECEPTION AT METCALFE HOTEL DEC. 17, 2025

THE CANFAR LEGACY PROJECT IS A MEMBERSHIP-BASED EDUCATIONAL EVENT SERIES WITH CHAPTERS IN TORONTO, MONTREAL AND OTTAWA. THE LEGACY PROJECT HOSTS 3 TO 4 EVENTS ANNUALLY IN EACH CITY THAT BRING TOGETHER OUR LEGACY PROJECT DONORS AND MEMBERS OF THE BROADER CANFAR COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF HIV/AIDS IN CANADA. IN FY25, THE LEGACY PROJECT RAISED OVER $199,000 FOR OUR MISSION. CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

MONTREAL HOLIDAY GATHERING AT JACOPO RESTAURANT FEB. 25, 2025

LOVE IN TORONTO AT HARRIET’S ROOFTOP MARCH 7, 2025

LOVE IN DINNER MONTREAL AT HOTEL WILLIAM GRAY MARCH 18, 2025

LOVE IN AT LA NOUVELLE SCÈNE GILLES DEJARDINS APRIL 10, 2025

SPRING EVENT AT LE GERMAIN HOTEL TORONTO MERCER JUNE 29, 2025

PRIDE BRUNCH & MARCH WITH GIGI GORGEOUS AT ANNDORE HOUSE TORONTO

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SPEAKERS AND GUESTS THROUGHOUT OUR FY25 LEGACY PROJECT EVENTS INCLUDED:

EVENTS

EVENTS

GROWTH OF THE LEGACY PROJECT

LEGACY PROJECT PARTNERS

EVENT PARTNERS

CANFAR National Ambassadors Joey Arrigo, Matt Hyams, Justin Anantawan, Myles Sexton Representatives from CANFAR sponsors including ViiV, Gowling WLG, TD, and Merck Special appearances by Gigi Gorgeous, RALPH, Tika the Iggy Speeches from CBC journalist Ash Abraham, LGBTQIA+ pharmacist Emmanuel Thibodeau, and Resurrection podcast’s Dane Stewart

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

$300,000+ Liquor Control Board of Ontario

$100,000 Bank of Montreal Labatt Breweries of Canada TD Bank Group The Estate of Bonnie Stevens The P. Austin Family Foundation

$75,000+ Mantella Corporation

$50,000+ The Willie & Mildred Fleischer Charitable Foundation Canada Life Assurance Company Gilead Sciences Canada Anonymous Nicola Wealth Managemet Ltd. Amazon.com.ca ULC Michael & Libby Goldgrub Foundation

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$25,000+ Benefaction Corby Spirit and Wine Limited PMA Canada Anonymous Two mutts incorporated ViiV Healthcare ULC Merck Canada Inc The Ranson Family Foundation Charles Pachter Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Clench House Foundation Gowling WLG Canada LLP The Moody’s Foundation Ferrari Express Inc Holt Renfrew Lycos Energy Inc Moez & Marissa Kassam Foundation Andrew Pringle PurposeMed Inc Rogers Communications Canada Inc Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc Stronach Consulting Corporation Trevor M. Born Medicine Professional Corp.

$20,000+ Brookfield Partners Foundation Christian Dior Inc The Slaight Family Foundation Vonna Bitove The Earle and Janice O'Born Family Foundation Brunello Cucinelli Canada LTD The Lily Street Foundation

$10,000+ The Calgary Foundation Puig Canada Inc, 206366 RP Investment Advisors LP The Rob Stovel Foundation Celine Canada Inc Studio B Home Michael Liebrock Ann Layton First Capital Realty Inc. Andrea Anders Inc. JARAGON INC Tamara Bahry Tom Dara Tony Pedari Haywood Securities Inc Torkin Manes LLP Kevork Kechichian ALEXANDER MCQUEEN TRADING CANADA Anonymous

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) Davide Palumbo Professional Corp Fengate Capital Kaelen Haworth Intelliware Development Inc La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso McCain Capital Partners Park Hyatt Toronto S.A. Armstrong Limited The Sprott Foundation Tiffany & Co. Heather Tobin Anita Marshall Maxime St-Pierre Jonathan Hicks Tristan Michela THOM BROWNE CANADA LTD Mine & Yours Kulin Matchhar Bulgari Canada David & Christie Garofalo Gestion Maxime St-Pierre Inc Marrisa Kassam Moez Kassam Janice O'Born SAINT LAURENT CANADA BOUTIQUES The Don and Joan Walker Family

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$5,000+ Ferragamo USA Inc Gary Slaight Hugh McLean Eric Lombardi Naman Budhdeo James Molloy Bernadette Morra Chris Weld Kostopoulos Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos Graham Smith RBC Wealth Management Alex Filiatrault Feel-Good Partners Inc Kroeker Law Professional Corporation Cheryl Muldoon Lily Li Pierre Pettigrew Janice L. Fricker Estate of Lawrence J. Gitterman Harris Fricker Valerie Mano ESTEE LAUDER Companies Canada Jonathan Anders Andrea Anders Four Seasons Hotel Toronto Mindy Budhdeo Baker McKenzie LLP Daniel Schlaepfer Cyrille Girard CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

Christian Vermast Christopher Robertson Law Professional Corporation Covell and Edwina Foundation Rimowa Peter Vondracek RBC Foundation Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Curatus Ken Emerson Zukerman Family Foundation Genevieve Enterprice Corporation LorenaHarito Michael Higgins Ink Entertainment Jackman Foundation Karim Kanji Nicole Macphail David Matheson Bruce McCartney Somen Mondal Paul Noble BabitSaeed The Colonnade

$1,000+ Raj Babber The Mortgage Company of Canada The Fred Cassano & Linda Cianci Charitable Foundation Natasha Bronfman Nancy Love STRONG Pilates Liberty Village Jeffrey Kroeker United Way of Greater Toronto & York Region BONTERRA TECH LLC David Dattels Gift Funds Canada JenniferGrant Wanda Ho-Pladsen Phamous Characters Inc Timothy Dunn James Milonas Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Acorn Biolabs GaryOrnstein Peter Sullivan Stephen Shinn Sachin Aggarwal Puppy Love Spa Loro Piana Canada INC. Casey Tepperman Armin Yousefi

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) Daniel Nelson Legal Professional Corporation Lemke Law Professional Corporation Lennox Law Professional Corporation Raymond Accolas David MacKay Jennifer Sterkenburg 2473534 Ontario Inc Tracey Brophy James Burn Irene DeLucchi Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer LornaLippa Massey LLP Ana Pascos The Michael and Andrea Barrack Fund Jenny Aaron Alan Anderson Nicolas Burbano Diaz EliseEsteireiro Services Or LP 7711 Consulting Bobby J. Bottoms PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Marie-Josée Beaulieu Nimi Nanji Simard Nicolas Del Sorbo

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ADM Design Incorporated Daniel L. Bain

By Mon Ami Caviar20 Shernee Chandaria Chimp Charitable Impact Foundation Canada Graeme Cooper Dr Alexis Taryn laungani Inc. Devon Drake ElevateDesign Ventures Inc. Erik Paige Real Estate Andrew Faas Shane Feldman Paul Galbraith Vivianne Gauci Aileen Hernandez William Hernandez Asal Hoseini Joe Jackman Kyle Kemp Yewgenia Krindel Lafayette 148 Lerners LLP LG Design Build M.A.M. Group Inc. David Moore PRICERE Brian Stewart Ashok Taneja Simon Tariello

The Cruickshank Family Foundation The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation Sandi Treliving Sonja Ucci Tyler Da Silva David Yi Rahul Raj Christopher Bates Jeffrey Chisholm Giftpact Foundation Inc Cindy Johnson Pierre Lemay Charles Lesaux Tonya Lesaux Natasha Penzo John Tory CELI LTD Candice Sinclair Danny Lebire Friday Harbour Resort Paul Tye-Ko J Greene Simon Kattar Sarah Paterson Vermeer Engineering Jay McCauley Christopher Guerreiro Jacqueline Baker Laura Campbell

Alison Currie KristyLuciani Andrea Menzel Fairmont Royal York Hotel Orson Sharpe Mark Anttila Claire Chen Trevor Noonan David Tremblay Abundance Canada Esstiq Beauty Invest Ottawa Kyree Nauden Michael Stern Maureen Littlejohn Julia Kaberle Keith McCrady Apple Canada Inc. Jennifer Walsh F.B. Portman Law Professional Corporation W Toronto Hotel Ron Atkinson Mani Kaur Kate McGilvray JohnR. Baird Daniel Abichandani Valerie Baldwin JohnBeaton Amy Burstyn Arv Buttar

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) Sam Champagne Conseil du patronat du Québec Neil Davis ArielleEby AngelaFusco Georgina Goldring Kanvas Killeen Communication Strategies Mia Macfarlane Philippe Meyersohn Marvelous Muchenje Sherri-Anne T. Murphy Ògo Tàwa Charlotte Positano Suresh Ramadasan Liam Randhawa Simon Rayek Logan Roberge Nestor Sanajko Darrin Saunders Jonathan Smith Mary Jean Tully Judy Wells KateWheeler Kary Yang Sam Siegel Guerlain Canada Ltd. Anthony Partipilo Scott McCambly Paul Vouriot

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

Stephen Johnson Christy Cook Hotel Admiral Toronto Harbourfront Timothy Johnson David Lukin Patti MacNicol Chanakya Sethi Shawn Woof Gloria Davey Ashley Kurn Bloor Yonge Chiropractic Marcus Doyle Trinity Jackman Paul Boniferro Karam Tawfiq BrandonGrant Sally Leung Daniel Bain Douglas Ebbott Shahid Hossain Vincent Mercier Francis Pomerleau Kaitlin Siou Robert Brien Erin Donohue Jane Gill Carole Cohen Perez Sandra Culham Joan Smart Camilo Gamez

Gary Shieck Action Canada SHR Edward Avey Jennifer Bassett Canadian Gay Tennis Open Glenn Carnegie Dean Davidson Design Inc. Donna Fox Amanda Galbraith Anette Goldstein LeslieHoyles Michael Lee Yves Levesque Chuck Liebrock Nicole Lorenz Martha L. McCain Jim McGivern Rick Mercer Nixon Charitable Foundation Oberon Capital Corporation Gail O'Brien Michael E. Royce Greg Schiltroth AndrewTownsend

$500+ William Chalmers Alistair Littlejohn Pascal Grand Maison Kevin R. Goldthorp Christopher Grimston Klevis Haxhiaj Rita Tesolin Aesop Canada Pat Jacklin Jeff Rock Marcella Baric Mark Schaan Jamie Conboy Robert A. Stewart Thomas Ranson Shimki Chowdhury TanazNaghshineh ARDO Dawn Bellini Jessica Bertolo Bloor-Yorkville BIA Kathryn Buczko Pascal Dessureault William F. Flanagan Hotel Le Germain Toronto Mercer Fatima Khalfan Gallant Law Evie Lee Tanya Petti

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) The 100 Group corp Vaticano Restaurant Tom Zaks Marlowe Fred Cassano Rupert Hon Nixon Poole Lackie DG Stringer Jed Perez Pete N. Richardson Kevin Reed Emily Scarlett Gale Pollock MichaelL. Rizzi Kaleb James Tyler Da Silva Daniel Diaz Christopher Flak DIPTYQUE Olaplex USA Trevor Mayoh Wilfred Bragg Julius Kalcevich Basit Saeed Steven Ball Joshua Fagan John MacLeod Jon Tuer Denise Bérubé Kevin Chan A.J. Daly

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

David Dixon Glenn Dixon Andrew Grimes Neil Guthrie Cédric Lamoureux Olivier Perron-Collins Samer Shaath Thomas Tullo Joshua Wiersma Dorothy Woods LucianaBarbera Myles Mindham Jewellery Ltd. Courtney Watkins University of Toronto - Financial Services Department Elspeth Ross ESP Inc. Sameer Bhaidani Mathieu Bouchard David J. Brown Ryan Chang Simon Dennison Pascal Dessureault Olivier Duchesneau Cameron Edwards Sharyn Fagan Robert Fama Emilie E. Gravel Renaud Gravel Mathieu-Rejean Guindon August Haig

Ricardo Hamdan Ty Jeevaratnam Sako Khederlarian Po-Lun Ko Alexander Kucharski Samuel Lapidus Alexandre Lapierre Jacques Lapierre Michael Lockhart Andrew Longwell Justin Margolis Bonte Minnema Rebecca Myers Benjamin Palmer Gaelen Patrick Serge J. Sasseville Mark Satov Ian Shaw Shiseido Canada Inc Steven S. Simone Daniel-Guillaume Stringer Brad Toth Drew Williston Sydney Wills Diana Woodhead Halen Yau Eric Doerr Brian Chau Phil Sioumaras Sean Bouwers Cold Warriors 2 Inc

Maddie Hubbard Jennifer Longhurst Geraldine Moussa Branka Petrovic Roni Taza White Oaks Resort Tarek Raafat Dave Forestell Jamie Irving Hillary Macdonald Jarrett Plyley Marta Urbanowicz Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser Melad Fahed Ahmadshir Mumtaz Jessica OReilly John Tessari Derek Chung SiriusXM Canada Adolphe Khouri 2336533 Ontario Ltd 2482081 ONTARIO LIMITED Tara Armstrong Axe & Hatchet Grooming Club Galen Bagdan Stewart Barclay Clay Bartlett Kevin Noguera Andrea Burke Michael J. Chang Liliane Clune Malcolm Collins

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) Randy Cranston David Cynamon Didier Frechette Amy Freedman Brendan S. Gillon John Hartman IBM Canada Ltd. Jack Creasy Design Stephen Keith Melissa Kennedy Carol Lee David Lovell John C. Moore Matthew Morgan Carole Perez Eva Redpath Revelle Fashion Inc Jeffrey T. Rock Andrew Rolleston Fahad Siddiqui Stephen Slessor Aaron Sophocleous Jack Tobin Whitney Linen Inc Wayne Yeung

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

UNDER $500 The Printing House Limited Bell Canada Bathorium Inc Christopher Guerreiro Jeffrey Rohrer Keith J. Holland Charities Aid Foundation Canada Christi Himmelheber SIMON LYSNES SamanthaMolyneux Jessie Ablett Serina Ahmad Bahareh Aizimi Carla Albieru John Aquilina Shelby Austin Candy M. Bascoe Lucie Berreby R. C. Bullock Taiya Campbell Andrea Chang Thomas Devisscher Argie Eliopoulos Nicholas Fozard Sirat Gill Sarah Gillin Victoria Gormley HiWay Flowers Blake Kafka-Smith Daneyka Lazier

Jennifer Leve Kristina Manojlovic Jennifer McCain Geraldine McCuish Anna Monaco Linda Nguyen Amanda Pereira Riverside Geo Vanessa Rosario Jack-Malcolm Samedi Sosina Tsehey MargaretWelykanycz Lyn M. Westwood Whitney Westwood Tobiasz Woroniecki Mike Zaranyik Jonathan Azzi Mike Black Catalyst Health David Levangie Shruti Mehrotra Adam Awad Elissa A. Beckett Collin Faubert Phil Jansson Chris MacMillan Larry Murray Chloe Muttoo Megan Otu Colleen Potts Lee Robinson

United Way of the Lower Mainland United Way East ONTARIO Jaybird Studios Ltd Felix Laurence Dani Matte Zael Miransky Andrew Perez Ryan Stasynec Barry's Sylvain Roussel Maggie Ranson Jung-Kay Chiu Leslie Guerreiro Kristin Wall Noah Tremblay Jordan O'Reilly Anonymous Douglas Bernier Stewart Borden Canadian Club of Halton Jessica Gall KYLE Haycock Sherry Haynes Michaela Hynie Todd Kjargaard Natasha MacParland Ivan Mao Scott McBurney Neil McDermid Cheral Muldoon

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) Nixon Poole Lackie LLP Luke Southern DavidTabacznik April Unwin Ruchi Vij Tammi Visano Anna Wilkinson Gregg Brown Albert Kim Brenda L. Brodie Daryl Christoff Julie Crossland Blair Mlotek James Renihan Nishant Joshi Caroline Siwek Arjun Tanwar Jérémie Tremblay Pipes and Shaw LLC Charles Carr Kaelan Karjalainen Jessica Newman Richard Archbold SarbjitBasra Michael Cockburn Engelite Charitable Foundation Jason Field Gerold Goldlist Karen Jacobs Brooke Jamison JJ Media

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

John D. MacBride Kareen Madian Charles Nellis Simon Parmar Emily Peacock Alexandria Pike Geoffrey Pringle Joan Pringle Lauren Pugh William S. Robinson John Sim Michael Taylor Shira Taylor Spencer Tranter FREDERIKA WINCHELL-JUBB Julie Witner Gordon R. Baker Kenneth Brown Joshua Burston Hilde Colenbrander Carolyne Dagenais Richard Dawyduk Maximiliano Gamboa Tony Garcia Guillaume Gentil Elynor Kagan Taulant Kazazi Kathleen Kelly Kathy Labossiere Malini Lall Jean-Francois Legaré

Cathy MacNeil Jonathan McQuarrie Olinda Medeiros Glenn Osborne Christiane Tadros Steven Turnbull Jason K. Van Wert Stephen Wei Gary Woodroffe Ali Azzopardi Sandra Hurst-Boyd Miranda Lacalamita Long Nguyen Deb Sadowski Priyanka Tan Caitlyn Price Anonymous Michel Houle Daniel Turko Martin Bradshaw Steven Branco Woodrow Monteiro Silver Hotel Group The Anndore House Bradley Breton Marie-Josée Brouillette William Caley Alan Cochrane Garth Cowling Richard Diamond Leigh K. Eisenberg

Dan Hipple Leonard Prepas Scott Rairdan Martin Reader Clement Roy David Slessor The Whiff of Grape Social Club Inc Martina Udovicic Isfandyar Virani Iker Brito Alvin Lam Julie Cote Grant Cvitkovich Mairi Decorcdova Catherine L. Ferguson Jean-Marie Lafortune Lucie Nicolas Melissa Poirier Arjun Ramanan Ben Rogers Jena Roy Barry Shecter Vasilios Tzavaras Troy Ungerman Anthony D. Williams Robert Ferguson BCD MEETINGS EVENTS LLC Rhonda Johnston Grace Finlayson Christine Muir

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) Louisa Pontrelli Seema Aggarwal ElizabethApplegath Mark Bailey Reena Bawa Namrata Bhagia Moritz Bolle Denyse Burns Leslie Byberg Luis Chacin Ryan Chambers Michael Denyszyn Purvi Desai Colleen Diamond Nathaniel Dostrovsky Mary Dykstra Nick Elliott Howard Firestone Donovan Flynn Marie Ghanem Maverine Guerreiro Nazanin Hakkak Suzanne Heft Douglas Henderson Kevin Hennessy Ross Jackson Shalini Jain Jen Jeffrey Paul Jorgensen Ritika Khanna Elizabeth King

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

Michael Kohnle Peter Lacalamita Dewi Levy Kevin McCoy Jordan Merkur Mazdak Moini Rikin Morzaria Maye Mouftah Alma Obeid Mark O'Brien Ethan Odonohoe George Pakozdi Michael Palmer Charlie Pettypiece Stefanie Podnar Ken Reycraft Gloria Ringwood Ilana Santiago-Smolkin Marc-Antoine Saumier Carolyn Shaw-Rimmington Fred Silk Zahid Somani Raman Srivastava Tracy Thomson Michael Towsnend Jenny Tse Lin Tsang Lindsay Varkey Grant Vingoe Cindy Wan Lawrence I. Webster Monica Williamson

Susan Witteveen Paul Pietrkiewicz Nathan Realubit Julie Methot Mark Cribb Cho Hang Jur Crescenzio Pascucci Gregory Brennan Ruth Diamond Philippe Suzor-Morin Timothy Ell Gregory Bridger Pardis Sedaghat Manesh Edwin Abecia Symon Alegado Louise Allen Anonymous Quinn Arnfield Julia Asimakopulos Thomas P. Atkinson Reynald Audette Bibi Bacchus Renee Barnabe Gilles Beaudin Sam Beckerman Liliana Bedoya Marc Belanger Julia Belford Jeannine Bergeron Judy Bernard Rachel Bezaire

Jared Bishop Krista Black Luben Blagoev Allison Bridge Kathy Bruyns Lisa Bueckert Braeden Caley Lisa Carlucci Fatima Carreira Jodi Carruthers Zlatija Celik Silvana Cervini Peter Chernoff Jasbir Chhina Dimitri Chris Juanita Christmas Myles Clark Louise Cochrane Shelley Coleman Joe Coluccio Johann Correa Morna Cottle Lindsay Coulson Leslie F. Cumming Gantugs Damba Rosalee Darby Jacob David Mona Davies Dave M. Dent Jeanette Desembrana Alex Desousa

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) Helen Deyell Zak Dezainde-Dubuc Manjit Dhindsa Maria Diez Rajmattie Dindyal Jane Donaldson Ashleigh Doucette Elethia D'Souza Wayne Dunham Donald Dunn Kristy Elik Stephen Ellis Todd Feaver Carla Flamer Frank Francesco Linda Galeazzi Kevin Gauthier Catherine Gervais-Trudeau Ranjodh Gill Jason Golding Amanda Gotlieb Nancy Hatton Jennifer Hernandez Richard A. Hoffart Dan Holowachuk J. Hubbard Lisa Hughes Jayne Hysen Jennifer Jackson James Johnston Heather Jones

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

Rajesh Joshi Alan Knight Greta Lankford Humphrey Law Sal Ledezma Daniel Legris Linda MacLean Sean Magill James Mair Eric Malenfant Jill Matchett Anil Mathew Mike Matin Ross Mayer Lynda McMillan Kim Mellet Kathryn A. Millar Rasik Mistry Madina Mohamed Norma Mowatt Frances Mozel Jim Mryglad Andrew Nagy Sandra Nelson Kevin O'Kane Benjamin Owusu-Ansah Helen Paiva Sue-Ellen Palumbo Kellie Parisian Elaine Partridge David Patterson

John Paulino Israel Pena Angela Pillon Richard Pond Josephine Porciello James Prall Keri Prior Selwyn Ramjohn Abhishaik Rampal Marisa Reginato Glendon Riley Omar Rodriguez Leslie Roe-etter Luigi Ronchi Gobatto Bob Sabiston Cynthia Santos-Mortera Mary Sarkis Robert Saucier Andrea Scott Michael Shamata Eliza Shen Diane Silverthorne Jai Sims Ronald Southwell James Stephen Kerri Stock Jennifer Stokes Cathy Stuebing Stephen Symons Lisa Taylor Pearline-George Thomas

Tatlin Thomas Carmina Turingan Sarah Turnbull Kerli Veliz Jacques Viau Joe Welchinski Fiona Weller Robert Wellman Michael Whittaker Judith Wijngaarden Alicia Wilkinson Karlene Willis Frederick Woo Eugenia Younis BMO Employee Charitable Foundation Mathieu Deschamps Jacqueline Christie Kevin D. Essar Lois Whitehead

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

DONORS (FY25) sincerely,

YOUR ANNUAL SUPPORT HAS GREATLY INCREASED ACCESS TO CRITICAL HIV PREVENTION, TESTING, AND CARE FOR AT-RISK COMMUNITIES, IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV, LIKE ME. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CANFAR NATIONAL AMBASSADORS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSISTENT AND CONTINUED SUPPORT OF CANFAR’S MISSION TO END THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN CANADA.

Muluba

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

SILENT AUCTION PARTNERS Dr. Casey Tepperman

The Moez & Marissa Kassam Equity Fund

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

BLOOR STREET ENTERTAINS JANICE FRICKER CANDICE SINCLAIR MICHAEL LIEBROCK SYLVIA MANTELLA (HONORARY) CAN YOU DO LUNCH? (TORONTO) GALLANT LAW AMANDA GOTLIEB ANDREA ANDERS CAN YOU DO LUNCH? (VANCOUVER) CHRISTIE GAROFALO JAY MCCAULEY AIDSBEAT CHRISTOPHER GUERREIRO MIKE CHALUT

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

VOLUNTEER EVENT CO-CHAIRS LEGACY PROJECT NATIONAL JACK-MALCOLM SAMEDI (VICE CHAIR) KEVIN NOGUERA (NATIONAL CHAIR) LEGACY PROJECT TORONTO EMILIO GOYA JAMIE KNOEPFLI LEGACY PROJECT MONTREAL JOSHUA FAGAN JAQUES LAPIERRE TY JEEVARATNAM LEGACY PROJECT OTTAWA TERRY GRACE DG STRINGER

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

ALYSSA VOLK AMANDA GOTLIEB ANDREA ANDERS ANTHONY CAMPANIARIS ASHLEY MURPHY BERNADETTE MORRA BROOKS BARNETT CAILLI & SAM BECKERMAN CHAD BRINCHESKI CHRISTINE REZVANIAN DANIEL ABICHANDANI DAVID SIMMONDS EMILIO GOYA EVA HARTLING FOTINI COPELAND GALLANT LAW IVAN MAO JACQUELINE NICOSIA JAMES MILONAS

JAMIE KNOEPFLI JAY MCCAULEY JESSICA RODRIGUES LILY LI MARY ANN GAMBOA MATTHEW THIBEAULT MAX ST-PIERRE MELISSA CAMPISI MULUBA HABANYAMA MYLES SEXTON RALPH ROACH SCOTT BRISON SHANNON BURTON SHARAD MOHAN TOBIASZ WORONIECKI TOM RANSON

SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

VOLUNTEER EVENT COMMITTEES FROM ALL OF US AT CANFAR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, TIME AND SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM FOR HELPING US RAISE RECORD FUNDS IN FY25.

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE ARE WRITING TO SHARE IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AT CANFAR. AFTER YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, ALEX FILIATRAULT HAS FORMALLY STEPPED DOWN FROM HIS ROLE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS OF MAY 9, 2025. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALEX FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK OVER HIS TENURE.

CANFAR TEAM

CANFAR TEAM

LEADERSHIP TRANSITION Under Alex’s guidance, CANFAR expanded its reach, deepened its connections with communities across the country, and engaged more youth through critical awareness and program implementation efforts.

In the interim, Kevin Noguera and Roxanne Ma will assume the roles of Interim CoExecutive Directors of the Foundation.

The Board is incredibly grateful to Alex for his vision, unwavering commitment, and for building a strong, high-performing team that is well-positioned to lead CANFAR into its next chapter. We remain steadfast in our shared goal of ending the HIV epidemic in Canada, and we look forward to what lies ahead.

With appreciation,

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

CANFAR TEAM

CANFAR TEAM

CANFAR’S STAFF & CONSULTANTS ALEX FILIATRAULT

ROXANNE MA

KEVIN NOGUERA

JAZMINE GEORGE

WILLIAM MARTINEZ

LINDSAY MYLES

ADAM MAZERALL

ANDRES VARGAS

ALYSSA VOLK

VICTORIA GORMLEY

CEO (UNTIL MAY 2025)

DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS

INTERIM CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / VP OF NATIONAL AWARENESS

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

INTERIM CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / COO

MANAGER, STEWARDSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAM MANAGER

EVENTS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE & OPERATIONS

LORENZO PORPINO

PROJECTS DELIVERY ADMINISTRATOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

PUBLIC RELATIONS & TALENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025.

CATEGORY

FY25

FY24

$ 1,251,949

$ 1,241,226

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

143,597

156,051

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

19,749

51,509

HST RECOVERABLE

85,255

116,472

PREPAID EXPENSES

54,698

28,698

1,555,248

1,593,956

CAPITAL ASSETS

5,137

10,323

INVESTMENTS

586,914

586,914

$ 2,147,299

$ 2,191,193

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

$ 142,330

$ 99,463

GRANTS PAYABLE

290,001

340,001

432,331

439,464

212,500

114,917

644,831

554,381

GENERAL

915,554

1,049,898

ENDOWMENT

586,914

586,914

1,502,468

1,636,812

$ 2,147,299

$ 2,191,193

CANFAR TEAM

CANFAR TEAM

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ASSETS CURRENT CASH

LIABILITIES CURRENT

BY: RSM CANADA LLP

DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS

FUND BALANCES

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

GENERAL FUND

CATEGORY FY25

ENDOWMENT FUND

FY24

FY25

TOTAL

FY24

FY25

FY24

FY25

FY24

$ (134,344)

$ 359,963

9,227

21,202

LOSS (GAIN) ON SALE OF INVESTMENTS AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED FAIR VALUE ADJUSTMENT

(41,893)

(36,676)

RECOGNITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED IN PRIOR YEARS

(844,425)

(134,790)

(1,011,435)

209,699

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED IN ADVANCE OF EXPENDITURE

942,008

179,034

GRANTS PAID

(290,000)

(380,001)

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

31,760

79,777

HST RECOVERABLE

31,217

(60,428)

GRANT APPROVED

240,000

340,001

PREPAID EXPENSES

(26,000)

—

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

42,867

(31,577)

(39,583)

336,505

CATEGORY CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATIONS EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUE OVER EXPENSES ITEMS NOT AFFECTING CASH AMORTIZATION

REVENUES DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS

$ 1,365,623

$ 1,005,761

$—

$—

$ 1,365,623 $ 1,005,761

FUNDRAISING & AWARENESS EVENTS

2,136,838

2,023,411

—

—

2,136,838

2,023,411

67,336

47,241

—

—

67,336

47,241

3,569,797

3,076,413

—

—

3,569,797

3,076,413

INVESTMENT INCOME

EXPENSES

NET CHANGES IN NON-CASH WORKING CAPITAL

FUNDRAISING

1,264,655

1,085,514

—

—

1,264,655

1,085,514

GENERAL

822,581

634,904

—

—

822,581

634,904

GRANTS AWARDED

836,887

290,000

—

—

836,887

290,000

INVESTING

PROGRAM AND AWARENESS

780,018

706,032

—

—

780,018

706,032

PROCEEDS ON SALE OF SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

73,944

303,354

3,704,141

2,716,450

—

—

3,704,141

2,716,450

PURCHASE OF SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(19,597)

(227,972)

PURCHASE OF CAPITAL ASSETS

(4,041)

(12,802)

50,306

62,580

10,723

399,085

CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR

1,241,226

842,141

CASH, END OF YEAR

$ 1,251,949

$ 1,241,226

EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUE OVER EXPENSES

(134,344)

FUND BALANCES, BEGINNING OF YEAR

1,049,898

689,935

FUND BALANCES, END OF YEAR

$ 915,554

$ 1,049,898

359,963

—

—

(134,344)

359,963 NET CHANGE IN CASH

586,914

586,914

$ 586,914 $ 586,914

1,636,812

1,276,849

$1,502,468 $ 1,636,812

CANFAR TEAM

CANFAR TEAM

REVENUE, EXPENSES & CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

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CANFAR ANNUAL REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 (FY25)

— FY25 IMPACT REPORT

ADVOCACY SIGNS DURING THE TORONTO PRIDE PARADE 2025