J. Kevin Barlow is a Mi'kmaq from the Indian island of New Brunswick. He is a former chief executive officer of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN).Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), World AIDS Day: CIHR Report on HIV/AIDS 2006, p. 11, found at [Canadian Institutes of Health Research website]. Accessed March 16, 2010.
Barlow worked in the aboriginal health field for over 25 years. He has presented his research in New Zealand, the United States,Native Committee Advisory Expert Panel (NCAEP), found at University of Washington website . Accessed March 16, 2010. Mexico, and across Canada,Library Resources Materials, Articles on Aboriginal Specific Health Related Topics, Government & Population and Statistical Information, found at McMaster University website . Accessed March 16, 2010.Forty Million and Counting: Cutting-Edge Challenges in HIV Prevention, A one-day conference exploring challenges in international HIV prevention and AIDS education, November 15, 2007 found at University of Toronto website . Accessed March 16, 2010. exploring challenges in international HIV prevention and AIDS education.
He has worked primarily in the HIV/AIDS sector, and is Principal Investigator on a number of grants exploring cultural competence, mental health, and historical trauma. His leadership and advocacy earned him a national award for excellence in aboriginal programming in 2006.
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External links Cedar Project website
Publications J. Kevin Barlow, EXAMINING HIV/AIDS AMONG THE ABORIGINAL POPULATION IN CANADA: in the post-residential school era (2003), found at PDF