Rod Michano

Rod Michano
Birth name Toussaint Roderick Michano
Born April 19, 1964 (1964-04-19) (age 47)
Origin Pic River First Nation , Ontario, Canada
Occupations educator, public speaker, social activist
Years active 1990–present (activist)
Website Official website

Rod Michano, (born Toussaint Roderick Michano, April 19, 1964 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a noted Canadian First Nations HIV/AIDS activist and educator.[1][2][3] He is a member of the Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation in Northern Ontario.[2][3][4]

Michano left Pic River at age 18, travelling extensively throughout the United States and Canada before coming to Toronto, Ontario[4] where he become active in many Aboriginal and LGBT community organizations. He began HIV/AIDS work and activism in 1990 and has since become a public speaker and educator. He has been involved in many grass-roots initiatives that helped raise the profile of HIV/AIDS among Aboriginal, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people, and was featured in the 1997 documentary film Changing Faces of AIDS.

He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was co-host of Toronto's 2007 AIDS Vigil.

References

  1. ^ Pustil, RonniLyn. "Doctor Who?". The Positive Side. http://www.positiveside.ca/e/v7i2/Chatty_e.htm. Retrieved 30 July 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Talaga, Tanya (March 6, 2000). "First Nations face AIDS threat HIV spreads at alarming rate". Toronto Star. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426628231.html?dids=426628231:426628231&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+06,+2000&author=Tanya+Talaga&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=First+Nations+face+AIDS+threat+HIV+spreads+at+alarming+rate+;+'Our+people+are+infected+younger,+they+are+diagnosed+later+and+they+die+sooner'+Unprotected+teen+sex,+scarcity+of+health+resources+on+reserves,+injection+drug+use+and+a+mobile+population+combine+to+make+Indians+vulnerable&pqatl=google. Retrieved 30 July 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Spiritual healing soothes ravaged body". Toronto Star: p. A.7. 17 August 2006. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1096018261.html?dids=1096018261:1096018261&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+17,+2006&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Spiritual+healing+soothes+ravaged+body&pqatl=google. Retrieved 30 July 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Greer, Darrren (August 2, 2004). "A 'Second Plague': Why AIDS is on the rise among Aboriginal people". Maclean's. http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20040802_85732_85732. Retrieved 30 July 2010. 

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