Nov 14-15 2025 206 Beverley St

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Spotlight Session

with Tanaka Chirombo

November 14th

10:40 - 10:50 EST

About:

This spotlight features Tanaka Chirombo, a public and community health professional whose work bridges lived experience with on the grassroot efforts. Grounded in his own HIV journey, Tanaka shares how resilience and advocacy have shaped his path. From frontline harm reduction to global partnerships in Canada and Southern Africa, his story is about reclaiming narrative. In his spotlight, Tanaka shares how he found power in vulnerability, and showing how lived experience can lead systems toward true change.

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Tanaka Chirombo

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Public and Community Health Professional