Summit Program - GMSH | Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance

Biography
Mike Cecilio
AIDS Committee of Ottawa
Mike is the MSM Ethno-Cultural Resource Coordinator at the AIDS Committee
of Ottawa (ACO). Working within the ACO’s Education & Prevention team,
he coordinates programs and resources in order to improve access to
sexual health services and information for MSM of diverse ethno-cultural
backgrounds. Originally from Sydney Australia, Mike completed his degree
in media & communication (Macquarie University, 2002) and a Masters in
international studies (University of Sydney, 2005), and possesses 10 years of
experience in the areas of marketing, fundraising, government relations and
project management within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Nik Redman
Trans Pulse
Nik Redman is an artist, activist and community worker who was born in
Montreal, Canada. He is member of the GBQ Trans Mens’ Working Group,
part ofGay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance; the MaBwana Community Advisory
Committee, the Prisoners Justice Action Committee(PJAC) and the Trans Fathers
2B Parenting Course Project Team.Nik is also one of the Co-investigators of
The Trans PULSE, a community-based research (CBR) project within Ontario’s
Trans Community.Nik was one of the online facilitators for the provincewide
HIV/AIDS-themed Stigma campaign. Nik currently works as a Grievance
Officer with University of Toronto’s Local 1998 United Steelworkers Union. In
addition, he works doing Anti-Harassment and Human Rights Training for the
Union. Nik volunteers with the LGBT Youth Line, Community One and is part of
the programming committee and the Board of the Inside Out Film and Video
Festival. He also serves on the Board of Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention
(Black CAP). As a member of blackness Yes! He has been instrumental in
programming the Blockorama stage at Pride Toronto. Nik is also an awardwinning
DJ, writer and radio programmer. He can be heard every Thursday 5-7
p.m. on http://radioregent.com/ in Toronto.
Olivier Ferlatte
Community Based Research Centre, BC
Olivier Ferlatte moved to Vancouver in 2004 with a degree in Sexology from the
Université du Québec a Montréal.Ever since, he has been an active member
of the gay men’s movement in British Columbia where he has held various
positions in gay men’s health in both, community agencies and governmental
agencies. He is currently a Doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences
at Simon Fraser University where he teaches sexuality and recently taught British
Columbia’s first credit course in gay men’s health. Olivier is Research Education
Director at the Community-based Research Centre and he currently holds a
CIHR trainee fellowship at the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy.