JordonCooper.com Rotating Header Image

HIV Aids

Looking at harm reduction from a Christian perspective

Aug 20th, 2011
by Jordon Cooper.
4 comments

So Calgary has stopped giving out free crack pipes as part of it’s harm reduction strategy. Since 2008, Alberta Health Services had been giving out crack-pipe kits as part of the Safeworks program, an effort to reduce transmittable diseases. The kits contained a glass pipe, mouthpiece and cleaning tool and were handed out in an [...]

HIV and Homelessness

May 11th, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
No comments yet

From the Star Phoenix about a guy I know. When people find out he’s HIV positive, Dan says it’s almost like it’s not a surprise to them anymore. The odd person might jump away when he tells them, but most don’t react at all, "because so many people have it," he said. Over a cup [...]

Isiah vs. Magic

Oct 23rd, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
Comments are off for this post

Despite growing up a Piston’s fan, I stopped being an Isiah Thomas fan around the time he failed in a power play to take over the Toronto Raptors.  By the time he ruined the CBA, I wondered if he was all there.  I lost whatever respect I had for him during his time with the [...]

What’s it Like to Live with HIV/Aids

Nov 6th, 2008
by Jordon.
1 comment

What is it like to live with AIDS today? Have improved treatments changed the outlook of someone with H.I.V.? Does the stigma associated with AIDS still exist? Eight men and women speak about their experiences