03/26/2026
ACT Closure
After more than 40 years of service to people living with and affected by HIV in Toronto, the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) is preparing to close its doors at the end of March. In recent months, we’ve been reflecting on what this organization has meant, not just as an institution, but as a community of people.
Throughout ACT’s history, one thing has always mattered most: people.
To our service users: thank you for trusting us in moments of vulnerability and strength. You shaped ACT in ways you may never fully see and reminded us every day why this work matters.
To our staff, past and present: thank you for showing up with compassion, professionalism, and care, even through uncertainty. The true impact of ACT lives in the conversations you had, the dignity you upheld, and the quiet ways you supported others when it mattered most.
To our volunteers: you are the origin of ACT’s story. From welcoming faces in the Access Centre, to facilitating support groups, outreach in bars and bathhouses, and supporting our fundraising — thank you for your passion and care.
And to our donors, funders, partners, and community allies: thank you for standing with ACT through decades of crisis, change, and progress. Your belief in this work ensured our community had support when it was needed most.
ACT existed during times when fear and stigma were overwhelming and community action was essential. Across those decades, what stands out is a steady commitment to care, dignity, community, and a little sex-positivity along the way. ❤️
This work is not finished. The need for accessible treatment, prevention, and stigma reduction continues, and today’s environment calls for stronger coordination and collaboration.
ACT’s legacy is not measured in programs alone. It lives in people - in lives supported, stigma challenged, and moments when someone felt less alone because ACT existed.
As this chapter closes, there is sadness but also deep gratitude. The values that shaped ACT will continue in the people and organizations carrying this work forward.
ACT is closing, but what it stood for continues in all of us.
