Rod Michano
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| Rod Michano | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Toussaint Roderick Michano |
| Born | April 19, 1964 |
| Origin | Pic River First Nation , Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | 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.[citation needed]
He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was co-host of Toronto's 2007 AIDS Vigil.[citation needed]
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- 1964 births
- HIV/AIDS activists
- Ojibwe people
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- Living people
- People from Thunder Bay
- Two-Spirit people
- LGBT First Nations people
- 20th-century indigenous people of the Americas
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