Learn about the process behind our name change.

AIDS Vancouver is now Ribbon Community

If you are looking for AIDS Vancouver, you are in the right place.

Welcome to Ribbon Community, formerly known as AIDS Vancouver. In March 2024, we changed our name to Ribbon Community. Our programs and services, and the team you know are still here, ready to support and empower you.

We chose the concept of ribbon for our new name and look to pull the past, present, and future of the HIV response together, connecting the many communities that make Ribbon Community possible. Our logo is the red ribbon in the form of an r, rather than the ‘v’ shape of the original ribbons developed by a group of artists called Visual AIDS. Read the story behind our new name and look or watch the announcement that took place March 26, 2024.

Whether you like this name – or you don’t – we are holding space for that and the many other feelings as all of us adjust to change. As we embrace our new purpose and values, and yes, our new name, we want to assure you that if you are looking for AIDS Vancouver, we are still here. We will be continuing our usual programs and services, making sure they reflect out new purpose and values. Learn more about the process, Vision Our Future, behind our new purpose, values, name and look.

We are incredibly grateful to people living with HIV who have shaped this organization alongside the many staff, volunteers, and supporters. These incredible communities have built Ribbon Community over four decades, and we are looking forward to continuing the important work of AIDS Vancouver into the future, under our new name.

Highlights from the first 30 years of our work as AIDS Vancouver can be found online as part of the '30 30' playlist, created as part of our 30th anniversary. For a look back to the beginning of AIDS Vancouver, watch the full 30 30 video series on our YouTube playlist.