Rod Michano

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 became 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 grassroots initiatives that helped raise the profile of HIV/AIDS among Aboriginal, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, 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]}