File contains four floppy discs containing administrative records for the Gay Alliance for Equality (later the Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia) and the Metro Area Committee on AIDS (later called AIDS Nova Scotia).
Subseries contains materials documenting NSRAP's research and support work related to HIV/AIDS, including the Gay Men's Health Research Project, and NSRAPS's response to Nova Scotia's Strategy for HIV/AIDS. Materials in subseries include Gay Men's Health Research Project planning and research materials, HIV/AIDS related government policy documents, meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, and notes.
File contains planning materials relating to the Gay Men's Health Research Project. Materials include notes, correspondence, proposal summaries, work plans, research materials, blank questionnaires, and meeting evaluation forms.
File contains planning materials relating to the Gay Men's Health Research project. Materials include one blank copy of the project's environmental scan; one copy of the agenda for the project's first group meeting, held February 17, 2001; resources relating to research principles and gay men's health; correspondence dated 2001; one photocopy of an article from the May 17, 2001 issue of the Daily News entitled Parents search for man who vanished from bar; contact lists; workplans; and notes.
File contains materials related to the workshop HIV, Disclosure, and the Law, hosted on March 24th, 2009 by the AIDS Coalition Nova Scotia [ACNS], including one flyer, presentation slide, resource lists, and ACNS pamphlet mockups.
File contains materials relating to HIV/AIDS activism in Nova Scotia. Materials include copies of The Nova Scotia AIDS Survey: An Invitation Draft Report, published January, 2006. File also contains one copy of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia Evaluation 2005: Community Partners Interview Questions, as well as correspondence, notes, and the AIDS Community Action Program Regional Funding application form and guidelines.
File contains three posters encouraging safe-sex as HIV/AIDS prevention; one poster admonishing the Reagan administration, the Centre for Disease Control, and the Vatican for their lack of action in preventing the AIDS epidemic; and one poster featuring the European Parliament's resolution on sexual discrimination in the workplace.
File contains educational resources related to HIV/AIDS. Materials include one copy of Needle Points: A Health Guide for People Injecting Drugs, pamphlets relating to LGBT employment and health issues; one copy of the February, 1998 issue of the needle exchange newsletter Junkmail; one printout of Appendix D from HIV, AIDS and Injection Drug Use: A National Action Plan by the Canadian Public Health Association dated May, 1997; one copy of Managing the Non-Compliant HIV-Infected Individual: Experiences from a Local Health Department; one copy of The National Action Plan on HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use: A Call to Action; and selections from Under the Influence: Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs.
File contains posters for three HIV/AIDS related events in Halifax, one pamphlet regarding health services for Black women in rural Nova Scotia, and one copy of the zine Militant Queer Insurrection.
Sub-series contains records of fundraisers and other events hosted by CARAS and other Halifax-based organizations promoting causes related to HIV/AIDS. Materials include promotional materials, programs, pamphlets, memos, correspondence, and planning documents.
Sub-series contains news clippings from regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Canada and abroad.
Sub-series contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1999 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia.
File contains reference materials regarding living with HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS transmission and treatment, and safe sex practices. Materials include pamphlets, information sheets, resource lists, and one copy of the book AIDS: What Every Canadian Should Know by James D. Greig.
File contains a document titled "Management of HIV disease: One physician's approach"; a list of items added to the Nova Scotia Advisory Commission AIDS library; conference proceedings from a workshop on palliative care for persons with AIDS; a list of regional coordinators for home care programs; a list of resources available through the International Conference on AIDS 1993; a newsletter from AIDS Nova Scotia; and a questionnaire from Metro United Way regarding health care and community needs.
File contains materials related to the Human Rights and AIDS initiative, a community consultation project undertaken by AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] to encourage changes to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code. Materials include summary transcripts of roundtable discussion held as part of the Human Rights and AIDS, notes, correspondence, and one pamphlet advertising the project.
File contains one training manual for Inform-AIDS, a toll-free helpline operated by the Metro Area Committee on AIDS, designed to provide information about HIV/AIDS.
File contains one copy of a Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS]-produced information packet about HIV/AIDS services and community resources; one copy of The Natural Helper: A Rural Remedy, a manual produced Sharp Advice Needle Exchange; and one copy of the report Getting through today and trying to change tomorrow: Members of the HIV/AIDS Movement in Nova Scotia Reflect on the Legacy of our Work and the Implications for the Future, produced by the Provincial Needs Assessment Team.
FIle contains the Winter 1996 issue of Interfaith AIDS Perspective, the newsletter for the Edmonton-based Interfaith Association on AIDS. File contains a copy of an obituary for the Rev. Michael Austin McDonald.
File contains one copy of Janet Conners Infected Spouses and Children Association's interim submission to the Krever inquiry, submitted December 15 1994.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with a founding member of the Nova Scotia People With AIDS Coalition, a local group to combat ignorance and provide support for those concerned about the disease. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Robert Matthews. The episode was recorded in April 1988, and was broadcast on April 26, 1988 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Barney Savage, chair of the Student Union of Nova Scotia, on the Student AIDS Task Force. The interview was conducted with CKDU's Ken Burke. The episode was recorded on September 16, 1986 and was broadcast on the same day and September 25, 1986 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Biorn Sundt, who was HIV positive since June 1987, on Bike For Life. Biorn had cycled from Seattle to New York three times at the time of recording to raise awareness for AIDS and create a positive profile for those diagnosed. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Crystn James. The episode was recorded on October 1, 1990, and was broadcast on October 2, 1990, October 5, 1990, and October 8, 1990 on The Evening Affair and Title Waves, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Dinetia Johnon, a 23 year old People With AIDS Coalition (PWAC) board member who had been infected with HIV one year ago at the time of recording. The episode was recorded on November 27, 1990, and was broadcast on November 30, 1990, December 13, 1990, and April 4, 1991 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Bernard Lapointe, principal health advisor for the Federal Centre for AIDS, about the benefits and drawbacks of testing for HIV. Lapointe was one of the speakers who participated in activities sponsored by Nova Scotia's Persons with AIDS as part of 1990's AIDS Awareness Week. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Brenda Barnes. The episode was recorded on October 17, 1990, and was broadcast on October 18, 1990, and October 22, 1990, and October 30, 1990 on Title Waves and The Word Is Out, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor George Weber, the Secretary General of the Canadian Red Cross Society of Canada, on blood transfusions, screening, and the risk of AIDS infection through blood in Canada. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Craig Benjamin. The episode was recorded on March 28, 1988, and was broadcast on March 29, 1988, and April 4, 1988 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Hillary Wass, a Vancouver doctor who specialized in treating AIDS patients, on the tragedy of AIDS and watching so many of her patients die, as well as her work on behalf of the victims. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Robert Matthews. The episode was recorded on November 18, 1987, and was broadcast on the same day on The Evening Affair, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Pierre Lavigne, an epidemiologist who reported that for the first time in Nova Scotia heterosexuals tested positive for AIDS, citing the same bisexual man as the carrier. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Lisa Blackburn. The episode was recorded on January 6, 1988, and was broadcast on January 10 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Richard Beazely of Dalhousie's Health department on the Canadian Youth and AIDS Study that he worked on. He discussed the fact that kids do not feel their parents are educated well enough on AIDS to discuss it with them, and the problems that the lack of freedom to discuss sex with parents make for safe sex and AIDS. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Crystn James. The episode was recorded on October 17, 1990, and was broadcast on October 18, 1990, and October 24, 1990 on The Evening Affair and Title Waves, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Rosemary Gill of Dalhousie Health Services and head of the University's task force on AIDS. She discusses how she sees one or two students a day scared they've contracted HIV/AIDS, and thinks most people would be better off not being tested despite this. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Erin Goodman. The episode was recorded on November 30, 1987, and was broadcast on the same day on The Evening Affair, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Walter Schlech of the Victoria General Infectious Disease Division on a change in the code of ethics that would allow them to break the confidentiality of patients who have tested positive for AIDS to inform others who may have come into contact with the virus. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Connie Clark. The episode was recorded on August 26, 1987, and was broadcast on August 27, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Walter Schlech of the Victoria General Infectious Disease Division on his work and attitude towards AIDS as he spends roughly a day a week on the disease. The interview was conducted by CKDU's John Cairncross. The episode was recorded in March 1988.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features an interview with Donald Martin, a Toronto-based writer who wrote "No Blame" and "One Out of Four" about AIDS and male prostitution. The episode was recorded on January 22, 1989.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode features an interview with Dr. Hillary Wass, hosted by Erin Goodman. Wass, a Vancouver doctor, gave a lecture at Dalhousie University on AIDS on November 18, 1987. The episode aired November 19, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Dr. Rosemary Gill of Dalhousie University Health Services. Dr. Gill, the head of a task force set up to consider ways to deal with AIDS in the university population, spoke with CKDU's Robert Wagner about the issue.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Eric Smith, the Cape Sable Island School teacher removed after parents found out he had contracted AIDS, on Nova Scotia's decision to appoint Smith to a provincial task force on AIDS education. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Adrienne Cormier.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Father Bob Petite, formerly of St. George's Anglican Church and at the time with Churchmembers Assembled to Respond to AIDS (CARAS). CARAS is a non-profit organisation that helped to establish Morton House, a residence for persons living with AIDS, and provides financial assistance to persons with AIDS. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Dan Hart. The episode was recorded on October 17, 1990, and was broadcast on the same day on The Wireless, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Fred Wells, one of the founding members of the Nova Scotia People With AIDS (PWA) Coalition. The interview was conducted by CKDU's John Cairncross. The episode was recorded on April 23, 1988, and was broadcast on April 28, 1988, and April 29, 1988 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Glenn Walton, writer and director of a new video featuring persons with AIDS. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Lisa Monk. The episode was recorded on March 22, 1990, and was broadcast on the same day on both Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features an interview with James Shedden, local full-time AIDS activist and promoter of safe sex for bi and gay men, on "Day without art". The episode was recorded on November 24, 1992, and was broadcasted on December 1, 1992, October 3, 1994, and October 2, 1995.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Barney Savage, chair of the Student Union of Nova Scotia, on the Student AIDS Task Force. The interview was conducted with CKDU's Ken Burke. The episode was recorded on September 16, 1986 and was broadcast on January 12, 1987 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with author June Callwood on her book "Jim" based on the live recordings of a person with AIDS, and the disease in general. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Judy Dudar. The episode was recorded on October 26, 1988, and was broadcast on November 9, 1988 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Kevin Orr of the AIDS Committee of Toronto while he was in Halifax for a meeting of the Canadian Public Health Association the previous year. CKDU's Ken Burke spoke with Orr about the privately managed education groups springing up across the country to inform people about AIDS. The AIDS Committee of Toronto was a model that helped form many others like it, including in Metro Halifax. The episode was recorded on January 14, 1987, and was broadcast on January 20, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Leslie Barnes, vice president of the Metro Area committee on AIDS, on the Names Project and the AIDS memorial quilt displayed at Gorsebrook school. The episode was recorded on December 3, 1990.
File is an audio reel containing an interview in two parts (10 min., 20 sec. and 10 min., 43 sec.) with Leslie Graynor, the Coordinator of the Women and AIDS Project of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. She spoke with CKDU's Brenda Barnes following the Canadian AIDS Society conference on Women and AIDS (March 23 to 24, 1991). The interview aired March 27, 1991 and was rebroadcast March 29, 1991 on Title Waves; April 2, 1991 on The Word is Out; April 4, 1991 at 10:55 am; and April 24, 1991 on Title Waves. Part 2 was also rebroadcast July 23, 1992 on Title Waves.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Halifax City Regional Library's librarian Lynn Murphy on their revised and expanded AIDS resource list. The episode was recorded on June 11, 1989, and was broadcast on June 13, 1989 on The Word is Out, June 19, 1989, and August 2, 1989 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
