Item consists of a video recording by Roger Lewis entitled "A Portrait of Survival". This video is a collage portraiture of survivors of AIDS, Cancer, and Child Abuse. Due to the nature of some of the participant's conditions, all of their names are withheld to protect their anonymity within the video.
File contains materials related to A Time for Quiet and Healing, the weekly service and vigil hosted by CARAS for people living with AIDS, their friends, family, and supporters. materials include posters, flyers, programs, sheet music, clippings, and notes.
Item consists of the first issue of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's quarterly newsletter, a supplement to the December-January 1999 issue of Wayves. Includes articles from Jane Allen, Robert ALlan, Peter Fritz, Paul Laybolt, Renee Masching, Roy Ellis, Ned MacInnis Chris Aucoin, Al McNutt, and Daryl Harding MacLean. Also includes a memorial of Dr Bruce Elliott (noted for his work treating patients with HIV/AIDS), and a listing of events.
Item consists of the second issue of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's quarterly newsletter, a supplement to the March 2000 issue of Wayves. Includes articles from Chris Aucoin, Al McNutt, Alexander Gallant, Holly Mitchell, Peter Fritz, Roy Ellis, Daryl Harding-MacLean, Gwen Atkinson, Jane Allen, and Larry Baxter. Also includes a listing of events.
Item consists of the third issue of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's quarterly newsletter, a supplement to the August 2000 issue of Wayves. Includes articles from Al McNutt, Chris Aucoin and Alex Archie (remembering Wilson Hodder), Paul Laybolt, Ann Silversides, Gwen Atkinson, Michelle Proctor-Simms, Vida Woodworth, Donna G., and Joanne Bond. Also includes a profile of Nicole Close, and a listing of events.
File contains administrative records, including one policy protocol, one organization chart, one document outlining meeting protocols, a certificate of incorporation, a memorandum of association, and bi-laws.
File contains the Metro Area Committee on AIDS certificate of incorporation, memorandum of association, bi-laws, job descriptions, one draft of the 1988 policy and personnel manual.
File contains correspondence between AIDS Nova Scotia, elected officials, and other government staff; administrative guiding documents; fundraising guidelines and requests; project proposals, research materials and summaries; reports, press releases, and minutes from ANS other and Canadian AIDS groups; news clippings; and notes.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia internal reports, financial statements, memos and correspondence, press releases, and meeting agendas. File also contains background information on the ANS research fund and guidelines for applicants, agendas, minutes and reports from research fund advisory committee.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia correspondence, financial statements, internal reports, workshop schedules, 1991 general meeting agenda and minutes, INFORM-AIDS meeting minutes, and one copy of the Strategies for the 90s discussion document.
File contains draft copies of administrative documents, including the memorandum of association, bi-laws, and job descriptions. File also contains one draft copy of a 1989 evaluation report; one copy of the July 1988 strategic plan, and associated planning materials and notes; workshop information, schedules, and registration forms; correspondence; and recommendations for the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS.
File contains AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] administrative records, including meeting agendas and minutes, notes, memos and correspondence, and job descriptions. File also contains ACNS project proposals and objectives, financial statements and budgets, as well as memos and a membership application related to Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church in Halifax.
File contains administrative records of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] board of directors, including including meeting agendas and minutes, internal reports, memos and correspondence, and job descriptions. File also contains project proposals and summaries. Many materials discuss recent changes to the structure of ACNS.
File contains File contains AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] administrative records, including meeting agendas and minutes, memos and correspondence, by-laws and other policies, strategic planning materials, organizational overviews, related notes, and a memorandum of association. File also contains project proposals and background information, working group notes, reports, and conference proceedings.
File contains meeting notices, agendas, and minutes; memos and correspondence regarding the formation of the Atlantic AIDS Network; workshop information and application forms; event and meeting invitations; press releases; external reports and recommendations; research proposals and materials.
File contains one draft of an agency contract between AIDS-LINK and Gabriel Saulnier regarding a proposed project assessing palliative care for AIDS patients.
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 CKDU's Donna Mater and J.J. Lyons (LGBT and AIDS activist and past chairperson of Halifax's Gay Alliance for Equality) on AIDS and gay men, news, and a community calendar. The episode was recorded on January 18, 1988, and was broadcasted on the same day.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Lutheran minister Bob Petit speaking about AIDS and the church, as well as news and a community calendar. The episode was recorded and broadcast on November 16, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing a report from an information session the previous week held at Dalhousie's Weldon building on AIDS and the university student by Royden Trainor. CKDU's Theresa Blackburn attended. The episode was recorded on October 7, 1989, and was broadcast on October 9, 1989 and October 23, 1989 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
Series contains materials relating to the formation and operations of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS], a non-profit advocacy organization for persons living with HIV/AIDS based in Halifax. ACNS was formed in 1996 via the merger of two pre-existing organizations, the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and AIDS Nova Scotia, and still operates today. Materials in subseries include administrative records such as meeting notices, minutes, and agendas; memos and correspondence; planning materials for ACNS events; proposals, research materials, and reference materials; and notes.
File contains one pamphlet for the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's Gay Men and Alcohol Project [GMAP], and one ACNS pamphlet regarding anonymous AIDS testing.
File contains one copy of the summer 2000 issue of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia newsletter, featuring an obituary for Al Stewart's friend Wilson Hodder, and one copy of the Nova Scotia HIV/AIDS in the workplace policy enacted 2001-11-16.
File contains one blank AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia address book, one list of suggested readings on AIDS from the Halifax City Regional Library, and the November 24th, 2005 issue of the Dalhousie Gazette commemorating World AIDS Day
File contains materials related to the AIDS Community Action Program [ACAP], including documents outlining program goals and requirements, correspondence, press releases, and briefs related to ACAP funding for AIDS-related projects.
File contains materials related to AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] AIDS Educators' Workshops, 1989-1991. Materials include correspondence, promotional materials, agendas, resource lists and reference materials, evaluation forms and summaries, needs assessment materials and results, notes, and planning materials.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode is part 1 of 2 featuring an interview on AIDS in Russia, as well as a Sweden AIDS play, and Robert's news. The episode was recorded on May 8, 1988, and was broadcasted on May 9, 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 is part 2 of 2 featuring an interview on AIDS in Russia. The episode was recorded on May 15, 1988, and was broadcasted on May 16, 1988.
File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is on AIDS in South Africa. It aired September 26, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program, and April 17, 1991 on D.H.P.
File contains one package of reference materials related to the AIDS Mastery workshop, facilitated by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition. File also contains two pamphlets for LGBT-friendly churches.
File contains letters from Larry Baxter regarding fundraising for Aids Nova Scotia. File also contains letter from Jane Allen of the Nova Scotia Women & Aids project regarding a joint partnership with Neptune.
Series contains administrative records of AIDS Nova Scotia, established in 1984 as the Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS] and changing its name to AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] in 1991. ANS was a non-profit advocacy organization for persons living with HIV/AIDS, incorporated in 1986. AIDS Nova Scotia merged with the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition in 1995 to form the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. Materials in series include meeting notices, minutes, and agendas; memos, correspondence, and press releases; strategic planning materials; budgets and financial statements; internal and external reports; policies, guidelines, and bylaws; and notes, among others.
File contains pamphlets produced by AIDS Nova Scotia / MACAIDS, including information about AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention, and the AIDS Walk.
File contains five pamphlets produced by AIDS Nova Scotia, one letter of support from the Nova Scotia Liberal, and issues of the ANS newsletter Thinking Positively published between 1992-1994.
File contains four cardstock hand-outs produced by AIDS Nova Scotia. Hand-outs contains instructions on prophylactic use and were originally folded around condoms.