File consists of a re-abstracting manual for the Yoruba study data to update the research goal to compare urban and rural mental health and limit bias in analysis. File also includes respondents' answers to health surveys and a memo regarding evaluation of Yoruba abstracts.
File contains materials from a meeting on the Yoruba studies, including charts and datasets demonstrating psychiatrist's agreement analysis and findings and ABCD analysis.
Item consists of the submission of Stuart W. Semple, Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Education, Dalhousie University to the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Education, Public Services and Provincial-Municipal Relations was created by Order in Council on 31 March 1971.
Item is a report that includes background on crown lands, land divisions, purchase records, information on the Nova Scotia Training School, and copies of deeds and maps of various farms pertaining to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Folder consists of information gathered regarding the 1982 Halifax Council election and concerns of women as well as a copy of "New Visions, Atlantic Women and Housing Conference" report.
Item consists of a paper drafted by Dalhousie University responding to the findings of the Royal Commission on Post Secondary Education, drafted in April 1986
Item is a typed report with handwritten amendments outlining the needs of the Dalhousie Medical School written as part of a formal request for funding from an unidentified foundation.
File contains records related to A Night in the Theatre, written by Lawrence Casler and directed by Nick Jupp. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from February 21-March 8, 2008. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; newspaper reviews; DVD video recording; and CD-R containing photographs of the cast and crew.
Item is an early draft proposal written by Alexander Murchison and others ca. 1973 regarding funding for a grant to improve the delivery of health services to children and youth in Nova Scotia. The proposal aims to implement several programs in Halifax County to assist the province's youth in moving "toward optimum health" by implementing the following programs: Life Development program (emphasizing proper nutrition, emotional and physical development); Day Care and Pre-School program; Teacher Training program; Community Health Nurse program; Environmental Control program (environmental effects on human growth and development); and General Training program (for professionals involved with children and adolescent care).
Item is a draft funding proposal compiled by Alexander Murchison and others, submitted to the Atlantic Regional Office, Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate, Health Protection Branch, Department of National Health & Welfare, in February 1973, encouraging the funding and development of an adolescent health care program in Nova Scotia. The item addresses what was achieved from a similar proposal in 1972, and outline aims "to animate interested health care workers [in the province] to initiate changes within their own community and profession." The item contains a three-page budget appendix.
Item is a report submitted to the Nova Scotia Council of Health by Murray G. Brown, Cameron A. Voelker, and Peter C. Gordon from the Department of Preventive Medicine, Dalhousie University. This report discusses the revised funding strategy for Health Care Research within the Department of Preventive Medicine.
Item is an undated review of the current Nova Scotia mental health system, as well as an outline of required changes to the system, compiled by Alexander Murchison in the early 1970s. The item provides a brief outline of present mental health programs and facilities in the province — the Cape Breton Mental Health Centre in Sydney, the Eastern Counties Mental Health Centre in Antigonish, the Pictou County Mental Health Centre in New Glasgow, the Cumberland County Mental Health Centre in Amherst, the Cobequid Mental Health Centre in Truro, the Funday [sic] Mental Health Centre in Wolfville, the Digby-Annapolis Mental Health Centre in Digby, the program at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital, and the South Shore Mental Health Centre in Bridgewater — as well as mental and public hospital services — Nova Scotia Hospital, Abbie J. Lane Memorial Hospital, Halifax County Hospital, and Kings County Hospital — and provides recommendations on how to improve the province-wide program addressing mental health. Item contains a few inked and whited-out corrections.
File contains records related to Ian McCutcheon's A Spirit for Evermore, directed by J. Frederick Brown and produced by Michele Moore. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from December 3-19, 2009. Records include a producer's report; program; DVD recording; and cards and a letter of appreciation from audience members.
File contains documents relating to Taintor's study and two drafts of the full study text. Includes mental and physical health surveys and datasets, interview fieldnotes, and statistics and calculations. Also contains a letter from Laurel Hodgden regarding the usability of the data.
File includes copies of "A Survey of General Physicians : Manual for Participating General Practitioners" and "Appendix A : Nomenclature and Classification in the Stirling County Study."
File includes a study commissioned by CCOHTA written by Murray Brown, T. Jock Murray, John D. Fisk, Ingrida S. Sketris, Carolyn E. Schwartz and John C. LeBlanc, as well as a summary checklist and seminar list.
File contains a report written in 1973 by Alexander Murchison and Edward Newell regarding a restructuring of child and adolescent programs and services in Nova Scotia to "stimulate community and government interest, participation, and action for change."
File contains the Fisheries and Oceans Canada report as well as printed web pages from IntraFish.com and OCAD/BCDA (Office for the Commissioner for Aquaculture Development).
File contains correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes created and collected by Chris Heide during his tenure as president of ACTRA Maritime Writers' Branch and, later, as chair of ACTRA Halifax Work Opportunities Committee and as chair of ACTRA Maritime Film Committee.
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 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 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.
