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 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 two pins produced by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. Both pins have white and red text on a black background. Text on one pin reads "JOIN THE ATTACK ON AIDS". Text on the second pin reads "Pour l'amour de la vie... FAITES LA GUERRE AU SIDA".
File contains administrative records of the joint committee of the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC] and AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS], which document the union of these two groups as the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS]. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, planning documents, notes, and correspondence regarding joint operations and a potential organizational merge, as well as reference materials regarding similar organizational mergers.
Fonds contains materials collected by Halifax-based AIDS activist Larry Baxter. Materials in fonds document Baxter's involvement or interactions with a variety of Nova Scotian AIDS-related organizations, including Churchmembers Assembled to Respond to AIDS [CARAS], AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS], and the Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition. These materials include administrative and financial records, internal and external reports, memos and correspondence, proposals and planning materials, workshop materials, and reference materials. Fonds also contains Baxter's collection of news clippings covering a broad range of LGBT and AIDS-related issues, and his collection of pamphlets regarding AIDS-related issues and concerns.
File containts seven pamphlets about services provided by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project, a community organization that supports LGBT youth.
File contains clippings dated 2003 related to sex and sexuality, AIDS and other bloodborne diseases, religion and homosexuality, LGBT political and social issues (same sex marriage, legal protections), LGBT media and events.
File contains clippings dated 2004 related to sex and sexuality, AIDS and other bloodborne diseases, religion and homosexuality, LGBT political and social issues (same sex marriage, legal protections), LGBT media and events.
File contains RSVP Vacations queer travel brochures for 1996/1997 and 1998/1999, the 1997-1998 Halifax Pride Guide lesbian and gay directory; the Spring 2001 catalogue of books from Between the Lines publisher, the 2000 and 2001 catalogues of books from Harrington Park Press, one handout entitled The Relationship of Homophobia to Other Forms of Oppression, and one news clipping about actor Ryan Idol.
File contains regarding correspondence, memos, press releases, and lobbying materials regarding AIDS education, advocacy, and the proposed inclusion of protections based on sexual orientation to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code.
File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, a joint research project organized by the Canadian AIDS Society, supported by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and the Atlantic AIDS Network. Materials include reports, recommendations, correspondence, memos, job descriptions and submissions, notes, press releases, strategic plans, and reference materials.
File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, including memos and correspondence, project proposals, progress reports, pamphlets, and reference materials.
File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men working group, including project proposals, meeting minutes, correspondence and letters of support, budgets and financial documents, notes, job descriptions, reports from similar projects in the UK and Australia, and related research/publications.
Subseries contains documents relating to the operation of Morton House, a residence and hospice in Halifax operated by CARAS for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Morton House was established in 1988 and closed in the early 2000s.
File contains documentation and correspondence regarding 2277 Brunswick Street, which became the site of Morton House. Materials include the Morton House proposal, property deed, correspondence regarding mortgage guarantees, and rental policy documents.
File contains the Morton House Residence Committee annual report for 1989-1990, correspondence regarding utility hook ups, insurance documents, and a real estate appraisal report. File also contains two photographs of the exterior of Morton House, located in the residence committee report.
File contains copies of News and Views, the newsletter for the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], dated 1989-1994; one copy of the 1989 annual report; one agenda for the 1996 general meeting; 1995 financial statements; and one copy of the 1995 Black Outreach Project report.
Series contains administrative and operational records from the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], an HIV/AIDS advocacy organization based in Halifax. NSPWAC formed in the mid-1980s and merged with AIDS Nova Scotia in 1995 to establish the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. Materials include meeting notices, agendas, and minutes; memos, correspondence, and press releases; workshop materials; internal and external reports; and issues of their newsletter News and Views.
File contains two notices from the Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], a treatment information project form, a poster for a horseback ride and BBQ event for persons with HIV/AIDS, and information on the AIDS walk 1993.
File contain materials documenting organizational development at AIDS Nova Scotia. Materials include evaluation criteria, evaluation workshop agendas and materials, and related memos and correspondence; current program summaries, goals, and objectives; strategic consultation background information, staff submissions, and summaries; one copy of the final edition of the Strategies for the 90s strategic plan; and funding application guidelines.
Series contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1986-1989 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1986 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1987 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1988 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1989 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets and clippings from 1991 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.