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 contains one copy of the Planned Parenthood's sexual and reproductive health counselling guidelines, published in 2004. Guidelines were collected by Larry Baxter as part of his work with the Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS.
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.
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.
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 one copy of the report Towards a Home for the LGBT Community in Nova Scotia: The Rainbow Community Project, published by the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project in March 2010, and two clippings regarding community-building for LGBT seniors.
File contains pamphlets about the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, homophobic abuse in Nova Scotia, EGALE, male circumcision, gay bashing, and the Reconciling Congregation Program. File also contains notes regarding homosexuality.
File contains reports and workshop materials on HIV/AIDS and legal protections for LGBT persons. File includes reports by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia, report related to Nova Scotia's strategy on AIDS, and one package of materials for the Nova Scotia Teachers Union workshop Battling Homophobia in the Classroom, held July 23, 2009.
File contains one program for the World AIDS Day Vigil, held in Halifax on December 1, 2006; one program and one poster for the World AIDS Day Vigil, held in Halifax on December 1, 2007; one pamphlet about bisexuality; and one pamphlet about the Gay and Lesbian Archives (now called the ArQuives).
File contains one copy of "Proud But Cautious": Homophobic Abuse and Discrimination in Nova Scotia, published in 1992 by Carolyn Gibson Smith for NSPIRG, and one copy of Boys Just Wanna Have Fun: Gay and Bisexual Men Talk About Their Experiences With Alcohol, published in 1998 by AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's Gay Men and Alcohol Project.
One copy of the report Inside Out, published in 2005 by Phillipa Pictou, Charmaine Hunter-Ighodaro, and Kelly Drew. Report covers the Inside Out project, which develops and expands supports for women involved in the criminal justice system.
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 the 1995 Greater Halifax Pride Guide, and the program for the Out on Screen Queer Film and Video Festival, held in Vancouver from August 11-17, 1997.
File containts seven pamphlets about services provided by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project, a community organization that supports LGBT youth.
File contains resources produced by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project, including one pamphlets, flyers, forms, one poster, one copy of the 2001 report Stories From the Silent: Young Gay and Bisexual Men and Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment, and three chapters excerpted from Pride and Prejudice: Working with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth by Margaret Schneider, 1997.
File contains Halifax Pride planning materials from 2006, including agendas, correspondence, one events guide, planning materials for an event at Venus Envy, one interfaith service brochure, one pamphlet regarding gay health, and one chart listing event coordinators and their responsibilities.
File contains one copy of the 2005 Halifax Regional Health Project report Improving Access to Primary Health Care in the Rainbow Community, one copy of the 2009 discussion paper Links Between the LGBT Community and Injury by the Nova Scotia Department of Health, and one pamphlet for parents of LGBT youth produced by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project.
File contains one copy of Situational Analysis: A Background Paper on HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal People, published by the Special Working Group on Aboriginal Issues, Ministerial Council on HIV/AIDS in 2001.
File contains materials related to the operations of EGALE (formerly Equality for Gays And Lesbians Everywhere), a Canada-wide LGBT advocacy organization, dated 1987-2001. Materials include copies of the InfoEgale newsletter, press releases and correspondence regarding Egale operations and initiatives, reference materials, and news clippings related to LGBT political activism and issues in Canada.
File contains 11 cardstock covers for condoms handed out at AIDS-related events, printed with information regarding condom use and safe sex. File also contains information cards regarding AIDS-related causes and organizations, one AIDS Nova Scotia pamphlet, and one program for the Bid For Life dinner auction fundraiser for AIDS NS held February 12, 2004.
File contains materials produced for the Time to Deliver on AIDS in Nova Scotia workshop, held in Halifax on October 20, 2006. This workshop discussed the content of the XVI International AIDS Conference held in Toronto in August, 2006, and the conference's impact on HIV/AIDS services in Nova Scotia. Materials include conference proceedings, presentation slides, speaking notes, and a personal account of the conference.
File contains one package of materials the Gay and Lesbian Association's annual general meetings, and meetings of GALA's committees. Materials include agendas, minutes, reports, financial statements, and bylaws.
File contains administrative records of the Regional Atlantic AIDS Network, a collective of HIV/AIDS advocacy groups in the Atlantic Region, dated 2007-2010. Materials include background information about RAAN, correspondence, strategic planning materials, notes, meeting agendas and minutes, project proposals, workshop schedules, policies and guidelines, reports, presentation slides, and terms of reference.
File contains two reports prepared by Caroline Ploem for the Canadian Palliative Care Association entitled HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care in the Atlantic Region, one subtitled The Needs of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS and their Caregivers (Jan 24, 2000), one subtitled Educational Needs of Caregivers (June 2000).
File contains one copy of the report Strengthening Community-Based Approaches to HIV/AIDS and STI Screening, Treatment, and Prevention among Aboriginal People in the Atlantic Region, published by Atlantic Aboriginal People and Health Canada in June, 2009.
File contains clippings, memos, notes, pamphlet mock-ups, registration forms, group guidelines, and flyers for a Capital Health-run bereavement support group for same sex partners.
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).
File contains posters produced by the Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS], the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS], and other Canadian AIDS organization advocating for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
File contains four posters produced by AIDS Calgary and the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia encouraging safe sex, two posters advertising events connected to the AIDS Vigil, and one copy of the 1995 Kumbaya Festival calendar featuring photographs by Andrew McNaughton.
File contains one copy of A Report on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of a sample of Young Men, Young African Nova Scotian Women, and Women Over 50 Years of Age, produced by Planned Parenthood for the IWK, published March 2001. File also contains one copy of the report Adolescent Sexual Health Services and Education: Options for Nova Scotia by Donald B. Langille for the Maritime Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, published in 2000.
File contains press releases, correspondence, clippings, and court documents related to sailor Simon Thwaites' dismissal from the Canadian Navy due to his HIV status, and subsequent legal challenges.
File contains materials related to the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada, also known as the Krever inquiry. Materials include lists of witnesses and parties granted standing and counsel, court procedures, schedules, media guidelines, background information on key players, memos, and correspondence.
File contains 45 pamphlets produced by Canadian AIDS advocacy groups and health authorities about HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and living with HIV/AIDS.
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.
File contains one pamphlet for the 2nd Annual National Conference on HIV/AIDS, held May 28-29, 1992; one pamphlet for the McGill AIDS Centre; one piece of correspondence regarding the establishment of an AIDS research fund; and clippings regarding AIDS research.
File contains one copy of the report Assessing the HIV Prevention Needs of Diverse Communities of Women, prepared by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] for Planned Parenthood Metro in March, 2004, and accompanying presentation slides. File also contains one copy of the report Regional Realities : HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Priority Issues in Atlantic Canada, published by ACNS in April, 2000; and one pamphlet on the 2004 Sex Now Survey.
File contains one copy of the 2005 and 2009 Sex Now Survey reports, published by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS], and one copy of a 2006 report entitled HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C: A Scan of Policies, Programs, and Research in Atlantic Canad, published the Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network.
File contains materials related to Atlantic AIDS Network meeting, held November 23-25 1990 in St John's Newfoundland. Materials include notes, correspondence and memos, planning materials, discussion documents, reference materials, and meeting proceedings including agendas, minutes, and reports.
File contains pamphlets, fliers, guides, and other reference materials produced by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] regarding AIDS and safe sex. File also contains press releases and update bulletins dated 2002-2005, as well as reports, articles, and pamphlets related to HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia produced by other AIDS advocacy groups and health organizations.
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.
File contains project proposals, memos, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, notes, and other planning materials related to the 1992 AIDS Telethon and the formation of it's beneficiary organization the Atlantic AIDS Foundation. File also contains administrative records of the Atlantic AIDS Foundation, including a memorandum of association and by-laws.
File contains administrative records related to the formation and operations of the Atlantic AIDS Network. Materials include planning materials, memos and correspondence, mandates and membership criteria, meeting minutes and agendas, reports, 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.
