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.
Item is a proposal submitted to the Halifax Children's Foundation by the Children and Youth Action Council dated August 2, 1974. The item outlines CAYAC's mission as a "grassroots response to perceived shortcomings in services and programs for young people in Nova Scotia," discusses the organization's objectives and activities (assessing and contributing to legislation, addressing services it provides, pushing for individual case representation, increasing public awareness, and engaging youth involvement). The proposal outlines a request that the Halifax Children's Foundation provide CAYAC with a "three-year demonstration grant" to employ a full-time coordinator and a secretary to achieve the organization's objectives.
Item consists of the fourth draft of an Atlantic Child Guidance Centre position paper, dated August 31, 1972, prepared by the Atlantic Child Guidance Centre Policy Committtee (Dr. Alexander Murchison, Dr. G. Gordon, Norris Turner, Paul Norton, Dr. S. Bijoor, and Everett Harris). The item is addressed to "all Atlantic Child Guidance Centre staff for comment" before final submission, and has the goal of ensuring that "adolescents [...] not be forgotten either in terms of bureaucratic strucutre or in terms of submergence in adult designed and orientated programs," and that they "require advocates" to ensure that any public health legislation does not overlook the needs of those who are "underage [... in a] largely adult orientated society."
File contains 11 reports, papers and proposals regarding child welfare and group homes in Nova Scotia, drafted between 1969-1974 by committees of the Atlantic Child Guidance Centre and the Children's Aid Society of Halifax.
Fonds comprises several drafts of Health Care in Nova Scotia: A New Direction for the Seventies (1972) and includes related briefs, submissions, statistics, and articles.
Fonds comprises records documenting Dr. Jones' woek as a clinical psychiatrist and faculty member. Materials include patient records, manuscripts, lecture notes, course materials, correspondence, published articles, speeches, photographs, and subject files. The bulk of this collection consists of meeting minutes and correspondence related to professional associations to which he belonged.
Fonds consists of correspondence with the Canadian Medical Association and its professional journal; manuscripts of papers and addresses; off prints; obituaries of Dr. Hattie; a letter from Secretary of Graduates of McGill University H.C. Pruell (1897); and a letter from Sir J.W. Dawson (1897).
Fonds consists of records documenting the council's role in coordinating health, welfare, and recreation services and programs, and includes newsletters and memoranda, reports and correspondence.
Fonds comprises reports, publications, meeting notes and minutes, correspondence and general documentation illustrating the activities of the Community Planning Association of Canada, Nova Scotia Division.
Community Planning Association of Canada, Nova Scotia Division
Item consists of the annual report for the Ecology Action Centre for 2007-2008. Includes a director's note from Mark Butler and Maggy Burns, a chair update from Simon Melrose, and brief updates of ongoing projects from various committees.
Item consists of the annual report of the Ecology Action Centre for 2006-2007. Includes brief updates from committees, as well as ongoing projects and current financial information.
Item is the annual report of the Ecology Action Centre for the years 2005-2006, including appended financial statement information. Includes reports submitted by Lachlan Barber, John Brazner, Jeff Brown, Maggy Burns, Mark Butler, Joanne Cook, Judy Cookey, Susanna Fuller, Mike Furlong, Jennifer Graham, Becca Green, Brendan Haley, Sean Wesleoh McKeane, Heather McKibbon, Marla MacLeod, Raymond Plourde, Daniel Rainham, Clare Robinson, Jayne Roma, and Tarah Wright.
Item consists of the annual report of the Ecology Action Centre for the years 2004-2005, as well as an update of financial statements for the year. Includes reports submitted by Dave Aalders, Brian Aird, Kevin Blair, Tony Bowron, Maggy Burns, Mark Butler, Jennifer Graham, Gregor MacAskill, Sean Weseloh McKeane, Sylvia Mangalam, Maida Murray, Minga O'Brien, Raymond Plourde, Daniel Rainham, Clare Robinson, Carla Vandenberg, and Anne Warburton,
Item consists of the annual report of the Ecology Action Centre for the years 2003-2004. Includes a co-chairs report submitted by Trudie Richards, an internal director's report submitted by Mark Butler, and other reports and updates by Dave Aalders, Janet Barlow, Angela Bischoff, Troy Bowron, Maggy Burns, Peggy Cameron, Susanna Cheng, Penny Doherty, Gretchen Fitzgerald, Susanna Fuller, Jen Graham, June Hall, Judy Lipp, Wendy MacGregor, Nick McLean, Mike Milloy, Jayne Roma, Veronica Sherwood, Troy Swan, and Carla Vandenberg.
Item consists of the annual report of the Ecology Action Centre for the years 2002-2003. Includes a chair report submitted by Trudie Richards and Gregor MacAskill, a Marine Issues Committee report submitted by Mark Butler, a Committee on Marine Bioinvasions report submitted by Gretchen Fitzgerald, a Coastal Issues/Salt Marsh Committee report submitted by Tony Bowron and Jennifer Graham, a Halifax Harbour Watershed Restoration Coalition report submitted by Jerry MacKinlay, a Transportation Issues Committee report submitted by Janet Barlow, and other updates by David Aalders, Kevin Blair, Emma Boardman, Alexandra Fischer, Lianne Giswold, June Hall, Mike Milloy, and Robynn Moody.
Item consists of the annual report of the Ecology Action Centre for the years 2001-2002. Includes the chair report submitted by Susanna Fuller and Peter Austin-Smith, a Marine Issues Committee report by Mark Butler, a Coastal Issues Committee report by Tony Bowron, as well as other reports submitted by David Aalders, John Abati, Cheryl Benjamin, Kevin Blair, Emma Boardman, Janice Brown, Sue Browne, Peggy Cameron, Alex Fischer, Lianne Giswold, June Hall, Mary MacLeod, and Stephanie Sodero.
Item consists of the annual report of the Ecology Action Centre, covering the years 2000-2001. Includes Peggy Cameron's chair report, committee updates from Tony Bowron, Mark Butler, Susan Gass, Lara Gibson, Jayne Roma, and Heidi Schaefer, an update on the Nova Scotia Coastal Water Trail by Sue Browne, a Transportation Issues Committee update from Alex Fischer, Susanna Fuller, and Rebecca O'Brien, an Urban Issues Committee update by David Aalders, a Wilderness Committee update by Kermit deGooyer, a Harbour Committee update by Rosalee Grette Lydon, a Fundraising Committee update by Wendy MacGregor, and other updates from June Hall, Mark Butler, Emma Boardman, Rochelle Owen, and Mary MacLeod.
Item consists of a copy of the Ecology Action Centre' annual report for the years 1999-2000. Includes a report of the Chair (by Holly Reid), a list of EAC-adjacent publications released this year, financial statements, as well as project and committee updates from Tony Bowron, Sue Brown, Mark Butler, Tony Charles, Derek Davis, Susanne Fuller, Kermit deGooyer, Susan Gass, Ellen Redden, Sue Watson, and Thea Wilson-Hammond.
Item consists of a facsimile of the Ecology Action Centre Annual Report for 1987-1988, delivered at the Annual General Meeting at the Nova Scotia Museum, April 30, 1988. Includes information related to fundraising efforts, ongoing projects, outreach, and committee work.
Item is the Ecology Action Centre Annual Report for 1980-1981, which is missing the first two pages. Includes part of Bessa Ruiz's president's report, a look back at the previous ten years of the organization (by Ginny Point), and the organization's annual financial report (by Bill Coffey).
Item consists of Volume 8, Number of Jusun, a newsletter of the Ecology Action Centre. This issue contains the EAC's 1979-1980 annual report, with Grant MacDonald's outgoing-president report, financial information, a look back at the previous year (by Cathy Frazee), and a look ahead at the next year (by incoming president Bessa Ruiz).
Item consists of the Annual Report of the Ecology Action Centre, covering 1976-1977. Includes information related to recent activities (Spruce Budworm monitoring, car pooling) and future goals (energy improvements and educational outreach).
Item consists of the Annual Report of the Ecology Action Centre, from 1976. Includes information related to the activities of the organization of the past several years, as well as committees and future plans.
Item consists of a periodical on the Prince Edward Island Ark Project, created by the Institute of Man and Resources, dated Janaury 1981, outlining activities at the facility in 1980.
File contains manuscripts, reports, and clippings collected by the Ecology Action Centre, related to the Solsearch Architects the New Alchemy Institute Ark project, constructed and operated in the late 1970s in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island, testing organic agricultural and environmental monitoring techniques.
Fonds consists of records documenting the history of the Ecology Action Centre, both internal and outreach activities, and include correspondence, annual reports, administrative records, committee files, subject files, and an extensive library of audiovisual materials on a variety of environmental and ecological topics.
Item is a paper prepared by Norman Peterson in review of the original assumptions made about the community by Teled Video Services Association that led to the development of the Media Resouces centre along with other services.
Item consists of a presentation given by Norman D. Lea to the Canadian Transport Research Forum Eighth Annual Meeting, titled "The Efficiency of Urban Transport in Canada", reference material collected to shape public transportation changes in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Fonds consists primarily of correspondence (1970-1974). Other materials include documents regarding American draft laws, Canadian immigration laws and counselling notes on immigrants. Administrative records (1970-1974) include press releases, financial documents and newspaper clippings.
Nova Scotia Committee to Aid American War Objectors
Series comprises records created or collected by Richard Apostle documenting his research on public policing in Nova Scotia for the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution. Record types include correspondence; interview transcripts; provincial police department and RCMP surveys; police officer information sheets; police training manuals and annual reports; statistics; newspaper clippings and secondary research materials; and a response by the Canadian government to the inquiry and reports.
Subseries contains records that were created and used in the partnership project with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) and the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (Columbia) in the development of a 'Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture' at UFPS for both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The program ran between 1997 and 2002. The Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS) was asked to play a key role in “El Salto Social”, the social leap forward, in the Santander region of Colombia. New curricula was to be introduced at UFPS, faculty being upgraded and new extension and outreach programs being established with the assistance of NSAC through this project. Other project partners were the Universidad de la Republica Uruguay (URU) of Uruguay and Saint Mary’s University (SMU). This was an Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) University Program for Cooperation in Development (UPCD) Tier 2 project led by NSAC. NSAC Personnel involved were Norman Goodyear, Bonnie Waddell, Sam Asiedu, and Leanne French.
Series contains records relating to the history of the Nova Scotia Agriculture College and its relationship with agriculture in Nova Scotia and across the world. This includes early drafts for a university motto and crest, past principal's signatures, and contributions to the provincial government between 1904-2010. Subseries' includes History of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and agriculture in Nova Scotia. Record types found are textual files, reports, drawings, correspondence, books, and photographs.
Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his academic activities, including his involvement as a faculty member of York University Osgoode Hall, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and other institutions. Series also includes records and research materials regarding the development of Macdonald's publications, unpublished papers, and other materials.
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