File contains three copies of a letter from Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project to Mr. Kevin Chapman, Director of Health Policy and Economics for Doctors Nova Scotia in which the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project argues for provincial coverages for transgender healthcare. Letter is dated April 12, 2010.
File contains materials relating to the advocacy activities of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project in relation to sexual reassignment surgery. File contains pamphlets mock-ups, Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project meeting agendas, communications plans, correspondence, news clippings, memos, selections from the MSI Physicians manual, report drafts, PowerPoint Slides, and educational resources.
File contains one pamphlet with information on the Community Development Fund application process for 2005, one copy of the pamphlet Sexual diversity in the workplace; one copy of the traditional gender model; one copy of Medical Procedures Related to Transgender Health as an MSI Benefit for Nova Scotians; one copy of draft 13 of Understanding Transsexuality: A Workshop; one packet of information regarding transgender youth and their involvement with the Youth Project; budgets for May 2012; one copy of the Trans Pride Canada: Style Guide; correspondence 2010-2012; news clippings dated 2011; notes; and educational materials relating to transgender health.
File contains one copy of the essay The Intersexed? by Jennifer L. Paty, dated April 6, 2005; one copy of the essay Why Don't You Tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-Nonconforming Child by Florence Dillon; one photocopy of the article A Boy's Life by Hanna Rosin, published in the November, 2008 issue of The Atlantic; one glossary of LGBT terminology; one transcript of the sermon Celebrating the T in LGBTQ: One Family's Sacred Journey, presented by Joan WIley to the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto on January 21, 2007; one copy of the essay Darn Those Names and Pronouns by Mary Boenke, dated July, 2003; one copy of the article Metro Transition by Brendan Dunbar, originally published in July 20, 2006 issue of The Coast; Bob Fougere's correspondence regarding transgender activism, dated 2009-2010; eight business cards for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church; one business card for Staci Montgomery, Employment Counsellor with LakeCity Employment Services Association; and notes.
File contains one copy of the essay Cisgender Privilege: On the privileges of performing normative gender by Evin Taylor, dated 2010, and the report Eligibility and readiness criteria for Sex Reassignment Surgery: Recommendations for Revision of the WPATH Standards of Care; file also contains conference program and notes for the 1st Annual Health Equity Forum, held on March 18, 2011.
File contains notes, medical authorizations, and clippings from the Chronicle Herald containing articles relating to the 2009 and 2013 provincial elections in Nova Scotia.
File contains Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project meeting materials, administrative materials, financial statements, clippings, and LGBT health pamphlets and reports. Materials include minutes from the meeting of the Executive Committee on July 12, 2006; one copy of the agenda for the 2006 Annual General Meeting; financial statements dated March 31, 2006; one full page Chronicle Herald clipping from March 31, 2006; two news clippings from the Daily News dated March 17, 2006; one package of administrative materials documenting roles, responsibilities, and terms of reference for various Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project committees; notes; LGBT educational resources; four pamphlets from the Shelbourne Sexual Health Centre on various LGBT health subjects; one pamphlet entitled Busting Out: Breast Health for Lesbian and Bisexual Women; and one report entitled Valuing Gay Men's Lives: Reinvigorating HIV prevention in the context of our health and wellness.
File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's participation in various research projects. Materials include one copy of survey questions for a 2005 study on gender and aggression conducted by Dr. Nancy Bartlett of Mount Saint Vincent University and associated correspondence; one invitation to participate in a study on nursing care for lesbians during childbirth, conducted by Lisa Goldberg of Dalhousie University, associated correspondence, and 1 copy of the project's research proposal; 1 package of information regarding a study on homophobia and heterosexism in undergraduate medical education, conducted by Dr. Frank Blye of Dalhousie University, and associated correspondence.
File contains 2 copies of the schedule for the Women's Health Education Network (WHEN) Conference, which took place on April 30, 1988. The conference theme was AIDS: Implications for Women.
File contains audio recording of the workshop "Bashing Queers and Women" from the Women's Health Education Network Conference on May 5, 1990. Workshop was administered by Anne Bishop and Jan Morrell.
File contains materials realting to meetings of Atlantic Gay and Lesbian Professional in Health Care and Social Services. Materials include a report from the first meeting of the group, held March 30-31, 1985. File also contains meeting agenda from September 5, 1985, and 1 page of handwritten notes.
File contains materials documenting exchanges between AIDS Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Department of Health regarding project initiatives and funding, including correspondence, meeting agendas, project recommendations, and funding proposals.
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 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 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 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.
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 the report Environmental Scan of Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Atlantic Provinces by Joan M. Campbell for Health Canada, published in April, 1999.
File contains two photographs from the groundbreaking of the rehabilitation hospital in Halifax; typed cutlines that accompany the photographs; correspondence with the Canadian Paraplegic Association and Arthur H. Shears; an article called "A Concept of Rehabilitation" by Herbert S. Talbot; several typed drafts of newspaper articles about the rehabilitation centre; a pamphlet about the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre; and a document called "Preliminary Report on Planning for Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Center and Faculty of Allied Health Professions Dalhousie University." The file also includes newspaper clippings from the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star of articles written by Barbara Hinds about the rehabilitation centre.
Item consists of a black & white photograph (processed by Wamboldt-Waterfield), of the March 1975 ground turning ceremony undertaken by Premier Gerald Regan for the construction of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre. People identified in the photograph include Tom Risley (in the wheelchair on the left-side of the picture), Don Curren (in the wheelchair in the middle of the picture), and Dr. Arthur Shears (director of the new Rehabilitation centre, standing at the far right of the picture).
Item consists of a typed letter from Arthur Shears to Barbara Hinds, dated March 6, 1969, about editorial suggestions related to Hinds' coverage of the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.
Item consists of a photograph of Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan (far left of the picture, wearing a white raincoat and helmet) and eight other unidentified people at the ground-turning for the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, Anderson Square, Halifax, March 1975.
Item consists of five newspaper clippings of articles written by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star related to the construction and operations of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, under Arthur Shears' direction, written between 1975 and 1977.
Item consists of typed draft manuscript material related to Barbara Hinds articles about the construction and operation of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, written for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star between 1975 and 1977.
Item consists of a promotional pamphlet created by the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Council (M.A. Wilson, President at the time) titled "The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre", about the opening of and services provided by the original rehabilitation centre, opened in the late-1950s under the leadership of Arthur Shears.
Item consists of an outline of general information related to the original Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, drafted by Arthur Shears in the late-1950s.
Item consists of a report created by Norman A. Brady & Associates (consultants in health facilities planning) about the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, dated November 21, 1968.
Item consists of clippings of articles written in 1969 by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star about wait times and overcrowding issues at the original Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.
Fonds comprises records related to Susan Sherwin's professional activities, including publication, research and teaching. Record types include correspondence, contracts, manuscripts, research materials and notes, committee materials, reports, conference materials, and university course records such as syllabi, exams, and assignments.
File contains a list of contacts for the Advisory Committee on the Interim Moratorium on Reproductive and Genetic Technologies, correspondence regarding Sherwin's professional activities and teaching capacities with Dalhousie's Philosophy Department, and a photograph of Sherwin and Roland Puccetti.