Item consists of clippings related to the career of Arthur Shears and his work with the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, drawn from the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star, between 1977 and 1990.
Item consists of two drafts of an announcement about the opening of the School of Physiotherapy at Dalhousie University, beginning September 3, 1963; as well as a handwritten sheet outlining the experience of Arthur Shears, first director of the School.
File contains a 24 page report prepared by the Custodial Care Study Committee, which was established by Order-in-Council No. 2014/62. The file also contains correspondence between Robert U. Doyle, Assistant Executive Director of the Welfare Council, and J.D. Campbell, Executive Director of the Alberta Hospitalization Benefits Plan. The file also contains a copy of the Alberta Nursing Home Act of 1964 and the Nursing Home Plan Regulations, both of which arose out of the report.
File contains notes on medical data relevant to hemoglobin. Includes lists of Sahli percentages and charts comparing averages. Also includes a memo regarding summary data from random village hemoglobin samples.
Fonds contains records related to the development of acute stroke care programs in Nova Scotia during the 1990s and early 2000s. Fonds includes reports, correspondence, agendas and meeting minutes, and presentations given to various stakeholder groups including District Health Authorities. Fonds also contains material related to Stephen Phillips' 2021 Hnatyshyn Lecture, including the presentation, a video recording of the lecture, and a press release issued by the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
File contains material related to the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Stroke Program Proposal, which sought to improve the provision of acute stroke care in Nova Scotia. The program proposal was developed by the Stroke Program Committee during the mid-1990s. File includes reports, meeting minutes, presentations, reports, correspondence, and other material related to the development of the program proposal.
File contains records from the Nova Scotia Integrated Stroke Strategy Committee, including draft versions of the report Re-organizing stroke care in Nova Scotia, agendas and meeting minutes, correspondence, presentations, and reports.
File contains printed email correspondence regarding the staffing and sizing of hospital stroke units. File also includes a document that shows the number of hospital separations in the Nova Scotia Stroke Audit grouped by District Health Authority and case-volume category.
File contains agendas and minutes of the Stroke Program Development committee. File also contains notes, correspondence, reports, and presentations given at committee meetings.
File contains a copy of the proposal to expand the stroke program at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. The proposal was developed by the Stroke Program Development Committee and submitted in June 1996. File also contains a September 24, 1996 letter from Maura Davies, Vice-President Planning and Quality Management, to Lynn Wallace, Chair of the Stroke Program Development Committee.
File contains correspondence regarding the development of the acute stroke program at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. File also includes a draft proposal for the cerebrovascular unit at the Victoria General Hospital.
File contains a presentation titled Setting the Context : Stroke Care in Nova Scotia. The presentation was given by the Nova Scotia Integrated Stroke Strategy Committee to District Health Authorities during a consultation process that took place between June and September 2003. File includes correspondence, planning documents, and other material related to the consultation. File also contains a March 2002 committee report on re-organizing stroke care in Nova Scotia. The report was published by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia.
File contains the first draft of the Cardiovascular Health Nova Scotia stroke strategy operational plan. File also contains correspondence, briefing notes, notes of operational plan management meetings, and a July 2007 overview of rehabilitation services in Nova Scotia prepared by Corinne Corning, Stroke Consultant for Cardiovascular Health Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to LGBT issues. Subjects covered include the deportation of Alla Pitcherskaia, LGBT inclusion efforts at Xerox, homophobia, LGBT terminology, the closure of the Red Herring Co-operative Book Store in Halifax, LGBT toys, and organ donations.
Fonds primarily contains records of the GayLine a phone helpline for LGBT Nova Scotians funding by GAE/GALA that operated between 1972-1996. In 1994 the name was changed to the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Line. Fonds contains three series; one containing administrative and financial records, one containing recruitment and training materials, and one containing reference materials for volunteers. Materials include monthly and annual reports; meeting minutes; call logs and templates; staff notebooks; correspondence; pamphlets; volunteer training session materials, application forms and guidelines; flyers; legal briefs and resources; newsletters; essays; bibliographies; and directories.
File contains pamphlets, booklets, clippings, and essays relating to the transmission and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, lice and scabies, and safe sex practices.
File contains one pin produced in support of activist Karen Andrews and her struggle to have her same sex partnership and co-parented children recognized as a family under Ontario health legislation. Pin has a white background and is printed with white text that reads "WE ARE FAMILY—Karen Andrews/Local 1996—Access to OHIP Committee".
File contains materials related to the activities of the Advisory Committee for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. File contains one copy of the report Critical Issues in Practice with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Two-Spirit People by Shari Brotman and Bill Ryan of the McGIll School of Social Work, published March 2001; one draft copy of the terms of reference for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Steering Committee; Advisory Committee meeting agendas and minutes dated 2004-2006; correspondence dated 2004-2006; budgets and budget amendments dated 2005; draft copies of Halifax Rainbow Health project press releases; one clipping entitled Halifax Rainbow Health Project Update from the March, 2005 issue of Wayves; draft copies of educational materials and assessment tools created by the Halifax Rainbow Health project; and reference materials collected by the Advisory Committee.
File contains three annotated drafts of the report Improving Access to Heathcare for the Rainbow Community by the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and accompanying written notes.
File contains drafts of reports and tools published by the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, including the Family Services Association Assessment Report dated November, 2005; the Phoenix Youth Programs Assessment Report dated December, 2005; and the Assessment Tool Guidelines dated January, 2006.
File contains two sets of LGBT definitions, one developed by the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, and one from the Centre for Disease Control's Healthy People 2010 initiative. File also contains a press release from the government of Nova Scotia dated February 11, 2005 regarding provincial health initiatives.
File contains one full draft and one partial draft copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Assessment Tool; two press releases from Capital Health relating to LGBT health care initiatives; one volume of the workbook Practical Coaching Skills for Managers, by Rick Seymour; one flyer for the children's book Uncle Aiden by Laurel Dykstra; notes; and three copies of a list of appendices for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project final report.
File contains two draft copies of the report Halifax Rainbow Health Project: Improving Access to Primary Health Care for the Rainbow Community with revisions, as well as one report summary, dated March, 2005; one set of copies of slides for a presentation entitled Inclusion Program In-service, printed on computer paper; and a copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Inclusion Program Assessment Tool.
File contains one copy of the article Queer Health Matters: Get Your Yearly Pap Smear - Boys Included! by Dawn Archambault, and one copy of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition final project report guidelines for 2005.
File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement in the Syphilis Network health initiative via its participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include one pamphlet published by Capital Health entitled Syphilis: A Primer for Physicians, meeting agendas, correspondence, notes; and one copy of the proposed action plan.
File contains one draft copy of the report Improving Access to Primary Care for GLBTI People in Capital Health: A Proposal to Capital Health, produced by the Halifax Rainbow Health Project dated December 4, 2004. File also contains accompanying correspondence.
File contains two copies of project proposal for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, entitled The Halifax Rainbow Health Project: Improving Access to Primary Health Care Services for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Two-Spirited, Transgender and Queer People, published April, 2004. File also contains excerpts from the proposal; two coordinator's reports, dated July and August, 2004; one interim financial report, dated October 31, 2004; one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project work plan for 2004-2005; Steering Committee terms of reference; one copy of the partnership agreement between the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition and the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project; letters of support; two copies of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project Director's Resolution in support of the creation of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project; and notes.
File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include copies of the coordinator's reports from 2004-2005; one copy of the essay Queer Health Matters: Transgender healthcare needs by Eric MacDonald and Dawn Archibald, dated June 27, 2005; a summary of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project final report; one copy of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition Improved Access to Care 2005 reporting guidelines; correspondence dated 2004-2005; and notes.
File contains materials relating to roundtables and workshops conducted as part of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include agenda and minutes from the Nova Scotia Roundtable on Youth Sexual Health, held on November 3, 2004; facilitator's notes; participant evaluations from the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Future Directions workshop; Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project correspondence dated 2004-2005; one set of presentation slides for the Future Directions workshop, printed on computer paper; two copies of a promotional flyer for the Future Directions workshop; focus group guidelines; one set of presentation slides for the Capital Health/Halifax Rainbow Health Project Focus Group and Survey Data Summary presentation; Halifax Rainbow Health Project/Capital Health Data Collection Committee meeting agendas; Halifax Rainbow Health Project events calendars for September to October 2004; one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Focus Group Guide; one flyer for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project; one copy of the Improving Access to Primary Health Care for the Rainbow Community in Capital Health Anonymous Questionnaire; and one copy of the draft list of invitees for a primary care providers focus group.
File contains materials relating to the Halifax Rainbow Health Project's involvement with the Joint Advisory Committee for Improving Access to Primary Care for GLBTI People In Capital Health. Materials include a job posting for the Transition Coordinator for the GLBTI Initiative, dated 2004; two draft copies of the agenda for the meeting of the Advisory Group for Improving Access to Comprehensive and Coordinated Primary Care for GLBTI People in Capital Health, held May 31, 2004; one draft copy of terms of reference for the Advisory Group for Improving Access to Comprehensive and Coordinated Primary Care for GLBTI People in Capital Health; notes; correspondence dated 2004; and one draft copy of a press release for the Primary Care Project.
File contains resources relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement with the Halifax Rainbow Health Project as part of work for the Joint Advisory Committee for Improving Access to Primary Care for GLBTI People In Capital Health. Materials include pamphlets relating for the Vancouver-based LGBT Generations project, educational resources relating to healthcare for the LGBTQ community, and notes. File also contains an agenda and slides from the Changing Worlds: Diversity and Health Care meeting on January 31, 2005.
File contains materials relating to the Halifax Rainbow Action Project. Materials include letters of intent from Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project, AIDS Coalition Nova Scotia, and Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Youth Project; one full copy and two partial copies of amendments to the Halifax Rainbow Health Project partnership agreement with the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition; one draft copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Inclusion Program outline; correspondence dated 2004-2005; one Halifax Rainbow Health Project budget dated March 31, 2004; two copies of a Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project meeting agenda dated March 30, 2004; notes; and one information packet for the 2004 Many Faces Diverse Voices conference, put on by the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition.
File contains educational resources related to HIV/AIDS. Materials include one copy of Needle Points: A Health Guide for People Injecting Drugs, pamphlets relating to LGBT employment and health issues; one copy of the February, 1998 issue of the needle exchange newsletter Junkmail; one printout of Appendix D from HIV, AIDS and Injection Drug Use: A National Action Plan by the Canadian Public Health Association dated May, 1997; one copy of Managing the Non-Compliant HIV-Infected Individual: Experiences from a Local Health Department; one copy of The National Action Plan on HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use: A Call to Action; and selections from Under the Influence: Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs.
File contains three copies of a pamphlet for the Healthy Sexualities, Healthy Lives conference that took place March 23-24, 2002 in Charlottetown, PEI. File also contains one copy of The Arc Quarterly winter 2002 issue.
File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement in various healthcare initiatives, including the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project. Materials include one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project's report Improving Access to Primary Health Care for the Rainbow Community; one blank copy of the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project Survey Anonymous Questionnaire for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS; correspondence regarding Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project, the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, and Spiritual Care and AIDS project dated 2005; objectives for the Improving Access to Care 2005 project report; three copies of the report Health and Wellness in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Two-Spirit Communities, published April, 2005 by the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition; one speaker information for Bob Fougere's participation in the Momentum 2005 health conference; three copies of training notes for the workshop "An Introduction to the Rainbow Community", held October 11, 2005; one map of Capital Health districts; and notes.
File contains reports relating to LGBT health care advocacy projects. Materials include event flyers; one copy of the “2005 Community Health Plan” by the Halifax Peninsula Community Health Board; a list of appendices for the 2006 Final Report by the Halifax Rainbow Health Project; one draft copy of “Improving Access to Comprehensive and Coordinated Primary Health Care for GLBTI People in Capital Health”; copies of “Improved Access to Care Final Project Reports” and “Improved Access to Care 2005 Project reporting guidelines” reports by the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition; and copies of the “Improved Access to Care 2005 Project” report by the Halifax Rainbow Health Coalition.
File contains planning materials relating to the Gay Men's Health Research project. Materials include one blank copy of the project's environmental scan; one copy of the agenda for the project's first group meeting, held February 17, 2001; resources relating to research principles and gay men's health; correspondence dated 2001; one photocopy of an article from the May 17, 2001 issue of the Daily News entitled Parents search for man who vanished from bar; contact lists; workplans; and notes.
File contains planning materials relating to the Gay Men's Health Research Project. Materials include notes, correspondence, proposal summaries, work plans, research materials, blank questionnaires, and meeting evaluation forms.
File contains materials relating to the Gay Men's Health Research Project. Materials include two copies of a pamphlet for the 2001:A Health Odyssey conference held August 31 to September 3, 2001 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; one copy of the research agenda for the Gay Men's Health Research Project; one copy of the Gay Men's Health Project Final Report; one copy of Issues by Determinant of Health by the Gay Men's Health Research Project; and notes.
File contains two copies of the report Nova Scotia's Framework for Action on HIV/AIDS, one copy of the 2000 original draft and another of the 2001 revision, as well as accompanying background information.
File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's HIV/AIDS healthcare advocacy efforts, including its involvement with the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project and the Nova Scotia Strategy for AIDS. Materials include one copy of the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project Survey Anonymous Questionnaire; one agenda for the meeting of the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project Advisory Committee, held July 5, 2005; resources containing information on HIV/AIDS and youth LGBT health; one copy of Nova Scotia's Strategy on HIV/AIDS; correspondence dated 2002-2005; one copy of the agenda for a meeting on the role of community organizations in Nova Scotia's HIV/AIDS strategy, held October 24, 2002; notes from the Annual Direction-Setting Meeting for the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS, held October 29 to November 1, 2000; background information on the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia; and one copy of the report Planning Steps in Response to Nova Scotia's Framework for Action on HIV/AIDS, prepare for the Nova Scotia Framework for Action on HIV/AIDS Steering Committee in April, 2002.
File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's response to Nova Scotia's Strategy on HIV/AIDS and interactions with the Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS. Materials include meeting notes and agendas, correspondence, draft proposals, and a copy of the Nova Scotia Strategy on HIV/AIDS.
File contains 26 pamphlets from the Sherbourne Health Centre, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, Senior Pride Network, Canadian Cancer Society, and the Canadian Institute for Health Research on topics related to LGBT health care and family life.
File contains materials relating to HIV/AIDS activism in Nova Scotia. Materials include copies of The Nova Scotia AIDS Survey: An Invitation Draft Report, published January, 2006. File also contains one copy of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia Evaluation 2005: Community Partners Interview Questions, as well as correspondence, notes, and the AIDS Community Action Program Regional Funding application form and guidelines.
File contains one manuscript of The Nova Scotia Sex Now Survey 2005: Continuity, Change and HIV/AIDS and accompanying correspondence between Bob Fougere and Cliff Arnold, the Gay Men's Health Coordinator for the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia.
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.
