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 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 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 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 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 information for AIDS-LINK volunteers, including information on how to recruit, screen, and train volunteers, and volunteer application forms.
File contains a list of non-fiction resources available at the Halifax Regional Library regarding HIV/AIDS, a services support guide, and a 68 page document titled "AIDS 101".
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 three copies of a poster for Awake the world, a multimedia presentation on AIDS hosted by AIDS-Link, held at St. Matthew's Church in Halifax on November 29, 1998.
File contains flyers for Awake the world, a multimedia presentation on AIDS hosted by AIDS-Link, held at St. Matthew's Church in Halifax on November 29, 1998.
File contains three copies of the program for Awake the world, a multimedia presentation on AIDS hosted by AIDS-Link, held at St. Matthew's Church in Halifax on November 29, 1998.
File contains records related to the 1998 AIDS Awake the World event, including one red ribbon, handwritten notes regarding AIDS-AWAKE event planning, one card, 1998 event pamphlets and schedule, a list of participants, performer biographies, Safe Harbour Church and AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia brochures, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Series contains materials documenting the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project administrative activities, research and advocacy work. Records pertain to NSRAP's advocacy work for transgender Nova Scotians, participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, and research and advocacy work related to gay men's health and HIV/AIDS. Record types include meeting minutes and agendas, job postings, reports, reference and research materials, planning materials, workshop and lobbying materials, correspondence, and notes.
File contains a draft copy of a document outlining what AIDS-LINK is and who they serve, handwritten notes, a final draft of the mission vision statement, a copy of AIDS community action program funding guidelines, pamphlets for CARAS, a press release, and correspondence.
Subseries contains materials documenting NSRAP's research and support work related to HIV/AIDS, including the Gay Men's Health Research Project, and NSRAPS's response to Nova Scotia's Strategy for HIV/AIDS. Materials in subseries include Gay Men's Health Research Project planning and research materials, HIV/AIDS related government policy documents, meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, and notes.
File contains correspondence with CARAS donors dated 1996 to 1997. Correspondence primarily related to donations made in the name of Dr. Peter Brothers. File also contains Brothers' obituary, a program from his funeral service, and notes regarding donations.
File contains one Directory of Home Care and Related Services in Metro for Persons with HIV/AIDS, compiled by the Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS in November 1993.
Series contains materials related to AIDS-LINK, a volunteer-based project operated by CARAS to institute interfaith pastoral services for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The project was launched in 1996 and ceased operations in the early 2000s.
File is an audio reel containing a lecture by Cindy Patton from the Department of Communications and Rhetoric at Temple University, Philadelphia. Patton gave a lecture, entitled "Women and AIDS," at St. Mary's University on January 13, 1993. It aired on CKDU the same day and was rebroadcast January 20, 1993 on The Evening Affair; January 27, 1993 at 11 am; February 23, 1993 on Living After Diagnosis; August 23, 1993 on The Evening Affair; and April 19, 1994 on The Evening Affair.
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 is an audio reel containing an interview with Lilianne Couture of AIDS Nova Scotia's Women and AIDS project. Couture spoke with CKDU's Mike Nelson as part of CKDU's World AIDS day programming. The interview aired November, 24, 1992 and was rebroadcast November 25, 1992 at 2:20 pm; February 9, 1993 on The Evening Affair; May 25, 1993 on The Evening Affair; and December 1, 1993 on The Evening Affair.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Roseanne Leblanc of AIDS Nova Scotia on the role of community organizations and funding concerns related to AIDS counseling and education services locally. The interview was conducted by Adam Oster. The episode was recorded on November 25, 1992, and was broadcast on the same day, December 1, 1992, and March 2, 1993 on The Evening Affair, a CKDU program.
Series contains audio reels from the CKDU radio 88.1 program Living After Diagnosis. This program is a multi-part series on living with AIDS, which aired once a month on CKDU radio.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Living After Diagnosis, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features a discussion of HIV/AIDS as a retrovirus (a virus that copies itself as a part of a cell's DNA), and dormancy. The episode aired on March 26, 1992 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features complementary therapies for AIDS. The episode aired on August 25, 1992 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.
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 is an audio reel containing a variety of health related topics. This first is a feature on the Nova Scotia Women and AIDS project launched the same week, reported on by CKDU's Liz van Berkel, which runs 16 min. 17 sec. The second is a feature on Janet and Randy, who contracted HIV through a blood product - Randy is also a hemophiliac now living with AIDS. It runs 18 min. 6 sec. The episode was recorded on December 2, 1992, and was broadcast on December 4, 1992 on The Evening Affair, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features an interview with James Shedden, local full-time AIDS activist and promoter of safe sex for bi and gay men, on "Day without art". The episode was recorded on November 24, 1992, and was broadcasted on December 1, 1992, October 3, 1994, and October 2, 1995.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features long term survivors of AIDS, and includes Dan Hart and local AIDS activist James Shedden. The episode aired on July 28, 1992 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.
Series contains duplicate posters from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in series include posters for the Halifax Fetish Ball, Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [M.A.C. Leather] contests, other LGBT events in Halifax and Montreal, LGBT films, and posters and acetate negatives of posters for events held at Rumours, a bar owned and operated by the Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia [GALA].
File is an audio reel containing Eric Smith's response to the Nova Scotia provincial government's AIDS strategy at a press conference with the Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition. The episode was recorded on August 14, 1992, and was broadcast on the same day, August 17, 1992, and September 22. 1997 on The Evening Affair, Title Waves, and The Word is Out, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Dalhousie's spousal support, "queer anthology : discontents", and AIDS in prison. The episode was recorded on August 9, 1992, and was broadcasted on the same day.
File is an audio reel containing a report on the Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition (NSPWAC)'s new treatment and orientation program, and CKDU's role in it. The episode was recorded on February 20, 1992, and was broadcast on February 25, 1992.
