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 three posters encouraging safe-sex as HIV/AIDS prevention; one poster admonishing the Reagan administration, the Centre for Disease Control, and the Vatican for their lack of action in preventing the AIDS epidemic; and one poster featuring the European Parliament's resolution on sexual discrimination in the workplace.
File contains a list of all members of the executive of the Gay Alliance for Equality [GAE] from 1985-1988, including positions and approximate terms. File also contains a first draft of Christians Assembled to Respond to AIDS (CARAS) "Brief to the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS".
File contains the Metro Area Committee on AIDS certificate of incorporation, memorandum of association, bi-laws, job descriptions, one draft of the 1988 policy and personnel manual.
File contains draft copies of administrative documents, including the memorandum of association, bi-laws, and job descriptions. File also contains one draft copy of a 1989 evaluation report; one copy of the July 1988 strategic plan, and associated planning materials and notes; workshop information, schedules, and registration forms; correspondence; and recommendations for the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS.
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 is an audio reel containing an interview with Barney Savage, chair of the Student Union of Nova Scotia, on the Student AIDS Task Force. The interview was conducted with CKDU's Ken Burke. The episode was recorded on September 16, 1986 and was broadcast on January 12, 1987 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File contains administrative records produced by the Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS] board of directors from 1988-1989. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, memos and correspondence, strategic planning materials, by-laws and internal policies, financial statements, reports and recommendations, project proposals and planning materials, grant applications, committee documents, and notes.
File contains records of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS fundraising committee, including planning notes, budgets, reference materials on effective fundraising and event planning, fundraising committee terms of reference, and one MACAIDS pamphlet.
File contains one copy of a Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS]-produced information packet about HIV/AIDS services and community resources; one copy of The Natural Helper: A Rural Remedy, a manual produced Sharp Advice Needle Exchange; and one copy of the report Getting through today and trying to change tomorrow: Members of the HIV/AIDS Movement in Nova Scotia Reflect on the Legacy of our Work and the Implications for the Future, produced by the Provincial Needs Assessment Team.
File contains pamphlets and resource guides; correspondence between AIDS Nova Scotia and other AIDS organizations; briefs, reports, and recommendations from other community groups; lobbying materials; press releases; news clippings; funding proposals and guidelines; one AIDS adult case report form.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotian newspapers dated 1986- 1987 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains one copy of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS' Rumours questionnaire.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Walter Schlech of the Victoria General Infectious Disease Division on a change in the code of ethics that would allow them to break the confidentiality of patients who have tested positive for AIDS to inform others who may have come into contact with the virus. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Connie Clark. The episode was recorded on August 26, 1987, and was broadcast on August 27, 1987.
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 a variety of topics including news, AIDS porn at clubs, and an interview about JJ Lyn's new club. The episode was recorded on July 26, 1987, and was broadcasted on July 27, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Lutheran minister Bob Petit speaking about AIDS and the church, as well as news and a community calendar. The episode was recorded and broadcast on November 16, 1987.
File contains records of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS public education committee from 1987-1992. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, committee reports, memos, contact lists, notes, and reference materials created for or used to inform education initiatives. File also contains minutes, agendas, and reports related to Inform-AIDS helpline operations.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Madeline Comeau regarding the Metro Area Community on AIDS (MACAIDS) updates with CKDU's Donna Mayer. The episode was recorded on August 14, 1987, and was broadcast on the same day, and on August 17, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Rosemary Gill of Dalhousie Health Services and head of the University's task force on AIDS. She discusses how she sees one or two students a day scared they've contracted HIV/AIDS, and thinks most people would be better off not being tested despite this. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Erin Goodman. The episode was recorded on November 30, 1987, and was broadcast on the same day on The Evening Affair, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel that contains an episode of Outlook. This episode is on education and AIDS with Madeleine Comeau. It aired September 16, 1987 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program, and was rebroadcast September 21, 1987 on Title Waves, another CKDU radio program.
File contains posters for LGBT events in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.. File contains one poster for an AIDS Vigil held at Grand Parade in Halifax; one poster advertising viewings of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at Gorsebrook School in Halifax from 1990-11-30 to 1990-12-3; one poster for a vigil commemorating the one year anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre held at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design on 1990-12-6; one poster for the Black and Blue Party hosted by Bad Boy Club Montreal in October, 1994; one poster for the We're Funny That Way in Toronto during April, 1990; one poster for the 1989 Seattle Queen City Cruise; and one poster for National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights held 1987-10-11.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Kevin Orr of the AIDS Committee of Toronto while he was in Halifax for a meeting of the Canadian Public Health Association the previous year. CKDU's Ken Burke spoke with Orr about the privately managed education groups springing up across the country to inform people about AIDS. The AIDS Committee of Toronto was a model that helped form many others like it, including in Metro Halifax. The episode was recorded on January 14, 1987, and was broadcast on January 20, 1987.
File is an audio reel that contains an episode of Outlook. This episode is the eighth part of a series entitled Issues of Faith. The episode features Jim Anderson, Lutheran, with Madeleine Comeau of the Halifax Metropolitan Area Committee on AIDS. It aired March 1987 and was rebroadcast March 11, 1987; April 1, 1987; and July 17, 1987 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program.
File contains pamphlets produced by AIDS Nova Scotia / MACAIDS, including information about AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention, and the AIDS Walk.
File contains materials related to AIDS Nova Scotia annual general meetings from 1987-1995, including meeting notices, agendas, and minutes, ANS financial statements, internal reports, and recommendations.
File contains the Metro Area Committee on AIDS volunteer policy manuals for 1987 and 1988, the 1990 volunteer information guide, and one volunteer application form.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia volunteer training materials, including training session schedules, agendas and minutes, documents outlining volunteer roles, application forms, worksheets and training exercises, reference materials for trainers and volunteers, feedback surveys, notes, and correspondence.
File includes a copy of a conference paper and a response; an article titled "AIDS and Pastoral Care: A Question of Love"; an information sheet about Morton House; and an information sheet about CARAS.
File contains Metro Area Committee on AIDS executive meeting records, including agendas and minutes, notes, memos and correspondence, internal reports, terms of reference, and other administrative materials from 1987-1989. File also contains budgets, financial statements, and job descriptions.
File contains records of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS public education committee from 1987-1988. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, committee reports, policies and guidelines, project proposals, planning materials, schedules, reference materials, notes, budgets, internal evaluations, correspondence, and workshop materials.
File contains four sexual health surveys distributed by AIDS Nova Scotia (then Metro Area Committee on AIDS), related notes and correspondence, and one report detailing the results of a sexual health survey completed in Quebec.
File contains materials related to the activities of the AIDS Nova Scotia speakers bureau. Includes speakers bureau updates, agendas and minutes, internal reports, pamphlets, reference and training materials for speakers, memos, and correspondence.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Dr. Rosemary Gill of Dalhousie University Health Services. Dr. Gill, the head of a task force set up to consider ways to deal with AIDS in the university population, spoke with CKDU's Robert Wagner about the issue.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Phil Shaw of the AIDS Committee of Toronto on Patient Zero (Gaetan Dugas), a Quebec man thought to be the first case of AIDS in the United States. He discusses the fear generated by the fact that Patient Zero lived in Toronto, and Dartmouth from 1977-1979, and journalist Randy Shilts' book claiming that Patient Zero was solely responsible for the spread of AIDS in North America. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Donna Mayer. The episode was recorded on October 15, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Hillary Wass, a Vancouver doctor who specialized in treating AIDS patients, on the tragedy of AIDS and watching so many of her patients die, as well as her work on behalf of the victims. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Robert Matthews. The episode was recorded on November 18, 1987, and was broadcast on the same day on The Evening Affair, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode features an interview with Dr. Hillary Wass, hosted by Erin Goodman. Wass, a Vancouver doctor, gave a lecture at Dalhousie University on AIDS on November 18, 1987. The episode aired November 19, 1987.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Madeline Comeau, committee director of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS (MACAIDS) on safer sex and AIDS. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Robert Matthews. The episode was recorded on February 5, 1988, and was broadcast on February 23, 1988 on Title Waves and The Evening Affair, CKDU programs.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Doctor Walter Schlech of the Victoria General Infectious Disease Division on his work and attitude towards AIDS as he spends roughly a day a week on the disease. The interview was conducted by CKDU's John Cairncross. The episode was recorded in March 1988.
File is an audio reel containing reports on various subjects, including the Nova Scotia People With AIDS Coalition opening, and a women's night at Rumors bar in Halifax. The episode was recorded on April 24, 1988.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with a founding member of the Nova Scotia People With AIDS Coalition, a local group to combat ignorance and provide support for those concerned about the disease. The interview was conducted by CKDU's Robert Matthews. The episode was recorded in April 1988, and was broadcast on April 26, 1988 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with Reverend Bob Petite, parish priest of St. George's Anglican Church and a member of the organizing committee for the National AIDS Vigil in Halifax, on the event (held the next day). The interview was conducted by CKDU's Robert Matthews. The episode was recorded on May 24, 1988, and was broadcast on the same day 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 CKDU's Donna Mater and J.J. Lyons (LGBT and AIDS activist and past chairperson of Halifax's Gay Alliance for Equality) on AIDS and gay men, news, and a community calendar. The episode was recorded on January 18, 1988, and was broadcasted on the same day.
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 two parts: the first is an interview with CKDU's Robert Matthews and Eric Smith (the Cape Sable Island teacher removed after his HIV diagnosis and member of the Provincial AIDS task force) on AIDS testing and its dangers. The second part is an interview with Tom Harpur, a religious writer and former editor of the Toronto Star, speaking with Robert Matthews on his stance on homosexuality as a radical Christian. The episode was recorded on February 22, 1988, and was broadcasted on the same day.
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 a women's night report, a founding member of the People with AIDS coalition (PWA), a safer sex promotion, and a community calendar. The episode was recorded on April 24, 1988, and was broadcasted on April 25, 1988.
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 J. Royden Trainor, an author of legal LGBT texts, on the SUNS AIDS project. The episode was recorded on March 7, 1988, and was broadcasted on September 12, 1988.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1988 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains two drafts of the Student Union of Nova Scotia's submission to the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS.
File contains documentation and correspondence regarding 2277 Brunswick Street, which became the site of Morton House. Materials include the Morton House proposal, property deed, correspondence regarding mortgage guarantees, and rental policy documents.
