Fonds contains materials collected by Al Stewart as part of his involvement in the Maritime leather community, his LGBT advocacy work at Saint John's United Church in Halifax, and his involvement in the broader LGBT community in Nova Scotia. Leather community records document the activities of the TightRope leather brotherhood, Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contests, and other leather groups across Canada and the United States. Materials include administrative records, photographs, promotional materials, correspondence, newsletters, and catalogues. United Church materials primarily relate to Stewart's efforts to attain Affirmed status for St. John's United Church, and include reference materials, correspondence, and newsletters. Fonds also contains objects and ephemera related to the leather community, Affirm, and Stewart's membership in the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union [NSGEU], as well as personal photographs, correspondence, and LGBT publications.
Collection contains duplicate materials from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in collection include posters; programs, flyers, and promotional materials; pamphlets and outreach materials; and wearable ephemera including buttons and pins, badges, medals, clothing, and other regalia. Materials in series relate to Halifax Pride and other pride celebrations, political demonstrations, Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] operations and events, Halifax Fetish Ball and Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather events, Gay and Lesbian Association [GALA] meetings and operations, events held at Rumours bar, LGBT films, and other LGBT causes and events.
Series contains duplicate programs, flyers, and other promotional materials from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in series include flyers and event cards for the Halifax Fetish Ball, flyers for a speaking engagement and meet and greet with South African political activist Simon Nkoli, flyers and programs for the Awake The World HIV/AIDS awareness event, and programs and program inserts from Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather contests.
Series contains news clippings regarding LGBT social and political issues, culture, and events. Series contains four sub-series of clippings regarding LGBT social and political issues, culture, and events; the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever Inquiry]; HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia; and HIV/AIDS in Canada and Abroad.
Series contains materials produced or collected as part of Larry Baxter's involvement with community HIV/AIDS organizations in Nova Scotia, including AIDS Nova Scotia [formerly MACAIDS], the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], and the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS]. Materials in this series document health and legal advocacy efforts for persons with HIV/AIDS, including research, lobbying, and community events.
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Fonds contains materials collected by Halifax-based AIDS activist Larry Baxter. Materials in fonds document Baxter's involvement or interactions with a variety of Nova Scotian AIDS-related organizations, including Churchmembers Assembled to Respond to AIDS [CARAS], AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS], and the Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition. These materials include administrative and financial records, internal and external reports, memos and correspondence, proposals and planning materials, workshop materials, and reference materials. Fonds also contains Baxter's collection of news clippings covering a broad range of LGBT and AIDS-related issues, and his collection of pamphlets regarding AIDS-related issues and concerns.
Fonds contains materials collected by LGBTQ+ activist Bob Fougere pertaining to his activism in Halifax. Records in fonds document Fougere's work as coordinator of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project [NSRAP], including NSRAP's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and its health care advocacy work on behalf of transgender Nova Scotians. Materials also document Fougere's roles as board member at Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, and facilitator the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Youth Project support group. Materials in fonds include correspondence, pamphlets, essays, studies, clippings, reports, meeting minutes, conference materials, and ephemera.
Fonds contains records documenting Ross Boutilier's legal challenges over same-sex benefits and equal treatment in Nova Scotia and provincial and federal legislation to gain access to same-sex marriage. Other series include production and administrative records of Wayves magazine, committee records of Halifax Pride, and newspaper clippings about the LGBTQ community in Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada.
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.
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 contains photocopies of clippings regarding the Canadian blood ban, and the same-sex marriage protection legal challenge made by Ross Boutilier and David Mombourquette. Clippings are from the Dalhousie Gazette, the Daily News, and the Chronicle Herald.
Series contains materials relating to the formation and operations of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS], a non-profit advocacy organization for persons living with HIV/AIDS based in Halifax. ACNS was formed in 1996 via the merger of two pre-existing organizations, the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and AIDS Nova Scotia, and still operates today. Materials in subseries include administrative records such as meeting notices, minutes, and agendas; memos and correspondence; planning materials for ACNS events; proposals, research materials, and reference materials; and notes.
Series contains materials related to Janet Conners' involvement in the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever inquiry], related legal cases, and Conners' subsequent advocacy work for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Materials include legal documents, correspondence, speaking notes, press releases, and medical records.
Series contains pins, stickers, one tote bag, one bracelet, and one air freshener collected by Al Stewart through his involvement with the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union [NSGEU] and various LGBT community groups and events, including Affirm United, the TightRope leather brotherhood, Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contests, and Halifax Pride.
Fonds contains materials related to Janet Conners' advocacy work for recipients of tainted blood products and other persons with HIV/AIDS. Janet's and her husband, Randy Conners, contracted HIV when Randy, a hemophiliac, was treated with infected blood. After publicly announcing Randy's diagnosis in 1991, the Conners provided testimony to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever Inquiry], and became advocates for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Janet revealed her HIV positive status upon Randy's death in 1994. Materials in fonds include legal documents, correspondence, speaking notes, press releases, day planners, awards and honorary degrees, and photographs.
File contains one statutory declaration of Janet and Randy Conners' spousal relationship, submitted to the court in relation to the matter of a Plan of Compromise or Arrangement of the Canadian Red Cross. File also contains correspondence regarding Janet's activism and awards.
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 administrative records of the Regional Atlantic AIDS Network, a collective of HIV/AIDS advocacy groups in the Atlantic Region, dated 2007-2010. Materials include background information about RAAN, correspondence, strategic planning materials, notes, meeting agendas and minutes, project proposals, workshop schedules, policies and guidelines, reports, presentation slides, and terms of reference.
File contains one pin produced in connection with the Canada : Moving forward -- AIDS 2010 event. Pin features a black background with a grey-blue border, and a red ribbon with a maple leaf on the end in the centre. Red text around the border reads "Canada: Moving Forward" with smaller red text beneath reading "AIDS 2010".
File contains one issue of the comic book Super-poz, written and illustrated by Daniel-Claude Gendron and translated from French to English by George Paradalis.
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 containts seven pamphlets about services provided by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project, a community organization that supports LGBT youth.
File contains reports and workshop materials on HIV/AIDS and legal protections for LGBT persons. File includes reports by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia, report related to Nova Scotia's strategy on AIDS, and one package of materials for the Nova Scotia Teachers Union workshop Battling Homophobia in the Classroom, held July 23, 2009.
Series contains publications and news clippings regarding Janet Conners' involvement in the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever inquiry], related legal cases, and Conners' subsequent advocacy work for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Series also contains clippings related to Randy Conners' death and advocacy work, HIV/AIDS symptoms and treatments, other blood conditions and diseases, blood treatment facilities, and other notable persons living with HIV/AIDS.
File contains one copy of the report Strengthening Community-Based Approaches to HIV/AIDS and STI Screening, Treatment, and Prevention among Aboriginal People in the Atlantic Region, published by Atlantic Aboriginal People and Health Canada in June, 2009.
File contains materials related to the workshop HIV, Disclosure, and the Law, hosted on March 24th, 2009 by the AIDS Coalition Nova Scotia [ACNS], including one flyer, presentation slide, resource lists, and ACNS pamphlet mockups.
File contains one copy of the 2005 and 2009 Sex Now Survey reports, published by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS], and one copy of a 2006 report entitled HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C: A Scan of Policies, Programs, and Research in Atlantic Canad, published the Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network.
File contains one draft of a letter written by Janet Conners to the Nova Scotia Minister of Health, Maureen MacDonald requesting the extension of financial benefits for spouses and children of those infected by tainted blood.
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 clippings, memos, notes, pamphlet mock-ups, registration forms, group guidelines, and flyers for a Capital Health-run bereavement support group for same sex partners.
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.
Series contains materials from the organization Churchmembers Assembled to React to AIDS (CARA or CARAS) and includes meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, and educational materials. Fonds also contains records from two projects run by CARA: Morton House, a hospice for people living with AIDS, and AIDS-LINK, a project aimed at connecting people with AIDS to resources and support.
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.
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 materials produced for the Time to Deliver on AIDS in Nova Scotia workshop, held in Halifax on October 20, 2006. This workshop discussed the content of the XVI International AIDS Conference held in Toronto in August, 2006, and the conference's impact on HIV/AIDS services in Nova Scotia. Materials include conference proceedings, presentation slides, speaking notes, and a personal account of the conference.
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 pamphlets, fliers, guides, and other reference materials produced by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] regarding AIDS and safe sex. File also contains press releases and update bulletins dated 2002-2005, as well as reports, articles, and pamphlets related to HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia produced by other AIDS advocacy groups and health organizations.
File contains speaking notes for several of Conners' speaking engagements, including the 1998 Nova Scotia Conservative Party convention, the Mount Saint Vincent University 1997 fall convocation address, and three drafts of the 1997 Acadia University spring convocation address, among other events. File also contains materials related to Conners' role as the Atlantic region contact for Wake Up! Canada, a network of Canadian AIDS activists. Materials include one copy of phase II of the National AIDS Strategy, one draft copy of the Canadian Declaration of Rights for People Living With HIV/AIDS, press releases, correspondence, lobbying and outreach materials, report drafts, and notes.
File contains correspondence and legal documents regarding the case of The Crown v. The Canadian Red Cross, in which Janet Conners gave an infected persons statement before the court. File also contains Randy Conners' medical and death records as submitted to the court.
File contains one blank AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia address book, one list of suggested readings on AIDS from the Halifax City Regional Library, and the November 24th, 2005 issue of the Dalhousie Gazette commemorating World AIDS Day
