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Reports regarding LGBT men and alcohol, anti-LGBT discrimination

File contains one copy of "Proud But Cautious": Homophobic Abuse and Discrimination in Nova Scotia, published in 1992 by Carolyn Gibson Smith for NSPIRG, and one copy of Boys Just Wanna Have Fun: Gay and Bisexual Men Talk About Their Experiences With Alcohol, published in 1998 by AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's Gay Men and Alcohol Project.

Reports and workshop materials regarding HIV/AIDS, and LGBT legal protections

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.

Information packets, manuals, and reports regarding HIV/AIDS-related services in Nova Scotia

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.

Coalition of Community Groups materials

File contains materials related to the operations of the Coalition of Community Groups, a precursor to the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. Materials include planning documents and timelines, correspondence, focus group materials, speaking notes, reports and recommendations, and written notes.

Reports and recommendations regarding anonymous HIV/AIDS testing

File contains reports and recommendations from AIDS Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS regarding anonymous HIV/AIDS testing, one paper outlining Ontario's suggested strategy for implementing similar services, and associated notes and correspondence.

Reports and presentation slides regarding HIV/AIDS prevention

File contains one copy of the report Assessing the HIV Prevention Needs of Diverse Communities of Women, prepared by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] for Planned Parenthood Metro in March, 2004, and accompanying presentation slides. File also contains one copy of the report Regional Realities : HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Priority Issues in Atlantic Canada, published by ACNS in April, 2000; and one pamphlet on the 2004 Sex Now Survey.

Sexual health surveys and reports

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.

Administrative records, project proposals, reports, and notes

File contains File contains AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] administrative records, including meeting agendas and minutes, memos and correspondence, by-laws and other policies, strategic planning materials, organizational overviews, related notes, and a memorandum of association. File also contains project proposals and background information, working group notes, reports, and conference proceedings.

Administrative records, project proposals, reports, and correspondence

File contains administrative records of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] board of directors, including including meeting agendas and minutes, internal reports, memos and correspondence, and job descriptions. File also contains project proposals and summaries. Many materials discuss recent changes to the structure of ACNS.

Newsletters, reports, agendas, and financial statements

File contains copies of News and Views, the newsletter for the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], dated 1989-1994; one copy of the 1989 annual report; one agenda for the 1996 general meeting; 1995 financial statements; and one copy of the 1995 Black Outreach Project report.

External reports

File contains two reports published by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], including the 1990 report Holding Our Own : An Assessment of the Needs of Persons Living With HIV in Nova Scotia, and the 1994 report Taking the Next Steps : The Regional Information and Health Promotion Needs Assessment for Persons Infected and Affected by HIV and AIDS in Atlantic Canada.

Annual general meeting records 1987 - 1995

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.

Board of directors records, 1992-1994

File contains administrative records produced by the AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] board of directors from 1993-1994. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, memos and correspondence, strategic planning materials, internal policies, reports and recommendations, budgets and financial statements, and notes. File also contains records from the joint steering committee for ANS and the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition from 1992-1994, including agendas, minutes, and notes.

Board of directors records, 1989-1992

File contains administrative records produced by the AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] board of directors from 1989-1992. Materials include meeting agendas and minutes, memos and correspondence, strategic planning materials, reports and recommendations, financial statements, committee documents, job descriptions and applications, workshop materials, event planning materials, press releases, and notes. File also contains records from the joint steering committee for ANS and the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition from 1991-1992, including agendas, minutes, and notes.

Board of directors records, 1986-1989

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.

Men Who Have Sex With Men Project materials

File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, including memos and correspondence, project proposals, progress reports, pamphlets, and reference materials.

Public education committee records, 1987-1992

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.

Public education committee records, 1987-1988

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.

Executive committee records, 1987-1989

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.

Planning and reference materials

File contains Metro Area Committee on AIDS project proposals and planning materials, job descriptions, reference materials regarding research ethics and patient's rights, and one copy of the Canadian AIDS Society's response to Dr. Martin T. Schechter's article Open Arms and Alternative Clinical Trial Designs.

Executive committee records, 1990-1991

File contains AIDS Nova Scotia executive committee records, including meeting agendas and minutes, notes, memos and correspondence, internal reports, strategies and contingency plans, and a mission statement. File also contains fundraising guidelines, job descriptions, financial records.

Administrative records, planning materials, evaluation report, and workshop materials

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.

Men Who Have Sex With Men working group materials

File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men working group, including project proposals, meeting minutes, correspondence and letters of support, budgets and financial documents, notes, job descriptions, reports from similar projects in the UK and Australia, and related research/publications.

Administrative records, correspondence, planning materials, reports, and press releases

File contains correspondence between AIDS Nova Scotia, elected officials, and other government staff; administrative guiding documents; fundraising guidelines and requests; project proposals, research materials and summaries; reports, press releases, and minutes from ANS other and Canadian AIDS groups; news clippings; and notes.

Speakers bureau materials

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.

Men Who Have Sex With Men Project materials

File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, a joint research project organized by the Canadian AIDS Society, supported by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and the Atlantic AIDS Network. Materials include reports, recommendations, correspondence, memos, job descriptions and submissions, notes, press releases, strategic plans, and reference materials.

Larry Baxter fonds

  • MS-15-9
  • Fonds
  • 1969-2018
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.

Baxter, Larry

Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

  • MS-15-21
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2019
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.

Stewart, Alan Roy

HIV/AIDS activism reports, correspondence, and notes

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.

Research materials, meeting agendas, notes, correspondence, and reports

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.

LGBT health care reports, correspondence, notes, and training materials

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.

HIV/AIDS educational resources

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.

Bob Fougere fonds

  • MS-15-18
  • Fonds
  • 1990-2017
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.

Fougere, Bob

Ron and Bryan Garnett-Doucette fonds

  • MS-15-11
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1996
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.

Garnett-Doucette, Ron

Ross Boutilier fonds

  • MS-15-1
  • Fonds
  • 1984 - 2015
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.

Boutilier, Ross

Morton House property deeds and operating documents

Subseries contains documents relating to the operation of Morton House, a residence and hospice in Halifax operated by CARAS for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Morton House was established in 1988 and closed in the early 2000s.

AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS]

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.

AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project [NSRAP]

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.

Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project

AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] / Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS]

Series contains administrative records of AIDS Nova Scotia, established in 1984 as the Metro Area Committee on AIDS [MACAIDS] and changing its name to AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS] in 1991. ANS was a non-profit advocacy organization for persons living with HIV/AIDS, incorporated in 1986. AIDS Nova Scotia merged with the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition in 1995 to form the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. Materials in series include meeting notices, minutes, and agendas; memos, correspondence, and press releases; strategic planning materials; budgets and financial statements; internal and external reports; policies, guidelines, and bylaws; and notes, among others.

AIDS Nova Scotia

Gay men's health and HIV/AIDS

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.

AIDS-related health and legal advocacy

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.

Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC]

Series contains administrative and operational records from the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], an HIV/AIDS advocacy organization based in Halifax. NSPWAC formed in the mid-1980s and merged with AIDS Nova Scotia in 1995 to establish the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. Materials include meeting notices, agendas, and minutes; memos, correspondence, and press releases; workshop materials; internal and external reports; and issues of their newsletter News and Views.

Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition