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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.

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.

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.

Correspondence, meeting minutes, and certificate of incorporation regarding name change from GayLine to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Line

File contains correspondence regarding the 1993 annual report and meeting minutes from the 1993 general meeting, held 1993-01-11, which outline plans to rename the GayLine to the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Line. File also contains one copy of the special resolution related to the renaming that was passed at the general meeting, the certificate of incorporation for the new business name, and associated correspondence and paperwork.

Eastern Canadian District conference materials, administrative records, 1993-1994

File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church, and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference, held September 23-25, 1994. Materials include a conference program, conference schedules, notes, promotional materials, one coordinator's report to the district conference, one women's secretariat report, one job description for a district coordinator and lay representative, lists of delegates, job applications, operating procedures and by-laws, agendas, minutes, and financial records.

Educational resources and conference materials

File contains one copy of the essay Cisgender Privilege: On the privileges of performing normative gender by Evin Taylor, dated 2010, and the report Eligibility and readiness criteria for Sex Reassignment Surgery: Recommendations for Revision of the WPATH Standards of Care; file also contains conference program and notes for the 1st Annual Health Equity Forum, held on March 18, 2011.

Halifax Rainbow Health Project Assessment Tool Guidelines, press releases, resources, and notes

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.

Halifax Rainbow Health Project final report drafts, presentation slides, and assessment tool

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.

Halifax Rainbow Health Project Inclusion Program reports

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.

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.

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.

LGBT health care advocacy reports

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.

LGBT health care reports ; Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project pamphlet

File contains one copy of the 2005 Halifax Regional Health Project report Improving Access to Primary Health Care in the Rainbow Community, one copy of the 2009 discussion paper Links Between the LGBT Community and Injury by the Nova Scotia Department of Health, and one pamphlet for parents of LGBT youth produced by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project.

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.

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.

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.

Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project reports, meeting records, clippings, and notes

File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's transgender advocacy efforts. Materials include one copy of a pamphlet entitled Hiding its Face: Homophobia; one copy of the November 2005 issue of Wayves; preparatory notes for the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project and LGBTI Initiative meeting on June 14, 2006; one copy of Boys Will Be Girls: Reasons to Provide MSI Coverage for Sexual Reassignment Surgery, published by the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project on June 14, 2004; and one copy of the May 26, 2003 issue of Maclean's magazine.

Proposals, budgets, partnership agreements, letters of support, and 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.

Report and clippings regarding LGBT community-building

File contains one copy of the report Towards a Home for the LGBT Community in Nova Scotia: The Rainbow Community Project, published by the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project in March 2010, and two clippings regarding community-building for LGBT seniors.

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.

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, notes, reference materials, and correspondence

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.

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.

Roundtables, workshops, and focus groups

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.

Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church annual congregational business meeting notes

File contains materials relating to the annual congressional business meeting of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, held on 1994-02-06. Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence from Reverend Darlene Young to Safe Harbour congregants, and a seventeen page booklet of agendas, reports, and membership lists.

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.

Survey of public opinion on human rights ; Gay Alliance for Equality brief to Canadian Human Right's Commission

File contains one English and one French copy of the Canadian Human Right's Commission's Survey of public opinion on human rights, one draft copy of the Gay Alliance for Equality brief to Canadian Human Right's Commission, and one pamphlet regarding filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Right's Commission.
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