File is a photograph of Dr. Sieniewicz examining a little boy with a nurse at a desk nearby. Photograph is associated with the Massachusetts-Halifax Health Commission and Health Centre No. 1.
Item is a photograph of a Health Centre No. 1 nurse measuring a baby. Accompanying inscription reads: [1919]. Measuring the baby, Health Centre Number One.
File is a photograph of Dr. J.A.M. Hemmeon performing ear exam at Health Centre No. 1 Ear Clinic with nurses nearby. Accompanying inscription reads: [1919] Dr. J.A.M. Hemmeon's Ear Clinic.
File is a photograph of Dr. Gordon B. Wiswell's Baby Clinic. Health Centre No. 1. Picture has the Dr. looking at a little baby, with a nurse and the mother looking on. Picture also has two mothers with children in the back ground. Accompanying inscription reads: Dr. Gordon B. Wiswell's Baby Clinic, Health Centre Number One.
File is a photograph of the staff of Health Centre No. 2, at the entrance door. Picture has three men and three women. Accompanying inscription reads: The staff of Health Centre No. 2 at entrance door.
File is a photograph of visitors to the Visitors Health Centre No. 1. Legend below photograph lists visitors. Legend reads: "Distinguished Visitors Health Centre No. 1, Decemeber 20, 1920. Front row: His Excellency the Duke of Devonshire - Governor General of Canada. To his left, His Honour, Lieutenant-Governor MacCallum Grant. To his right, Mr. G. Fred Pearson, Chairman Massachusetts-Halifax Health Commission. In the doorway, right side: Dr. W.H. Hattie, Provincial Health Officer. Left side: Edwin N. Gunsaulus, American Consul General at Halifax, Nova Scotia."
Item consists of two drafts of an announcement about the opening of the School of Physiotherapy at Dalhousie University, beginning September 3, 1963; as well as a handwritten sheet outlining the experience of Arthur Shears, first director of the School.
File contains two photographs from the groundbreaking of the rehabilitation hospital in Halifax; typed cutlines that accompany the photographs; correspondence with the Canadian Paraplegic Association and Arthur H. Shears; an article called "A Concept of Rehabilitation" by Herbert S. Talbot; several typed drafts of newspaper articles about the rehabilitation centre; a pamphlet about the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre; and a document called "Preliminary Report on Planning for Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Center and Faculty of Allied Health Professions Dalhousie University." The file also includes newspaper clippings from the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star of articles written by Barbara Hinds about the rehabilitation centre.
Item consists of a photograph of Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan (far left of the picture, wearing a white raincoat and helmet) and eight other unidentified people at the ground-turning for the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, Anderson Square, Halifax, March 1975.
Item consists of clippings of articles written in 1969 by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star about wait times and overcrowding issues at the original Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.
Fonds comprises records related to Susan Sherwin's professional activities, including publication, research and teaching. Record types include correspondence, contracts, manuscripts, research materials and notes, committee materials, reports, conference materials, and university course records such as syllabi, exams, and assignments.
File contains one copy of the essay The Intersexed? by Jennifer L. Paty, dated April 6, 2005; one copy of the essay Why Don't You Tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-Nonconforming Child by Florence Dillon; one photocopy of the article A Boy's Life by Hanna Rosin, published in the November, 2008 issue of The Atlantic; one glossary of LGBT terminology; one transcript of the sermon Celebrating the T in LGBTQ: One Family's Sacred Journey, presented by Joan WIley to the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto on January 21, 2007; one copy of the essay Darn Those Names and Pronouns by Mary Boenke, dated July, 2003; one copy of the article Metro Transition by Brendan Dunbar, originally published in July 20, 2006 issue of The Coast; Bob Fougere's correspondence regarding transgender activism, dated 2009-2010; eight business cards for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church; one business card for Staci Montgomery, Employment Counsellor with LakeCity Employment Services Association; and notes.
File contains materials relating to the advocacy activities of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project in relation to sexual reassignment surgery. File contains pamphlets mock-ups, Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project meeting agendas, communications plans, correspondence, news clippings, memos, selections from the MSI Physicians manual, report drafts, PowerPoint Slides, and educational resources.
File contains one pamphlet with information on the Community Development Fund application process for 2005, one copy of the pamphlet Sexual diversity in the workplace; one copy of the traditional gender model; one copy of Medical Procedures Related to Transgender Health as an MSI Benefit for Nova Scotians; one copy of draft 13 of Understanding Transsexuality: A Workshop; one packet of information regarding transgender youth and their involvement with the Youth Project; budgets for May 2012; one copy of the Trans Pride Canada: Style Guide; correspondence 2010-2012; news clippings dated 2011; notes; and educational materials relating to transgender health.
Subseries contains materials relating to NSRAP's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Operating between 2004-2006, the Halifax Rainbow Health Project was formed by Capital Health to research ways of increasing access to primary care services for members of Nova Scotia's LGBTQ community. It was a joint effort between the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project, the the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia, and the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Project. Materials in subseries include meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, project proposals, reference and planning materials, job postings, notes, and reports.
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.
File contains materials relating to the Halifax Rainbow Health Project's involvement with the Joint Advisory Committee for Improving Access to Primary Care for GLBTI People In Capital Health. Materials include a job posting for the Transition Coordinator for the GLBTI Initiative, dated 2004; two draft copies of the agenda for the meeting of the Advisory Group for Improving Access to Comprehensive and Coordinated Primary Care for GLBTI People in Capital Health, held May 31, 2004; one draft copy of terms of reference for the Advisory Group for Improving Access to Comprehensive and Coordinated Primary Care for GLBTI People in Capital Health; notes; correspondence dated 2004; and one draft copy of a press release for the Primary Care Project.
File contains resources relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement with the Halifax Rainbow Health Project as part of work for the Joint Advisory Committee for Improving Access to Primary Care for GLBTI People In Capital Health. Materials include pamphlets relating for the Vancouver-based LGBT Generations project, educational resources relating to healthcare for the LGBTQ community, and notes. File also contains an agenda and slides from the Changing Worlds: Diversity and Health Care meeting on January 31, 2005.
File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement in the Syphilis Network health initiative via its participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include one pamphlet published by Capital Health entitled Syphilis: A Primer for Physicians, meeting agendas, correspondence, notes; and one copy of the proposed action plan.
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 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 correspondence regarding the development of the acute stroke program at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. File also includes a draft proposal for the cerebrovascular unit at the Victoria General Hospital.
File is a photograph of the Massachusetts-Halifax Health Commission. Accompanying inscription reads: Nurses at the entrance of Health Centre No. 1. Front Row: Miss. Fenton; Miss. Ross; Miss. MacDonald; Miss. Merlin. Second Row: Miss Small, Miss Keatinge; Miss. Godard: Miss Hubley. Back Row: Miss. Graham.
File is a photograph of Dr. Arabelle MacKenzie's pre-school age Dental Clinic. Health Centre No. 1. Picture has the Doctor, a nurse, a mother and a young girl whom is sitting in the dental chair. Accompanying inscription reads: D. Arabelle MacKenzie's pre-school age Dental Clinic, Health Centre No.1. The second ore-school Dental Clinic in the world and the only one in Canada.
File is a photograph with legend below. Legend reads: "The general waiting-room with patients assembled for medical and nursing advice. In the rear, Dr. Wiswell, Miss Fenton, Supervisor, and Miss Ross, Chief Nurse. Miss Small in the entrance doorway."
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.
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.
File contains one draft copy of the report Improving Access to Primary Care for GLBTI People in Capital Health: A Proposal to Capital Health, produced by the Halifax Rainbow Health Project dated December 4, 2004. File also contains accompanying correspondence.
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.
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.
Item consists of five newspaper clippings of articles written by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star related to the construction and operations of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, under Arthur Shears' direction, written between 1975 and 1977.
Item consists of typed draft manuscript material related to Barbara Hinds articles about the construction and operation of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, written for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star between 1975 and 1977.
Item consists of a typed letter from Arthur Shears to Barbara Hinds, dated March 6, 1969, about editorial suggestions related to Hinds' coverage of the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.
File contains agendas and minutes of the Stroke Program Development committee. File also contains notes, correspondence, reports, and presentations given at committee meetings.
File contains a copy of the proposal to expand the stroke program at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. The proposal was developed by the Stroke Program Development Committee and submitted in June 1996. File also contains a September 24, 1996 letter from Maura Davies, Vice-President Planning and Quality Management, to Lynn Wallace, Chair of the Stroke Program Development Committee.
File is a photograph of the gates of the Massachusetts-Halifax Health Commission's Health Centre No. 1 with building obscured by trees in the background. The photo has two children holding hands near the gate.
File is a photograph of the Massachusetts-Halifax Health Commission nurse weighing a baby with mother besides. Accompanying inscription reads: Weighing the baby: Health Centre Number One.