Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- NSPWAC
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1988-1995
History
The Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition (NSPWAC) was an non-profit advocacy group that supported persons living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs) in Nova Scotia. The organization connected PWAs with care and services and participated in advocacy efforts on their behalf, campaigning for government action and improvements to the health care system. In 1995, NSPWAC merged with AIDS Nova Scotia to form the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia.
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Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia (1995 -)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
temporal
Dates of relationship
1995
Description of relationship
In 1995, AIDS Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition merged to form the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia.
Access points area
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Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
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Institution identifier
NSHD
Rules and/or conventions used
The Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Record revised March 3, 2022 by Rachel Moore.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Dan MacKay. "Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition". Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia. Access on March 3, 2022. https://gay.hfxns.org/PWACoalition