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.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia internal reports, financial statements, memos and correspondence, press releases, and meeting agendas. File also contains background information on the ANS research fund and guidelines for applicants, agendas, minutes and reports from research fund advisory committee.
File contains meeting notices, agendas, and minutes; memos and correspondence regarding the formation of the Atlantic AIDS Network; workshop information and application forms; event and meeting invitations; press releases; external reports and recommendations; research proposals and materials.
File contains materials related to the AIDS Community Action Program [ACAP], including documents outlining program goals and requirements, correspondence, press releases, and briefs related to ACAP funding for AIDS-related projects.
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.
File contains AIDS Walk pamphlets, registration materials, and background information; various committee meeting minutes; one copy of the Strategies for the 90s strategic plan 1991-1994; one copy of the 1991 speakers bureau manual; one 1990 volunteer information guide; and press releases from 1989.
File contains materials related to the AIDS Walk, hosted by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS]. Materials include pamphlets, presentation notes, proposed routes, press releases, sponsorship information, partnership criteria, financial statements, notes, and memos.
File contains flyers and information sheets on Awake the World, a multi-media meditation on AIDS; correspondence and press releases regarding AIDS-LINK operations; AIDS-LINK financial statements; and a mailing list. File also contains CARAS meeting minutes.
File contains a draft copy of a document outlining what AIDS-LINK is and who they serve, handwritten notes, a final draft of the mission vision statement, a copy of AIDS community action program funding guidelines, pamphlets for CARAS, a press release, and correspondence.
File contains materials documenting the response to Nova Scotia's strategy on AIDS by AIDS Nova Scotia and the Coalition of Nova Scotia AIDS Community Groups. Materials include a draft copy of the 1992 Nova Scotia AIDS Strategy, press releases, correspondence, notes, policy documents, and clippings.
File contains correspondence and one press statement related to the Krever Inquiry and Conners' effort to attain compensation for those infected by tainted blood. File also contains personal correspondence.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia correspondence with other AIDS organizations, documents regarding volunteer needs, press releases, workshop materials, and budgets.
File contains press releases, correspondence, clippings, and court documents related to sailor Simon Thwaites' dismissal from the Canadian Navy due to his HIV status, and subsequent legal challenges.
File contains pamphlets and resource guides; correspondence between AIDS Nova Scotia and other AIDS organizations; briefs, reports, and recommendations from other community groups; lobbying materials; press releases; news clippings; funding proposals and guidelines; one AIDS adult case report form.
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.
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.
File contains legal documents and forms relating to Randy and Janet Conners' financial settlement with the province of Nova Scotia, and associated correspondence, press releases, and notes.
File contains regarding correspondence, memos, press releases, and lobbying materials regarding AIDS education, advocacy, and the proposed inclusion of protections based on sexual orientation to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code.
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.
File contains one copy of the oral submission made by Janet Conners' lawyer, Dawna J. Ring, to the Supreme Court of Canada requesting the public release of the results of the Krever Inquiry, and one press release from Ring announcing Conners' reaction to the release of the Justice Krever's findings.
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 one copy of the 1996 services and support guide, promotional materials for the Positive Connections Project, promotional materials and a list of questions regarding the May 2004 skills building Ceilidh, and one program for the 2004 AIDS vigil.
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.