Fonds 426 HIV North (South Peace Aids Council) fonds

54 photographs

15 negatives

3 video recordings

Date: 1987-2006 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records created and kept for the executive board. It includes a board information package detailing the history of the organization, contacts for the Community Care Team and the workers, the bylaws, personnel policies, job descriptions and the mission and vision statement. The main body of records in this series is monthly Board minutes which include executive minutes, committee minutes, coordinators’ reports, activity reports, financial reports, statistics, correspondence, circulars, educational materials and presentations, annual general meeting packages, CAS (Canadian Aids Society) updates, and ACCH (Alberta Council on HIV) reports. There are also annual general meeting packages which contain financial statements and reports from staff and committees.

Physical description: 25 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1987 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of documentation regarding the foundation of the South Peace AIDS Council, initial meetings, objectives of the society, and its by-laws.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1993-2006 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of the monthly board minutes of the South Peace AIDS Council from 1988 to 2002; and the minutes of the HIV North Society from 2002 to 2006. The monthly board packages contain minutes of executive minutes, committee minutes, coordinators’ reports, activity reports, financial reports, statistics, correspondence, circulars, educational materials and presentations, CAS (Canadian AIDS Society) updates, and ACCH (Alberta Council on HIV) reports. There are also annual general meeting packages which contain financial statements and reports from the executive director.

Physical description: 23 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 2002-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of a board information package detailing the history of the organization, contacts for the Community Care Team and the workers, the bylaws, personnel policies, job descriptions, and the mission and vision statement.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1987-2006 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of files on the annual AIDS Walk, which has been held in Grande Prairie since 1996; summer programs files and photographs detailing activities and events participated in by staff and volunteers; and news clippings from local, provincial, and national papers from the creation of the organization in 1987 to 2002.

Physical description: 22 cm textual records

54 photographs

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1995-2005 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of information on the initial CAS project in 1995; and files showing the organization, planning, promotions, prizes, activities, and reports for AIDS Walks held in Grande Prairie from 1996-2005. Each year has a different theme to get out the message. Often there was also a celebrity MC (like Carrie Doll from CTV news) to bring attention to the Walk.

Physical description: 8 cm textual records

7 photographs

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1997-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of correspondence and planning related to summer programming, promotions for programs, published material related to specific groups given out at specific events, and original material gathered or created by summer staff and volunteers, including games, stories, and drama.

Physical description: 8 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1987-2002 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of copies of news clippings from local, provincial and national news media documenting the changing attitudes of the public and the media on the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. This includes media attention to the Krever Inquiry which examined the tainted blood scandal in the Red Cross blood supply in the late 1990s. The sub-series also contains photographs showing summer programs, projects and events, including the Blue Streaks Poetry readings in 1997.

Physical description: 6 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1997-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of subject files detailing the administration activities of HIV North Society. Subjects include advertising (logo, brochures, and newsletters), AIDS Awareness Week, Alberta Community Council on AIDS, Alberta Health, Canadian AIDS Society, Community Care Team, Correspondence, Health Canada, Letters of Support, Mistahia Regional Health Authority, Policies and Procedures, Presentations, Religion, Statistics, and Strategic Planning.

Physical description: 48 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Arrangement:

In the original order, these files were part of a series of office files. There was not a consistent order within the series, therefore the files were put in alphabetical order according to the original titles on the files.

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1989-2003 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of files showing the development of projects undertaken by SPAC and HIV North: Focus Group Interviews, Non-Prescription Needle Use, Women and AIDS, Blue Streaks poetry publication, Should I Wear Pants Today video presentation, and the international partnership between Mexico and the Alberta Community Council on HIV.

Physical description: 17 cm textual records

15 negatives

3 video recordings

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Moving images (documentary form)

Arrangement:

In the original order, projects were enclosed in binders and separate from the filing system.

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1989-1990 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of initial correspondence, a preliminary report and the final report showing methodology, group summaries, overall themes, participant evaluation, and observations of the project coordinator.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1992-2003 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of files on the Needle Exchange project which was initiated in 1992, the NPNU Advisory Committee, the Harm Reduction Outreach Project which began under NPNU in 1995, and the NPNU Consortium.

Physical description: 6 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1994 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of the final report of the Women and AIDS project printed in December 1994, backed by 19 Appendices containing correspondence, reports, forms and presentations.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1997 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of copies of the poems which were submitted to HIV North for the project and the final published copy. There are also negatives showing the poetry readers at the launch of the booklet.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

15 negatives

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 2000-2001 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of files containing correspondence, the final project report, two VHS cassettes containing about 45 minutes of raw footage of the interview with Marlo Cottrell called, “Code Burn”, and the video master containing the final product called Marlo’s Story.

Physical description: 5 cm textual records

3 video recordings

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Moving images (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 2001-2003 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of documentation related to this project: correspondence, grant application, agreements, and reports.

Physical description: 3 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1991-2006 (date of creation)Scope and content:

The series consists of files on the AIDS Network of Edmonton, the Alberta Community Council on HIV, Feather of Hope Aboriginal AIDS Prevention Society, and the Interfaith Association on AIDS.

Physical description: 5 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Related material:

Records of associated organizations can also be found in project and subject files, where those organizations worked closely with HIV north on education, projects and funding; namely, the Canadian AIDS Society with the AIDS Walk, and projects funded by Alberta Health and Health Canada.

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1995 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of materials produced by the AIDS Network of Edmonton for a “Smart Sex Campaign”. In 1995, SPAC participated in the campaign with materials from the AIDS Network of Edmonton.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1991-2006 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of a publication called “Honouring Our History: Fifteen years of the Alberta Community Council on HIV, 1991-2006.”

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1991-2000 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of information on FOHAAPS and its programs; correspondence between the two organizations; and materials related to “Keepers of the Bloodline Aboriginal Youth Conference” held at the Friendship Centre in 2000.

Physical description: 2 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1998 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consist of information about ICOA, pamphlets from the different faiths about HIV/AIDS, and correspondence with SPAC regarding a workshop held in 1998.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published