Welcome to the AIDS Awareness Week - 2009 Web-Page!
AIDS Awareness Week (November 24th to December 1st) is held every year in Nova Scotia to increase public awareness about HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS affects all of us but each year the AIDS Awareness Week organizing committee identifies how HIV/AIDS affects a particular population. Last year we focused on Aboriginal people and HIV/AIDS. This year we are focusing on delivering messages about healthy sexuality and HIV/AIDS to youth, particularly girls and young women in Nova Scotia.
This year, we are also holding a poster contest for youth as part of AIDS Awareness Week. We’re doing this because we want to make sure that youth in Nova Scotia are aware that HIV/AIDS is still a problem, that there still is no cure for AIDS, and that youth, and particularly young women, are at risk for HIV. We also want youth in Nova Scotia to know how they can best protect themselves and their sexual partners from the risk of HIV.On this page you can find the following:
Information about the Poster Contest
HIV/AIDS Information and Links
AIDS Awareness Week events in Nova Scotia - coming soon
We will periodically be updating this page as we receive information about new events happening in communities around Nova Scotia, so check back soon!
The Nova Scotia AIDS Awareness Week - 2009 Planning Committee Members are:
African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes
Aloma Graham
Dalhousie Women's Centre
DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN)
Healing Our Nations
Health Association of African Canadians
Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on HIV/AIDS
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Nova Scotia Sexual Health Centres
OXFAM
prideHealth
Public Health Agency of Canada
Stepping Stone
Taryn Della
YMCA Newcomers Program
- Are you or is your organization holding/sponsoring and event related to women's issues? Contact us with the information, and we will post it on this page.
- Contact the library to inquire about our special collection or search our online catalogue from our website or "One-Place-to-Look" for NS Library Resources.
Visit our Events site to see list of events happening in Nova Scotia.