AIDS SASKATOON (Organization)
[First listing on Perceptions Calendar for AIDS Saskatoon, with instructions to contact
Gayline for more information].
P23 [1986]: 16-17 (1/2 cm.)
AIDS S'toon [i.e., Saskatoon]; [diagnosis statistics; steering committee calls first general
meeting of AIDS Saskatoon for April 23].
P23 [1986]: 31 (17cm.)
[First listing on Perceptions community groups page for AIDS Saskatoon, although
entry as early as issue 23 on Calendar page].
P26 [1986]: 18 (1/4cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon [description of the organization].
P30 [misnumbered 29] [1987]: 23 (25cm.)
[Display advertisement for AIDS Saskatoon annual general meeting at Frances Morrison
Library].
P33 (June 10, 1987): 14 (8cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon [report of second annual meeting; standing-room-only turnout; president
Roger Carriere reported]. By Neil Richards.
P34 (July 22, 1987): 16 (22cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon funded [by federal health department]. By Gens Hellquist.
P35 (Sept. 9, 1987): 3 (28cm.)
Drag benefits successful [Rodger Jeffrey and others present shows at Numbers club to
benefit AIDS Saskatoon]. By Don McNamee.
P35 (Sept. 9, 1987): 22 (31cm.)
AIDS office opens [new office opened by AIDS Saskatoon in Avenue Building,
3rd Avenue South]. By Gens Hellquist.
P36 (Oct. 21, 1987): 30 (32cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon [annual meeting held June 27; new Board elected; Larry Scott new
president; events of past year; funding situation]. By Gens Hellquist.
P43 (Aug. 10, 1988): 6 (29cm.)
People: a community activist responds [interview of Roger Carriere, instrumental in
formation of AIDS Saskatoon]. Interviewed by Gens Hellquist.
P44 (Sept. 21, 1988): 30-32, 35 (112cm.)
Apology given [to AIDS Saskatoon by Krolik Fashion Fur Co. Ltd. for turning down
request to rent space in Central Chambers Block, Saskatoon]. From Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix.
P45 (Nov. 9, 1988): 8 (24cm.)
AIDS Awareness Week [declared for Oct. 15-21 "in many parts of Canada"; AIDS
Saskatoon and AIDS Regina plans outlined].
P52 (v7n7)(Oct. 4, 1989): 9 (15cm.)
Education denied [AIDS Saskatoon told that will not be allowed to have further AIDS
and safer sex displays in Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza; mall manager,
Gordon Spooner, wrote "speaking for mall owners, Cadillac Fairview
Corporation and the Midtown Plaza Merchant's Association"]. By Gens
Hellquist.
P53 (v7n8)(Nov. 23, 1989): 9 (25cm.)
On the job [Ralph Wushke is new director of AIDS Saskatoon; information on him and
on his goals for AIDS Saskatoon].
P61 (v8n8)(Nov. 21, 1990): 10 (25cm.)
[AIDS Saskatoon] Women & AIDS Project [newsnote that Antonia Botting hired for
one-year project "to work with women who are marginalized"; funded by a
program of Health and Welfare Canada].
P63 (v9n2)(March 6, 1991): 12 (15cm.)
Safer sex in Saskatoon [AIDS Saskatoon to offer workshops in coming months; titled
"Playing Safe: Eroticizing Safer Sex"; schedule given].
P64 (v9n3)(April 24, 1991): 10 (16cm.)
Working together ["three Saskatoon lesbian and gay and AIDS organizations have
bonded together to hold joint fundraising dances" -- AIDS Saskatoon, Gay &
Lesbian Health Services, and Perceptions magazine; Yip's Diner, owned by
Mr. Donald Yip, "was very receptive to the idea and when told the dances would
have gays and lesbians at them, he responded that he didn't care, it was nobody's
business"; one group spokesman expressed satisfaction at patronizing a business
that made gays and lesbians feel comfortable].
P70 (v10n1)(Feb. 5, 1992): 8 (49cm.)
Men who have sex with men [AIDS Saskatoon, with help of federal SEED grant, will
conduct an outreach education program on safer sex; longer term projects will
also be considered].
P73 (v10n4)(June 10, 1992): 7-8 (27cm.)
Off to Berlin [AIDS Saskatoon one of two Canadian community-based AIDS service
organizations selected for an oral presentation at IXth International Conference on
AIDS, Berlin, June 7-11; Ralph Wushke will speak about AIDS Saskatoon Rural
Response Project].
P81 (v11n4)(June 9, 1993): 9 (13cm.)
AIDS: a prairie perspective [concerning work plans being prepared by AIDS Saskatoon
and other prairie AIDS service organizations for funding from Canadian
government to assist in AIDS/HIV issues]. By Ralph Wushke.
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 7 (47cm.)
; with correction of concluding
sentences in P84:9
AIDS Saskatoon's First Annual Benefit Auction February 12th, 1994, 7:30 p.m.,
Mendel Gallery Auditorium...[list of some auction items] [display advertisement]
P86 (v12n1)(Jan. 26, 1994)[cover date Jan. 24/94]: 21 (18cm.)
HIV/AIDS conference [AIDS Saskatoon has received funding from Health and Welfare
Canada to host holistic HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Conference in Saskatoon,
September 28-30; planning is underway; contacts given].
P86 (v12n1)(Jan. 26, 1994)[cover date Jan. 24/94]: 11 (22cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon gets grant [for $56,079 for three years, from Health Canada; will be
used to continue "man-to-man" project by hiring part-time outreach worker to
work with high-risk groups, including gay street youth, youth just coming out,
and men not practising safer sex; also grant to set up provincial planning network
in co-operation with other organizations].
P92 (v12n7)(Oct. 26, 1994): 9 (35cm.)
Man Too Man ["as in past years, the Man Too Man project of AIDS Saskatoon will be
out to provide safer sex education where men congregate"; "this year, in
conjunction with Gay & Lesbian Health Services, Man Too Man will be working
to improve the overall safety of men in public spaces, safety that extends beyond
sex"; etc.].
P97 (v13n4)(June 7, 1995): 13 (42cm.)
New director [being sought for AIDS Saskatoon; Sheila Braidek, executive director since
September 1994, leaving in December; Braidek "was one of the people
instrumental in getting SAN [Saskatchewan AIDS Network] established...."].
P101 (v13n8)(Dec. 6, 1995): 13 (23cm.)
Ay caramba!!! [announcing third annual art-and-celebrity auction fundraiser].
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 13 (18cm.)
People are dying...do something! [author writes of growing up in a small Saskatchewan
farming community, moving to Saskatoon, his position with AIDS Saskatoon,
and his disappointment with and appeal to gay/lesbian community to volunteer
to prevent cutbacks in programs].
P107 (v14n6)(Sept. 11, 1996): 5 (43cm.)
Public squabble [between AIDS Saskatoon (executive director: Jeff Dodds) and
Saskatoon MP Georgette Sheridan regarding information about National AIDS
Strategy].
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 14 (24cm.)
Bid for life [announcing in some detail upcoming AIDS Saskatoon's 5th Annual
Bid for Life Art & Celebrity Fundraising Auction, set for January 31/98].
P118 (v16n1)(Jan. 21, 1998): 9 (17cm.)
On the job [Bob Challis replaces Jeff Dodds as executive director of AIDS Saskatoon;
Erin Scriven replaces Antonia Botting as education co-ordinator; comments of
Challis].
P128 (v17n3)(April 21, 1999): 11 (14cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon relocating [newsnote that "the oldest AIDS service organization in
our community" is moving from 222 -- 2nd Avenue South to 130 Idylwyld;
should be completely moved by November 1; Bob Challis, executive director].
P131 (v17n6)(Sept. 15, 1999): 11 (5cm.)
Youth for Youth Project [initiated by AIDS Saskatoon to respond to youth HIV
infection and to reduction of that risk; etc.].
P131 (v17n6)(Sept. 15, 1999): 12 (32cm.)
Move completed [by AIDS Saskatoon to new office at 130 Idylwyld; etc.].
P132 (v17n7)(Oct. 27, 1999): 13 (8cm.)
Bid for Life [newsnote that, on February 12, 2000, AIDS Saskatoon will host 7th annual
"Bid for Life" Celebrity and Art Auction as an AIDS/HIV fundraiser].
P134 (v18n1)(Jan. 26, 2000): 12; and see also full page advertisement on
back cover, p. [32] (13cm. plus full page ad)
Library of Life [AIDS Saskatoon will name its community resource library
The Brent Daum Library of Life to celebrate Daum's 40th birthday, "tireless
volunteer work," and longterm survival with HIV; also launching campaign to
rejuvenate the library collection; other details].
P139 (v18n6)(Sept. 13, 2000): 12 (25cm.)
Raising money & awareness [announcement of 9th annual Art & Celebrity Auction,
January 19, 2002, to raise money for education and support service activities of
AIDS Saskatoon; details].
P149 (v19n8)(Dec. 5, 2001): 11 (16cm.)
. See also display advertisement, p. 13
of same issue (19cm.)
AIDS Saskatoon's 10th Anniversary Art & Celebrity Auction, January 18, 2003....
[display advertisement].
P157 (v20n8)(Dec. 4, 2002): 13 (18cm.)