Health coalition formed ["Gay & Lesbian Health Services (GLHS) has been given the task of facilitating the development of a new national queer organization in Canada"; committee brought together to discuss follow-up activities from the 2001 health conference held in Saskatoon; committee agreed to form Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition; mention of some initial activities to be undertaken].
P151 (v20n2)(March 13, 2002): 10 (41cm.)

Another gathering [newsnote that board of Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition decides Saskatoon should be site of second national conference on queer health issues on Labour Day weekend of 2004; first conference was in Saskatoon, Labour Day weekend, 2001; Gay and Lesbian Health Services acting as host agency for Coalition in its initial developmental stages; etc.].
P153 (v20n4)(June 5, 2002): 19 (18cm.)

Access to care [lengthy and detailed news report on plans, now in final stages, for "a national project [to] address access to care issues for queer people"; project will receive $2.3 million and is slated to run from Oct. 1/03 to March 31/06; project "would partner with colleges of nursing and medicine and schools of social work across the country to have them provide quality education...to meet the health needs of queer people"; "project will also work with professional associations to ensure that they provide ongoing education on the issues..."; the hope for the project, according to Gens Hellquist, is "to reduce the high rates of suicide, substance abuse, low self-esteem, mental illnesses and HIV/AIDS that are epidemic in our communities"; other details].
P163 (v21n6)(Sept. 10, 2003): 9 (59cm.)

Hellquist leaving [report that Gens Hellquist, after twelve years with Gay and Lesbian Health Services, since November 15, 1991 when it started, will be leaving his position to become executive director of Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition; other details].
P165 (v21n8)(Dec. 3, 2003): 9 (41cm.)

Project begins ["after fifteen months of grant writing and waiting, the Rainbow Health -- Access to Care project has finally begun"; funded by Health Canada for $2.3 million over 29 months for work to improve access to care for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered; project to be carried out by Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition in conjunction with Gay and Lesbian Health Services; other details].
P165 (v21n8)(Dec. 3, 2003): 13-14 (25cm.)

Addressing our health [Saskatoon report that Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition now has new office running; "is an offshoot of Gay & Lesbian Health Services of Saskatoon"; have received $2.3 million from Health Canada for two and a half year project; aims of project; activity plans of organization; contact information; etc.].
P167 (v22n2)[misnumbered v22n1 on contents page] (March 10, 2004): 8 (59cm.)

Rainbow Health, Santé arc-en-ciel 2004...A National Conference... November 4-7, 2004...Gatineau, QC [display advertisement].
P171 (v22n6)(Sept. 15, 2004): [14] (full page)

Improving access to care [Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition is hosting national conference in Gatineau, Québec, November 4-7, 2004, "to bring together health professionals, administrators, health policy analysts and health activists from the GLBT community to explore ways to partner to better address the range of health issues endemic to the GLBT community"; many details; contact information].
P171 (v22n6)(Sept. 15, 2004): 25 (51cm.)

Rainbow health [concerning Canada's upcoming "2nd national conference addressing queer health and wellness issues" in Gatineau, Québec, in November, sponsored by Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition; fifty-seven workshops with six keynote speakers; "what is disappointing in the registrations is the low number of people who really have some power to change our health system..."; few medical, nursing and social work schools provide education on queer issues and needs; only two of eighteen medical colleges have any staff attending and also few from nursing and social work; "I'm always awed by the power of homophobia and how it causes intelligent and thinking people to ignore what is so obvious..."; other details]. By Gens Hellquist.
P172 (v22n7)(Oct. 27, 2004): 4, 8 (64cm.)

Conference a huge success [detailed report on GLBTQ health conference sponsored by Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition and held in Gatineau, Québec for three and a half days in November 2004; more than 250 attended; "this conference followed a 2001 conference held in Saskatoon that led to the formation of the CRHC"].
P173 (v22n8)(Dec. 8, 2004): 26 (54cm.)