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  • Silhouettes of figures with hearts walking representing an advertisement for the AIDS Walk for Life at Rundle Park Family Recreation Centre, Edmonton Canada, 3 Oct. 1993. Colour lithograph.
  • Painted figures reach up towards the world representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day, December 1st, by the National AIDS Strategy [Canada]. Colour lithograph by Vivian Reiss and Quorum Graphics.
  • Red ribbons spelling the words 'AIDS' with details of the AIDS Walk for Life on Sunday October 1st 1995 at Kinsmen Park and Fieldhouse, Edmonton, Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • Red ribbons spelling the words 'AIDS' with details of the AIDS Walk for Life on Sunday October 1st 1995 at Kinsmen Park and Fieldhouse, Edmonton, Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • A feathered circle inside which are several faces of native Americans; advertisement for Urban Aboriginal AIDS Awareness for the National AIDS Strategy supported by Health Canada. Lithograph by Julie Simoa, 1995.
  • Painted figures reach up towards the world representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day, December 1st, by the National AIDS Strategy [Canada]. Colour lithograph by Vivian Reiss and Quorum Graphics.
  • The Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada: Big John Canadien, a Mohawk, navigates the rapids with a party of men in a nine metre boat. Photograph by Notman & Sandham, 1878.
  • The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A boy and girl sit on a tree trunk over in a lake setting representing a warning to young people about AIDS; advertisement by the Perth District Health Unit in Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • The ship Agamemnon at anchor off Greenwich before setting off to lay the telegraph cable across the Atlantic from Ireland to Canada. Wood engraving by F.J. Smyth, 1857, after E. Weedon.
  • Rideau Hall, Ottawa: people using a toboggan slide in the presence of the Marquis of Lorne, governor-general of Canada, and his wife Princess Louise. Wood engraving by H. Harral after S.P. Hall.
  • Verso: two people hugging with list of ways of taking care from washing your hands to compassionate care for people with HIV/AIDS (English version); part of a project by the National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Colour lithograph.
  • The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A circular crossed plate (?) incorporating indigenous symbols including a feather, a pipe, a polar bear and stones above a pot of flames; advertisement for the Urban Aboriginal AIDS Awareness program for the National AIDS Strategy supported by Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Julie Simoa.
  • A circular crossed plate (?) incorporating indigenous symbols including a feather, a pipe, a polar bear and stones above a pot of flames; advertisement for the Urban Aboriginal AIDS Awareness program for the National AIDS Strategy supported by Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Julie Simoa.
  • A weight-lifter sits on a bench with his weights at his side as someone offers him a steroid injection; a warning not to share vials and used needles for steroids; advertisement for The Steroid Project as part of the Kingston AIDS Project funded by the National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Alice Whissell.
  • A British manufacturer is painting advertising boards inscribed "Made in Canada", "Made in England" and "Made in the British Empire", while a board saying "Made in Germany" is consigned to a garbage can; representing the embargo on German trade in British territories in World War I. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • A weight-lifter sits on a bench with his weights at his side as someone offers him a steroid injection; a warning not to share vials and used needles for steroids; advertisement for The Steroid Project as part of the Kingston AIDS Project funded by the National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Alice Whissell.
  • The face of a woman in speckled black ink with her eyes scratched in green representing an advertisement for an international exhibition of AIDS posters entitled 'Visual AIDS' from 6 to 19 November 1989 by the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe e.V and Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe e.V; a project of the seminar "AIDS and the Arts" of the University of Western Ontario in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe London and Canada. Colour lithograph by Detlev Pusch.
  • Lobelia cardinalis L Campanulaceae Cardinal lobelia Distribution: Americas, Colombia to south-eastern Canada. The genus was named after Matthias de L’Obel or Lobel, (1538–1616), Flemish botanist and physician to James I of England, author of the great herbal Plantarum seu Stirpium Historia (1576). Lobeline, a chemical from the plant has nicotine like actions and for a while lobeline was used to help people withdraw from smoking, but was found to be ineffective. It was introduced from Virginia to John Parkinson in England by John Newton (1580-1647) a surgeon of Colyton (aka Colliton), Devon, who travelled to Virginia. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Collage of parts of faces with a heart representing an advertisement for AIDS Awareness Week, October 7 to 13, 1991 by the Canadian AIDS Society. Colour lithograph by Joe Average.
  • A pair of hands, a heart and birds in flight representing an advertisement for the Canadian HIV Trials Network. Colour lithograph by Beverly Deutsch.
  • A man and woman with their arms around each other as they lean against a wall with a condom representing an advertisement for safer sex 'dress code' for the '90's; Recto: French version; advertisement by the Canadian Public Health Association. Colour lithograph.
  • A man and woman with their arms around each other as they lean against a wall with a condom representing an advertisement for safer sex 'dress code' for the '90's; Recto: English version; advertisement by the Canadian Public Health Association. Colour lithograph.
  • Silhouette of figure with heart with three other figures in background; an advertisement for AIDS Awareness Week October 5 to 11, 1992 by the Canadian AIDS Society. Colour lithograph by Tohu Bohu, 1992.
  • Adult hands reach out for a child's hand representing an advertisement for AIDS Awareness Week 4th to 10th October 1993 by the Candian AIDS Society. Colour lithograph by Jules de Niverville.
  • A woman with long hair representing an advertisement for safe sex; created by Alberta Advertising Agencies Association as part of an advertisement AIDS/HIV Prevention campaign Lithograph by Greg Gerla/West 11th Photography.
  • A woman holds up a condom with a message about abstinence and safe sex; advertisement by Continental PIR Communications. Lithograph by Rod Newbery.
  • A man smiles wearing an open shirt with one hand in his pocket representing an advertisement for safe sex; created by Palmer Jarvis Communications for the Alberta HIVAIDS Prevention Campaigns for Young Adults. Lithograph.
  • A woman holding a baby representing women at risk for HIV; as part of the Alberta HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns for young adults. Lithograph by Calder Bateman and Darklight Studios.