The fonds provides information on Thomas Waugh’s teaching activities with his contributions to the development of courses in Film Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies and on issues related to the HIV/AIDS pandemic at Concordia University.
The TEACHING subseries includes performance evaluations, workload reports and course evaluations, course materials and course outlines Thomas Waugh developed, most notably on HIV/AIDS in social sciences, natural sciences and in the media.
The ADMINISTRATION subseries is comprised of records related to Thomas Waugh's participation in the HIV/AIDS Advisory Committee (1993-1998), in the Faculty of Fine Arts Task Group on Canadian and Quebec Cultural Issues (1983-1984) and in the Working Group on Curriculum of the Status of Women Committee (1986-1987).
The CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, TALKS subseries includes records related to the attendance of Thomas Waugh to various conferences in Quebec and Ontario, most notably at the Representing AIDS: Crisis and Criticism Conference held at the University of Western Ontario where he made a presentation on the theme of 'Erotic self-images in the Gay Male AIDS Melodrama' in November 1988. The subseries also contains records related to his involvement in Concordia University's HIV/AIDS Lecture Series from 1993 to 2013 with correspondence, logistics files, media coverage and promotional material.
The RESEARCH AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION subseries is comprised of some writings and notes as well as reference documentation on HIV/AIDS related to women and First Nations Peoples, among other subjects.
The fonds also includes records related to Thomas Waugh's input as the editor of the moving images section of the GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies between 2003 and 2006.
Waugh, Thomas