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MS-15-20
Fonds
1974-2010

Fonds contains materials related to Janet Conners' advocacy work for recipients of tainted blood products and other persons with HIV/AIDS. Janet's and her husband, Randy Conners, contracted HIV when Randy, a hemophiliac, was treated with infected blood. After publicly announcing Randy's diagnosis in 1991, the Conners provided testimony to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever Inquiry], and became advocates for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Janet revealed her HIV positive status upon Randy's death in 1994. Materials in fonds include legal documents, correspondence, speaking notes, press releases, day planners, awards and honorary degrees, and photographs.

Correspondence with politicians regarding the Krever Inquiry

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1996

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains correspondence between Janet Conners, politicians, and government officials regarding the Krever inquiry.

Correspondence and clippings regarding the Krever Inquiry, support for infected spouses and children

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1991-1997

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains correspondence and clippings related to the Krever inquiry and subsequent efforts by the Janet Conners Infected Spouse and Children Association to gain supports from the government for the families of those infected with HIV/AIDS by tainted blood products. Correspondence in this file is primarily between Janet Conners, her lawyer Dawn J. Ring, and Canadian politicians.

Correspondence and legal documents regarding The Crown v. The Canadian Red Cross

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 1, Folder 5
File
ca. 2005

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains correspondence and legal documents regarding the case of The Crown v. The Canadian Red Cross, in which Janet Conners gave an infected persons statement before the court. File also contains Randy Conners' medical and death records as submitted to the court.

Legal documents, correspondence regarding payments for intervenors in the Krever Inquiry

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1994, 1996

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains legal documents and correspondence related to payments for interveners to the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada.

Statutory declaration of spousal relationship ; correspondence regarding Conners' awards and activism

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1995-2010

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains one statutory declaration of Janet and Randy Conners' spousal relationship, submitted to the court in relation to the matter of a Plan of Compromise or Arrangement of the Canadian Red Cross. File also contains correspondence regarding Janet's activism and awards.

Speaking notes, correspondence, notes, legal documents, and clippings regarding the Krever inquiry, Conners' activism

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 2, Folder 1
File
1997-2005

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains speaking notes, correspondence regarding Janet's activism and appointment to/resignation from the Minister of Health's Council on HIV/AIDS; correspondence and administrative documents related to a potential film project based on Conners' life; testimony and legal documents from the Krever inquiry; clippings about the Red Cross; materials related to Janet's nomination for the CIBC Young Women of Distinction Award; citations for Conners' honorary degrees; and notes. File also contains Conners' first jump skydiving certificate, which she earned following her recovery from AIDS complications..

Legal documents, correspondence, press releases, and notes regarding Janet and Randy Conners' settlement with the Province of Nova Scotia

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1990-1993

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains legal documents and forms relating to Randy and Janet Conners' financial settlement with the province of Nova Scotia, and associated correspondence, press releases, and notes.

Correspondence with Minister Maureen MacDonald regarding the extension of benefits for infected spouses and children

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 2, Folder 4
File
2008

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains one draft of a letter written by Janet Conners to the Nova Scotia Minister of Health, Maureen MacDonald requesting the extension of financial benefits for spouses and children of those infected by tainted blood.

Randy Conners' medical records

MS-15-20.2021-005, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1992-1994

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains Randy Conners' medical records, and associated correspondence regarding their use in Randy and Janet Conners' legal matters.

Correspondence, press release regarding the Krever Inquiry and compensation for infected spouses and children

Ms-15-20.2021-005, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1996-1998

Part of Janet Conners fonds

File contains correspondence and one press statement related to the Krever Inquiry and Conners' effort to attain compensation for those infected by tainted blood. File also contains personal correspondence.

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