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.
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.
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.
File contains one copy of the oral submission made by Janet Conners' lawyer, Dawna J. Ring, to the Supreme Court of Canada requesting the public release of the results of the Krever Inquiry, and one press release from Ring announcing Conners' reaction to the release of the Justice Krever's findings.
File contains speaking notes for several of Conners' speaking engagements, including the 1998 Nova Scotia Conservative Party convention, the Mount Saint Vincent University 1997 fall convocation address, and three drafts of the 1997 Acadia University spring convocation address, among other events. File also contains materials related to Conners' role as the Atlantic region contact for Wake Up! Canada, a network of Canadian AIDS activists. Materials include one copy of phase II of the National AIDS Strategy, one draft copy of the Canadian Declaration of Rights for People Living With HIV/AIDS, press releases, correspondence, lobbying and outreach materials, report drafts, and notes.
