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

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.

Speaking notes ; Wake Up! Canada reference materials, lobbying and outreach materials, press releases, correspondence, and notes

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.

Statutory declaration of advocacy efforts ; postcards to politicians regarding Justice Krever's report ; correspondence

File contains one copy of a statutory declaration outlining Janet and Randy Conners' efforts to secure compensation for those infected by tainted blood, submitted to the Krever Inquiry, one mock-up of postcards addressed to Canadian politicians advocating for the public release of Justice Krever's report, correspondence regarding Conners' activism and honours, and one photograph of Conners' with an unidentified group of people.

Janet Conners fonds

  • 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.

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2010 planning materials, notes, and correspondence

File contains planning materials and correspondence related to the Transgender Day of Remembrance 2010. Materials include one program for the event, typed speaker's notes, handwritten planning notes, and correspondence. Materials in this file also relate to the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, which hosted the event.

Bob Fougere fonds

  • MS-15-18
  • Fonds
  • 1990-2017
Fonds contains materials collected by LGBTQ+ activist Bob Fougere pertaining to his activism in Halifax. Records in fonds document Fougere's work as coordinator of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project [NSRAP], including NSRAP's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and its health care advocacy work on behalf of transgender Nova Scotians. Materials also document Fougere's roles as board member at Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, and facilitator the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Youth Project support group. Materials in fonds include correspondence, pamphlets, essays, studies, clippings, reports, meeting minutes, conference materials, and ephemera.

Fougere, Bob

Flyers for Simon Nkoli event, 1989

File contains two copies of a flyer advertising events in Halifax featuring Simon Nkoli, a gay South African political activist. Events include a talk held at Rumours bar, and the preceding meet and greet held on the same date at Veith House.

Ross Boutilier fonds

  • MS-15-1
  • Fonds
  • 1984 - 2015
Fonds contains records documenting Ross Boutilier's legal challenges over same-sex benefits and equal treatment in Nova Scotia and provincial and federal legislation to gain access to same-sex marriage. Other series include production and administrative records of Wayves magazine, committee records of Halifax Pride, and newspaper clippings about the LGBTQ community in Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada.

Boutilier, Ross

Press release regarding picket in front of the Carleton Hotel on Argyle Street

File contains a press release announcing a picket to protest the management of the Jury Room Lounge, which had been refusing service to the gay and lesbian community. File also contains a letter to members of the Gay Alliance for Equality regarding a 1975 citation to recognize exceptional service by the Movement for Citizens' Voice and Action to promote the equality of lesbians and
gay men.

Photograph of Kaye Murray, Nolan Reilly, Charlie Murray, and Sharon Reilly chatting at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie and Kaye Murray and Nolan and Sharon Reilly, and one other unidentified person, chatting at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Kaye Murray, Nolan Reilly, Charlie Murray, and Sharon Reilly chatting at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie and Kaye Murray and Nolan and Sharon Reilly, and several other unidentified person, chatting at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Kaye Murray and Dane Parker seated under trees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, showing Kaye Murray (activist and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic) and Dane Parker (member of the Communist Party of Canada who made the first attempt to unionize fish plants under Nova Scotia's 1937 Trade Union Act), seated under trees at the Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Nolan Reilly and several other unidentified attendees conversing near a barbecue at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, showing several unidentified people standing near a barbecue at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. In the foreground is Nolan Reilly, with his back to the camera (brown shirt)

Photograph of Hope McPhee and Nolan Reilly speaking at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, showing Hope McPhee and Nolan Reilly (standing), two of co-organizers of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, having a discussion in front of several unidentified seated Picnic attendees, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.
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