James Fraser Mustard (16 Oct 1927 – 16 Nov 2011) was a prominent Canadian physician and scientist. His later career also focused on promoting interdisciplinary, cross-university research, advocating for early childhood development and encouraging policy makers to consider the social determinants of health.
Education and early medical research
Dr. Mustard attended Whitney Public School in Toronto (1932-38) and the University of Toronto Schools (1938-1946). After his First Year Honour Course in Science at Victoria College (1946/47) he received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1954. In 1953/54 he served as Junior Intern at the Toronto General Hospital before moving to Cambridge, where he received his Ph.D. from the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge. He then returned to Toronto, where he was a Senior Intern at Sunnybrook Hospital (1956/57).
It was as a research fellow at U of T’s Department of Medicine (1957-1961) that Dr. Mustard’s team discovered that Aspirin could have positive effects on heart disease and reduce the risk of heart attacks. His 1958 essay “A study of the relationship between lipids, blood coagulation and atherosclerosis” won the Royal College of Physicians of Canada Medal. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 1965.
McMaster University
In 1966, Dr. Mustard was a founding member of the McMaster University Faculty of Medicine. The new Faculty embraced an innovative pedagogy that encouraged problem-based approaches to learning and had students working in small groups, rather than attending large lectures. At McMaster, Dr. Mustard served as the first chairman of the Department of Pathology (1966-1968) and in 1972 became Dean and Vice-President of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
CIAR and Founders’ Network
In 1982, Dr. Mustard established the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR, later CIFAR) and served as its first president. The CIAR was established as an independent research institution (not affiliated with any particular university) that promoted and supported multi-disciplinary research projects. CIAR projects covered a wide range research interests, including robotics, population health and economic growth. When he left as President of CIAR in 1996, Dr. Mustard then founded and headed the Founders’ Network, an “international collection of people interested in promoting CIFAR, science and technology, early childhood, economic issues, determinants of health and human development.”
Early Childhood Education
The latter years of Dr. Mustard’s career were primarily focused on promoting successful approaches to early childhood education (especially during the pre-kindergarten years) and disseminating research on the social determinants of health to policy makers, academics, community groups and the public. In this capacity, he made hundreds of visits each year to conferences, community groups and government meetings. His most significant contribution is his authoring of the Early Years Report for Ontario (1999), which helped to shape current approaches to early childhood education (including the introduction of full-day, play-based kindergarten). The report led to the creation of the Council for Early Childhood Education, which Dr. Mustard chaired for its entire existence, from 2004-2010.
International: Aga Khan University and Australia
Dr. Mustard worked with organizations and governments across the globe, including in Latin America, Pakistan and Australia. Dr. Mustard served on the Board of Trustees of the Aga Khan University (AKU) since its inception in the early 1980s and was a member of its Chancellor’s Commission from 1992-1995. Throughout the 2000s, Dr. Mustard worked closely with various Australian organizations and governments, primarily on issues of human development and early childhood education. He served as ‘Thinker in Residence’ in Adelaide, South Australia from 2006-2007, advising the government on these matters.
Other organizations and companies
In addition to these primary commitments, Dr. Mustard sat on countless advisory boards and boards of directors for public and private organizations addressing a broad range of concerns, including health and medicine, education, and energy. Dr. Mustard was Chair of the first Board of Directors of the Institute for Work and Health (1990-1999) and has played a key role in several corporations, including as Director (1995-2001) and Chairman (1997-1999) of fuel cell developers, Ballard Power Systems.
Awards and accomplishments
Dr. Mustard is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1976). Among his many awards, Dr. Mustard won the Sir John William Dawson Medal (1993), Royal Bank Award (1993), Frederic Newton Gisborne Starr Award from the Canadian Medical Association (2001), and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Lawson Foundation (2005). He was appointed to the Order of Ontario (1992), made an Officer of the Order of Canada (1985) and later promoted to Companion in 1993. He has honorary degrees from 23 universities and was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2003. A number of chairs and lectures are named in his honour.
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Fonds consists of the records of Dr. Fraser Mustard, documenting his long and varied career in health, medicine and education, and his work building interdisciplinary, cross-university institutions for research and advocacy. The contents of the fonds primarily document the last 20-30 years of Dr. Mustard’s career, although there is some coverage of his early research and teaching career in medicine. The fonds provides a significant record of the work of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) and Founders’ Network, as well as the Early Years Report, Council for Early Childhood Development (CECD), Aga Khan University and Dr. Mustard’s work in Australia.
Records include correspondence, day planners and itineraries, travel files, meeting notes, presentation slides, news clippings, reports, minutes, outreach material, photographs and other records documenting Dr. Mustard’s speeches, awards and honours, writing, travel, and support for various government initiatives, businesses, academic institutions and community organizations. Evident throughout is Dr. Mustard’s innovative approach to pedagogy and organizational structures, his persistent advocacy, and his insistence that governments and communities adopt strategies to early childhood education that are grounded in sound research.
The fonds also documents some aspects of Dr. Mustard’s personal life, including some family correspondence and records relating to personal events, such as his 75th birthday, the publication of his biography, and his death.
The fonds is organized into series based on the terms used to label the records’ boxes when they first arrived at the Archives. While the fonds includes separate series for CIAR and the Founders’ Network, many records throughout the fonds actually relate to Dr. Mustard’s work with these organizations, especially inasmuch as their support staff performed much of the administrative work involved in coordinating his projects and travel during the last decades of his life.
Digital files in Series 5 and 8 must be accessed on a computer in the Archives Reading Room. Requests for viewing this material must be made 2 business days in advance, please contact Archives staff to schedule an appointment or for more details.
-Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, December 2015
-Revised by E. Sommers, Sep 2019
-Edward Safarian (B2006-0030) also worked with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (1991-1997), especially its Economic Growth and Policy Program
-Robert Craig Brown (B2007-0006) wrote Generation of Excellence: A History of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
-John Robert Evans fonds (B2006-0027) includes records relating to the founding of the McMaster Medical School.
Confidential project records and correspondence containing evaluative statements about colleagues and students is restricted for 30 years. Some series (3, 10, 13, 14, 16) are restricted on a file-by-file basis. Restricted files are closed for 30 years after the last date of file activity. See the series descriptions and box-file lists for details. Series 1, 2, 4-9, 11, 12 and 15 are open (hence there is no ‘access’ column in the box-file list).
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Series consists of general files documenting the life of Fraser Mustard, including his CV as of 2010. Personal correspondence includes letters relating to his retirement, 75th birthday, biography and his illness near the end of his life. Series also includes various media clippings about Dr. Mustard’s life and work, 1947-2010, including his football career at the University of Toronto, his scientific career, his work with the CIAR and Founders’ Network, and reactions to his work in early childhood development. Series also includes records relating to Mustard’s various awards, memberships and honorary degrees. These records include correspondence, programs, certificates, photographs, plaques, pins and 3-dimensional awards. Awards and media appearances are also documented in video and sound recordings.
See also: For more media clippings, see Series 5. Other records relating to honorary degrees and awards can be found in Series 3 (correspondence), series 5 (travel files) and series 7 (speeches).
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Photo album documenting Dr. Mustard’s professional activities. Includes photographs of trips, conferences, award ceremonies, with Founders Network staff, portraits.
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Series consists of records documenting Dr. Mustard’s early scientific and medical career, including his Ph.D. thesis from Cambridge (1957), a bound volume of research publications by the Blood and Vascular Disease Research Unit at the University of Toronto (1963-1966), records relating to the Task Force on Health Planning (Dr. Mustard served as Chairman), and correspondence relating to an offer to become Deputy Minister of Health. The series also contains visual aids for presentations and publications, including photographs and 35 mm slides relating to Dr. Mustard’s research on platelets and cardiology. Some slides are marked with the conference name and date for which they were used. Other photographs document Dr. Mustard’s early career activities, including photos of conference attendees.
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Series consists of correspondence with colleagues, family, government bodies, organizations, officials, journalists, politicians (federal, provincial and municipal), community groups and university administrators, pertaining to all aspects of Dr. Mustard’s later career, including the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Founders’ Network, Aga Khan University, Early Years studies, and Council for Early Childhood Development. Correspondence also includes ongoing communication with faculty and deans at various medical schools. Early and personal correspondence includes advocacy for medical research and funding and congratulatory messages on Dr. Mustard’s chairmanship of Task Force on Health Planning.
The records document the administration of various projects and organizations; organizing and attending events; solicitations of advice and feedback; requests to serve in various capacities within organizations; business matters; award nominations for various colleagues; meetings with ministers; advocacy on behalf of various organizations and early childhood development in general;
In addition to correspondence, records gathered in these files also include meeting notes, draft reports, news clippings, press releases, photographs, academic publications, brochures and information packages, CVs, obituaries, material from memorials and other records.
Files are organized alphabetically by the surname of the individual or the name of the organization. There are several ‘miscellaneous’ files under particular letters of the alphabet. Occasionally, files were labeled by subject rather than correspondent (ex: “Early Years – Quebec” and “Founders’ Outreach”).
See also: Projects documented in this series are also represented throughout the fonds. In addition, see meeting notes in series 10 for records of particular meetings with individuals, and travel files in series 5 for records relating to particular visits and project files.
Records are restricted on a file-by-file basis; see the box-file list for details. Files marked ‘restricted’ are closed for 30 years after the last date in the file.
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Series consists of Dr. Mustard’s day planners, which document his activities and appointments.
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Series consists of records relating to Dr. Mustard’s attendance and participation in various events across the world, including meetings, conferences, visits with community groups, presentations, convocations, and other special events. Files consist of correspondence, itineraries, meeting notes, reports, brochures, proceedings, lists of attendees, and news coverage of the event. In some cases, a copy of the presentation is also included.
In cases where files document Dr. Mustard’s visits to small communities and early childhood development organizations, files also contain information on the host group and region, including brochures, information packages and news clippings relating to issues in that particular community (such as health, poverty, and child care).
Series also consists of digital files, containing PowerPoint presentations (.ppt) for particular talks and speeches, 2003-2005.
Paper files are organized by the date of the event. This is the date listed in the ‘dates’ column of the file list for this series (rather than the dates of the records). There are limited records in this series for the period between 1999 and 2003.
Digital files in this Series must be accessed on a computer in the Archives Reading Room. Requests for viewing this material must be made 2 business days in advance, please contact Archives staff to schedule an appointment or for more details.
See also: Records relating to these visits are also included in various other series, including series 3 (correspondence), series 7 (speeches), and series 8 (slides).
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Series consists of the text of presentations given to various groups during the earlier years of Dr. Mustard’s career (1978-1984). Files were originally labeled “non-scientific presentations.” Topics include health care, medical research, the role of the university, technology, occupational health and safety and population health,
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-Presentation to ‘The Future of Basic Training of the Family Physician” colloquium, Brussels, Belgium, 20-24 Nov 1978
-Speech for the 10th Manitoba Health Conference, “Responsibility and accountability for co-operative inter-organizational planning in health care” 2 Nov 1978
-Occupational Health Seminar, Winnipeg, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, 19 Oct 1978
-Article prepared for Hamilton Spectator, “The problem of maintaining a sensitive, available, high quality, publicly-funded health care system” 13 Sept 1978
-Canadian-American Seminar, University of Windsor, “Health, health care and public policy” 11 Nov 1976
-“Health, health services and health sciences academic programs in Ontario” Presented at the National Seminar in the Netherlands, 5-7 April 1978
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-The Great Debate, “Health care and health” 29 Oct 1979
-Report of an International Conference, held as a guest conference at the Ditchley Foundations Ditchley Park England, 13-16 Sept 1979
-Presentation for London meeting, Ditchley Park, “Ethical and medical considerations in large-scale prophylactic trials” Sept 1979
-“How central funding and local planning can coexist in an effective health care system” 22 Aug 1979
-“Health research funding – Ontario” 9 Aug 1979
-Occupational Health and Safety, July 1979, “Confidentiality of information”
-“The future and the safety association” Speech to the 64th Annual General Meeting and Safety Conference, Ontario Pulp and Paper Makers Association, Sault Ste. Marie, 31 May 1979
-“Canadian health care in the future” Speech to the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Ottawa, 23 May 1979
-“Health care issues in the 1980s” Speech to the Ontario College of Pharmacists, 29 April 1979
-Ontario Economic Council, Comments re: OEC paper on health, “Issues and Alternatives” Update 1979, 2 April 1979
-Dr. Mustard’s address given to the Farm and Safety Association, the Cara Inn, 2 March 1979
-Presentation to the Industrial Accident prevention Association, 7 Feb 1979, “Factors influencing health”
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- Stubenbord lecture, “Health, health care and public policy” 27 Oct 1980
- Presentation to the International Medical Symposium, Edmonton, “Future developments in health policies and health care and their impact on medical education” 22-24 Sept 1980
- Presentation to the Canadian Association of Physicists, “The relationship between university research and development and the socio-economic stability of Canada” 17 June 1980
- Talk to “Research Issues in Aging” guild Inn, Scarborough, “The Impact of medical research on health Care of the aged” 25 March 1980
- Presentation to the General Motors meeting, Toronto, 21 March 1980
- Manuscripts prepared from Dr. Mustard’s speech to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons/Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada meeting – Sydney, Australia, “Medical research – the basis of health care – how much can we afford?” Feb 1980
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- “Health care and health manpower planning”
- “Physician manpower” and “Physician manpower – some thought” Jan 1981
- Canadian Association of Nurses meeting, “Problems in innovation in health care in a publicly funded health care system – Nurse Practitioner” 2 April 1981
- Alternatives in health care, 1 May 1981
- Northeast Canadian/American Health conference, Burlington, Vermont, “Canadian Health Manpower” 1-3 Oct 1981
- “Smoking or Health in the 80s” Toronto, 28-29 May 1981
- Philanthropy meeting, Talk on health, 2-3 Nov 1981
- Health care issues in the 1980s
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- Dr. Mustard’s presentation tot eh Canadian Club, Hamilton, 21 Sept 1981
- Speech to Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, 15 Sept 1982
- Paper from Montebello meeting, “Population health and health care” March 1982
- Montebello, Health and health care, 24-17 March 1982
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- Dr. Mustard’s talk, Health Insurance and health care organization, Sept 1983
- Health and health care in a post-industrial society with a changing pattern of illness in the population, 15 Aug 1983
- Occupational Health and Safety, Health Hazards in the Workplace in a Post-Industrial Society, Toronto, 14 June 1983
- “Caring in the economic crunch: Health and health care in a post-industrial society with a changing pattern of illness in the population” Vancouver, 1 June 1983
- “Management and delivery of effective health care efficiently” JFM, 3rd Congress on Health Administration sponsored by the Canadian College of Health Service Executives, Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto, 15 Feb 1983
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- Text for speech to Royal Commission, Millcroft Inn, “The nature of the technological society” 19 Aug 1984
- Comments and criticisms on “Do alcohol abstainers enjoy better health?’ June 1984
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Series primarily consists of the text and slides of speeches delivered to various groups in the latter decades of Dr. Mustard’s career, on a wide range of issues. Topics include health care, social determinants of health, technological change, economic and policy issues, the role of the university, innovation, social justice, and early childhood education.
The series also begins with a printout from a database kept to organize Dr. Mustard’s many speaking engagements (covering the years 1996-2011), and presentation abstracts covering the years 1989-2010.
See also: See series 5 (travel files) and 8 (slides) for more records relating to presentations. Speeches relating to awards and honorary degrees may also be found in Series 1 and Series 3 (correspondence).
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- “Molecular biology, cell biology, drug research and human behavior” Drug Research and Developments in Canada, 6 Feb 1985
- “The nature and needs of today’s research: can we train and retain an elite of scientists in universities? What are the costs and benefits of doing so?” Financial Post Conference, Financing Higher Education and University Research in Canada, 13 Mar 1985
- “Basic and applied research, universities & innovation” Partners for Innovation Conference, Edmonton Conference Centre, 24-25 April 1985
- Presentation, Dr. J. Tuzo Wilson, 30 April 1985
- “Health in a post-industrial society” Health Care in Canada; Looking Ahead, Wilfred Laurier University, 2 May 1985
- “Health in a changing society: The role of artificial intelligence” Medicine towards 2001: The Eudoxia Dutkevich Memorial Lectures, Peterborough, Ontario, 18 Sept 1985
- Medical Research and the MRC: Some thoughts about the future
- “Technological change and health in an aging society” CRMA, 23rd Annual Conference, Jasper, 22-25 Sept 1985
- Ontario Economic Council, Al Johnson’s Report: A Discussion of the Centres of Excellence Proposal, 22 Oct 1985
- “Technology, society and chance,” Symposium on the impact of new information technologies on the workplace, 4 Nov 1985
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- “Medicine in a period of major scientific, social and economic change” H. Garfield Kelly Lecture, Queen’s University, 28 Jan 1986
- Notes for remarks by J. Fraser Mustard, President The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Killam Prize Dinner, Toronto, 27 Feb 1986
- “University research an detaching in emerging advanced technology post-industrial societies” Research and Teaching, the Uneasy Alliance, Kingston, 28 Feb 1986
- “The medical marketplace: economic and policy considerations” The health care system: balancing quality and cost, Financial Post Conference, Ottawa, 29 Apr 1986
- “Canada’s future health care program: options for change” Colloquium on Health Care Issues, Economic Council of Canada, Winnipeg, 5-6 May 1986
- Convocation address, McGill University, 27 May 1986
- “Planning of knowledge development and diffusion” 1986 World Expo Symposium Series “Tomorrow Begins Today” Vancouver, 8-9 May 1986
- “Paid and unpaid work” The Future of Work: The 55th Annual Couchiching Conference, 2 Aug 1986
- “A joint investment in the future – the value of co-operative education” Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education, Vancouver, 11 Aug 1986
- “Can Canada change form a resource based economy to a knowledge based economy?” B.C. Science Council, 23 Oct 1986
- Notes for remarks by J. Fraser Mustard, President, The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Gairdner foundation Awards Dinner, The National Club, Toronto, 24 Oct 1986
- “Can Canada change from a resource-based industrial culture to a research and development culture?” Ninth Annual Alexander Graham Bell Lecture
- “Teaching & research: the university’s role in the new economic era” Toward the information economy, Dalhousie University, 7-8 Nov 1986
- “Towards 2000: new directions in providing health care for the elderly” 16 Nov 1986
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- Achieving health for all: implications for Canadian health and social policies, CMAJ editorial, 1 Mar 1987
- Notes for response at Killam Award Ceremony, 12 Mar 1987
- “Exploring different organizational structures” Social Science Federation of Canada, National Conference on University Research Centres in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 13 Mar 1987
- Canadian Advanced Technology Association, Strategic Partnering Conference, 15 Apr 1987
- Convocation address, University of Calgary, 14 May 1987
- “Science, technology and change” The Governor General’s Canadian Study Conference, Calgary, 28-30 May 1987
- “Higher education: a changing scene” McMaster 100th anniversary, Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education, 31 May 1987
- “An outlook for Canada’s role in international biomedical research” Medical Research Council, 100th anniversary of the National Institutes of Health, 12 Nov 1987
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- “Research, policy and resource allocation” Connections 88, Saskatoon, 8 Feb 1988
- Canadian Club address, 28 Mar 1988
- Address to Business Council on National Issues, 6 Apr 1988
- “Opportunities for science-based innovation in Canada” National Conference on University Research and the Future of Canada, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 28 Apr 1988
- “NOMP, sixteen years later“ The Northern Ontario Medical Programme (NOMP) address, 29 Apr 1988
- University of Toronto convocation, 9 June 1988
- “The platelet and the response of vessels to injury” Robarts Award Ceremonies, London Ontario, 4 Oct 1988
- “The determinants of health and alcohol” Alcoholic International Medical Advisory Conference, North Carolina, 4-6 Oct 1988
- “Research directed to preserving our environment, The Balances – needs of national to enhance science-based innovation and prosperity within ‘sustainable development” Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, 28 Nov 1988
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- Aga Khan University, summary of session chaired by J. Fraser Mustard on research in the university, Karachi, Pakistan, 16-20 Mar 1989
- “Scientific and technological research in Canadian universities” Association of Commonwealth Universities, 5 Apr 1989
- Information technology and the environment, School of Policy Studies Inaugural Conference, queen’s University, Kingston, 13 Apr 1989
- “Science-based innovation and Canada’s future” Canadian Club Address, Kingston, 13 April 1989
- “Our future: ‘have we painted ourselves into a corner?’” Science, politics and the public: communicating the issues, symposium of Parliamentarians and Scientists, Ottawa, 8 May 1989
- “Innovation and Canada’s prosperity: the impact of science, engineering and technology” Congress ’89, prospect for the ‘90s, Edmonton, 29 May-2 June 1989
- Speaking notes for Fraser Mustard Healthy Public Policy Committee update, Premier’s Council on Health Strategy, Oct 1989
- “Innovation, competition, the steel industry, and Canada’s future: the need for an enhanced R&D climate” Canadian Steel Producers Association Conference, 20 Oct 1989
- “Canadian E/E manufacturing industry” Keynote address, 15 Nov 1988
- “Science and government: society and the use of knowledge” Dec 1989
- Minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, Regional and Northern Development” House of Commons, 5 Dec 1989
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- “Opportunities for sciences and innovation in Canada” The Triumf-Kaon Project, Feb 8, 1990
- “Innovation and Canada’s economic future: the role of the Centres of Excellence” 1 Mar 1990
- “Points to be made re: funding medical research and a changing global economy” Clinical Research Institute, Montreal, 2 Apr 1990
- “Face a l’innovation, a la concurrence et a l’avenir du Canada: l’Institut Canadien de Recherches Avancees”
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- Aging into the 21st Century Conference, Ottawa, 19 Apr 1990
- “Canadian Health in the nineties: planning for care” 10 May 1990
- “Health, innovation and Canada’s system of social justice” McMaster convocation, 11 May 1990
- Remarks for Corporate Higher Education Forum Awards Dinner
- Presentation to B.C. Cabinet Committee on Sustainable Development, 17 May 1990
- “Change, opportunity and innovation” Convocation address, University of British Columbia, 30 May 1990
- “Innovation, competition and Canada’s future and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research” Club of 200, Ottawa, June 1990
- “Science and government: society and the use of knowledge” Weizmann Institute talk, July 1990
- “The balance between producing health and consuming health care” Chamber of Commerce presentation, 10 Sept 1990
- “Science, technology, innovation and social justice” Squires Dinner, Art and Technology! 15 Oct 1990
- Convocation address, Mount Royal College, 21 Oct 1990
- “Canada’s future in jeopardy” The Canadian Society for Professional Engineers, 12th Annual General Meeting, 3 Nov 1990
- “Prosperity, health and Canada” University of Toronto Schools, 8 Nov 1990
- “A healthy Canadian economy and health” Queen’s Newsletter, 19 Nov 1990
- Keynote address, National Nursing Symposium, 26 Nov 1990
- Minutes of proceedings and evidence of the Standing Committee on Health and Welfare, Social Affairs, Seniors and the Status of Women, House of Commons, 10 Dec 1990
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- “Innovation, competition and Canada’s future and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research”
- “Issues in health: a socio-economic perspective” presentation sponsored by The Alberta Health Community, 15 Feb 1991
- “Can Canada sustain its prosperity?” Young Memorial Visitor, 19 Mar 1991
- “Can government labs be of any use in Canada to create wealth in the future?” EMR Forum on S&T Revenue Generation, 28 May 1991
- “Change, opportunity and innovation” convocation address, University of Montreal, 20 June 1991
- “Innovation, prosperity and government”
- Quebec Colloquium, 9 Oct 1991
- “Ideas, prosperity and social justice” Len Bolger, Gordon MacNabb and Fraser Mustard
- Slides used at Alberta Health Care Association, 26 Nov 1991
- Peter Maurer memorial plaque dedication, 8 Dec 1993
- “Priorities and clinical and health research, a Canadian base” 20 Dec 1991
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- Brief to Canadian Constitution committee re: Canadian Federalism and Economic Union, 28 Jan 1992
- “The impact of wealth generation and technology on health care in the 21st century” 25 May 1992
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- J. Fraser Mustard comments, 2002 launch, 11 Feb 1993
- Wealth creation, text, JFM, 9 Mar 1993
- “Technology, primary wealth creation in a global economy” J.W. Hodgins lectureship, 15 Mar 1993
- “The health of populations in a global economy” 18 Mar 1993
- “University change: under pressure” Wilfrid Laurier, Mar 1993
- “The Ismaili Canada” guest editorial
- Ontario Liberal Party
- “Social economic factors and human development” National Forum on Family Security, 2 Apr 1993
- “Restructuring of health care in Canada” Financial Post Conference, 20 Apr 1993
- Royal Bank Award, 21 Sept 1993
- “Historical perspective on how prosperity and the social and physical environments have affected health and well-being” with John Frank, 16-18 Oct 1993
- “ideas, wealth creation and the health and well-being of societies” Redressing the Imbalance: Health Human Resources in Rural and Northern Communities, 23 Oct 1993
- “Economic growth and social stability” R.G. Knight Lecture, 23 Nov 1993
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- “Health and social capital: a North American experience” 9 Dec 1994
- “A university’s linkages for health and education in the developing world” Aga Khan University Grand Seminar, 18 Nov 1994
- “The determinants of health from a historical perspective” with John W. Frank, in Daedalus, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fall 1994
- Notes for JFM’s remarks to Ismaili community re: AKU
- “Ideas, wealth creation and the health and well-being of societies” Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Annual Meeting” 8 June 1994
- “Future directions in science and technology” Contemporary Policy Issues and Future Directions, 10 May 1994
- Speech, 8 Feb 1994
- “Higher education, ideas, economic growth and political stability” Canadian-Taiwan Higher Education Forum, 28 Mar 1994
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- “The importance of early childhood for our society: an interview by Dr. Freda Martin with Dr. J. Fraser Mustard” 3 Feb 1995
- “East West life expectancy gap and socio-economic change” 20-29 Mar 1995
- Fraser Mustard on Morningside, with Peter Gzowski, edited transcript, 9 Aug 1995
- “Technion, 71 years of vision, commitment and quality” address at Canadian Technion Society Tribute Dinner, 7 Sept 1995
- “Vision of the intelligent community” address at Smart ’95, 11th Annual General Assembly of the World Teleport Association, Toronto, 13 Sept 1995
- “Technology, information and the evolution of social policy: the chips for neurons revolution and socio-economic change”
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- “Prosperity or decline: Canada’s choice” The Vancouver Institute, 27 Jan 1996
- Text prepared for Banff Centre Alumni Journal, 23 Apr 1996
- “The economy and social equity in a period of major techno-economic change” Future Working Life Symposium, 22 May 1996
- “Major technological change (the chips for neurons revolution) socio-economic changes (labour markets and job insecurity) and health and well-being” WHO/Euro – STAKES – International Centre for Health and Society, UCL Workshop, 8-9 June 1996
- Convocation address, University of Guelph, 3 Oct 1996
- Convocation address, University of Regina, 19 Oct 1996
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- “Science, technology and the innovation gap”
- “Sol Levine: a leader in improving our understanding of society and health”
- Closing remarks, Atlantic Symposium on Community Action for Children and Youth, 23 Mar 1997
- “The ‘chips for neurons’ revolution and health and well-being” 43rd Annual Louis H. Bauer Lecture, Apr 1998
- Transcript of interview on Ideas, CBC Radio, 5 May 1997
- “Investing in the future of our cities: supporting social entrepreneurship should be a priority” Canadian Urban Institute Roundtable Breakfast Seminars, 11 Sept 1997
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- “The effect of economic change on societies, children and human development” Family Literacy: Key to a Health Future, Provincial Conference, Saskatoon, 4-6 June 1998
- Convocation address, Brock University 10 June 1998
- “The brain, early childhood development pathway to learning and health” HRDC 11 June 1998
- “Science, technology and social change: the role of universities” University of Regina Heritage and Hope Symposium Oct 1998
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- “Understanding the complex factors that affect the ecology of health” Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved, Tempe, 5-9 Apr 1999
- “Health, health care and social capital”
- “Science, technology, social change, and values and beliefs” W. Gunther Plaut Humanitarian Lecture, 1 Nov 1999
- “Science, technology and social change” University of Alberta Convocation address, 18 Nov 1999
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- “Myths, beliefs, values, facts and health care” Presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, 22 Mar 2000
- “Health care as a measure of a society’s humanitarian qualities” Barriers II Conference, Vancouver, 27 May 2000
- “The future of health in Canada: the art of the possible” 69th Annual Couchiching Conference, 10-13 Aug 2000
- “Does early childhood matter later?” Literary Review of Canada, 12 Oct 2000
- “Early child development: the base for a learning society” HRDC/OECD meeting, Ottawa, 7 Dec 2000
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- “Economics, social environment and health: a perspective since Hall” Health Economics and the Future: Emmett Hall Lecture, 28 May 2001
- “Equality of opportunity and democracy in a changing world” University of Victoria convocation address
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- “The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington” presentation to Mustard’s book club, 11 Jan 2002
- United Nations General Assembly’s special Session on Children, New York, 8 May 2002
- World Bank Symposium on Early Child Development, 10 June 2002
- Remarks, The Toronto Club, 16 Oct 2002
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- “George Edward Hall – A physician’s contribution to Western” G. Edward Hall Symposium, University of Western Ontario, Apr 2003
- “From early child development to human development” Ontario Principals’ Council, “The Register” 13 May 2003
- “Translating genome science for the social good” CIHR Ottawa, 14 may 2003
- Honorary Degree Ceremony, Ryerson University, 5 June 2003
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- “Early experience-based brain development – its effect on health, learning and behavior” Monterrey, Mexico, 20-22 May 2004
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- “Early child development: outcome measures” Measuring Early Child Development, Vaudreuil, Quebec, 26 Apr 2006
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Series consists of paper copies of slides used by Dr. Mustard in his various presentations. These printouts were kept in binders, organized by year, with each slide assigned a particular number. These binders were presumably used as a reference for assembling a slide show for various presentations. For the years 1996-1999, the slides are digital files only.
Series also consists of digital Power Point Presentation (.ppt) versions of these files, 1989-2005.
Digital files in this Series must be accessed on a computer in the Archives Reading Room. Requests for viewing this material must be made 2 business days in advance, please contact Archives staff to schedule an appointment or for more details.
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Craig Brown, A Generation of Excellence: a history of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.
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Series consists of Dr. Mustard’s records relating to his work with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). In 1982, Dr. Mustard established and served as the first president of the CIAR, a multi-disciplinary, independent research institution. CIAR acted as a network of researchers from across universities, working on collaborative projects. CIAR research spanned many disciplines. Early research examined artificial intelligence and robotics, evolutionary biology, superconductivity, economic growth and policy, and population health and human development. Later efforts included quantum information processing; social interactions, identity and well-being; and astrobiology.
Dr. Mustard served as president until 1996. Chaviva Hošek served as President and CEO from 2001 until 2012, when she was succeeded by Alan Bernstein. The CIAR changed its acronym to CIFAR in 2007. The original acronym, which predominates in Dr. Mustard’s papers, is retained here.
The records in this series are subdivided into several categories. Administrative records include minutes of the Board of Directors, financial records and Research Council meeting minutes. The series also contains records relating to staffing and personnel. Files marked ‘meeting notes’ are typed summaries of various meetings attended by Dr. Mustard (1984-2011). These notes are organized chronologically, and provide summaries of discussions, notes for actions to be taken, and often include very candid impressions of individuals with whom Dr. Mustard met.
Next, the series contains the contents of ‘document binders,’ which held key documents of the CIAR, including financial summaries, reports, strategies, project details and outreach material. The series also includes publications by the CIAR, relating to various projects and topics, including the space station, the social determinants of health, technology, and the CIAR newsletter, Entropy.
Next, project files document various projects and programs administered by the CIAR, including the Canada Project, Experience-based Brain and Biological Development (EBBD), and the Population Health Program. Lastly, the series also consists of documentation of various CIAR events and celebrations and a large collection of news clippings covering the CIAR and its activities (1982-1996).
Records are restricted on a file-by-file basis. Restricted files are closed until 30 years after the last date. See the box-file list for more details.
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Series consists of records documenting Dr. Mustard’s work with the Founders’ Network, including general administrative files, reports and media coverage.
Following his departure from the CIAR in 1996, Dr. Mustard established the Founders’ Network, which, according to their website, is an “international collection of people interested in promoting CIFAR, science and technology, early childhood, economic issues, determinants of health and human development.” The Founders’ Network was a means for Dr. Mustard to continue his work at CIAR, at arms’ length. It sought to build a network of individuals who had been a part of CIAR since its early years, support its new president, make connections with community groups looking to apply some of CIAR’s research, and, at times, assist with CIAR programs.
See also: Most of Dr. Mustard’s work after 1996 was filtered through the Founders’ Network, and hence records throughout the fonds (including travel files in series 5) belong to the Founders’ Network. The records gathered here were clearly marked as records relating distinctly to the Founders’ Network.
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Series consists of records relating to Dr. Mustard’s involvement with the Ontario’s Early Years Studies. The first study, commissioned by the Ontario Government, was co-chaired by Dr. Mustard and the Honorable Margaret Norrie McCain, former New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor. The results were published as The Early Years Study - Reversing the Real Brain Drain in April 1999. The study looked at the social determinants of human development and health, and argued that interventions in early childhood (before the age of 5) could lead to great impacts later in life.
A second report, Early Years Study 2: Putting Science into Action, was published by the Council for Early Childhood Development (see series 13) in 2007, with Dr. Stuart Shanker joining Dr. Mustard and McCain as author. A third report, Early Years Study 3: Making decisions, taking action, was co-authored with McCain and Kerry McCuaig and published only a few days after Dr. Mustard’s death, in November 2011.
The series is organized into 5 categories. First, administrative records include agendas, minutes and meeting notes, planning files and other records documenting the work of the study. Second, the series includes correspondence and memos issued by the group. This correspondence especially documents the group’s interactions with various government departments at the federal and provincial levels. The next grouping of records, which were labeled “communities consulted,” consists of files on various community groups across Ontario who the group visited and consulted with over the course of the study. Files are organized alphabetically by location and consist primarily of general information (brochures, information packages) on community groups promoting early childhood development. The next category consists of file on various organizations who were a part of the study, including the Peel Child Care Committee, Royal Conservatory of Music, George Hull Centre for Children and Families, and the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Lastly, the series contains various reports, drafts and feedback from the first two studies.
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Series consists of records documenting Dr. Mustard’s work on the Council for Early Childhood Development (CECD), of which he was Founder (2004) and Chair Emeritus. The organization worked to compile research on early childhood development and ensure that knowledge was disseminated to various groups and communities. It also worked to publicize the Early Years Report and advocate for increased support for early childhood (pre-kindergarten) education. The Council disbanded in October 2010.
Records include general administrative records, reports, committee files, presentation slides, documentation of events and gatherings, news clippings and files on particular individuals involved with the council.
Records are restricted on a file-by-file basis; see the box-file list for details. Files marked ‘restricted’ are closed for 30 years after the last date in the file.
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Series consists of records that were originally organized under the heading “Organizations and companies – involvement with” and consist of files on various projects, organizations and companies Dr. Mustard worked with throughout his career. These were set apart from other files (Early Years Study, CIAR, etc), presumably because Dr. Mustard’s involvement with these groups and companies spanned across his own organizational and project affiliations.
These projects include both public and private sector approaches to a range of topics, including education, energy and health. Records include correspondence, planning documents, strategies, event programs, meeting notes, invitations, requests for support and general information (brochures, reports, outreach material) on the organizations.
The series documents three notable affiliations that are not represented well in other series. First, Dr. Mustard served as the Chair of the first Board of Directors of the Institute for Work and Health (1990-1999). Dr. Mustard also served as Director (1995-2001) and Chairman (1997-1999) of Ballard Power Systems, an alternative energy company invested in fuel cell technology. The records also address Dr. Mustard’s work with PRECARN (Pre-competitive Applied Research Network), a consortium of businesses and individuals researching artificial intelligence and robotics.
In addition, the records document Dr. Mustard’s participation in the R&D Advisory Panel of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; the Allianz Educational Foundation Advisory Board; the Patron’s Council of the Alzheimer Society of Toronto, Director; the Board of Directors, Ontario Principals’ Council; the Board of Directors of Pence Inc.; the UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies Advisory Board; the Weizman Institute of Science; and the Council of Advisory Governors at the YMCA, in addition to others.
The series also documents his participation in various government efforts addressing early childhood education, including the Audit of Federal Programming for Children in 2004. In addition, Dr. Mustard was appointed Children’s Health and Development Advisor in 2001 as part of the B.C. Child Development and Health Initiative, in part to establish the Children’s Health and Development Office within B.C.’s provincial government.
See also: Dr. Mustard’s work with these organizations is also documented in his correspondence (series 5).
Records are restricted on a file-by-file basis; see the box-file list for details. Files marked ‘restricted’ are closed for 30 years after the last date in the file.
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Series consists of records relating to Dr. Mustard’s work with Australian colleagues, governments and community groups, including his participation in the “Thinker in Residence” program sponsored by the Adelaide government of South Australia. This program brings influential thinkers to Australia to help inform the government on key issues. Dr. Mustard provided advice and research on early childhood education and human development. The series also documents his work with other governments and agencies, including ARACY (Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth) and the Government of South Australia.
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Series consists of records relating to Dr. Mustard’s involvement with the Aga Khan University (AKU), based in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Mustard served on the Board of Trustees of the AKU since its inception in the early 1980s until his death, and was a member of the Chancellor’s Commission (1992-1995). In the early years, Dr. Mustard was instrumental in building the foundations of the university’s academic programs (especially Medicine) and shaping its administrative structure. In later years, he was involved in developing various academic programs, including the new Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and advocating for a program in human development. This work was also closely aligned with his relationships with Ismaili communities in Canada.
Records consist of various committee files, reports, correspondence and minutes, including correspondence with the head of the institution, His Highness Prince Karim the Aga Khan. Series also consists of photographs of the Board of Trustees (2001 and 2006).
Records are restricted on a file-by-file basis; see the box-file list for details. Files marked ‘restricted’ are closed for 30 years after the last date in the file.
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