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- 1943-1990 (Creation)
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0.22 m of textual records
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This series consists of records documenting Professor Safarian's employment by the Government of Canada and the Universities of Saskatchewan and Toronto.
The first file contains notes, reports and memoranda relating to Safarian's work at the Dominion Bureau of Statistics between 1950 and 1955, initially with the Foreign Exchange Control Board (1950-1952) and then with the International Trade Bureau. The second file contains a number of documents prepared by Louis Rasminsky between 1943 and 1950 when he was head of the Foreign Exchange Control Board.
These are followed by two files relating to the University of Saskatchewan where Safarian was associate professor in economics (1956-1961) and head of the department (1962-1963). They contain lecture notes and related course material, and correspondence and notes relating to the theses of ten graduate students in the masters program at the University (1959-1963).
At the University of Toronto, Professor Safarian served as Dean of the School of Graduate Studies from 1971 to 1976. His correspondence, notes, memoranda and minutes cover a number of policy issues discussed with President John Evans, including the decision not to appoint John Seeley to the Department of Sociology. There is also a file (1967-1990) relating largely to the final oral examinations of doctoral students at the University of Toronto, and three files of references (1961-1987), arranged alphabetically, for colleagues and former students.
In 1967, Professor Safarian was hired to appraise the proposal by Carleton University to introduce a doctoral studies program in economics. In 1982 the federal Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce invited him to become a member of its Consultative Committee of Experts on National Industrial and Regional Policy which sat throughout the year and early 1983. During the same period, he accepted an invitation from the Ontario Economic Council to become one of two members of its Research Advisory Committee, a body which assisted the Council's Industrial Policy Committee in evaluating research proposals and provided recommendations on methodology as the studies proceeded.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
1943-1990: B1996-0034/001(09)-(15)
1960-1987: B1996-0034/002(01)-(05)
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Conditions governing access
The following files are restricted:
-B1996-0034/001(14): University of Toronto. School of Graduate Studies. Proposed appointment of John Seeley, 1972-1975. Restricted until 1, January, 2025. Removed to box 008
-B1996-0034/001(15): University of Toronto. School of Graduate Studies Thesis Committee. Largely final oral examination files for doctoral students, 1967-1990. Restricted until 1 January, 2010
-B1996-0034/002(01): References -- colleagues and former students, A - D, 1960-1981. Restricted until 1, January, 2037. They have been removed to box 008.
-B1996-0034/002(02): References -- colleagues and former students, E - K, 1965-1979. Restricted until 1, January, 2037. They have been removed to box 008.
-B1996-0034/002(03): References -- colleagues and former students, L - P, 1961-1987. Restricted until 1, January, 2037. They have been removed to box 008.
-B1996-0034/002(04): References -- colleagues and former students, R - Y, 1961-1984. Restricted until 1, January, 2037. They have been removed to box 008.
-B1996-0034/002(06): Canada. Department of Industry Trade and Commerce. Consultative Committee of Experts on National Industrial and Regional Policy, 1982-1983. This file is restricted until 1, January, 2003
-B1996-0034/002(07): Ontario Economic Council. Research Advisory Committee, 1982-1983. This file is restricted until 1, January, 2033 It has been removed to box 008.