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Contains personal correspondence with family and friends, mainly documenting Hollander’s achievements including many congratulatory notes from colleagues regarding awards or the publication of his major works.

Correspondence and related documents also document his appointment as University Professor and the campaign beginning in 1991 to procure for him a Nobel Prize in Economics. Also documented are his appointments through the University ranks, his salary, retirement and the awarding of grants to support his research including activity reports and grant applications.

This series also contains records collected by Hollander over his academic and professional career, and includes various graduate school lecture notes, school transcripts, honorary degrees, scholarships, two manuscripts given to Hollander by H. D. Dickenson before his death; and a heavily annotated copy of David Ricardo’s book Principles of Political Economy which he kept separate from other professional and academic papers.

Filed at the beginning of each accession is his most updated C.V. at the time the records were acquired (see B1998-0027/001(1) and B2012-0018/001(1)). There is also a portrait of Hollander, to be found in B1998-0027/001P.

This series consists of drafts and research notes relating to each of Hollanders major works which are individually described in the sub-series descriptions.

This series contains mainly professional correspondence with academic colleagues regarding research and professional activities. It documents the academic discussions and exchange of ideas between Hollander and well known international economists such as R.C.D. Black, Walter Eltis, T.W. Hutchinson, Mark Blaug, Martin Brofenbrenner, Don Patinkin, Giovani Caravale, Piero Bruchi, Maurice Daune, Ronald Meek, William Jaffe, A.P. Lerner, Hal Brauner, and R. Dorfman. Among his Canadian colleagues represented are Jack Robson, E.G. West, Scott Gordon, Harry Johnson, C.B. MacPherson, Tom Rymes, and A.M.C. Waterman.

His continued connections to his former universities are documented through his correspondence with Lord Robbins and Michio Morishima of the London School of Economics and with William Baumol and Fritz Machlup of Princeton University. Former students, academics in their own right, are also represented in the correspondence including Margaret Schabas, Evelyn Forget and Sandy Peart.

There is also extensive correspondence with Nobel Laureates Sir John Hicks documenting their collaborative research on Ricardo in the 1970s and with Paul Samuelson of MIT. Other Noble laureates represented include R.H. Coase, Kenneth Arrow, Arthur Lewis and George Stigler.

Julie Mathien, a long-time childcare reform advocate and former public servant, was an early member of the Campus Community Cooperative Daycare. Established in 1969, the collective developed the childcare centre at 12 Sussex Ave. at the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Mathien recounts her experiences as both a volunteer and staff member providing insight into the underlying philosophy, membership, and organization of the collective. She describes the history of negotiations and tensions with UofT’s administration, including what led to the 1969 occupation of Simcoe Hall, as well as the shifting media coverage on the centre. Mathien explains the evolving discourse on approaches to childcare that have been part of her research and later work with the municipal and provincial governments. The interview also covers Mathien’s work with the Huron-Sussex Residents Organization, where she describes past confrontations with the University and their jointly developed plans for the future of the neighborhood.

Organizations

• Campus Community Cooperative Daycare Centre
• Daycare Reform Action Alliance
• Office of the President, University of Toronto
• Canadian National Advocacy for Childcare
• Toronto Board of Education
• Province of Ontario
• City of Toronto
• University Planning, Design and Construction, University of Toronto
• Huron-Sussex Residents Organization

Subject Topics

• Child care
• Early childhood education
• Cooperatives and collective models
• Protests and sit-ins
• Women’s movement
• Institutional response
• Community engagement
• Neighborhood advocacy
• Toronto city planning and development

Dr. James Nugent, currently Lecturer at the University of Waterloo, received his undergraduate degree in 2006 from UTSC and continued with his graduate work at UofT’s St. George Campus. Nugent shares his early experiences of student activism and involvement at UTSC, particularly through Resources for Environmental and Social Action (RESA), while also reflecting on the larger societal and political shifts following 9/11. Nugent remarks on the unique student environment at UTSC, noting events, initiatives, as well as the cross-cultural learning he experienced there. In describing his participation in the anti-globalization movement and peace action, through to his later work on climate justice and social policy, Nugent discusses the impact of service learning and community engagement in education. He reflects on the pressures faced by current students and questions how these will shape youth activism, as well as considering the effects of social media and the breadth of issues in which students are engaged both here and abroad.

Organizations

• Resources for Environmental & Social Action (RESA)
• International Development Studies Association (IDSA)
• University of Toronto Scarborough College (UTSC)
• Grrl Fest, University of Toronto Scarborough College
• The Meeting Place, University of Toronto Scarborough College

Subject Topics

• Anti-globalization movement
• Protests and demonstrations
• Anti-war movement
• International development studies
• Fair trade
• Climate / environmental justice
• Community partnerships
• Social media
• International students

Ikem Opara, currently Director of National Learning Partnerships at the Rideau Hall Foundation, was an international student at UofT’s St. George campus. His active involvement at the University included executive roles with Black Students’ Association (BSA), playing Varsity football, and membership in organizations such as the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the African Students’ Association and the Nigerian Students’ Association. Opara describes the personal impact that these organizations had in forming deep social connections, while emphasizing throughout the interview their commitment to create spaces of belonging on campus that reflected both racial and ethnic identities. He recounts many of the BSA’s and Alpha Phi Alpha’s activities, including mentorship initiatives, talks, social events, and discusses their underlying goals, particularly regarding the strategic use of space to highlight Black presence at the University. He reflects on the BSA’s engagement in issues such as representation within curriculum and broader community activism around police violence in the city, while also reflecting on challenges faced at UofT.

Organizations

• Black Students’ Association (BSA)
• High School Conference, Black Students’ Association
• BLACKLIGHT, Black Students' Association
• African Students’ Association (ASA)
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (AΦA)
• Nigerian Students’ Association (NSA)
• Tan Furu
• UofT Korean Students’ Association (UTKSA)
• Hart House, UofT

Subject Topics

• Acculturation
• Varsity sports
• Mentorship
• Equity in education
• Community engagement
• Solidarity networks
• Social networks
• Food
• Organizational memory
• Institutional response
• Institutional racism
• Funding of student groups

This series documents some of Professor Friedland’s personal and family activities, some partially covered in accession B2002-0023 and some not. Some of the material (birth certificate, old wills and passports, entries for Who’s Who and like publications) provide an overview of Professor Friedland’s activities at various times in his life. The files on his Toronto residences and his cottage (originally owned by W.P.M. Kennedy) document one aspect of the upward mobility of a prominent academic and writer. There is memorabilia in the form of selected greeting cards and files on trips taken over fifty years provide some insights on cultural and intellectual influences. Material on Arts and Law reunions and anniversaries at the University of Toronto, Cambridge University, and elsewhere provide additional comparisons of “then” and “now”.

The correspondence with members of Professor Friedland’s extended family focus on family affairs generally and on personal lives, including professional achievements and social activities, births, weddings and deaths. The most substantial files related to his children, Tom, Jennifer and Nancy, and his mother, Mina, who died in 2000. The large number of photographs provides visual documentation of the family spanning a century.

The files contain correspondence, appointment books, addresses, certificates and programmes, greeting cards and other memorabilia, legal documents, a memoir, notes, flyers, passports.. The records are grouped by activity and arranged, in the case of most of the correspondence, by the name of the family member to which it refers.

The principal research project in this series is described by Ms Winearls as “The mapping of western North America in the 19th century with particular reference to the De Fonte fantasy and the earlier ‘Sea of the West’ fantasy”. (The maps showed purported water routes between the west coast and the Northwest Passage or the central North American plains.) This project was begun in the early 1990s but not completed as planned and led to an article on one particular map, “Thomas Jefferys Map of Canada and the mapping of the western part of North America, 1750-1768’, that appeared in 1996. The second research project is on carto-bibliographic analysis and methodology re 18th century printed maps of North America [1].

The series begins with map bibliography & notes, consisting of preliminary bibliographic entries for Mer de l’Ouest/Riviere Longue de l’Ouest, and an early draft of a bibliography of maps relating to the De Fonte fantasy, followed by files of maps arranged by area: World, Arctic, Western hemisphere, North America, and Canada. There are also source files with notes, correspondence, and copies of documents, maps and other source material, covering De Fonte, early Canadian maps, and archival sources in British Columbia, the United States and Europe. Much of the photocopied material that has been retained is annotated. These files are followed by research notes and correspondence on Northwest-De Fonte and biographical sources, and on related maps, along with requests for microform and maps. Included are reproductive copies of maps and other copies.

The files for the research project on carto-bibliographic analysis and methodology re 18th century printed maps of North America include sample entries, copies of maps and published bibliographies and sources (largely annotated), along with bibliographical analyses and North American maps sources for analysis. Some oversized maps are included.

The series ends with Ms Winearls’ research on book illustration in Canada for the History of the Book in Canada project. Three volumes were planned under the general editorship of Patricia Lockhart Fleming and Yvan Lamonde, and they appeared between 2004 and 2007. Ms Winearls’ contribution was to the first volume. The files contain correspondence, contracts, notes, and source material. Drafts of the manuscript are in Series 8.

B2016-0009 contains research Ms Winearls did on Canadian bird artist J. Fenwick Lansdowne from 2000-2013. Included are original photographs of the artist, interviews, notes, compiled bibliography and exhibition list. There is also collected photocopies of ephemera relating to the artist, reviews of his works and exhibition catalogues. Finally, Winearls collected copies of correspondence and contracts between Lansdowne and his agent Bud Feheley (restricted to 2035).

B2022-0005 consists of research and working files related to Ms. Winearls research for her articles on another Canadian bird artist, Allan Cyril Brooks, and her Catalogue Raisonné of Brooks’ artwork. The records primarily contain notes and annotated copies of source materials related to Allan Brooks’ biography and chronology; auctions and sales of Brooks’ artwork; related bird artists such as Louis Agassiz Fuertes and George Lodge; critical articles about Brooks by bird artists; and Brooks’ correspondence from various archival sources (Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology at McGill University; British Columbia Archives/Royal British Columbia Museum; Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa; Natural History Museum in London, UK; Cornell University Library; Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology; and the National Audubon Society in New York).

Some of the research files focus on special aspects and problems related to the Brooks’ catalogue including undated works; sketches, and his paintings and illustrations in The Condor, William Leon Dawson’s Birds of California, Birds of Washington, Howard Smith/ Domtar calendars, National Association of Audubon Societies (NAAS) educational leaflets, Recreation, the Taverner Birds of Western Canada, and other illustrated books. These files also include photographs of sketches and undated works as well as copies of loose sketches and one of Brook’s sketchbooks that were owned by J. Fenwick Lansdowne.

The remaining files within this series consist of correspondence, notes, art lists, and some photographs related to collections of Brooks’ art at Canadian institutions including the Glenbow Museum, Belkin Gallery, Greater Vernon Museum Archives, the Vernon Art Gallery, the Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology, and the Canadian Museum of Nature; American institutions including the Moore Laboratory of Zoology (MLZ)(Occidental College), UCLA, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (UC Berkeley), the San Diego Natural History Museum, Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Massachusetts Audubon Society Visual Arts Centre, the University of Michigan, Cornell University, Virginia Tech University, and Washington State University; and various private collections including the Allan Brooks Jr. Family Collection. Drafts of the Allan Brooks Catalogue and articles are in Series 7.

NOTES

[1] The descriptive portion of this series is drawn largely from notes provided by Ms Winearls in a container list she provided to the compiler of this inventory.

The correspondence files in this series are arranged alphabetically by author and concentrate on the years 2002 onwards. (Earlier correspondence from this series is found in accession B2002-0023.) The letters, notes, cards, programmes, drafts of articles, and press clippings document Professor Friedland’s activities as a friend, as a colleague assisting in honours bestowed on his peers, as an author, and as an authority on legal matters. They also document the increased leisure that came with official retirement.

The wide range of material in the files includes correspondence, notes, grant applications, legal documents, press clippings; and drafts of articles, chapters of books, addresses (including convocation addresses), with a few offprints; and at least one play. There are also numerous greeting cards, including some with reproductions of paintings by Roy McMurtry.
The correspondence touches on many aspects of Professor Friedland’s life, both personal and professional and reflects the enormous network of contacts in legal and academic circles that he had built up over the years. The files cover a wide range of issues that he has been researching, including gun control, justice independence, court mergers, and access to the law, and others that he had been discussing with his colleagues, such as international terrorism (for example, see the files on Stanley Cohen). In the same vein, Professor Friedland was periodically contacted for his views on court cases. Although officially retired, he continued to be consulted about University of Toronto policies and appointments, and still received requests for references from students and colleagues. Because he sat on the manuscript review committee of the University of Toronto Press, he continued to evaluate manuscripts and to critique manuscripts otherwise forwarded to him. He periodically hired law students as research assistants and assisted them (and other students) as they started their careers. In addition to correspondence on these activities, there are also letters of congratulation and of reference, and correspondence on trips taken. The files contain numerous invitations, with accompanying programmes and related material, to dinners, installations and other events, and tributes to deceased friends and colleagues.

The first section of this series documents some of Professor Friedland’s activities regarding books and articles published before 2003, with updated files carried forward to 2013. While more extensive files pre-2003 writings are found in Series 5 of accession B2002-0023, the articles are found only in the accessions documented in this finding aid, B2003-0008 and B2014-0029.

The remainder of the series concentrates on several projects and their spin-off articles: Professor Friedland’s Detention Before Trial (1965), a study of the bail system; A Place Apart: Judicial Independence and Accountability in Canada (1995); ‘Access to the Law’ project, a major internet attempt to make law more accessible; the first and second editions (2003 and 2013) of his University of Toronto: A History; several articles published in Criminal Law Quarterly including ‘Criminal Justice in Canada Revisited’ (2004), ‘Searching for the Truth in the Criminal Justice System’ (2014), ‘Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Does It Apply to Finding the Law’ (2015), and ‘Reflections on Criminal Justice Reform in Canada’ (2017); his memoirs, My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures (2007); his introductions to University of Toronto: The Campus Guide: An Architectural Tour (2010) and the 2014 republication of W. P. M. Kennedy’s The Constitution of Canada; and his Searching for W. P. M. Kennedy: the Biography of an Enigma (2020).

The ‘Access to the Law’ project, a follow-up on his 1975 book with the same title, did not go forward. The files document Professor Friedland’s efforts to realize the project, including lining up support, looking for a field for ideas on implementation, and his failure to convince the Mike Harris government to support it financially. Also included is a digital copy of the internet project.

The files on The University of Toronto: A History, written for the University’s 175th anniversary, complement those found in B2002-0022 relating to the first edition. They document not the writing of the book itself, but its launch and promotion, especially through Professor Friedland’s talks to University alumni groups across Canada and in selected cities in the United States, at conferences, and also through an exhibition in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. Also documented are individual readers’ comments on the book, including references to errors and suggestions for inclusions in any future editions. The correspondence, notes, memoranda, programmes, slides and photographs detail the issues that arose and how they were resolved. Some of Professor Friedland’s talks relating to this project are found in Series 8: Addresses.

The second edition (2013) incorporated a new introduction and corrections. Notes for and drafts of it are present here, along with promotional material, reviews, and an interview with Steve Paikin of TV Ontario. The correspondence with individuals to whom Professor Friedland sent drafts for feedback includes incisive comments and new material provided by many of them. Professor Friedland detailed his conversations with, in particular, senior administrators: Donald Ainslie, Christina Amon, Meric Gertler, Paul Gooch, George Luste, Scott Maybury, Cheryl Misak, Mayo Moran, David Naylor, Julia O’Sullivan, Robert Prichard, Deep Siani, Shaun Shepherd, Elizabeth Sisam, Franco Vaccarino, Catherine Whiteside, and Paul Young. He also created additional files on many of the academic and administrative divisions in the University; these parallel those found in accession B1998-0022 relating to the writing of The University of Toronto: A History.

The research, writing, and publication of Professor Friedland’s memoirs is documented in detail, including the hiring of research assistants and the reports they presented, the numerous drafts of the volume, and the negotiations with University of Toronto Press and the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History over its publication, distribution, and promotion. At the same time as he was starting work on his memoirs, Professor Friedland was asked to give the John Edwards Memorial Lecture for 2003, which was presented as ‘Criminal justice in Canada revisited’ and published under the same title. Most of the files relating to this project are in Series 8: Addresses, but those relating to its publication in the Criminal Law Quarterly are in this series. The publication was a somewhat revised version of a 15,000 word paper he prepared for the Lecture but not delivered.

The files on Professor Friedland’s introduction to the 2014 republication of W. P. M. Kennedy’s The Constitution of Canada by Oxford Press documents each stage of the project from its inception when Oxford Press reached out to Friedland to its publication and beyond including drafts, correspondence related to feedback before and after publication, and listings and reviews of the final product. After the publication of the introduction, Professor Friedland continued on to give several talks and write an extended biography on W. P. M. Kennedy.

The files related to Professor Friedland’s biography, Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy: The Biography of an Enigma (2020) primarily document the research, writing, and publication of his book through research notes; correspondence with research assistants, archivists, colleagues, and the U of T Press; funding applications; and drafts.

In addition to a number of files on articles, derived from the above projects, are other files dealing with various aspects of criminal law in Canada.

Ceta Ramkhalawansingh is the former Equal Opportunity Director at the old City of Toronto, later becoming the Corporate Manager, Diversity Management and Community Engagement in the new City of Toronto after amalgamation in 1998. She is a prominent community activist and was a founding member of the student-initiated teaching collective at UofT in one of Canada’s first women’s studies course. Her family moved to Canada in 1967 from Trinidad and Tobago. Ceta reflects on her time as an undergraduate student from 1968, recounting her political involvement through the Student Administrative Council (SAC), and her work in establishing, participating in, and advocating for the inclusion of women’s studies and feminist methodologies in curriculum at the University. She discusses some of her positions at the City of Toronto and the Toronto school board, particularly around diversity and equity work, and her continuing connection with UofT through the Women and Gender Studies Institute, New College and Innis College. Ramkhalawansingh, as a dedicated community and housing advocate, also describes the negotiation and resistance to key developments in the neighborhoods surrounding UofT, particularly in the downtown Toronto Grange neighborhood, as well as the University’s position and response. She recalls a number of different groups and initiatives that she has been involved with, including on issues of heritage preservation and range of human rights issues.

Organizations

• Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto (WGSI)
• Student Administrative Council (SAC)
• Labour History Collective and The Women’s Press
• New College, University of Toronto
• Innis College, University of Toronto
• City of Toronto
• Grange Community Association
• University of Toronto Community Liaison Committee
• Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO
• MATCH International Women’s Fund
• Ontario Advisory Council of Women’s Issues

Subject Topics

• Student governance
• Women and gender studies programmes
• Social responsibility
• Reproductive rights
• Toronto city planning
• Toronto development
• Neighborhood advocacy
• Heritage conservation
• Social housing
• Financial access to education
• Institutional response
• Equity, diversity, and human rights

Dr. Dena Bain Taylor, a retired faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Toronto, attended the University at its St. George campus as both an undergraduate and graduate student. While the interview touches on the early experiences Taylor had as a student, it focuses on the period between 1968 to 1973 when she was a resident of Rochdale College. She describes the foundation and structure of the residence, including identifying key individuals, concurrent initiatives, funding sources, and the external issues that shaped the residence. Throughout the interview, Taylor reflects on the philosophical underpinnings that were central to the collective ethos of the space and its genesis as a centre for experiential learning, activism, arts, spirituality, experimentation and place-making. The interview captures aspects of Rochdale’s impact, including the activities of involved individuals, the influence of American political thought, as well as the organizations and initiatives that were developed there. Taylor speaks to some of the issues that surfaced in the residence such as sexism, sexuality, and mental health, as well as how these issues were portrayed in the media. In discussing her own experiences and reflecting on the broader significance of the College, Taylor details and questions how the residence fundamentally challenged the status-quo.

Organizations

• Rochdale College
• Hart House, University of Toronto
• Indian Institute
• Campus Co-operative
• Toronto Community Housing

Subject Topics

• Experiential learning
• Alternative education
• Co-operative and collective models
• Housing
• Counter-culture
• Arts
• Back-to-the-land movement
• Financial access to post-secondary education
• Sexual freedom
• Draft evasion
• Spadina Expressway

The files in this series document five principal activities and a few minor ones, the arrangement of which is alphabetical by name of organization. The first principal activity is the report Professor Friedland prepared for Access Copyright on the distribution of royalties. The files include background material, correspondence and drafts of the report.

In 2001 he accepted the position of a public director and chair of the Investment Protector Corporation of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada and two years later was appointed to its board. There he chaired its ad hoc committee on committee structures and its governance committee. The files contain correspondence, memoranda, drafts of legal documents, and proceedings of meetings.

Professor Friedland chaired several degree assessment committees for the Ontario government: one on a paralegal program for Humber College: and another on policing for Georgian College. He also continued as a member of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History board of directors, which was a significant transitional period with the death of Peter Oliver and his replacement by Jim Phillips. The files contain correspondence, miscellaneous documents, and minutes of meetings. There are also files on various projects with the Law Society of Upper Canada. In 2008 he participated in an external review of the Faculty of Law at McGill University and commented on Judge Michael Code’s mega-trial project. He also reviewed articles for Canadian legal journals.

Professor Friedland’s heavy involvement with the University of Toronto Press, as chair of the manuscript review committee and as a member of the board of directors, ended in November 2007 and on June 30, 2008 respectively. These were important years for the U of T Press, with the appointment of a new president and vice-president for scholarly publishing, the sale of the printing division, and the acquisition of Broadview Press. The files, generally, contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, agendas for meetings, and several photographs. The manuscript review committee files contain extensive correspondence, especially with Suzanne Rancourt, senior editor, humanities, and Bill Harnum, senior vice-president, scholarly publishing; and with Heather Murray.

This series documents Hollander’s publishing activities with respect of his major works (See titles listed below) It contains correspondence with his various publishers relating to such matters as progress of a project, contracts, distribution, sales, translations, royalties etc. Records for many of the works are complete enough to document the project from its initial conception to the decision to cease printing. Also included are interesting reports from the publishers’ readers that cover the full range of opinion from high praise to high criticism and reflect the prelude of controversy that ultimately would erupt once a book was published. Also included in this series are copies of published reviews of Hollanders’ works.

Bill Gardner, CEO of CRM Dynamics, was a former University of Toronto student at the St. George Campus who was actively involved in student government from 1985 to 1989. Serving as president of both the Arts and Science Student Union (ASSU) and the Students’ Administrative Council (now the University of Toronto Students’ Union), Gardner discusses his focus on addressing concerns specifically relevant to UofT students, the dynamics present internally within both groups, as well his approach in working with the University’s administration, external groups and political figures. He touches on a number of issues and activities including frosh programming and planning, the production of the ASSU’s Anti-Calendar, and the adoption of digital technology at the University. Gardner reflects on his own career to highlight the benefits of the leadership experience he gained during this time, as well as the long-term effects of a shift away from student-led organizing within post-secondary institutions.

Organizations

• Arts Science Student Union (ASSU)
• Students’ Administrative Council (SAC)
• Canadian Federation of Student (CFS)
• Office of the President, University of Toronto
• Investment Club, UofT
• Economics Course Organization, UofT

Subject Topics

• Student governance
• Student fees
• Student services
• Student elections
• Anti-Calendar
• Institutional response
• Frosh Week
• Course unions
• Changes in post-secondary education
• Computerization and automation

Dr. Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam, currently a Professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, graduated from the University of Toronto with his PhD in 1987. Dr. Ponnambalam shares his experiences as an international student, reflecting on what brought him to UofT and some of the challenges he faced in attending the University. In particular, he focuses on the financial and workload pressures placed on students. He recalls some of the support networks that were created on campus, both through social activities, for example through residence and the International Student Centre, academic collaboration, and demonstrations. These networks also extended outside of the University, in particular between Tamil-speaking communities. Dr. Ponnambalam describes the impact of differential fees as a UofT student and his continued response as he now observes the current financial barriers faced by international students. At the request of Dr. Ponnambalam, this oral history interview is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Sinnathurai Vijayakumar who played a profound role in Dr. Ponnambalam's life, particularly while at UofT.

Please note that this interview contains a racial slur used when Dr. Ponnambalam describes racial harassment he faced [approx. 00:22:15].

Organizations

• International Student Centre, University of Toronto
• Graduate Student Union (UTGSU)
• University of Waterloo

Subject Topics

• Differential student fees
• Education affordability
• International students
• Canadian South Asian communities
• Sri Lankan Tamil (Eelam) independence movement
• Engineering
• Student residence
• Student labour
• Academic hiring practices

John Foster, Sessional Lecturer in International Studies and Justice Studies at the University of Regina, formerly in interdisciplinary studies, Carleton University, completed his graduate studies at the University of Toronto in the late 1960s (M.A., 1973, Ph.D. 1977). In his interview, Foster comments on how the growing social consciousness of the era shaped student organizing, protest movements, and interest in cooperative models. He discusses his early experiences with student activism both in Saskatchewan and Toronto, including with the Student Union for Peace Action (SUPA) and the Christian youth movement.

The interview focuses on his involvement in the establishment of accessible and affordable childcare at U of T that provided students and working parents with the necessary supports to pursue their education. Foster connects the founding of the Campus Community Cooperative Daycare Centre to the women’s movement, as well as with new and developing ideas around early childhood education. For example, the cooperative approach used at the daycare was challenged by the provincial government’s daycare branch who were critical of the model. Foster recalls key moments in the Cooperative’s history, including the sit-in at Simcoe Hall and occupation of 12 Sussex Ave., the second centre on Devonshire Place, his personal experiences as a parent-volunteer, and the coordination of member’s contributions to the collective.

Organizations

• Campus Community Cooperative Daycare Centre
• Student Union for Peace Action (SUPA)
• United Church of Canada
• Student Administrative Council (SAC)

Subject Topics

• Child care
• Early childhood education
• Cooperatives and collective models
• Peace movement
• Women’s movement
• Institutional response
• Community engagement
• Institutional response

Dr. Sean Wharton, Medical Director of the Wharton Medical Clinic, holds doctorates in Medicine and Pharmacy from the University of Toronto. Wharton discusses his early experiences at UofT, the underrepresentation of Black students in his courses, and how his growing interest in deconstructing systemic barriers drew him to the Association for the Advancement of Blacks in the Health Sciences (AABHS). Inspired by the Association’s success in providing mentorship and developing outreach initiatives, Wharton helped found the Black Medical Students Association (BMSA) in 2000. He recounts how support and allyship from AABHS, UofT administrators, such as Dr. Miriam Rossi, and fellow students was necessary in establishing the BMSA. Wharton describes the continued goals of the organization, including addressing financial barriers for students and the importance of BIPOC representation through all organizational levels and roles. In emphasizing the significance of building connections and community, he also details the BMSA’s engagement within Toronto schools and the growth of the organization nationally.

Organizations

• Black Medical Student Association (BMSA)
• Association for the Advancement of Blacks in the Health Sciences (AABHS)
• Faculty of Medicine, UofT
• Community of Support, UofT
• Summer Mentorship Program, UofT
• Visions of Science
• Camp Jumoke

Subject Topics

• Mentorship
• Racial justice
• Access to post-secondary education
• Financial barriers to education
• Equity in education
• Community partnership
• Institutional response
• Solidarity networks

This series contains material relating to Professor Spencer’s birth, childhood and later birthdays; childhood stories, plays, and poems; reunions and other post-graduate activities at McGill University and the University of Oxford; honours received; and files relating to the residences that he had owned. Also present are copies of his curriculum vitae, security documents regarding the Department of External Affairs, and material reflecting his long association with the Canadian military in the form of Remembrance Day ceremonies and VE-Day and other celebrations related to World War II.

Mohammed Hashim, Executive Director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, was a former University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) student actively involved in organizing and student government across UofT’s three campuses in the 2000s. Helping to found the group Breaking Down Social Barriers, an anti-globalization advocacy group, Hashim speaks about his entry into progressive politics and how his growing investment developed at the University. He describes how social justice and engagement with broader political struggles came to shape UTM student politics. Through reflection on the numerous positions he held, including on the Board of Directors of the Student Administrative Council, Commissioner at University Affairs and Executive Director at UTMSU, he touches on specific issues including rising student fees, the UPass programme, and dynamics between the three campuses. Hashim highlights the intentional work done to foster involvement and successive progressive slates, as well as the deliberate approaches taken by the University administration in responding to student issues.

Organizations

• Breaking Down Social Barriers
• University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union (UTMSU)
• Student Administrative Council (SAC)
• Canadian Federation of Students (CFE)
• Scarborough Campus Students’ Union (SCSU)
• Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs

Subject Topics

• Anti-globalization movement
• Days of Action, Ontario
• 9/11
• Student movements
• Student governance
• Student fees
• Transit
• Institutional response
• Deregulation of professional programmes

Dr. Norman Kwan, a graduate from UofT’s Faculty of Dentistry, provides his account of student and community response to CTV’s W5 Campus Giveaway episode. Airing on September 30th, 1979, the reporting alleged that Canadian citizens were being denied opportunity in professional graduate programs and targeted students who were visible minorities as unfairly occupying these placements, regardless of their citizenship or status as Canadians themselves. The xenophobic tone and misrepresentation of foreign students ignited protests across the country. Dr. Kwan discusses his involvement in the student response, particularly how the Chinese Students’ Association’s President, Dinah Cheng, approached and worked with Chinese-Canadian professional associations and community groups to protest, pursue a lawsuit, and create a set of demands. He describes the impacts and outcomes of their advocacy including CTV’s apology, solidarity built between different groups, the creation of the Chinese Canadian National Council, and the shift in his own political consciousness.

Organizations

• Chinese Students’ Association, University of Toronto
• Canadian Television Network (CTV)
• Ad Hoc Committee of the Council of Chinese Canadians Against W5
• Council of Chinese Canadians (Ontario Chapter and Irene Chiu)
• Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (FCCP)
• Chinese Professional Association of Canada
• New Democratic Party (NDP)

Subject Topics

• Racism in the press
• Discrimination in higher education
• University admissions
• Canadian race relations
• Chinese Canadian activism
• Chinese Canadian community
• Professional graduate education
• International students
• Southeast Asian refugees
• International students
• Community organizing
• W-Five

Bonte Minnema, a digital media and marketing consultant, was an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto’s St. George Campus in the mid-1990s where he was actively involved in advocating for the LGBT community. Minnema shares some of his background growing up and coming out in southwestern Ontario, why he was drawn to UofT, and his initial experiences at Trinity College. He describes some of his involvement in equal rights activism taking place outside of the University, and then focuses on the start of his advocacy on campus. Initially looking at discrimination in the provision of student services, for example in UofT’s Health Services, and within curriculum, Minnema also describes the revival of a student organization aimed to build support and social infrastructure for LGBT students on campus. He recalls a number of different initiatives in both respects, as well as solidarity networks between different student groups, allies in various roles, and the dynamics of activism at the University. Minnema reflects on the complex and continued impact that activism has had through his career, how he has navigated the public persona that developed with this, and the type of social value he sees in activist perspectives and approach.

Organizations

• LGBTOUT
• Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario
• Centre for Women and Trans People, UofT
• Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG)
• Muslim Students’ Association
• Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
• Health and Wellness – Student Life, UofT
• Nobel Knights

Subject Topics

• UofT Sexual Diversity Program
• Homo Hops
• Positive Space Campaign
• Equity and inclusion in curriculum
• Homophobia
• Solidarity networks
• Student health services
• Financial barriers
• Scholarships
• Privacy

Dr. Thomas Mathien is the former Associate Director of the Transitional Year Programme (TYP) at the University of Toronto and an occasional course instructor in the UofT's Department of Philosophy. His interview primarily focuses on key developments of the TYP, though Mathien also recounts some of his early participation as a student in teach-ins, student government, and various collective initiatives in late 1960s and 1970s. Mathien describes the history of the TYP, noting early confrontations with the University, key individuals involved, and the programme’s role in supporting access to post-secondary education that is rooted in a recognition of the impacts of racial, economic, and cultural difference that students experience at the University. He speaks at length about shifts in the programme's curricular, pedagogical, and community-based approaches that have been adopted and developed over a span of 30 years. For example, he notes the interest in including Indigenous knowledge in curriculum, as well as initiatives to help support the financial security of students. Mathien ends the interview reflecting on the educators who influenced his own political thought and approach.

For additional information on the Transitional Year Programme please see Access and Equity in the University: A Collection of Papers from the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Transitional Year Programme, University of Toronto / Ed. Keren Braithwaite Organizations

Organizations

• Transitional Year Program, University of Toronto
• Campus Community Cooperative Daycare Centre
• Student Union for Peace Action
• Students’ Administrative Council
• Innis College, University of Toronto
• University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto

Subject Topics

• Community education
• Equity in education
• Community engagement
• Access to post-secondary educatio
• Financial barriers to post-secondary education
• Collective models
• Indigenous curriculum
• Institutional response

Mary Anne Chambers, former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (2003 – 2007) and Senior Vice-President of Scotiabank, completed her degree at the University of Toronto Scarborough in 1988. In the interview, Chambers highlights the impact that the University has had on her life while pursuing her academic and professional interests. She gives examples from various points in her career, including the support she received from students as she ran for the Legislative Assembly and the opportunities that she created as a UofT donor and member of Governing Council. Chambers shares in detail some of the initiatives that she has led and supported at UofT, in particular the Imani Academic Mentorship Program, which aims to address systemic barriers that create disproportionate access to post-secondary education. She connects this work to how she sees her role as an advocate and her deep commitment to the East Scarborough community, as well as broadly discussing the positive impacts of community involvement and giving back.

Organizations

• University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)
• Governing Council – UofT
• Academic Resource Centre – UTSC
• Imani Academic Mentorship Program
• Government of Ontario
• Black Students’ Association, UTSC

Subject Topics

• Mature students
  • Mentorship
  • Accessibility of post-secondary education
  • Racial justice
  • Financial barriers to education
  • Community partnership
  • Community involvement
  • Equity in education
  • Philanthropy

Dr. June Larkin, former Director of Equity Studies and professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department, completed her graduate studies at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) in 1993. Larkin describes her involvement in the creation of OISE’s Sexual Harassment Caucus, a group formed to address sexual harassment at the institution through policy and education. With seventeen years of prior experience as an elementary school teacher, Larkin shares how this advocacy shifted her doctoral work to focus on sexual harassment in high schools and also led to developing educational toolkits and workshops to support school boards looking to implement their own policies. In discussing her research, community-based initiatives, and teaching, she reflects on the definition of activism and many forms it can take. Within the context of the Equity Studies Program more broadly, she notes the ways in which she and other professors have worked to respond to the shifting interest of students, particularly to support their engagement in issues at and beyond the University.

Organizations

• Ontario Institute of Studies for Education (OISE)
• Sexual Harassment Caucus, OISE
• Sexual Harassment Resistors Everywhere (SHREW)
• Equity Studies Program, New College, University of Toronto
• Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto

Subject Topics

• Women’s movement and feminism
• Sexual harassment policy
• Violence against women
• Equity in education
• Intersectionality
• Equity Studies
• Sexual health
• Community engagement
• Institutional response
• Occupy! Movement
• Activist scholarship

Ike Okafor, currently the Senior Officer for Service Learning and Diversity Outreach at the University of Toronto’s (UofT) Faculty of Medicine, was a founding member and former President of the Black Student Association (BSA) at UofT. In the interview, Okafor provides a rich account of community and advocacy work aimed to specifically address systemic barriers to higher education for Black students. He discusses his experiences seeing the under-representation of Black students at UofT, the founding of the BSA in 1999, and re-establishment of the Fourth Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. He speaks to the dual interests of these groups: to create community and support access to post-secondary education, and describes how these aims were supported through the activities of a number of closely aligned initiatives.

Okafor describes how his later professional roles at UofT, in the Office of Student Recruitment and the Faculty of Medicine, have focused on leveraging the institution’s resources to better support and attract a diverse student body. He discusses the role of public institutions and the necessary urgency to recognize the social contract by which they are underpinned. This reorientation would emphasize responsibility of public bodies to significantly serve the public, require collaboration with community partners, and meaningfully support equity objectives.

Organizations

• Black Students’ Association (BSA)
• Annual Black High School Conference, Black Students’ Association
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• New College – University of Toronto
• Black Medical Student Association (BMSA)
• Huron-Sussex Residents Organization
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (AΦA)
• Tan Furu
• Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA)
• Toronto District School Board (TDSB)

Subject Topics

• Mentorship
• Racial justice
• Access to post-secondary education
• Fraternities
• Equity in education
• Discrimination in education
• Community partnership
• Institutional transformation
• Institutional response

The correspondence files at the beginning of this series -- with three deans of Law in the 1980s and the 1990s and Professor Friedland’s stint as acting dean in 1995 – contain assorted letters not received earlier in B2003-0023. The remaining correspondence documents activities mostly from 2003 on, especially relating to the painting of his portrait, his contribution to the revitalizing the site of the Faculty’s buildings and the construction of a new one, and his interest in student and faculty publications.

The most significant files in the remainder of the series document Professor Friedland’s lecturing in the Faculty of Law and Woodsworth College from 2001 on, his involvement in an aspect of the Sher inquiry (the Nancy Oliveri case), and his advice in developing a student code of conduct at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

This series contains alphabetically arranged correspondence files relating to various topics, organizations and individuals on the discipline of linguistics. Also included in this series are files in chronological order in three categories: American linguistics, British (and European) linguistics and Canadian linguistics. Files in this latter category are the most voluminous, containing correspondence with Prof. Chambers from his earliest days at the University of Toronto. Correspondence with American linguists include David Rood, University of Colorado, Robert I. Binnick, University of Kansas, William Labov, Virginia McDavid, Richard Spears, John Baugh among others. British and European correspondents include, among others, Paul Salmon, University Reading, David Britain, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ), Edgar Schneider, Universitat Regensburg and Beat Glauser, Heidelberg. Correspondence with Canadian linguists include colleagues both inside and outside the University of Toronto, and include linguists such as C. Douglas Ellis of McGill University, Harrold Paddock, Memorial University, H.R. Wilson, University of Western Ontario, William Cowan, Carleton University and Gary Prideaux, University of Alberta.

Further records relating to Prof. Chambers’ work in the field of linguistics can be found in file B2019-0038/001(01), which includes some correspondence and ephemera relating to speaking engagements and conferences. Many of the press clippings in files B2019-0038/001(07)-(09) quote Prof. Chambers on the subject of linguistics, demonstrating his role as a regular commentator on this subject, particularly in relation to Canadian English. Similarly, two sound recordings relate to his contributions to the CBC Radio program And Sometimes Y, which explored the cultural and social context of language; another to a talk on language, sex and gender given in Vienna in 2006.

Series consists of records created and collected by Dr. Baine’s throughout his participation in several committees that were instrumental in the creation and administration of the Aboriginal Health Professions Program (AHPP) and the Office of Aboriginal Student Services and Programs (OASSP) at the University of Toronto. These committees include the Faculty of Medicine Task Force on Native Canadian Students (ca. 1980s), the Professional Education of Native Students Committee (PENSC) (1983 – 1986), the Aboriginal Health Professions Program Advisory Committee (1986 – 1991), and the Management Committee for Aboriginal Programs and Services (MCAPS) (1991 – 1993).

The AHPP (originally named the Indian Health Careers Program) was established in 1986 to improve the admission, retention, and graduation rates of Indigenous students in health science programs by identifying and supporting their specific cultural, social, and academic needs. One of its primary goals was to increase the number of qualified healthcare professionals who held both traditional knowledge and understandings of Western medical practices in order to improve the provision of healthcare to urban and rural Indigenous communities. Records in this series document several of the programs and services provided by the AHPP, including the Health Sciences Access Program for pre-university preparation, the Science-Math Pilot Project for grades 9 to 13, the Health Experience Program, as well as a recruitment, admission advocacy, and career counselling programs. These programs laid the foundations for the establishment of the OASSP and First Nations House which continue to provide culturally relevant student services to Indigenous students University-wide.

Records document the history, structure, objectives, and activities of the AHPP, OASSP, and the aforementioned committees. Materials include correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, reports, workshop materials, project and funding proposals, project summaries, budgets, news clippings, and reference materials.

Series is divided into three subseries:

• Subseries 5.1 includes records related to the Faculty of Medicine Task Force on Native Canadian Students and PENSC, which preceded the creation of the AHPP.
• Subseries 5.2 includes records related to the AHPP Advisory Committee.
• Subseries 5.3 relates to MCAPS which was established after the creation of the AHPP.

Due to the closely related functions of the various committees, there may be some overlap between subseries.

This series documents primarily Prof. Chambers’ employment history beginning with his application to various universities in Canada for appointment to departments of linguistics. It includes correspondence with the University of Toronto which resulted in his appointment in 1970 to the Centre of Linguistics Studies as well as his application for head of the Department of Linguistics at University of British Columbia in 1977. Also included are some of his annual activity reports required for salary determination, appointments records, and up to date curriculum vitae. Further records relating to Prof. Chambers’ employment history can be found in B2019-0038/001(01), in the form of correspondence relating to awards, appointments and achievements at the University of Toronto, as well as employment-related correspondence with other academic establishments. This series also includes some personal correspondence, found in B2019-0038/001(01) and B2019-0038/001(03),, as well as documentation of a previous archival donation.

This series contains records relating to Prof. Chambers’ teaching responsibilities at the University of Toronto in linguistics and jazz at the undergraduate and graduate level. Course files, arranged by course number, may contain correspondence, lecture notes, test questions, reading lists, course description, handouts, etc. Also includes are Prof. Chambers’ files of student evaluations for his courses in linguistics produced by APUS (Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students), and original course evaluations (no identifiers).

Further records relating to Prof. Chambers’ teaching responsibilities may be found in B2019-0038/001(01), in the form of correspondence with current and former students, course evaluations and some materials relating to his Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award. There are some press clippings related to Prof. Chambers’ early teaching career in B2019-0038/001(07)-(09).

This major series within the fonds documents Prof. Russell’s academic career at the University of Toronto. Correspondence consists mainly of incoming letters from University of Toronto faculty, colleagues, judges, provincial and federal politicians, editors, students, and friends, discussing mostly professional and academic activities relating to teaching, research and publications. This series begins during his period as Associate Professor in the Department of Political Economy and includes correspondence relating to his such activities as research fellowship at Harvard University, acting principal and later principal of Innis College, visiting professorship at Makerere University in Uganda, visiting fellowships at Osgoode Hall, York University, Australian National University, and European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy. Correspondents include Bob Rae, Martin Friedland, Stefan Dupré, James Lorimer, Meric Gertler, and Justice D.C. McDonald.

This series also includes some correspondence relating to Prof. Russell’s role as director of research for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, (McDonald Commission). This commission was established in 1977 following allegations of crimes by the RCMP Security Service.

Series consists of Prof. Russell’s commentary and appearances in the media. Material includes opinion pieces, editorials, and responses to a number of national issues including the prorogation of Parliament (2008-2009), minority governments, nuclearization, the long-gun registry, and judicial appointments. Series also includes records related to interviews given on television and radio in both Canada and Australia.

This series documents professional activities other than those described in the two previous series. Included is material on consulting and special projects, boards of governors of educational institutions that Professor Lang sat on, and his association with a number of other educational agencies and groups in Canada and elsewhere. Of the last, the most documentation is on the Ontario Council on University Affairs, the Premier’s Council for Economic Renewal, and the Sweden/Ontario Bilateral Exchange Seminar for Senior Academic Administrators (1982-1983). The arrangement in this section is by name of organization or event.

The files may contain any combination of correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, and reports.

Files from B2018-0001 include further records documenting Lang’s active involvement with the Board of Trustees of the Toronto School of Theology (2008 - ; Chair, Institutional Evaluations Committee, 2014-2017) and the Board of Governors of Saint Augustine’s Seminary. His work as Chair of the Strategic Asset Study Committee (2011-2014) for the Archdiocese of Toronto is also documented.

The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) was formed on December 3, 1962 as the “Committee of Presidents of Provincially Assisted Universities and Colleges of Ontario,” with its current name being adopted in 1971. The mandate of the COU is to “build awareness of the university sector’s contributions to the social, economic and cultural well-being of the province and the country, as well as the issues that impact the sector’s ability to maximize these contributions.” It works with Ontario’s publicly assisted universities and one associate member institution, the Royal Military College of Canada. This series documents the activities of a number of its committees and task forces, which are detailed below, approximately in order of activity.

Professor Lang was a member of the COU’s Committee on Enrolment Statistics and Projections from 1976 to 1990. In 1982-1983 he sat on its Special Committee on BILD Administrative Procedures and from 1987 to 1991 was a member of its Research Advisory Group. In 1991 he was invited to be part of a small task force to present proposals to the government for an income contingent repayment plan for Ontario students. Throughout much of the 1990s, he was involved with the COU’s Committee on University Accountability and the Performance Indicators for the Public Postsecondary System in Ontario project, better known as the Performance Indicators Project, the purpose of which was to assess the overall Ontario postsecondary sector.

He was also a member of four task forces: Audit Guidelines (1998-2000), Secondary School Issues (1998-2005), Student Financial Assistance (2006-), and Quality Assurance (2008-2010).
The Task Force on Secondary School Issues was established to assess the evaluation of students in the new secondary school program of studies and to make recommendations regarding the monitoring of grading practices and standards.

The COU’s Quality and Productivity Task Force work was to outline “all the quality and productivity initiatives” undertaken to “showcase results for the government’s increased investment in universities.” Its report, presented in March 2006, was followed by the COU Task Force on Quality Measurements, chaired by David Naylor of the University of Toronto. It was charged with addressing the “broad issues related to quality measurement, developing the long-term strategies for COU’s work with the government and the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO).” [1]

Files in B2018-0001 include correspondence with U of T and COU colleagues, as well as further records related to his role on the COU’s Committee on University Accountability. Also included are further records about the COU's Task Force on Quality Assurance (2008-2010), including its subsequent transition and implementation phase.

The files in this series contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, minutes of meetings, drafts of reports, and assorted background reports and other documentation.

NOTES

1. Task Force on Quality Measurement terms of reference, March 2006, in B2011-0003/043(03).

Series consists of materials documenting Dr. Baine’s personal life and career at the University of Toronto. Records include a CV, some personal notes, correspondence and forms related to his salary and benefits, an outline of his early academic activities, and student course evaluations for his teaching of CLB 401/1401: Biochemistry and Physiology of Human Disease.

This series relates closely to Series 3, but reflects the original arrangement of the personal records of Prof. Russell. This series consists of two subseries: correspondence in separate files by name of correspondent and letters of reference for former students and colleagues both nationally and internationally. Correspondents include, among others, Donald Smiley, Peter Jull, Eugene Forsey, Ian Greene, Justice D.C. McDonald, Ann Rees, Denis Stairs, James Thomson, James Tully, and Frances Widdowson.

Professor Lang’s first major collaboration with the then Ministry of Colleges and Universities began in 1991 when he was a member of the Minister’s Task Force on University Accountability. Later he was involved in several joint projects with the Ministry and its successors [the Ministry of Education and Training (from 1995) and from 2000, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities] and the Council of Ontario Universities; in particular, their Steering Committee on Ontario Graduate Survey (1997-), their Joint Steering Committee on OSAP (1998-2001), and their Key Performance Indicators project (2000-2005). In 2006 he became a member of the Ministry’s Joint Working Group on Student Access Guarantee. From 2008 to 2011 he was the Ministry’s Working Group and Steering Committee on Transfer. Not all of these activities are documented in this series.

In 2006-2007 the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities undertook two inter-related research projects “aimed generally at learning about the characteristics of ‘first-generation’ students.” The first, “College Choice”, focused on the factors that influenced students in seeking post-secondary education and their choices of institutions to attend. The second, dubbed Project STAR (Student Achievement and Retention), “sought to determine the factors that influence the academic performance and retention of students in the first year of university.” It was sponsored by the Canada Millenium Scholarship Foundation and Statistics
Canada.

Files in B2018-0001 document Professor Lang's role as Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, in particular his involvement with the negotiations between the Government of Ontario and Ontario universities regarding the second Strategic Mandate Agreement (SMA2), and Ontario colleges regarding the Colleges Applied Research and Development Fund [CARDF].

Also included are files regarding the creation of a francophone university in Ontario; the Joint Working Group on Student Access Guarantee, regarding the modernization of the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP); and the Steering Committee on Transfer Credits.

Prof. Chambers’ other major interest and expertise lies in jazz music. Over the years a personal love of the music has turned into a second career, writing articles and books on the history of jazz, attending conferences, etc. He has been a regular contributor to Coda, a Toronto based jazz magazine started in May 1958. Since the early 1970s he has made regular contributions of articles, and reviews. This series documents his activities in this subject area through correspondence with publishers, editors and other writers on this subject including academics and non-academics, collectors of jazz music, and others. The files may also include manuscripts of articles written by Prof. Chambers, reviews of musical recordings (mainly for Coda) assessments of other authors’ articles, etc. They are arranged in two sub groups: the first group of files are chronological, and the second consists of files by topic as indicated below. Correspondents include, among others, Bill Smith and John Norris, original owners and founders of Coda, and Jan Lohman, author of The Sound of Miles Davis – the discography 1945-1991 (1992).

Press clippings in files B2019-0038/001(06)-(09) include examples of Prof. Chambers’ writing about jazz.

This series contains files documenting Prof. Chambers’ published and unpublished articles, papers and reviews mostly produced during his career at the University of Toronto. They are predominantly on the discipline of linguistics, although the Review files contain mainly articles on jazz with some on linguistics published by the Globe & Mail. Files may contain manuscripts, correspondence, notes, reviews, clippings etc. Other articles, papers and shorter literary works relating to jazz will be found in Series 5.

Clippings of the published Globe & Mail articles documented in B2009-0044/025(01)–(05) can be found in B2019-0038/001(06). Other writing by Prof. Chambers may be found in press clippings in files B2019-0038/001(07) – (09), including book reviews about jazz and linguistics, a few articles about teaching and a few letters to the editor. These files also include clippings of reviews by others of books about jazz and linguistics written or edited by Prof. Chambers and a few articles relating to Prof. Chambers’ work as a language consultant in an obscenity trial.

Files included from accession B2005-0001 within this series document Prof. Russell’s activities in various conferences and associations both nationally and internationally. Prof. Russell’s level of involvement ranged from regular membership activities to participating in various committees, presenting papers, and conference planning. He was also the subject of “Ideas in Action: a conference (essays) on politics and law in honour of Peter Russell” sponsored by Innis College, University of Toronto in 1996. Also documented in this series is Prof. Russell’s involvement with the Royal Society of Canada, primarily as Co-Foreign Secretary from 1996-2001, and as President of the Canadian Political Science Association during 1990 and 1991. Files contain correspondence, notes, minutes of meetings, manuscripts of papers, reports, and other material.

Files included in this series from the accession B2017-0006 and B2019-0008 document Prof. Russell’s professional activity, primarily representing addresses and presentations given. These cover a period from the mid-1990s to the late 2010s. The series also documents some administrative functions including conference organization.

This series contains records documenting Prof. Russell’s extensive production of both published and unpublished works including articles, papers, reviews, informal talks and addresses. Published articles were produced primarily for scholarly journals and document his specialized knowledge on Canada’s Supreme Court, the Charter of Rights and Canadian constitution, aboriginal rights both in Canada and Australia, commentaries for national media such as the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

Talks and addresses from accession B2005-0001 include his speeches on receiving honorary degrees at University of Guelph (1998) and University of Toronto (2001) as well as invited talks to private business such as the Canadian Club, Royal Trust, Toronto Club, as well as universities and other academic institutions in Canada and abroad.

Also included are his commentaries as referee for various manuscripts submitted by other writers for publication. Files predominantly contain drafts of manuscripts, notes, and correspondence, as well as photocopies of related materials.

This series provides partial documentation Professor Lang’s years as a senior administrator at the University of Toronto. It begins with correspondence, primarily with President Connell, and related material regarding the Ontario Commission on the Future Development of the Universities of Ontario (the Bovey Commission), followed by later correspondence (to 1990) with him. The subsequent correspondence files end in 2010, some of which are contained on 3.5 inch floppy disks.

Professor Lang’s “general files” and “miscellaneous projects” begin with two major controversial decisions, the first being the closure of the Faculty of Food Sciences (1974) and the proposed closure of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (1986), with only the first being realized. The remainder of this subseries focuses on capital plans and budgeting, primarily responsibility centre budgeting as applied to Scarborough College. There are also files on Maclean’s magazine university and college surveys from the 1990s. The admission surveys from the last quarter of the 20th century also include a Maclean’s survey.

In the mid-1990s the University introduced a new electronic students’ records system (ROSI) with leadership provided by the Registrars Group. It is well documented here. Professor Lang’s activities as a senior policy advisor to the President of the University of Toronto are also documented but only for the years 2005 to 2007.

Professor Lang maintained extensive files on campus development plans and building projects from the mid-1960s to the late 1990s relating to all three campuses, including several on the Southwest Campus. There are also proposals to provide land for a new headquarters building for the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (1982) and facilities for the abortive bid to hold the summer Olympics in Toronto in 1996.

B2011-0003 ends with several proposals for an innovations centre and an industrial research centre at the University in the decade from the mid-1980s.

B2018-0001 includes further files related to his role as Senior Policy Advisor to David Naylor, a role in which he served until 2012. Also included are arbitration briefs and notes about a dispute between the Faculty Association and the University in 1986-1987, regarding mandatory retirement for professors.

Digital files include email correspondence with several Government of Ontario and U of T officials; files about the Maclean’s survey; and files (notes, briefts, reports) about the expansion of the number of graduate students at the University of Toronto.

The sub-titles in this series are those used by Professor Lang in his original box list. The files contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, and reports, Also included are compact discs containing certain files of correspondence and reports. The arrangement is generally by categories and chronolgically within each, with like materials grouped together.

Series 2 consists of two subseries, both of which cover business, networking, and personal communication sent and received by Hershell Ezrin. Though both encompass similar subjects and time periods, Subseries 2.1 contains more materials related to Ezrin’s time in government while Subseries 2.2 focuses more heavily on his business contacts.

B2008-0023 consists of resumes, short biographical notes and activity reports documenting Prof. Rayside.

B2013-0015 consists of records from Prof. Rayside’s time as a university student, with most material documenting his undergraduate degree at Carleton University. This series contains correspondence, notes, drafts, submitted essays, press clippings, photographs and application forms documenting both his academic work and his extra-curricular activities including student council, the Political Science Student Union, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning and his work on the student residence constitution. Files are arranged chronologically by degree, and by activity within each degree, with academic coursework at the front and extra-curricular activities at the back. There is one file at the beginning of the series containing souvenirs unrelated to his early education.

B2017-0024 includes two short biographies on David Rayside, one of which was a contribution to MyOntario in 2017.

This series documents Prof. Rayside’s varied administrative positions. Files contain original correspondence and e-mails, notes, reports, minutes of meetings, and in specific cases conference programs and posters.

Records for this series found in B1998-0029 document mainly conferences organized by Prof. Rayside in his capacity as a university administrator for both the Canadian Studies Committee (1982-1984) and the European Studies Committee of the International Studies Committee (1976-1985). These include: The Individual and the State (1979), Small Town in Modern Times,(1983), 1984 in Canada: Authority, Conformity and the Policing of Citizens” (1983) The Sharon Temple and the Children of Peace”(1984), and Between Ourselves: Women’s Experiences at the University of Toronto, (1985).

Records for this series found in B2008-0023 document his role on several other committees including the Women’s’ Study Committee, Committee to establish the Equity Studies Program, New College, Vice Provost, Students Advisory Search Committee (2002), Graduate Affairs Committee, as well as several smaller committees and advisory roles. There are also three files related to his position as Vice Principal of University College.

The records for this series found in B2013-0015 document Professor Rayside’s course evaluation activities, conference organizing activities, and activities he would have performed as Acting Principal and Graduate Director including dealing with a teaching assistant strike, staffing the Political Science Department, and evaluating the graduate program in Political Science. These records also document his participation in the Diversity Working Group, Teaching Load Committee, and Principal’s Search Committee, among others. There is also a large amount of material related to creating community relations newsletters for the Department of Political Science and a collection of posters documenting conferences Prof. Rayside helped organize including : The Individual and the State (1979), Small Town in Modern Times,(1983), 1984 in Canada: Authority, Conformity and the Policing of Citizens” (1983) The Sharon Temple and the Children of Peace”(1984), and Between Ourselves: Women’s Experiences at the University of Toronto, (1985).

Records in accession B2017-0024 document Professor Rayside’s on-going involvement in the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies for the time period after he was director. Included are various committee files relating to public relations, curriculum and program development, budget and fundraising. There are several files documenting Raysides involvement in the World Pride Human Rights Conference 2014. There is also one box of records for the Department of Political Science, mainly relating to awards and scholarships.

Records in this series include notes, drafts, correspondence and flyers related to conferences Professor Rayside attended and/or participated in, unpublished talks and workshops, and unpublished papers, as well as less formal writing. The conferences documented mostly pertain to equity issues faced by gay and lesbian populations. The talks and workshops relate to a variety of topics including political science, labour unions, gendered violence, philanthropy and diversity in the workplace and were delivered mostly at Canadian universities in the form of symposia, guest lectures and public lectures. The unpublished papers in this series relate mainly to equity issues in Canadian and American society. There is also one sound recording of Professor Rayside delivering the Kreeft Lecture on November 28, 2002.

Records in B2017-0024 included talks, panels, and conferences on subjects such as inclusion, religion in the public sphere and positive space. There is also a paper he gave at Spring Reunion in 2016 as well as a memorial for colleagues Stephen Clarkson and David Higgs.

At the time of his appointment as full professor in 1968, Prof. Russell was also appointed as Acting Principal of Innis College. He was appointed principal in 1971 for a period of 5 years. He was also Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Political Science from 1987-1993.

Records from accession B2005-0001 in this series document these appointments. In addition to these official administrative duties, this series also documents his involvement in other campus committees such as the December Study Group, an informal association of faculty members which met to discuss ‘matters of common interest’ among which was the development of academic programs in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Its first meeting was held in December, 1965. The establishment of this group coincided with the expected growth of enrolment at the University of Toronto during next few years. Included in this file is their response to the MacPherson Committee (the Presidential Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Instruction in the Faculty of Arts and Science) in 1967. Other files include the Library Users Committee (1965), the U of T Residence Plan (1959-1961).

Records from B2017-0006 and B2019-0008 in this series further document Prof. Russell’s involvement in various UofT committees, such as the Manuscript Advisory Committee for the University of Toronto Press, the Group on Indigenous Government, the Project Planning Committee for the Seniors Centre, and the Faculty Club.

Series consists of presentations given by Mr. Ezrin within various academic, governmental, corporate, and community environments. Addresses cover a period following Ezrin’s departure from government and discuss topics regarding public policy, international trade, political leadership, and lobbying.

Among venues included are Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, as well as presentations for Jewish community organizations such as the Canadian Jewish Congress.