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In the summer of 1972, about the time I returned to the University of Toronto as Dean, I developed some ideas on access to the law which I had been thinking about when I was with the Law Reform Commission of Canada during the year 1971-72 .

The idea was to make the law accessible to non-lawyers who could not--then or now--penetrate the complex legal system, whether it was statutes, regulations, or cases. The scheme was to provide written material that could be digested by reasonably intelligent lay persons. It would combine federal and provincial laws. At the time the idea was to provide this information through encyclopaedias that would be available in public libraries and through intermediaries. It would also assist lawyers and legal aid clinics to find answers to problems and to be able to give material to interested clients. If the proposal were to be developed today, it would use the Internet. (See file 1).

A strong advisory committee was established, consisting of Francess Halpenny, the dean of the Faculty of Library Science, Ian Montagnes, the General Editor of the University of Toronto Press, Peter Russell, the Principal of Innis College, John Swan of the Faculty of Law, and Lyle Fairbairn, the counsel to the Ontario Law Reform Commission. (See file 2).

The Faculty of Law was heavily involved in the project because I thought it was desirable to try to get more interdisciplinary and group projects in the Faculty. (See file 3). Simcoe Hall was very supportive of the project. (File 4).

There was widespread consultation with librarians, lawyers and judges, and academics. (Files 5 to 7). Various governmental and non-governmental organisations were also consulted. (Files 8 to 13).

Various funding sources were explored. In the end, the funding was supplied by the Law Reform Commission of Canada, which took an active interest in the project. (Files 14 and 15).

Peter Jewett, a lawyer with Tory, Tory, and who had been my research assistant when he was at Law School, got a leave of absence from his firm to work on the project. He worked with his then wife, Linda Jewett, who was a librarian (she later became a lawyer). They travelled across the country discussing the concept with interested parties. (File 16).

We engaged a number of consultants to examine the present access to the law. Tony Doob of the Centre of Criminology helped us with experiments to see whether lay persons could, in fact, find their way around the present statute book. (They couldn’t.). A psychologist, Professor Paul Kolers, and an expert on linguistics, Harold Gleason, as well as experts in library science, Brian Land, Anne Schabas, Katherine Packer, and Alice Janisch, prepared papers for us. Various individuals assisted us in the preparation of models that could be examined. (File 17).

On February 8, 1974 I gave a speech on the concept to the Toronto Region Group of the Institute of Public Administration, which was excerpted in the Globe, and was widely reported in the Press. The paper was published in the Law Society of Upper Canada Gazette and Canadian Welfare. (Files 20 to 22).

In 1975, the book, Access to the Law, was published by Carswell/Methuen. Again, there was considerable interest in the concept by the press. See, in particular, the editorial by the Globe. (Files 23 and 24).

Although some progress has been made in developing the idea, the project remains unfulfilled. I had the chance of doing more on it when invited by the SSHRC in 1980 to submit a proposal on the project, but was unfortunately too involved at the time in other matters to take up their invitation. (Files 25 and 26).

The concept still makes excellent sense, particularly because of the Internet. It could be attempted by one province and the federal government to demonstrate that it could be done. In my study for the 1997 McCamus Legal Aid Review, I urged them to recommend such a scheme as part of the jurisdiction of the new Legal Services Commission. They did not do so. I also have urged people in South Africa, where there are very few lawyers, to study the scheme. The scheme remains to be tried in Canada or, indeed, in any other common-law jurisdiction.

This subseries reflects the administrative records of managing Dr. Roots’ research projects. The material of this series consists of forms permits, equipment, proposals, protocols, safety, correspondence, references, and ordering information.

Sub-series consists of background research and files related to the administration of Prof. Hassanpour’s Peasant Movement Project. Research material includes annotated copied of local newspapers, notes on topics including peasant movements in the Middle East and abroad, feudalism, the history of Kurdistan, and an analysis of the interviews. Also included within the sub-series is administrative correspondence with participants, as well as draft manuscripts and editing notes.

Sub-series pertains to Dr. Farrar’s administrative responsibilities at the New Jersey State Hospital and includes correspondence and reports.

Sub-series contains administrative records created and received by Dr. Farrar while at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. Records consist of professional correspondence with various colleagues such as Stewart Paton and Edward Brush as well as reports.

Sub-series pertains to Dr. Farrar’s administrative duties as medical director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital and as head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Records include: newspaper clippings, provincial resolutions, and reports. Also included is correspondence concerning the establishment of T.P.H., staff appointments, nursing and general administrative matters. In addition, this series contains small pencil sketches drawn by Dr. Frederick Banting during the opening of the new psychiatric clinic in the Hospital for Sick Children, January 1937. The sketches are of Drs. Bott, Kanner, Parsons, Primrose and Cody. These sketches can be found among the photographs in Box /003P (13).

Subseries consists of records related to Dr. Baines’s involvement with the AHPP Advisory Committee as Chairman (1986 – 1991) and a member (1991 – 1993). The Advisory Committee (also called the Executive Committee in the records) was primarily responsible for providing policy advice, program development, and the implementation of projects. The records document both the activities of the Advisory Committee and the AHPP itself. Materials include correspondence, agendas and minutes for Advisory Committee meetings; budgets; program statistics; activity reports; project descriptions, recruitment strategies; copies of newspaper clippings; lists of Indigenous students; and reference materials.

The correspondence includes letters and memoranda with various Advisory Committee members; AHPP staff; U of T administrators and librarians; Ministers and representatives of Health and Welfare Canada, the Public Service Commission of Canada, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), and the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Native Affairs, including: F. W. Baker, Bill J. Bastien, Michelle Bourque, Elinor Caplan, George E. Connell, John Donnelly, J. Epp, Joan Foley, Marlene Grant-Castellano, Brenda LaFrance, Peggy Leatt, Diane Longboat, B. J. Mackay, Lyn McLeod, Carol Moore, David Neelands, J. D. Nicholson, Alan W. Roy, Ian Scott, E. M. Sellers, Chan P. Shah, Gregory Sobara, Beatrice Traub-Werner, and Peter Wright. Additionally, there is correspondence with several foundations including the Donner Canadian Foundation, Gladys and Merrill Muttart Foundation, Laidlaw Foundation, Max Bell Foundation, McLean Foundation, and Richard and Jean Ivey Fund.

Also included is a status report prepared by Dr. Baines which outlined the AHPP’s progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Special Committee on Native Canadian Students. The conclusions of this status report ultimately led to the establishment of the Office of Aboriginal Student Services and Programs and the associated Management Committee for Aboriginal Programs and Services.

The majority of the materials in this subseries were removed from two binders entitled “AHPP Advisory Committee 1989 – 1991” and “AHPP Advisory Committee 1991 – 1992.” In addition to the AHPP Advisory Committee records, these binders contained some agendas and minutes from the Toronto General Hospital’s Administrative Council and a presentation from the Internal Medicine Collaborative Practice Group. The binder materials were originally arranged roughly in reverse chronological order; this order has been maintained within the files as indicated by the numbers in square brackets in the file titles.

Sub-series consists of course notes and Allegheny College orders, 1880-1893.

This subseries consists of annual reports on the Atherosclerosis study from 1953 to 1962, correspondence with Sunnybrook Hospital and U of T. officials as well as colleagues relating to the project’s operations and manuscripts and off prints of articles describing the results of various studies.

Series contains material documenting specific studies and general research within the Studies of Familial Apolipoprotein CII Deficiency project. Initiated in 1977, the project aimed to study family members with apolipoprotein C-II deficiencies in order to establish the clinical and genetic characteristics of the condition. Lead investigators were Diane Wilson Cox, Carl Breckenridge, and Alick Little. The project also included collaborative studies with external researchers. Included in the material are records related to the APO CII Deficient Pedigree Study and the Apoloprotein CII deficiency: An investigation of abnormalities of Lipids and Lipoproteins and the Anemia of Homozygotes project as well as documentation of field trips to the United States (Texas. Records include proposals, correspondence with patients, fellow researchers and doctors, patient records, data print-outs, family study questionnaires, lab results, and reports.

Included in this group are letters of request, letters of recommendation, school transcripts, personal resumes, etc. The materials has been arranged alphabetically by the name of the person who is applying for the teaching position or scholarship.

Sub-series consists of reprints and digital drafts of articles written by Hacking. Records span his early career to the 2000s and cover topics including statistics, logic, categorization, natural kinds, psychological trauma and disease.

Ezra Schabas was appointed Chair of the Orchestra Openings/Mobility Committee of this Association in 1990. This committee publicizes vacant positions in symphony orchestras. Files in this subseries contain documents relating to the operation of the Association including minutes, correspondence, reports of the Orchestra Openings Committee, the Executive Committee, records relating to programmes, government relations and Orchestra study for the Canada Council.

Prof. Schabas was a founding member and the first president of the ACCM from 1980-1984. This series contains files relating to its conferences in Toronto (1980), Banff (1981), Quebec (1982), and one file of general correspondence, notes,and reports (1982-1989).

In 1985, the Mulroney government appointed Dr. Franklin to the Atomic Energy Control Board, a 5-member board that directed an agency of 285 employees “charged with protecting the Canadian public against the consequences of a nuclear mishap.” One day later, she was told the invitation had been withdrawn, and the public speculated that it was due to her anti-nuclear stance, of which the government was somehow previously unaware. Records in this subseries provide significant documentation of this controversy, includin the original letter of appointment and subsequent correspondence with Pat Carney (Minister of Energy, Minutes and Resources), letters from supporters, news clippings, a petition, copies of House of Commons Debates, and background information on nuclear issues.

Source for quote: “Politicians may be part of country’s nuclear problem – and solution” in the Ottawa Citizen, 6 July 1985. p. B5.

Records relating to a review of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency by the Auditor General.

Subseries consists of records relating to various awards given to Dr. Franklin. Records include correspondence, ceremony invitations and programs, acceptance speech notes and texts, letters of congratulations, photographs, certificates, awards and plaques.

Series consist of records and publications relating to Dr. Franklin’s trip to Berlin as an observer at the World Peace Congress. This was her first trip back to Berlin after her departure in the late 1940s. Series includes a typed article (address to friends), detailing her thoughts on the visit, a notebook, the Assembly program, and books, booklets and brochures collected while in Berlin. Subseries also includes 2 commercial slide collections (produced in 1965): one of Berlin and one of Potsdam.

Much of this material is old, especially the class notes, and authorship is generally difficult to determine. There are some lecture notes written by Prof. Brett and what appear to be class notes taken by students. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject matter.

This is a catch-all section comprised mostly of correspondence and book reviews centered around Anderson’s publications.

Sub-series consists of typed and handwritten notes, organized by books of the Bible (Old Testament), detailing illuminations, illustrations, and other details of each book from various versions of the Bible that were examined. Many files also include a typed manuscript detailing the findings. Some files also include photocopies of reference material.