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University of Toronto Mississauga Library, Archives & Special Collections
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Personal life & career

Series consists of material documenting the general arc of Guido Pugliese’s life and career. Records include CVs, summaries and evaluations of his research, and obituaries and tributes.

Teaching

Series consists of material related to Guido Pugliese’s teaching at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Records include teaching evaluations, and a selection of course packs, syllabi, exams and lecture notes.

Queer Peel Oral History Project collection

  • CA UTM C002
  • Collection
  • 2020

Collection consists of seven oral history interviews of LGBTQ2+ activists, UTM students and alumni, and residents of the Peel Region (Mississauga and Brampton) in Ontario, Canada. Interviews were conducted by students enrolled in the undergraduate course HIS395S LGBTQ2+ Oral History: Queer Peel offered at the University of Toronto Mississauga in the 2020 winter term.

Queer Peel Oral History Project

Oral history interview with Luke Drummond conducted by Richard Ribeiro

Luke Drummond is a current student at the University of Toronto, Mississauga campus. He is the former social coordinator in the group OUT@UTM. He was born in Toronto and identifies as a transgender man and his pronouns are, he/him. He has had experience working for other groups as a volunteer and social media coordinator. Within the interview, Luke places an emphasis on healthcare improvement in terms of accessibility and cost, such as within Peel Region. He also speaks to the need for more education regarding LGBTQ2S+ content and that online spaces are important for LGBTQ2S+ people to communicate with each other.

Oral history interview with Saima Hussain conducted by Rijja Moeen

Saima Hussain is a well-known journalist and award-winning book writer who currently works as a supervisor at the Mississauga Library. As an immigrant to Canada from Pakistan and spending many years of her life in Saudi Arabia, Saima focuses on being involved in the community, such as becoming a member of the Council of Agency Serving South Asians, the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, and running programs for newcomers. Saima completed her MA in South Asian Studies from the University of Toronto and also worked there as an admissions counsellor. She then moved to Pakistan where she became an editor at Dawn newspaper. Upon returning to Canada, she produced a history book for young readers called The Arab World Thought of It: Inventions, Innovations and Amazing Facts, which received an award from the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations. She also wrote another book called The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth: Personal Stories by Canadian Muslim Women to allow representation of Muslim women in the world.

In her oral history with interviewer Rijja Moeen (UTM undergraduate student at the time), narrator Saima Hussain speaks about her experiences of being a journalist and writer, how she has made a difference in the South Asian community through her work, the importance of religion in her life, and her experience of being an immigrant to Canada.

Oral history interview with Amanat Kaur conducted by Khushpreet Virk

Amanat Kaur is an international student that came from India. She is originally from India and was raised in India. Amanat currently resides in and works at an immigration office in Brampton. Amanat immigrated to Canada in 2014 and she is currently in her early 20s. The interview covers several themes such as religion, education, work, mental health, immigration, and general lifestyle in the Peel Region.

In her oral history with interviewer Khushpreet Virk (UTM undergraduate student at the time), narrator Amanat Kaur goes in depth about the immigration experience and her experiences with racism, religion, and community involvement. Furthermore, the interview goes in depth and talks about the mental health of international students and the struggles international students face when they immigrate to Canada.

Oral history interview with Jeejna Mandavia conducted by Mukti Patel

Jeejna Mandavia is a teacher who now lives and works in the Peel Region. In her oral history with interviewer Mukti Patel (UTM undergraduate student at the time), narrator Jeejna Patel speaks about the role of faith in her and her family’s life, her dependence on her guru, her father’s passing, her experiences with racism as a child, and her experiences as a mother.

Statistics & reports

Series primarily consists of financial, production, personnel and other business records, including a series of monthly statements from the early 1930s and company statistical records from the 1980s. Also included amongst these business records are two seemingly unrelated letters, including a handwritten letter to the company from a destitute worker requesting a plot of land to live on. Records include reports, correspondence, memoranda and translated newspaper articles.

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