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Professional organizations

This slim series contains files about the following organizations: Addiction Research Foundation, American Society of Blood and Marrow Transportation, Canadian Bioethics Society, Canadian Cancer Society, Cancer Care Ontario, the Medical Research Council of Canada, and the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation.

These files contain primarily correspondence which, in all but two instances, is routine. In 1998 the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transportation inaugurated its Ernest McCulloch and James Till Award. A file on the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation contains material relating to the report of a research working group of the Provincial Cancer Network headed by Ronald Buick that reported at the end of 1994, and the work done by the transition team to implement its recommendations.

Manuscripts and publications

Dr. Till’s publications number over two hundred and there are files on most of them in this series. It begins with a file of letters to the editor for the years 1970 to 2002. Dr. Till’s articles, chapters in books, and “comments” are arranged chronologically. Included are a few manuscripts for papers that were not published. Researchers interested in a number of collaborative articles with Ernest McCulloch that are missing should consult Dr. McCulloch’s personal records, also in the University Archives.

The files contain any combination of research notes, correspondence, drafts, offprints, and other supporting documentation. Internal reports for administrative purposes at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Cancer Institute, and other organizations are not included in this series and few are present elsewhere in this accession.

Photographs used for figures have been retained with the articles to which they pertain.

Course notes

Dr. Ostry obtained a BA (hons.) in economics in 1948 and her MA in 1950, both from McGill University. Her PhD, which she was awarded in 1954, was from Cambridge University and McGill.

This small series contains a term paper from her fourth year undergraduate program; a folder of notes on books on economics related to her graduate work; and course notes (1950-1951) for courses at Cambridge taught by Professors Boulding, Dobb, Hobsbawm, Kaldor, and Robinson.

There are also two folders of memorabilia, one consisting of material relating to her college at Cambridge, Girton College (1950-1951) and the other containing programs for plays, art exhibitions, and operas that she attended (1951-1955).

Certificates and diplomas

In addition to her earned academic degrees, Dr. Ostry has received many honours over the years, including (between 1971 and 1987) seventeen honorary degrees.

This series contains diplomas for academic degrees received, citations, convocation addresses, and diplomas for honorary degrees received and photographs of many of the occasions, and letters of congratulation on Dr. Ostry's installation as chancellor of the University of Waterloo.

Her PhD diploma (1954), many of the diplomas relating to her honorary degrees, and some of the citations are oversized and are in a separate folder [B1994-0016 /001(33)].

Employment files

Dr. Ostry has had a distinguished career as an economist, first as a lecturer and professor at McGill University and the Université de Montréal, then as a federal civil servant, and most recently as Director of the Centre for International Relations at the University of Toronto.

The files at the beginning of this series consist largely of correspondence and relate to the first thirty years of her career, from her first years as an instructor at McGill until she left the position of Chairman of the Economic Council of Canada in 1979.

During the 1980s, she held three important economic portfolios. From 1979-1983 she served as head of the Department of Economics and Statistics of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. She then became (1984-1985) Deputy Minister, International Trade, and from 1985-1988 she served as Ambassador for Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Prime Minister Mulroney's Personal Representative for the Economic Summit.

In the last position, she was described as "the sherpa of international summits and Canada's top shooter with the GATT" and, in her own words, was "responsible for the substance of the summit," especially those at Tokyo (1986) and Toronto (1988). This "involves a meshing of domestic policies covering the policy scope of three major multinational institutions -- the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [GAAT] -- as well as the annual ministerial meetings of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD]."

The files assembled during this decade form the bulk of this series. They consist of correspondence (including telexes) and memoranda (often in the form of faxes), notes, articles and press clippings, working files, and reports of committees. The inter-relationship of the records is very complex, and the arrangement has been left largely as Dr. Ostry set it up.

At the end of this series are files on regional trading blocks which are arranged by topic as labelled by Dr. Ostry. Two areas covered are particularly significant. The first comprises the negotiations leading up to the European Community's 1992 single market plan, known as "Europe 1992". The second, described by Dr. Ostry as "multinational enterprise" files, address issues of strategy and technology.

Professional associations and conferences

Dr. Ostry was much in demand at gatherings of professional associations and at conferences. This series is composed of files relating to her activities at a number of such events over thirty years, beginning in the mid-1950s.

The files relating to each event may contain one or more of the following: correspondence, programmes, drafts of addresses, working papers, and reports.

Research files

Over the years Dr. Ostry assembled notes, papers presented by individuals other than herself, memoranda, articles, pamphlets, and reports that she used as background material for her own research and teaching.

This series begins with correspondence on research grant applications, followed by files of notes and pamphlets on various aspects of economics, including immigration, collective bargaining, unionization, and wage rates. It ends with copies of papers (usually mimeographed) presented by colleagues and others at conferences and other professional gatherings between 1956 and 1977. These are filed by author, amongst who are S. D. Clark, Harry S. Crowe, Steven F. Kaliski, Simon Rottenberg, and Ajit Singh.

Lecture notes

Dr. Ostry began the academic portion of her career at McGill University in 1948 with a graduate assistant-ship. In 1951 she was appointed as a sessional lecturer in the Department of Economics and Political Science and held the position of lecturer from 1953 to 1955. She was also a lecturer at Sir George Williams University from 1948 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1954. She rejoined McGill University as an assistant professor in 1958 and during the academic year 1958-1959 was also a visiting lecturer at Carleton University. In 1962 she accepted the position of associate professor in economics at the Université de Montréal.

The lecture notes in this series are arranged by courses within the appropriate academic institution, where this is known. A file may also contain material about similar courses taught in other institutions. The material relating to a particular course is filed chronologically where possible. A file may contain lecture notes and related material such as course outlines, reading lists, memoranda, lists of students, term papers and, occasionally, correspondence.

Addresses

Dr. Ostry was much in demand at academic conferences, at conferences and meetings related to her work as a senior civil servant, and as an guest speaker at meetings of professional and community associations. While requests were often turned down in later years, due a very full official schedule, she still made time to appear at many functions, especially those in which she had a personal interest.

The addresses in these files are arranged chronologically by date. A file may contain a draft (or drafts) or the address indicated and other(s) on the same topic that are not dated, related correspondence, and some background research material.

From 1988 to June, 1990, when this series ends, Dr. Ostry made dozens to appearances at official government functions and other events, and only for the more important ones did she prepare a full text. Many of the files in B94-0016 for these years contain only correspondence and notes. There are also two files for 1988 containing notes only that Dr. Ostry had not identified with particular addresses

A list of addresses, from 1970 to the end of 1997, appears in Appendix A. Only a few addresses in this series are missing from that list, and a small number are present that were not included in it.

Artifacts

This series contains two items, Dr. Ostry's personal seal as Chief Statistician of Canada, 1972-1975, and a plaque, being the "Women of Distinction Award", presented by the Soroptimist Federation of the Americas on 9 July, 1970.

Graphic material

This series contains photoprints, photonegatives, posters, and (mounted) cartoons that were assembled over many years. The posters and some of the photoprints have been removed from other series; these items are described in those series as being filed "in box /001P" or other box, as appropriate. The remaining photographs relate mostly to specific events related to a particular position held by Dr. Ostry, and are so described.

The photographic images document many aspects of Dr. Ostry's life and career. There are, of course, photographs of her, family and friends, usually informal and often amusing, including one of her perched on a camel. More formal images document her
career as an academic and as a senior civil servant, especially her positions as Chief Statistician of Canada and Chairman of the Economic Council of Canada. Her years with the OECD and her involvement in the multilateral trade negotiations--the ongoing GATT conferences, the Summit meetings, and the Group of Thirty meetings--are also well represented. The locations range from the White House in Washington to Brussels where the Group of Thirty met in 1991 and for which there is a album of photoprints.

There are two mounted presentation copies of cartoons, both bearing the signatures of her colleagues and serving as commentaries on the vicissitudes of international politics. One, from 1987 and entitled "The Mirage", depicts Brian Mulroney on a life raft labelled `Cairns Group' (the mirage is the next meeting scheduled for Venice); the second, a Far Side cartoon, portrays two people emerging from underground shelter to the devastation brought by a nuclear war, with one exclaiming, "Thank God, Sylvia, we're alive".

Subject and conference files

The files in this series contain correspondence, notes, and manuscripts relating to his activities as author, teacher, and consultant to government agencies and participant in academic conferences relating to economic policy analysis and telecommunications. Included in this series are records relating to his activities with the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (1965-1977) including his period as the University of Toronto’s representative on the Board of Directors.

Professional correspondence

This series contains correspondence with colleagues at the University of Toronto, Harvard University and other organizations relating to academic appointments and professional, teaching, publishing and research activities. Also includes curriculum vitae, correspondence relating to his appointment to the University of Toronto and academic performance.

University of Toronto

This series contains mainly files documenting Prof. Wilson’s activities as teacher, administrator and consultant in the Department of Political Economy, the Institute for the Quantitative Analysis of Social and Economic Policy, later known as the Institute for Policy Analysis. These files contain correspondence, notes, minutes of meetings, reports, etc. In particular are files relating to Econometric Forecasting Programme (1973-1976), Industrial Organization program (1970-1978), and the Policy and Economic Analysis Programme (PEAP) (1978-1983).

In addition are files relating to his activities on University committees such as Presidential Advisory Committee on Disciplinary Procedures (1969-70), and Special Committee on Frozen Policies (1988-1989).

Education

This series documents Wilson’s undergraduate education at the University of British Columbia and graduate education at Harvard University. The files in this series consist of course notes, notes on readings, term papers, and examination booklets for courses in economics.

Published and unpublished works

Series includes manuscripts for numerous articles, working papers published internally by the University of Toronto’s Institute for Policy Analysis, speeches and conference papers produced during his career at the University of Toronto and Harvard. The manuscript for the book Advertising and Market Power, written with W. S. Comanor (Harvard University Press, 1974) is included in this series. Also included are drafts of Fiscal Policy in Canada, co-authored with D. Peter Dungan.

Studies and working papers

With the establishment of the Institute for Policy Analysis (IPA), Prof. Wilson conducted studies for federal government agencies in such areas as wage and price controls, savings and investments. Many of these studies were published as Working Papers by the Institute and others were published separately by Wilson and his co-authors where applicable. Among the studies in this series are “Wage and Price Behaviour in Canadian Manufacturing: an econometric analysis” for the Anti-Inflation Board (1976-1978) with Frank Reid. This was published by the Institute for Policy Analysis in 1978 and as a separate monograph by the Anti-inflation Board in 1979. Other files relate to the Prices and Income Commission (1970), “Implications of the Carter corporate Reforms for Corporate Savings Behaviour” (IPA Working paper 6803), and “Policy options for high employment without inflation” (with G.V. Jump) (IPA Policy paper no. 9, 1971). These files contain correspondence, notes, manuscripts, data, etc. In addition, series contains notes and data relating to Wilson’s work on diversification in the late 1970s and again in the early 1990s.

Teaching and research

This series documents his teaching activities at Harvard and the University of Toronto, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses include, among others, economics, industrial organization and public policy, and macro-economic theory. Files contain lecture notes, correspondence, exam questions, course outlines, assignments, term paper lists, etc. Arranged in numerical order by course number.

During his career, Prof. Wilson conducted research for various government agencies at the federal, provincial and municipal levels in Canada and the United States. In addition to materials in Series 7 and 8 below, this series contains manuscripts, correspondence, and notes relating to research for the Canadian Department of Finance, the Royal Commission on Taxation, and the Chamber of Commerce among others. Also included are studies of the 1992 federal and provincial budgets, the recession, Ontario tax strategy and the role of government, as well as work done for the Blenkarn brief. Some of this research resulted in publications at a later date (see Series 5 above).

Consulting files

In 1977, Prof. Wilson founded his own private consulting company, Wilson Economic Research Inc., which provides expert consulting and advice to government and business. Records in this series relate to Prof. Wilson’s work for government agencies, corporations and law firms to provide advice, evidence and testimony on various subjects, including advertising, competition law, tax policy, macroeconomic effects, and the telecommunications industry. Records include correspondence and memos, reports and drafts, transcripts, evidence, decisions, notes, and some background material and data. Records are organized alphabetically according to project/case, as outlined below. Within each project/case, files are arranged either alphabetically, or logically, beginning with final reports and other products and ending with research data and more various records.

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CP Telecommunications (1973-1974): Records concern the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) commercial deletion and substitution policy

CNCP (1977-1978): Records concern the CNCP Telecommunications/Bell Interconnection case.

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Auditor General (1994-1995): Records relating to a review of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency by the Auditor General.

CD Howe Project (1970s and 1980s): Records relating to work for C.D. Howe on employment, employment cost resources, unemployment, productivity, and the interdependence of wages and prices in Canada and the U.S.

CNCP (predominantly 1984-1985): Records relating to Wilson’s evidence on telecommunications regulation and competition for CNCP Telecommunications.

CRTC Forbearance (AT&T and Stentor) (1996): records relating to a forbearance application for the Stentor Owner companies’ interexchange private line service.

Discount rate case (1997-1998): Brief records relating to the Subcommittee of the Civil Rules Committee on the Discount Rate and Other Matters, in the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Hydro case (1985-1986, 1990-1991): In 1985-1986 Wilson provided advice on the financial impact of Ontario Hydro’s plans for Southwestern Ontario, as submitted for environmental assessment. In 1990-1991, Wilson provided advice on the impact of the current federal sales tax system on Ontario Hydro’s input costs

Industry Canada (1996): Records relating to work for Industry Canada on the market value of cellular telephony, personal communications services (PCS) and enhanced specialized mobile radio licenses (ESMR).

McKenzie Gas project (2007): Brief files on the government revenue effects of the McKenzie Gas Project.

Metro Case (1993-1995): Wilson’s support of Metro Toronto’s application to the CRTC to review recent and proposed increases in Local Channel Rates by Bell Canada.

Molson-Labatt case (1991-1992): Records relating to an agreement between Molson and Labatt on setting an advertising and promotional expenditures limit agreement

NutraSweet case (1989-1990): Records relating to Wilson’s retention by the Director of Investigation and Research to advise on a case before the Competition Tribunal on the aspartame market and matters between the Holland Sweetener Company and Tosoh Canada Limited. Wilson prepared reports and evidence on competition in the artificial sweetener market.

Power DirecTV (1994-1995): Advice provided on the economic effects of the introduction of Direct to Home satellite-based video in Canada.

Retail council (2002-2003): Report prepared for the Retail Council of Canada, relating to reducing Federal EI payroll taxes.

Samson Cree case (2000-2005): Records relating to Wilson’s advice to the Samson Cree of Alberta, relating to their opposition to the Canadian government’s handling of their trust moneys from oil revenues, and possible breach of Treaty No. 6 (Chief Victor Buffalo et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen et al.)

Telesat (1992-1994): Records relate to Wilson’s advice regarding Telesat’s application for Earth segment forbearance, as well as matters regarding competition, pricing and rates. Some records also relate to other companies represented elsewhere in this series, including Unitel.

Unitel case (1990-1996): Various work relating to competition in telecommunications, including competition in long distance services and price positioning.

Xerox (1990): Small set of records relating to the Department of Justice and Xerox Canada Inc.

Yellow Pages case (1994-1995): Records relating to Wilson’s opinions regarding matters before the Competition Tribunal, relating to Tele-Direct Services (publishers of the Yellow Pages and owned by Bell) and their ownership of subscriber information, their sale of advertising, and other matters.

Letters of reference

This series contains correspondence, resumes, manuscripts and notes relating to former students, and colleagues for whom references were required for employment, grants and admission to academic programmes.

Studies: The Canadian Appliance Industry

This study was undertaken for the federal Department of Industry during the late 1960s by the Institute for the Quantitative Analysis of Social and Economic Policy (later the Institute for Policy Analysis). It was a collaborative effort by a number of investigators and the final report was prepared by Prof. Wilson, Prof. G.D. Quirin and R. A. Sultan. This series contains correspondence, research notes and data, transcripts of interviews with companies, manuscripts of the final report, and annotated copy of the final two volume report. The final report was submitted to the Department of Industry in 1970, but was not published as a separate monograph.

Research projects

Dr. Wilson applied widely for research grants for his research projects, including the writing of his autobiography and his projects on the Arctic.

Travel files

These files contain information relating to the large number of trips that Dr. Wilson made during his career. They usually contain notes about/ and itineraries for conferences, meetings, and other events. Diaries, addresses, and related material, when present, are indicated.

Research files

This series includes correspondence and papers by other scientists sent to Dr. Wilson, which he then annotated. The correspondence and papers are filed under the name of the individual concerned. There are also files on areas of research interest, the titles of which were supplied by Dr. Wilson and are therefore in quotation marks (this list is very selective). Also included are the card indices he compiled; they are further described below.

Manuscripts: autobiography

Dr. Wilson carried on a number of projects simultaneously, including the writing of his autobiography and reports on his work in the Arctic during the 1940s. Occasionally, material on all projects can be found in a single file, either in this series or in the next.

University of Toronto

This series documents Dr. Wilson's research activities as a geophysicist at the University of Toronto, and his administrative activities, in particular, with the Institute of Earth Sciences and Erindale College, of which he was the first Principal.

Film projects

In this series are transcripts, correspondence and films relating to the production of the Earth Sciences Film Series, a co-operative project of the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, Dr. Wilson and the University of Toronto (Erindale College). The 32 reels of film (mainly 16mm, colour) comprise various elements of the production including original negative and reversal positive prints, working prints and release prints. Textual records and film are dated 1972-74.

In addition, there are elements of a film entitled "geologie" produced, it appears, by the "office du film du Quebec". Included are 8 reels of film. Wilson's role in its production is unclear.

University of Toronto

This series contains general files on issues relating to the University and the Department of Physics, as well as records documenting Prof. Prentice’s administrative and teaching positions.

Files contain mainly correspondence, reports, briefs, agenda and minutes. Some of the positions documented for the Physics Department include: Implementation Committee, Commission on University Government (1969-1971), Colloquium Committee (1983-1993), SHE wins program (1985-1988), Gender Issues Committee (1991-1993), 4th year course curriculum committee (1961-1974). There are several files relating to physics curriculum and lecture assignments for the department as well as his cross-appointment at Innis College. This series includes collected documents relating to grievance cases in the Department of Physics in which Prof. Prentice took a particular interest including Dr. Stephan Salaf and Kim Yip Chun.

Reviews

This series includes files relating to manuscript reviews that Prof. Prentice performed for Physical Review Letters, The Canadian Journal of Physics as well as a review of project proposals for the National Science Foundation. Files contain correspondence, notes and reports on manuscripts.

Professional Associations and Research Institutions

Throughout his career, Prof. Prentice was a member of and held numerous administrative positions on professional associations such as High Energy Physics group, the Institute of Particle Physics, the Canadian Association of Physicists, Universities Research Association, and the National Science and Engineering Research Council. His expertise was also sought by boards and committees of research institutions such as the Canadian High Energy Electron Ring (CHEER), the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR), Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage (HERA), and the Superconducting, Super Collider Program Advisory Committee (SCC).

This series documents his contribution to these associations and research institutions. The files are grouped by association or institution, and are arranged somewhat chronologically. They contain correspondence, minutes of meetings, memos, drafts, final reports and position papers. They not only document Prof. Prentice’s personal involvement but also contain a wealth of information about what issues defined Canadian physicists in this period and give evidence to the growth and demands of high energy physics as a research discipline.

Academic research

This series documents Prof. Prentice’s research and publishing collaborations with other Canadian and international physicists. There are quite extensive files on a number of ongoing research projects as well as a few isolated experiments. Records include correspondence, minutes of meetings, research proposals and reports, results, memos, data analysis, grant information, draft articles or parts of articles, manuscripts, records relating to publishing including referee comments. Files are grouped by project or experiment, and are arranged somewhat chronologically. Miscellaneous files relating to the publishing of papers and early proposals are filed at the end of this series.

Colloquia, seminars and conferences

This series is mainly notebooks containing notes and observations taken by Prof. Prentice when attending conferences, colloquia, seminars, meetings and talks. This series relates to records in Series 1 and 4 since it is evident that the notes were taken at meetings of the research and professional groups of which he was a member. Most are described either on the spine or on the front cover and many contain notes from more than one event. They are boxed by size and arranged chronologically. Early ones have been numbered by Prof. Prentice. To facilitate access, an item number has been written on the inside cover of all of the books.

A second accrual documenting talks at conferences, short articles, and participation in symposiums are filed chronologically.

Education

Course notes, exam papers and Ph.D. research notes document Prof. Prentice’s graduate education at McGill University (M.Sc.1953) and Glasgow University (Ph.D. 1959). Also contains early diaries relating to his time at McGill 1952-1957.

Letters of recommendation

This series contains letters of recommendations for students and colleagues relating to promotions, applications for graduate school, post doctoral positions, grant funding and awards.

Memos

This series is one file of memos mainly written by Prof. Prentice dealing with issues within the Department of History and Philosophy at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education. Memos document Prentice’s views on staffing, research direction, and courses being offered.

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