Series 7 - Other scholarly and professional activities

0.08 m of textual records

This series partially documents Allan Irving’s other scholarly and professional activities in social work between 1982 and 1993. This includes his involvement into the “long rage planning project” of the City of London and County of Middlesex (Ontario) Coalition for Seniors in 1982 ; researches carried out for the account of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services’ Committee on the Ontario social assistance review, in 1986 and 1987, that lead to the publication of From no poor law to the social assistance review: A history of social assistance in Ontario, 1791-1987 ; his contribution to scholarly publishing in social work as a reviewer and/or referee for BC Studies, Canadian Journal on Aging, Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Review of Social Policy, Canadian Social Work Review, Journal of Canadian Studies, Ontario Historical Studies Series, University of Toronto Press and Wilfrid Laurier Press, between 1985 and 1993. The series also documents Irving’s appointment to the position of chairperson during the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) selection panel ; his appointment as member of the Board of directors of the Toronto Metropolitan Social Planning Council in 1990.

This series consists of 5 files including drafts report, working notes, correspondence and press clippings. It also includes the sound recording of an interview with Mr. John Haddad regarding the history of St. Christopher House on December 18, 1988 (B2000-0022/005S) ; and the video recording of the TV program Spirit Connexion, broadcasted on February 17, 1992, whose first part was devoted to St. Christopher House history and in which Allan Irving was interviewed (B2000-0022/001M).

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Press clippings and facsimile communication(s) printed on heat-sensitive paper have been reproduced for conservation reasons and dated [reproduced in 2001].