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- 1944-1994 (Creation)
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0.86 m of textual records
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This series documents Ham’s activities in professional engineering and academic associations, his extensive work on public boards and committees in the areas of occupational health and safety, science policy and the effects of technology as well as his work as a consultant on matters of engineering and higher education. Records include correspondence, minutes, planning documents, reports and financial remuneration records. They are chronologically arranged by activity i.e. Committee, board, contract etc.
Included are records relating to his trip to the U.S.S.R. in 1960. He was one of the first scientists to visit the Soviet Union under a National Research Council exchange. There is some limited records documenting his role in the Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines (1974-75), Royal Commission on the “Ocean Ranger “ Marine Disaster, (1982-85) and the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review (1987-88). Original records for these bodies reside at the Archives of Ontario.
There are extensive files documenting the following two bodies and these have been filed after the general files:
-National Research Council - Associate Committee on Automatic Control: Ham was instrumental in founding this committee and served as Chairman from 1959-1964.
-Engineering Centennial of Canada: Technical Program Committee; Ham served as Chairman from 1985-1987.
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