Series 8 - Science for Peace

0.63 m of textual records

Science for Peace was founded by a group of University of Toronto scientists in 1980. It evolved out of a University of Toronto ad hoc committee, chaired by Eric Fawcett, Department of Physics, called "Directing Science for Peace". This committee was formed in 1980 to draw up a proposal on nuclear disarmament for presentation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The group changed its name to Science for Peace after the committee was disbanded. Its objectives are to encourage scientific activities directed toward peace and to urge publication and dissemination of the findings of peace research; to encourage educational activities directed toward peace; to interact with expert groups, such as Canadian Pugwash; and to make specific proposals and take positive action toward reducing the dangers of war. Prof. Derek Paul was one of the founding members, along with Ursula Franklin (metallurgist), John Polanyi (chemist), Jon Cohen (political economy) and others.

This series consists of records relating to publications of Science for Peace collected by Prof. Paul as a board member and as Publications Director from 1988-1990 and 1992-1993. Some publications resulted from papers presented at conferences sponsored by Science for Peace. Thus included in this series are conference papers and correspondence as well as draft manuscripts for the final publication. With one exception, "Integrity of the Earth and Life: the Third Point", [see Box /015 (07)] all titles were accepted for publication by the SFP Publications Committee.

Also included are Board of Directors minutes, correspondence, and records related to a workshop on Chemical Warfare.

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