Subseries 1 - University Activities (General)

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The three boxes in this series contain records of university activities not contained in other boxes, such as the boxes on university governance, conflicts of interest, architecture, and management studies.

In 1969 I was elected to the President’s Council, an institution that attempted to advise the President on matters that would normally be the prerogative of the Board of Governors (files 2-13). As a member of the President’s Council between 1969 and 1971 I took part in meetings of the Board (files 14-15) and the Advisory Committee on the Budget (files 16-19), as well as numerous meetings of the President’s Council (files 4-13). They were contentious years because the University was facing a search for a new president (file 11), student disruptions (file 12), and the response to the Report of the Commission on University Government.

Over the years I chaired a number of disciplinary hearings at the request of Simcoe Hall (files 23 and 24) and was on a number of promotions and search committees outside
the law school (files 26-30). I was also a senior fellow of Massey College and was cross-appointed to the Centre of Criminology (files 36 and 37). I was also involved at various times with other university bodies such as the honorary degrees committee and the Research Board (files 20 and 31). In 1981 I took part in a University of Toronto Faculty Association Committee on alternatives to the Memorandum of Agreement (file 22). Over the years I gave a number of talks around the University (files 21 and 35), including addressing Convocation on two occasions (files 32 and 33).

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