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- 1964-2016; predominantly 1970-2015 (Creation)
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4.1 m of textual records
4247 digital files (957 MB)
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Subseries consists of the writings of Stephen Clarkson including academic papers and reviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and addresses written for lectures, seminars and conferences spanning his career as an academic. Files can contain a variety of types of records including notes, research material, correspondence, conference programs, drafts and off-prints.
Academic papers and addresses cover topics from Soviet influence on developing nations to Canadian politics, including the Liberal Party, the Trudeau government, Canadian-American relations, globalization, and free trade. Conferences and lectures attended include the Canadian Club, the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), the International Studies Association (ISA), and the Learned Society. There is also research material, conferences and papers relating to the topic of Human Cultural Security. Also included are papers and addresses written about the course POL202 Simulation in Comparative Politics. Material from POL397 Research Opportunity Course (ROC), including interviews of politicians from trips with his students to Washington DC and Mexico City, and notes, drafts and off-prints of papers co-written with his student, are also included.
Files from B2019-0003 consist of further writing output by Clarkson, particularly on the topics of NAFTA and international trade, his main areas of research in his final years. Also included are files on talks and conferences given and attended by Clarkson, which include speaking notes and notes about the events themselves.
Digital files were arranged by Nora based on output type: articles & chapters; OpEds; published books & pamphlets; talks & conferences. Includes correspondence and drafts of the books A Perilous Imbalance: The Globalization of Canadian Law and Governance (2010) with Stepan Wood and My Life As a Dame (2009), an edited volume of Christina McCall’s writings.
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Arrangement is by type of academic writing or output as listed: papers, reviews, articles, conferences by association, addresses, papers co-written with students of POL397, seminars.
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File list available in PDF finding aid - see Appendix 11
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Material relating to the POL202 Simulation in Comparative Politics course can be found in Sub-Series 16.7 Teaching Course POL202.