Series 12 - Research

3.3 m of textual records
2764 digital files (611 MB)

This series is made up of records that reflect most of the areas of research interest to Clarkson over forty decades. These records are often supplemental to related records in series for specific publications. Content in this series includes notes, data, as well as related correspondence, conferences, workshops, papers, articles, talks and clippings.

They are grouped and arranged according to topic headings and every attempt has been made to keep original groupings and evidence of their relation to books and writings.

1. Canadian American Relations and Canadian nationalism - Research materials on topics focused on Canadian American relations as it relates to 1970s nationalism as well as Canadian culture and the trend of Americanization, an area of interest to Clarkson throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. This research would have a direct relation to his work on groups such as the University League for Social Reform and the Committee for an Independent Canada. (See Series 22) It also includes documentation on Clarkson’s contributions to Mel Watkin’s Task Force on foreign ownership. [B2016-0003/082, /090, /091]

2. Party Politics – research reflects Clarkson’s interest in topics such party policy adoption, grass roots participation, the culture of parties and are a result of his direct involvement in the Liberal Party at both the provincial and federal levels. [B2016-0003/082]

3. FTA/ NAFTA - research material related to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the Macdonald Commission (1982-1984), and North American integration and governance. Much of this material was used as background information for his trilogy on governance under globalization. [B2016-0003/088, /089 /090]

4. FTAA, 9/11, North American Integration, External constitution - materials relating to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), North American integration and the political and continental implications of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City. These include newspaper clippings, related articles and book chapters written, and television interviews, lectures, and seminars given, by Stephen Clarkson. Itineraries and programs for the Summit of the Americas conference, as well as general notes and correspondence are also included. Interviews conducted in Mexico, as well as several articles and papers for conferences are included. This material was used in the writing of the trilogy on continental governance, especially the second volume, Does North America Exist? [B2016-0003/067, /092]

5. Continentalism and constitution - consists of notes, correspondence and papers from conferences, panels and talks given relating to the themes of continentalism and ‘external’ constitutions found in Clarkson’s three-volume series on globalization. [B2016-0003/099]

6. North American Monetary Union/European Monetary Union – consists of research relating to his time as a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence 1996-1997 and the outcome of further research and resulting publications including the monograph Apples and Oranges: Comparing the EU and NAFTA as Continental Systems (European University Institute, 2000). [B2016-0003/111]

Files from B2019-0003 consist of research on Investor-State Dispute Settlements and includes notebooks, interviews, correspondence, and interviews and workshop notes.

Digital files cover the topics of Comparative Regionalism, Foreign Investment Protection, Globalization & Autonomy, and North American Governance. Also included are files related to Clarkson's affiliations with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, and the Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP) at the Université de Montréal. [B2019-0003/003(24)-(44); B2019-0003_df021]

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File list available in PDF finding aid - see Appendix 16