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Ian Waddell fonds
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Community law

This series contains records from Ian Waddell's early career in Vancouver. Files include his time as the Legal Director for the Community Legal Assistance Society (a non-profit storefront law office located in Vancouver's east side that's generally believed to be the first community law office in the province) and participation with the Legal Services Commission and Consumer Action League, which also championed community and low-income access to legal support.

Records related to Waddell's involvement with the Alcohol and Drug Commission, which worked provincially to propose policies for regulation and treatment, and the Family Law Commission (specifically, a working group looking into a unified family court) are the majority of this series.

Files for related interests are also in the series. Records include correspondence, reports, newsletters, conference proceedings, research, speeches and lectures, press clippings, legislation, notes, minutes and agendas.

Legal Aid

Includes original drawings of political cartoons. Some attributed to Sinclair or Gorde Sinclair, others not attributed.

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry

From 1974 to 1977, Waddell served as Special Counsel on Justice Thomas R. Berger's Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (also known as the Berger Commission). This royal commission was tasked with reviewing the social, environmental, and economic impacts of a proposed gas pipeline in the Yukon and Mackenzie River Valley of the Northwest Territories. The records in this series include research, correspondence, maps, reports submitted to the inquiry, and summaries of proceedings. It also includes memos and communications, agendas, and other information for Commission members, as well as reports and communications generated by the Commission. Press clippings from newspapers, newsletters, and magazines, cover topics related to the pipeline and inquiry, in addition to the Commission and its members. The miscellaneous files reflect the variety of content.

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