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Canada Council series

Series consists of correspondence and grant documentation regarding Canada Council's support of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law.

Canada Council series

The Canada Council was established in February 1957 through "An Act for the Establishment of a Canadian Council for the Encouragement of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences." It grew out of the principal recommendation of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences (Massey Commission), 1949 to 1951. The Council promotes the study, enjoyment, and production of works in the art shares responsibility for Canada's cultural relations abroad. In addition, it administers comprehensive scholarships, grants and awards in various categories. Norman MacKenzie was a prominent member of the Council.
The series consists of correspondence, minutes, working papers, printed material, reports, press releases and clippings generated by the Canada Council. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by year and the working papers chronologically. In addition, the material provides a detailed description of meetings, agendas and applications for grants.

Canada U.S. Free Trade Agreement subseries

Subseries consist of diaries, personal notes, correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and videos. The records document Minister Carny’s role in the evolution of the FTA. The subseries includes a copy of the Canada U.S. Free Trade Agreement signed by Pat Carney. The correspondence retained in this subseries contains a dialogue between Minister Carney, Simon Reisman, Canada’s chief FTA negotiator, Joe Clark, Minister of External Affairs, Michael Wilson, Minister of Finance, and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In addition, the subseries includes a box of materials, a purse, a baby sleeper, a frozen fish box etc., used by Carney while touring the country to promote the FTA. Additional records document FTA and NAFTA events, for example, the 1990 Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations - which occurred after Carney’s tenure as Minister of International Trade. The videos, which can be located in the University Archives Audio-Visual collection, are of nightly television news coverage of the FTA and presentations by Carney on the Agreement. The subseries also includes records from the tenth anniversary of the FTA and consists of the loss and rediscovery of Pat Carney’s documents donated to the National Archives of Canada.

Canadian American Committee series

The Canadian American Committee (CAC) examined Canada's economic policy and trade relations with the United States. Publications by the CAC are sponsored by the National Planning Association (U.S.) and the Private Planning Association of Canada.
The series consists of reports on commodities and energy resources and cross-border business activities. Minutes of meetings and agendas are also included. Most of the working papers are statements prepared for members' signatures. The post-1965 years may be supplemented by the Subject Files and Main Correspondence Series material.

Canadian and International Organizations series

Originally numbered 15.000. Series consists of records documenting the involvement of International House with Canadian and international organizations, programmes, and events, including CBIE (Canadian Bureau of International Education) and Contact Canada (a home-stay programme for Canadian and international students). Materials include correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings and other published materials.

Canadian Artist series

Series consists of hand-written notes, photocopied and other articles, newspaper clippings, and advertising of art exhibitors of Canadian art. Although covering nearly four hundred years of Canadian art history, the bulk of the series is concerned with the early 20th century and the Group of Seven artistic school. Series arrangement based on Walker's filing system.

Canadian Association of University Teachers series

Series consists of correspondence, reports, and minutes of meetings about the period in which Rosenbluth was president of CAUT (1966-1967) as well as CAUT committees with which Rosenbluth was involved, including the Salary Committee, the Committee to Study the Extent of Discrimination Against Women, the Committee on Research Support in Universities, the Ad Hoc Committee to Examine Recent Changes in Tenure Regulations at the University of Manitoba, and the Federal/Provincial Financing Committee.

Canadian Centenary Council series

The Canadian Centenary Council was established in 1960 by a large group of public-spirited citizens as a clearinghouse and information centre to promote ideas for 1967. Its primary goal was to persuade businessmen and others to contribute ideas, initiative and money to the centennial. In 1962, Mackenzie was appointed president of the Council and stayed with the organization until it was wound up in 1969. The series consists of correspondence arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. The working papers are arranged chronologically. There is also printed material which includes various reports and publications of the Council.

Canadian Cross Roads International series

Series consists of material that reflects recruitment and fundraising activities by Canadian Cross Roads International, which provides university students with the opportunity to work in developing countries to establish links between Canada and the developing world.

Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board series

This series consists of documents related to the accreditation process for the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) regarding Engineering Physics. It includes correspondence, meeting notes, draft documentation, course outlines, documents that explain the coop program, notes regarding the program's requirements, copies of student reports and assignments, and other relevant documents.

The series is organized following the arrangement of Engineering Physics which collected these materials in hanging folders labelled "CEAB 1999" and "CEAB 2005".

Canadian Federal Government series

This series contains records relating to projects worked on by Distance Education and Technology in collaboration with the Canadian Federal Government, including “Educational Support Services Canadian Forces Continuing Education Program” and “Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education.” It includes correspondence, application information packages, project proposals, contracts, budgets and resumes. The series is arranged according to the filing system provided by the creator.

Canadian Hydrographic Charts series

Series consists of hydrographic charts compiled by the Canadian Hydrographic Service from 1956 to 1970. They are in various scales and dimensions and are arranged in numerical sequence.

Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) Sous-fonds

The sous-fonds consists of constitutional amendments, board meetings, executive meeting files and correspondence made or received by CIPS, and some miscellaneous records created before the name changes. However, the majority of records originated from the time that James M. Kennedy was the president of CIPS.

Canadian Information Processing Society

Canadian Library Association series

Series consists of records documenting Anne Smith's involvement in C.L.A. activities and includes correspondence, reports, and minutes. It is arranged in two sub-series: Canadian Biographies of Artists and Authors and C.L.A. Committee On Liaison With Asian and African Libraries.

Canadian Literature fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1053
  • Fonds
  • 1956-2003

Fonds consists of original versions of manuscripts and working records. Included are manuscripts, edited and marked for printing, typescript, editorials, articles, poems and book reviews of Canadian Literature, Issues #73 - #179, 1977-2003. Also included are correspondence files, 1975-1993. These latter files contain letters from many well-known Canadian writers and poets. Records from the pre-1977 period will be found at Queen's University Archives interspersed with other correspondence in the George Meredith Woodcock manuscript collection.

Canadian Literature (Journal)

Canadian Machine Gun Corp. series

Series consists of notes, correspondence, reports, and historical accounts about a history of the Canadian Machine Gun Corp. written by Harry Logan. Series contains two subseries: History and Correspondence subseries.

Canadian National Commission for UNESCO series

The Canada Council established the Canadian National Commission for UNESCO in August 1957. Some of the activities originally envisaged for the Commission included liaising with government and non-government agencies, recommending future UNESCO programs, and serving as a clearinghouse for information on UNESCO matters. Norman MacKenzie served as the Commission's first president. The series consists of correspondence, working papers and printed material dating from 1957 to 1964. Some later material may also be found in the Subject Files series.

Canadian National Railways series

Series consists of materials collected while Fournier was writing his book Railway Nationalization in Canada: The Problem of the Canadian National Railways and includes correspondence, drafts of chapters, book reviews, book orders, receipts, invoices, statements of sale and a carbon copy version of the book itself. Also included is a 5-part series of newspaper articles entitled The Railways Problem in Canada.

Canadian Officers' Training Corps/Western University Battalion collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1192
  • Collection
  • [196-?]-1968

The collection consists of records generated by the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (UBC) and the 196th Western Universities Battalion. Except for the Daily Orders volumes and the Air Force's annual reports, the bulk of the remaining material relates to World War I and the UBC Roll of Service. The photographs and photo albums, the albums include memorabilia and photos, depict World War II and post-war activities.

Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1299
  • Fonds
  • 1970-1989

The fonds consists of records generated by executive members of CSECS during the first nineteen years of the organisation's existence. The records relate to on-going administrative activities in areas such as membership and finance, to operational activities such as meeting and conference organisation, and to fundraising activities in support of both of these. The records are arranged in the following series: constitution; membership; executive correspondence; grant applications; conferences and annual general meetings; newsletters; financial; related societies; academic exchange programme; publications.

Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies

Canadian Unity Collection / Charles Connaghan (collector)

  • UBCA-ARC-1090
  • Collection
  • 1932-2003

The collection consists of records from both the Council for Canadian Unity and the Task Force on Canadian Unity. Connaghan assembled this collection of correspondence, printed material and clippings, which date from 1975 to 1980.

Canadian Universities Foundation series

The Canadian Universities Foundation was the "executive agency of the National Conference of Canadian Universities and Colleges." The Foundation addressed the changing needs of Canadian universities, advocating increased support - primarily financial. In addition, Norman MacKenzie served as chairman of the NCCUC Advisory Committee on International Studies.
The series consists of a small amount of correspondence and some working papers, but the bulk of the material consists of printed matter. The series is based primarily on MacKenzie's report for the Foundation on the Teaching of International Studies in Canadian Universities. There are copies of the final report in various forms in French and English, i.e., typescripts galley proofs.

Canadian Writer's Handbook series

Series consists of records about the Canadian Writer's Handbook, a writing guide co-authored by Messenger and Jan de Bruyn that was published in 1980 (1st ed.), 1986 (2nd ed.) and 1995 (3rd ed.). There are two subseries: Miscellaneous subseries and Subject subseries.

Canadian Yearbook of International Law series

Series consists of records documenting Bourne's duties and activities as editor of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law, including manuscripts, correspondence, grant documentation, Editorial Board records and minutes, and published materials. The records are arranged in two sub-series: Manuscripts and Correspondence.

Canadians in IFLA History Project fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1450
  • Fonds
  • 2012 - 2013

Fonds consists of transcripts and audio recordings of 13 interviews with Canadian librarians who have been involved with IFLA.

Canadians in IFLA History Project

Cannery Research Collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1127
  • Collection
  • 1964-1965

The fonds consists of typewritten research notes relating to historical sources of information about salmon canning in British Columbia.

Capilano College Council series

Series consists of minutes, reports, and correspondence of the governing council of Capilano College. Also included are calendars published by Capilano, Cariboo, Vancouver Community, Maple Pine, and Okanagan Colleges.

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