Fonds consists of records documenting a review of the Department of Philosophy in 1988 and the Department’s response to that review, and the development of a five-year plan for the Department (1989-90).

File contains CUE newsletter On Cue and other Communications Committee records dated February 1988 to December 1988. Other records include letters to the editor of On Cue, a brief written history of CUE, a photocopied Vancouver Sun article dated June 23, 1988 regarding student admissions, and correspondence from CUE President. Topics of correspondence chiefly regard choice of covers for On Cue.

On Cue, February 1988 includes article against Free Trade, notice of Safety Committee meeting, letters to the editor, article discussing privatization, personals, notice of BCFED boycotts, minutes of extraordinary membership meeting dated December 16, 1987, and CUE financial statements.

On Cue, December 1988 includes President's report, Communications Committee report, Grievance Committee report, Job Evaluation Committee report, reprinted Canadian Labour Congress article, article on types of bargaining, reprinted Canadian Labour article on safety concerning chemical hazards, call for boycott of California table grapes, CUE financial statements, minutes of Executive Committee meetings dated October 26, 1988 and November 9, 1988, minutes of general membership meeting dated October 27, 1988, and notice of general membership meeting dated January 19, 1989.

On Cue, November 1988 contains President's report, Communications Committee report, Grievance Committee report, Education Committee report, notice of cancellation of November membership meeting, recruitment initiatives, notice of Payroll Department understaffing, news from other unions, reprinted article on free trade from the Vancouver Province, article on types of bargaining, personals, letters to the editor, minutes of Executive Committee meetings dated September 14, 1988 to October 13, 1988, minutes of general membership meetings dated September 29, 1988 and October 20, 1988, questionnaire regarding ABS Committee representatives, CUE representative list, and agenda for general membership meeting dated November 17, 1988.

On Cue, October 1988 contains President's report, Communications Committee report, Grievance Committee report, article on the collective bargaining process, notice regarding newsletter delivery, Executive Committee meeting minutes dated August 10, 1988 to September 7, 1988, personals, financial statements, CUE representative list, and notice of recruitment campaign.

On Cue, September 1988 includes advertisements, union office noticements, letters to the editor chiefly regarding free speech in the newsletter and Australia Exchange, article on the collective bargaining process, notice of contract articles, information on job reclassifications, Grievance Committee report, notice of courses offered by the Canadian Labour Council, Treasurer's note, minutes of extraordinary executive meeting dated June 24, 1988, minutes of special executive meeting dated July 8, 1988, and agenda for general membership meeting dated September 15, 1988.

On Cue, Summer 1988 includes listing of CUE representatives, reprinted articles from AUCE newsletter dated June 1981, article on basic parliamentary procedure, letters to the editor, article on the collective bargaining process, notice of fall membership meeting dates, minutes of executive meeting dated May 25, 1988 , financial statements, and minutes of general membership meeting dated June 15, 1988.

On Cue, Juin 18889 [sic] includes listing of CUE representatives, Communications Committee report, article on the collective bargaining process, advertisements from Vancouver women's groups, article on basic parliamentary procedure, Grievance Committee report, executive meeting minutes dated April 27, 1988, financial statements, general membership meeting minutes dated April 5, 1988, and a general membership meeting agenda dated June 15, 1988.

On Cue, Mai [sic] 1988 includes listing of CUE representatives, letters to the editor, a Grievance Committee report, reprinted articles regarding health and safety at work, advertisements for benefits, article on basic parliamentary procedure, article on the collective bargaining process, notice of membership meeetings, executive meeting minutes dated March 15, 1988 to April 13, 1988, 1987 Auditor's Report fulfilled by Dunwoody & Company, and a call for participants on the Contract Committee.

On Cue, Spring 19888 [sic] includes listing of CUE representatives, printed correspondence chiefly regarding On Cue covers, notice of first annual MayWorks festival, article regarding indexing of pensions, notice of community conference on privatization, Hiring Committee report, notice of Payroll Department staff shortages, Grievance Committee report, notice for day of recognition for workers killed or injured on the job, personals, and a blank volunteer sign-up form.

On Cue, March 1988 includes a poem celebrating International Women's Day, listing of CUE representatives, letter of resignation from CUE President, letters to the editor regarding newsletter covers and a staff restaurant, open letters and articles expressing solidarity for International Women's Day, reprinted Vancouver Sun article regarding teacher unionization dated February 4, notice of available courses from the Canadian Labour Congress and Capilano College, articles on sexual harassment, and article protesting privatization.

File contains agendas, meeting minutes, and correspondence dated November 17, 1988 to November 23, 1987. Topics discussed include nominations, hiring, bylaws, meeting dates, speakers at future meetings, grievances, health and safety, job evaluation, education, communications, contracts, reports from the president, treasurer, and business agent.

File contains meeting minutes and other records dated September 15, 1988 to February 22, 1988. Topics discussed include executive nominations, sexual harrassment committee report, tuition waivers, financial reports, budgets, grievances, health and safety, contracts, job evaluation, education, communications, newsletter, staffing, recruiting, bylaws, labour relations and arbitration, asbestos at UBC. File also contains agendas, information on Canadian Labour Congress seminars and course descriptions, notes on union organizing, an Industrial Relations Management Association (IRMA) of British Columbia seminar on personnel testing, memos, and correspondence.

File contains meeting minutes and other records dated June 15, 1988 to January 19, 1988. Topics discussed include executive nominations, labour relations, grievances, contracts, organizing meetings, office staffing, health and safety, communications, education, the Australian job exchange, committee responsibilities, and bylaws. File also contains agendas, notes, a list of CUE executives and shop stewards, correspondence, an interim balance sheet dated March 31, 1988, sample forms, list of Butterworths publications, and a Canadian Labour Congress information package.

File contains meeting minutes and other records dated January 1988 to July 1988. Topics discussed include labour relations and grievances, contracts, organizing, elections, membership, arbitration, committee functions, report on office restructuring, bylaws, financial reports, education, health and safety, communications, contracts, budgets, revenue and dues, hiring and job evaluation, and recruiting. File also contains a chart of accounts, agendas, a memo, and notes.

File contains meeting minutes dated December 14, 1988 to August 10, 1988. Topics discussed include union expenses and purchased equipment, committee policy manuals, budgets, grievances, health and safety, contracts, job evaluation, education, communications, hiring, bylaws, and recruiting and membership. File also contains agendas.

File contains meeting minutes dated July 7, 1988 to March 1, 1988. Topics discussed include the newsletter, staffing issues and executive turnover, recruiting, budget and financial reports, grievances, health and safety, contracts, job evaluation, education, communications, bylaws, office expenses, UBC sexual harrassment report, tuition waivers, a job exchange program with an Australian university, and membership meetings. File also contains agendas .

Fonds consists of audio recordings of interviews done with seven members of the Faculty Women’s Club.

File contains CUE newsletter On Cue, dated Summer [i.e. June] 1987 to Christmas [i.e. December] 1987.

On Cue, Summer [i.e. June] 1987 includes reviews of protest literature against Ritchie and Associates entitled "The Ritchy Poems", a Contract Committee report detailing UBC's proposals, reprint of Current Disputes from BCFED dated May 7, 1987, personals, and a VDT questionnaire.

On Cue, Summer [i.e. July] 1987:2 includes notification of vacant executive positions, Contract Committee report detailing UBC's "contract language" proposals, President's report, contract report, Grievance Committee report, Education Committee report, Communications report, Treasurer's report, Health and Safety report, reprinted protest literature, personal essay on the picket line, open letter on union trustees' role, and personals.

On Cue, Summer [i.e. August] 1987:3 includes call for submissions, Contract Committee update, notice of vacant executive positions, photographs of CUE social, personals, and notice of infant care offered at UBC.

On Cue, October 1987 includes final report of sub-committee on stress, notice of CUPE National Convention, open editorial correspondence on union participation, VDT questionnaire response update, call for support of South African Congress of Trade Unions, notice of union resources, notice of women's group organized by Vancouver Status of Women, and notice of vacant shop steward positions.

One Cue, Nobemver [sic] 1987 includes update on contract negotiations, article on contractual vacation entitlement, national CUPE news, letter to the editor regarding financial insecurity, excerpt from address by CUPE president regarding CUPE's vision, advertisement for theatrical production Solidarity Forever...?, and notice of UBC's Sexual Harassment Report.

On Cue, Christmas [i.e. December] 1987 includes CUE President's report, article on vacation entitlement in Collective Agreement, notice on lunch time meetings as overtime, summary of proceedings B.C. Federation of Labour's Bill 19 Working Conference dated September 1987, notice of conference on privatization sponsered by Vancouver and District Labour Council, personals, letter to the editor on job dissatisfaction, and a blank petition against closure of the Medical Genetics Unit at Grace Hospital.

File also contains special issue of On Cue regarding CUPE 1987 National Convention dated October 1987. Newsletter includes reports by CUE delegates and various CUPE committees. Topics discussed include constitutional amendments and resolutions and discussion thereon, mandatory retirement, CUPE's finances, CUPE computerization, elections, education funding and reform, directory of CUPE locals, health and safety, employment rights, harassment in the workplace, national contracting-out and privatization, deregulation and privatization of airline service, free trade, support of international union action, native people and indigenous rights, municipal underfunding, and policy on refugee support.

File contains AUCE incoming and outgoing correspondence dated March, 1987 to December 29, 1987. Topics include legal representation, membership and other meetings, collective agreement with UBC, employee benefits, temporary employees, severance and lay-offs, hiring and wages of disabled employees, vacation entitlement, sessional instructors, grievances with UBC, BC Federation of Labour Bill 19 Working Conference, CUPE National Defence Fund, BC New Democratic Party, and CUPE merger. Correspondence also contains CUE "Office Administration and Membership Servicing Report: Job Evaluation Report" (January 5, 1987).

File also contains "Proposal for Settlement between Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2950 and the University of British Columbia" (December 10, 1991).

File contains photocopies of news stories, dated May 31, 1987 to June 2, 1987. Bill 19 is the focus of the clippings. File also contains posters opposing Bill 19.

File contains meeting minutes dated June 30, 1987 to March 24, 1987. Topics discussed include contracts, grievances, communications, health and safety, education, financial reports, newsletter, recommendations from the sexual harrassment committee, hiring, pension plans, CUPE charter, strike fund, and budget projections. File also contains several agendas, memos, correspondence, a report from UBC, referenda reports, and authorization forms.

File contains Executive meeting minutes and records of CUE executive dated February 10, 1987 to January 5, 1987. Topics discussed include job descriptions, CUPE membership and merger, benefits, health and safety, grievances, contracts, and financial reports. File also contains agendas, correspondence, executive authorization forms, statement from the CUE president, a service contract between CUPE and AUCE Local 1, safety speakers lists, UBC policies and procedures, and an office administration and membership servicing report dated January 5, 1987.

File contains agendas, meeting minutes, and other records dated December 16, 1987 to May 7, 1987. Topics discussed include the new collective agreement for 1987/88 - 1988/89 and a copy of UBC's offer of settlement, officer nominations, reports on the Grace Hospital Medical Genetics Unit, the convention, term appointment for part-time office staff, information on life insurance and pensions, a discussion of the Mental Health Workstations in the Registrar's Office, reports from committees on grievances, health and safety, education, and communications, reports from the business agent and treasurer, the strike fund balance, information on a health survey, sending delegates to the CUPE National Convention, referendum results, and bylaw amendments. File also contains meeting minutes "Division Meeting - Shaughnessy" from November 26, 1987.

File contains agendas, meeting, minutes, and correspondence dated April 16, 1987 to December 1, 1987. Topics discussed include job descriptions, contract information, legislation (Bill 19 and 20), CUPE referendum ballot results, a staff update, information on meeting times and policies, hiring versus electing union representatives and office restructuring, presentations and debates on the CUPE merger, the daycare assessment ballot results, executive reports in favour of affiliation, and CUE balance sheets with assets and liabilities.

File contains meeting minutes dated September 8, 1987 to June 30, 1987. Topics discussed include executive reports, financial reports, contracts, grievances, education, health and safety, communication, hiring, arbitration, policies, newsletter, and overtime. File also contains correspondence from CUPE and others, and financial balance sheets.

File contains meeting minutes, correspondence, and memos dated August 4, 1987 to February 2, 1987. Topics discussed include communication committee policies, claiming legal fees, clarification of booking off, staffing, contracts, finances, day care facilities, criticism of the newsletter cover, a statement from the CUE president, and the CUPE merger.

File contains correspondence, memos, reports, and other records dated March 4, 1987 to January 5, 1987. Topics discussed include opposition and support for CUPE affiliation, the affiliation referendum and results, greivances, and copies of an office administration and membership servicing report including observations and recommendations.

File contains meeting minutes dated December 8, 1987 to September 8, 1987. Topics discussed include hiring, bylaws, budgets, staff issues, contracts, grievances, education, health and safety, and communications. File also contains several agendas, job descriptions, a calendar page, handwritten notes, and correspondence with UBC.

File contains meeting minutes dated March 10, 1987 to February 17, 1987. Topics discussed include union staffing, financial reports, grievances, education, health and safety, communications, contracts, overtime, membership meetings, job descriptions, bylaws, and a report from the sexual harrassment committee. File also contains executive authorization forms, correspondence, memos, and several agendas.

The fonds consists of records which primarily document Sharon Kahn’s activities as Director of Employment Equity (1989-94) and Associate Vice-President, Equity (1994-2005). The records include correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, and other published materials. They are arranged in two series: the Equity Office series, which documents in a general sense UBC’s Equity Office and Kahn’s activities as its head; and the Equity Cases series, which documents two high-profile cases with which Kahn and the Equity Office were involved.

File contains incoming correspondence dated April 10, 1986 to September 16, 1986. Topics include academic grants, legal representation, support of other unions and CUPE strikes, campus daycare, union participation, building maintenance, women's rights, sexual harassment, Worker's Compensation Board, seniority, video display servers and technological change, New Democratic Party, political engagement, United Way Campaign, labour education, pacifism, union finances, maternity leave, collective bargaining and agreements, retirement, health and safety at work, library funding, commonwealth relations, UBC staff salaries, violence against women, union representatives and representation, union dues, word processing education, UBC programs and services, sick leave, Operation Solidarity, abortion rights, student employment, United States war in Central America, and CUPE conventions.

File contains newsletters of Canadian University Employees (formerly Local 1 of AUCE), a CUPE-CUE Report on the first year of affiliation, carbon copy of a list of CUE officers submitted to CUPE, a January 30, 1986 membership meeting bulletin, hand-written notes regarding the presence of U.S. efficiency analysis firm Ritchie and Associates, and a bulletin regarding Ritchie and Associates' Final Report on Financial Services.

On Cue, Summer 1986 newsletter includes a CUE representatives directory, Grievance Committee report, Health and Safety Report, two reports on the CUPE BC 23rd Annual Convention, reprinted article from the Canadian Labour Congress on free trade, information on contractual obligations for medical leave, report and open letter on campus daycare, an update on activity and presence of Ritchie and Associates, a report on St. Paul Hospital's negotiations, and a letter to the editor regarding leadership of the Social Credit party.

[May 1986] newsletter includes a Contract Committee report, Grievance Committee report, CUE for Safety report, a report on the risks of video display terminals, a Union Office report, a report on the benefits of CUPE affiliation, letters to 'Your Cue' (Editor's Corner) from Local 1 members, correspondence opposing Ritchie and Associates, an article in solidarity of the Hospital Employees Union, information on South African apartheid, statement requesting support of child care, and a "Name the Newsletter Contest" ballot.

CUE's News, February 1986 newsletter includes a statement on office restructuring, update on wage increment implementation at UBC, Grievance Committee report, October 1985 CUPE National Convention report, Contract Committee report, letter of thanks from the Daycare Council, Job Evaluation Committee report, reprint of Current Disputes, and correspondence regarding the Pacific Western Airline dispute.

File contains incoming correspondence dated January 6, 1986 to May 1, 1986. Topics include advertisements, labour education, support of other unions and causes, grievances, worker compensation, Operation Solidarity, New Democratic Party political party, National Day of Remembrance for Workers Killed or Injured at the Workplace, letters of thanks, campus daycare, labour conferences, labour agreements, May Day, union finances, scholarship, Canadian Almanac listing, union representatives and representation, political engagement, film screenings, newsletters, seniority, sick leave, South African apartheid, Ritchie and Associates, technological change, violence against women, retirement, union elections, and membership meetings.

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence dated January 14, 1986 to December 11, 1986. Topics of outgoing correspondence include CUE grievance procedure, union representatives and representation, job classification, essential services, support of and coordination with other unions, boycott of businesses supporting apartheid South Africa, grievances and arbitration with UBC, status of women, child care at UBC, staff wages, secession from AUCE, Ritchie and Associates, and amendments to CUE by-laws and constitution. Topics of incoming correspondence include job description, pension plan, women's rights, advertisements, union representatives and representation, negotiations with UBC, United Way campaign, sick leave, calls for financial support, support of other unions, provincial general election, and labour education.

File contains meeting minutes and correspondence dated December 9, 1986 to October 30, 1986. Topics discussed include health and safety, financial reports, correpondence and interactions with CUPE, legal correspondence, and staffing issues. File also contains an executive statement on daycare at UBC and a blank ballot.

File contains meeting minutes and correspondence dated October 7, 1986 to October 8, 1986. Topics discussed include an auditor's report, personnel reports, executive and committee structure, and correspondence. File also contains an agenda and memo.

File contains meeting minutes and correspondence dated August 12, 1986 to January 23, 1986. Topics discussed include essential services, daycare, grievances, job classifications, contract negotiations, policies on alcohol and drug related problems, overtime, Ritchie and Associates, office staff wages, and health and safety. File also contains a draft report on clean indoor air and smoking .

Fonds consists of records that document Kevin Chong’s education, and writing and teaching careers. The records include typewritten manuscripts, written notes, annotated proofs, correspondence, research materials, teaching materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, publications, posters, photographs, and digital recordings. They are arranged in the following series: Manuscripts – Published Works, Manuscripts – Unpublished Works, Other Writings, The Redenbachers, Correspondence, Clippings, Vancouver Public Library, UBC, Columbia University, Publishing, Teaching, Research Materials, Other Publications, Grants, Competitions, and Writers’ Festivals, and Miscellaneous.

The fonds consists of textual records, both typewritten and handwritten, as well as CDs and newsprint.

The fonds consist of various committees' records associated with CICSR between 1986 and 1996. These are advisory committees that report on academic and campus computing, science education and continuing education at the University of British Columbia.
The fonds is maintained in the original order in which it was received. It is divided into seven files according to the subject matter. The fonds consist of textual materials including memoranda, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, reports, written notes and other printed materials.

File contains agendas and meeting minutes dated December 18, 1986 to January 30, 1986. Topics discussed include nominations, committee reports on contracts, grievances, health and safety, detailed treasurer's reports and appendices, picketing at hospitals, a report on the campus daycare centre, bylaw amendments, supporting HEU and BCNU (BC Nurses Union), UBC contract offers, Ritchie and Associates, and a list job duties.

The fonds consists of project background and administrative information as well as student-generated material arising from their oral interview exercise. The student material consists of two parts generated in 1987 and 1988. The first (Box 2) includes copies of questions, transcripts and student comments on the interviews. The inventory also lists the oral history tape number. The second includes only a copy of the students’ commentary.

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence dated April 1, 1985 to October 2, 1985. Topics include labour studies education and scholarships, advertisements for services and products, calls for civic engagement (cuts to social services, services for unemployed people, teacher's increment wage system, elections, Downtown Eastside evictions due to Expo 86, Supreme Court of Canada legislation, nuclear power, pensions), secession from AUCE and merger with CUPE, cooperation and coordination with other unions, union representatives and representation, CUPE official policy, financial restraint at UBC, women in the workplace, rights of women, status of women, job classification, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Expo 86, UBC financial audit, smoking in the workplace, and labour relations with UBC.

File contains meeting minutes of the following Health and Safety Committees: General Services and Administration Building, dated April 11, 1985 to April 24, 1986; Instructional Resources Centre, dated January 30, 1985 to January 29, 1986; Library Processing Centre, dated March 15, 1985 to May 13, 1986; and Department of Theatre, dated January 13, 1985 to March 13, 1986. Topics include seminars, emergency procedures, safety hazards, committee organization, occupational safety films, workplace accidents and prevention, temperature and ventilation, fire safety, infection control, lighting, bicycle traffic, visual display terminals, UBC smoking policy, sick rooms, lock-out procedures, radiation concern, broken glass, building maintenance, CPR and first aid education, book truck maintenance, fumes, eye care, correspondence, Factory Act/Workplace Act, theatre construction, storage of chemicals and inflammables, and student insurance.

File also contains correspondence dated January 13, 1985 to January 16, 1986. Topics include safety supplies, air quality, stress-related illness, and Ritchie & Associates.

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding complaints of poor air quality in the Henry Angus Building at UBC, dated January 13, 1985 to October 12, 1985.

File contains 1985 incoming correspondence, and outgoing correspondence dated January 2, 1985 to December 31, 1985. Topics include Ritchie & Associates, contract negotiations and collective agreements, arbitration, support of other unions and causes, membership meetings, work-to-rule campaign, eviction protection legislation and payroll deductions during Expo '86, union representatives and representation, prosecution of religious discrimination and harassment, anti-semitism, Local 1 finances, seccession from AUCE, maternity benefits, job evaluations, by-law amendments, union dues, flex time, unjust employee dismissal, status of women, union buttons, research project, human rights abuses in Peru, status of union business office, flyers for various companies and products, New Democratic Party, abortion rights, report on the effects of restraint on the delivery of social services, elections and nominations.

File contains meeting minutes, correspondence, a copy of the CUE Constitution, and other records dated November 5, 1985 to January 15, 1986. Topics discussed include Ritchie and Associates and Work to Rule, background on the company and their activities, directions to union members on how to respond to reviews, a presentation from the CUPE representative at UVIC, bylaw amendments, nominations, reports from the union office and contract committee, grievances, AUCE Local 1 name change to become the Canadian University Employees (CUE), financial statements, information on courses and seminars, a news release about the HEU, and a list of union dues according to paygrade.

File contains newsletters, correspondence, news releases, and other records dated January 30, 1985 to November 15, 1984. Topics discussed include the Great Trek '85 and protesting cuts to education funding, contract negotiations, briefs to the UBC Board of Governors from CUPE Local 2278 (UBC Teaching Assistants' Union) and AUCE Local 1, settlement terms, a transcript of a meeting between representatives of AUCE Local 1, CUPE 2278, OTEU 15, IUOE 882, CUPE 116, and UBC's President Pedersen, university budget cuts, and statements and news releases on the negotiation process.

File contains clippings, correspondence, bulletins, and other records dated October 25, 1985 to November 21, 1985. Topics discussed include opposition to Ritchie and Associates (R & A) efficiency testing at UBC, the work-to-rule campaign, staffing and budget cuts, summaries of R & A final reports, legal information and background on R & A, grievances, an all campus unions meeting on contract negotiations and R & A, transcripts of CUE interviews with Vancouver Co-op Radio and the CBC on the topic of R & A, issues with campus mail delivery, and a memo on how librarians and library staff have been affected by R & A.

File contains handwritten notes, press releases, reports, and other records dated August 12, 1985 to October 22, 1986. Topics discussed include background on and opposition to Ritchie and Associates (R & A) activities at UBC, greivances, statements from the president about R & A, work-to-rule, and the UBC work environment. File also contains a copy of the R & A final report on the UBC Audio Visual Services department from October 1985, and R & A presentation materials on Audio Visual Services from September 9, 1985.

File contains 4 identical pins depicting a red international prohibition sign ("no symbol") over the black text, "Ritchie & Assoc.".

File contains reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records dated August, October, and November 1984, and March and July 1985. Topics discussed include the potential merger with CUPE, recommentations from the Merger Committee, an overview of the service contract with CUPE, other affiliation options investigated (with OTEU, BCGEU, VMREU, HEU), a budget report with income and expenses, AUCE Local 1 name chage to UEU (University Employees Union), contracts and negotiations, guest speaker on Solidarity in Poland, committee reports on contracts, grievances, and health and safety, guest speaker on the Education Day of Concern, election statements and ballot instructions, and arbitrations on flexible work weeks.

File contains the meeting minutes and correspondence of the Association of University and College Employees, Local 1, and its successor the Canadian University Employees (CUE). The CUE records date from December 10, 1985 to October 7, 1985, and the AUCE records date from September 18, 1985 to January 8, 1985. Topics discussed include reports on computer implementation, office and executive restructuring, financial reports, reports from the union coordinator, job descriptions, communications, interactions with Ritchie and Associates, "work to rule," the Local name change, grievances, health and safety, and contract negotiations. File also contains correspondence from the CUE legal team and CUPE, memos and notes, a news bulletin, and a service contract between CUPE and AUCE Local 1.

The fonds consists of records which document the origins of SDRI and reflect its activities during its first five years of existence, and includes correspondence, reports, minutes, financial records, and published materials. It is arranged in five series (Central Files, General Correspondence, UBC Correspondence, Subject Files, Research Projects) and one sous-fonds ("Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives" Conference).

File contains reports, bulletins, clippings, correspondence, and other records dated November 12, 1985 to October 22 and 24, 1985. Topics discussed include librarians' concerns with the Ritchie and Associates (R & A) review, the work-to-rule campaign, correspondence with the faculty association, other unions, and the president of UBC about R & A, legal information on implementing work-to-rule and strikes including copies of labour board rulings, grievances, and a schedule for MLA Day.

File contains correspondence, reports, and other records dated July 22, 1985 to February 11, 1985. Topics discussed include available CUPE services such as legal and research services, an assessment of the union office procedures and staffing, office restructuring and related bylaw amendments, copies of the service contract between CUPE and the AUCE Local 1, drafts of the Merger Committee Final Report, a copy of the final report, an outline of the organization of AUCE, BCGEU, and CUPE, blank and filled ballots along with ballot instructions, a CUPE pamphlet, and a statement from the AUCE executive in favour of accepting the CUPE service contract.

File contains meeting minutes, correspondence, and other records of the Health and Safety Committee, dated January 17, 1985 to May 27, 1986. Topics include Department/Area/Building Safety (DABS) Committee chairpersons, health and safety investigations, safety committee terms of reference, hazards of photocopiers, seminars and courses, accident investigation, campus smoking policy, fire safety, chemical disposal, sick rooms, monthly accident and industrial disease report, lock-out procedure, protection of animals in emergencies, radioactive lines, occupational safety films, eye wash, safety glasses and shoes, formation of committee, genetic toxicology, safety signage, flammable liquids, traffic and security, chemical refrigeration, injury wage loss, toxic emissions, and committee budget.

The fonds consists primarily of video recordings of interviews, meetings, seminars, performances, and local footage shot in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, East Timor and Indonesia. It consists of 178 video recordings including 97 beta tapes (large and small), 80 VHS tapes and a broadcast DVD and six audio recordings. Many of the video elements include both a beta and VHS copy. The fonds is divided into three series. The largest of the three series consists of beta and VHS tapes of raw footage and background research shot or collected by Brière from Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and East Timor. This series also includes six audio recordings. There is a separate series of video recordings of lectures and interviews with Noam Chomsky regarding East Timor recorded during his visit to Vancouver in March 1996. The third series consists of beta masters of the finished documentary, including video in NTSC and PAL formats, and English, French and Swedish language versions.
Much of the content of "Bitter Paradise" consists of interviews with Canadian and foreign individuals engaged in the events in East Timor, either as businessmen, bureaucrats or politicians working with the Indonesian government on trade and development projects in East Timor, or as activists, dissidents, and supporters of the liberation movements within the island nation. In Canada, interviews with Warren Allmand, David Kilgour and Svend Robinson (federal Members of Parliament), David Webster of the East Timor Alert Network, Geoffrey Robinson (Amnesty International, now UCLA History Department), portray the interests of those supporting the resistance. At the same time, Colin Baker (Simons Engineering), David Mundy (Kilbourn Engineering) and Ron Richardson (Asia Pacific Foundation) identify business and development opportunities in East Timor and Indonesia for Canadian companies. There are insights on East Timor supplied through interviews with local and international actors, including Noam Chomsky and Carmel Budiardjo (an Indonesian dissident and founder of TAPOL). Also, with an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, Constancio Pinto (former guerrilla fighter and currently Timor Leste Ambassador to Washington) and Muchtar Pakpahan, a labour leader jailed repeatedly in Indonesia who, in 2011, resigned as head of the Indonesian Labour Party. The documentary also includes live footage from international broadcasters (BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corp.) of the Dili Massacre (Santa Cruz Cemetery) in November 1991, when more than 260 protesters were killed by Indonesian troops. The broadcast filming of that event, first shown on ITV, the UK in 1992, was pivotal in the campaign to bring western nations to apply pressure for independence, achieved a decade later.
The fonds also contains archival film footage from the Portuguese era of East Timor, a film on projects being undertaken in the country by the Roman Catholic Church, smuggled footage of the East Timorese resistance movement in countryside, footage of Indonesian troops being trained in Australia and of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.