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Rasky, Harry, 1928-.

  • Person

Harry Rasky (1928-9 April 2007), author and film maker, was born and educated in Toronto, receiving his BA from the University of Toronto (1949). Following a start in the news business (print and radio), Rasky was a co-founder of the News-Documentary Department of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1952-1955), later working for "Saturday Night". However, it was the development of Harry Rasky Productions Inc. in 1967 that gave Rasky his reputation as one of the major documentary directors of the late twentieth century. His documentaries on Marc Chagall, Edgare Degas, Tennessee Williams, George Bernard Shaw and others have won international acclaim and he has received some of the highest awards in the fields of film and television including, Venice Film Festival, 1970 ("Upon this rock"), an Emmy, the Peabody Award, an award from the Freedom Foundation -- over two hundred awards in all. He has directed some of the major actors of the film world (Welles, Richardson, James Mason, Dirk Bogarde) and his work has been shown in film festivals, on the CBC and the major American networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), as well as overseas.

Rasky has also taught at the University of Iowa, the New School for Social Research, and Columbia University. He is the author of "Lower than the Angels," "Tennessee Williams: A Portrait in Laughter and Lamentation," and "Nobody Swings on a Sunday" (a memoir). His film titles include "Modigliani : Body and Soul (2005), "The William Hutt Story" (1996), "Prophecy" (1994), "The War Against the Indians" (1992), "The Magic Season of Robertson Davies" (1990), "Degas" (1988), "The Mystery of Henry Moore" (1985), "The Spies Who Never Were" (1981), "The Man Who Hid Anne Frank" (1980), "Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979), "Baryshnikov" (1974), "Biography of a Disaster" (1964), "CBC Newsmagazine" (1954), among others.

Reid, T. E. H. (Timothy E. H.), 1936-

  • Person

Timothy Escott Heriott Reid is an executive, economist, management consultant, educator and public servant. He was born in 1936 and educated at the University of Toronto (B. A. Hons.), Yale University (M. A.), Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar, M. Litt.) and Harvard Business School (A. M. P.). After playing Halfback for the Hamilton Tigercat Football Team in 1962, Reid served as the Liberal M. P. P. for the riding of Scarborough East (1967-1971). In 1972 he accepted a posting with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Reid also served as assistant to the president and lecturer in economics, York University, 1963-1972. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons in the 1965 general election. Following his service with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (1972-1974), Reid joined the Canadian civil service and held many positions dealing with economic matters. In 1989 Reid became the president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and in 1998 he became President and CEO of ReMan Canada, Inc. He is the son of Escott Reid who served as the first principal of Glendon College, York University.

Rhind, Pauline Elizabeth, 1923-

  • Person

Pauline Elizabeth Rhind, poet and publisher, founded the Kakabeka Press in Toronto in 1971 as a vehicle for publishing Canadian writers who could not find outlets for their work. The press appears to have ceased operations sometime late in the 1970s. Rhind was a free-lance journalist for many years prior to the establishment of Kakabeka, writing for the 'Hamilton spectator,' the 'Windsor star,' the 'Winnipeg free press,' and several community newspapers. As a poet she published several titles with Kakabeka, and was the author of 'Tell them about the real me,' concerning the life of Pauline Johnson.

Lasserre, Henri, 1875-1945

  • Person
  • 4 Jul. 1875 - 26 May 1945

The Robert Owen Foundation was begun in 1932 by Henri Lasserre, with the goal of promoting cooperative enterprises in Canada. Taken from the name of the eighteenth-century English social reformer, the Foundation was modeled on a similar body that Lasserre had established in his native Switzerland in 1928. The Foundation offered financial support to co-operative ventures in Canada and the United States, including the Llano Colony of California, the Columbia Conserve Company, Work Togs, the Fellowship for a Christian Order, the Co-operative Rural Community, and other groups and businesses. In addition, Lasserre established the Canadian Fellowship for Cooperative Community, a study group which investigated the manner of operating co-operatives in modern society. Lasserre died in 1945, but the Foundation remains active in the 1990s.

Lasserre was born in Geneva, Switzerland. Son of a Swiss lawyer, he studied in Berlin and Paris, and practiced as a notary in Switzerland before emigrating to Toronto, Canada. He married music educator and fellow Swiss, Madeleine Boss Lasserre, and taught French at Victoria College, University of Toronto. He also performed as an amateur cellist.

Stop Spadina Save Our City Co-ordinating Committee

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Stop Spadina Save Our City Co-ordinating Committee was established in the autumn of 1969 as an advocacy group attempting to halt the extension of the William R. Allen Road (popularly termed the Spadina Expressway) into the core of the City of Toronto. The group organized rallies and marches, petitioned politicians at the local and provincial level, and distributed information materials encouraging citizens to protest the extension of the road. In 1975, the provincial government effectively halted the extension of the Allen by ceding a strip of land in the city's north end to the City of Toronto. Allan Powell was the chair of Stop Spadina.

Storr, Richard, J., 1915-

  • Person

Richard James Storr (1915-2011), historian, educator, and author, was born and educated in the United States and received his PhD from Harvard University in 1949. After teaching at various American colleges, he accepted a position at the University of Chicago in 1951 and remained there until 1968, when he joined the History Department and the Humanities Division at York University. He served as director of the Graduate History Programme from 1969 to 1971 and was acting dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, from 1971 to 1972. Storr served on several Senate committees including the Sub-committee on Long-Range Planning and acted as a consultant to the Vice President on long-range planning. He also sat on the Council of Ontario Universities. He retired from active teaching in 1982. Storr was the author of "The beginning of graduate education in America" (1953), "Harper’s University : the beginnings," "A history of the University of Chicago" (1966), and "The beginning of the future : a historical approach to graduate education in the arts and sciences" (1973), as well as numerous articles on American higher education. Storr died in Toronto in March 2011 after a brief illness.

Toronto Telegram

  • Corporate body
  • 1876-1971

The 'Toronto telegram' (originally the 'Evening telegram,') was launched in 1876 by John Ross Robertson. The 'Tely' strongly supported the British connection in Canada, appealing to British and Imperial sentiments even after Canadian nationalism became fashionable. The newspaper was locked in a circulation war with its afternoon rival, the 'Toronto star', for much of the twentieth century. The battle involved giveaway contests, scoops, and even hiding personalities (like swimmer Marilyn Bell) from the competition to ensure exclusive stories. Following Robertson's death, the paper was continued by a trust he had established. In 1948 the newspaper was sold to George McCullagh, owner of the Toronto Globe & mail, who invited John Bassett to act as publisher. In 1952 Bassett bought the newspaper and attempted to best the Star with new features in his newspaper, the introduction of colour photography (which meant the demise of the famous 'pink' newsprint on which the "Tely" had been printed), and other modernizations (including a news office building). Falling circulation and lack of advertising led Bassett to close the newspaper in 1971.

Wood, Peter

  • Person

Peter H. Wood was a staff member of York University 1971-1989. He worked in the Office of the Vice-President (Administration), 1971-1976; Office of the Vice-President (University Services), 1976-1983; and then Personnel Services, 1983-1989.

Gutsell, Bernard V.

  • Person

Bernard V. Gutsell (professor, publisher, and editor) was born in Dover, England in 1914. He graduated from King's College, University of London with a degree in geography in 1937. He held positions with the British Admiralty Hydrographic Office, Map Library (War Office), and Intelligence Branch of the Assistant Chief, Air Staff (RAF). In 1942 he initiated the transfer of maps from the War Office to geography departments in universities in Britain, which developed into the map depository program after becoming government policy. In 1947, he sat on a committee that established the Map Library Group.

In 1948, Gutsell immigrated to Canada where he joined the Geographical Bureau (later known as the Geographical Branch) in Ottawa and became Head of Publications. There he met his wife, Barbara. In 1965, Bernard and Barbara Gutsell began The Cartographer, a private journal publishing papers on cartography. The journal would eventually become Cartographica, one of the foremost journals in its field. In 1965, Gutsell was invited to join York University where taught courses on cartography while continuing the journal. During his tenure at York University, he helped to establish the CCA (Canadian Cartographic Association). Gutsell retired from teaching in 1979 when he also transferred ownership and copyright of Cartographica to the University of Toronto Press.

After his retirement from teaching, Gutsell's editorial efforts continued. He remained editor of Cartographica until 1994. After being elected to the ICA Publications Committee, Gutsell and Roger Anson initiated the ICA Newsletter in 1983; they continued to coordinate the publication for the next 10 years.

Gutsell co-authored The American landscape: map and air photo interpretation (New York: McGraw Hill, 1974) with Calvin L. Blair. He is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Honorary member of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Cartographers and Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA), and Honorary Life Member of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). He died in Guelph, Ontario, on 4 March 2010.

Forsyth, Rob

  • Person

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Austin and Ethyl Forsyth, script writer Robert William Forsyth (10 September 1949 -- 13 September 1999) studied arts and psychology at York University from 1967 to 1971.

Rob Forsyth began working in television in the nineteen seventies, writing scripts for episodes of CTV and CBC crime dramas such as "Sidestreet" and "Night Heat". In the 1980s and 1990s, Forsyth wrote for such television series as "Beyond Reality", "The Campbells", "Cold Case", "Due South", "Emily of New Moon", "E.N.G.", "North of 60" and "Outer Limits". Forsyth also wrote and developed a number of made-for-television movies and mini-series, including "John Ware", "Murder Most Likely" "Race For The Bomb", "Vanderberg" and "The Winnings of Frankie Walls".

Forsyth is perhaps best known for his script adaptation of M.T. Kelly's novel "A Dream Like Mine", which was made into the controversial independent film "Clearcut", staring Michael Hogan and Graham Greene. He also wrote the scripts for the films "Conquest" (1998), "Murder Most Likely" (1999), "Marine Life" (2000) and "Dr. Lucille" (2000).

Forsyth received several awards for his writing, including best writer in 1998 for his work on "North of 60". In 2000 and 2001 he received two posthumous awards for "Dr. Lucille", one The Margaret Collier Award, the other from The Writer's Guild of Canada. He died of cancer 13 September 1999.

Artfocus

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Artpost

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City Art

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Marques, Domingos

  • Person

Domingos de Oliveira Marques was born 20 January 1949 in Ribeiro, Murtosa, the son of Francisco Marques and Augusta da Purificacao Oliveira.

Married to Manuela Marujo.

His father was a cod fisher who had visited Saint John's Newfoundland while fishing the Grand Banks and Greeland. He attempted to immigrate in 1953 but was rejected due to his large family. The family eventually succeeded in 1957 when Marques' parents and siblings emigrated while he remained in Portugal in the seminary school at Aveiro. Domingos visited with his family in the summer of 1967. After graduating in 1968 and starting theological studies in Lisbon, Marques, having doubts about his future as a Catholic priest, returned to his family in Toronto in 1968. He worked in the tomato harvest in Chatham to repay his parents the cost of his travels. He worked several jobs, including as a journalist with "Jornal Portugues" and in the Promotions Department of the Toronto Star before quiting to persue a university degree full-time.

Marques taught Portuguese at the First Portuguese Community Schoola dn Harbord Collegiate Institute, as well as coordinating projects for the Portuguese Community from the West End YMCA. He edited and research a book on the history Portuguese immigration to Canada with Joao Medeiros "Emigrantes Portugeses: 25 anos no Canada", published in 1978.

In the late nineteen-seventies, Marques was self-employed and ran Marquis Printing and Publishing. In 1981 he joined the Workers Compensation Board as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, serving fifteen years. In 1992 he published with Manuela Marujo "With Hardened Hands", a more official history of Portuguese Immigration to Canada.

As a community activist, Marques was involved in the nineteen-sixties in the cultural and theatrical projects of the St.Mary's youth organization and the cable 10 television program Luso-Brasileiro. In the nineteen-seventies he reported and edited the community newspaper "Comunidade". A volunteer for CARP and PIN in the nineteen-eighties, Marques was elected Trustee of the Separate School Board Ward 3-4 in 1991.

Jones, Danny

  • Person

This is the administrative history or biographical sketch (RAD 1.7B)

Gentle, Esther

  • Person
  • [1905-1998]

Esther Gentle was a New York City sculptor, painter, printmaker, and gallery manager. She became Abraham Rattner's second wife in 1949.

Rosichan, Florence

  • Person
  • 1907-1991

Florence "Faigie" Rosichan (née Hutner) was the wife of Arthur Rosichan. She received her BA in social work from the University of Toronto and her MA from Columbia University. She spent many years as the Executive Director of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in Toronto during the 1940s and 1950s.

Osgoode Hall Law School. Dean

  • Corporate body

The Dean of the Osgoode Hall Law School is the senior academic and administrative officer in the School. The Dean oversees the implementation of legislation (Senate and Faculty) within the Law School, promotes and facilitates the academic program, administers all facets of personnel management in the Law School especially with regard to the hiring of faculty members in accordance with collective agreements and promotes research and professional development. Planning is an additional area of responsibility
along with financial management where s/he is to strike the Law School's budget in accordance with university priorities and finances. Finally the Dean is responsible for external relations both within the university and in the wider community.
In the period covered by these records the following men have served as Dean of the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and when it was still operated by the Law Society of Upper Canada:
H. Allan Leal (1958-1966), Alan Mewett (Acting 1966), Gerald LeDain (1967-1972), Harry Arthurs (1972-1978), Stanley M.D. Beck (1978-1983), John D. McCamus (1983-1986), John Maxwell Evans (1987-acting), James C. MacPherson (1988-1992).

Osgoode Hall Law School. Faculty Council

  • Corporate body

The Faculty Council is the primary decision- making forum in the Law School and is composed of all faculty, student representatives, representatives of other faculties at York, the administrative staff, the non-faculty library staff, the support staff and the Director of the Parkdale Community Legal Services. Its purpose is to review all academic policy including admissions, course evaluation, new programmes of study and related topics.
The Council has a number of standing committees, including Academic Policy, Academic Standing, Admissions Advisory, Clinical Education, Faculty Recruitment, Graduate Studies, Library Advisory, Nominating, Priorities and Finance, Research Advisory, Student Awards, Student Faculty Relations and Tenure and Promotion.

Samuel J. Zacks Art Gallery

  • Corporate body
  • 1970-

The Samuel J. Zacks Gallery was opened in 1970 and dedicated to Zacks, an industrialist, philanthropist and member of the Board of the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Gallery has exhibited works by international, Canadian and York student artists. It is staffed by student Directors.

York-Kenya Project

  • Corporate body

The York-Kenya Project was initiated by the Government of Kenya and the Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). CIDA arranged for York University to administer the project. The project had three components: the establishment of a Planning and Evaluation Unit in the Kenyan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning for which York provided a field staff; a Training Programme, through which Kenyans were educated at York to take over the Planning Unit and act as future teachers of economic planning; and a research component on particular topics proposed by the Kenyan Government, the York field staff, or the university.

York Student Council

  • Corporate body
  • 1968-

The Council of the York Student Federation began in 1968 as the York Student Council, changing its name in 1969 to Council of the York Student Federation. In 1990 its name was changed again, this time to the York Federation of Students. Prior to 1968, the York Student Representative Council had served the interests of students at the university. Originally made up of students from the three colleges (Founders, Vanier, Winters) and the two faculties (Graduate Studies, Administrative Studies), with an invitation of membership to faculty, the Federation is currently comprised of all students in the Faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Education, and Pure and Applied Science and the undergraduate students in the Faculty of Administrative Studies. Associate members include students in Osgoode Hall Law School, Glendon and Atkinson colleges. The Federation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of an elected President, Secretary and Treasurer, and representatives of the constituent members. In addition there are vice presidents for external relations, finance, internal relations, equality and social affairs, and commissioners for health care and clubs.
The purpose of the Federation is to represent the interests of the student members within the university community and with various external bodies (Ontario Federation of Students, etc), to serve as a communications and information service for the student body, and to administer social, cultural, athletic and business operations of the Federation on behalf of students.

York University Alumnus Society

  • Corporate body
  • 1964

The Alumnus Society was begun in 1964 as a social and benevolent organization dedicated to the maintenance of relations between graduates, attendees and the University. Its name was later changed to Alumni Association.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Advisory Board on the Status of Women

  • Corporate body

The Advisory Board assists the Advisor in dealing with issues that relate to the status of women on campus, reviewing the annual report, and selecting from among its membership representatives for the Search Committee for a new Advisor when the current Advisor resigns.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Board of Governors

  • Corporate body
  • 1965-

The Board of Governors (B.O.G.) was established by provincial legislation (York University Act, 1959 repealed, and York University Act, 1965 - S.0. 143, 1965), as the paramount legislative authority of York University. Section 10 of the Act (1965) states that "the government, conduct, management and control of the University and of its property, revenues, expenditures, business and affairs are vested in the Board", and it shall have all necessary and convenient powers to do its job. The Board is composed of the Chancellor and President of the university as ex-officio members, two members of the Senate, two student representatives and two representatives of the York University Alumni Association, as well as twenty-four persons who are Canadian citizens selected by the Nominating Committee and elected by the Board. The officers of the Board are the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary (and Assistant Secretary). There are several committees of the Board including the Executive (and its sub-committee on collective bargaining), By-Laws, Audit, Investment, Finance, Property and Buildings, Student Relations, Appointments, Tenure and Promotions, Nominating, Pension Fund Board of Trustees, and Public and Community Relations.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Coat of Arms

  • Corporate body
  • 1960-

The York University Coat of Arms and Motto were established in 1960, the Coat designed by Eric Aldwinckle and the motto proposed by John Court, a high school student from Islington, Ontario.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). College Administrative Assistants

  • Corporate body

The College Administrative Assistants is an informal working group comprised of the Administrative Assistants of the colleges of York University. The group meets occasionally to discuss matters of common concern relating to both residence and college administration. Topics for discussion might include reorganizing the registration process for incoming students, damages to residential premises, office administration, staffing requirements and similar matters. The group has no official status, budget, and officers, although the position of convener of meetings rotates amongst the group on an annual basis.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Dept. of Ancillary Services. Director

  • Corporate body
  • 1972-

The Director was originally named the Business Manager, with the title Director of Ancillary Services first being employed in 1972. The Director was responsible for university facilities, including parking, food and liquor services. During the period covered by these records the position was held by J.R. Allen.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Dept. of Personnel Services

  • Corporate body
  • [196-]-1988

The Department of Personnel Services was responsible for the employee relations, including development of policy, job evaluation and salary administration, employment equity recruitment of non-academic staff, labour relations with non-academic unions, including grievance handling, discipline and layoffs, and pensions and benefits. It was succeeded in 1988 by the Department of Human Resources.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Division of Humanities

  • Corporate body
  • 1962-

The Division of Humanities was established at York University in 1962 as a part of the Faculty of Arts and Science. The purpose of the Division was to offer undergraduate students an introduction and general liberal arts education through its courses on the arts, morals, aesthetics and related subjects. Humanities courses, by their definition, have an interdisciplinary aspect, and this is promoted by the fact that many of the instructors in the Division come from other departments and faculties within the University.
In the early years of the Faculty of Arts and Science all undergraduate students at the University were required to take at least one humanities course, and while this regulation no longer holds, there is still a strong incentive for students to take a course in the Division. The following women and men have served as Director of the Division: William Kilbourn, 1962-1968; Michael Creal, 1969-1974; Johanna Stuckey, 1975-1980; H. Parry, 1980-1985; William Whitla, 1986-1989; Peter Mitchell, 1991-.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty Council. Interim Curriculum Committee.

  • Corporate body
  • 1960-

The Interim Curriculum Committee was charged by President Ross in September 1960 with designing a curriculum for York University, which at that time was teaching the curriculum of the University of Toronto in accordance with the terms of affiliation between the two institutions. The Committee reported to the President and Faculty Council in April 1961 recommending that the College (as York was then styled) be organized into four distinct Divisions (Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences). Traditional departments would fit into one or more of these Divisions. The curriculum proposed by the Committee suggested a generalized and a specialized degree programmes, with the first two years in both being substantially the same. The third year of the general programme was to be devoted to the study of a non-Western culture, while the final two years of the specialized programme was to be devoted to a concentration in a specific discipline.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Administrative Studies. Faculty Council

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The Faculty Council is the principle policy-making body of the Faculty of Administrative Studies and approves all of the academic regulations under which the faculty operates. All new courses offered by the faculty must first be approved by the Council. Its membership is made up of faculty members, including the Dean and Associate Deans, representatives of other faculties, and student representatives.
The Faculty Council meets monthly, from September to May, usually on the fourth Friday of the month. At the last meeting of the year the nominations committee nominates committee members for the forthcoming academic year and the Council elects a chairman and vice chairman. A secretary is also appointed. The Council' s work is often handled by several Standing Committees, including the Executive, Nominating, Student Affairs and Academic Programming committees.
The Executive Committee of the Faculty Council is charged with maintaining the activity of the council during the summer months. The Student Affairs Committee is charged with reviewing policy in relation to regulations concerning academic conduct, including appeals for changes in grades and applications by students for waiver of faculty regulations.
The Academic Programmes Committee has oversight of the curriculum of the faculty, and must approve any new course offerings, and changes in any prerequisites for courses.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Arts. Faculty Council

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The Faculty Council is the highest legislative body within the Faculty of Arts and makes decisions regarding curriculum, faculty appointments and tenure, and general academic policy. The Council is composed of all full and part-time faculty members, members of other faculties who teach one course in Arts, the Dean and Associate Dean, and student representatives. In addition there are several ex-officio members, including the President and Vice-Presidents, other Deans and Principals, and university officers. The Council elects a chair, vice chair and secretary from amongst the membership and these officers preside over meetings, prepare documents and reports and retain the minutes of meetings. Election of faculty members to Council is for a two year period, the election to take place in March of the academic year preceding that in which they take their seats. The Council is required to meet at least four times in each academic session, twice in the autumn semester and twice in the winter semester. Between these meetings, the Executive Committee conducts business on behalf of the Council. Meetings usually take place on the second Thursday of the month. A meeting may be called by the Chair of Council or the Dean, or by a request from not less than twenty members. Meeting are conducted in open session, although provision is made for in camera sessions. Fifty members are needed for a quorum. The Council has an executive committee, which has charge of disposing of all administrative matters contained in reports, arbitrates disputes concerning the jurisdiction of committees, sends a monthly report of its activities to appropriate department heads, initiates and refers business to the council, and recommends changes to the rules and procedures of the council.
The committee is composed of the Dean (as chair), the chairs of all standing committees, six members of council and ex-officio members. In addition there are several standing committees: The Committee on Curriculum Development i Committee on Faculty/Student Liaison Committee on Tenure and Promotion Committee on Academic Policy and Planning Committee on Research, Grants and Scholarship Committee on Petitions, Applications and Memorials and Committee on Nominations.
The Committee on Academic Policy and Planning is charged with reviewing regulations as they pertain to academic standards, admissions policy, degree requirements, and the nature and role of teaching in the Faculty. Subject to financial considerations and availability of personnel, in consultation with divisions and departments, the Committee om Academic Policy and Planning is to initiate proposals relating to new programmes of study (in consultation with the Committee on Curriculum Development), and to make recommendations to the faculty and Senate on final grades (except in disputed cases). The Committee consists of the Dean, five faculty members and two students, along with ex-official members.
The Committee on Research, Grants and Scholarships makes recommendations to the Council and the Dean on policy matters relating to research, scholarships and the awarding of research grants. The Committee recommends to Senate the awarding of the Governor General' s Gold Medal and nominates students who merit graduation 'with distinction '.

York University (Toronto, Ont. ). Faculty of Arts. Student Caucus

  • Corporate body
  • 1976-

The Student Caucus was established in 1976 as a voice of all students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts. Its purpose is to develop student representation within the Faculty Council and to organize departmental student assemblies in the Faculty of Arts in consultation with the Vice President of Academic Affairs and the York Students Federation. Councillors, equal to ten percent of the total number of faculty members of the Faculty Council, are elected in September of each year for a two year term. The terms staggered so that fifty percent are elected each academic year. The Executive Committee consists of a chair, vice-chair, treasurer, secretary and three councillors-at-large.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Education. Dean

  • Corporate body

The Dean is the senior academic and administrative officer of the Faculty. S/he oversees the implementation of legislation (from Senate and the Faculty Council) within the Faculty, promotes and facilitates the academic programme, administers all facets of personnel management in the Faculty especially with regard to the hiring of faculty members in accordance with collective agreements, and promotes research and professional development.
Planning is an additional area of responsibility along with financial management. The Dean strikes the Faculty budget in accordance with university priorities and finances. Finally, the Dean is responsible for external relations both within the university and in the wider community.
During the period covered by these records the following men served as Dean of the Faculty: W.C. McClure (as principal of Lakeshore Teachers College); R. L. Overing (1972-).

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Graduate Studies. Faculty Council

  • Corporate body
  • 1963-

The Faculty Council was established in 1963. It promotes and coordinates graduate studies in the university, by assessing graduate programmes, teaching and resources, and regulating standards of admission, degree requirements, examinations and similar standards.
Membership consists of three representatives from each programme with a doctoral degree and two from programmes with a master 's degree, in each case the programme director is one of the nominees. There is also one representative from those programme which have not yet been approved by Senate, one student from each programme, the Dean and Assistant Deans, and faculty members who represent the Council on the University Senate. The President and several other university officers sit as ex-officio members.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Graduate Studies. History Programme

  • Corporate body
  • 1968-

Courses in history were first offered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in 1968-1969. At first the department concentrated on modern European and North American history. As of 1992 the programme had graduated students in the fields of Canadian history, history of the United States, Modern Europe and Britain, recent Chinese history, social history and Victorian Studies in cooperation with the Department of English and the University of Toronto.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.

  • Corporate body
  • 1969-

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Science was established in 1969 as the Faculty of Science when it was separated from the Faculty of Arts and Science. It acquired its current name in 1989. The Faculty consists of the following departments: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Geography, Liberal Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Physical Education, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology, and Space and Communications Sciences. It offers degrees at the bachelor 's, masters' s and doctoral levels for most of these programmes of study. In addition, the Faculty jointly offers undergraduate degrees in Science and Education, and in Science and Administrative Studies with those faculties, and offers certificate programmes in Fitness Assessment and Exercise Counselling and Coaching, and a
certificate in Meteorology. The Faculty also has two Organized Research Units attached to it, the Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (CAC) and the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science (CRESS).
The Faculty is administered by a Dean with a Faculty Council as its highest legislative body. In 1991 there were 1825 undergraduate students majoring in science programmes at York with a further 240 in the graduate programme.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Food Services

  • Corporate body

Food Services was initially a department within Ancillary Services. It has responsibility for the operation of residence dining services and the several food outlets on campus. The University Food Services Committee is an advisory body made up of users and providers (students, staff, faculty and administration), which makes recommendations on prices, menus, hours of operation, food operating policy, residence dining plans and related matters. Food Services is now (1994) a part of Food and Beverage Services of the Department of Business Operations in the Office of the Vice President, Finance and Administration.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Founders Fund

  • Corporate body
  • 1964-

The York Founders Fund was the first attempt at large-scale fund-raising at York University. Announced in 1964, the Fund had a goal of raising $15,000,000 in five years for the building programme on the Keele Street campus. By 1966 over $11,000, 000 had been pledged.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). International Student Centre

  • Corporate body
  • 1974-

The York International Student Centre was established in 1974 as a place of contact and information on international, cultural and ethnic events taking place at York and in Toronto. The York International Student Centre disseminates information on development education and study opportunities promulgated by Canadian agencies (WUSC, CUSO, CIDA, Crossroads), organizes a speakers bureau of international students willing to speak to community groups, and provides continuing service on immigration, housing and related issues for international students.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Liberal Science Programme

  • Corporate body
  • 1974-1986

The Liberal Science Programme was offered by the Faculty of Science during the years 1974-1975 to 1985-1986 to provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to pursue a broadly-based degree programme in which science courses were related to social and economic issues. Students enrolled in the Programme combined courses in science with those from other faculties. The Programme was discontinued in 1986.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Libraries. Reference Department

  • Corporate body

The Reference Department provides reference services to library patrons. These services include the preparation of subject guides and bibliographies, directional maps to the collections, and the provision of telephone, in-person and written responses to reference queries.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Libraries. Systems Management Committee

  • Corporate body

The Systems Management Committee was charged with making recommendations concerning all library records (bibliographic, authorities, patrons, etc). One aspect of this activity was the SAMS [Subject Authority Maintenance System]. A special sub-committee undertook the responsibility for maintaining an updated, authoritative list of subject headings for bibliographic records for the libraries.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Libraries. Systems Office

  • Corporate body

The Systems Office is responsible for: maintaining multiple files of bibliographic records; supporting the development of microcomputer technologies within the libraries; and participating in the development of cooperative computing projects with other departments and external agencies.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Office of Alumni Affairs

  • Corporate body
  • [197-]

In the 1970s the Alumni Affairs Office was created within the Department of Information and Publications. By the late 1970s there were plans to discontinue the Office, but it was revived as part of a new Department of Development and Alumni Affairs.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Office of Institutional Research

  • Corporate body
  • 1972-

The Office of Institutional Research originated with the appointment of H.S. Lee as Institutional Research Officer in September 1972, reporting to the President. The purpose of the office was to provide enrollment data, projections and planning data for the Administrative Information Systems, and to undertake institutional research for university policy makers. The Office produced 'York Data' in the period 1973-1974, a forerunner of the current 'Fact Book'. In 1975 the re-organization of administrative responsibilities brought many of these responsibilities under the office of the Vice President.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Office of International Services

  • Corporate body
  • 1969-

The Office of International Services, created as the administrative arm of the York-Kenya Training Program in 1969, became operational in 1970. In 1972 the relationship between the two entities was reversed, with or s becoming the directing office for all international activities at the University of which the Kenya Project was the most prominent. International Services had a mandate to determine priorities and areas of specialization for York in the international field; to provide a clearing house for all matters relating to launching, funding, organization monitoring and evaluation of international research efforts at York; to establish contacts with other universities to develop student and faculty exchanges; to maintain contacts with Canadian and international funding agencies (CIDA, UN Development Programme, OAS, IBRD etc.) for international projects (in cooperation with the Office of Research Administration), and to maintain files on specialists in other universities and agencies (consultants, engineers etc.) who might be interested in international work. In 1984 the Office was succeeded by York International.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Physical Resources Group

  • Corporate body

The Physical Resources Group is an administrative structure that combines the departments of Facilities Planning and Management, the Construction Division, the Administration Division and the Physical Plant Operations Division. As such it bears overall administrative responsibility for all planning and allocation of physical space, grounds, vehicles, caretaking, maintenance, utilities, and construction activity on campus. It reports to the Vice-President (Finance and Administration).

York University (Toronto, Ont.). President' s Administrative Advisory Committee

  • Corporate body

The Administrative Advisory Committee (1967) was the successor name to the President' s Advisory and Administrative Committee, as a vehicle for senior administrative and faculty members to meet and discuss issues of common concern and act as a 'cabinet' of the president, offering advice, new ideas and related information.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). President' s Art Advisory Committee

  • Corporate body
  • 1962-

The Art Advisory Committee (also known as the Advisory Committee on Art and the Fine Arts Committee) was promoted by President Murray G.Ross in 1962 when he asked several York faculty and friends to guide the planners and architects in acquiring works of art to accompany new buildings being erected on the Glendon and main campuses of the university, encourage the donation of gifts of art to the university, and arrange for exhibitions and lectures. The University had committed itself to spending.5% of its annual budget on the acquisition of art, and the committee drafted principles in 1964 on art acquisition: art for the campus was to be contemporary with an emphasis on Canadian, human in scale, integrated with the architecture and landscape of the university, imageable (giving each part of the campus a clear identity), democratic (seen by the largest possible community), flexible and adaptable.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Provost

  • Corporate body
  • 1984-

The first Provost was appointed in February 1984 by the Board of Governors. The responsibilities of the Provost relate to student affairs and York community services. Several student societies, groups and services report through the Provost' s Office including the Office of Student Affairs, the Counselling and Development Centre, the Colleges, and Athletics and Recreation. In addition, the Provost takes the lead in the areas of human rights (Status of Women, Race Relations, Students with Disabilities), and is responsible for an arts portfolio which includes the Art Gallery of York University. In 1990 the position of Provost became a part of the Vice President (Campus Relations and Student Affairs).

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Safety, Security and Parking

  • Corporate body
  • 1977-

Safety, Security and Parking (formerly the Department of Safety and Security Services) is responsible for the operation and oversight of all parking facilities on campus and it facilitates the safe and orderly conduct of University business on a year-round basis. At the same time the office is responsible for accident investigation, Workers Compensation, inspection of hazardous conditions and wastes, pest control, radiation safety, health and safety education, indoor air quality and ergonomic assessment. York Student Security began in 1977 as a adjunct security service staffed by student volunteers. It is now a paid, unionized security service whose members participate in the Night Security Patrols, operate the Student Security Escort Service and work alongside the Parking Authority.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Senate. Academic Policy and Planning Committee

  • Corporate body

The Academic Policy and Planning Committee (APPC) is the key committee of the Senate responsible for examining and formulating long-term and short-term academic policy. Its functions include recommending to Senate new faculties, departments, programmes, and research centres as well as recommending reviews of existing structures. In addition, it makes recommendations to the Board and the President regarding budgetary considerations for the academic function of the University, and in respect to tenure of faculty (but not of individual cases). Prior to 1980, there were several sub-committees of APPC including the Steering Sub-Committee (which acted as an executive to the APPC), a budget sub-committee, two planning sub-committees, a Non-Faculty Colleges Sub-Committee and a sub-committee on instructional aid resources. The Sub-Committee on Non-Faculty Colleges was charged with examining the academic, social and cultural roles of these Colleges and the structures necessary to make them work. The Sub-Committee' s mandate expired in 1981.
The Committee currently has two standing sub-committees: the Long Range Planning Sub-Committee which reports to APPC on long-range trends in education, the introduction of new disciplines, future social requirements, library technology, and new methods of promulgating and organizing research.
The Technical Sub-Committee is responsible for defines, obtains and analyses data and supporting documents related to proposals before APPC. APPC also has the right to establish sub-committees for particular issues.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). The Committee on Curriculum and Academic Standards (CCAS)

  • Corporate body
  • 1986-

The Committee on Curriculum and Academic Standards (CCAS) was created in 1986 by bringing together the Committee on Curriculum Policy and Instruction (itself created in 1979 out of the Curriculum Committee), and the Committee on Examinations and Academic Standards (with the exception of the appeals function) The Committee is responsible for formulating policy and making recommendations on all matters concerning the improvement, evaluation and co-ordination of curriculum, teaching and learning in the University. It also co-ordinates and oversees all matters relating to examinations and academic standards and exercises initiative in consideration of the University’s grading practices.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Senate. Committee on Scholarships and Student Assistance

  • Corporate body

The Committee on Scholarships and Student Assistance was responsible in the area of student assistance, for the awarding of all scholarships, medals, prizes and other types of awards, and had power to evaluate the terms and conditions of all such awards to insure that they met University regulations with regard to inclusiveness. The Committee was superseded by the Committee on Admissions, Recruitment and Student Services in 1979.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Student Counselling Services

  • Corporate body
  • 1960-

The Student Counselling Services originated in 1960 to provide students with personal counselling, both for educational purposes and psychological counselling. It became the Psychological Services Dept. in 1964.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). University Librarian

  • Corporate body
  • 1959-

The University Librarian (formerly Director of Libraries to 1990) has responsibility for the administration of the libraries, including the Scott Library, Law Library, the Administrative Studies/Government Documents Library and the Steacie Science Library on the Keele Street campus, and the Leslie Frost Library at Glendon College. The Director represents the libraries to the University, through the Vice President (Academic), and sits as an ex-officio member of Senate and its library committee. In addition, the Director represents the libraries to the external community. The following men and women have served as University Librarian/Director of Libraries since 1959: Douglas G. Lochhead (1959-1962), Thomas O'Connell (1963-1976), William Newman (1977-1978), Anne Woodsworth (1978-1983), and Ellen J. Hoffman (1984-).

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Vice President (Campus Relations and Student Affairs)

  • Corporate body
  • 1990-

The Vice President (Campus Relations and Student Affairs) was created in 1990, to combine activities that had previously been those of the Provost and other university officers. The Vice President has responsibility for the Status of Women Office, the Sexual Harrassment, Education and Complaint Centre, Race and Ethnic Relations, the Art Gallery of York University, Athletics and Recreation, the Counselling and Development Centre, Office for Persons with Disabilities, and Student Affairs. In addition, the Vice President takes responsibility for relations with the colleges (including Glendon), scholarships and financial aid, and Health and Wellness. Elizabeth Hopkins has served as Vice President since 1990.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Vice President (Finance and Administration)

  • Corporate body
  • 1986-

The position of Vice President (Finance and Administration) was created in 1986 as part of the general redefinition. of University 's executive administration. The Vice President was responsible for the following offices and duties: Employee relations including Academic Labour Relations and employment equity; Finance including purchasing, Comptroller, and the budget; Human Resources including non-academic labour relations, staff development, benefits and pensions, payroll and records; Safety, Security and Parking; Business Operations including housing and food services, bookstores, commercial tenants and vending; and Physical Resources including facilities management and planning, physical plant, construction and administration. Many of these responsibilities had previously been assigned to the Vice President (Finance and Employee Relations) and the Vice President (External Relations and University Development).
The Vice President (Finance and Administration) position was dissolved in 1993, with most of its responsibilities being taken on by the Vice President (Institutional Affairs). William Farr served as Vice President (Finance and Administration) for the entire period, 1985-1993.

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Vice President (Institutional Affairs)

  • Corporate body
  • 1986-

The Vice President (Institutional Affairs) was a position created in 1986 when the position of Associate Vice President (Management Information and Planning) was upgraded to a full vice-presidency. The Vice President (Institutional Affairs) was responsible for the University Secretariat, statistical reporting (including the production of the 'York Fact Book'), institutional research, the Office of the Registrar, employee records and government reporting. In a further administrative shuffle in 1993, the Vice President (Institutional) took on responsibility for all human resources, physical resources, financial planning as well as employment equity, the University Counsel, and Safety, Security and Parking, all coming from the disbanded office of the Vice President (Finance and Administration).

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Women 's Studies Programme

  • Corporate body
  • 1983-

The Women 's Studies Programme, begun in 1983-84, is an interdisciplinary programme within the Faculty of Arts that offers students the opportunity to combine programme-related courses on women with courses in one of the Faculty 's departments. The programme consists of a core course, offerings in other departments and a senior research project undertaken in one of the Faculty 's departments that relates to the study of women to their social and cultural context.

York University Transport Centre

  • Corporate body
  • 1969-

The York University Transport Centre was established in 1969 following recommendations from the Vice President' s Committee on Canadian Transport Studies (1967). Its goal was to foster transportation education and research in the areas of national transportation issues, road transport issues and the natural transport network. The Centre, in cooperation with the University of Toronto Department of Urban Studies, established the Joint Programme in Transportation at the two universities in 1970.

Adams, Thomas, b. 1855

  • Person
  • 1834-

Thomas Adams (b. 1837) was an eighteen year-old lad from Straffordville, Canada West (near Port Burwell), who left home in November, 1855, to attend the Normal and Model School in Toronto.

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