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Don Simpson fonds

  • F0592
  • Fonds
  • [190-?]-2011

Fonds consists of records documenting the personal and professional experiences of Don Simpson from the 1950s to 2011 in countries around the world. Records include correspondence, notebooks, reports and toolkits, speeches, resource material, memorabilia and other records relating to his activities in a wide range of educational, social justice, development, government and business innovation organizations. Topics covered include international education and cross-cultural understanding; international development and health; the rights of Canada's Aboriginal peoples; the history of African-Canadian communities; environmental issues; innovation in business and the non-profit sector; human resources development; and economic development from Alberta to China and Africa. Fonds also consists of personal correspondence, family photographs and memorabilia relating to Simpson's personal and family life.

Simpson, Donald G.

Teaching lectures and other material

Series consists of records related to Don Simpson's years teaching at the University of Western Ontario (UWO); as professor of comparative education at the Althouse Faculty of Education, 1965-1967 and 1977-1980; and as Executive Secretary of the new Office of International Education, 1969-1972. There are also several files pertaining to his years as a high school teacher at Sir Adam Beck Secondary School (1957-1965). At Althouse, Simpson taught courses on international education, cross-cultural education and education in Africa. At the Office of International Education, he led the creation and operation of the Computerized Cross-cultural Learner Centre (CCLC), which supported integrated, individual-based learning. It was initially conceived of by Simpson in order to prepare CUSO volunteers for work in West Africa. Later, it was used to prepare government advisors and trainers going to the Third World, to prepare business people going to new cultures, and to educate Canadians about Africa, international development, and Caribbean, Black and Aboriginal communities in Canada. The records in the series include handwritten lecture cards, essays, articles, and other course materials; newsletters and bulletins; clippings; correspondence; and notes. Three large hardcover volumes contain the "documentary record of the years 1969-1974" of the Cross-cultural Learner Centre. These volumes, as well as several files on the CCLC, include proposals for the Centre, reports, minutes, essays, clippings, Centre newsletters, summaries, memoranda, assessments and calendars. In addition to the Native Peoples Resource Centre that was associated with the CCLC, the steering committees for Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Black studies, and "Canadian mainstream" are also documented. Also notable in the series are textual files and two posters on Canada's centennial and Expo67. Simpson was on the Education committee of London's Centennial Celebration Committee, and his brother-in-law, Brian Hawkins, was involved in the promotion of Expo67. Among other records, these files contain promotional material and photographic slides of the buildings planned for the Expo. Finally, the series contains materials from the course Simpson taught at Memorial University, Newfoundland, in the summer of 1978, when he helped with the creation of the Institute for Native Education.

Miscellaneous articles, papers and newsletters

File includes an information package for students in the "Indian-Eskimo affairs program," documents on the secondary school programme in international studies sponsored by York University, and a resource book for elementary school teachers published by External Affairs Canada, among other records.

Key documents on Expo '67

File includes a letter regarding the London South Secondary School ambassadorship, a clipping about students at Central Secondary School, two brochures on Expo '67 and a fact sheet on the "universal and international exhibition" in Montreal.

Teaching directories 1964

File contains a Who's who booklet for Sir Adam Beck Secondary School and the London Board of Education year book directory.

The cross-cultural learner centre: a documentary record of the years 1969-1974 / The Office of International Education, University of Western Ontario

File contains a three volume collection of documents created by and for the Cross-cultural Learner Centre of UWO's Office of International Education. The documents include course materials, proposals, reports, newsletters, essays, minutes, memoranda, calenders and assessments.

The cross-cultural learner centre: a documentary record of the years 1969-1974 / The Office of International Education, University of Western Ontario

File contains a three volume collection of documents created by and for the Cross-cultural Learner Centre of UWO's Office of International Education. The documents include course materials, proposals, reports, newsletters, essays, minutes, memoranda, calenders and assessments.

The cross-cultural learner centre: a documentary record of the years 1969-1974 / The Office of International Education, University of Western Ontario

File contains a three volume collection of documents created by and for the Cross-cultural Learner Centre of UWO's Office of International Education. The documents include course materials, proposals, reports, newsletters, essays, minutes, memoranda, calenders and assessments.

Office of International Education policy document

File contains a document that discusses the general objectives, contacts, exchange programs, liasioning, community involvement, the cross-cultural learner centre, administration and funding, of the Office of International Education.

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