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Jean Augustine fonds
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Community events : awards and fundraisers

File pertains to Walter J. Maceluch (architect) at the Top 25 Immigrant Award Reception, the Planet Africa Awards with Dr. Bernice King, the Dominica Association 39th Anniversary Gala with Frances Delsol (judge), a Haiti fundraiser, and other community events. Also includes a photograph of a man in Kenya.

Jean Augustine fonds

  • F0515
  • Fonds
  • 1950-2018, predominant 1994-2015

Fonds consists of the professional records of Jean Augustine, including documents, reports, speech notes, press releases and publications relating to her activities as a community activist and volunteer; a elementary school teacher; her administration of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority; her participation on various international, national, provincial and municipal advocacy boards organizations and associations; and her activities as a federal politician and member of cabinet.

Augustine, Jean

Locals

Objects primarily pertain to Ontario, including Chatham-Kent and the Chippewas of Nawash Reserve #27.

Community events

File pertains to Board members of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, MP Peter Adams, Mitzie Hunter, Kathleen Wynn.

Letters

File includes a letter regarding Augustine's appointment as Acting Principal at St. Felix Catholic School in 1982 and permanent appointment in 1984 and a letter of recommendation for Augustine to attend graduate school.

Pact Program

File contains PACT (Participation Acknowledgement Commitment Transformation) Urban peace program overview brochure.

Macklin Public School

File contains certificate recongizing her distinction as the first Black female member of parliament.

Miscellaneous Memorabilia

File consists of various event flyers, a drawing of Augustine, a presentation on the Proposal to Nominate Anthony Williams for the Nobel Prize in Physics, professional portraits taken of Augustine for the Cabinet, business plan for Lite it Up Candles and Art, and a program for the Caribbean American Heritage Awards Gala.

Publications on Gender Equity and Fair Access to Professions

File consists of documents pertaining to the "100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women" Working Group Committee; a copy of Pride: Canada's Caribbean and African News Magazine with Augustine on the cover; articles pertaining to racial and gender equality; pamphlets for Black History Month 2015; promotional documents for the Jean Augustine Girls' Leadership Academy.

Artwork, memorabilia and collected ephemera

Series consists of Jean Augustine's collections of artwork, portraits, posters, social activist and political buttons and pins, campaign promotional material and other three dimensional items and ephemera accumulated during her professional life. Item lists are available upon request.

Publications about Augustine

File consists of magazines, newspapers, and newspaper articles that Augustine subscribed to, some of which document her own achievements.

Administrative records

Series consists of the administrative records created and accumulated by Jean Augustine in the course of her activities as a community advocate, activist and volunteer; in her role as an administrator and chair of various local, municipal, provincial, federal and international organizations, associations, boards, committees and conferences; as a federal politician representing the constituency of Etobicoke-Lakeshore in Ontario; and in her role as Ontario's Fairness Commissioner. Series is organized into several functional categories used by Augustine herself, including Community Action files ; Parliamentarian files ; Correspondence and subject files ; Trips and conferences; Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development; Canada Africa Parliamentary Group; Special Advisor for Grenada; Secretary of State (Multiculturalism); Women's Issues; Schedules from the daily operations of the Office of the Fairness Commissioner; and Status of Women Canada. Series also includes groups of records related to her election campaign strategies; the Congress of Black Women of Canada; the Ontario Bicentenary Commemorative Committee; Black History Month celebrations and promotions; the Sugar Caucus; Anti-racism efforts; her work as a school principal and teacher; her official correspondence, business contacts and the contents of several briefcases.

Research on Black History I

File consists of an issue of the Ontario Black History Society, a Chathan-Kent Black Mecca Museum Familiarization Package, and a National Post article celebrating high-profile Canadian newcomers, including Jean Augustine.

Ephemera, 2013-2015

File consists of a program for the Celebration of the Remarkable Life of Nelson Mandela held at the University of Toronto, a program for George Brown's 2015 Student Awards Ceremony and Reception, 2 copies of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarian's Memorial Service 2014 DVD, a flyer for a Mother's Day Celebration in Mississauga that Augustine participated in, and flyers for African Heritage Month in Nova Scotia.

Schedule: June 2015

File consists of publications from local organizations and events, a letter thanking Augustine for her speech given at Ryerson University's Convocation, and a draft of the Collected Writings of Fred Landon, for which Augustine intended to provide a dedication.

Schedule: March 2015

File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Office of the Fairness Commissioner, most notably the Centennial College Student Awards Night where Augustine presented the Jean Augustine Entrepreneur Scholarship.

Schedule February 2015

File consists of correspondence, speaking notes, and invitations pertaining to the Office of the Fairness Commissioner, notable events include: the West Park Foundation's Gala, the Kingsway Women's Club, and the Toronto District School Board's African Heritage Month Symposium.

Schedule: January 2015

File consists of correspondence and event invitations pertaining to the Office of the Fairness Commissioner. The file also consists of a copy of a letter of recommendation written by Augustine in support of Dr. Janet Haynes for an assistant professor position at the University of Regina.

Schedule: December 2014

File consists of invitations, correspondence, and travel documents pertaining to the various engagements of the Office of the Fairness Commissioner, notable events include: the Vancouver Foundation conference, a meeting with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and the 9th Annual Human Rights Day Celebration.

Sickle Cell Awareness

File consists of material pertaining to Augustine's involvement in raising awareness of sickle cell disease, including a speech Augustine gave at the 4th Annual World Sickle Cell Day Conference, publications by the Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario, correspondence with event organizers, and a press release introducing the Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Care Ontario Act.

Collaborations with organizations in Etobicoke

File consists of documents pertaining to the Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women's Empowerment, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Women Moving Forward program at the Jane/Finch Community Centre, the Universal Peace Federation World Summit 2014, the Black Business & Professional Association, as well as promotional flyers for cultural events that Augustine attended or spoke at.

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