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Odyssey ch. 2 : miscellaneous publications

File includes a brochure on the African-American Institute, a "Christianity and crisis Christian journal of opinion" issue on Africa, a Student Christian Movement of Canada newsletter, an edition of Africa Report magazine, a reprinted Maclean's article on African leadership and a 1961 booklet published by the American Council for Nationalities Service titled "Americans Abroad: questions you'll be asked about your country" with a foreword by President John F. Kennedy.

Odyssey ch. 2 : miscellaneous material for chapter 2

  • 2010-020/129(10)
  • File
  • 1960-1971, 2009 (originally produced 1960-1971, 1988)

    • Part of Don Simpson fonds

File contains reports on Crossroads, letters, a biography of Rev. James Robinson, and a transcript of the interview with Simpson done at the University of Western Ontario in 1983.

Odyssey ch. 2 : 3-in-1 campaign

File contains records of the Board of Men, The United Church of Canada, and the 3-in-1 campaign of ASF, CUSO and Canadian Crossroads. The records include correspondence, speech cards, notes, "Bridge Builder" newsletters, conference brochures and booklets and two sets of meeting minutes of the 3-in-1 campaign committee.

Odyssey ch. 1 : Judd Buchanan

Simpson's note: "This file features the involvement in [the] start-up of ASF of Judd Buchanan, who later became a cabinet minister in Trudeau's cabinet (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development).

Odyssey notes

File contains a summary of Canadian history with contemporary highlights of Simpson's life, prepared for the second dialogue session for 'A Canadian Odyssey.'

A Canadian Odyssey miscellaneous early records

File contains a progress report on the Tubman Institute's Scholar-in-Residence program, information on Simpson and the Innovation Expedition and planning the Canadian Odyssey project.

Odyssey ch. 1 : ASF 1962 campaign

File includes a solicitation letter from Don Simpson and a clipping about him, brochures, a memorandum outlining the origins of the ASF and a thank-you memorandum from the national campaign chairman.

Odyssey ch. 1 : Kwabena N. Bame

File contains a clipping on Bame, the first student supported by the ASF, and his 1987 book on African traditional theatre in Ghana

Memoir personal reference material

Series consists of records Simpson brought together from amongst his records as key material to consult in preparing the manuscript of his memoir, A Canadian Odyssey. He also considered these records the best reference material for researchers on the themes covered in the manuscript: chapter 1, the African Student Foundation; chapter 2, Crossroads Africa; chapter 3, Black history in Canada; chapter 4, "Canada's racist roots"; chapter 5, Canada's journey to multiculturalism; chapter 6, the story of Canadian University Service Overseas (CUSO); chapter 7, educating Canadians about Africa, the African Diaspora and international development; chapter 8, discovering the "Fourth World" of First Nations in Canada including the Justice Berger Commission on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, the No Pipeline Now Coalition organized and facilitated by Simpson, and the Northwest Territories Special Committee on Education; chapter 9, Canada's International Development Research Centre; chapter 10, from educator to entrepreneur at the University of Western Ontario; chapter 11, 1990-2011, life at the Banff Centre and the creation of the Innovation Expedition; and the epilogue. The records in the series include newspaper clippings, articles, professional and personal correspondence, newsletters, memoranda, reports, IDRC trip reports, promotional and fundraising campaign material, brochures, speeches, research papers, project records, notes, government publications, books, contact files, meeting minutes, volunteer/student lists, curriculum resources, thesis research notes, secondary sources, and bibliographies. More recent records include research, planning notes, chapter drafts, and planning records for the public dialogues held on Canadian Black history and Africa (chapters 1 and 2).

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