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Left History reviews 2008

Item is a letter from Beth Palmer, the book review editor of Left History, to Axelrod regarding his reviews of two books for the journal.

Edible News

File consists of four issues of Edible News, the student publication of York's Faculty of Education, which feature Axelrod's "Message from the Dean". Draft copies of his 2004 and 2005 welcome messages are also part of the file.

Social science departure 2001

Item is a letter written by Axelrod to his colleagues in York University's division of Social Science on the occasion of his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Education and his departure from the division.

Smith Award 2007

File consists of a letter and a report of a meeting of the Council of Ontario Universities pertaining to the David C. Smith Award for Significant Contribution to Scholarship and Policy on Higher Education in Canada, awarded to Axelrod in 2007.

Normal school : Routledge Encyclopedia

File consists of draft text for an entry on normal schools written by Axelrod for the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education, published in 2008. Also included is correspondence and the Routledge standard contract and style guide.

Publication : "Cases for leadership development"

File consists of records pertaining to an Ontario College of Teachers leadership casebook entitled "Cases for leadership development", to which Axelrod contributed commentary for a case. These records are drafts of Axelrod's commentary, correspondence and notes.

Review of Brison, "Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada"

File consists of correspondence and a copy-edited version of this review by Axelrod of Jeffrey D. Brison's book, "Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada: American philanthropy and the arts and letters in Canada", published by the American Historical Review.

Deanship renewal 2006-2007

File consists of correspondence pertaining to the extension of Axelrod's term as Dean of the Faculty of Education. Also included is a copy of his 1 December 2005 Dean's report and statement on the deanship.

Ministry of Education

File consists of correspondence, notes and memoranda pertaining to Axelrod's interaction with representatives of the Ontario Ministry of Education on behalf of the Ontario Association of Deans of Education and York University's Faculty of Education pertaining to a variety of subjects, including the Ontario Teachers Qualifying Test and the New Teacher Induction Program.

Academic planning

File pertains to Axelrod's tenure as Dean of York University's Faculty of Education. These records are a Dean's agenda of concerns for an undergraduate program review (Nov. 2002), the Faculty's five-year plan (Feb. 2003), a York University planning, budget and accountability report (2001-2002), and a review of current procedures in the Faculty of Education, prepared by Grace Kim for the Dean in March 2007.

Firgrove : inner city, model school

File consists of a Toronto Star newspaper article by Carol Goar about the National Inner-City Conference and a conference paper entitled "Home and school learning in the Firgrove Model School" by Harpreet Ghuman, Rebeca Gutierrez, and John Ippolito.

Graduate diploma : post-secondary education

File consists of a memorandum from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities regarding funding to York University for a graduate diploma in post-secondary education. Also included is an agenda for a meeting of the York University Senate on 14 December 2006, which includes a proposal for the creation of the diploma at York.

OADE : professional masters' degrees

Item is a report entitled "Professional master degrees in education: a report to the Ontario Association of Deans of Education" written by Allen Pearson and Pamela MacLeod-Roberts.

Aboriginal ed. : Min. of Education

File consists of a memorandum and application form from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities regarding funding for a postsecondary education pilot project to support improved access and success for Aboriginal students.

Assessments : journal articles

File pertains to Axelrod's work as an journal article assessor/commenter for journals including the Alberta Journal of Educational Research, the Canadian Historical Review, the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, the Canadian Journal of Education, and the Journal of Youth Studies. Records in this file are copies of Axelrod's assessments/reviews and correspondence from journal editors.

Lieutenant-Governor Bartleman

File consists of Axelrod's e-mail correspondence pertaining to the visit of James Bartleman to York's Faculty of Education on 20 January 2006.

Practicum payment issues : EFTO

File consists of correspondence pertaining to York's Faculty of Education payment policies for host teachers and a complaint made by the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (EFTO) about discrepancies in pay between elementary and secondary host teachers.

Deans, administrators : salaries

Item is an article from York University's student newspaper, Excalibur, detailing the salaries of the faculty heads and other administrators at York, including Axelrod.

Fundraising

Item is a fundraising brochure entitled "York to the power of 50", published by the York University Foundation in 2006.

First Generation program funding 2006

File consists of correspondence pertaining to First Generation scholarships for post-secondary education, provided by the Government of Ontario, and York University's allocated funding for 2006/2007.

Off-campus sites : teacher education

File consists of a newspaper clipping about the Faculty of Education's off-campus teacher education centre at Georgian College and e-mail correspondence pertaining to the establishment of other off-site locations.

Research officer : Faculty of Education

File consists of correspondence, memoranda, a work plan and a report pertaining to the position of research officer in York's Faculty of Education between 2004 and 2006.

Whitworth Award nomination

File consists of correspondence and supporting documents pertaining to Axelrod's nomination for the Canadian Education Association's Whitworth Award for Education Research in 2006.

Deaf education : Ministry of Education

File consists of Axelrod's notes on his meeting with Lorna Marsden and then-Ontario Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne pertaining to a variety of education topics, including education for the deaf.

FIPPA

Item is e-mail correspondence exchanged between Harriet Lewis, Lorna Marsden, Axelrod and Sheila Embleton regarding an appeal decision to exclude a faculty candidate's reference letters from access under FIPPA.

Internationalizing conference

Item is a brochure for a York University international symposium entitled "Internationalizing Canada's University". Axelrod was a presenter at this conference.

Winter's College move

File consists of a notice and correspondence pertaining to the 2006 move of the Faculty of Education from the Ross Building to Winters College.

Ministry of Education : Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat

File consists of two reports published by the Ontario government's Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat: "Unlocking potential for learning: effective district-wide strategies to raise student achievement in literacy and numeracy" and "Schools on the move: lighthouse program".

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

File consists of copies of correspondence sent by Axelrod to Christopher Bentley, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, as well as a letter from Shamira Madhany and Martin Hicks of the Ministry sent to Lorna Marsden regarding access to opportunity funding for first generation projects.

Rankings : Faculty of Education

Item is a memorandum written by Sheila Embleton to Axelrod on the subject of information for ranking and comparing Faculties of Education in Ontario, including her notes about the unique features of the Faculty of Education at York University.

Danforth Jewish Circle

Item is a copy of an address given by Axelrod to the Danforth Jewish Circle's Rosh Hashanah service on 5 October 2005, entitled "Pondering the sovereignty of God".

Beyond progressive education

File consists of correspondence, a publication agreement and a reader review pertaining to Axelrod's article, "Beyond the progressive education debate: a profile of Toronto schooling in the 1950s", published in the journal Historical Studies in Education.

Council on Higher Education : Ginger Group 2005

File pertains to Axelrod's participation in 19 April 2005 meeting of the "Ginger Group", an informal group of academics and education professionals sharing ideas about the proposed Council on Higher Education, recommended in the Rae Report. Items in this file include a summary of discussion from that meeting as well as Axelrod's notes and a letter from fellow attendee David Lindsay.

Discipline on campus 2005

File consists of notes, statements and correspondence pertaining to a student demonstration and the police response at a meeting of the York Senate on 20 January 2005.

Ontario Research Chair 2005

File consists of a memorandum and a Faculty of Education proposal for a chair on education achievement and at-risk students at York University.

Bartleman, James, Lieutenant-Governor

File consists e-mail correspondence pertaining to a talk given by Ontario Lieutenant-Governor James Bartleman at York University's Faculty of Education on 20 January 2005.

Jewish women : Centre for Jewish Studies

Item is a publication entitled "A maturing community: Jewish women and seniors in Canada", the seventh volume of York University's Centre for Jewish Studies Annual, by Michael Brown and Leo Davids.

Research : Faculty of Education

File consists of spreadsheets detailing Faculty of Education tenure-stream appointments between 2001 and 2005 and external research grants awarded to faculty members between 1999 and 2005.

History of education : sources

File consists of resource information about the history of education in Ontario from the Archives of Ontario and the Council of Ministers of Education.

Shapiro interviews

File consists of Axelrod's notes and draft interview questions pertaining to his interviews conducted with Bernard Shapiro on 2 July 2003 and 7 August 2003. Also included is a copy of Shapiro's CV and a newspaper clipping about Shapiro's appointment as Ethics Commissioner of Canada.

Hildafest conference

File pertains to a conference pertaining to the work of Hilda Neatby, at which Axelrod presented a paper, sponsored by the University of Saskatchewan and held on 26-27 March 2004. Included is an agenda, a notice and correspondence.

Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test

File consists of Axelrod's e-mail correspondence, notes, briefing notes, notices, Government of Ontario news releases, and articles pertaining to the Ontario Ministry of Education's new Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test, the logistics of administering the test to York's Faculty of Education students, and the eventual cancellation of the teacher testing in 2004. Included in the file is a photocopy of a 2002/2003 Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test information booklet.

Stadium controversy

File consists of correspondence and newspaper articles pertaining to controversy about tax breaks for donations made to fund the building of a stadium at York University.

SSHRC transformation report

Item is a report entitled "Revitalizing SSHRC: a vision for social sciences and humanities research in Canada", compiled by a steering committee of York University academics, chaired by Axelrod.

Professional Learning Program conflict

File consists of memoranda, correspondence and news release pertaining to the cancellation of the Government of Ontario's Professional Learning Program for teachers, and York University's Faculty of Education withdrawal from the program.

Shapiro book contract

File consists of copies of contracts between Axelrod and the contributors for this book, as well as correspondence exchanged with editors and contributors pertaining to edits of the manuscript of "Knowledge matters".

Conference : student experience : York

Item is a grant proposal for a conference entitled "The Canadian student experience: patterns, prospects and politics" to be held in November 2004 and sponsored by the York Network for the Study of Schooling and Higher Education, the York Faculty of Education and Office of the Vice-President.

"What does government want?" (Tupper)

File consists of correspondence, an agenda, and Axelrod's notes for a workshop on universities and public policy, "What does government want from universities? Recent patterns in higher education policy", held on 10 September 2004 at the University Club of Toronto. Axelrod was invited to the workshop by Allan Tupper, a political science professor from the University of British Columbia and its Associate Vice President (Government Relations).

Publication : Ontario College of Teachers

File consists of a letter sent to Axelrod from the Ontario College of Teachers regarding an update to the College's casebook. Included is a table of contents for a publication entitled "Cases for teacher development: preparing for the classroom". Axelrod contributed content to chapter two of this publication, "Is the teacher's gender an issue in a kindergarten classroom?".

Bursaries, scholarships

File consists of correspondence pertaining to an Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (EFTO) bursary for a student enrolled in each faculty of education in Ontario.

Curriculum reform 2003

File consists of handwritten notes, proposals, e-mail correspondence and draft course descriptions pertaining to curriculum reform and program development at York University's Faculty of Education.

Rae Report 2004

File consists of a memorandum and notes pertaining to an evaluation by Axelrod, in his role as dean of the Faculty of Education at York University, of the discussion paper produced by the Rae Commission.

Noble, David

File consists of a memorandum entitled "The York University Foundation: the tail that wags the dog (suggestions for further research)" by York University history professor David Noble regarding the composition of the York University Foundation, many of whom were Jewish, and its influence on York University policies. Also included are newspaper articles and press releases detailing the negative reaction to Noble's comments.

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