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Odyssey ch. 8 : Education of 'citizens plus' workshop

File contains Simpson's interim report on the education of "citizens plus," a summary report of the task force on the educational needs of Native peoples of Ontario, and a policy paper, "Indian Control of Indian Education", by the National Indian Affairs.

Odyssey ch. 8 : Justice Berger inquiry on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline

File includes Simpson's paper and the statement of the Federation of Natives North of 60 presented to the Berger Inquiry; public relations material on the pipeline project from the consortium wanting to build it; and the two volume report produced by the inquiry. Simpson's note: "this distinctive/unique inquiry and its incredible report is worthy of a thesis. Don was involved in it in various ways: helping Dene prepare their maps of traditional lands; preparing Dene chiefs for their testimony (along with Mel Watkins, Peter Russell and others); preparing personal input into the inquiry and testifying in front of the commission with a focus on some major social/environmental problems caused by fast, major development in developing countries by outsiders who were not well enough informed of local realities; as co-leader (with Peter Russell, Canada's foremost constitutional authority) of Southern Support Group for Dene; facilitator of a 60-group consortium against the pipeline; and finally, as a promotor of Berger's reports as amazing resources for educating people about development."

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).

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.

Social justice issues

Series consists of records documenting Simpson's involvement in two major issues: the Vietnamese Boat People and refugee crisis of the late 1970s-early 1980s, and the fight against modern-day slavery in the 2000s. In the late 1970s, Simpson chaired the Mission and Services committee of the Metropolitan United Church in London, Ontario. He led the congregation's efforts to support the many refugee families who settled in London and to raise funds to sponsor additional families. Records relating to this work include the text of speeches Simpson made to the congregation, reports, correspondence, news clippings, research, newsletters of the United Nations Refugee Agency, and memoranda. More recent records pertain to Simpson's mentoring support role with the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples at York University. The Tubman Institute worked with the Schulich Business School of York University and other international partners to form a coalition to deal with social injustices, such as forced labour, in the global supply chain. Simpson provided guidance during the planning of an international forum "Bearing Witness, Ending Slavery" which was to be held (but did not end up taking place) in Newport, Rhode Island, in April 2009. For the Tubman Institute, the project was related to its research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (a Major Collaborative Research Initiative, or MCRI). These records consist of correspondence, the MCRI proposal, an MCRI milestone report, a "Process planning memo," and other planning documents for the Newport event. Series also includes a "Critical issues document" on the proposed Cross Cultural Learner Centre on the African diaspora.

Simpson trip reports

File contains handwritten preparation, meeting and follow up notes, typed memoranda and trip schedules. The trips involved business for Kanchar and Salasan.

Odyssey ch. 7 : community hearings

Simpson's note: "Don's consulting company took on a major contract with NWT task force on education, which led to close to 50 recommendations (over 90% were implemented) that transformed the education system. It was written up in Soc. Develop. Journal as a unique model of engaging communities in a highly successful social transformation. There is a report on this work and a N Film Bd program. Items [in file] are community input."

Simpson trip reports

File contains handwritten preparation, meeting and follow-up notes, typed memoranda and trip schedules. The trips involved business for Kanchar and Salasan.

Harry Lane

File contains correspondence, news clippings, notes and other records pertaining to projects with Harry Lane relating to CABAG and the University of Western Ontario.

Kanchar Kenya pre-1985

File contains planning memoranda, correspondence and the memorandum and articles of association of Kanchar Kenya Limited.

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