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Odyssey ch. 7 : development education

File contains issues of the Australian journal "Developing education", a package on the educational programme of a consortium of Canadian Churches called "Ten Days for World Development", and a report on a Swedish-run experimental project in development education.

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."

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.

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