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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).

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.

Theme file : Roundtables

File consists of documents on various roundtables with which Simpson was involved. These included the Roundtables on the Future of the Alberta Economy; the file includes background papers on each roundtable and a 169-page summary report, "What Albertans are saying about our economic future." Other roundtables documented in the file are those with the London Investment in Education Council (LIEC); the Commonwealth roundtable on international trade strategies for developing countries of the 1990s; a roundtable on competitiveness and training in Alberta; one on the food and agriculture industry in Alberta; the Banff Program for International Communications in Japan; and the Triple i's roundtable process with AVAC Financial Services.

Planning Ag Summit 2000

File contains correspondence, notes, background documents and meeting package for the planning and implementation team.

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