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Alberta roundtables and Towards 2000 Together : overheads : innovation : IT & competitiveness

File contains overhead transparencies, a short proposal for an institute for decision making in the resource industry in Calgary, and a paper by Simpson on the challenge of the 1990s: "an outline of the philosophical and pedagogical assumptions driving the development of a global network, 'Institute for Innovation Management'" (an early name for the International Institute for Innovation).

Alberta roundtables and Towards 2000 Together : multi-stakeholder advisory committee

File includes correspondence; one set of meeting minutes; the proceedings of a symposium on Canada and the global population crisis; the May 1992 response to Toward 2000 Together written by the Premier's Council on Science and Technology; Alberta population and other statistical bulletins and information; and a short paper on the impact of the "Roundtables on the future of the Alberta economy." Simpson was vice-chair of this committee.

Alberta roundtables and Towards 2000 Together : launching the roundtables

File consists of correspondence, memoranda, summaries and other material related to the initiation of T2T involving the Alberta Conference on the Economy Interdisciplinary Committee (before the Banff Centre was awarded the project); and the first roundtable of November 1991, including the agenda, opening remarks of Don Simpson, participant list, and draft report.

Alberta roundtables and Towards 2000 Together : Alberta government planning documents

File contains reports on energy; economic strategies for Edmonton and Calgary; the Vision2020 initiative by Alberta Municipal Affairs; the "Creating tomorrow" initiative for Alberta's agriculture and food industry; health research; global business plan for tourism, trade, investment and technology development; Vision for the Nineties action plan for education; and a booklet on Canada 2000: a roadmap for economic renewal in Western Canada.

African development records

Series consists of records collected by Simpson under the heading "building relations between Africa and Canada." The records span the 1960s to the 1980s and include financial records and shipment receipts of the Hamilton Goodwill Africa Foundation; documentation of the formation, meetings and projects of The Sibley Foundation; reports, correspondence, memoranda and "trip envelopes" of the Canada Africa Business Advisory Group (CABAG); records related to Simpson's consulting company, Kanchar International Ltd.; records of his consultancy with the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF); correspondence from Canibex, a short-lived brokering subsidiary of Kanchar; and correspondence, memoranda, scripts, budgets and other records of Eden International Productions Inc., a film production company of which Simpson was a co-founder. There are a few files on Canadian Crossroads International and the African Students Foundation (ASF). As well, there is general material on Canada-Kenya activities, in particular the Canada-Kenya Forum for businessmen organized by Kanchar and CABAG. Other record sub-groups created by Simpson include "educating Canadians about African and international development," and "internationalizing the curriculum." The latter subset of records includes approximately 75 catalogue cards summarizing the films held by the Cross-cultural learning centre at the University of Western Ontario. "Trip envelopes" were packages that often included a mixture of records for projects of Kanchar, CABAG and Simpson's other consulting firm, Salasan. They contain letters, notes, and a set of photographs of pre-fabricated housing under construction in Kenya. Other types of records in the series include correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, articles, newsletters, studies, resumes, promotional and profile material on Kanchar, speeches, legal documents, meeting notes, surveys, financial statements, conference materials, seminars, and an oral history transcript of an interview with Simpson at UWO as an example of a model international business/cultural leader.

African Canadian experiences

Series contains records pertaining to Simpson's work in relation to the experiences of African Canadians, including the 2005 book based on his doctoral thesis "Under the North Star: Black Communities in Upper Canada before Confederation (1867)" and, in particular, his work as Innovator-in-Residence at York University's Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples. Projects Simpson was involved with at the Institute included the S.P.A.C.E. program (Spotlighting and Promoting African Canadian Experiences) and a major project involving public dialogues, the collection of Simpson's archives and Simpson's authoring of A Canadian Odyssey: A Personal and National Journey Towards Cross-Cultural Harmony. Records include planning documents, correspondence, writings, clippings, brochures and posters.

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