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Honorary doctorate : Rick Mercer nomination

File consists of a letter written by Axelrod in support of Rick Mercer's honorary doctorate from York University 2013. Included with this letter is a 2014 handwritten note to the file by Axelrod about Mercer.

Imagine a school

Item is a DVD of a film directed by Kathleen Gould Lundy, accompanied by a handwritten note by Axelrod about the production.

Initiations : Western : 1987

File consists of a draft paper written by Axelrod for publication in the Globe and Mail newspaper, "Campus initiations - a long and brutal history", as well as a letter copied to him by the parents of a University of Western Ontario student and fraternity member who died during an initiation ritual.

Internationalizing conference

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

Interview : Dr. Douglas Wright

Item is an audio recording of an interview with Dr. Douglas Wright, former chairman of the CUA and chairman of the Commission on Post-Secondary Education.

J.B. Macdonald

Item is an audio recording of an interview with J.B. Macdonald, the executive secretary of the Council of Ontario Universities.

Jean Begg : Halifax

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Jean Begg. for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Jean Burnett : UofT '38-'42

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Jean Burnett for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Jean Woodsworth : UofT '31-'35

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Jean Woodsworth for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Jewish studies : Holocaust education program

Item is a publication produced by the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, entitled "Facing past and future: teaching an portraying the Holocaust a generation later" by Sara R. Horowitz and Mark Joel Webber.

Jewish teacher education : Faculty of Education

Item is a publication produced by the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, entitled "Teaching teachers: inaugurating the Koschitzky Chair in Jewish teacher education" by Alex Pomson, Michael Brown and Sydney Eisen.

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.

John Ibbitson on higher education

File consists of Globe and Mail articles written by John Ibbitson on the subject of post-secondary education, as well as correspondence exchanged between Axelrod and Ibbitson on this subject.

John Webster Grant : Dal. 1935-8

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with John Webster Grant for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Kenneth Woodsworth : UofT 1930-6

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Kenneth Woodsworth for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

L. Gordon Bennett

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with L. Gordon Bennett for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Lawrence Read

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Lawrence Read for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

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.

Leonard Kitz : Dal.

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Leonard Kitz for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Letter from Paul Axelrod to Dr. Samni Najm

Item is a letter sent by Axelrod to Dr. Najm, who was the chair of the Ad Hoc Committee of Board of Governors on Retrenchment at OISE, pertaining to OISE's termination of professors Harold Troper and David Levine.

Letter to editor

Item is a newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail co-signed by Axelrod regarding Pierre Trudeau's comments on unemployed students.

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.

Ling, Stephanie

File consists of e-mail correspondence and Axelrod's speaking notes honouring Stephanie Ling at a dinner held at the Gardiner Museum on 24 June 2008.

Lola Henry : Halifax

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Lola Henry for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

Maple Leaf Gardens

  • 2015-023/003(24)
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  • Reproduced [20--?], originally created 2 Aug. 1962

    • Part of Paul Axelrod fonds

Item is a photocopy of a letter written by George 'Punch' Imlach, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs , to Jim [?] regarding details about the season's hockey training camp.

Mark Frank : McGill-Dal.

Item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Mark Frank for Axelrod's book, "Making of a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties".

McGill-Queen's essays : contracts, correspondence

File pertains to the publication of Axelrod's book, "Youth, university and Canadian society: essays in the social history of higher education", co-edited with John G. Reid and published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Included are the signed contracts from the contributors to and editors of this book.

McKillop, "Matters of mind" : review

File consists of correspondence and two drafts of Axelrod's review of A.B. McKillop's book, "Matters of mind: the university in Ontario, 1791-1951", published by the Literary Review of Canada in 1994.

Merit awards

Item is a memorandum from Faculty of Education Dean Alice Pitt to Axelrod informing him of his YUFA merit award for 2011-12.

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.

Ministry of Education : curriculum validation project : 3

File consists of a meeting schedule, a contract list, notes and resource materials pertaining to Axelrod's membership on a provincial committee established by the Council of Ontario Universities to coordinate a review of the new Ontario grades 11 and 12 curriculum.

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.

Ministry of Transportation and Communications photographs

  • 2008-035/002(6)
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  • Reproduced [198-?], originally created 1973-1974

    • Part of Paul Axelrod fonds

File consists of a photograph of track level inside a TTC subway station during morning rush hour in 1973 and a photograph of a TTC buses at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Ave. East in 1974.

Miscellaneous papers

File consists of papers and essays written by students and academics pertaining to a variety of subjects concerning post-secondary education, socialism and student activism, accumulated by Axelrod through his involvement with the student union movement.

Miscellaneous papers

File consists of papers and essays written by students and academics pertaining to a variety of subjects concerning post-secondary education, socialism and student activism, accumulated by Axelrod through his involvement with the student union movement.

Miscellaneous photographs

  • 2008-035/002(7)
  • File
  • Reproduced [198-?], originally created [192-?]-1976

    • Part of Paul Axelrod fonds

File consists of photographs of a variety of scenes and objects, including the Welland Canal, 1920s cars, a VIA Rail train, a sign pertaining to gas rationing in Vancouver, aerial views of urban and rural areas, and cars on the Queensway in Ottawa (1976).

Miscellaneous student union pamphlets

File consists of a National Union of Students pamphlet entitled "It's your movement", a booklet prepared by the Council of the York Federation of Students entitled "Post-secondary education in Ontario: Do you know what's happening? Do you care?", and a Glendon College Student Council pamphlet entitled "A university is for people".

Nanaimo conference

File consists of correspondence and notes pertaining to Axelrod's invitation to speak at a conference of the Western Deans of Arts and Science held in Nanaimo on 25-27 September 2003.

National Film Board of Canada photographs

  • 2008-035/002(8)
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  • Reproduced [198-?], originally created 1967-1979

    • Part of Paul Axelrod fonds

File consists of miscellaneous photographs produced by the National Film Board of Canada. These images depict the following: the C.C.G.S. Labrador in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, 1968; Ford Motor Company workers on the line in the Oakville, Ont., plant, 1973; workers in the sleeping quarters at a lumber camp, Meramichi Timber Resources, in New Brunswick, 1975; a welder on a car assembly line in Ste. Therese, Quebec, 1967; and unidentified Italian-Canadian office worker, 1979; and a CL-215 plane dropping water in a demonstration at Canadair Limited in Montreal, 1969.

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.

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.

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