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Letters

File consists of miscellaneous work-related correspondence including letters exchanged between Forer and Arne Lovlie, a letter from H. Sharat Chandra, letters exchanged with Jennifer Davis, and minutes of a meeting to discuss security in the Farquharson building at York University in 1992.

Letters about crane flies

File consists of incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence exchanged by Forer with other scientists regarding the nature, transfer and cultivation of various types of crane flies.

Lighting Research Institute : April 1983

File consists of correspondence and a proposal pertaining to Forer's request for a grant from the Lighting Research Institute for his project, "Biological effects of ultraviolet light: effects on cell-division of ultraviolet light focussed to small areas of living cells".

March of Dimes : Oct. 1984

File consists of an application form submitted by Forer and a response letter pertaining to his grant request to the March of Dimes.

Masui, Forer, Zimmerman : J. of Cell. Sci. : 1978

File pertains to the publication of an article written by Y. Masui, A.M. Zimmerman and Forer, entitled "Induction of cleavage in nucleated and enucleated frog eggs in injection of isolated sea urchin mitotic apparatus", in the Journal of Cell Science. Records in this file are correspondence and a referee's report.

McConnell Fndn.

File consists of a brochure and correspondence pertaining to an equipment grant awarded to Forer from the J.W. McConnell Foundation in 1976.

Mesostoma letters

File consists of e-mail and correspondence sent and received by Forer pertaining to his queries to other scientists about methods and tips for the rearing of Mesostoma.

Mitosis/Cytokinesis 1981

File pertains to Forer's work as co-editor (with Arthur Zimmerman) of the book Mitosis/Cytokinesis. Records in this file include correspondence with book contributors and the book's publisher, a draft table of contents, and a contributor contact list.

MS/letters : Behnke & Forer : 1998

File pertains to an article co-written by Olav Behnke and Forer but not completed before Behnke's death in 1995, and Forer's efforts to complete the article and enable its publication in the European Journal of Haematology. Records in this file are correspondence, e-mail, an abstract, a foreword, Behnke's obituary, and a manuscript of the article.

My appointment to York

File consists of correspondence and list of relocation expenses pertaining to Forer's appointment to the position of assistant professor in Atkinson College's Department of Natural Science, which commenced 1 July 1972.

My grievance via YUFA

File pertains to a grant application by Forer to the W. Garfield Weston Foundation and a conflict with York University's Vice-President of External Relations that resulted in the withholding of Forer's application, a decision grieved by Forer through the York University Faculty Association (YUFA). Records in this file are correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, and a YUFA grievance record.

NATO : 1980 (for 1982)

File pertains to a research fellowship granted to Forer by NATO for his project entitled "Study of calcium (and other elements) in meiotic spindles, using electron microprobe x-ray microanalysis". Records in this file are an application form, correspondence, memoranda, a project abstract, a final academic report by Forer and an expense report.

NATO : '86/'87 w/ D.W.

File pertains to Forer's applications (with Dwayne A. Wise) for a grant from the NATO Scientific Affairs Division. Records in this file are two applications forms, correspondence, a notice of grant award, and the curriculum vitae of Dwayne A. Wise.

NATO grant : '90-'92

File pertains to a two-year collaborative grant issued to Forer and Dwayne Wise for their project entitled "Kinetic polarities of in vivo chromosomal spindle fibre microtubules" by NATO's Collaborative Research Grants Programme and Forer's request that the grant period be extended for extra year. Records in this file are correspondence, payment forms, and a grant closure scientific report.

NATO grant '78

File pertains to a research grant application submitted by Forer to NATO's Research Grants Programme in 1978. Records in this file are an application form, correspondence, and a memorandum.

Nature '71

File pertains to an article written by Olav Behnke, J. Emmersen and Forer, entitled "Actin in sperm tails and meiotic spindles", published in Nature, and to a letter to the editor of Nature written by Forer and Behnke in response to criticism of this article. Records in this file are a photocopy of the article, correspondence, a copy of the published letter, and a photograph to accompany the article.

NCI

File consists of correspondence, application forms and referee comments pertaining to Forer's requests for research grants from the National Cancer Institute of Canada in 1974 and 1976.

NCI '79 : my only one success

File pertains to a successful research grant application submitted by Forer 1979 to the National Cancer Institute of Canada for his project, "Mechanisms and control of chromosome movements". Records in this file are an application form, correspondence, and a financial statement.

NCI '82 / Univ. Res. Fellow. '83

File consists of Forer's project description and CV submitted to York University for its University Research Fellowship in 1983, as well as a grant application form submitted by him to the National Cancer Institute of Canada in 1982.

New Forer-Zimmerman paper : 1978

File pertains to the publication of an article co-written by A.M. Zimmerman and Forer, entitled "Stability of isolated mitotic apparatus during storage", in Development, Growth & Differentiation. Records in this file are correspondence, a photocopy of the journal's notice to authors, and referees' reports.

Nomination of Ursula Franklin to RSC & convocation

File pertains to Forer's involvement with the nomination of Ursula Franklin as a fellow in Academy III of the Royal Society of Canada and her honorary Doctor of Science degree received from York University at its Spring 1985 Convocation. Records in this file are correspondence, including a letter to Forer from Franklin, a nomination form, memoranda, CVs, speaking notes, and a schedule of events. Also included in the file is correspondence exchanged between Forer and Bryce Kendrick, honorary secretary of the Academy of Science, Royal Academy of Canada, regarding Forer's complaint about the listing of female candidates on Academy of Science ballots by their first names and men by their initials.

NRC operating : 1972

File consists of Forer's application forms to the National Research Council of Canada for operating and equipment grants, notifications of decision, and an accompanying letter by Forer.

NSERC / '99 autumn

File pertains to Forer's application to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for a research grant. Records in this file are memoranda to applicants, application forms, referees' reports, and correspondence. Included in the file is a memorandum to applicant and referees' reports pertaining to a 1994 grant application by Forer.

NSERC 2003 : submitted forms

File pertains to Forer's successful application for a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) five-year Discovery Grant. Records in this file are an application form, consent forms signed by graduate students formerly supervised by Forer (listed as highly qualified personnel), correspondence, referees' reports and e-mail.

NSERC 2008

File pertains to Forer's application for a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) five-year Discovery Grant. Records in this file are an application form, referees' reports, a highly qualified personnel list, e-mail, and a copy of a 2004 letter pertaining to his previous NSERC grant.

NSERC 2013

File pertains to Forer's successful application for a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) five-year Discovery Grant. File includes an application form (on DVD), correspondence, grant summaries, reviewers' reports, and e-mail. Also included in the file is a copy of Forer's personal data form for a 2009 NSERC grant application.

NSERC equip. : 1986

File pertains to two applications made by Forer to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for equipment grants. Records in this file are application forms, correspondence and invoices.

NSERC equip. : 1988

File pertains to Forer's application to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for an equipment grant to fund the purchase of a fluorescence microscope and image analysis system. Records in this file are an application form, a memorandum, and a notice of decision form. Also included is a notice of decision form for a three-year operating grant awarded to Forer by NSERC in 1988.

NSERC equip. : 1989

File consists of an application form submitted by Forer to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for an equipment grant to fund the purchase of an image analysis system.

NSERC equip. : '95

File pertains to Forer's application to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for an equipment grant to fund the purchase of a laser disc recorder. Records in this file are an application form and notice of decision.

NSERC equip. : Oct. '91 : confocal 'scope

File pertains to a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) equipment grant application submitted by Forer (with K.G. Davey, A.S.M. Saleuddin and I.B. Heath of York University) to purchase a confocal microscope. Records in this file are a notice of decision, application forms, and equipment price quotations and price lists.

NSERC equipment : Oct. '85

Item is an application form submitted by Forer for an equipment grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

NSERC op. : '81 / Pres. NSERC : spring '82

File consists of grant application forms and letters pertaining to Forer's project on the mechanisms of chromosome movement during cell division, submitted to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for an operating grant in 1981, York University's University Research Fellowship in 1981, and York University's President's NSERC fund in 1982.

NSERC op. : Oct. 1990 : & rebuttal

File pertains to a multi-year National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant issued to Forer and his appeal to NSERC after the amount of his grant was reduced. Records in this file are notices of decision, memoranda, an application form, correspondence, referees' reports, and magazine articles.

NSERC Op. '87

File consists of application forms submitted by Forer to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for equipment and operating grants, as well as correspondence, equipment quotations, and notifications of decision.

NSERC op. grant : 1978

File pertains to a three-year operating grant issued to Forer by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for his project entitled "Mechanisms and control of chromosome movements during cell-division". Records in this file are an application form, correspondence, installment requests, and notifications of decision.

NSERC travel 1977

Item is an application form for a travel grant submitted to the National Research Council of Canada.

Personal data form (NSERC)

Item is a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) personal data form submitted by Forer in support of a NSERC grant application (not included).

Pesticide letters (etc.) : 3 March 1986 -Sept. '87

File consists of correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, a report and notes pertaining to Forer's complaints about the air quality in York University's Farquharson Building and the effects of insecticides/pesticides on science experiments in that building.

Physio search : correspondence : 1998

File pertains to Forer's participation on a Department of Biology search committee for animal physiology in 1998. Records in this file are memoranda, e-mail and correspondence pertaining to the committee's decision.

Pickett-Heaps & Forer : 2001 : unpublished (table used in 2003)

File pertains to an article co-written by Jeremy D. Pickett-Heaps and Forer entitled "Spindle evolution : could cycling have a role in chromosome-to-pole movement?", unsuccessfully submitted for publication to Journal of Cell Science. Records in this file are e-mail, a letter and referees' reports, as well as a manuscript of the article.

Pickett-Heaps & Forer 2009

File pertains to an article co-written by Jeremy Pickett-Heaps and Forer, entitled "Mitosis: spindle evolution and the matrix model", submitted first to the Journal of Cell Science and then published in Protoplasma. Records in this file are e-mail, referees' reports, and correspondence.

Pickett-Heaps et al. : tensegrity : 1997

File pertains to the publication of an article co-written by Jeremy Pickett-Heaps and Forer, entitled "The traction fibre: toward a 'tensegral' model of the spindle", in Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. Records in this file are e-mail exchanged between Pickett-Heaps and Forer, a memorandum, and a copyright transfer agreement.

Plagiarism : BIO 4140 : autumn 2001

File pertains to a plagiarism/academic dishonesty case involving a student in one of Forer's classes. Records in this file include a case decision, e-mail, copies of the student's assignments and Forer's comments, correspondence, and copies of the assignment handouts.

Plotter 80-81

File consists of correspondence pertaining to grant applications made by Forer to the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, the J.P. Bickell Foundation and the Max Bell Foundation for the purchase of scientific equipment including a plotter.

Pres. NRC

File consists of application forms submitted by Forer for a grant from the President's National Research Council Fund , as well as a related memorandum and correspondence.

Pres. NSERC : spring '88

File pertains to Forer's application (with Prof. Ron Pearlman) to the York University President's NSERC Fund in spring 1988. Records in this file are a letter, a memorandum and Forer's application form.

Pres. NSERC 1983

Item is a grant application form submitted by Forer to the York University President's NSERC Fund in spring 1983.

Pres. NSERC '82

File consists of Forer's grant application form to York University's President's NSERC Fund for fall 1982, as well his application form for an equipment grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in 1983.

Pres. NSERC '94

File consists of Forer's application form for the York University President's NSERC Fund.

President's NSERC 1985/1986

File consists of two application forms submitted by Forer for the York University President's NSERC Fund in 1985 and 1986 and related correspondence.

Protoplasma (checkpoint) : 1998 : Forer & P-H

File pertains to an article written by Forer with J.D. Pickett-Heaps entitled "Checkpoint control in crane-fly spermatocytes", submitted to three journals for publication and published in Protoplasma. Records in this file are correspondence, referee comments, a manuscript submission form, and e-mail.

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