C.W. Jeffreys letter : Jordan Manners
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- 29 May 2007
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a copy of a letter sent by Axelrod to the principal of C.W. Jeffreys Secondary School Collegiate regarding the death of Jordan Manners.
C.W. Jeffreys letter : Jordan Manners
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a copy of a letter sent by Axelrod to the principal of C.W. Jeffreys Secondary School Collegiate regarding the death of Jordan Manners.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of handwritten notes, proposals, e-mail correspondence and draft course descriptions pertaining to curriculum reform and program development at York University's Faculty of Education.
CYSF [Council of the York Students Federation] media 1970
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of copies of newspaper articles pertaining to the activities of Axelrod as president of the Council of the York Students Federation in 1970-71.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a copy of an address given by Axelrod to the Danforth Jewish Circle's Rosh Hashanah service on 5 October 2005, entitled "Pondering the sovereignty of God".
Danforth Jewish Circle : chair's message
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of draft text written by Axelrod for the "Message from the chair" portion of the Danforth Jewish Circle's bimonthly newsletter from December 2012 to December 2013.
Deaf education : Ministry of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of Axelrod's notes on his meeting with Lorna Marsden and then-Ontario Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne pertaining to a variety of education topics, including education for the deaf.
Deans, administrators : salaries
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is an article from York University's student newspaper, Excalibur, detailing the salaries of the faculty heads and other administrators at York, including Axelrod.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of scripts prepared by Axelrod to introduce these recipients of York University's Faculty of Education honorary degrees: Jean Little (2002), Phoebe M. Asiyo (2003), and John Willinsky (2008).
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a list summarizing Axelrod's accomplishments while Dean of York University's Faculty of Education.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of Axelrod's notes and speech for his 10 June 2008 retirement dinner, as well as written remarks about his retirement as Dean of the Faculty of Education by Alice Pitt, and joke lyrics to a song entitled "Hey, Paul" to the tune of "Hey, Paula".
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence and candidate requirements pertaining to Axelrod's application for dean of York University's Faculty of Education.
Deanship, Faculty of Education : letter of appointment
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence pertaining to the extension of Axelrod's term as Dean of the Faculty of Education. Also included is a copy of his 1 December 2005 Dean's report and statement on the deanship.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence and job descriptions pertaining to the search to replace Axelrod as Dean of the Faculty of Education. Included is a memorandum announcing the appointment of Alice Pitt as the new dean in 2008.
Deanship : becoming Dean : 2001
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence sent and received by Axelrod pertaining to his application for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Education, as well as notes for his interviews and the text of his presentation to the Faculty on 4 May 2001. Included is a document written by Axelrod about his recollections regarding the process of becoming the Dean.
Dean's reports to Faculty Council
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of an agenda and minutes for the 23 November 2005 meeting the Faculty of Education's Coordinating and Planning Committee. Also included is a draft of Axelrod's final address to the Faculty Council on 6 June 2008.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, notes, a memorandum and job descriptions pertaining to the search to replace Axelrod as Dean of the Faculty of Education in 2007. Due to the absence of an appropriate candidate, Axelrod was asked to stay an extra year, which he did. Alice Pitt was eventually selected to succeed Axelrod in July 2008.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of notes, statements and correspondence pertaining to a student demonstration and the police response at a meeting of the York Senate on 20 January 2005.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of incoming and some outgoing correspondence pertaining to Axelrod's work as an academic and writer.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of four issues of Edible News, the student publication of York's Faculty of Education, which feature Axelrod's "Message from the Dean". Draft copies of his 2004 and 2005 welcome messages are also part of the file.
Faculty hiring : Faculty of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a spreadsheet reviewing tenure-stream appointments in the Faculty of Education between 1991 and 2005.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of Faculty of Education news briefs prepared by Axelrod pertaining to the activities of faculty members.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is e-mail correspondence exchanged between Harriet Lewis, Lorna Marsden, Axelrod and Sheila Embleton regarding an appeal decision to exclude a faculty candidate's reference letters from access under FIPPA.
Firgrove : inner city, model school
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of a Toronto Star newspaper article by Carol Goar about the National Inner-City Conference and a conference paper entitled "Home and school learning in the Firgrove Model School" by Harpreet Ghuman, Rebeca Gutierrez, and John Ippolito.
Correspondence : general/personal : pre-2001
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Correspondence : personal file : general
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File pertains to Axelrod's participation as a jury member in a coroner's inquest in September 2000.
Council on Higher Education : Ginger Group 2005
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File pertains to Axelrod's participation in 19 April 2005 meeting of the "Ginger Group", an informal group of academics and education professionals sharing ideas about the proposed Council on Higher Education, recommended in the Rae Report. Items in this file include a summary of discussion from that meeting as well as Axelrod's notes and a letter from fellow attendee David Lindsay.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a fundraising brochure entitled "York to the power of 50", published by the York University Foundation in 2006.
Graduate program : re-appointment
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is Axelrod's recommendation form for re-appointment in York University's Faculty of Graduate Studies in 2010.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of a paper about the history of the Department of History at York University between 1960 and 1985 by Michelle Corbett, as well as the program booklet for the Graduate Program in History for 1997-1998.
Honorary doctorate : Rick Mercer nomination
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a brochure for a York University international symposium entitled "Internationalizing Canada's University". Axelrod was a presenter at this conference.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a DVD of a film directed by Kathleen Gould Lundy, accompanied by a handwritten note by Axelrod about the production.
Jewish teacher education : Faculty of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Jewish studies : Holocaust education program
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of Axelrod's handwritten lecture notes on the subject of Canadian historical writing.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Faculty of Education : public relations : ads, brochures
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Letters of reference : various
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Maclean, Steve : e-mail from space
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Media citations and articles : York U : pre-2001
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Media : 2001-08 : Axelrod, Faculty of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Media : 2009- : Axelrod : publications, citations
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Media : 2001- : Faculty of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a memorandum from Faculty of Education Dean Alice Pitt to Axelrod informing him of his YUFA merit award for 2011-12.
First Generation program funding 2006
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence pertaining to First Generation scholarships for post-secondary education, provided by the Government of Ontario, and York University's allocated funding for 2006/2007.
Faculty of Education celebrations
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of programmes, speaking notes and song lyrics pertaining to social gatherings, retirement parties and award ceremonies of York's Faculty of Education. Also included is a 2003 Christmas card list.
Faculty of Education Council : final Dean's report
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is the minutes of the 6 June 2008 meeting of the Faculty of Education Council, which includes Axelrod's final report as Dean.
Graduate education : re-appointment to Graduate Studies
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a memorandum from Sampa Bhadra, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, to Axelrod informing him of his re-appointment as a faculty member.
Graduate diploma : post-secondary education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of a memorandum from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities regarding funding to York University for a graduate diploma in post-secondary education. Also included is an agenda for a meeting of the York University Senate on 14 December 2006, which includes a proposal for the creation of the diploma at York.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of an issue of the February 1995 alumni newsletter of the York University Graduate Programme in History, as well as a 17 November 1997 memorandum from Viv Nelles regarding questions for the Canadian history field examination, drafted in part by Axelrod.
Graduate program review : Faculty of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a quality assurance process review of the graduate program in education at York University by a review committee comprised of Dr. Sandra Weber, Dr. Anthony Pare and Dr. David Murray.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
OADE (Ontario Association of Deans of Education) : Ministry of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence exchanged between the OADE and the Ontario Minister of Education between 2002 and 2004 on a variety of subjects, as well as copies of Ministry of Education press releases.
OADE : professional masters' degrees
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a report entitled "Professional master degrees in education: a report to the Ontario Association of Deans of Education" written by Allen Pearson and Pamela MacLeod-Roberts.
OCUFA [Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations]
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a report by Richard Wellen entitled "Economists and public education activists examine Ontario universities at OCUFA conference".
Off-campus sites : teacher education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of a newspaper clipping about the Faculty of Education's off-campus teacher education centre at Georgian College and e-mail correspondence pertaining to the establishment of other off-site locations.
Ontario College of Teachers : professional learning program
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a statement issued by the Ontario Association of Deans of Education (OADE) regarding the Professional Learning Program of the Ontario College of Teachers.
Ministry of Education : Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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 Education : Learning to 18 working table
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, notes, agendas, press releases and resource materials pertaining to the activities of the Learning to 18 working table, on which Axelrod served as a member.
Ministry of Education : curriculum validation project : 2
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, memoranda and reports 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 : curriculum validation project : 3
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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 Training, Colleges and Universities
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
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.
OADE (Ontario Association of Deans of Education)
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of Axelrod's handwritten notes taken at caucus and general meetings of the OADE between 2002 and 2006.
OADE (Ontario Association of Deans of Education)
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas, minutes and notes pertaining to Axelrod's involvement with the OADE, including his attendance at its caucus and general meetings.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, a contract and a memorandum pertaining to Axelrod's appointment as a sessional instructor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), teaching a course entitled "The history of higher education in Canada" in the 1995-1996 school year. Also included is a 9 February 2000 letter re-appointing Axelrod as a full member of the Theory and Policy Studies in Education department at OISE.
Pipes episode : anti-Semitism, etc.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of notes, e-mail correspondence, and policy documents pertaining to the visit of Daniel Pipes to speak at York University and a complaint made to Axelrod about the use of the Faculty of Education's e-mail list, First Class, by the Coalition for Academic Freedom to promote a protest against Pipes. Also included in the file is a collection of anonymized e-mail correspondence pertaining to Pipes' guest lecture and the co-sponsorship by the York Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS) of the event.
Practicum payment issues : EFTO
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence pertaining to York's Faculty of Education payment policies for host teachers and a complaint made by the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (EFTO) about discrepancies in pay between elementary and secondary host teachers.
Professional Learning Program conflict
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of memoranda, correspondence and news release pertaining to the cancellation of the Government of Ontario's Professional Learning Program for teachers, and York University's Faculty of Education withdrawal from the program.
Professional Learning Program (PLP)
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of notes, correspondence, memoranda news releases and articles pertaining to opposition to the Government of Ontario's Professional Learning Program by teacher federations and faculties of education and York University Faculty of Education's decision to register Additional Qualifications courses with the Ontario College of Teachers.
Promotion to full professor 1994
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, memoranda and supporting materials pertaining to Axelrod's successful application for promotion to full professor at York University effective 1 January 1994.
Public Lending Right Commission
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence and title earning summaries sent to Axelrod by the Public Lending Right Commission in 1998 and 2002 pertaining to his earnings for publications he authored or edited.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of a memorandum and notes pertaining to an evaluation by Axelrod, in his role as dean of the Faculty of Education at York University, of the discussion paper produced by the Rae Commission.
Rankings : Faculty of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a memorandum written by Sheila Embleton to Axelrod on the subject of information for ranking and comparing Faculties of Education in Ontario, including her notes about the unique features of the Faculty of Education at York University.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Item is a paper written by Victoria Chou, David Pearson, Bernard Shapiro and Karen Wixson, reviewing the merger of OISE and the Faculty of Education at the University of Toronto.
Royalty statements : McGill-Queen's University Press
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Royalty statements : University of Toronto Press
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Ontario Council on Graduate Studies : program reviews
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of two program reviews written by Axelrod about the graduate political science programs at the University of Western Ontario and at Carleton University.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of a memorandum and a Faculty of Education proposal for a chair on education achievement and at-risk students at York University.
Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of Axelrod's e-mail correspondence, notes, briefing notes, notices, Government of Ontario news releases, and articles pertaining to the Ontario Ministry of Education's new Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test, the logistics of administering the test to York's Faculty of Education students, and the eventual cancellation of the teacher testing in 2004. Included in the file is a photocopy of a 2002/2003 Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test information booklet.
Osgoode undergraduate program review
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, handwritten notes, an agenda and a report pertaining to an undergraduate programme review of Osgoode Hall Law School, co-written by Axelrod, Didi Herman and Stephen Toope.
People for Education conference at York
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of Axelrod's handwritten notes pertaining to presentations given at this conference.
PEQAB file : Conestoga College : quality assurance
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence, an employment agreement and assessment guidelines pertaining to Axelrod's work as a quality assessor for the Government of Ontario's Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board (PEQAB) to examine the Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning's Bachelor of Applied Technology (architecture - project and facility management) program.
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of photographs of Axelrod with others at events mostly pertaining to his role within the Faculty of Education at York University, including a Council of Ontario Universities awards dinner and the 2008 York University President's Staff Recognition Awards. Also depicted in these photographs are Martha Piper, James Downey, Ali Jahangir, Michael Brown, Tara Somaroo, Mamdouh Shoukri, Lillian Nasello, and Jean Augustine.
Research : Faculty of Education
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of spreadsheets detailing Faculty of Education tenure-stream appointments between 2001 and 2005 and external research grants awarded to faculty members between 1999 and 2005.
Social science retreat 1998 : Axelrod presentation
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of records pertaining to the York University Division of Social Science retreat held on 21 Apr. 1998, including a copy of the Division's plan for July 1998 to July 2002, a retreat itinerary, a paper by Judy Hellman, and a copy of Axelrod's paper entitled "Does liberal education have a future?". Included are background materials including a Division of Social Science program review.
Social science : speech on Craig Heron's retirement (the chair)
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Social science : speech for Millie Bakan retirement
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds
File consists of correspondence pertaining to Axelrod's departure from the York University Division of Social Science to take the deanship at the Faculty of Education, as well as his 8 September 2000 retirement speech for colleagues Henryk Falkierski and Arthur Siegel.
Speeches/short articles : Aug. 2001-Apr. 2003
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds