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2015-023/007(27) · Item · May 1990
Part of Paul Axelrod fonds

Item is a paper entitled "Visible minorities and the universities of Canada: some obstacles and challenges on the road to social justice" by Thomas A. Meininger.

Visible Evidence 2015
2023-001/019(10) · File · Aug. 2015
Part of Ali Kazimi fonds

File consists of notes and a program for the 2015 Visible Evidence Conference for which the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at York University was a sponsor during which time Ali Kazimi was the Department Chair.

2010-038/006(3) · File · 1983
Part of Portuguese Interagency Network fonds

File consists of the text of a presentation to the Special Parliamentary Committee on the Participation of Visible Minorities in Canadian Society, titled, "Coalition of Visible and Invisible Minority Parent Groups call for End to Racial Discrimination in Schools and for Laws to Guarantee French and Heritage Language Instruction." The presentation was delivered by Shamsher Grewal on behalf of: the South Asian Origins Liaison Committee, the Organization of Parents of Black Children, the Chinese Parents' Association, the French Language Advisory Committee, and the Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Ukrainian representatives to the Heritage Languages Advisory Committee of the Toronto Board of Education.

Virginia Rock fonds
F0600 · Fonds · 1926-2014, predominant 1962-2006

Fonds consists of material related to Virginia Rock's research for her doctoral dissertation and other academic writing pertaining to the Twelve Southern Agrarians. Records include research notes and index cards, photocopies of newspaper clippings, book reviews, literary criticism, journal articles, and photocopies of material written by or about the Southern Agrarians regarding their lives and work, as well as their correspondence with Rock. The fonds also contains Rock's personal and professional correspondence, drafts of Rock's final dissertation and articles, records concerning her involvement with the Canadian Women's Studies Association, as well as materials pertaining to Rock's work as a professor at York University, including information about Stong College, syllabi, course kits and reading lists, information about symposiums she attended, and items relating to her work as an instructor and advisor for the Graduate Women's Studies Programme. Also included in the fonds are records pertaining to Rock's experience teaching American literature as a Fulbright visiting professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow between 1962 and 1964. These records, which include photographs, correspondence and memorabilia, document Rock's activities while in Poland as well as her return visits to Poland in later years and her general interest in the country. An issue of the Polish magazine "Ameryka," featuring an article about Virginia Rock, has been added to Special Collections; an English translation is available in the fonds.

Rock, Virginia J., 1923-2015
F0352 · Fonds · 1973-1986

The fonds consists of Virginia McDonald-Evans' records pertaining to her activities as a scholar and includes her correspondence; research materials; course files; essays, briefs and speeches; book drafts; bibliographic cards; and printed material.

McDonald, Virginia, 1928-.
Virden Cafe sign
2018-039/001(03) · Item · 1963
Part of Home Made Visible collection

Item consists of a Chinese-Russian family's home movie featuring footage of a sign that reads: "Virden Cafe : fish & chips, chop suey".

Project and donor contributed description follows: "The neon lit café sign of the Virden Café at night, Kate’s dad’s Chinese Canadian restaurant."