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Women in Toronto Creating Housing (WITCH)

File consists of a document detailing WITCH's unifying principle and organizational objectives, a list of WITCH sponsored events and programs, and a photocopy of an article by Jo Freeman entitled "The tyranny of structurelessness".

Historical photos from thesis

File consists of copy prints from the City of Toronto Archives' William James photograph collection. Images depict the Ward, the "Pendarvis" mansion, the original Upper Canada College, the Gooderham distillery, and Government House.

Closing URP [Urban and Regional Planning] at UofT

File consists of records pertaining to the closing of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Toronto in 1982. Records in this file include a cartoon written/drawn by Rahder, a copy of a draft paper written by Rahder (under the name E. Graven) entitled "The inside story: the abolition of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Toronto", correspondence regarding publication of her article in City Magazine '82, an open letter from the PhD students in the department and a letter from Rahder about the closure, and memoranda regarding a report to review the future of the department as well as a copy of that report.

Research and course notebooks

File consists of six spiral-bound notebooks created by Rahder while a PhD student at the University of Toronto pertaining to her coursework and dissertation research.

Readings and notes : history and urban theory

File consists of notes, research materials, a draft dissertation proposal, a paper by Rahder entitled "Municipal regulation of urban form and development: Toronto prior to 1900" (May 1979) and a draft paper entitled "Toronto's development prior to 1900".

Cartography for thesis, articles

File consists of maps of the locations of 50 major firms and factories in downtown Toronto between 1851 and 1881, as well as a map of six neighbourhood study areas and a map entitled "Fire protection and the affluent, 1874".

Maps of Toronto in 19th c.

File consists of maps detailing Toronto's major industries (1851-1871), residential locations of Toronto's major factory owners (1851-1881), locations of six study areas in Toronto (1861-1881), six residential areas in Toronto (1861-1881), locations of Toronto schools (1881), and types of workers in Cabbagetown according to the 1861 census.

Dissertation materials

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's PhD dissertation, "The Origins of Residential Differentiation: capitalist industrialization in Toronto, Ontario, 1851-1881". These records include a dissertation abstract, notes, a program for her final PhD oral examination, an internal appraisal and other feedback on her thesis, photocopies of archival photographs of Toronto buildings, statistics, a bibliography, and lists of final page corrections.

Graduate course notebooks

File consists of spiral-bound notebooks maintained by Rahder pertaining to classes taken while a Master's student at the University of Toronto.

ES 5122 course materials

File consists of course outlines, reading lists, assignments, handouts and lecture notes for Introduction to Urban-Regional Planning (ES 5122) taught by Rahder in the fall of 1984 and 1985. Also included is a course outline and term paper outline for The Urban Community (ES 6120), taught by Rahder in winter 1986.

Graduate course notebooks

File consists of spiral-bound notebooks maintained by Rahder pertaining to classes taken while a Master's student at the University of Toronto.

Theories of urbanization I

File consists a syllabus and lecture notes for this course (1513F) taught by Rahder at the University of Toronto's Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the fall of 1979.

Urban design : Ryerson

File consists of handouts and lecture notes for Ryerson Polytechnic Institute courses, Introduction to Urban Design I and II.

Planning issues and concepts/processes : other outlines

File consists of handouts and lecture notes pertaining to an urban planning course taught by Rahder at the University of Toronto (INI335Y) in 1981-1982 and a course outline and lecture notes for a planning course (ES 5121) taught by Rahder at York University in fall 1984 and 1985.

Urban community/research methods

File consists of course outlines, class schedules, reading lists, lecture notes and handouts for two courses taught by Rahder at York University, The Urban Community (ES 6120) and Applied Research Methods (ES 6183) in winter 1985.

Social issues in urban planning : course materials

File consists of course outlines, reading lists, schedules, assignments, newspaper articles, and lecture notes for York University course, Social Issues in Urban Planning (ES 6224) in winter 1985 and 1986, and a course at Queen's University, Social Issues in Urban Planning (SURP 857) in 1986-1987.

Bioregional planning workshop : 6330, W97

File consists of records pertaining to the winter 1997 Bioregional Planning Workshop (ENVS 6330) taught by Rahder, including a schedule of small group sessions, a reading list, a class schedule, class agendas, a bibliography, Rahder's notes, and memoranda.

Environmental assessment (3430.03) : outline, etc.

File consists of course outlines, a schedule, handouts, a reading list, assignments, study questions and lecture notes pertaining to this course taught by Rahder in winter 1994 and 1995, as well as memoranda from Jack Ellis, director of the BES programme at York University, a course outline and reading list pertaining to a course taught by Lewis Molot (EN/ENVS 2500.6), and course materials for this course taught by Rodney Northey, used by Rahder for course planning.

ENVS. 3430 : readings and handouts

File consists of a course outline/syllabus, study questions, and reading materials pertaining to this York University course, Environmental Assessment, taught by Rahder in winter 1996.

6321 Planning workshop

File pertains to a planning workshop (ENVS 6321) taught by Rahder in fall 1993. Included in the file is a course schedule, outlines, assignments and notes, as well as correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the course project/concept plan to redevelop the St. Lawrence Starch Co. in Port Credit. Included in the file are course materials for the winter 1987-1989 sessions of this workshop, taught by other instructors.

Planning and design workshop

File consists of records pertaining to this course, Planning and Design Workshop (ENVS 6420) taught by Rahder in winter 1995. Included in the file are course assignments, a bibliography, a course outline and schedule, memoranda, handouts, notes, correspondence, and lecture notes.

6420 Greenwood

File consists of records pertaining to the student planning project for Rahder's winter 1995 Planning and Design Workshop (ENVS 6420) to redesign Greenwood Racetrack. Included in the file are photographic slides of planning documents, a plan concept, speaking notes, an agenda for the class's project presentations, a course schedule, a site description and planning principles for project proposals, minutes from a student planning meeting, and resource materials for the project.

GTA workshop

File consists of records pertaining to the winter 1996 Bioregional Planning Workshop (ENVS 6330) focused on the Greater Toronto Area, taught by Rahder, including a schedule of speakers, a bibliography, a schedule of group presentations, assignments, notes, memoranda, correspondence, and curriculum planning meeting minutes.

Bioregional planning workshop (ENVS 6330) : tour information

File consists of a letter, pamphlets and brochures, and an itinerary pertaining to a 22 Jan. 1997 bioregional tour of Toronto for students in this winter 1997 course. Locations include the Keele Valley Landfill site, Ross Lord Dam and Reservoir, Downsview Airport, Todmorden Mills and Don Valley Brickworks, Metro Archives, Toronto port lands, Leslie Street Spit and the Don Valley.

Course syllabi

File consists of syllabi for courses taught by Rahder as a sessional instructor at the University of Toronto, Queen's University and York University between 1978 and 1986. Included are syllabi for the following courses: Theories of Urbanization, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Toronto (fall 1978 and 1979); Introduction to Urban Design, Urban Planning Department, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1979-1980); Introduction to Urban Design, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto (spring 1980); Planning Case Studies, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto (1980-1981); Urban Planning Issues and Concepts, Urban Studies Program, Innis College, University of Toronto (1981-1982), Introduction to Planning Processes, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (fall 1984); Applied Research Methods: field research, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (winter 1985); The Urban Community, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (winter 1986); Social Issues in Urban Planning, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (winter 1985 and 1986); Social Issues in Urban Planning, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen's University (fall 1986).

Social sustainability, diversity and public space in three Canadian cities : SSHRC grant materials

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's SSHRC-funded research project, "Social sustainability, diversity and public space in three Canadian cities". Records include a table of contents, e-mail, the original project proposal, notice of award, minutes from meetings of the project team, agendas and minutes from focus groups, notices, programs and presentation notes for project-related events, project data, the final SSHRC research report, and a CD-R containing newspaper searches related to the project. Included is e-mail pertaining to permissions acquired by Rahder from her co-investigators on this project to donate this file to the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections.

Social sustainability, diversity and public space in three Canadian cities : SSHRC grant materials

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's SSHRC-funded research project, "Social sustainability, diversity and public space in three Canadian cities". Records include a table of contents, e-mail, the original project proposal, notice of award, minutes from meetings of the project team, agendas and minutes from focus groups, notices, programs and presentation notes for project-related events, project data, the final SSHRC research report, and a CD-R containing newspaper searches related to the project. Included is e-mail pertaining to permissions acquired by Rahder from her co-investigators on this project to donate this file to the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections.

Workshop '97 student work

File consists of a student final report on Regent Park produced for Rahder's winter 1997 course, Bioregional Planning Workshop (ENVS 6330).

Bioregional planning workshop

File consists of records pertaining to the winter 1998 session of Bioregional Planning Workshop taught by Rahder and Greg Allen, including guest speaker notes, a bibliography, a class schedule, Rahder's notes, reading lists, a course outline, session agendas, a schedule of guest speakers, and memoranda sent to guest speakers. Also included in the file are e-mail, correspondence, a notice and notes about proposed improvements to the York University Pond Road woodlot and a public forum on this topic facilitated by Rahder.

Bioregional planning workshop 2004

File consists of records pertaining to the winter 2004 Bioregional Planning Workshop (ENVS 6330) taught by Rahder, including bioregional maps of York University's Keele Campus and area, Rahder's notes, statistics on York University in the GTA, agendas for small group meetings, a course outline, a course schedule and bibliography, assignments, handouts and a list of guest speakers.

ENVS 8102 Fall 2013

Item is a syllabus for this Faculty of Environmental Studies PhD research seminar taught by Rahder in the fall of 2013.

ENVS 8102 Fall 2014

File consists of a course outline, notes and a handbook for this Faculty of Environmental Studies PhD research seminar taught by Rahder in the fall of 2014.

GA [graduate assistant] Career Connections

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's involvement with the development of a mentoring program for graduate students in planning, Career Connections, an initiative by the Graduate Planning Programs of York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies and the Ontario Professional Planners Institute. These records include student and mentor kits, a memorandum, e-mail, correspondence, application forms and notes.

Indigenous languages : our proposal, media reports

File pertains to a Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) motion on the use of First Nations languages in writing MES theses, major papers/projects and doctoral dissertations, an initiative spearheaded by Rahder, and media response to the proposal. Records include a memoranda, e-mail and copies of FES policies and procedures.

MES [Master of Environmental Studies] working group

File consists of records pertaining to proposed revisions to the Master of Environmental Studies program and Rahder's role as graduate program director. Records include memoranda, e-mail, draft proposals, and discussion summaries from MES Working Group Open Meetings.

PhD working group

File consists of draft proposals to improve the Faculty of Environmental Studies' PhD program, as well as related e-mail, an agenda and notes from PhD Program and Admissions Committee meetings, and lists of faculty involvement in the PhD program.

FES @ 41

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's participation, as dean, in the organization of the Faculty of Environmental Studies' 41st anniversary event symposium, held on 6 Nov. 2009. Records include an itinerary/agenda, speaking notes, e-mail, notes, an event notice, a spreadsheet, and quotes from potential venues.

FES Tidings

File consists of three issues (vol. 1-3, 2000-2001) of the Faculty of Environmental Studies newsletter, FES Tidings

Gender cluster

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's participation in a Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) gender interest group. Records include resource material, memoranda, correspondence, course outlines and lists, e-mail, meeting minutes, drafts of a letter to FES dean Peter Victor, and a progress report.

Anti-oppression/anti-racism

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's participation in a Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) anti-oppression/anti-racism committee and planning for a lunchtime seminar series on the subject in 1994-1995. Records include e-mail, notes, reports, memoranda, news articles, resource material and correspondence.

Strategic plan

File pertains to strategic planning in the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) in 2001-2001. These records include a 2001 Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) strategic plan (21 Jan. 2002), a copy of "The FES Strategic Plan - December 2001 - responses to presidential questions regarding the strategic plan" (13 Jan. 2002), related memoranda, strategic plan summaries, a list of FES enrolment targets and actuals from 1999-2001, and a strategic plan preliminary outline.

FES open meetings

File pertains to open meetings for Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) faculty members. These records include correspondence, an executive response to the FES strategic plan, meeting minutes and discussion notes, and documents evaluating the importance of FES as an independent administrative structure.

Grad curric. diversity

File consists of notes, agendas, handouts, evaluation forms and reports pertaining to Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) diversity workshops, bibliographies on curriculum diversity, articles and papers on curriculum diversity and planning, FES curriculum diversity/equity guidelines, course outlines and reading lists for ENV6130.

Women : diversity/equity workshop

File consists of notes, memoranda, an agenda, project proposals and resource material pertaining to the Faculty of Environmental Studies' curriculum diversity/equity initiatives, including its workshop on focusing on women, and materials pertaining to the Senate of York University's annual academic planning forum, "Equity and planning: transforming objectives into action" (2003).

PN conference : Chicago

File pertains to the Planners Network conference, "Tending the garden: from grass roots to green roofs", held in June 2006 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Records include a conference program, a workshops schedule, a report, a budget and e-mail.

Planners Network conference materials : New Orleans

File pertains to the Planners Network conference, "Race, class and community recovery: from the neighborhood to the nation and beyond" held on 30 May-2 June 2007 at the University of New Orleans. Records include a program, pamphlets, e-mail and Rahder's notes.

PN @ Winnipeg

Item is a program for the Planners Network conference, "Planning in challenging climates", held in July 2008 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Planners Network conference materials : UC Berkeley

File pertains to the Planners Network conference, "Toward the just metropolis: from crises to possibilities", held in June 2010 at the University of California at Berkeley. Records include conference agendas, schedules, program abstracts, and Rahder's nametag.

PN : APA/CIP '95

File pertains to the 1995 annual conference of the American Planning Association/Canadian Institute of Planners/Ontario Professional Planners Institute, held in April 1995 in Toronto. Records include a program, Rahder's speaking notes on progressive planning in Canada, memoranda and correspondence.

Planners Network

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's involvement with the Planner Network, including minutes from a 18 Jan. 1997 Planners Network steering committee held in Brooklyn, attended by Rahder, as well statements of principle, a request for proposals, pamphlets, and a letter.

PN Brazil

File pertains to Rahder's attendance, on behalf of the Planners Network, at the IX Encontro Nacional da ANPUR held in Rio de Janeiro in 2001. Records include a conference program, a proposal for a free session, notes pertaining to Rahder's presentation at the conference, e-mail, and Rahder's account of her experience at the conference.

PN @ CIP

File consists of records pertaining to a Planners Network Toronto panel at the July 2001 annual conference of the Canadian Association of Planners (CIP) in Ottawa. Records include Rahder's account of her participation in the session, her handwritten notes, a conference proposal, e-mail, and a short paper written by Rahder and others about the Planners Network.

PN - UK

Item is a letter written by Rahder as co-chair of the Planners Network in support of the newly formed Planners Network UK.

PN & PA @ CIP/OPPI

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's presentation on behalf of Planners Network at the Canadian Institute of Planners/Ontario Professional Planners Institute joint conference held in Toronto in July 2004. Records include a conference program, a call for proposals, and an overview of Rahder's presentation, entitled "Changing minds, changing directions: roles for activist planners".

PN conference : DC

Item is a pre-conference program for "For an America that works: a Planners Network conference on economic, social and environmental justice" held on 20-22 May 1994 in Washington, DC.

PN in Halifax

File consists of a notice, e-mail, and Rahder's handwritten notes pertaining to a Planners Network event on urban planning and social justice at Dalhousie Law School in Halifax in March 2004, where Rahder spoke on the topic, "Sex and city planning: what has gender got to do with it?".

ACSP 2002 : Baltimore

File pertains to Rahder's presentation of a paper, "Four decades of radical urban planning", at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 44th annual conference held in Baltimore in Nov. 2002. Included in the file is a conference program, a letter and e-mail.

PN @ APA in SF

File consists of a program for the American Planning Association's national planning conference held in San Francisco in March 2005, as well as a brochure for a public bus tour of San Francisco, an e-mail, and handouts from a Planners Network session at the conference.

Communique, mailing lists

File consists of a notice, correspondence and schedule for a conference organized by Rahder, "Planners in search of politics: a conference on regional underdevelopment, environmental politics and urban neighbourhood organizations", held in Jan. 1980 at the University of Toronto. Also included are issues of "Communique: a progressive planning network", a document with an introduction and proposed policies for the "Communique", and a photocopy of an article by Rahder entitled "Planners and politics: the progressives organize".

Planners Network Toronto

File consists of an agenda for a Planners Network Toronto networking event, minutes from Planners Network Toronto meetings, a list of members, and notes on the history of the Planners Network.

PN and Planning Action

File consists of a flyer for a Planning Action/Planners Network event entitled "Toronto planning disorientation: an interactive introduction to progressive urban planning", featuring a presentation by Rahder, as well as Rahder's handwritten notes.

INURA [International Network for Urban Research and Action] 7 : proceedings @ "Women plan Toronto"

File consists of a paper written by Rahder for the 1997 INURA 7 conference entitled "Women Plan Toronto: grassroots participation in re-shaping the city", a paper written about the conference by Rahder entitled "Possible urban worlds & dilemmas of discourse: a conference report: International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA)", an e-mail from Philipp Klaus regarding these papers, and a copy of the INURA Bulletin 13 (Dec. 1997) featuring Rahder's article about the conference.

PN conference : Brooklyn

File pertains to the Planners Network conference, "Renewing hope, restoring vision: progressive planning in our communities", held on 14-16 June 1996 and the participation of Rahder and her students at this event. Records in this file include a program, working papers and abstracts, correspondence, e-mail, and memoranda.

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