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Fonds consists of records documenting Barbara Rahder’s graduate studies at the University of Toronto’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning, her work as a professor and member of the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, her planning consultancy projects in the 1980s and 1990s, her scholarly writing and participation in conferences and workshops, and her involvement with the activities and conferences of Planners Network and the International Network for Urban Research and Action. Records in this fonds include papers, reports, proposals, notes, notebooks, photographs and photographic slides, research materials, conference materials, technical drawings, correspondence, e-mail, lecture notes, and course materials.

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.

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.

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.

File consists of a program and other materials pertaining to the conference, "Walls or bridges - strategies for rebuilding communities" held in New York City in June 2004.

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.

File consists of records pertaining to the implementation and management of phase II of this project, including correspondence, proposals, budgets, memoranda, agendas, working group reports, a launch event outline, action plans, and meeting notes.

File pertains to the activities of the Four Shelter committee working on the community consultation on violence against women. These records include correspondence, agendas and notes from committee meetings, a questionnaire, a list of focus group requirements, a progress report, a press release, an outline for a training day, a draft service provider questionnaire, terms of reference for the community consultation project, and questions for consultant interviews.

File consists of inventories of services provided by the Region of Durham, Victoria County, Peterborough County, Northumberland County and Haliburton County relating to violence against women.

File pertains to Rahder and Associates' YMCA anti-racism project, including a proposal, memoranda, and a summary of workshps evaluations.

File consists of a list of literature, studies and projects related to the community consultation on violence against women, as well as a study by the Kapelos-Edwards Group entitled "A voice of twenty-nine: a survey of immigrant and minority women who have experienced wife assault" (Mar. 1990).

File pertains to the editing and publication of Rahder's article, "Victims no more: participatory planning with a diversity of women at risk of abuse", published by the Journal of Planning Education and Research in 1999. Records in this file are correspondence, a draft article, referee reports, reviewer comments and Rahder's responses to those comments, and two copies of the published article.

File consists of records pertaining to the community consultation, including blank questionnaires, meeting agendas, notes and discussion questions, and a volunteer sign-up sheet.

File consists of demographic reports for this project, organized by county.

File pertains to Rahder's presentation of a paper, "Participatory planning with a diversity of women at risk of abuse" for the "Participatory planning across cultures" session of the 36th annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning in Phoenix, Arizona, in Nov. 1994. Records include drafts of this paper, a conference program, and presentation overheads.

File consists of Rahder's paper, "How to start a revolution: feminist participatory research methods in planning", presented at the 37th annual conference of the ACSP held in Detroit in Oct. 1995, as well as the conference final program.

File consists of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to Rahder's position on the York Centre for Health Studies' advisory committee and the Centre's initiatives.

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's involvement with NNEWH, including her NNEWH work plan for 1998-2002, a review of literature by Penelope Ironstone-Catterall, documents pertaining to NNEWH's research agenda, newsletters, notes, and other NNEWH publications.

File consists of records pertaining to a project of Sanford Associates to study "co-operative housing as a new life style option for seniors", including a questionnaire, an observation schedule, a list of spaces and behaviours to observe, a code book, a letter sent to housing co-operatives by Rahder (as Barbara Sanford) about the project, a letter from Stewart McInnes of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation about its grant for the project, background information on Parkview House, and floor, site and unit plans of the senior housing co-operatives being studied.

Item is a published article by Rahder from Planners Network Reader: A selection of articles from Planners Network, 1995-1999.

File consists of a call for proposals for an organizational review and strategic planning process for Access Alliance - Multicultural Community Health Centre; a proposal prepared for this project by Rahder, Farge and Associates, Balkwill Associates and Myra Schiff Consultants Ltd.; and "Organizational review and strategic plan for Access Alliance - Multicultural Community Health Centre" (Mar. 1991) by Rahder, Farge and Associates and Balkwill and Associates.

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's work (for Rahder, Forge and Associates) to draft a mission statement for Access Alliance, including correspondence, memoranda, an Access Alliance pamphlet, a report on the proceedings of the Access Alliance - Multicultural Community Health Centre mission day workshop, an outline for the mission day workshop, and a draft mission statement.

File consists of photographic slides of maps and plans used for the CEED Group presentation in the Seaton planning and design competition.

File consists of presentation notes entitled "Towards community space?" by Rahder and Julian Agyeman for the American Association of Geographers conference in Apr. 2008, a conference participant list, as well as a syllabus for a course on topics in environmental justice (F&ES 83065) from an unidentified university.

File consists of records pertaining to a "Planning for planning" alumni breakfast held at the Center for Social Innovation on 14 May 2009, at which Rahder spoke as Dean of the York University Faculty of Environmental Studies. Records are an event program and Rahder's handwritten speaking notes.

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's participation in a delegation of Canadian planners to South Africa on 8-18 Nov. 2010. Records in this file include a program, Rahder's handwritten notes, a pamphlet, a brochure, a newsletter, a schedule of activities, a certificate of participation and a delegate list.

File consists of a collection of bibliographies, published and unpublished, pertaining to planning and related topics.

Item is a published article from Home Health Care Services Quarterly (vol. 12, no. 1/2).

Item is a paper presented by Rahder at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual conference held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, entitled "Gender in community-based planning: a Toronto pilot project".

File consists of a letter and project evaluation by Rahder and Melissa Spore about the Volunteer Centre of Metro Toronto's Seniors Independence Program and its community seminars on leisure planning for disadvantaged seniors.

File consists of a copy of Rahder's paper written for the 2001 Canadian Association of Planning Students conference, entitled "Will the real planners please stand up!", reader comments on the paper, as well as conference materials including a program, conference schedules, an York Ad Hoc Research Fund grant application by Rahder, and a paper by Christina Gallimore and Hon Lu entitled "Pushing the boundaries: planning's radical projects".

File consists of records pertaining to this conference held in Montreal, including e-mail, correspondence, an abstract, a program, and slides pertaining to Rahder's presentation entitled "An environmental framework for women's health".

File consists of a letter and Rahder's review of Between Eminence and Notoriety: Four Decades of Radical Urban Planning by Chester Hartman, later published in the Journal of the American Planning Association.

File pertains to a paper written by Rahder and Carol Altilia entitled "Where is the feminism in planning going: transformation or appropriation?" for the 45th annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning held in Portland, Oregon, in Oct. 2004. Included in the file are notes, a draft of the paper, and a copy of the version of the paper published in Planning Theory.

Item is a report comparing the costs of the Non-Profit Co-operative Housing Program and the Canada Rental Supply Plan.

File pertains to a project undertaken by Rahder to prepare a YCASP's City of York social profile for inclusion as a chapter in a Metro Toronto report. Records in this file include correspondence, questions for interview subjects in immigrant-serving agencies, a list of suggested changes to "A social report for Metro", the preface for "A social report for Metro, 1992", and a draft copy of Rahder's report.

File consists of photographic slides of buildings and houses managed by Cityhome.

File pertains to a presentation by Rahder, "Gender in community-based planning: a Toronto pilot project" for a 1997 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ASCP) conference session on case studies in community-based planning. Records in this file include materials pertaining to the conference, including session information, an e-mail, and Rahder's notes from an interview with Karen Weeden, as well as records pertaining to the 1992 Dufferin/Gwynne pilot project, including meeting minutes and a site plan.

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".

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

File consists of the following documents: "Executive response to the FES strategic plan - February 28, 2002","FES planning & development process: Jan/2002-Jul/2004", "Faculty of Environmental Studies academic plan 2001-2002: revised version of document submitted to APC and Senate" (Feb. 2002), "FES five year plan: 2003-2008: a response to the Senate APPC call for plans" (Mar. 2003), "Vision & Missions: past, present and future" (5 Mar. 2009), "APPC 5-year plan: 2003-2008", and "APPC 5-year plan: 2003-2009" by Barbara Rahder (24 Feb. 2003).

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.

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).

File includes contact/referral lists, guidelines, fact sheets, reports, policies, a questionnaire, a glossary and articles.

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.

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

Item pertains to this two-day workshop held at York University, sponsored by the Rose Technology Group (VESTAR), the York Centre for Applied Sustainability, Environment Canada and the Office of the Vice President (Administration).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?".

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.

File consists of the "Report on the anti-oppression organization change workshops for service providers" (Dec. 1994) by Rahder and Associates and an agenda and worksheets for service providers training, part of phase II of this project.

File consists of correspondence, reports, articles, research notes, and a copy of the project's summary of Native women's consultation by Nancy Martin for Rahder and Associates (June 1993).

Series consists of records documenting the scope of Rahder’s work as a planning consultant and academic and her involvement with professional organizations and groups. These records include conference materials, papers and reports written by Rahder, project proposals, technical drawings, photographic slides and reports relating to her consultancy work, research materials, drawings, correspondence and notes.

File pertains to Rahder's participation as a presenter in the Faculty of Environmental Studies seminar series, "Global cities, local places: issues in urban sustainability". Records in this file include correspondence, Rahder's notes, Rahder's paper, "Issues of social equity and access: the case of services for abused women", an abstract for this paper, and papers and abstracts by others.

File consists of two papers written by Rahder for Simon Associates, "St. James Town revitalization: social analysis: interim report on the tenant survey pretest" (Sept. 1987) and "St. James Town revitalization: social analysis: interim report on the tenant survey" (Jan. 1988).

Item is a letter of thanks from Allison Meistrich to Rahder pertaining to her participation at this seminar held at the University of Toronto in Apr. 1995.

File pertains to a discussion led by Rahder in ENVS 5108 about feminist perspectives on methodology in environmental studies. Items in this file are a memorandum and journal articles.

File pertains to Rahder's involvement with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) annual conference held in July 1996 in Toronto, including her role as a moderator and contributor to a round-table discussion on community-based planning and design education. Items in the file include correspondence, a panel description and the conference final program.

File consists of a draft and a published version of this report by Rahder while working for Simon Associates, produced for the City of Toronto's Planning and Development Department.

File consists of Rahder's notes on participatory research.

File pertains to the Women and Environments Education and Development (WEED) Foundation's magazine, Women and Environments, including a contact list for its 1991 editorial board (including Rahder), magazine editorial guidelines, standards for typesetting, and its Summer 1987 issue featuring a network directory.

File pertains to a research project by Rahder and J. David Hulchanski for the Supportive Housing Coalition to survey the neighbourhood impact of a 34-unit supportive housing apartment building in Metropolitan Toronto. Records in this file include correspondence, a Supportive Housing Coalition project team list, a survey/questionnaire, a report of findings and the project's technical appendix.

Item is a photocopy of this published article.

File pertains to Rahder's participation on the Council of Ontario Universities' Green Advisory Panel reference group. Records in this file include initial notes from a meeting of the group on 22 June 2010, e-mail, a draft agenda and statement on the COU fall 2010 forum, "Going greener on Ontario's campuses", draft terms of reference for the Green Advisory Panel, and a Green Advisory Panel pre-meeting survey filled in by Rahder.

File consists of records pertaining to Rahder's attendance at the Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference/Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences held at the University of Waterloo in May 2012. These records are speaking notes by Rahder entitled "The changing climate for environmental studies", draft guidelines for environmental studies program accreditation, e-mail, handwritten notes by Rahder, and a copy of an article entitled "What is environmental studies?" by Michael Soule and Daniel Press.

File consists of a conference program for the international conference "Changing Cities: spatial, morphological, formal and socio-economic dimensions" held on Skiathos Island, Greece, in June 2013, presentation slides by Rahder entitled "After the war is over: questions about planning in Sri Lanka", her speaking notes and abstract for her paper of the same name, registration materials, newspaper articles about Sri Lanka, a certificate of contribution, a SSHRC conference travel grant application and award notice.

Item consists of Rahder's notes for a lecture given via Skype for an undergraduate module on social equity at the Department of Town and Country Planning at the University of Moratuwa.