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Review of Cross and Kealey : "Readings in Canadian social history"

Item is a book review of "Readings in Canadian social history", a book edited by Michael Cross and Gregory Kealey in which an essay by Axelrod is featured. This review, published in "Revue d'histoire de l'Amerique Francaise" and written in French, includes a paragraph about Axelrod's essay.

Review of Brison, "Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada"

File consists of correspondence and a copy-edited version of this review by Axelrod of Jeffrey D. Brison's book, "Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada: American philanthropy and the arts and letters in Canada", published by the American Historical Review.

Review : student writings on "Scholars and dollars"

Item is a paper by Robert Clift entitled "'But where's the money?' A historiographical analysis of Paul Axelrod's 'Scholars and dollars'", written for HIED 565A, taught by Bill Bruneau at the University of British Columbia.

Review : "Bankrupt education"

Item is a Axelrod's review of this book, written by Peter C. Emberley and Waller R. Newell and published by the University of Toronto Press in 1994.

Research officer : Faculty of Education

File consists of correspondence, memoranda, a work plan and a report pertaining to the position of research officer in York's Faculty of Education between 2004 and 2006.

Research at York : video : Steve Mason

File consists of a video recording featuring Steve Mason, a professor of history at York University, created as a test for a project to promote the humanities at York. Included is Axelrod's letter to the file, which explains the context for the creation of the video.

Research and writing files

Series consists of records pertaining to the research, writing, editing, publication and promotion of Axelrod’s books, including his PhD thesis, "The economy, government and the universities of Ontario, 1945-1973”, which was republished as "Scholars and dollars: politics, economics and the universities of Ontario, 1945-1980", "Making a middle class: student life in English Canada during the Thirties", "Transitions: schooling and employment in Canada" (co-editor with Paul Anisef), "The promise of schooling: education in Canada, 1800-1914", "Youth, university and Canadian society: essays in the social history of higher education" (co-editor with John G. Reid), "Opportunity and uncertainty: life course experiences of the class of '73" (co-writer with Paul Anisef), "Values in conflict: the university, the marketplace and the trials of liberal education" and "Knowledge matters: essays in honour of Bernard J. Shapiro" (editor), as well as his various articles, reviews, conference papers, and commentaries. Records in this series are research materials, correspondence, draft manuscripts, audio recordings, photographs, interview transcripts, book proofs, reader reports, publishing contracts, speaking notes and promotional materials.

Research : Faculty of Education

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.

Regent Park : Faculty of Education

File consists of correspondence and notes pertaining to York University's Faculty of Education teacher education site in Regent Park in Toronto and the effect of community redevelopment projects on York's program in 2008. Included is a video recording of Axelrod speaking at the 2002 opening of the Faculty's teacher education site in Regent Park.

Rankings article 2014

Item is an article entitled "Op-ed describes university rankings as flawed intellectual shortcuts" published on the Academica Group website. The article references Axelrod's 10 November 2014 op-ed piece for the National Post newspaper.

Rankings : Faculty of Education

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.

Rae Report 2004

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.

Quality assurance council

Item is a letter sent to Axelrod by Sam Scully, chair of the Quality Council Audit Committee of the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance, thanking Axelrod for his service as chair of the committee in 2013-2014.

Publishing contracts/agreements

File consists of correspondence, contracts and publishing agreements pertaining to the publication of Axelrod's books (as editor), book chapters, journal articles, reviews, and freelance newspaper articles.

Published articles

File consists of copies of Axelrod's published newspaper, magazine and journal articles.

Published articles

File consists of copies of Axelrod's published newspaper, magazine and journal articles.

Publication contracts : assorted

File consists of correspondence, author biographies and contracts pertaining to a review written by Axelrod for Canadian Historical Review and his book chapter for "Alternation education and training: preparing for work in the new economy".

Publication : York U magazine

Item is a draft article by Axelrod entitled "Moving up and selling out - or not", published in the April 2009 edition of the York University Magazine.

Publication : UofT history proposal : Gidney/Millar

File consists of correspondence and two drafts of a proposal, written by Axelrod, Robert Gidney and Winnifred Millar, to write a history of the University of Toronto, submitted to the University of Toronto History Committee of the University of Toronto Press. A note in the file by Axelrod indicates that Martin Friedland got the contract to write the book, published in 2002.

Publication : UofT historiography article

File consists of records pertaining to Axelrod's presentation of a paper at "The University of Toronto and its histories: a symposium", held on 26 May 2002. Included is an event program, correspondence, notes and Axelrod's draft paper, "The University of Toronto through historians' eyes".

Publication : review of Fisher et al

Item is Axelrod's draft review of "Canadian federal policy and postsecondary education" by Donald Fisher, Kjell Rubenson, Jean Bernatchez, Robert Clift, Glen Jones, Jacy Lee, Madeleine MacIvor, John Meredith, Theresa Shanahan, and Claude Trottier, published in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education in 2008.

Publication : review : Avrich

Item is a draft review written by Axelrod about Paul Avrich's "The modern school movement: anarchism and education in the United States".

Publication : Ontario College of Teachers

File consists of a letter sent to Axelrod from the Ontario College of Teachers regarding an update to the College's casebook. Included is a table of contents for a publication entitled "Cases for teacher development: preparing for the classroom". Axelrod contributed content to chapter two of this publication, "Is the teacher's gender an issue in a kindergarten classroom?".

Publication : "No longer a 'last resort'"

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Axelrod and the editors of the Canadian Historical Review pertaining to revisions to Axelrod's article, "No longer a 'last resort': the end of corporal punishment in the schools of Toronto".

Publication : McGill paper : revisions for higher education perspectives

File consists of correspondence, revision notes, and Axelrod's draft paper, "McGill University on the landscape of Canadian higher education: historical reflections", which he delivered to the James McGill Society on 29 April 1996 and offered for publication to McGill University. Included are overhead transparencies from his presentation, as well as a program for the event.

Publication : making policy : HEP revisions

File consists of correspondence, reader comments and a corrected proof pertaining to Axelrod's paper, co-written with Roopa Desai-Trilokekar, Theresa Shanahan and Richard Wellen, entitled "People, processes, and policy-making in Canadian post-secondary education, 1990-2000", published in the journal "Higher Education Policy".

Publication : education and war : Stortz book

File consists of a draft article written by Axelrod and Charles Levi entitled "A comparative perspective on universities in Canada and Great Britain during the Two World Wars", to be published in "Cultures, communities, and conflict: histories of Canadian universities and war", edited by Paul Stortz and E.L. Panayotidis. Included is a draft table of contents, correspondence, reader notes and suggested revisions for the article.

Publication : correspondence : African journal

File consists of a letter sent to Axelrod from the Canadian Education Association regarding his article, "African journal: schooling and politics in rural Kenya: public money for private schools?" and its publication online with a non-exclusive Creative Commons license.

Publication : Class of '73 paper

File consists of correspondence, publication guidelines and a copy of Axelrod's paper, "Transitions, the life course, and the Class of '73: implications for social policy", presented at the Research and Policy Symposium on Youth in Transition to Adulthood held in Kananaskis on 25-29 April 1995.

Publication : censorship : admin, correspondence

File consists of correspondence and a sample contract pertaining to a censorship research project and publication of a book, "Censorship in Canada today", edited by Klaus Petersen and Allan Hutchinson and published by the University of Toronto Press in 1999, for which Axelrod authored a paper entitled "The ironies of academic freedom".

Publication : "Cases for leadership development"

File consists of records pertaining to an Ontario College of Teachers leadership casebook entitled "Cases for leadership development", to which Axelrod contributed commentary for a case. These records are drafts of Axelrod's commentary, correspondence and notes.

Publication : "Baby boomers in transition"

File consists of page proofs of Axelrod and Paul Anisef's article, "Baby boomers in transition: life-course experiences of the 'Class of '73'", included as a chapter in the book "Restructuring work and the life course". Included is an accompanying letter from the University of Toronto Press, who published the book.

Public Lending Right Commission

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.

Promotion to full professor 1994

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.

Professorial files

Series consists of records documenting Axelrod's career as a university professor and administrator. Many records pertain in particular to his role as Dean of the Faculty of Education at York University between 2001 and 2008, as well as his work on committees (Ontario Association of Deans of Education, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations). Included are correspondence, job applications, course outlines and student evaluations for courses taught by Axelrod, copies of research grant applications, past tenure files, photographs, reports, speeches, assessments, conference materials, newspaper and magazine articles.

Professional Learning Program (PLP)

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.

Professional Learning Program conflict

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 education conference

File consists of correspondence, notices and notes on presentation papers pertaining to Axelrod's participation in a symposium held at Dalhousie University on 28 May 2003, "Learning to practise: professional education in historical and contemporary perspective".

Practicum payment issues : EFTO

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.

Pipes episode : anti-Semitism, etc.

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.

Photographs of airplanes

File consists of four photographs of airplanes: a Dash7 plane, a plane in flight in the skyline of Toronto, a float plane, and an Air Canada plane.

Photographs : miscellaneous

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.

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