Council minutes from October 9, 1990 and meeting agenda, minutes, and handwritten notes for the May 9, 1991 meeting.

Correspondence, memoranda, draft and revised copies of the Faculty of Applied Arts policy on scholarly, research, and creative (SRC) activitities are contained in the file.

File contains correspondence and accompanying records relating to Holland College in Charlottetown P. E. I.

File contains memoranda and forms dealing with instructor assignments and teaching loads.

Correspondence related to Robert Scott's career at Ryerson between 1970 and 1998.

File contains a program from the celebration of appreciation dinner for those who contributed to establishing the Ryerson Community Centre on October 13, 1978, two flyers for the Photographic Arts evening study course XZTV 342 - New Media and its applications; and an original copy of a brochure advertising a new Evening studies course Media and Communication.

File contains a variety of materials. Included is an audiocassette recording of Robert Scott's PTM 011-01 lecture given October 21, 1976 from 8:00am - 9:00am. Black and white photographs and contact sheets showing the the geodesic dome built in the Experimental Media Lab (Photo Arts building rm 304). Included in the photographs are images of Robert Scott and several of his students who helped build the dome. The contact sheets show the same photographs plus other images of student work and Ron Werner, a professor from the Psychology Department who team taught with Robert Scott. A valentine's day card, and a short 2 page essay by Robert Scott.

File contains a three separate proposals written by Robert Scott. The first is 2 pages of handwritten notes of promotion strategies in developing the Media Studies program in Film and Photography. The second is a 2 page proposal regarding ECCIS, interdisciplinary course development, and the Development Communication Group. The third is a proposal for a Graduate Studies degree in New Media.

File contains correspondence to and from Robert Scott. Topics include paid leaves, course loading, and reference letters.

Three brochures for the Photographic Arts Media and Communication course (PTM023-033-043) offered from July 5-July 24 1982(?) at Ryerson's Blue Mountain Lodge. The course counted as a credit towards the students Photographic Arts degree. Robert Scott designed, organized and helped teach the three week course.

File contains two christmas cards sent from a faculty member from the Beijing Film Academy in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

File contains correspondence in the form of letters, postcards, and photographs turned into postcards. All written to Robert Scott for a variety of reasons.

File contains 3 letters. The first is from the National Film Board of Canada. The second is an open letter to the Ryerson Community from various members of the Faculty regarding a community meeting about the budget in 1990. The third is a letter to the editor of the Eyeopener Newspaper.

File contains correspondence and accompanying materials created by Robert Scott. Correspondence was sent the Chairs of the School of Image Arts in relation to program creation and teaching.

File contains three pages of head and shoulder pencil drawings done by Robert Scott of different faculty in the Photographic Arts Department.

File contain one copy of the 1993-1994 student handbook for the department of Film and Photography.

Envelope contains correspondence, a proposal, 2 vhs tapes, and two dvds relating to the International Communications Group (ICG). The group was later re-named the Development Communication Group (DCG).
Included are letters notifying various people at Ryerson of the years first meeting of the ICG for 1996; a professional profile for DCG's co-ordinator; correspondence, a vhs cassette and a dvd relating to IST 909 - Participatory Communications; a letter requesting SRC funding for the DCG; a DCG position paper "Communication and Social Change - an environment for new thinking"; and a dvd of a film "At the Still Point" sponsored by Global Television Consortium and Worldview International and produced by member of the DCG. There is a dvd from a joint Red Cross Society - DCG workshop "Participatory Communication for Social Change held August 24-28, 1998. Also included is a vhs tape of "Street Kids North and South - Beat the Street", one of three films that were part of the DCG presentation "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally" International Development week, February 1-5, 1999.

Two certificates awarded to Robert Scott for his participation in "The Videodisc Design/Production Workshop" May 18-22, 1986 and "The Videodisc Design Workshop" June 15-19, 1986. Both workshops were held in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The workshops were sponsered by the Nebraska Videodisc Design/Production group, Station KUON-TV/Nebraska ETV Network, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Conferences and Institutes.

File contains materials from Robert Scott's visit to Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, July 2-10, 1987. The trip was to the 9th Annual RIFE-CILECT International Festival and the 5th Festival of Student Films.
Included in the file are passes, photographs, introduction card, driving permit, breakfast tickets, shuttle schedule between hostel and festival, and two postcards from people met in Karlovy Vary.

Envelope 15 contains 2 dvd and textual records relating to the "McLuhan's Media" installation presented in the George Vari Engineering Building July 22 and 23, 2011. Included is preliminary research, several versions of possible media to be used, the final selection of media, a listing of contributing artists. The first dvd is Mark Polscher's "Die Mechanische Brout" and "Science and Society: McLuhan on The Club"; and the second dvd is of Christina (Jana) Kluge's multimedia exhibition "Homage to Marshall McLuhan". Polscher's work was played during the exhibit. Kluge's work was received later.

File contains materials related to various Marshall McLuhan exhibits and events. Included are two dvds with "Who is Marshall McLuhan" and "The Ballad of Marshall McLuhan" as shown during Nuit Blanche 2010. Also in the file are DVDs of the Marshall McLuhan plaque unveiling, and a DVD of the Media Literacy Network launch, and of Professor Bob Logan's book "McLuhan Misunderstood" at the Spoke Club in February of 2011.
The file also contains photographs taken of the "McLuhan's Media" exhibition at George Vari in 2011, and meeting minutes and other materials relating to the McLuhan Legacy Network (MLN).

File contains copy of the libretto "McLuhan: The Musical" written by Frank Moher, with music and lyrics by Gerald Reid. It was premiered by the Great Canadian Opera Company in Ottawa in October of 1994. It was also used in the McLuhan media installation in 2011 in the George Vari Centre.
Also included in the file are a variety of magazine and newspaper articles relating to Marshall McLuhan and new media. Included are:
"Cyber Rebels - The Force with No Name" Toronto Star, March 6 , 2011
"Chaos! - Mathematics learns to cope with the unpredictable" Globe and Mail, October 24, 1987
"Marketing's Sinister Side" Toronto Star, August 20, 2011
"Brain scan 'reads' thoughts out loud" Toronto Star, February 9, 2012
"Meet you at the Megaplex" Toronto Star, December 4, 2010
"Can we be digital Canadians" Torono Star, July 28, 2010
"When breaking the law is justified" Toronto Star, June 11, 2011
"A brief history of killing time" Toronto Star, June 3, 2011
"Spatial Metaphor in the Work of Marshall McLuhan" Canadian Journal of Communication Vol. 26, No. 4 2001
"Marshall McLuhan strikes back" Toronto Star, October 20, 2011
"We are McLuhan" Toronto Life magazine, July 2011
"Never a dull moment" St. Michael's magazine Spring, 2011
"Divine Inspiration" Walrus Magazine, July/August 2011

File contains materials relating Ryerson Centre. Included is research, meeting minutes, financial statements, and correspondence.

Robert Scott was the ECCIS exchange manager for Ryerson Polytechnic University. The file contains records he retained in his role as manager. Ryerson became involved in the program in October 1997 with three Canadian partners - Simon Fraser University, Concordia University, and Laval University and a group of European schools - University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), University of Florence (Italy), Middlesex University (United Kingdom), University of Paris (France), and Roskilde University (Denmark).
Included in the file is correspondence, reports, and other materials relating to the program and the students that came to Ryerson on exchange in 1999.

File contains a draft and a final copy for the 1992-1993 report about the ICG and it's activities in its first year.

File contains information on IST 909 Interdisciplinary Studies. Included is information on "Participatory Development Communications", offered in winter 1998, and "Communication and Communities: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives (Participatory Development Communications), offered in winter 1999.
Included in the file are course descriptions, applications and correspondence for the winter 1998 course; and course descriptions, and two copies of the course outline/description for the winter 1999 course.

The workshop on participatory communication and social change was presented to The Canadian Red Cross Youth Volunteer Summer Program by the Development Communication Group August 24 - 28, 1998.
File contains multiple copies of the final report on the workshop, copies of the agreement between Ryerson Polytechnic University and the Canadian Red Cross, a variety of planning correspondence and documents, and one copy of the resource guide.

File contains planning materials for the 1994 International Development Week at Ryerson held February 7-11. The weeks theme was "Human Development".
Included are a list of committee members, meeting minutes, schedules of events, advertising and handwritten notes.

File contains planning materials for the 1999 International Development Week at Ryerson held February 1-5. The weeks theme was "Think Locally, Act Globally".
Included are advertising, correspondence, handwritten notes, and budget materials.

File contains meeting minutes, correspondence, and accompanying materials related to the proposed project for the International Development Week planning committee.

File contains planning materials for the 1995 International Development Week at Ryerson held February 6 - 11, 1995.
Included is correspondence and a list of films to be shown during the week.

File contains miscellaneous materials created and collected by Robert Scott in his role with the International Communications Group/Development Communication Group. Topics include conferences, meetings, the internationalization of Ryerson, the Resource Centre for Development Studies (RCDS) in the Ryerson Library, the Ryerson Business Forum, events, and project proposals.
Included in the file is correspondence, handwritten notes, advertising, and meeting minutes.

File contains information on Ryerson International's proposal for the study and utilization of information and communication systems (ICS). The proposal was sent to the University Partnership in Cooperation and Development (a joint Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada (AUCC) program).
The proposal, sent from Ryerson International, was a joint proposal including 10 universities in Canada, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. They were: Ryerson Polytechnic University, Universite de Quebec a Montreal, York University, Concordia University, Simon Fraser University, University of West Indies, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Universidade de Sao Paolo, Universidad del Salvador, and Universidade Javerenia.
Included in the file are correspondence and copies of the proposal.

File contains two letters. The first is a letter regarding the DCG and the second letter is a letter regarding the 1997 SRC poster session.

File contain correspondence and other materials relating to the planning of a virtual conference on the topic of participatory communication. Included in the file is a paper by C.V. Rajasunderam "Principles, Policies and Processes of Participatory Communication", curriculum vitae for May Maskow, correspondence, Pan Asia Networking Annual Survey - Philippines, and Pan Asia Networking newsletter - Mongolia.

File contains a folder from Roskilde University, Denmark for the "Aspects of Intercultural Communication" conference held April 6-7, 1999 and the "Participatory Development Communcation" conference held April 8-9.
Included in the folder are workshop programs, handwritten notes, a photocopy of Canadian Geographic edition about Nunavut, and brochures about the University and about Roskilde.

Planning file for the pre-workshop consultative meeting on Participatory Approaches to Community-based Health Communication held May 7, 1999 at Ryerson. Included is correspondence, background notes on Community-based Health Communication, 2 copies of "Participatory Approaches to Community-based Health Communication" January 1999, and a series of final reports - a financial one, and 2 copies of the final report written by Robert Scott about the meeting.

File contains reports and correspondence relating to the Ryerson International Development Centre's Communication and Global Development program of events held in 1992 and 1993,

File contains a handwritten and typed program of events for a workshop on Participatory Communication for Change held May 1998 by the Development Communication group, handwritten notes, a workshop questionnaire, and a schedule of events. There is also a typed course outline for a course in media for social change.

File contains information on the Development Communication Group proposed workshop "Empowering Communities for Health Action through Participatory Communication".
Included in the file is correspondence, background paper on rationale, handwritten notes, a paper on "Participatory Approaches to Community-based Health Communication", and a curriculum vitae for Rina Alcalay.

Outline of a "Course in Community Communication" designed by C. V. Rajasunderam. Includes introductory notes, course objectives, and curriculum and background notes.

File contains a report created by Robert Scott "Participatory Communication and the Nunavut Experience". Also in the file is a published booklet from Inuit Tapirisat of Canada about their "Inukshuk Project",

The Continuing Education division of Ryerson offered professional educational programming for nonprofit and voluntary sector workers. The interdisciplinary Studies in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management was first offered in the Fall of 1998 through classroom and distance education means.
In the file are several handouts with course information. Also in the file is the programme from the 761 Community Development Corporation annual general meeting, a list of their directors and a fax cover sheet indicating that the course handouts were faxed to them.

The two-day consultation meeting was a collaboration between International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, the Rogers Communications Centre and the International Communication Group. It was held February 10-11, 1995 at the International Living and Learning Centre.
Included in the file is correspondence and 2 copies of the final report about the meeting - 1 in english, 1 in french,

File contains correspondence to and from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), drafts and final copies of letters of intent and draft proposals for a Summer Institute, 1998. Also in the file are other correspondence and handwritten notes.

File contains an application and correspondence from the Development Communication Group to the Applied Arts Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity council.

File contains talking notes, correspondence, and a copy of the proposal "to initiate a Centre for Communication and Development" sent forward to the University for funding.

File contains draft and final copies of capacity, mission, and descriptive statements about the Development Communication Group. Included is a draft of the first capacity statement for the International Communications Group, a sheet on concepts and priorities, and final copies of informational brochures about the group.

File contains correspondence and planning documents regarding plans for a radio or audio visual series of programs on the theme of participatory development and communication in a globalizing world.

File contains 15 floppy discs created by Robert Scott. They contain information on courses he taught, the Development Communication Group, and ECCIS (Euro-Canadian Consortium on Communication & Inter-cultural Studies),

The 1994 Media Literacy Summer Institute was held at Ryerson Polytechnic University August 22 - August 26, 1994. The Institute was offered by The Association for Media Literacy (Ontario) in conjunction with the Photographic Arts Department at Ryerson.
Included in the file is a brochure for the week long event, correspondence about room booking, and a fax with bios on presenters.

File contains assorted articles, presentations, and other publications relating to Media Literacy. Included in the file are two copies of a presentation by Derek Boles "From "Birth of a Nation" to "Braveheart" Hollywood & the Construction of History" given at the Association for Media Literacy's 1996 Summer Institute; two copies of "Docudrama Student Handouts" a workshop presented by Derek Boles of the York Region Board of Education in August of 1996; one copy of "Scanning Television" a teacher's guide for videos in media literacy in class; a variety of other media literacy related articles; and two newsletters "Mediacy" published by the Association for Media Literacy - Winter 1990 edition and Fall 1995 edition.

File contains two articles written about Marshall McLuhan:

1) "Unravelling McLuhan" by Anthony W. Hodgkinson. Screen Education London: Society for Education in Film and Television, November 1967

2) "The Axiomatics of Innis and McLuhan" by Robert K. Logan. McLuhan Studies, Volume 1, 1991

File contains correspondence and other material relating to the Communication Media Network workshop held in Dublin, Ireland June 22-29, 1998.

File contains copies of "SCREEN", a publication of the Media Study program at the National Film Board. It was circulated free and usually created four times per year - around the time of the equinoxes and solstices.
Included in the file are:

September 1967, Vol. 1, No. 3 - "Summer Institute issue: anti-environment for the electronic, cybernetic, mad, mad world"
1968, Vol. II, No. 2 - "NFB McGill Summer Institute Reflections 1968"
February 1970, Vol. III, No. 3 - "Vernal Equinox"
Vol. 5, No. 2 - "The Winter Solstice"
Vol. 5, No. 3 - "McLuhan: a pocketful of mirrors"
Vol. VII, No. 3 - special bonus issue "Your sabbatical and how to take it"
February 1978, Vol XI, No. 1 - "Aboriginal media dream"

File contains copies of reports generated by the Media Research Division in conjunction with their investigation in the status of educational media utilization in Canadian educational institutions. Under the direction of Lyle Cruickshank, head of the Media Research Division, this investigation included all levels of education - elementary to adult education.
According to the foreword in the reports -
"Four broad categories were defined for the investigation:
1) To investigate the possibility of establishing a master catalogue of films in Canada
2) To investigate the proportion of films that are available to educators according to country of origin
3) To encourage film makers within the board to participate in the project
4) To establish base-line data at a national level for the utilization of non-print media"

File contains flyers, correspondence, and meeting minutes relating to the Free University of Toronto. Free University was an initiative organized and planned by students, staff, faculty, and community members at the University of Toronto. It planned to offer free courses - with a goal to create an open, accessible, inclusive, non-corporate, no fees University of Toronto.

This file contains Journal Articles written by Adam G. Fuerstenberg:
-The Poet and the Tycoon: the Relationship Between A.M. Klein and Samuel Bronfman
-Transplanting Roots: J.I. Segal's Canadian Perspective
-Yiddish Influence in the work of A.M. Klein: Folk character in Hershel of Ostropol
-From Yiddish to 'Yiddishkeit" : A. M. Klein, J.I. Segal and Montreal's Yiddish Culture
-Faithful to a Dream: The Proletarian Tradition in Canadian Yiddish Poetry
-Yudica: Poet of Spadina's Sweatshops

This file contains Reviews/Critiques written by Adam Fuerstenberg

Presented at the annual conference of the Modern Language Association in San Francisco, California, December 27-31, 1991.

This file contains a photocopy of a Chapter published in "Canadian Encyclopedia" 2nd edition on Jewish Writing in Canada

This file contains aticles authored by Adam Fuerstenberg:
-Impressions of the Third Session of the World Council on Yiddish and Yiddish Culture
-"Kristallnacht"The Beginning of the Holocaust
-West Frittered Away Chance to Stop World War II@Eb
-The University As Scapegoat: Some Personal Views on the Smith Report
-Legitimizing the S.S. : The Bitburg Fiasco
-From Shitel to sweatshop: a Short history of Yiddish in Canada
-The Sephardim of Toronto: a Minority Within Minority
-Canadian Gathering of Holocaust Survivors
-The Zundel Trial in Toronto: An Agonizing Precedent

This file contains photographs of Adam Fuerstenberg

This file contains Student Assignment Grades/Marks

This file contains various Exams/Tests/Essay Assignments prepared by Professor A. Fuerstenberg

This file contains 2 Student's Work

Two copies of a paper written by Donald Gillies for the 3rd Guelph Symposium on Computer Mediated Communication. The symposium was held May 15-17, 1990 at the University of Guelph.

File contains 2 copies of the paper written by Donald Gilies for the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and Television's Learned Societies of Canada Conference held at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia from May 31 - June 2, 1990.

File contains two copies of the article by Donald Gillies published in the Canadian Journal of Communication.

File contains a copy of the review by Donald Gillies published in the Journal of Industry and Higher Education.

File contains 1 photocopied page from the Canadian Journal of Communication showing Donald Gillies review of the book "Image Ethics: The Moral Rights of Subjects in Photographs, Film, and Television".

File contains photographs of Donald Gillies. Three of them show him in front of the Photographic Arts building and in his office in 1977. One shows him at table with other unidentified people, and there are 2 headshots that were used in the FORUM publication in 1975 when he was the Chairman of the Photographic Arts Department.

File contains Donald Gillies signed teaching faculty election card, attached to the memo regarding the Board of Governor's election on March 29, 1978.

File contains correspondence, term test, course outline, and a diagram for the Communication Theory course.

File contains correspondence, course schedules, course outlines and other materials related to the Instructional Media program in Photographic Arts.

File contains tickets for "Reunion", "Eat", "Tea", and "Supersystems"; daily box office data sheets; a schedule of events; and listings of people to receive complimentary tickets.

The file consists of correspondence, cancelled cheques, and financial statements.

File contains memos, letters, news releases and accompanying materials related to SightSoundSystems.

File contains one contract for Max Neuhaus and SightSoundSystems.

File contains 3 copies of a poster that advertises SightSoundSystems.

File contains newspaper inserts and clippings advertising, and review SightSoundSystems.

File contains poster mock-ups, draft and actual press releases, memos, and correspondence related to advertising SightSoundSystems.

File contains postcards and a letter to Donald Gillies from John Solowski

The framed and matted college of six postcards (5 Normal School, 1 College of Pharmacy) is believed to have been received unframed.The framing may have been done when they were loaned to the Office of the President (Brian Segal). They were returned to the Archives after Segal's term was over.

File contains correspondence to and from Donald Gillies in relation to the establishment, function, grants, and conference participation. Also in the file is the program for the May 14-15, 1980 "Quality Education for the 1980's" educational development workshops held at Ryerson.

File contains 1 draft copy and 3 final copies of the final report of the President's Committee on Educational Television (ETV). Also in the file is internal correspondence related to space planning for the initiative and the final report.

File contains internal communications regarding faculty exchanges with schools in the United Kingdom - specifically England.

File contains a copy of the report "Recommendations for the Implementation of a New Academic Policy for the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, July 1969". Report completed by an Academic Steering Committee consisting of Charles Temple, Dean of Business; David Crombie, Director of Student Services; Hugh Innis, Associate Registrar; P Kerr, Students' Union; Dorothy Rowles, Chairman of Nursing; D. Sutton, Business Administration; Terry Wisz, Chairman Mathematics and Physics; and Eric Wright, Chairman English.
Also in the file are some hand written notes by Donald Gillies and a copy of the Academic Council meeting minutes from October 23, 1969.

File contains meeting minutes from the Internal Advisory Committee; 2 copies of the Activities report for the Ministry of Colleges and Universities; invitations to Student Entrepreneurship Competition Awards ceremonies; and other general correspondence related to the Centre of Entrepreneurship at Ryerson.

File contains a variety of materials collected by Donald Gillies in related to the Department Council of the Film and Photography Department and its successor the Image Arts School Council. Along with meeting announcements and minutes are minutes from the Ad Hoc Committee on Curriculum, Council by-laws, a copy of the revised curriculum (Oct. 1995) for the department, and a copy of the departmental access policy. Also included are meeting agendas, and revised by-laws for the new Image Arts School Council.

File contains information collected by Donald Gillies regarding the Telidon Public Initiatives program. Telidon sent out a press release and correspondence to Ryerson regarding submitting a proposal for programming for the disadvantaged. Ryerson's Department of Communication's Working Group on New Communications Technologies submitted a proposal.
Included in the file are copies of the news release, correspondence, and a copy of the proposal.

File contains materials related to the Image Arts Departmental Appointments Committee. Included is correspondence regarding tenure status, blank job review forms and criteria listings, and various schedules for faculty/instructor review.

File contains correpondence and course outline for JRN 090 Magazine Masthead. The course produces the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Course instructor was Lynn Cunningham. Also in the file are the Faculty of Communications and Design's guidelines for promotion sub-committees.

File contains internal memos, search principles, list of committee members, and draft and final job postings for position.

3 Ontario Deparment of Education Secondary School Registers used by Don Gillies to record his student's grades.

File contains numbered memos from the Office of the Principal Howard Kerr and Report from the President memos from Fred Jorgenson. Kerr's memos were directed to all staff or teaching staff. Jorgenson's memos were to the whole extended Ryerson Community.

File contains RFA bulletins, a copy of an interim agreement between the RFA and the Board of Governors; a 1964 revised agreement between the RFA and the Board of Governors; meeting notices; minutes of the January 29,1969 annual meeting; general documents; and materials related to the 1981 professional affairs committee.

File contains meeting minutes from the Assistant Chairmen's meetings in the Department of Business (Business Administration)

File contains memos from S. A. C. to Donald Gillies. File also contains a memo to all faculty members regarding housing in Rochdale College at Bloor and Huron Sts.

File contains miscellaneous memoranda sent out to faculty and staff from various sources. The majority of the memos came from the Director of Faculty Affairs William Trimble, but there are others from different departments and campus societies.