Series contains reports that Marvyn Novick wrote, and helped wrote as part of various committees. Included in the series is a two part report by the Social Planning Council of Metropolitan Toronto to which Marvyn was the author and project director for these projects. The series also contains a report "Children at Risk" preliminary report from the Children at Risk sub-committee of the Laidlaw foundation, to which Marvyn was a member of the sub-committee.