TMU Archives & Special Collections

RG 12.197.014
Item
2016

File contains a certificate and letter sent by Royal Roads University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Allan Cahoon to commemorate President Lachemi's installation.

Rough drafts - Donald Mordell

RG 12.192.007.040
File
1972

Part of Office of the President

File contains working copies of correspondence and reports authored by Donald Mordell during his time as President of Ryerson .

Review of Programs in Engineering Technology, February, 1978

RG 12.190.369
File
1978

Part of Office of the President

6 cm of textual records made up of reports.

Responses to Hickling-Johnston's Report: A Path to Organizational Reform at Ryerson

RG 12.190.53
File
1979-1980

Part of Office of the President

1.5 cm of textual records made up of correspondence with attached reports and one chart.

Response to Discussion Paper on Sustaining Quality

RG 12.130
File
1994

Part of Office of the President

File contains Ryerson's response to the Discussion Paper on Sustaining Quality that was drafted by the Ontario Council on University Affairs.

Response to Consultation Paper on Degree Initiatives

RG 12.116
File
2000

Part of Office of the President

File contains two copies of Ryerson's response to the consultation paper on degree initiatives released by the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.

Response of the Board of Governors of [RPI] to the Submission of the [RFA] in the Matter of Interest Arbitration Concerning Renewal of Their Collective Agreement, 1981

RG 12.190.394
File
1981

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of textual material, financials, and signature of legal counsel.

Reports on the Development of Ryerson's Distance Education

RG 12.189
File
1979-1980

Part of Office of the President

File includes the following reports: Two copies of the Policy Recommendation for the Development of Ryerson's Distance Education Potential. Presented by The President's Working Group on Distance Education; Report of the Joint Distance Education Symposium, November 17-18, 1994; and a Distance Education seminar survey report.

Reports

RG 12.192.007.002.001
File part
1971

Part of Office of the President

File contains a general information report about the functions of R.A.R.L. and information related to specific projects.

Report: The delivery of computing services to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 1982

RG 12.190.09
File
1982

Part of Office of the President

1.5 cm of textual records made up of consultant's report prepared for President Segal on The delivery of computing services to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, by E.C. Kehayas and N.A. Kelly of Thorne Stevenson & Kellogg and letter of transmital.

Report on the Regional Conference on the Development of Curriculum in Tourism Education for Secondary Schools in the Caribbean and Ryerson's Link with the Caribbean, 1978

RG 12.190.395
File
1978

Part of Office of the President

2 cm of textual records made up of reports and photocopied newspaper articles.

Report on Ryerson

RG 12.192.007.019
File
1970

Part of Office of the President

File contains working copy of the manual created for the Staff workshop held in Clevelands House, September 1970.

Report of the Ryerson Commission on Polytechnic Education, Prepared in Response to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities "Green Paper" on Polytechnic Education in Ontariol 1981

RG 12.190.277
File
1981

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of report and letter of transmittal.

Report of the Ryerson Commission on Polytechnic Education, Prepared in Response to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities "Green Paper" on Polytechnic Education in Ontario 1981

RG 12.190.393
File
1981

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of 2 copies of the report.

Report of the Inter-Divisional Informatics Committee on the Development of Information Studies at Ryerson, 1982

RG 12.190.355
File
1982

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of report.

Report and Recommendations of the Program in Metallurgical Technology October 1978

RG 12.190.80
File
1978

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of 1 report in a duotang cover.

Remarks for the Wright Commission by D.L. Mordell, President, November 12, 1970

RG 12.190.345
File
1970

Part of Office of the President

7 p.of textual records made up of text for a speech.

Registrar's Office files

RG 12.172
File
1964-1967

Part of Office of the President

File contains the Registrar's Office files. It includes correspondence, memorandums, reports, withdrawals, statistics, schedules, newsletters, and meeting minutes.

Recommendations for the Implementation of a New Academic Policy for the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, July, 1969

RG 12.190.342
File
1969

Part of Office of the President

0.5 cm of textual records made up of report and 1 memo/transmittal letter.

Rae Review of Post-Secondary Education files

RG 12.137
File
2004

Part of Office of the President

File contains the Postsecondary Review panel's "Higher Expectations for Higher Education: A Discussion Paper" and Ryerson's response to it.

Radio and Television Arts Department - requirements for Instructional Equipment, 1977

RG 12.192.007.024
File
1977

Part of Office of the President

File contain a listing of equipment requirements for the RTA program in 1977.

Radio and Television Arts - correspondence

RG 12.192.007.010
File
1972

Part of Office of the President

File contains correspondence and related materials pertaining the R. T. A.'s degree proposal.

RU Ryerson student video contest

RG 12.182
File
2009-

Part of Office of the President

RU Ryerson inaugural video contest occured in 2009. The idea behind the contest was initiated by President Sheldon Levy after he saw a similar contest at Waterloo University. The contest was student run with support from the President's office - donating the prize money for the top three videos.

This file consists of textual records and DVD from the 2009 and 2010 iteration of the RU Ryerson contest.

RPU Mission Statement and Aims of the University

RG 12.73
File
1994

Part of Office of the President

File contains two copies of the Ryerson Polytechnic University mission statement and Aims of the University.

RPI Budget Reports printouts

RG 12.190.423
Item
1981 - 1982

Part of Office of the President

RPI Budget report printouts for: April - August 1981, October 1981, December 1981, January 1982, and March 1982.

RISIS II Project, Ryerson Integrated Student Information System 1981-1982

RG 12.190.113
File
1981-1982

Part of Office of the President

1.5 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, reports and 1 contract,

Queen's University

RG 12.199.03.14
File
2006

Part of Office of the President

File contains a letter, and a certificate signed by Chancellor Charles Baillie, Principal Karen Hitchcock, and Rector Johsa Manzanilla on the occasion of the installation of G. Raymond Chang as Chancellor.

Queen's University

RG 12.197.013
Item
2016

Part of Office of the President

File contains a certificate and letter sent by Queen's University Chancellor Jim Leech, Principal Daniel R. Woolf, and Rector Cam Young to commemorate President Lachemi's installation.

Public Relations Group / Communication Volunteer Group 1981-1982

RG 12.190.257
File
1981-1982

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, notes, minutes, newspaper clipping and photocopy of a newspaper clipping, bumper sticker, news release.

Public Health Inspectors files

RG 12.173
File
1964-1971

Part of Office of the President

File contains the Public Health Inspectors program files. It includes reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, proposals, memorandums, and course outlines.

Public Health Inspection Department, BAA (Environmental Health) Proposed Program Presentation 1975

RG 12.190.337
File
1975

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of 1 report.

Provost and Vice President Academic Search Committee files

RG 12.69
File
1993-

Part of Office of the President

File contains the Provost and Vice President Academic Search Committee files. It includes committee listings, e-mails, correspondence, newsletter clippings, policies, and nomination forms.

Province of Ontario, Speech From the Throne 20 March 1984

RG 12.190.407
File
1984

Part of Office of the President

28 p. of textual material consisting of text of the speech.

Proposed ITV video flow blueprint

RG 12.192.007.023
File
1974

Part of Office of the President

File contains two ITV video flow drawings.

Proposed Amendment to Ryerson Act: Degree Designations

RG 12.112
File
1986-1987

Part of Office of the President

File contains the "Proposed Amendment to the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute Act of 1977 Regarding Degree Designations", a discussion paper, and correspondence.

Proposals for the Development of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, July 1970

RG 12.190.344
File
1968

Part of Office of the President

0.5 cm of textual records made up of 3 identical booklets.

Proposal and reports to organizational reform going into the 1980s

RG 12.93
File
1979-1980

Part of Office of the President

Ryerson's Board of Governors engaged Hickling-Johnston Limited in April 1979 to recommend an appropriate overall organizational structure enabling Ryerson to operate successfully in the 1980s.

Documentation includes :

Proposal : Organization Structure Review : Finding The Tough But Positive Solutions, February, 1979.
Report : Organization Testing Workshop : Feedback Report, August 9, 1979.
Report : A Path to Organizational Reform at Ryerson, September 19, 1979.
Response : Presidential Response To Hickling-Johnston's Report, October 17, 1979.
Miscellaneous memoranda from senior administrators, 1979-1980.

Proposal For a Mechanism for Funding Degree Programs

RG 12.10
File
1978

Part of Office of the President

File contains the "Proposal for a Mechanism for Funding Degree Programs at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute" to the Ontario Council on University Affairs.

Project 10: Renovations at 302 Church Street 1981-1982

RG 12.190.194
File
1981-1982

Part of Office of the President

0.5 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, notes, financials, and brochure.

Program Admissions Analysis September 1981

RG 12.190.360
File
1981-1982

Part of Office of the President

0.5 cm of textual records made up of report with statistical pie charts and transmittal letter.

Private Funding Reports, Monthly Campaign Results 1980-1983

RG 12.190.400
File
1980-1983

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of financials.

Printing and Management Advisory Committee

RG 12.192.007.034
File
1954

Part of Office of the President

File contains correspondence, members lists, and an advisory committee outline for the Advisory Committee for Printing and Management.

Printing Production 1975-1980

RG 12.190.147
File
1975-1980

Part of Office of the President

<0.5 cm of textual records made up of price list and one report.

Principal's Convocation gown

RG 12.124
File
n.d.

Part of Office of the President

File consists of a purple gown with blue velvet trim and gold embossed trim. Photographic evidence suggests that this gown was worn at convocation ceremonies by Principal/President Fred Jorgenson, President Donald Mordell and President Walter Pitman during the mid to late 1960s until the later 1970s.

Press clippings and some commentary 1982

RG 12.190.18
File
1982

Part of Office of the President

<.5 cm of textual records made up of photocopied press clippings, one with transmittal note from International Development Centre, some with commentary by Mike Goodenough under heading Second Look.

Presidential Task Force on Fundraising

RG 12.192.007.022
File
1977

Part of Office of the President

File contains correspondence, reports, and other materials related to the Presidential Taskforce on fundraising.

Presidential Response to Hickling-Johnston's Report: A Path to Organizational Reform at Ryerson 1979

RG 12.190.52
File
1979

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of correspondence with attached report and a summary.

Presidential Advisory Committee on Computing / Advisory Planning Committee on Academic Computing 1976-1982

RG 12.190.249
File
1976-1982

Part of Office of the President

5 cm of textual records made up of minutes, notes, correspondence and photocopied articles.

President's office purchasing files

RG 12.22
File
1969-1972

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's office purchasing files. It includes invoices, correspondence, purchase orders, purchase requisitions, rental orders, delivery slips, and memorandums.

President's newsletter

RG 12.146
File
2006-2008

Part of Office of the President

The President's Newsletter, issued bi-annually, Spring and Fall, discussed updates and noteworthly events related to the school and faculty in a hardcopy format. It was discontinued as of October 19th, 2009 and replaced with the wholly digital, Ryerson Today.

President's celebration notices

RG 12.101
File
1995-

Part of Office of the President

File contains invitations extended to the Ryerson community or to faculty and staff to celebrate a noteworthy event. This primarily includes the Annual Holiday Celebration for the whole community.

President's Three Year Plan

RG 12.26
File
1973

Part of Office of the President

File contains copies of the President D. L. Mordell's Three Year Plan from 1973.

President's Task Force on Future Directions for Alumni 1979-1981

RG 12.190.212
File
1979-1981

Part of Office of the President

2 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, notes, minutes, and questionnaire.

President's State of the University address

RG 12.118
File
1999-

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's State of the University address over the years.

President's Office, 1988 Accrual

RG 12.190
Series
1977-1988

Part of Office of the President

President's Office ...

President's Office special assistant documentation files

RG 12.92
File
1981-1987

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Office special assistant documentation files. It includes notices to the community, correspondence, and a vacancy notice.

President's Office community relations documentation files

RG 12.91
File
1984-1985

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Office community relations documentation files including correspondence, notices, and a brochure.

President's Liaison Committee 1980-1982

RG 12.190.246
File
1980-1982

Part of Office of the President

2 cm of textual records made up of minutes, agendas, correspondence, and notes.

President's Liaison Committee 1978-1981

RG 12.190.247
File
1978-1981

Part of Office of the President

3.5 cm of textual records made up of minutes, agendas, correspondence, notes, news release and poster.

President's Five Year Plan, 1976-1981

RG 12.41
File
1975

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Five Year Plan for 1976 to 1981.

President's Development Task Force

RG 12.20
File
1976-1978

Part of Office of the President

The President's Development Task Force was announced in December, 1975 by President Walter Pitman. Pitman declared that a series of task forces was necessary to develop "a whole battery of academic activities which would have positive financial implications for Ryerson while enabling us to serve society more fully. We also hope that this planning will help to convince the government that more generous funding should be forthcoming."Individual task forces under the umbrella Development Task Force include the following (numbers indicate collection record numbers for each task force, as arranged under the President's Office Group):
RG 12.35 Academic Planning
RG 12.37 Applied Research/Project Development
RG 12.40 Fund Raising
RG 12.75 Institute Services
RG 12.38 Instruct. Communications Equipment - Cyclical Replacement
RG 12.39 Internal Processes
RG 12.27 Learning Resources Centre
RG 12.21 Part-Time Studies
RG 12.18 Professional Development
RG 12.76 Ryerson-Generated Revenue
RG 12.36 Timetabling Procedures
A historical outline of the Development Task Force can be found in the first file folder RG 12.20

President's Council records

RG 12.66
File
1967-1968

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Council records. It includes reports from the president, correspondence, agendas, a listing of the council members, and meeting minutes. It also includes reports on the Trimester system.

President's Committees documentation files

RG 12.90
File
c1968-1985

Part of Office of the President

File contains documentation files from various President's Committees:

President's Advisory Committee on Women
Presidential Review Committee
President's Committee on Education Television
President's Committee on Library Development
President's Committee on the Trimester System
President's Advisory Committee on Priorities
President's Advisory Committee on Student Life
President's Liaison Committee
President's Working Group on Distance Education
Principal's Committee on Development of Teaching Competence

President's Committee to Review Development of Oakham House records

RG 12.88
File
1985

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Committee to Review Development of Oakham House records. It includes correspondence and a report on the recommended changes.

President's Committee on Library Development records

RG 12.127
File
1968

Part of Office of the President

Authored by Robert H. Blackburn and dated May 28, 1968.

President's Committee on Common Problems 1978-1979

RG 12.190.245
File
1978-1979

Part of Office of the President

<0.5 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, notes, and agenda.

President's Committee on Arena Facilities records

RG 12.50
File
1967-1968

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Committee on Arena Facilities' records. It includes correspondence and reports.

President's Committee on Admissions and Counselling records

RG 12.126
File
1969-1972

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Committee on Admissions and Counselling records. It includes meeting minutes, reports, recommendations, publications, statistics, a survey, and correspondence.

President's Commission on Student Engagement materials

RG 12.143
File
2006

Part of Office of the President

File contains the President's Commission on student engagement materials. It includes correspondence, notices, mandates, announcements, a final report, and the president's response to the final report.

President's Commission on Ontario Polytechnic Education: Original Package sent to Commissionersl 1980

RG 12.190.276
File
1980

Part of Office of the President

0.5 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, membership list, reports and photocopied articles.

President's Commission on Educational Television report

RG 12.15
File
1969-1970

Part of Office of the President

File contains records related to the President's Commission on Educational Television report. It includes correspondence, drafts, television workshop plans, publications, architectural drawings of TV studios, and a final report on "Planning for Educational Television at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute".

President's Advisory Committee on Student Life PACOSL1981-1982

RG 12.190.248
File
1981-1982

Part of Office of the President

2 cm of textual records made up of minutes, notes, financials, correspondence and reports.

President's Advisory Committee on Senior Involvement at Ryerson (PACSIR) 1980-1982

RG 12.190.255
File
1980-1982

Part of Office of the President

2.5 cm of textual records made up of minutes, correspondence, flyer and forms. Originally known as the President's Task Force on Seniors' Involvement at Ryerson.

President's Advisory Committee on Athletics and Recreation PACAR 1980-1982

RG 12.190.252
File
1980-1982

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, minutes, notes, and financials.

President Terry Grier's 1988 Community Forum materials

RG 12.19
File
1988

Part of Office of the President

File includes two copies of the cassette tape of Terry Grier' forum April 27, 1989

President Sheldon Levy's installation materials

RG 12.145
File
2005

Part of Office of the President

File contains President Sheldon Levy's installation materials.

President Sheldon Levy Installation dvd

RG 12.142
Item
2005

Part of Office of the President

A DVD of the installation ceremony of President Sheldon Levy on November 2, 2005. The original master was produced by the School of Radio and Television Arts. This transfer to DVD was created by the Digital Media Projects Office (John Hajdu). See the accession documentation for further details.

President Claude Lajeunesse Installation

RG 12.94
File
1995

Part of Office of the President

Primarily official greetings and other related records.

Preliminary Report: Towards the Establishment of Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedures at Ryerson 1981

RG 12.190.243
File
1981

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of report and correspondence.

Pre-School Education files

RG 12.148
File
1967-1971

Part of Office of the President

File contains Pre-School education materials. It includes proposals, purchase requisitions, correspondence, memorandums, and an annual report by the Atkinson Charitable Foundation.

Potential Topics for Speeches 1980

RG 12.190.265
File
1980-1981

Part of Office of the President

1.5 cm of textual records made up of speeches, reports, photocopied articles, 2 published report and notes.

Posters

RG 12.99
File
1996-

Part of Office of the President

The file consists of posters for Budget Update and Presentation (1996) and Town Hall with Sheldon Levy (2012).

Polytechnic Education in Ontario, Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, Sept. 1980

RG 12.190.388
File
1980

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of report.

Policy Recommendations: The Development of Ryerson's Distance Education Potential, November, 1979

RG 12.190.371
File
1979

Part of Office of the President

0.5 cm of textual records made up of report.

Plaque of Appreciation from Aero Design

RG 12.185
File
ca. 2008

Part of Office of the President

File contains a plaque from Ryerson Aero Design that was presented to Sheldon Levy for his contribution.

Planning & Budgeting Review Committee 1981-1982

RG 12.190.219
File
1981-1982

Part of Office of the President

1 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, notes, minutes, agendas and financials.

Placement Office files

RG 12.160
File
1964-1971

Part of Office of the President

File contains Placement Office documents. It includes correspondence, brochures, statistics, memorandums, reports, proposals, a questionnaire, and a student placement handbook.

Physical Plant files

RG 12.167
File
1967-1971

Part of Office of the President

File contains the Physical Plant files. It includes correspondence, memorandums, summaries, proposals, material from the project diary for the master plan for Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, reports, notices, and petitions.

Physical Plant Matters, Equipment, Purchases

RG 12.59
File
1968-1971

Part of Office of the President

File contains documentation on Physical Plant Matters, Equipment, and Purchases. It includes correspondence, policies, quotations, a listing of band instruments, plans, and a list of long distance telephone calls.

Photographs and postcards from Dr. Brian Segal's trip to Beijing Film Academy 1983

RG 12.190.422
File
1983

Part of Office of the President

File contains photographic prints and postcards taken and collected during Dr. Segal's trip to Beijing and the Beijing Film Academy. Includes postcards from the Yong He Gong temple in Beijing in a portfolio wrapper with 2 cancelled admission passes, and 6 col. post cards (15 x 10.5 cm.) distributed by the China National Publications Import and Export Corporation.

Photograph of the "Ryerson 5" Automotive Vehicle, between 1980 and 1987

RG 12.190.420
File
1980-1987

Part of Office of the President

<0.5 cm of graphic material consisting of 1 col .photograph (20 x 25 cm.)

Personnel department files

RG 12.55
File
1974-1978

Part of Office of the President

File contains the personnel department documentation. It includes correspondence, vacancy notices, drafts, a questionnaire, and turnover statistics.

Personal Correspondence Dr. Brian Segal 1980-1982

RG 12.190.262
File
1980-1982

Part of Office of the President

4 cm of textual records made up of correspondence, notes, photocopied articles, newspaper clippings, cvs and 1 restaurant price list.

Performance appraisal and salary adjustment

RG 12.192.007.027
File
1970

Part of Office of the President

File contains correspondence, forms and other materials related to performance appraisal and salary adjustment for school faculty and staff.

Perceptions of Ryerson From the Office Next to the President, by Alan Kingston, May 13, 1976

RG 12.190.350
File
1976

Part of Office of the President

0.5 cm..of textual records made up of one report and note.

Participation and Power conference

RG 12.16
File
1977

Part of Office of the President

File contains a copy of the transcription of the proceedings of the Participation and Power Conference.

Overseas Students and Work Permit Regulations

RG 12.154
File
ca. 1973

Part of Office of the President

File contains the overseas students and work permit regulations records. It includes an academic research paper, tables, outlines for new procedures, correspondence, newsletters, and letters.

Original Signed by: Brian Segal stamp