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Item · May 4-5, 1950
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Program for the operetta “Hansel and Gretel.” Front cover contains a hand-drawn picture of a gingerbread house surrounded by trees, with two gingerbread figures on either side of the house. Front cover reads: "Hansel and Gretel - AN Operetta - Music by: E. Humperdinck, Composer - Berta Elsmith, Author - Presented by - The 'McDougall Singing Club' - McDougall School Auditorium - 107 St. 109 Ave. 8:00 PM. May 4 & 5 1950 - By permission of Publishers C.C.Birchard &Co.-Boston, U.S.A." Interior of the program contains the information on the acts, the actors, the characters, and the stage crew. The back of the program contains a thank you note from the McDougall Singing Club to its contributors. Took place in Edmonton, AB.

Item · Jun. 2. 1953
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

The program for the City of Calgary’s Commemoration Services on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.  Held in Victoria Park, Calgary, AB on June 2, 1953.  Printed in Canada by John D. McAra of Calgary.  The program’s front cover features a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II printed in purple ink.  The back cover features the City of Calgary’s coat of arms, also printed in purple.  The program consisted of events held at 12:30pm and later at 8pm, with speeches, music, dances, prayer, and fireworks.

Item · Dec. 16, 1925
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A program for the "Northern Alberta Old Timers Banquet and Dance at the MacDonald Hotel Wednesday, December 16th, 1925 at 7 p.m." Front cover also contains a long b&w photograph depicting a train of wagons pulled by oxen, with old wooden buildings in the background. A figure sits in the lead wagon. This picture is folded down over the top of the program, and covers the top 1/3 of both the back and front covers. The back cover contains a poem by Frank C. Steele titled: "The Pioneer Dead." The interior contains the program and menu for the banquet. Printing attributed to Douglas Printing.

Item · Mar. 30, 1949
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Grey paper program for the University of Alberta Commerce Club’s Dividend Day party held at the Macdonald Hotel in Edmonton, AB on Wednesday, March 30, 1949.  This program certifies that R. Beere is the holder of five ten shares of the Preferred Stock of the club.  The club declared a dividend of one-fifth of one evening’s enjoyment per share.  The evening included grace, dinner, “The King,” Toast to Graduates by club president Mr. J. D. Campbell, reply by D. M. Wilson, speech by Chairman of the Provincial Board of Public Utility Commissioners Mr. G. M. Blackstock, which was then followed by dancing. 

Item · June 7-8, 1928
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Program for the seventh annual Freemasonry reunion at the Moose Jaw Lodge of Perfection. It is bound in a blue/purple cover with copper-coloured lettering indicating the title of the event and the organization’s logo. The program includes details of the event and a list of members and candidates. Each page is framed by an ornate blue margin around the content.

Item · June 4-6, 1962
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Title reads: "Canadian Postmasters Association (B.C. and Yukon Branch) Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference." Below this is a pixelated picture of a hotel set next to a roadway. Below the picture it reads: "Leon Hotel, Port Moody, B.C. June 4th, 5th, 6th, 1962. Souvenir Programme." The back cover is blank. The interior is printed on regular paper stock, and details the day to day itinerary of the conference. Also includes various advertisements for sponsors of the conference, as well as a President’s Message on the second page.

Item · July 11-19, 1936
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Program titled: "Welcome Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Motorcade and Souvenir Picnic Programme, Souvenir Program, 1886 Vancouver’s Golden Jubilee 1936." Front cover contains an elaborate drawing depicting cars along a route in the prairies to Vancouver, and another drawing depicting those same cars entering Vancouver. Drawing has been done in green ink. Back cover is blank. Interior contains advertisements for various activities and services in Vancouver, a welcome address by the mayor of Vancouver, and a programme and daily schedule of events from July 11-19th.

Item · 1949
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Menu and program for the 19th Annual Maritime Provinces Banquet, held at the MacDonald hotel in Edmonton. The booklet additionally contains a list Maritime Provinces Association executives, sponsors, and, on the back cover, information and sponsors for a scholarship award to Jean Keeley of Edmonton in 1947. The front cover features an illustration of a lighthouse on the coast.

PUBLICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
File · 1984 - 1988
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"Northern Neighbours" by R.A.J. Phillips, "Travel North to Canada's Northwest Territories," "The Future of the North" by R.G. Robertson, "A Northern Political and Economic Framework" by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, "Aboriginal Cultures of Ontario: A Summary of Definitions and Proposals to Preserve Their Cultural Hetritage Made by the Native People of Ontario" by Citizenship and Culture Canada, two editions of Inuktitut magazine, and "Response of the Government to the Report of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government" by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

PUBLICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
File · 1971 - 1989
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Speeches and presentations by Jean Chretien, Titus Allooloo and Bruce McLaughlin, and Stephen Kakfwi and Ted Richard regarding education of aboriginal children, policy, and the Meech Lake Accord. "Boundary and Constitutional Agreement for the Implementation of Division of the Northwest Territories between the Western Constitutional Forum and the Nunavut Constitutional Forum," a special edition of Minister's Letter from the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, press releases from the First Ministers Conference, and a copy of the Indian Act from 1983.

The Indians – Indian Women’s Inequality subseries contains 6 files discussing status rights of aboriginal women. Files are arranged by topic and source. This subseries contains a variety of document types including videos, revisions of the Indian Act, newsletters, press releases, conference reports, articles, transcripts, and publications. The specific topics this subseries covers are rights for aboriginal women, status rights, band status, and the economic status of aboriginal women. This subseries also includes publications from the Metis National Council of Women, the Native Woman’s Association of Canada, Indian Rights for Indian Women, and publications by the Canadian Bar review and government departments on status rights of aboriginal women

File · 1985 - 2003
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Revised Indian Act, Metis National Council of Women highlights, "Aboriginal Women's Justice Consultation: Final Report" by the Metis National Council of Women, and "Indigenous Women of the Americas: Canadian Committee: Indigenous Women's Art Designs" by the Metis National Council of Women.

PUBLICATIONS-HISTORY AND LAW
File · 1985 - 1997
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Law reviews, briefs, reports, journal articles, and magazines regarding aboriginal self government, development of aboriginal land, and aboriginal peoples and the constitution. Also includes "Why Indian Programs Failed: A Brief to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People" submitted by Helen Buckley.

CORRESPONDENCE
File · 1993 - 2010
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, report excerpts from the Royal Commission, and transcripts regarding the Inuit exiles and the relocation of Inuit peoples to the high arctic in the 1950s and subsequent Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples to investigate the issue.

File · 1958 - 1960
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Justice department correspondence, memorandum, and notes regarding the Geneva conventions on the Law of the Sea and territorial waters and historical law pertaining to Vancouver Island. Also included are draft and final versions of protocols adopted by the United Nations pertaining to convention on the high seas, on fishing and conservation of the living resources of the high seas, on territorial sea and the contiguous zone, pollution of the high seas by radioactive materials, and on the continental shelf, as well as a list of signatories for each convention. File also includes a 2009 reflection of the events of the Offshore claims by Dr. Ritchie.

File · 1960 - 1966
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, notes, memorandum, and reports regarding a report of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Parental Rights and Duties including Guardianship, information on the Status of Women in Canada to be passed on the to United Nations, discrimination against people born out of wedlock, and legal age for marriage.

Correspondence, memorandum, seminar programs, copies of newspaper clippings, research, rules of proceedsure, staff and Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs standing committee meeting minutes, and an opening statement by Chairman of the anti-dumping tribunal Mr. Gauthier regarding the Anti-dumping tribunal, specifically relating to staffing, legal council and the reorganisation of the tribunal. Correspondence and documentation also details inter-departmental conflict between Chairman Gauthier and Vice chairman Ritchie. File also includes a 2009 reflection on Dr. Ritchie's appointment to the Anti-dumping Tribunal and government corruption.

Correspondence, memorandum, public notices of inquiry, staff meeting minutes, and notes regarding the rules of the anti-dumping tribunal, staffing and organizational changes including reallocation of duties to the Tariff Board, and findings of revenue Canada. File also includes a 2009 reflection on Dr. Ritchie's appointment to the Anti-dumping Tribunal and government corruption.

Correspondence, memorandum, transcipts of public hearings, reports, tribunal orders, and staff meeting transcripts regarding tribunal work and cases such as the glace cherries case and apple juice concentrate. Drafts of a pamphlet describing the function and role of the anti-dumping tribunal and a published copy of Anti-Dumping Tribunal Rule of Proceedure are also contained. File also includes a 2009 reflection on Dr. Ritchie's appointment to the Anti-dumping Tribunal and government corruption.

Correspondence, memorandum, procedures, copies of newspaper clippings, and transcripts of debates from the House of Commons regarding public hearings, performance reviews of M.E. Ritchie at the tribunal and allegations of sexism and discrimination, the termination of Chairman Gauthier and the appointment of Guy D'Avignon to Chairman of the Anti-Dumping tribunal. File also includes a 2009 reflection on Dr. Ritchie's appointment to the Anti-dumping Tribunal and government corruption.

Correspondence, memorandum, telephone call transcripts, performance evaluation forms, a copy of M.E. Ritchie's curriculum vitae, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding performance reviews of M.E. Ritchie at the tribunal and allegations of sexism and discrimination. Correspondence and an analysis regarding the proposed Human Right Bill. File also includes a 2009 reflection on Dr. Ritchie's appointment to the Anti-dumping Tribunal and government corruption.

Correspondence, memorandum, and transcripts of public hearing regarding the cases of the tribunal, M.E. Ritchie taking a leave of absence from the Anti-dumping tribunal and possible subsequent appointment to work on Human rights in the government or at a local university. File also contains a response to a study prepared for the Law Reform Commission on the Anti-dumping tribunal wherein the study is heavily criticised as being inaccurate. File also includes a 2009 reflection on Dr. Ritchie's appointment to the Anti-dumping Tribunal and government corruption.

File · 1958 - 1959
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Department of Justice correspondence, press reports, court communiques, memorandum, notes, and copies of International Court of Justice reports of Judgement, advisory opinions and orders, regarding the aerial incident of Israel and Bulgaria of July 27, 1955 and subsequent court proceedings at the International Court in The Hague, The Netherlands, including Canadian claims regarding the incident.