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Memo on gendered language and the exclusion of women

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Certificate of Residence for the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Marguerite Ritchie's high school transcript

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Marguerite Ritchie

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Marguerite Ritchie at the Department of Justice

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Marguerite Ritchie graduation portrait

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Final logo design

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Human Rights Institute newsletter

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Persons Case Anniversary press release

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Memo on Official Languages

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Letter to Prime Minister B. Mulroney on the Meech Lake Accord

Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Harris in Trail, British Columbia

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[1937]

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Harris standing on a hill in Trail, British Columbia. Caption reads "Trail and CMS". The image was likely taken the summer after Harris' third year at University when he worked at Consolidated Minning and Smelting as a general labourer in the phosphate fertilizer plant. Slide used in personal presentation.

Letter from HA Laitinen

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1971

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Letter to Harris from HA Laitinen concerning revisions to the Chemical Analysis, dated May 1971.

National Research Universal Reactor

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1950s

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

National Research Universal reactor Atomic Energy of Canada United in Chalk River, Ontario. Harris spent one summer in Chalk River with R Betts on the isotopic separation of sodium-22 and sodium -24. Slide found in box labeled AECL for the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited likely used in lecture or public talk.

Low Dose Risk Assessment Poster

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1997

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Poster advertising the public lecture "Low Dose Risk Assessment" by Harris with opening remarks by Roger S Smith. The lecture was sponsored by the University of Alberta chapter Society of the Sigma XI- Research Society of North America and held on September 24, 1997. See accession no. 2012-27-235.2 for corresponding lecture slides and accession no. 2012-27-179.1 for respective lecture notes.

Laying Bricks for Chemistry Building

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1959

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

New Chemistry Building under construction with bricks being laid, December 1959

Swan Hills Treatment Centre Opening

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1987

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Swan Hills Plant opening.

Physical Science Center

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n.d.

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta.

Physical Science Center Construction

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1959

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction, February 1959. The steel frame was erected by C.W. Carry Ltd and Calgary Structural Steel Ltd.

TAC at Steep Rock Mine

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1984

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on a field trip to Steep Rock Mine in Atikokan, September 1984. TAC went as part of their efforts to research the Canadian Shield. During WWII, the lake at this site had been drained and iron ore was recovered. It had since been refilling with water. Harris' job was to complete a risk assessment of the area. Slide found in the container labeled Hazardous Wastes.

Hume at the Detroit Convention

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1962

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Hume at the Detroit Convention, Fall 1962.

Chemistry Building

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1980

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta, August 1980.

Chemistry Building

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1967

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Chemistry building at the University of Alberta, August 1967.

Harris and Friends

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1987

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Walter Harris, John Devereau and their wives posing in front of a sign at a gas station near Swan Hills Treatment Centre.

University of Alberta Campus

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ca 1966

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Aerial view of the University of Alberta campus and surrounding area.

Harry E Gunning Posing with Harris

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1974

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Harry E Gunning posing with Harris at Gunning's appreciation event.

Chemistry Building

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[1961]

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Chemistry wing of the Physical Science Centre building.

Physical Sciences Auditorium

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[1961]

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Physical Sciences Auditorium with 400 sloping seats full of students. The auditorium was housed in a seperate wing to the North of the Mathematics-Physics building and was used for large lecture classes, special lectures and public meetings. A projection booth is also located at the back of the room.

Undergraduate Laboratory

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[1961]

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Undergraduate laboratory with private working areas for up to twenty students. The side benches and cabinets display equiptment and materials in general use.

Mass Spectrometer Laboratory

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[1961]

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

The Metrpolitan-Vickers MS-2 model being operated by a technician in the Mass Spectrometer Laboratory.

Physics Machine Shop

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[1961]

Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Physics machine shop with wood and metal-working equipment to create materials for research and undergraduate laboratories. The machine shop was located in the basement of the physics-mathematics wing.