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Correspondence regarding United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

File contains project descriptions, documents related to Pacem in Maribus X and XIV (ten / 10 and fourteen / 14), correspondence to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, "Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution," "Report of the ad hoc Expert Group meeting on the Draft World Charter for Nature," and other miscellaneous reports. Reports written in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

Correspondence related to the University of Ibadan and James Morrison

File contains a record of correspondence that detail James and Sheila Morrison's life in Nigeria from 1969 to 1975. The file consists of correspondence mainly concerning James Morrison's academic life at University of Ibadan. The correspondence includes applications for employment positions and articles, as well as personal letters. The file contains over 100 letters with different correspondents, including many from universities across Canada.

Correspondence related to the University of Ibadan, James Morrison and conferences

Files consists of a range of correspondence addressed to James Morrison while he lived in Nigeria and attended the University of Ibadan. The correspondence is predominantly handwritten, with a few typed pieces of correspondence regarding the Canadian Association of African Studies, and a conference at University of Toronto on the Future of the Sudan.

Data sampling in Abeokuta

File is comprised of documents related to data sampling in the city of Abeokuta. Contains lists of names, notes on divisions of neighbourhoods, and information and statistics relating to city areas and squares. Also contains a large folded map of Abeokuta.

Developments in Nigeria : part 1 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of International Perspectives, a CKDU radio program. This episode is the first part of a two part series on Nigeria with special guest Omuka Njuku, hosted by Peter McKenna. It aired November 1, 1985 and was rebroadcast November 3, 1985.

Developments in Nigeria : part 2 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of International Perspectives, a CKDU radio program. This episode is the second part of a two part series on Nigeria with special guest Omuka Njuku, hosted by Peter McKenna. It aired November 9, 1985 and was rebroadcast November 10, 1985 and May 6, 1986.

Discussion of South Africa's apartheid policies

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of International Perspectives, a CKDU radio program. This episode features a discussion of South Africa's apartheid policies with Dr. Shula Marks, professor at the University of London, England. It aired December 13, 1985 and was rebroadcast July 11, 1986.

Doctor comments on Yoruba women, sampling design, and plan for analysis

File contains notes on sampling and analysis, information on Nigerian contacts, notes on tribal affiliation, and sample coding. Also contains transcriptions of Jane Murphy's interviews with Tol Asuni and T.A. Lambo regarding regional data samples. Also includes memos concerning psychiatric and social data samples, interview correspondence, and data evaluation.

Documents from Charles C. Hughes to aid in setting up 1961 Nigerian study

File contains memos from Charles C. Hughes to Alexander Leighton, Jane Murphy, and other members of the Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry concerning past research projects and studies. Also contains copies of outgoing letters from Charles C. Hughes to Mr. Okunbeyi of the Nigerian government and Dr. Lambo of Aro Hospital discussing the possibility of a research project in Nigeria.

Drafts of social data and psychiatric questionnaires for Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

File contains early drafts of the community respondent social data and psychiatric questionnaires and a survery from Aro Hospital concerning displaced and detribalised people. Also contains a memo justifying the questions used and an appendix containing a blank copy of the final draft of the questionnaire.

Effect of culture and cultural patterns

File contains notes on village data, socioeconomic information, and psychiatric symptom statistics. File also includes a letter to Alex (Leighton?) from Ray (?) on the subject of sampling techniques and a further study on the role of physical depletions in the etiology of Yoruba psychiatric disturbances.

Egungun greeting

File contains photographic slides of a welcome ceremony featuring several egungun (traditional Yoruba masked figures representing ancestors).

Elmira-Yoruba comparisons

File contains materials comparing and analyzing the differences between the role of Yoruba and Elmira women. Includes research notes, answer scales and criteria, socioeconomic and employment data, family dynamic information, and statistical analyses.

Episode of Earth Action : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features a variety of topics including irrigation in African countries, small village industries in Zimbabwe, and sustainable development. The episode aired on September 24, 1993, and was rebroadcasted on July 21, 1997 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.

Episode of Earth Action : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features atmospheric change, definitions of sustainable development, "Bolivia: huge cloud of smoke hangs over once Virgin land", and "African Gene Bank." The episode aired on January 21, 1988

Episode of Earth Action : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features a variety of topics including Jennifer Sells, eco-feminist activist and writer, on Kenya's green belt and eco-feminism, and organic food. The episode aired on July 13, 1989, and was rebroadcasted on July 17, 1989, and June 4, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.

Episode of Earth Action : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features a variety of topics including plants at home, toxic waste dumping, toxic waste dumping in Nigeria, and a time capsule poem. The episode aired on December 8, 1988.

Episode of The Word is Out : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features the Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA) elections, Simon Nkoli (a South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist), and Firestein. The episode was recorded on February 19, 1989, and was broadcasted on February 20, 1989.

Episode of Wired for Freedom : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Wired for Freedom, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Zaire (located in the current day Democratic Republic of Congo), Colombian prisoners, and released Yugoslavians. The episode was recorded on June 25, 1988, and was broadcasted on June 28, 1988.

Eritrea

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Wired for Freedom, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Eritrean human rights violations. The episode was recorded on June 6, 1987, and was broadcasted on June 12, 1987, June 16, 1987, and September 1, 1987 on Title Waves, a CKDU program.
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