Item consists of a copy of the May 1993 report "Women Willing To Work : An Exploratory Investigation of the Economic Integration of Women with Disabilities in Nova Scotia", researched and written by Elizabeth Doull and edited by Brenda L. Beagan.
The file consists of Ernest Heighton's draft thesis, "The Use of Tautologies in High School Mathematics," for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Education degree, University of Virginia.
Item consists of a report prepared by Denis Riordan of the School of Computer Science at the Technical University of Nova Scotia in February 1994 about the development of computer science education and teaching in Nova Scotia in the early 1990s.
Item is a report written by Alexander Murchison, dated January 9, 1975, and presented to the Dartmouth Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, regarding improving group home facilities not only for adolescents and older individuals in Nova Scotia.
Item consists of a presentation given by Norman D. Lea to the Canadian Transport Research Forum Eighth Annual Meeting, titled "The Efficiency of Urban Transport in Canada", reference material collected to shape public transportation changes in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Item is a paper prepared by Norman Peterson in review of the original assumptions made about the community by Teled Video Services Association that led to the development of the Media Resouces centre along with other services.
Item consists of a periodical on the Prince Edward Island Ark Project, created by the Institute of Man and Resources, dated Janaury 1981, outlining activities at the facility in 1980.
Item is a comb-bound program for the design of a new school of architecture created for a TUNs studio class by students Bill Chandler; Steve Smith; Mike Kravosky; Ross Shephard; Gaye Kapkin; Mike Lordly; Roger Schilf; Ron Fougere; Strat Barrett,; Kevin Sullivan; Jonathon Cohn; Dean Gale; Greg Becigneul; and Colin Goff. The cover is initialled by the studio faculty.
Item consists of a draft manuscript of Dalhousie University's submission to the City of Halifax for rezoning some of its holdings as part of the 1965 Campus Development Plan.
Item is a paper written by Alexander Murchison in December 1970, outlining the "acute psychiatric emergency" of school phobia, suggesting that it is more complicated than being simply "separation anxiety." He defines the phobia, outlines the clinical features and symptoms, discusses the role of separation in the condition, and addresses potential treatments.
Item is a draft brief compiled by Alexander Murchison and others in 1973 or 1974, regarding the opening of a Child Guidance Centre. Item reviews reports and speeches (Clyde Marshall's 1969 working paper, a 1970 address by the Honourable R.A. Donahoe to the Conference of Mental Health Centre Boards, the Hastings Report, and the Government of Ontario's White Paper), as a means of determining that the functioning of the Centre would be "impaired" if the Centre was to be located in the Abbie Lane Psychiatric Hospital. The item addresses concerns with the proposal arising from the schism between prevention (which the Centre would encourage) versus treatment (which the hospital engages in), as well as the stigma associated with the hospital, affecting negatively potential work with at-risk youth and their families.
Item is a memo and accompanying report by Dr. C.B. Stewart, vice president of Health Sciences, that was presented to the Executive of the Board of Governors and the Senate Council on January 2, 1972.
Item consists of Richard B. Goldbloom's annual report on the activities of the Atlantic Research Centre (ARCMR), outlining the Centre's research from the July 1967 to June 1968.
Item is a report written by Henry Hicks following his visit to the University of Havana on 13-20 November, 1972. The report includes a three-page appendix on impressions of Cuba's school system written by Gene Hicks.
Item consists of Margaret Dewolfe's report of an emergency meeting of the Atlantic Research Centre (ARCMR), held between I.M. MacKeigan, C.B. Stewart, W.R. Butler, and M.S. DeWolfe, on June 26th, 1967, in response to problems in obtaining funding from the Department of Health and Welfare through the "National Crusade".
Item is a brief presented to the Minister's Committee to Re-write the Child Welfare Act by the Children and Youth Action Council drafted on May 15, 1974. The report contains recommendations from the Council regarding amendments to the Child Welfare Act. Other members of the committee include Mrs. Susan Burchell (Social worker), Mrs. Betty Curran (Student social worker, Maritime School of Social Work), Mr. Terry Donahoe (Barrister), Miss Emily Duffy (Student social worker, Maritime School of Social Work), Dr. Murchison (then of the Dartmouth Branch of the Atlantic Child Guidance Centre), Miss Cathy Neilson (Student, Dalhousie Legal Aid), Miss Ann Preyde (Girl's Residence Centre), and Mrs. Mary Zinck (Halifax Children's Aid Society), as well as co-chairpersons Dr. Joan Cummings (Maritime School of Social Work) and Mrs. Marilyn Peers (Dartmouth Branch, Atlantic Child Guidance Centre).