File contains two copies of an op-ed article written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for the Christian Science Monitor (one is an edited (abbreviated) version).The articles deal with the forthcoming Seventh Session of the Law of the Sea Conference.
File contains correspondence and materials related Simon Nkoli's visit to Halifax organized by LGRNS and the Simon Nkoli Anti-Apartheid Committee. Simon Nkoli was a gay South-Afarican anti-apartheid and AIDS activist. See also MS-15-5 Box 1, Folder 3.
File contains two articles on world federalism, likely written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. The first summarizes the Chicago Committee to Frame a World Constitution, the second is a draft of "The World Communities" by Mann Borgese (see MS-2-744, Box 147, Folder 1 for another version of that paper).
File contains anthropological articles on homosexuality in non Western European cultures. File also contains articles regarding sexual identity and gender presentation.
File contains a paper by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, written after Pardo's death (in 1999), discussing his achievements (mainly with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), and concluding with a discussion of new issues affecting the international sea-bed area (e.g. under-sea fiber optic cables).
File contains a report of uncertain authorship, on the need for an institute that would undertake marine training and research in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region, by ASEAN nations.
File contains a summary of what was Item one at a meeting chaired by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, conducted at Pacem in Maribus (PIM) VII. Contains handwritten comments and corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
This series of notes written by James Dinwiddie focuses on astronomy. Dinwiddie discusses the properties of the moon and outlines the lunar cycle as well as the phenomenon of comets. He provides a list of well known astronomers and their publications including Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Johannes Kepler, Socrates, Nicolas Copernicus, Otto Guernicke, Galileo, Ptolemy, and Edmond Halley.
File contains a project proposal by the International Ocean Institute (IOI), on using the ship Atlantis II to provide mapping of the sea-bed in the Caribbean region. Includes correspondence from K.O. Emery of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the University of Puerto Rico, and a press release on the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).
File contains material relating to the October 31, 1990 meeting of the Audit and Evaluation meeting. Discussed at the meeting were internal audits (including a report from the West Africa and Indian Ocean division of the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD)), an evaluation plan, the corporate plan, and banking information.
File contains a copy of a report prepared by Diamantino, Manfrè & Company, detailing the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s accounts for the year ending September 30, 1977.
File contains a "Special Examination Report," along with Auditor's reports and financial statements (for the years 1988-1991), all produced by the Auditor General of Canada. File also contains covering correspondence.
Peccei was the founder and first President of the Club of Rome. Includes correspondence; speeches (including one by EMB with a handwritten copy); programme; schedule for working groups; background information; discussion papers; list of participants, CVs, and biographies; brochures.
File contains records related to the 1998 AIDS Awake the World event, including one red ribbon, handwritten notes regarding AIDS-AWAKE event planning, one card, 1998 event pamphlets and schedule, a list of participants, performer biographies, Safe Harbour Church and AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia brochures, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
File includes correspondence and agreements with publishers and magazines. Correspondents include Basic Books; Duke University Press; Future; GEO magazine; Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (regarding Borgese's "Mediterranean Project").
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Alfredo Boucher, A. Bos, Nancy Barron, Robert Ballard, and Jeffrey Barton ("San Diego Law Review").
File contains background materials used at mettings of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) with the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, and with the UN (United Nations) University for Peace on the development of a Virtual University for the Ocean. The package includes a "Proposal for the Establishment of the IOI Virtual University" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, along with letters of support for the venture, syllabi, and other reports and summaries.
File contains a background paper written by the International Ocean Institute (IOI). The physical file includes a 3.5 inch diskette with a Word Perfect 5.1 version of the file. Also included is a letter from Krishan Saigal explaining the contents of the disk.
File contains a background paper. Full title: "Concerning the Difficulties Raised at the Last Informal Consultation of the Secretary-General with Respect to the Deep Sea-Bed Mining Provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea."
These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie discuss a number of topics related to the military including fortifications, ballistics, redoubts, and the Macedonian Phalanx. Dinwiddie mentions various materials for building fortifications, armour, and weapons. He also records the arrangement of the Macedonian Phalanx.
This document from the Royal Institution ca. 1814 is a balloting list for the positions of president, treasurer, and secretary. This file consists of one printed page.
File contains two hundred and sixty-eight pages of textual record, including photocopies and originals. Items include correspondence with Thomas Head Raddall, 1944-1990, an issue of "Atlantic Insight" from June 1989, and in issue of "Halifax" from March 1980.
File contains set designs for Neptune Theatre's production of "Blood Relations, directed by S. Pollock and designed by P. Clark (set) and S.J. Degenstein (lighting).
File contains correspondence and background documents circulated in advance of the 30th Board Meeting held October 31, 1992 in Malta. Includes: “Article of Association of the ‘Stichting International Ocean Institute,’” minutes of the 29th Board Meeting, an agreement re: the International Ocean Institute (IOI) with the Government of Malta, and Revised Statutes of the IOI.
File contains background documents circulated to board members of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), in advance of the 29th meeting of the Board and Planning Council. Includes an agenda, minutes of the previous (28th) session of the Board and Planning Council, documents on the new Board members, the final report of Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XIX, financial reports from the IOI, IOI-Malta, and the IOI-Halifax, a progress report on PIM XX, a progress report on the Development project, and a progress report on the selection of a new Executive Director for the IOI.
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 24 - 25, 1991. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, statements, reports, and by-laws. Topics discussed include: ICOD Forum seeking sustainable development of the Oceans, selection of candidates for the position of President, Presentation by Mr. Jioji Kotobalavu, president's report, report of the executive committee, report of the audit and evaluation committee, financial report, four (4) project proposals, corporate plan and policy issues, election of committee members, and revisions of ICOD by-laws. File also contains a fax to "The Group of Fifteen" from the International Ocean Institute (IOI) on the implementation and ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for the ICOD Board of Directors meeting held January 9, 1987. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, corporate plan, reports, and briefing notes. Topics discussed include: international directors, status of recommendation concerning Canadian directors, staffing activities, International Ocean Institute (IOI) Indian Ocean training programme, increased funding for CIDA/ICOD cooperation, Report of Secretary-treasurer, report of President, Corporate plan, two project proposals, annual cost of living increase for staff, information on appraisal procedures and performance increases/information on classification exercise, and additional office accommodation requirements. File includes a copy of a report from the "Forum Fisheries Agency," funded by the ICOD as well. File contains a duplicate letter which has not been digitized.
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 9 - 10, 1988, file 2 of 2. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, and corporate plan. Topics discussed include: ICOD seminar update, conflict of interest, report on total value of projects, Ottawa office lease, paper on Ocean bed mining, appointment of directors and president, President's report, accomodation in Ottawa, report on official languages at ICOD, report of the executive committee, report of the audit committee, report of the secretary-treasurer, presentation by Galo Carrera on Maritime Delimitation computer program (DELMAR), and nine (9) project proposals.
File contains minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 15- 16, 1989. File includes supporting documentation such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, reports, background material, and press release. Topics discussed include ICOD Seminar, MarLaw, Marine Edication Kits for St. Kitts/ Nevis, Coral Reef Research, future policy directions, an update on West Africa, report by the audit and evaluation committee, a financial report, project proposals, and a presentation of DELMAR. File contains a duplicate memorandum on budget cuts for 1989/1990, which has not been digitized.
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on April 17-18, 1986. Supporting documentation includes memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, discussion notes, and background material. Topics discussed include salary scales, appointment of international directors, by-laws for the executive committee, signing authority, ICOD scholarship programme, World Maritime University (WMU) training modules, travel insurance, the president's report, the administrative and financial report, an ICOD brochure and commentary, international directors, the advisory committee to ICOD, and nine project proposals
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for Board of Directors meeting held on October 15 - 16, 1986. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, reports, correspondence, briefing paper, Auditor's report and financial statements, and paper on the origins of ICOD. Topics discussed include: by-laws for the executive committee, signing authority, international directors, west coast representation, evaluation of WMU Training module, staffing, Indian ocean training programme, format for project summaries, Report of executive committee, Canadian directors, report of secretary-treasurer, president's report, corporate plan issues, eleven (11) project proposals, and The World of Ocean Management. File has had duplicate letters removed from digital copy.
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on November 30 and December 1, 1988. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, reports, and corporate plan. Topics discussed include ICOD seminar, information policy, rotational program officer position for developing country candidates, board renumeration, president's report, report of the secretary treaturer, restructuring of ICODreview of corporate plan, and seven (7) project proposals.
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on November 1-2, 1990. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, statement by Danielle de St. Jorre, background material, reports, and policies. Topics discussed include the ICOD Development Forum, the selection of candidates for the position of ICOD President, status of board membership, delegation of authority, report of the executive committee, president's report, report of the audit and evaluation committee, financial report, corporate plan, policy, issues, divisional presentations, and two project proposals.
File contains 1-25cmx17.5cm b&w photograph of board of directors in Ottawa ; 1-12.5cmx9cm colour photograph of board of dinners dinner, 1977; 1-25.5cmx20.5cm b&w photograph from the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy depicting two individuals in period costumes in a reconstructed apothecary shop from the period of the American Revolution.
File contains various meeting agendas and minutes; correspondence; proposals (including one relating to the Independent World Commission for the Oceans (IWCO)); reports; and course outlines. Includes documents from the following meetings: the meetings of the Representatives of the Operational Centres of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) held May 17-18, 1993, April 28-28, 1994, May 25-26, 1995, December 7-8, 1995, and November 13, 1996; Course Development Committee meetings held September 5 and 7, 1993, December 3 and 4, 1994, December 8, 1995, and November 14, 1996; the Combined Meeting of the IOI Center Directors, Tripartite Review and Course Development, held May 25-27, 1995; the Governing Board meetings from December 7, 1995, and November 27-28, 1998; the Executive Committee meeting held June 11-12, 1998; and the IOI Consultation meeting from February 17, 2000.
File contains draft minutes of the joint Sixth Session of the Board of Trustees and the Fourteenth Session of the Planning Council (from the Mexico City meeting of December, 1977), which discussed the "Ocean Yearbook," Pacem in Maribus (PIM) VII and IX, financial matters, the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) and other matters. The file also contains the draft minutes of the Fifteenth Session of the Planning Council (held April 22, 1978 in Divonne-les-Baines), providing a summary of the UNCLoS talks (including the Compostite Text, the Group of 77, and the need for a seabed authority), projects, Pacem in Maribus IX, a new International Ocean Institute (IOI) director, the status of the IOI in Malta, and the Castellabate Project. The file also contains speeches, correspondence , and a list of the Board of Trustees members.