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A Christmas Carol - the Musical

This sub-series contains the records for the production of "A Christmas Carol - the Musical" based on the novella by Charles Dickens; with the music and lyrics by Eric Hughes. The stage manager for this production was Crystal MacDonell.

Cross Katie Kross

Subseries contains various electronic records related to the development and publication of Cross Katie Kross. Records include illustrations created by Bridgette Morrissey, project proposals, draft typescripts, photographs, and other materials.

Cross Katie Kross is a children’s story written by Donna Morrissey and illustrated by her daughter, Bridgette Morrissey. The main character is Katie Kross, a curmudgeonly old woman who hates just about everything. Katie becomes so fed up with life on her farm that she decides to leave her home in search of Love Valley - a beautiful, idyllic place where she can be on her own, away from tedious chores, pestering neighbours, and pesky animals. Katie’s journey leads her to learn that sometimes dreams come true in the most surprising ways.

The book was published in 2012 by Puffin Canada.

The bunk beds

Subseries contains documents related to the writing and production of "The Bunk Beds," a play written by Jenny Munday.

Bone Cage publicity and review records

Sub-series contains publicity material related to Bone Cage, including event listings, programs, reviews, and material related to the receipt of the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award.

Learning from practice

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's research examining the challenges and opportunities for making new urbanism principles work, drawing on the experiences of Larry Beasley. The research was undertaken to support an article published in Journal of the American Planning Association, as part of a series interviewing practitioners.

Optimizing investments in the built environment to reduce youth obesity

Subseries contains records produced as a result of ENACT (Environment, Nutrition and Activity) project, for which Renée Lyons and Jill Grant were the principle co-investigators. Records include proposals, grant and ethics applications and reports, activity reports, notes, research data, correspondence and research outputs.

The Backbenchers

Subseries consists of draft scripts for Backbenchers : One woman's journey through the snake pit of Canadian politics, a radio drama series by Wendy Lill presented by CBC Radio. Dave Carley was script Editor for the series and also wrote scripts for several episodes. The show was produced in CBC Halifax by Recording Engineer Pat Martin, Associate Producer Maggie Rahr, Producer Peggy Hemsworth, and Executive Producer Tom Anniko. Series also includes audio recordings of Season One.

Attracting and retaining immigrants in the arts and culture sector : Policy challenges and opportunities

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's strategic research grant from Atlantic Metropolis Centre regarding immigration and the creative city. The first project was an evaluation of the immigration plans and policies developed by Halifax Regional Municipality, followed by a study with immigrant cultural workers.

Records include grant applications and reports, research ethics applications and reports, correspondence, notebooks, working papers, research data (interviews and surveys) and participant consent forms. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series, and some working papers are available on the Atlantic Metropolis Centre website. http://community.smu.ca/atlantic/working_papers_e.html

Before green gables

Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of Budge Wilson's prequel to L.M. Montgomery's series featuring Anne of Green Gables. Subseries also contains various research notes pertaining to the book.

Home

Series contains records related to the play Home by Colleen Wagner. The play is the story of an aging man, Toomas, exiled from his homeland, who through repatriation efforts, can now return and reclaim his home and property. However, fifty-five years have passed and the home has been inhabited by three women, who, though caught in the shifting tides of a new world of globalization, find themselves threatened with expulsion when Toomas and his son, Wendall, return to reclaim the land and house. The women who have lived in this adopted country and in this house for so long, feel suddenly rootless. Home premiered at the Busstop Theatre, Halifax, NS, February 2010 and was directed by Mary Vingoe and starred John Beale, David Hughes, Sarah English, Mary-Colin Chisholm and Karen Bassett.

Broken Vessel

Series comprises records regarding the development, writing, publishing and reception of Harry Thurston's book Broken Vessel: Thirty-five Days in the Desert, published by Gaspereau Press. Records types include correspondence; print manuscripts; notes; and published reviews.

Lost River, the waters of remembrance, a memoir

Series comprises records regarding the development, writing, publishing and reception of Harry Thurston's book Lost River, The Waters of Remembrance : A Memoir, published by Gaspereau Press. Records types include correspondence; print manuscripts; notes; and published reviews.

Izzie : homecoming

Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of the fourth book in Budge Wilson's Izzie series, "The Homecoming." The book was originally titled "Out of the Night."

PLAN 3040 / 5040 : Reading the suburbs

Subseries comprises teaching records for PLAN 5101, which was taught by Jill Grant through the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University. Records from an earlier course called Planning History, taught at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, are incorporated into this subseries. Materials include course outlines and syllabi, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, and slides.

Social dynamics of economic performance : Innovation and creativity in city-regions

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's collaboration in the 2006–2012 Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI). Led by David Wolfe (Munk Centre, University of Toronto), the project studied 16 Canadian cities to understand the factors that attract and keep talented and creative people, and to understand how the social dynamics of cities affect economic performance and innovation in city-regions.

Records include grant applications and reports, research ethics applications and reports, correspondence, notebooks, working papers, research data (interviews and surveys) and participant consent forms. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series.

Student handbooks of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Series consists of Nova Scotia Agricultural College student handbooks and agendas, a publication of NSAC Students' Union. The handbooks include a president's message, Student Union message, student union info, and campus information such as the pub, teams, clubs, athletics, career and health services information, and information about the library, information technology, and a quick campus directory in addition to the daytimer and calendar.

Chimera

Subseries consists of typescript drafts of Wendy Lill's stage play "Chimera."

Theory and practice in planning the suburbs

Subseries contains records produced as a result of Jill Grant's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to examine how participants in the local planning and development process explain the choices and decisions they make in shaping suburban development. Also includes are records related to her follow-up SSHRC standard research grant project, Trends in residential environments : Planning and inhabiting the suburbs.

Records include grant applications and reports, research ethics applications and reports, correspondence, notebooks, working papers — including reports by graduate students — research data (interviews and surveys), images and participant consent forms. Records related to research output (publications and presentations) are primarily found in the publications series.

Presentations given to the Joint Review Panel

Subseries contains records created by, submitted to, or created for the Joint Review Panel. These include documents regarding the formation of the panel, printouts of presentation slides, submissions to the panel, notes, meeting agendas, and other documents.

PLAN 6505 : Theories, ideas and debates in planning

Subseries comprises teaching records for PLAN 6505, which was taught by Jill Grant through the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University, "a final capstone course that provides a venue for debate and discussion about theory, ethics, ideas and contemporary issues in planning." Materials include course outlines and syllabi, instructional assessments, lecture notes, class readings, and slides.

The imperfect perfect Christmas

Subseries contains handwritten and typescript drafts of Budge Wilson's book "The Imperfect Perfect Christmas." The book was published by Pottersfield Press in 2004.

Public outreach and public response

Subseries contains records regarding input and response from the public and the media. This includes transcripts from the public hearings and scoping meetings, newspaper clippings, comments from individuals, environmental groups and others, a draft hearing schedule, and other materials.

Françoise Baylis's research notebooks

Subseries contains four books containing handwritten notes written in response to (or in preparation for) multiple conference or meeting papers or dialogues. This type of material (research notes) is otherwise largely found in files located in publication or lecture/public speaking series.

Faroe Islands municipal amalgamation book project

Subseries comprises records created and collected by Richard Apostle documenting the development of a book about the amalgamation of municipalities in the Faroe Islands. Records types include correspondence and annotated manuscript drafts of individual chapters.

Izzie : Trongate fury

Subseries consists of typescript and handwritten drafts of the second book in Budge Wilson's Izzie series, "Trongate Fury."
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