Series consist of scrapbooks put together by René Balcer. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, printed articles, magazine clippings, invitations, awards, photographs, and passes. The material chronicles Balcer’s participation in the Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and the Law & Order: Los Angeles series.
The series mainly consists of internal announcements, 2001-2008; press conference files on academic, social and cultural events at Concordia, 2003-2009; and information files on various university units and programs, 1988-2006. Some files of this series were initiated by Public Relations Department before 2002.
The series mainly includes internal releases, press kits, press releases, press clippings, addresses and speeches, correspondence, photos, moving images, sound recordings, and promotional materials.
The fonds is organized in the following series:
I0185/5410 Internal News & Announcements. - 2001-2008
I0185/5420 Media Relations. - 2002-2009
I0185/5430 Media Coverage. - 1988-2006
I0185/5400 Promotional Material. - 2007-2013, predominant 2007-2009
The series documents workshops, events, programs, and projects organized by the Black Community Resource Centre. It also documents those organized in partnership with community organizations, including the Quebec Community Groups Network, English Montreal School Board, Volunteer Bureau of Montreal, Centraide du Grand Montreal, and Batshaw Youth and Family Centres. Some of the projects covered in the series are the Holistic Project, the School Readiness Program, Mothers of Preschoolers (MOP), Mothers on the Move (MOM), Project Provigo, Volunteer Bureau, 1, 2, 3 Go!, House of King and Queens, Mini-Poste Project, Tim Hortons Camp, Hema Project, The New 3Rs, A Taste of the Caribbean festival, and the Living History project. The series also contains documentation concerning the renovation of the Union United Church.
The series includes, but is not limited to, contracts and partnership agreements with other community organizations, correspondence, agenda and meeting minutes, project descriptions and proposals, slide
presentations, photographs, and posters. This series also contains research documentation pertaining to projects and workshops organized by the BCRC (including those organized in partnership with other organizations), project evaluations, project reports, and promotional material. Finally, this series includes documentation prepared by the Black Advisory Committee concerning various programs and services, including that of the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres.
Series consists of production documents associated with the series Law & Order. Material consists of filming schedules, drafts and final scripts, administrative documents, cast list, set diagrams, props, research, broadcasting standards, screen credits beat sheets, DVDs of episodes, and the Law & Order production bible featuring samples of forms, sample budgets, press releases, production report and schedules, wardrobe and custom notes, props breakdown, location scouting information, crew and cast lists, and character breakdowns.
Series consists of publicity and advertisement material collected by René Balcer. Material consists of publicity pamphlets for the Calligraffiti exhibit, publicity material for the production Gung Ho, and ads related to the Law & Order franchise.
Series contains reviews of Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal (1988) and Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970 (1989).
Series documents the works of Magnus Isacsson as a freelance journalist for Canadian and Swedish radio, newspapers and magazines, covering environmental and political issues across North and Central America
The series contains research documents, drafts, photographs, articles written by Isacsson, newspaper clippings, correspondence, magazines, handwritten notes, and interviews. It also contains Magnus Isacsson's blog, Documentary Field Notes and Flashpoints, accessible via Concordia University's Archive-It page.
Material consists of handwritten and a typewritten drafts of the poem "Wagschal Exhibition” composed spontaneously by Irving Layton at the exhibit.
The series documents Irving Layton's participation in various conferences and festivals. It contains conference agendas and programs, participant information, conference background and Irving Layton’s name tags from various conferences he attended.
The series provides information on the management of personnel at La Centrale from 1983 to 2011. It informs about different administrative positions, recruitment, volunteering and internships as well as working conditions at the gallery.
The series contains a collective agreement, job descriptions, contracts, CVs, internship reports, guidelines, correspondence, and related documents.
Series contains photographs of the objects from the collection of the Monastère des Ursulines de Québec. It is composed of 465 slides, many of which were reproduced in the publication "Répertoire des gravures conservées au Monastère des ursulines de Québec."
Consists of handwritten and photocopied poems including: “There Were No Signs,” “The Flaming Maple,” “New year’s Poem for Veneranda,” “Kali in the Suburbs,” “Thank You Veneranda,” “Veneranda Dancing,” “On Revisiting Montreal After An Absence of Five Weeks,” “August Strindberg,” “Carmen,” “Wagschal Exhibition,” “Whitehern,” “Manikins,” “Dionysians in a Bad Time,” and “Psychologists.”
Series contains audio interviews conducted by David O’Rourke for Layton’s memoirs Waiting for the Messiah as well as typed and handwritten transcripts of these interviews. The series also contains court transcripts of the Karen J. Pietkiewicz v. Elspeth Cameron case.
Series is composed of materials related to lectures and interviews with John Gilmore.
During his career as an author and journalist, Mark Abley has reached out to readers and the literary community as a teacher, lecturer, speaker, panelist, and more. He participated in conferences and festivals, visited schools, and was involved with various organisations, such as the Quebec Writers' Federation and the Writer’s Union of Canada.
An important aspect of Ableys work consists of the promotion of English language as part of Quebec culture as well as raising awareness for endangered languages. In this context, Abley took part in the Quanglos tour to promote Quebec English-language writers in 1995. In 2013, Abley participated in the production of a DVD produced by the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN).
Abley has taught in many institutions, including Concordia, Oxford, Cambridge, and Ohio State Universities. He has led several non-fiction workshops, among others for the Quebec Writers’ Federation and at the Banff Centre for the Arts, where he also got involved as a writer, editor, and guest lecturer in the Creative Nonfiction program.
Abley also reached out to young audiences, for example through school visits to promote his book Ghost Cat.
In 2011, Abley was writer in residence at the Pointe-Claire Public library, and in March 2016 at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.
As a member of the Unitarian Church of Montreal, Abley has led several religious services, which are also documented in this series.
Finally, Abley served as literary executor of the poet Anne Szumigalski.
The series is completed with interviews with Mark Abley, and his CVs.
The series contains, but is not limited to, agendas, an address book, CVs, policies, biographies, correspondence, course outlines, brochures, drafts, essays, posters, handbooks, handouts, interviews, invitations, notes, lectures, lists, photographs, newspaper articles, poems, periodicals, programs, reviews, speeches, a will, a festival schedule, pamphlets, a sound recording, and a multi-media production.
Series provides information on the financing of the University, through the planning of the Capital Campaign for 1981-1983. Series contains planning reports.
The series provides information on Brian McKenna's involvement with the Latin American Committee, the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), and the Committee to Protect Journalists (on human rights). It also includes his involvement as Max Bell Fellowship professor at the University of Regina School of Journalism.
P0112/C1 Involvement in Committees.
P0112/C2 Max Bell Fellowship
The series contains newsletters, reports, books and pamphlets, meeting minutes, newspaper articles, correspondence, notes, film proposals, and an open letter.
Series contains documents used for research and script development for Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Material consists of newspaper articles and printouts of research ideas focusing on themes of murder, kidnapping, suicide, law enforcement, informants, manslaughter, conflict of interest, jury misconduct, self-incrimination, the mob, juveniles, witness, surveillance, attorney-client privilege, tax fraud, and issues regarding aids, homosexuality, and transsexuality. The contents also feature a list of story ideas used in both series.
The series provides information on speeches and conferences given by Brian McKenna from 1981 to 1995, including a video of the Canadian National Debating Seminar of 1995 when Brian McKenna was asked to debate against a conservative economist on supporting the arts.
The series contains a newsletter, speeches, newspaper clippings, publications, notes, correspondence, and a video.
The series provides information about surveys conducted by La Centrale, as well as gallery statistics.
The series contains survey forms as well as statistics and reports derived from surveys.
Series contains textual records documenting the objects in the collection of the Monastère des Ursulines de Québec. It is composed of a catalogue documenting the objects in the collection and contains information about artist(s), title, date, dimensions, and medium for each work. It also includes a note describing where they appear in the publication "Répertoire des gravures conservées au Monastère des ursulines de Québec" (dossier number). The series also contains 3 documents regarding missing slides.
Series contains the manuscript for Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal (1989), as well as a copy of the book, correspondence, and notes concerning updates. Series also contains a copy of Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970 (1988).
Series is divided into 4 subseries:
P0004/B1 First draft of Swinging in Paradise
P0004/B2 Subsequent drafts of Swinging in Paradise
P0004/B3 Final publications
P0004/B4 Correspondence
Material consists of various video clips of Irving Layton and video of Layton speaking at Magnum Books in Ottawa.
Series contains expenses and finances relating to René Balcer. Material consists of travel expenses for René Balcer and his wife Carolyn, invoices and receipts from various projects, and meetings with clients.
The series provides an overview of articules’s financial situation from the early 1980s to 2017. It provides information on funding sources, budget management, and taxes. It includes information on different funding programs, mostly from government agencies, and the organization of fundraising events.
The series is organized into the following sub-series:
F036/B1. Accounting
F036/B2. Financial Reports
F036/B3. Funding
The series contains invoices, general ledgers, reports, journals, tax forms, financial statements, correspondence, budgets, statistics, a strategic plan, grant applications, contact lists, CVs, reference documentation, communiqués, drafts, notes, lists of artists and sold works, promotional material, a publication, questionnaires, and over 300 photographs.
Series contains photographs of Royal Arthur School. Photographs show the interior and exterior of the building, both when it was occupied and after it was vacated, as well as students and teachers.
Series provides information about the budget and expenses of the Conseil Quebecois de l’estampe (CQE) from 1980 to 2006.
Series consists of financial statements from 1980 to 1999, grant applications to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and financial assistance requests to other sources. It also contains correspondence, budget and expenses reports for events and publication projects as well as invoices and contributions, providing a record of members’ registration to the CQE.
Series consists of publications that relate to René Balcer and his work. Material consist of Physician’s Management Manuals edited by René Balcer, publications for award shows including the Emmy’s and the Golden Globes, publications from festivals and a children’s book about police officers.
78 p. of textual records