Professor Thomas H. B. Symons,
Founding President and Vanier Professor Emeritus,
Trent University
Personal
Born 30 May, 1929, Toronto, Ontario;
Married, three children;
Canadian citizen.
Education
- primary and secondary education in Toronto, 1935 - 1947;
- undergraduate studies in the honours course in Modern History, University of Toronto, 1947-1951;
- graduate studies in Modern History, Oriel College, Oxford University, 1951 - 1953;
- independent studies, Paris, Leyden, Rome, 1953;
- research fellowship, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1953 - 1954;
- research fellowship, Harvard University, 1956;
- research fellowship, Cambridge University, 1984;
- research fellowship, Cambridge University, 1992.
Degrees and Academic Honours
- B.A., with first-class honours, University of Toronto, 1951;
- B.A., Oxford, 1953;
- M.A., Oxford, 1957;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), Wilfrid Laurier University, 1971;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), University of New Brunswick, 1972;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), York University, 1973;
- D.U. (honoris causa), Université d’Ottawa, 1974;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), Trent University, 1975;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), Laurentian University, 1977;
- F.R.S.C., 1977;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), Mount Allison University, 1979;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), Concordia University, 1981;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), University of Prince Edward Island, 1983;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), Dalhousie University, 1983;
- D. Litt. (honoris causa), University of Colombo, 1985;
- LL.D. (honoris causa), University of Manitoba, 1990;
- D.Cn.L. (honoris causa), St. John’s College, Winnipeg, 2001.
Academic Honours and Awards
- the C.S. MacInnes Scholarship in Political Science, University of Toronto, 1949;
- the first Maurice Cody Scholarship in Canadian History, University of Toronto, 1950;
- the Trinity College Prize in History, University of Toronto, 1951;
- the University Honours Award, University of Toronto, 1951;
- the Edward Kylie Award for post-graduate studies, 1951-1952; renewed 1952-1953;
- the Massey Fellowship for post-graduate studies at Oxford University, 1951-1952; renewed 1952-1953;
- a scholarship to study international relations in Germany, awarded by the National Federation of Canadian University Students, 1952;
- elected to the Cumming Fellowship by Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1954; renewed 1955;
- Rockefeller Grant, Harvard University, 1956;
- University of Toronto Research Grant, 1960;
- Trent University Research Grant, 1968;
- recipient of the first honorary diploma awarded by Sir Sandford Fleming College, 1970;
- research grants awarded by:
- the Canada Council, 1972;
- the Science Council of Canada, 1973;
- the W. M. Messecar Foundation, 1974;
- the Canada Council, 1975;
- Visiting Fellow, the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, 1977;
- Associate, Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1980;
- research grants awarded, 1980, by:
- the McLean Foundation, and
- the W. M. Messecar Foundation;
- research grants awarded, 1981, by:
- the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, and
- the Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation;
- honorary Diplôme d’Etudes Collégiales, Dawson College, 1981;
- Scholar in Residence and Ward Lecturer, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, March 1983;
- elected a Visiting Fellow by Clare Hall, Cambridge University, 1984;
- Visiting Scholar, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, 1984;
- Award of Merit of the Association for Canadian Studies, 1984;
- elected a Distinguished Member by the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, 1985;
- elected an Honorary Fellow by Oriel College, Oxford University, 1988;
- elected to a Bye Fellowship, Robinson College, Cambridge University, 1992;
- Visiting Scholar, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, 1992 -1993;
- Visiting Fellow, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge University, 1992 - 1993;
- elected a Senior Member, Robinson College, Cambridge University, 1993;
- elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1993;
- Award of Merit, Canadian Bureau for International Education, 1993;
- Governor General’s International Award for Canadian Studies, 1998;
- The Keith Matthews Award presented by the Canadian Nautical Research Society for the best Canadian book on a maritime topic, 1999;
- elected a Senior Fellow, Massey College, The University of Toronto, 2003; re-elected 2012.
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 1964;
- Canadian Centennial Medal, 1967;
- Civic Award conferred by the City of Peterborough, 1969;
- Knight of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, 1971;
- Officer of the Order of Canada, 1976;
- Medal of the Ontario Arts Council, 1977;
- The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977;
- the Distinguished Service to Education Award of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, D.C., 1982;
- Commendation of the Toronto Historical Board: for the encouragement of heritage preservation, 1990;
- 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal, 1992;
- Heritage Activites Award of Prince Edward Island, 1997;
- Companion of the Order of Canada, 1997;
- The Peter Robinson Award on the Sesquicentennial of the City of Peterborough, 1999;
- Civic Award for contribution to the community, City of Peterborough, 2001;
- The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002;
- The Arbor Award of the University of Toronto, 2002;
- The Order of Ontario, 2002;
- The Key to the City of Peterborough, 2004;
- Honorary Citizen of the Yukon, 2005;
- The Downsview Park Legacy Award, 2006;
- Presentation from the Canadian Education Standards Institute on the occasion of its 20th Anniversary, 2008;
- Honorary President, the Peterborough Historical Society, 2010;
- The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012;
- received a Knighthood from the Vatican in the Order of St. Sylvester, 2012.
University Appointments
University of Toronto
- Dean of Men and Tutor in History, Trinity College, 1953 - 1955;
- Instructor in the Department of History, 1953 - 1963;
- Dean of Devonshire House, 1955 - 1963.
Trent University
- President-designate and chairman of the Academic Planning Committee,1960 - 1962;
- President and Vice-Chancellor, 1962 - 1972;
- Assistant Professor of History, 1963 - 1966;
- Associate Professor of History, 1966 - 1979;
- Vanier Professor, 1979 - 1994;
- Founding President and Vanier Professor Emeritus, 1994 - ;
- Chair, the Founding Board of Sacred Heart College, Peterborough, 2010 - .
Other Academic and Professionally-related Experience, current
- member, Council of Advisors, the Heritage Canada Foundation, 2012 - ;
- Chair, the Ontario Heritage Trust, 2010 - ;
- Vice-Chair, 2007 - 2010; Board member, 2005 - ;
- member, External Committee of Experts on Commemorations of the National Capital Commission, Ottawa, 2009 - ;
- member of the Panel on the Future of the Trent-Severn Waterway: A National Historic Site of Canada, 2007 - 2008;
- member of the Panel appointed by the Government of Canada to review the programmes and expenditures of Statistics Canada, 2005 - 2006;
- member of the Awards Jury, the Heritage Canada Foundation, 2001 - 2008;
- member, Advisory Board, Canada’s National History Society, 2002 - ;
- member, Board of the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies, Trent University, 1982 - ;
- Trustee, the Symons Trust for Canadian Studies, 1995 - ;
- member of Council, the Historica Foundation of Canada, 2002 - ;
- Chairman of the Curriculum Advocacy Committee, 2003 - ;
- member of the Board, Parc Downsview Park Inc., 2002 - 2007;
- Chair of the Park Development Committee of the Board, 2004 - 2007;
- member of the Board, Downsview Park Foundation, 2004 - ;
- Chairman of the Council of the Canadian Canoe Museum, 2001 - 2006;
- founding member of the Trent-Kanawa Canoe Museum Advisory Committee, 1980.
- member of Council, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the University of London, 2002 - ;
- founding Chairman of the Association for Commonwealth Studies, 2001 - 2009;
- member of the Board, the Carnegie Institution of Canada, 1995 - ;
- Chairman of the National Statistics Council of Canada, 1986 - 2005;
- member of the Task Force on Social Science Research Capacity;
- member of the Working Group on Outsourcing Census Communications;
- member of the Working Group on Relations between Statistics Canada and the Universities;
- member of the Working Group on the Communication of Statistics Canada’s Analytic Results to Policy Makers and the Public.
- National Director of the Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust and the Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, 1985 - 2010 ; Governor, 2010 - ;
- Trustee, the Bagnani Endowment, 1996 - ;
- Chairman of the Commission on Commonwealth Studies, 1995 - 1996;
- member of the Board of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, 1989 - 2005;
- founding member of the Board of the Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, 1985 - 2008;
- Companion of the Order of St-Crispin;
- Chairman, Meta Incognita Project Steering Committee:
- archaeological, historical, archival, sociological, geographical, and oral history studies of the Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher sponsored by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, 1990 - ;
- founding Chairman, the Canadian Educational Standards Institute, 1987 - 2008;
- Chairman of the National Advisory Committee on the National Atlas of Canada Programme and its associated Geographical Information Systems, 1980 – 1990;
- member of the Advisory Council of the Association for Canadian Studies, 1979 - ;
- consulting editor, Interchange, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1978 - ;
- member, national advisory board, Meewasin Valley Foundation, 1989 - ;
- member, Oriel College Development Trust, Oxford University, 1980 - 2006;
- Honorary member, 2006 - .
Other Academic and Professionally-related Experience, previous
- Chairman of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, 1986 - 1996;
- member of Board Committees on: historic buildings; inscriptions; systems and thematics; cultural pluralism, including Native and northern affairs; heritage railway stations; chairman of the executive committee;
- member, Prizes Adjudication Committee of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2006;
- member, Minister’s Round Table on Parks Canada, 2003;
- member of the National Heritage Advisory Board for Founders’ Hall at Confederation Landing, Charlottetown, 1999 – 2001;
- Chairman, Meta Incognita Project International Symposium, Trent University, 1997;
- Chairman, Symposia on Commonwealth Studies, 1995 - 1996;
- External Assessor, Proposal for a Master’s Program in Canadian Studies, Collège universitaire de Saint Boniface, University of Manitoba, 1993 - 1994;
- External Consultant, Canadian Studies Program Review, York University, 1993;
- Chairman of the National Heritage Symposium, Ottawa, 1994;
- Vice-Chairman, National Capital Planning Committee, 1991 - 1993; member, 1987 - 1993;
- founding member, Canadiana Fund, Official Residences Council, 1990 - 1995;
- member of the Confederation Birthplace Commission, appointed by the Province of Prince Edward Island to advise upon the historical and heritage role of Charlottetown in Canadian Confederation, 1990 - 1991;
- member, National Design Competition Committee for the Confederation Birthplace Commemorative Area, Charlottetown, 1993;
- member, Robinson College Development Committee, Cambridge University, 1993;
- member, Census Analytical Program Working Group, 1991 – 92;
- Chairman, the Canadian Polar Research Commission Study, 1988 - 1990;
- Chairman of the Conference on Northern Science and Northern Society convened by the Science Council of Canada at Yellowknife, NWT, 1990;
- Chairman of the Northern Science Award Selection Committee, 1986 - 1990;
- founding member of the Board of the Northern Studies Trust, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, 1982 - 1990;
- Chairman, National Advisory Committee on Education Statistics, 1984 – 1986;
- member of the Board of the Arctic Institute of North America, 1981 - 1985;
- member of the Board of Directors of the Robert and Mary Stanfield Foundation, 1976 - 1992;
- member, Advisory Board, History of the Literary Institution in Canada, University of Alberta, 1987;
- special advisor on Human Rights to the Secretary of State for Canada, 1982 - 1992;
- Chairman, the Jules and Gabrielle Léger Fellowship Award Committee, 1978 - 1991;
- Chairman of the National Library Advisory Board, 1986 - 1990; member of the Board, 1978 – 1990;
- Chairman of the Commission on Canadian Studies, 1972 - 1984;
- special advisor on higher education to the Secretary of State for Canada, 1976- 1983;
- founding member, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1978 - 1984;
- Vice President, 1978 – 1984;
- member of the Science and Education Committee of the Science Council of Canada, 1978 – 1983;
- consultant to the Science Council of Canada, 1978 - 1984;
- founding member of the Board of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproduction, 1978 - 1985;
- member of the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee (the Applebaum-Hébert Commission), 1979 - 1982;
- member of the Canada Council, 1976 - 1979;
- Chairman of the Ministerial Commission on French Language Secondary Education in Ontario, 1971 - 1972;
- member of the Advisory Committee on Confederation to the Prime Minister of Ontario, 1965 - 1972;
- President of the Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples, 1972 - 1973 (formerly the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada); Vice-President,
- 1971 - 1972; member of the Board of Directors, 1968 - 1975;
- member of the Task Force on the Native Peoples and Employment Opportunities in the Public Service of Canada, 1975 - 1976;
- member of the Advisory Committee on Land Claims of the Native Council of Canada, 1972 - 1973;
- founding member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Canadian Studies, 1965 - 1991;
- member of the Board of Trustees of the Canada Studies Foundation, 1979 - 1985;
- National Advisor, The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1980 - 1985;
- Co-chairman, the First Canadian Conference on Multiculturalism, 1973;
- member of the Advisory Committee for Heritage Ontario, 1971 - 1972;
- member of the Council of the Champlain Society, 1972 - 1987;
- member, Board of Trustees, John Graves Simcoe Memorial Foundation, 1972- 1976;
- historical advisor and honorary president, Peel County Historical Society;
- member of the founding Board of the Toronto Historical Foundation, 1955 - 1966;
- member of the Council of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, 1963 - 1966;
- member of the Board of Governors of the Ontario Medical Foundation, 1975 - 1987;
- founding member of the Advisory Board of the Jack Chambers Memorial Foundation, 1980 - 1983;
- Co-chairman, Colloquium on the State of the Official Languages in Canada, convened by the Commissioner of Official Languages, 1982;
- Chairman of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, 1975 - 1978;
- Chairman of Commission’s task force to review the state of human rights in Ontario, 1976 – 1978;
- Chairman of the Ontario delegation to the Federal-Provincial Conferences on Human Rights, 1975, 1976, 1977;
- Chairman of the federal-provincial task force on Canadian ratification of the United Nations Covenants on Human Rights, 1975;
- Chairman of the federal-provincial committee on education and human rights, 1976 - 1977.
- member of the Board of Trustees of the Commonwealth Scholarships Fund, 2009 - ;
- member, Trent University International Advisory Council, 2004 - ;
- member of the Council of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the University of London, 2002 - ;
- Trustee, the Caine Prize for African Writing, 2001 - ;
- Founding Chairman of the Association for Commonwealth Studies, 2001 - ;
- Chair of the Conference on the Health of the Commonwealth, Halifax, 2003;
- Chair of the Conference on the Literatures of the Commonwealth, Windsor, 2005;
- Chair of the Conference on Educating the Commonwealth about the Commonwealth, Windsor, 2007;
- Founding Chairman, Celanese Canada Internationalist Fellowships Programme, 1997 - 2001;
- Chairman of the Commission on Commonwealth Studies, 1995 - 1996;
- Visiting Fellow, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge University, 1992 – 1993;
- Visiting Scholar, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, 1984; 1992-1993;
- Visiting Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge University, 1992;
- Honorary Fellow, Oriel College, Oxford University, 1988 - ;
- Trustee, Oriel College Development Trust, 1980 - ;
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1993 - ;
- member of the Advisory Committee on Academic Relations, the Department of External Affairs, 1978 - 1998;
- Co-chairman, bilateral conference on Canadian-Soviet Co-operation in the Arctic, 1989;
- member of the Commonwealth Standing Committee on Student Mobility, 1982-1988;
- Chairman of the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Committee, 1983 - 1987;
- Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, 1984;
- founding member, Canadian Bureau for International Education, 1948 - ; (originally, Friendly Relations with Overseas Students);
- Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1978 - 1981;
- Chairman of the International Academic and Cultural Relations Sub-Committee of the Federal Cultural Policy Review, 1981 - 1982;
- Chairman of the International Board of United World Colleges, 1980 - 1986;
- Chair, Co-chair, or participant in meetings in Italy, India, Venezuela, Jamaica, India, Hong Kong, Wales, France, Germany, Netherlands, Zambia, Swaziland, South Africa, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Malta, Canada, Nigeria, England, the United States, Sri Lanka, Bermuda, Guyana, Switzerland.
- Vice-President of the International Council of United World Colleges, 1986 - ;
- member of the Board of Governors of Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, 1976 - 1994; Special Patron, 1994 - ;
- Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1971 - 1972;
- Honorary Treasurer, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1974 - 1988;
- delegate to the Commonwealth Universities Conferences:
Australia, 1968; 1988; India, 1980;
Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya, 1971; Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados, 1982;
Canada, 1972; United Kingdom, 1983;
Britain, 1973; Sri Lanka, 1984;
Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, 1975; Nigeria, 1985;
New Zealand, 1976; Malaysia, 1986;
Malta, 1977; Mauritius, 1987;
Canada, 1978;
Hong Kong, 1981;
- Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Committee on Future Developments, 1983 - 1986;
- Chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities 75th Anniversary Appeal and Special Projects, 1986 - 1989;
- participant in the Commonwealth Foundation Seminars:
Sussex, 1973;
Jamaica, 1975.
- participant in the Colloquium on United Kingdom-Canada Relations, Leeds University, 1979;
- member of the Canadian delegation to the United Kingdom-Canada Cultural Talks, Ottawa, 1979;
- Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Canada-United Kingdom Canadian Studies Fellowships, 1974 - 1978;
- member of the Board of the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom, 1986 - 2000;
- Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Canadian Studies Visiting Professorship in Japan, 1977 - 1985;
- Associate of the Australian Studies Centre, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1980 - ;
- Canadian Co-chairman of the Australia-Canada Colloquium, Canberra, 1981;
- Canadian Associate member of the Council of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 1973 - 1975;
- Canadian participant in the Seminar on Higher Education in Federal Countries, sponsored by the International Council for Educational Development at the Aspen Institute for the Humanities, Colorado, 1981;
- member of the British-North American Committee, 1983 - ;
- chair, executive committee, 2005 - 2010 ;
- member of the executive committee, 1985 - ;
- chairman, British-North American Committee Working Group on Demographic Issues, 1989 - 1991;
- member, Comité au Canada de la Maison des étudiants canadiens à Paris, 1989 - ;
- consultant to the Working Party on Official Statistics of the Royal Statistical Society of the United Kingdom;
- member, Advisory Board, Canadian Fund for Czech and Slovak Universities.
Member of the following
- Council of Advisors, the Heritage Canada Foundation, 2012 - ;
- Council of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1970 - 1988;
- Board of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 1969 - 1972;
- founding member, Council of Ontario Universities, 1961 - 1972;
- Board of Trustees of the Oriel College Development Trust, Oxford University, 1975 - 2006;
- Board of Trustees, Cambridge Canadian Trust, 1984 – 1995;
- Advisory Board of Lakefield College School, 1964 - 1996 ; Trustee, 1996 - 2002 ;
- Board of Upper Canada College, 1969 - 1973; 1976 - 1982;
- Chairman, Aims and Objectives Committee of Upper Canada College, 1989 - 1991;
- Corporation of Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1963 - 1974;
- charter member, Board of Governors of Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology, Peterborough Ontario, 1964 - 1969;
- charter member, Board of Governors of Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology, Belleville, Ontario, 1964 - 1967;
- Policy and Planning Committee of the University of Toronto, 1959 - 1962;
- charter member, World University Service of Canada;
- founding member, National Committee for Friendly Relations with Overseas Students (now the Canadian Bureau for International Education);
- Vice-President, International Council, United World Colleges;
- Board of Directors, London House Association of Canada, 1982.
Academically and Professionally-related Memberships
- Royal Society of Canada;
- Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (founding member);
- Arctic Institute of North America, (Board member, 1980 - 1985);
- Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies;
- Canadian Historical Association;
- Ontario Historical Society;
- Canadian Society for the Study of the History and Philosophy of Science;
- Canadian Political Science Association;
- Institute of Public Administration of Canada;
- Canadian Institute of International Affairs;
- Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association;
- Association for Canadian Studies, (founding member);
- Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, (associate member of Council, 1973 - 1975);
- Champlain Society; (member of Council, 1972 - 1987);
- Canadian Museums Association;
- Royal Ontario Museum;
- Art Gallery of Ontario;
- Heritage Canada, (founding member);
- Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (founding member);
- National Trust for Historic Preservation (United States);
- The Newcomen Society in North America (elected a life member, 1971);
- English Heritage;
- The National Trust;
- The Royal Society of Arts;
- The Royal Geographical Society;
- The Royal Canadian Geographical Society;
- Bata Shoe Museum (founding Board member);
- The Canadian Canoe Museum, (chairman of Council), (founding Committee member);
- Canada’s National History Society, member of the Advisory Board.
Some Other Activities and Interests
- member of the Green Source Energy LLC Strategic Advisory Group, Austin, Texas, 2009 - ;
- Chairman, The Peterborough Lakefield Police Services Board, 2005 – 2010;
- Chairman of the Board of the Bata Shoe Organization, 1997 - 2001;
- member of the Board of Directors of Celanese Canada, Inc., 1980 - 1998;
- chair of the Board’s Social Responsibility Committee;
- member of the Audit Committee.
- member of the Board of Directors of the Broadview Press, 1986 - ; Chair of the Compensation Committee, 2003;
- member of the Board of Directors of UDV Canada Inc., 1991 - 2000 ;
- Ontario Business Ambassador, 1997 - 2000;
- Patron, Saint George’s Restoration, Halifax, 1995 - ;
- Chairman, The Perkins Bull Collection Inc., 1995 - ;
- member of the Ontario Arts Council, 1974 - 1976;
- chairman of the Canadian Conference on Social Development, 1976;
- member, the Citizen’s Task Force on Social Security of the Canadian Council on Social Development, 1971 - 1973;
- member, the Mayor’s Committee on Peterborough’s Economic Prospects, 1976-1978;
- founding member, chairman, the Greater Peterborough Economic Council, 1978 - 1982;
- member, Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, 1962 – 1972;
- founding member, Otonabee Region Conservation Foundation, 1968 - 1983 ;
- member, Board of Directors, Peterborough Red Cross and Community Fund (United Community Services), 1964 - 1972;
- Past-President, Canadian Club of Peterborough;
- Honorary Chairman, Save the Market Hall Appeal, Peterborough, 1999 – 2001;
- Past-Chairman, Henry Mulholland Board of Trustees;
- founding member, National Council of Amnesty International (Canada), 1973 - 1980; 1985 - ;
- member, Canadian Civil Liberties Association;
- founding member, Canadian Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.
Mediations
- Appointed by the government of Ontario to mediate the dispute concerning French-language school arrangements in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, 1971;
- Appointed by the government of Ontario to mediate the dispute concerning French-language school arrangements in Cornwall, Ontario, 1973;
- Served as mediator in various other disputes concerning labour and management, government and the Native peoples, and educational issues.
- Ontario-Quebec Relations:
- Prepared a report for the Advisory Committee on Confederation to the Prime Minister of Ontario in 1965 which proposed the establishment of an Ontario-Quebec Joint Permanent Commission and an agreement between the two provinces for co-operation and exchange in the fields of education and culture. The recommendations of this report have been implemented.
- Chairman, Policy Advisory Committee to the Honourable R. L. Stanfield, 1968 - 1975;
- Chairman, the Priorities for Canada National Policy Conference of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, 1969;
- Chairman, policy programme committee for the 1971 and 1974 Annual Meetings of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
- Honorary President, Trent University Alumni Association, 1972 - ;
- Honorary President, Trent Legacy Society, 1996 - ;
Publications
A. Books/reports in print:
The Way Ahead, Business Plan 2010 - 2012, Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service, with Nancy Martin et al., Peterborough, 2010.
It’s All About the Water: Report of the Panel on the Future of the Trent-Severn Waterway, with Douglas Downey et al., Department of the Environment, Ottawa, 2008.
Report of the Panel Appointed by the Government of Canada to Review the Programmes and Expenditures of Statistics Canada, with Ian Green et al., Ottawa, 2006.
Meta Incognita: A Discourse of Discovery; Martin Frobisher’s Arctic Expeditions, 1576 - 1578,
Volumes 1 and 2, ed.; the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, 1999.
The Place of History: Commemorating Canada’s Past, ed.; Royal Society of Canada and Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1997. / Les lieux de la mémoire: la commémoration du passé du Canada, La Société royale du Canada et Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada, Ottawa, 1997.
Learning from Each Other: Commonwealth Studies for the Twenty First Century, Report of the
Commission on Commonwealth Studies, with Suma Chitnis et. al., Commonwealth
Secretariat, London, 1996.
Interim Report of the Commission on Commonwealth Studies, with Suma Chitnis et. al.,
Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 1995.
Canadian Studies Programs Review, York University, with Patricia Smart, 1993.
Powerful Memories Powerful Dreams, Final Report of the Confederation Birthplace Commission,
with Wendy McDonald et al., Charlottetown, 1991.
Interim Report of the Confederation Birthplace Commission, with Wendy McDonald
et al, Charlottetown, 1991.
The National Atlas Information Service: A Report to the Minister of Energy, Mines and
Resources Canada by the National Advisory Committee for the National Atlas of
Canada/Service d’information de l’Atlas national: Rapport du Comité consultatif
de l’Atlas national du Canada au ministère de l’Energie, des Mines et des Resources
du Canada, with Richard Groot et al, Geographical Services Division, Department
of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, 1990.
The Fifth Edition: The National Atlas of Canada: An Information System, by the National Advisory Committee of the National Atlas of Canada/La cinquième edition: l’Atlas national du Canada, un systéme d’information, Comité consultatif pur l’Atlas national du Canada, Ottawa, 1989.
The Shield of Achilles: The Report of the Canadian Polar Research Commission Study,
Circumpolar and Scientific Affairs Directorate, Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development, Ottawa, 1988. / Le bouclier d’Achille: Rapport
d’étude sur la création d’une Commission canadienne de la recherche polaire,
Direction des Affaires circumpolaire et scientifiques, Ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien, Ottawa, 1988.
The National Atlas Information System: A Report to the Minister of State (Forestry and Mines),
by the National Advisory Committee for the National Atlas of Canada / La Systéme d’Information de l’Atlas National: Rapport au ministère d’Etat (Forêts et Mines) du Comité consultatif national pur l’Atlas national du Canada, with Pierre Camu et al., Geographical Services Division, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, 1988.
Some Questions of Balance: Human Resources, Higher Education and Canadian Studies,
with James E. Page, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa, 1984.
French language edition: Où trouver l’equilibre? Resources humaines, enseignement supérieur et études canadiennes, Association des Universités et Collèges du Canada, Ottawa, 1984.
Towards a Commonwealth Higher Education Program: Strategies for Action,
with Sir Roy Marshall et al, the Commonwealth Secretariat, London,
book 1, 1982; book 2, 1983; book 3, 1984; book 4, 1985; book 5, 1986.
Report of the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee, with Louis Applebaum,
Jacques Hébert et al., Department of Communications, Government of
Canada, Ottawa, 1982.
French language edition: Rapport du Comité de la politique culturelle fédérale,
Ottawa, 1982.
Companion volumes:
Summary of Briefs and Hearings, Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee,
Department of Communications, Ottawa, 1982;
Compte rendu des mémoires et des audiences publiques, Ottawa, 1982.
Speaking of Our Culture: Discussion Guide, Federal Cultural Policy Review
Committee, Ottawa, 1981;
Parlons de notre culture: Guide de discussion, Ottawa, 1981.
Life Together: A Report on Human Rights in Ontario, with Rosalie Abella et al.,
the Queen’s Printer, Toronto, 1977.
French language edition: Vivre Ensemble: un Rapport sur les Droits de
l’homme en Ontario, Imprimeur de la Reine, Toronto, 1977.
To Know Ourselves: the Report of the Commission on Canadian Studies,
Volumes I and II, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa, 1975.
French language edition: Se Connaître: le Rapport de la Commission sur les
Etudes Canadiennes, Volumes I et II, Association des Universités et Collèges
du Canada, Ottawa, 1975.
Abridged edition: The Symons Report, abridged by J. Holmes, McClelland and Stewart,
and the Book and Periodical Development Council of Canada, Toronto, 1978.
Native People and Employment in the Public Service of Canada, with A.E. Belcourt
et al., Ottawa, 1976.
French language edition: Les autochtonnes et l’emploi dans la fonction publique
du Canada, Ottawa, 1976.
Report of the Ministerial Commission on French Language Secondary Education /
Commission ministérielle sur l’education secondaire en langue francaise,
the Queen’s Printer / Imprimeur de la Reine, Toronto, 1972.
- Chapters in Books:
“A Life in Crime”: Foreword to A Peterborough Cop and His Guardian Angel, Staff Inspector Robert
Lewis, Peterborough, 2011.
“The Charlottetown Conference in Perspective”: The Foreword to The Landscapes of Confederation:
Charlottetown, 1864, Catherine G. Hennessey, David Keenlyside, and Edward MacDonald, Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, Charlottetown, 2010.
“Two Likely Lads”: A Foreword to The First World War Correspondence of Leslie and Cecil Frost,
ed. Dr. Rae Fleming, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007;
The Foreword in One Version of the Facts, Henry E. Duckworth, University of Manitoba Press, 2000.
“The Significance of the Frobisher Expeditions of 1576-1578,” in Meta Incognita:
A Discourse of Discovery; Martin Frobisher’s Arctic Expeditions, 1576-1578,
ed. T.H.B. Symons, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1999.
“The Meta Incognita Project,” ibid.
“Commemorating Canada’s Past: From Old Crow to New Bergthal,” in The Place of History:
Commemorating Canada’s Past / Les liéux de la mémoire: la commemoration
du passé du Canada, ed. T.H.B. Symons, Royal Society of Canada and Historic Sites
and Monuments Board of Canada / La Societé royale du Canada et la Commission
des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada, Ottawa, 1997.
“A Race Against Time,” ibid.
“Educating the Commonwealth about the Commonwealth,” in The Future of the Commonwealth –
A Golden Opportunity, ed. Oonagh O’Farrell, The Royal Commonwealth Society,
London, 1997.
“Canadian Studies and the Canadian University in the Twenty-First Century,” in The Canadian University in the Twenty-First Century, ed. Rodney Clifton, Alexander D. Gregor and Lance Roberts, Winnipeg, 1995.
“The Greening of Heritage: Historic Preservation and the Environmental Movement,”
in Linking Cultural and Natural Heritage, ed. John Marsh and Janice Fialkowski,
Peterborough, 1995.
“Polar Science: A Canadian Viewpoint,” in Canada and Polar Science, ed. John Stager,
Canadian Polar Commission, Yellowknife, 1994.
“A Challenge to the Independent Schools,” in Strength of Choice: A History of the
Canadian Association of Independent Schools, N. Thomas Russell, Toronto, 1993.
“Culture in the Commonwealth: Some Questions about the Definition, Variety, and Diversity
of Culture, and the Relationship of Culture to Education,” in What Can We Do
For Our Countries? The Contribution of Universities to National Development,
ed. T. Craig, Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, 1988.
Reprinted as “Culture in the Commonwealth,” in Policy Options, Vol. 10, No. 2, March, 1989.
“The Contribution of Investigatory Commissions to Political Education,” in Political
Education in Canada, eds. Jon H. Pammett and Jean-Luc Pepin, Institute for
Research in Public Policy, Ottawa, 1988.
“Canadian Postsecondary Education: The Cultural Agenda,” in Postsecondary
Education in Canada, Vol. XVI in the Monographs in Education series published
by the University of Manitoba, eds. Alexander Gregor and Keith Wilson, 1986.
“Human Rights and Peace - Some Canadian Priorities? / Les droits de l’homme et la
paix - quelques priorités canadiennes?” in Human Rights and Peace/Les droits
de l’homme et la paix, ed. Michael R. Hudson, the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Montreal, 1985.
“Ontario Universities in a Broader Context: the Need for a National Strategy in Canadian
Higher Education and Research,” in Ontario Universities: Access,
Operations and Funding, ed. David W. Conklin and Thomas J. Courchene,
the Ontario Economic Council, Toronto, 1985.
“The Cultural Impact of Industrialization and Technological Innovation,” in
Technological Innovation: University Roles, ed. T. Craig, the Association of
Commonwealth Universities, London, 1984.
“Archives and Canadian Studies,” in Archives, Libraries, and the Canadian Heritage:
Essays in Honour of W. Kaye Lamb, ed. Terry Cook, Archivaria, No. 15, 1983.
“Cultural Diversity, Canadian Identity and Canadian Federalism,” in
Public Policies in Two Federal Countries: Canada and Australia,
ed. R. L. Matthews, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1982.
“The Arctic and Canadian Culture,” in A Century of Canada’s Arctic Islands,
ed. Morris Zaslow, the Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa, 1981.
“Cultural Diplomacy: Some Thoughts on the Current State of Academic and Cultural
Relations Between Canada and the United Kingdom,” in Britain and Canada,
The Commonwealth Foundation, London, 1980.
“Nationalism and Higher Education,” in Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 1 in the
Monographs in Education series published by the University of Manitoba, eds.
A. D. Gregor and K. Wilson, Winnipeg, 1979.
“The Canadian National Opportunity: The Preservation of Identity in a Multi-Cultural Setting,”
in Canadian Confederation Forum, published by McMaster University, Hamilton, 1978.
“Ontario’s Quiet Revolution: A Study of Change in the Position of the Franco-Ontarian Community,”
in One Country or Two, ed. R. M. Burns, McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal
and London, 1971.
“Proposals for an Ontario Cultural and Educational Exchange Program and an Ontario-Quebec
Cultural and Educational Exchange Agreement,” in The Confederation Challenge,
Background Papers and Reports of the Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation,
the Queen’s Printer, Toronto, Vol. I, 1967; Vol. II, 1970.
“Local History and the Canadian Consciousness” in A History of Peel County,
ed. C.V. Charters, Toronto, 1967.
“Trent University and the Peterborough Community” in Peterborough Land of Shining Waters,
ed. R. Borg, a centennial volume, University of Toronto Press, 1967.
Fighting Men, the Honourable Leslie M. Frost, (the Foreward, pp. XVII - XXV), Toronto, 1967
C. Occasional papers and monographs in print:
“It is Time for a Substantial Re-think of the Purpose and Structure of University Education,” in
The Need for Breadth: On Liberal Education and the Value of University Residential Colleges, Trent University, 2011.
“The Royal Society of Canada, the Conservation Movement, and the Department of
Canadian Heritage,” in Profile, Newsletter of the Royal Society of Canada,
Vol. 4, No. 1, Fall, 1995.
“The Confederation Centre of the Arts”, Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust,
Charlottetown, 1994.
“The George Back Sketchbooks”, Celanese Canada Inc., Montreal and Ottawa, 1994.
“Demography, the Carapace of the Economy,” in Demographic Currents, Occasional
Paper No. 7, British-North America Committee, Washington, 1991.
“The Nature and Importance of Canada’s Academic and Cultural Relations with
Italy and the Mediterranean World”, the Canadian Mediterranean
Institute and the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Foundation, Ottawa, 1989.
“A Canadian Perspective on Canadian Studies, “ in Canadian Studies, British Library
Occasional Papers No. I, ed. Patricia McLaren-Turner, the British Library, London, 1984.
“Some Thoughts on the Current State of Teaching and Research about Northern
Canada,” Occasional Paper No. 6, Association of Canadian Universities for
Northern Studies, Ottawa, 1980.
“To Redress the Balance,” Occasional Paper No. 1, Association for Canadian Studies, Toronto, 1980.
“Some Thoughts on the Nature and Value of National and Regional Atlases,”
in The Purpose and Use of National and Regional Atlases: papers presented at an International Symposium sponsored by the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History, Cartographica, Monograph 23, University of Toronto Press, 1979.
also published in Revista Cartografica, numero 35, Instituto Panamericano de
Geografia e Historia, Mexico, Junio, 1979.
“Some Notes on the Evolution of Language Policy in Ontario,” Proceedings of the
Twelfth International Symposium on Comparative Law, University of Ottawa
Press, Ottawa, 1976.
“George Ridout,” “John Ryerson,” “William Ryerson,” in the Dictionary of Canadian
Biography, Vol. X, University of Toronto Press and Les Press de l’université
Laval, 1972.
“George Ridout,” reprinted in Provincial Justice: Upper Canadian Legal Portraits, ed.
Robert L. Fraser, The Osgoode Society, University of Toronto Press, 1992.
D. Articles and reviews in periodicals:
Polar Record; CAM; Trent; Queen’s Quarterly; Times Educational Supplement; Times Higher Education Supplement; Canadian Forum; Journal of Canadian Studies; University of Toronto Alumni Quarterly; Bulletin of the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada; Human Relations; University Affairs; Canadian Ethnic Studies; Canadian Independent School Journal; U. W. C. Review; Network Journal of the United World Colleges; Loyalist Gazette; Baker Street Journal; Ontario History;
Journal of Education Policy; Bulletin of the Canadian Mediterranean Institute; Newsletter of the Association for Canadian Studies; Language and Society; Museum Quarterly; National Library News; LOG, Oslo; Profile, Newsletter of the Royal Society of Canada.
E. Other:
Papers contributed to:
“The Valley of the Trent as a National Heritage Region”, Proceedings of the Trent-Severn Heritage Network Conference, Parks Canada, Peterborough, 2010.
“The State of Canadian Studies at the Year 2000: Some Observations”, in Canadian Studies at the Millenium: The Journey Continues, Journal of Canadian Studies 30th Anniversary Issue, Volume 35, Number 1, 2000.
“The Meta Incognita Project, 1990 – 1999”, in the Canadian Museum of Civilization website, Ottawa, 1999.
“Commonwealth Studies in the Curriculum” in the Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Council for Education in the Commonwealth, ed. John May; London, June, 1997.
Old Times, “A Mission Defined: Report of the Aims and Objectives Committee of Upper Canada College,” with Vernon T. Mould, et al., Toronto, 1991.
Heritage in the 1990’s - Towards a Government of Canada Strategy, Summary Report, Edmonton, 1990.
Official Statistics: Counting with Confidence, The Report of A Working Party on Official Statistics in the UK, Appendix 3, “The National Statistics Council of Canada,” London, 1990.
Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary Conference of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, “Canada and Polar Science,” 1988.
Proceedings of the Tenth International Council of United World Colleges, “Towards a New Concept of Internationality,” London, 1985.
Report of the First Canadian Conference on Multiculturalism, “Language and Culture Retention,” Ottawa, 1974.
Heritage Ontario: the Report of the Heritage Ontario Congress, “Education and Language,” Toronto, 1973.
Native Rights in Canada, (ed. D. Sanders), Toronto, 1970; a member of the Research Committee, commissioned to undertake the preparation of this study by the National Indian Brotherhood, the Canadian Metis Society, and the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada. Revised second edition (ed. P.A. Cumming and N.H. Mickenberg), Toronto, 1972.
Proceedings of the National Conference of Canadian Universities, Winnipeg, 1971.
Proceedings of the National Conference of Canadian Universities, Ottawa, 1957.
Proceedings of the National Conference of Canadian Universities, Montreal, 1951.
The University in Summer, Toronto: University of Toronto Library, 1960, mimeo.
Studies and reports on various aspects of education and public affairs.
Teaching Experience
I. at Trent University, 1964 - ;
Undergraduate Teaching:
1. History #100, a first year course in Canadian History;
2. History - Politics #400, a fourth year honours interdisciplinary course to
examine Contemporary Canadian Problems, making an intensive study
of some aspects of bilingualism and cultural pluralism; constitutional
change; Canadian sovereignty and Canadian-American relations;
3. Canadian Studies #400, an honours colloquium on culture and communications;
4. Canadian Studies #413 - Cultural Studies #413 - Administrative and
Policy Studies (the Vanier Seminar), Cultural Policy in Canada. Studies in the formulation and operation of Canadian public policy in the fields of culture, education, research, and human rights;
5. Canadian Studies #480, a reading course;
6. Canadian Studies #495, honours thesis, double credit;
7. Administrative and Policy Studies #499, supervision of research projects;
8. Environmental and Resource Studies #499, supervision of a special topics course;
9. Guest lectures for various courses in the Departments or Programmes of: Administrative and Policy Studies; Canadian Studies; Cultural Studies; English; Environmental and Resource Studies; Chemistry; Geography; History; Native Studies; Political Studies; Sociology;
Graduate Teaching:
10. Thesis supervisor in the Graduate Studies Programme in Methodologies for the Study of Western History and Culture (#M.590);
11. Theses supervisor in the Graduate Studies Programme of the Frost Centre for Canadian Heritage and Development Studies (F.C. #500);
12. Member, M.A. theses committees, Frost Centre.
13. Occasional lectures in the core programme of the Frost Centre.
II: at the University of Toronto, 1953 - 1964:
1. Greek and Roman History;
2. The Renaissance and Reformation;
3. Modern Europe;
4. International Relations.
III. External Examiner:
- in the graduate programme of the School of Architecture, University of Toronto, 1961;
- in the Department of History, University of Nairobi, 1971;
- in the Department of Educational Theory of the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Toronto, 1974;
- in the Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, 1975;
- in the Department of Education, the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Toronto, 1983;
- in the Department of Graduate Studies, University of Guelph, 2003.
IV. Graduate Supervisor in the Graduate Studies Programme of the Faculty of
Environmental Studies, York University, 1982.
V. Member of the Distinguished Professors Selection Committee of the University of Manitoba, 1983 - 1986; Chairman, 1986.
VI. Member of the Distinguished Research Award Seclection Committee,
Trent University, 1997.
VII. Thesis Supervisor in the Graduate Studies Programme, the University of Guelph,
2002-2003.
VIII. Visiting academic appointments, guest lectures and seminars, addresses, and papers presented, 1951 – 2012:
Canada
Memorial University of Newfoundland;
Dalhousie University;
University College of Cape Breton;
St. Francis Xavier University;
Mount St. Vincent University;
Université de Sainte Anne;
University of Prince Edward Island;
Mt. Allison University;
University of New Brunswick;
St. Thomas University;
Université de Moncton;
Université Laval;
McGill University;
Université de Montréal;
Université de Québec à Montréal;
Concordia University;
Bishop’s University;
Université de Sherbrooke;
University of Ottawa;
Carleton University;
Queen’s University;
Royal Military College of Canada;
York University;
Glendon College;
Ryerson University;
University of Toronto;
McMaster University;
University of Waterloo;
Wilfrid Laurier University;
University of Guelph;
Laurentian University;
University of Manitoba;
Collège universitaire de St. Boniface, Manitoba;
St. John’s College, Manitoba;
University of Winnipeg;
Brandon University;
University of Saskatchewan;
University of Regina;
University of Calgary;
University of Alberta;
University of Lethbridge;
Athabaska University;
University of Victoria;
Simon Fraser University;
University of British Columbia;
Yukon College.
Sir Sandford Fleming College;
Dawson College;
The United World Colleges:
Pearson College of the Pacific, British Columbia;
Atlantic College, Wales;
College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy;
College of Southern Africa, Swaziland;
College of the American West, Montezeuma;
College of South-East Asia, Singapore;
Simon Bolivar College, Venezuela.
The United Kingdom:
Oxford University:
Oriel College;
Rhodes House;
Nuffield College;
University College.
Cambridge University:
Scott Polar Research Institute;
Centre for International Studies;
Robinson College;
Clare Hall.
University of London:
Institute of Commonwealth Studies;
University College;
University of Leicester;
University of Sheffield;
University of Manchester;
University of Birmingham;
University of Sussex;
University of Exeter.
University of Edinburgh;
University of Glascow;
St. Andrew’s University;
University of Aberdeen.
New Zealand:
University of Waikato;
University of Auckland;
Victoria University of Wellington.
India:
University of Calcutta;
University of Burdwan;
University of Kerela;
University of Delhi;
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi;
University of Mumbai;
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong;
S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Mumbai.
Australia:
University of Sydney;
University of Western Sydney;
University of New South Wales;
University of Newcastle;
Australian National University, Canberra;
University of Queensland;
University of Western Australia;
La Trobe University;
University of Melbourne.
South Pacific:
University of the South Pacific.
Hong Kong:
University of Hong Kong;
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Singapore:
University of Singapore;
Nanyang University.
Malaysia:
National University of Malaysia;
University of Penang.
Indian Ocean:
University of Mauritius.
Sri Lanka:
University of Colombo;
University of Kelaniya;
University of Peradiniya;
University of Ruhana.
Africa:
University of Ghana;
University of Ife;
University of Ibadan;
University of Lagos;
University of Sokoto.
University of Nairobi.
University of Zambia.
University of Swaziland.
University of Zimbabwe.
Malta:
University of Malta.
Carribean:
University of the West Indies:
Jamaica;
Barbados;
Trinidad;
University of Guyana.
Bermuda:
Bermuda College.
The United States:
University of California, Los Angeles;
Harvard University;
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
University of Chicago;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
The Aspen Institute, Colorado.
Europe:
University of Paris;
La Maison des ètudiants canadiens à Paris.
University of Rome, La Sapienza;
University of Venice;
Canadian School at Rome.
University of Zurich.
University of Heidelberg.
University of Amsterdam;
University of Leiden.
University of Stockholm.
University of Helsinki.
University of Copenhagen.
Associations and organizations to which guest lectures or papers presented:
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education;
National Conference of Canadian Universities;
National Federation of Canadian University Students;
Association for Canadian Studies;
Canada Studies Foundation;
Historica Foundation;
Canadian Mediterranean Institute;
Ontario Economic Council;
Peel County Historical Society;
Peterborough Historical Society;
Ontario Museums Association;
Ontario Folklore Society;
Association of Canadian Archivists;
Conference of Architectural Conservation Advisory Committees of Ontario;
Science Council of Canada;
Canadian Polar Commission;
Royal Society of Canada;
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada;
Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies;
Canadian Conference on Social Development;
Institute for Research on Public Policy;
Canadian Educational Standards Institute;
Canadian Human Rights Foundation;
Law Society of Upper Canada;
Ontario Police Association;
Parks Canada: Trent-Severn Heritage Network;
Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards;
Heritage Canada Foundation;
National Capital Commission;
Ontario Land Trust Alliance.
Advisory Committee on Academic Relations,
The Department of External Affairs, Ottawa;
Canadian Bureau for International Education;
Canadian Ethnic Studies Association;
The Aspen Institute, Colorado;
Pan-American Institute of Geography and History;
British-North American Committee;
Association of Commonwealth Universities;
United World Colleges;
The British Library;
Council for Education in the Commonwealth;
Royal Commonwealth Society;
Association for Commonwealth Studies;
The World Economic Forum;
La Maison des ètudiants canadiens à Paris;
The Royal Statistical Society, London.