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School of Communication fonds
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School of Communication fonds

  • F-92
  • Fonds
  • 1970 - 1996

The fonds consists of records relating to the activites of the School and its predecessors. Activites and events documented include the evolution of the department's structure, functions and governance; deliberation of School committees; correspondence of the Chair with staff, faculty, other university departments and external organizations; departmental research projects, proposals, and grant applications; curriculum development files and course files; and publications.

Records include correspondence and reports; meeting agendas, minutes and supporting papers; policies and procedures; course proposals and outlines, lecture notes and planning materials; conference photograph negatives; course guides, newsletters and annual reports (1993-1994).

School of Communication

Chair's correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the Chair's/Director's correspondence with School program areas and faculty, other university departments and external (non-university) individuals and organizations. Activities, events and topics documented include policy development, faculty and student relations, reference letters, graduate student review, facilities and space planning in the West Mall Complex, collaboration with other university departments and research and consulting for external organizations. Records include correspondence; reports; notices; letters; invoices; newsletters; proposals; and working papers.

Curriculum files

Series consists of records relating to the credit and non-credit instruction offered by the School and its predecesors, including new course proposals, curriculum rationalization and scheduling, grading, reading lists, assignment and essay questions, lecture schedules and outlines, examinations, cross-listed courses with other departments, guest lecture series, graduate level colloquiums, directed studies proposals, continuing studies courses offered downtown, and the Ph.D. program proposal. Records include correspondence; reports; course files; working papers; and policies.

Some teaching material has been retained (e.g. glossaries, lecture notes), but reprints of articles have not been preserved. The sub-series on "Course files" does not include course administrative records (e.g. enrollment lists, book requisition forms, grade change forms, registration status reports, waiting lists, add/drop form, lab fee notices). Note that record types found in the files vary considerably from course to course.

Committee files

Series consists of records relating to meetings and deliberations of departmental, faculty and university-wide committees in which the School participated. Series includes departmental meetings, committees responsible for departmental hiring, curriculum development, and undergraduate and graduate studies. Also included are records for the Faculty of Applied Science Executive committee, President's Advisory Committee on University Priorities, Downtown Campus Planning, and the Labour Program Advisory committee. Records include meeting agendas, minutes and supporting documents; correspondence; reports; policies and procedures; program and course proposals and revisions; and working papers.

Note that in the case of departmental committees, the files constitute the original, authoritative records of those committees. In the case of non-departmental committees (faculty and university), however, the School did not typically function as the official record-keeper or custodian of the committee's original records; accordingly, these files document the School's participation in the committees (correspondence and copies of committee records) rather than representing the authoritative record of those committees.

Departmental research projects, proposals and grant application files

Series consists of records relating to research projects, proposals and grant applications prepared by faculty members during the course of university-wide, national and international research on communication. Project topics include Media Analysis, Image / Sound Research Centre, Laboratory for Computer and Communications Research, conferences, communication databases, the Telecommunications Research Group and the Radio Spectrum Project. Grant applications include those sent to the President's Research Fund, SSHRCC and NSERC. Records include application forms; proposals; correspondence; reports; faculty curriculum vitae; working papers; financial budgets; statistics; contracts and agreements.

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