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New library planning

Series document the activities of committees involved in the planning and design of a new Mount Royal library building. Series also documents planning and preparation for the functions and opening of the Riddell Library and Learning Centre.

Digital media

Series consists of CD and DVDs containing digital photographs, articles, and web page images created by Fast Forward Weekly's staff for the newspaper.

Athabasca University at Mount Royal College

Series documents the planning and delivery of a Bachelor of Nursing program offered in conjunction with Athabasca University. Series contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, minutes, agendas, surveys and survey results, curriculum submission forms, articles, marketing and promotional materials, course outlines and descriptions, and webpages.

Scholarship

Series documents MacMillan's research and publications in the fields of information literacy and the scholarship of teaching and learning. The series also documents her research collaborations with colleagues, and her conference presentations. The files in this series generally contain journal articles, correspondence, research application and consent forms, surveys with responses, presentation notes, and conference programs.

History project interview recordings

Series contains audio recordings of interviews conducted by Stephen Wilks and Robert MacDonald with former Mount Royal College students, faculty, staff, and administration as research for the Mount Royal History Project.

Morningside Music Bridge

Series documents the organization and production of the Morningside Music Bridge (MMB) summer musical exchange program for young Canadian, Chinese, and other international musicians. Series is divided into nine subseries based on program year, and predominantly documents the program from its third to eleventh year. Series contains: participant forms, application packages, student biographies, homestay arrangements and evaluations, correspondence, concert and recital programs, travel arrangements and itineraries, advertisements, news articles, promotional materials, marketing plans, budget and operating information, grant applications, and final reports.

Service

Series illustrates Margy MacMillan's service contributions to Mount Royal University, including her activities in support of academic processes in the Library, the Academic Development Centre, the Mount Royal Faculty Association, and other committees and programs throughout the university. The series mainly focuses on her activities that supported professional development, conference development, and peer collaboration. The series contains a variety of records including presentations, workshop handouts, and reports.

Library administration

Series documents the administration of the Mount Royal College library, including the planning of renovations and art displays, user feedback, and communications.

Local speech and music festivals

Series contains programs for the Calgary Kiwanis Music festival and other Calgary-based music, speech, and performing arts festivals. Series also contains newsletters, photographs, tickets, and a newspaper clipping.

Teaching

The series documents a wide range of MacMillan's teaching activities relating to her roles as an educator and librarian. The series consists of teaching notes, assignments, project proposals, presentations, statements of projected learning outcomes, and a training video on researching for academic papers.

Minding the future speaker series

Series contains video recordings of guest lecturers invited to speak on their areas of expertise as part of a speaker series organized by the Mount Royal College Foundation. The lectures were designed to look towards the future and inspire change and innovation.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Games

Series documents the planning, organization, and media coverage of Olympic Games as organized by the International Olympic Committee. Series contains correspondence, news articles, minutes, agendas, meeting notes, official reports, papers, and proposals.

Recruitment, admission, and convocation

Series documents enrollment trends and student recruitment efforts. Series contains correspondence, enrollment statistics from the Registrar's Office, a marketing plan, a convocation schedule, admission requirements, reports, and the results of a study on the student experience.

Calgary Conjoint Nursing Program

Series illustrates the development and administration of the Calgary Conjoint Nursing Program, which was an educational partnership between Mount Royal College, the University of Calgary, and the Foothills Hospital School of Nursing. Series contains: correspondence, memoranda, minutes, agendas, committee reports, program development research, curriculum development documentation, budget calculations and financial statements, polices, procedures, handbooks and manuals, survey results, program brochures, newspaper clippings, and journal articles.

Series is arranged into five subseries: Councils and committees, Course outlines and syllabi, Program and curriculum development, Reports and publications, and Manuals, guidelines, and handbooks.

Institutional reports

Series contains reports prepared by the Department of Institutional Analysis & Planning and other college departments which were received by the School of Nursing. Series contains reports, surveys and questionnaires, institutional development plans, correspondence, memoranda, and enrollment data.

External Relations photographs

Series consists of photographs created or commissioned by the Department of External Relations for marketing and communications purposes (some were published in college publications including the academic calendar, MRC handbook, and MRC News. Photographs depict Mount Royal facilities, faculty, staff, students, and events

Articles and reviews

Series documents Hunter's work as a reviewer of poetry and novels, as well as literary criticism of Hunter's own works. Series consists of book and poetry reviews, articles, poems, correspondence, interview transcripts, and event posters and notices.

Program development and maintenance

Series documents the process of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating new programs and courses at Mount Royal College. Series contains correspondence, letters of intent, program budget information, lists of practicum placements, reports, course evaluation guidelines, procedures, minutes, program change forms, and status reports.

Teaching

Series document's Paterson's work as a speech arts and drama instructor and adjudicator, and also documents Paterson's appointment as Coordinator of Speech Arts at Mount Royal College. Series consists of programs, newspaper articles, correspondence, schedules, photographs, audio and video recordings, lists of students, cards, scripts, tickets, course outlines, invitations, and brochures.

Writing and publications

Series illustrates Hunter's work as an novelist, poet, and writer of short stories. Series contains one subseries of Hunter's books, and also consists of short stories, poems, manuscript drafts, notes, editorial feedback, newspaper clippings, media articles, correspondence, reviews, interviews, contracts, event posters, diaries, photographs, and newsletters.

Division of Academic Affairs

Series contains records of the Division of Academic Affairs received by Dyment for review and some records received during Dyment's time as the Acting Vice-President of Academic Affairs. Series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, policies, procedures, memos about budget planning, organizational charts, and updates from departments heads and deans.

Professional development

Series documents professional development opportunities sponsored or supported by the MRFA. Series contains photographic slides, newsletters, taped conferences and presentations, and brochures.

Adjudication

Series documents Paterson's work as an adjudicator for various Canadian music, speech, and performing arts festivals. Series consists of festival programs, correspondence, schedules, regulations, and poetry selections.

Education

Series documents Paterson's education in drama and speech arts, and his participation in workshops and conferences. Series contains correspondence, programs, newspaper articles, audition scenes, reports cards, scripts, course descriptions, examination reports, brochures, letters of reference, assignments, newsletters, guidelines, recordings, contact lists, posters, and a thesis.

Audio recordings

Series mostly consists of audio recordings of interviews conducted by Linda Many Guns as part of the Ten Grandmothers Project. Series also contains recordings of Blackfoot language lessons, songs, speeches, and presentations.

Learning Resource Centre

Series documents the services, activities, and structure of the Learning Resource Centre under the directorship of Dyment. Series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, policies, newsletters, project proposals, and job postings and descriptions.

Prints

Series documents the weekly progress of the construction of the Lincoln Park campus. Additionally, series contains photographs depicting the finished main campus building and the ceremonies which followed its completion, including a visit from Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau during the Western Economic Opportunities Conference.

Negatives and slides

Series documents the construction of the Lincoln Park Campus, including the initial groundbreaking, laying of the foundation, installation of walls and flooring, and the addition of design elements. Also included are aerial photographs of Lincoln Park Campus, Old Sun College, and Churchill Park Campus (now Bow Valley College). Series also contains photographs of various board and committee members touring the campus during construction.

Faculty and Staff

Series contains records provided to Dyment for review and in response to staff and faculty work experiences. Series contains professional development opportunities and requests, job descriptions, position postings and new employee announcements, tenure recommendations, analysis of instructor workloads, contract negotiations, reports, employee evaluation criteria, and correspondence.

College planning and development

Series contains records related to the planning and future development of Mount Royal College. Series contains correspondence, reports, educational development plans and research, policies, committee minutes and reports, and renovation and expansion updates.

Theatre programs

This series contains performance programs documenting local Albertan productions of which Grant Paterson attended or was involved with in some capacity.

Photo albums

Series contains photo albums documenting the construction of the Lincoln Park Campus from the groundbreaking ceremony to the 82nd week of construction. The photo albums consist of photographs with descriptive captions and site map illustrations showing exactly where each photo was taken. Series also contains materials that were used in the creation of the photo albums such as contact sheets, site plan illustrations, and descriptive captions.

Alumni

Series documents the activities nursing alumni associations and the planning special events. Series contains photographs, correspondence, membership lists, financial records, event invitations and responses, and administrative records.

College/University administrative and reference documents

Series documents records that were produced by Mount Royal College/University and distributed to the MRFA and faculty members for informational or review purposes. Series contains one subseries, Financial statements and budget planning, contains financial records for Mount Royal College/University. Series also contains reports, discussion papers, reference manuals, survey results, policies, campus trends and statistics, legislation, and bylaws.

Paralympic Games

Series documents the planning and implementation of early Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) role in organizing Paralympic Games, and the experience of athletes and athletic teams participating in Paralympic Games. Series is divided into eight subseries: SS1- International Stoke Mandeville Games, SS2 - 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, SS3 - 1980 Olympics for the Physically Disabled, SS4 - 1988 Paralympic Games - Seoul and Innsbruck, SS5 - 1992 Paralympic Games - Barcelona, Tignes-Albertville, and Madrid, SS6 - 1996 Atlanta Paralympics Games, SS7 - 1998 Nagano Paralympic Games, and SS8 - 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

Series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, newsletters, newspapers, press releases, competition results, bulletins, schedules, brochures, manuals, guidelines, procedures, handbooks, itineraries, rules, directories, licensing agreements, photographs, athlete profiles, arbitration briefs and agreements, videos, memorabilia, journal articles, budgets, contract agreements, programs, books, logo designs, presentation slides, site maps, marketing plans, and entry forms.

Productions files

Series documents Tom Besse's direction, production, and promotion of plays put on by Mount Royal College's Department of Fine and Performing Arts. The series is arranged by theatre production into files, which generally contains correspondence, programs, production notes, cast and crew lists, and news releases.

Speeches, presentations, interviews, and publications

Series documents speeches, presentations, and papers written and delivered by Steadward on the topics of disability, sport, and the Paralympics. Series also documents research on similar topics received by Steadward for informational purposes. Series includes one subseries containing audio recordings of the Vista '93 Conference, papers, draft papers, presentation notes, presentation slides, lecture notes, news articles, photographs, and videos.

University of Alberta and the Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities

Series documents Steadward's work at the University of Alberta as a professor and founder of the Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities in Edmonton, Alberta. Series also documents athletes, coaches, athletic teams, and researchers accessing the programs, services, training, and testing facilities at the Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities.

The Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities was established by Steadward in 1978. It was later renamed the Rick Hansen Centre in 1987, and finally the Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement in 2000. The centre is an internationally-renowned disability research centre within the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta, and continues to support sport and fitness of people experiencing disability.

Series mainly consists of photographs, slides, and negatives of athletes participating in various disability sporting events and using training equipment and facilities. Series also contains video and audio recordings, presentation notes, manuals, guides, and annual reports.

Non-Paralympic disability sporting events and associations

Series documents records received and produced by Steadward in the course of his involvement and communication with international sporting organizations, and national and international sports organizations that represent disabled athletes. Organizations include: the Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association, International Blind Sport Association, Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons, Canadian Federation of Sport Organizations of the Disabled, Commonwealth Games Federation, Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association, Far East and South Pacific Games Federation for the Disabled, General Association of International Sports Federation, International Coordinating Committee of World Sports Organizations for the Disabled, International Committee on Integration of Athletes with a Disability, International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability, International Sports Foundation, International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation, International Sports Federation for the Disabled, Paralympic Sports Association, South African Sports Association for Physically Disabled, and others.

Series documents administration and organization of worldwide disability sports associations, relationships between disability sports organizations and the International Paralympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee membership, information on programs, services, and adaptive equipment for disabled athletes, and the planning and execution of sporting competitions and events such as the Commonwealth Games, Great Wall Run, World Blind Sports Championship, Games for the Physically Disabled, Canadian Olympics, National Wheelchair Games, Wheelchair Basketball Gold Cup, Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, Canadian Wheelchair Indoor Championship, World Wheelchair Games.

Series contains two subseries: Wheelchair sports and associations and video reels. Series also contains correspondence, reports, minutes, policies, bylaws, newsletters, conference and symposia proceedings, schedules, proposals, membership lists, team lists, athlete standings/rankings, rules, videos, memorabilia, news articles, and press releases.

Awards

Series documents the development and distribution of student nursing awards. Series contains correspondence, award criteria, lists of recipients, award ceremony programs, award descriptions, and trophies.

Board of Trustees meeting minutes

The name of the governing board for Mount Royal College changed to the Board of Trustees in 1966 as a result of the college turning from a private college into a public institution. In order to free up the name ‘Mount Royal’ for the new public college, the Board of Governors requested that the name of the private college and Board be changed to ‘George W. Kerby’. Once incorporated, the new public college became known as Mount Royal College and the governing board was known as the Board of Trustees. The Board operated under the name of the Board of Trustees until January of 1970 when the name reverted back to the Board of Governors.

Series documents meetings of the Board of Trustees and its committees. Series contains minutes as well as reports, agendas, financial statements, correspondence, and proposals.

Academic Council and Board of Governors

Series consists of Board of Governor and Academic Council records that were provided to Dyment for review. Series contains agendas, minutes, correspondence, proposals, and agreements.

Collective bargaining

Series documents the collective bargaining and negotiation process between the MRFA and the Board of Governors of Mount Royal University. Series illustrates the work of the MRFA and its committees related to developing negotiation positions, engaging with membership, and representing the Association's interests during negotiations. Series contains one subseries containing draft and finalized collective agreements. Series also contains statements of negotiation interests, draft article amendments, agendas, meeting notes, correspondence, memoranda, tables summarizing faculty workloads, salary statistics and comparisons with other institutions, grid adjustment calculations, surveys and survey result summaries, budget and revenue figures, consumer price index figures, negotiation updates, and draft proposals.

Branch Teachers Association

Series documents the history of the Branch Teachers Association's relationship with the Mount Royal Conservatory. The Branch Teachers Association was an informal (non-incorporated) organization of musical instructors that provided music lessons to students unable to travel to the Mount Royal campus in Calgary. Branch Association teachers were affiliated with the Mount Royal College Conservatory, but were self-employed and worked under renewable contracts. Series contains: association meeting minutes, faculty and student recital programs, Conservatory and Association correspondence, and student scholarship information.

Outside organizations and governing bodies

Series documents communications between the Mount Royal College School of Nursing and outside nursing agencies, governing bodies, and other nursing schools. Series is divided into four subseries: Universities Coordinating Council, Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, Government of Alberta, and Alberta Vocational Centre. Series contains correspondence, newsletters, news releases, reports, position papers, proposals, course modules, and nursing standards/guidelines.

The Diploma Nursing Program and nursing certificate programs

Series documents the development, promotion, and management of the two-year Diploma Nursing Program as well as the Post Basic Mental Health Certificate and Gerontology Certificate programs. Series is divided into five subseries: Program and curriculum development, Minutes, Reports, History, and Promotional materials and handbooks. Series contains correspondence, memoranda, brochures, pamphlets, curriculum design tables, student and faculty handbooks, newspaper clippings, minutes, reports, program proposals, surveys, and questionnaires.

International Paralympics Committee (IPC)

Series documents Steadward's involvement in the formation, organization, and administration of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Series also documents the activities, policies, and procedures of IPC committees, sub-committees, task forces, and Executive Committee members, and reflects the IPC's involvement and interactions with other disability sport organizations and leaders.

Series contains correspondence, minutes, meeting notices, agenda, reports, handbook sections, financial statements, job descriptions, bylaws, rules, procedures, agreements, press releases, news articles, brochures, notes, event schedules, newsletters, survey results, and motions.

Performances

Series documents Paterson's work as a actor, speech artist, director, musician, and singer. Series contains two sub-series: Rhyme Rustler and Young Shakespeare Company. Series contains programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, contracts, recordings, advertisements, reviews, schedules, certificates, cards, examination results, adjudication forms, brochures, applications, scripts, songs, posters, diplomas, and cast and student lists.

Administration

Series documents the administration and organization of the Department of Nursing. Series contains memoranda, correspondence, office assignments, equipment specifications and inventories, copyright documentation, policies, workload forms, campus plans, and reports.

Blueprint for survival

Series consists of "Blueprint for survival" pamphlets which were intended for the civilian population containing and contained survival plans and other information to prepare for the possibility of nuclear attack. These pamphlets were published by various Canadian government departments and distributed by the Emergency Measures Organization.

Family history

Series documents Hunter's research into his family history and the history of Scottish immigrants to the Calgary area, which he used in his writing. Series consists of published histories, photographs, diary pages, maps, certificates of title, freehold reports, land title searches, articles, notes, and correspondence.

Field/travel/work notes

Series contains field notes from geological sites across Canada, the United Kingdom, and France; travel notes from attending geological and mineralogical conferences, workshops, seminars, and meetings across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, China, and Japan; work notes from developing the MinIdent software/database, testing geological samples and equipment, and consulting with colleagues in the United Kingdom, China, and Japan.

Student notebooks

Series contains Smith's student notebooks on the subjects of geology, geological maps, paleontology, chemical analysis, and x-ray determinations.

Civil defence

Series consists of civil defence pamphlets published by Canadian government departments that describe what to do and how to be prepared in the eventuality of nuclear attacks and other disasters.

Letters

Series consists of Hunter's personal and professional correspondence and contains letters, postcards, and greeting cards from friends, family members, fellow authors and poets, and publishers. Series also contains some poems, short stories, royalty and title-earning summaries, newspaper articles, obituaries, forms, student essays, contracts and agreements, and event notices and posters.

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of various Mount Royal sports teams and student athletes in action and sporting events. Includes some photographs that are mounted on plaques. Series is arranged into three subseries: photograph binders, photographs (prints), and mounted photographs.

Golf

Series primarily documents Canadian professional golf, including the Professional Golf Association (PGA), Ladies' Professional Golf Association (LPGA), and Canadian professional tours. Series consists of programs, magazines, pairing sheets, tickets, score cards, and promotional objects.

Administration

Series documents the general administration of the Conservatory and its programs. Series contains agendas and minutes, statistical enrollment reports, correspondence and memoranda, financial statements, press releases, business and program development proposals, talent release forms, reports, and photographs of faculty and musical groups.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, poems and other documents collected and assembled by Leona Paterson.

Committee and task force meeting minutes

Series documents the meetings of several committees and task forces that reported to the Board of Governors, particularly the Staff Committee, Finance Committee, and Executive Committee. The Staff Committee was responsible for hiring and negotiating contracts and compensation for faculty members. The Finance Committee was responsible for monitoring and maintaining the finances of the college and approving major expenditures. The Executive Committee had the authority to transact all of the business of the Board of Governors and college in-between meetings of the full Board of Governors. Series contains minutes, agendas, reports, and proposals.

Awards and distinctions

Series contains awards that Leacock received for his service to Mount Royal College, his accomplishments as a composer and performer, and as a dedicated teacher.

Music and teaching

Series contains programs from musical events that Leacock performed or participated in as a teacher, a copy of his composition "Sea Horses", and newspaper and journal articles regarding his career and performances.

Teaching activities

Series consists of newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence, programs, syllabi, theses and exam and exam guidelines related to Leona Paterson's teaching career at Mount Royal College, Banff School of Fine Arts and the Royal Conservatory of Toronto.

Marketing, promotion, and press

Series documents the marketing and promotion of the Conservatory as well as media coverage of Conservatory programs, events, faculty, and students. Series contains one subseries: News coverage containing news and media articles. Series also contains newsletters, brochures, advertisements, event programs, posters, press releases, reviews, calendars of events, performance detail forms, and marketing plans.

Rodeo

Series documents rodeo competition at the Calgary Stampede and its promotion. Series consists of: programs, guides, brochures, branded stationary, as well as promotional objects including pins, patches, buttons, tokens, and decals.

Yearbooks

Series contains student yearbooks published by Mount Royal College and by individual departments and programs. Yearbooks contain photographs of students, faculty, clubs, sports teams, and campus events, student creative writing, reports from clubs and committees, addresses from college presidents and yearbook editors, and advertisements.

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