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File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Dennis Lee. This file consists of newspaper clippings with pieces written by Lee, topics including Lee’s awards and accomplishments, and his career change to the children’s demographic.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Nationalism. This file includes book chapters, articles, and a few newspaper clippings. Topics include nationalism and higher education, internationalism, continentalism, and imperialism

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Gabrielle Roy. This file includes newspaper clippings with topics including critique news articles written by Roy, critiques of Roy’s writing on Montreal’s working-class, as well as Roy’s attachment to heritage Quebec.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Canadian Television. This file includes newspaper clippings with topics surrounding Global TV, satellite dishes, high-definition television, and TV content rules with Europe and Hollywood.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Canadian Geology. The file includes four posters with topics of fossils, minerals, rocks, and gemstones.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on religion. This file is comprised of newspaper clippings, student papers, and photocopied book excerpts and chapters. Topics in this file include the denial of Methodist church in the Prairies by Ontario, nationalism of Canadian churches, patterns of religion in upper Canada in the early 19th century, the influences of Calvinism on English Canadian culture, and religious education boards for religion-oriented learning.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on theatre in Toronto. This file includes newspaper clippings. Some topics within this file are the Elgin-Winter Graden, the Grassroots festival, and Toronto workshop productions,

This file consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Joseph Frederick Wallet Desbarres. Includes a stapled photocopy of multiple articles on Desbarres and his life.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Canadian publishers and publishing. This file contains photocopied book excerpts and newspaper clippings, with topics discussing the dissemination of books and periodicals by John A. Wiseman, the effect of the recession on Canada’s book industry, and the evolution of the book industry into a hard business.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Robert Weaver. This file includes two photocopied excerpts and a newspaper clipping discussing Weaver’s education and biography, as well as his role as executive producer for CBC’s Anthology.

These files contain newspaper and magazine articles, photocopies of articles from books and periodicals, and original booklets and publications, including some government publications. The materials were collected between the early 1970's and early 1990's, but some material dates back to the 1940s. The subjects of the files vary greatly and deal with various Canadiana topics such as media, publishing and related issues, northern studies, native studies, land settlement and land use, arts, etc. Perhaps the most useful part of the files will be the name files.

The files will be useful as a starting place for research on specific topics. They reflect the years they were collected and are by no means exhaustive, but offer another tool for researchers to use.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Alice Munro. This file includes newspaper clippings, and photocopied book chapters. Topics include her success with each of her novels, review pieces on her novel Friend of My Youth, Monro’s connection to Ontario, as well as photocopies of Munro’s chapters The Flat Roads and Heirs of the Living Body from her novel Lives of Girls and Women.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on wilderness conservation. This file contains newspaper articles, discussing conservation methods and political roles in the protection of Canada’s endangered spaces and species.

This file consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on James H Gray. Includes a newspaper article discussing the career and life choices Gray made for himself.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Ian McLachlan. This file includes newspaper articles written on McLachlan’s heroic feminist's novels, McLachlan’s genre preferences, and articles written my McLachlan.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Oonah McFee. This file includes a newspaper article discussing McFee’s ability to handle demanding situations.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Gilles Vigneault. This file consists of two copied documents containing French songs written by Vigneault.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Multiculturalism (1 of 3). This file is comprised of photocopied documents including draft analysis papers, book chapters and documents. Topics in this file include Toronto’s multicultural “towns”, cultural diversity in America, and changes in Canadian immigration.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Martha Ostenso. This file includes a photocopied book chapter from a novel written by Clara Thomas regarding Ostenso and her trail in the author world.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on George Ryga. This file contains newspaper clippings discussing the death of Ryga and its effect on society, and an article written on Ryga’s family and home life.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Morley Torgov. This file includes a newspaper article discussing Torgov’s professional persona.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Joy Kowaga. This file includes photocopies of poem literature written by Kowaga. Works include “When I was a little girl,” “Breezes,” “Chain Necklace” and others.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file in Alistair McLeod. This file contains a paper as a potential for the Canadian Conference on Maritime Regionalism for Wadland and a book excerpt written on MacLeod and his story, “The boat” .