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North: Wildlife
JWRF/014(09) · File · [ca. 1956-1970]
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on northern wildlife. This file contains booklets and a covered article with topics including the survival of caribou and deer species on refugia, the depletion of the species, and the survival of species in unfavorable conditions.

Woodcock, George
JWRF/019(11) · File · [ca. 1954-1980]
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on George Woodcock. This file contains newspaper clippings and copied articles written by Woodcock, with topics including Canadian history, freedom, culture, and immigrant settlement.

JWRF/014(07) · File · [ca. 1950-1960]
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on northern scientific expeditions. This file contains booklets with topics like biological exploration of banks and Victoria Islands, geological exploration of Baffin Island, and studies in Foxe Peninsula and west coast of Baffin Island.

Geology, Canada
JWRF/007(12) · File · [19--]
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

North: Greenland
JWRF/014(03) · File · [ca. 1950-1960]
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Greenland. This file contains booklets written on topics including the economy of Greenland’s people and their hunting, and the Indigenous nations within Greenland.

Architecture
JWRF/001(02) · File · 1947-1991
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on architecture. Newspaper clippings and photocopied articles cover topics including (but not limited to) the history of architecture in Canada from the 19th century to the mid-20th century, architectural theory, and particular buildings, especially in Ontario.

JWRF/013(04) · File · 1946-1978
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Canadian North general file (1 of 2). This file contains booklets with topics that include recent developments in the Canadian north, the new north, weather and climate, Canada’s northlands, and perspectives on the north.

North: Eskimo
JWRF/014(01) · File · 1946-1968
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Inuit in the north. This file includes articles and booklets with topics including notes on the cooperative movement and community organization in the arctic, social culture of "Nunivak Eskimo", sociocultural change, population numbers, and "Caribou Eskimos." Includes the following publications

  • Notes on the Cooperative Movement and Community Organization in the Canadian Arctic, by Frank G. Vallee, 1964.
  • The Social Culture of the Nunivak Eskimo, by Margaret Lantis, 1946.
  • The Canadian Arctic, Sociocultural Change, by Robert G. Williamson, 1968
  • Child Rearing Patterns among the Great Whale River Eskimo, by Irma and John Honigmann, 1953
    Eskimo Quarterly, published by the Oblate Fathers of the Hudson Bay Vicariate: vols. 10 (Sept 1948), 11 (Dec 1948), 12 (March 1949), 23 (Dec 1951)
  • Intercultural Relations at Great Whale River, by John J. Honigmann, 1952
  • The Number of Eskimos: An Arctic Enigma, by Robert M. Bone, 1973
  • The Future of the Caribous Eskimos, by Wendell H. Oswalt and James W. Van Stone
  • Human Resource of Canada's Northlands, by Diamond Jenness, 1961
  • Eskimo Population in the Canadian Eastern Arctic, Sept 1944
  • The Indian in Transition: The Indian Today
  • The People of the Canadian North, prepared for the National Workshop on People, Resources and the Environment North of '60, by Eric Gourdeau, May 1972
JWRF/013(03) · File · 1942-1952
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on general the Northern Canadian Arctic. This file includes the following booklets

  • The Arctic in Fact and Fble by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1945
  • Arctic ice Islands by L.S. Koenig, K.R. Greenaway, Moira Dunbar, and G. Hattersley-Smith, 1952
  • A Brief History of Exploration and Research in the Candaian Eastern Arctic, March 1945
  • Canada's Western Arctic, 1948
  • Physical Geography of the Canadian Eastern Arctic, 1946
  • Contributions from the Dominion Observatory vol. 1 no. 3, The Search for the North Magnetic Pole by R. Glenn Madill, 1948
  • An Introduction to the Geography of the Canadian Arctic. Canadian Geography Information Series No. 2, 1951
  • The Ice Age in The North American Arctic by Richard Foster Flint. 1952.
Wilderness
JWRF/019(06) · File · [ca. 1938-1990]
Part of John Wadland research files collection

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on wilderness. This file contains booklets and photocopied book chapters with topics such as land use, ecology of political wilderness classification, and wilderness and culture.

Gray, James H
JWRF/007(16) · File
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

McLachlan, Ian
JWRF/009(04) · File
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

McFee, Oonah
JWRF/009(03) · File
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

Multiculturalism 1
JWRF/010(09) · File
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

Ostenso, Martha
JWRF/014(13) · File
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

Ryga, George
JWRF/016(16) · File
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

Kowaga, Joy
JWRF/008(04) · File
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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.

McLeod, Alistair
JWRF/009(05) · File · n.d
Part of John Wadland research files collection

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” .