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Morris Cyril Shumiatcher fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1946-1949.

Reference:

R4945-0-1-E, MG31-E19

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103777

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Morris Cyril Shumiatcher fonds
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Fonds includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1946-1949.

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence and transcripts of hearings before the Bird Commission.

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Shumiatcher, Morris Cyril, 1917-

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Shumiatcher, Morris Cyril, 1917- : Dr. Morris Shumiatcher, barrister, was born in 1917 at Calgary, the son of pioneer Jewish lawyer Abraham I. Shumiatcher, K.C. He received his education at the University of Alberta, B.A. 1940, LL.B. 1941; a travelling scholarship to Japan 1940; and LL.M. at the University of Toronto 1942, S.J.D. 1945. He was admitted to the Bars of Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories; appointed a K.C. 1948; Officer of the Order of Canada 1982; and Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan 1987.

He served with the R.C.A.F. 1943-1945 (air-gunner); Law Officer, Dept. of Attorney-General of Saskatchewan 1945-1949; Council to the Labour Board of Saskatchewan; Personal Advisor and Assistant to the Premier of Saskatchewan T.C. Douglas; and drafted Saskatchewan Bill of Rights in 1947.

In addition, general practise of Law since 1949; Lecturer in adult education at the University of Western Ontario and in law at Dalhousie, Toronto and Saskatchewan universities; and t.v. lecture series on International Affairs, law, Indian Affairs, civil liberties, legal problems of farmers and military law. Publications include Assault on Freedom, 1962, Man of Law: A Model, 1979 and Welfare: Hidden Backlash, 1971. National Chairman, Civil Liberties Section Canadian Bar Association; director of the Institute of International Affairs and the Saskatchewan Arts Centre; Dominion Drama Society Council and active in many other organizations.

See also Canadian Who's Who, 1989, p.806.

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General note:

Received in 1976 from Morris C. Shumiatcher.
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Japanese Canadians - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Tommy Douglas - Correspondence, [1846-1949] Canada. Royal Commission on Japanese Property Losses, 1946-1949

Ian A. Mackenzie - Correspondence, [1946-1949] Canada. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, [1946-1949]

H. Francis G. Bridges - Correspondence, [1946-1949] Shumiatcher & Shumiatcher (Firm), 1946-1949

M.J. Coldwell - Correspondence, [1946-1949] Japanese Canadian Citizens Association, 1947-1949

T. Buck Suzuki - Correspondence, [1946-1949] Canada. Dept. of Fisheries, [1946-1949]

Law - Canada - Cases, 1946-1949

World War II - Confiscations and contributions - Canada, Western, 1942-1945

Legislators - Canada - Correspondence, [1946-1949]

Politicians - Saskatchewan - Correspondence, [1946-1949]

Saskatchewan - Politics and government, 1946-1949

Fisheries - Licenses - Canada, [1946-1949]

World War II - Evacuation of civilians - Canada, 1942-1945

World War II - Claims, 1946-1949

Canada 1935-1948

Governmental investigations Canada
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Private

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MG31-E19
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