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Walter Surma Tarnopolsky fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1696-1993.

Reference:

R4928-0-7-E, MG31-E55

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103785

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Walter Surma Tarnopolsky fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1696-1993.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

15.86 m of textual records.
16 photographs col. and b&w.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Ukrainian

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Fonds consists of textual records relating to general subject files, personal subject files, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Constitutional Conference, files on speeches and writing, historical research on discriminatory laws in Canada, correspondence with universities, files on dissent in the Soviet Union, Ukrainian Canadians, United Nations Human Rights Committee, legal, judicial and human rights organizations and associations, multiculturalism and Ukraine, recommendations and related matters and publication projects.

Fonds also contains photographs, ca. 1955-1983, some related to the World University Service International Seminar, Japan, 1955; a group, probably at the WUS Seminar of 1955; a partial view of "Experimental Cadillac Cyclone," n.d.; an unidentified group at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont., 1967, Gordon More, photographer; two views of John Diefenbaker and others at unidentified rodeo, n.d.; and unidentified snapshots, apparently of Tarnopolsky (?), and others, most of whom appear to be students.

Provenance:

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Tarnopolsky, Walter Surma, 1932-1993

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United Nations Association in Canada

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Tarnopolsky, Walter Surma, 1932-1993 : Walter Surma Tarnopolsky, judge, university professor, born in 1932 at Gronlid, Saskatchewan, received his education from the University of Saskatchewan, B.A. 1953, LL.B. 1957, Columbia University, M.A. 1955, and the London School of Economics, LL.M. 1962. Tarnopolsky taught law at several Canadian universities, specialized in the field of human rights and civil liberties. He was a professor of law with the University of Saskatchewan 1959-1960 and 1963-1967, the University of Ottawa, 1962-1963 and 1979-1983, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, 1967-1968 and 1972-1979, and the University of Windsor, 1968-1972, where he was also Dean of Law. He briefly served as the Vice-President (Academic) of York University in 1972.

Tarnopolsky, best known as a human rights advocate, served as the chairman of numerous boards of inquiry under the Ontario Human Rights Commission, 1967-1978, and was involved in drafting human rights legislation at the provincial level including Manitoba Bill of Rights, 1970s, and the Northwest Territories human rights code, 1983-1984, as well as at the federal level including the Canadian Human Rights Act, 1978, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He was associated with a number of organizations devoted to human rights including the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 1977-1983, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, president from 1977 to 1982, Human Rights Institute, and the Committee for the Defence of Valentyn Moroz, 1970s.

Tarnopolsky, of Ukrainian heritage, contributed to the Canadian Ukrainian community through his involvement with such organizations as the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Federation and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. He was the author of several books including The Canadian Bill of Rights, 1966, 1975, and Discrimination and the Law in Canada, 1982. Tarnopolsky also co-authored Newspapers and the Law, 1981, for the Royal Commission on Newspapers. Tarnopolsky was appointed as a judge in the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1983. He died on September 15, 1993.

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Textual records: (Paper) The finding aid is a file list and a listing of publications transferred to the National Archives Library. MSS1475

Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS1475
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000237.pdf

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General note:

Received during the years 1983 to 1985 from Walter Surma Tarnopolsky of Ottawa, Ontario and Mrs. Joanne Tarnopolsky in 1996.

Language note:

About two per cent of the material is in Ukrainian.

Associated material note:

Publications: Transferred to the National Archives Library.

Related material:

A detailed description, titled "CBC Tuesday Night : [background interview]" of an interview in Ukrainian with Walter Tarnopolsky is available in the Film, Video and Sound Inventory. Researchers are asked to consult with the appropriate section for further details.
Subject heading:

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Civil rights - Canada, 1949-1983 Canadian Civil Liberties Association, [1949-1983]

Human rights - Canada, 1949-1983 Study Group on the Canadian Constitution, [1949-1983]

Law - Study and teaching - Canada, 1959-1983 Canadian Consultative Council on Multiculturalism, [1949-1983]

Law students - Canada, 1959-1983 Canada. Canadian Bill of Rights, [198-]

Canada - Constitutional law, [1949-1983] Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, [198-]

Multiculturalism - Canada, [1949-1983] Manitoba. Bill of Rights, [197-]

Students - Societies, etc., [1950-1962] Northwest Territories. Human Rights Code, 1983-1984

Dispute resolution (Law) - Canada, [1950-1984] Canada. Constituional Conference, 1967-1971

York University (Toronto, Ont.) - Finance, 1972 Osgoode Hall Law School, 1963-1983

York University (Toronto, Ont.) - Administration, 1972 Committee for the Defence of Valentyn Moroz, 1970-1979

Manitoba - Politics and government, [197-] Canadian Institute of Ukranian Studies, [1962-1983]

Northwest Territories - Politics and government, [197-] Ukranian Canadian Professional and Business Federation, [1962-1983]

Ontario Human Rights Commission - Records and Correspondence, [1946-1979]

Law - Ontario - Cases, 1972-1983

Judgements - Ontario, 1971-1983

Due process of law, 1967-1971

Walter Surma Tarnopolsky - Authorship, [1950-1984]

Canada - History - Research, 1901-1984

Discrimination - Canada, 1901-1984

Law - Canada - History, 1901-1984

University cooperation - Canada, 1963-1983

Dissenters - Soviet Union, 1970-1979

Political crimes and offenses - Soviet Union, 1970-1979

Soviet Union - Politics and government, 1970-1979

Ukrainian Canadians - Societies, etc., 1962-1983

United Nations. Human Rights Committee - Records and correspondence, 1975-1983

Political rights, 1975-1983

Political activists - Soviet Union, 1970-1979

Ukrainian Canadians

Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1984-076 NPC
1995/0030 (1995-02-08)
1999-00448-5
MG31-E55

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-E55
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1475] 116

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [TARNOPOLSKY, WALTER SURMA 1984-076] 5660

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographic materials: No donor restrictions. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no. Access to volumes 56 to 82 is restricted.

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