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Study and project files [textual record]

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1947-[1992?].

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R1219-6-3-E, RG129

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Series includes:

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Date(s):

1947-[1992?].

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

ca. 93.5 m of textual records : including interfiled photographs, tapes, and tabulating and punched cards.

Language of material:

English

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English, French

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Series consists of documents created and collected during the course of various studies and projects carried out under the auspices of the Science Council. Major studies made up the bulk of the Science Council's work, usually taking three years to complete. A committee of council members and outside experts was appointed to guide the work for each study. Other people with special knowledge of the files were invited to participate in some of the committee meetings, thus expanding the range of sources and opinions contributing to the studies. Often, the Council obtained the services of appropriate personnel from the private sector, various levels of government, universities, and research institutes. The end product of such studies was often published-sometimes as a report under "Reports" (also known as the "Red Series"), sometimes as a special study or background study ("Green Series"), sometimes otherwise.

This series includes records collected in the development of all reports and studies published by the Science Council in the 1960s and early 1970s; the thematic range of records included in the series relating to reports and studies pursued by the Science Council in its later years may not be as exhaustive.

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The study and program files in the series are organized by theme or published report/study. Nevertheless, only a few sub-series have been created to date - the remaining records have been grouped in the Project files sub-series. The following unverified thematic lists may be leveraged for future arrangement work in this series; these working thematic lists are included here to facilitate discovery., ------- 1960s -------

Records related to the development of the following reports and studies published by the Science Council of Canada in the 1960s are included in this series:

SPACE: Report No. 1 "A Space Program for Canada," along with Special Study No. 1 "Upper Atmosphere and Space Programs in Canada" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/079 box 24).

PHYSICS: Special Study No. 2 "Physics in Canada - Survey and Outlook" (see Acc. no 1987-88/079 boxes 16-18). Also ASTRONOMY study (see Acc. no. 1987-88/079 box 3). Also INTENSE NEUTRON GENERATOR: Report No. 2 "The Proposal for an Intense Neutron Generator - Initial Assessment and Recommendations," along with Special Study No. 4 with the related scientific and economic evaluation (see Acc. no. 1987-88/079 box 2).

PSYCHOLOGY: Special Study No. 3 "Psychology in Canada" (Arc. Ref. no. R1219-9-9).

WATER: Report No. 3 "A Major Program of Water Resources Research in Canada," along with Special Study No. 5 "Water Resources Research in Canada" (Acc. no. 1987-88/079 boxes 21-23 and Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 5 and 8).

NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY: Report No. 4 "Towards a National Science Policy for Canada," along with Special Study No. 6 "Background Studies in Science Policy - Projections of R&D Manpower and Expenditure." (Acc. no. 1987-88/079 box 4).

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH: Report No. 5 "University Research and the Federal Government," along with Special Study No. 7 "The Role of the Federal Government in Support of Research in Canadian Universities." (Acc. no. 1987-88/079 boxes 10-15, and possibly also Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 8).

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Report No. 6 "A Policy for Scientific and Technical Information Dissemination," along with Special Study No. 8 "Scientific and Technical Information in Canada" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/079 boxes 19-20).

CHEMISTRY: Special Study No. 9 "Chemistry and Chemical Engineering - A Survey of Research and Development in Canada" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/079 box 17); also ENGINEERING study, for which no report was produced (see Acc. no. 1987-88/079 boxes 5-9)., ------- 1970s -------

Records related to the development of the following reports and studies published by the Science Council in the 1970s are included in this series:

EARTH SCIENCES: Report No. 7 "Earth Sciences Serving the Nation - Recommendations," along with Special Study No. 13 (see Arc. Ref. no. R1219-8-7).

FORESTRY: Report No. 8 "Seeing the Forest and the Trees - A Report on Forest Resources Research," along with Special Study No. 14 (see Acc. no 1987-88/060 box 35 and Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 8-9).

FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Report No. 9 "This Land is their Land: A Report on Fisheries and Wildlife Research in Canada," along with Special Study No. 15 (see Acc. no. 1987-88/060 boxes 33-34 and Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 8).

MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Report No. 10 "Canada, Science and the Oceans - A Major Program in Marine Science and Technology for Canada," along with Special Study No. 16 "Ad Mare - Canada Looks to the Sea..." (see Acc. no. 1987-88/060 boxes 36-39).

AERONAUTICS AND TRANSPORTATION: Special Study No. 17 "A Survey of Canadian Activity in Transportation R&D" (see Acc. no 1987-88/060 boxes 2-4); Report No. 11 "A Canadian STOL Air Transport System as a National Major Program" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/060 box 1, STOL = Short Take-off and Landing); Special Study No. 12 "Aeronautics - Highway to the Future" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/079 box 1).

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES: Report No. 12 "Two Blades of Grass - The Challenge Facing Agriculture," along with Special Study No. 10 "Agricultural Science in Canada" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/060 boxes 5-11).

COMPUTER SCIENCES: Report No. 13 "A Trans-Canada Computer Communications Network - Phase I of Major Program on Computers," and Report No. 21 "Strategies of Development for the Canadian Computer Industry" (see Arc. Ref. no. R1219-7-5 and Acc. no. 1987-88/059 boxes 33-40, and also study follow-up in Acc. no. 1983-84/094 boxes 5-7).

URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Report No. 14 "Cities for Tomorrow - Some Applications of Science and Technology to Urban Development" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/060 boxes 40-44).

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH: Report No. 15 "Innovation in a Cold Climate - The Dilemma of Canadian Manufacturing," Special Study No. 22 "The Multinational Firm, Foreign Direct Investment, and Canadian Science Policy," Special Study No. 23 "Innovation and the Structure of Canadian Industry," and Special Study No. 26 "Governments and Innovation" (see Acc. no 1987-88/059 boxes 20-24).

BASIC BIOLOGY: Report No. 17 "Lifelines - Some Policies for Basic Biology in Canada," along with Special Study No. 18 "From Formalin to Fortran - Basic Biology in Canada" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/060 boxes 12-32, possibly also Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 5).

CAREER PROSPECTS: Special Study No. 20 "Prospects for Scientists and Engineers in Canada" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/044 box 6 and possibly 9).

POLICY FOR BASIC RESEARCH: Report No. 18 "Lifelines - Policy Objectives for Basic Research in Canada," along with Special Study No. 21 "Basic Research" (see Acc. no. 1987-88/044 boxes 5-9).

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS (no report): with files on a range of topics, such as airports, noise, mining and smelting, oil spills, solid waste, citizen participation (see Acc. no 1987-88/059 boxes 1-3, possibly also Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 5).

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS (no study; see Acc. no. 1987-88/044 boxes 1-5).

SCITEC [PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS]: Special Study No. 25 "National Engineering, Scientific and Technological Societies of Canada" (see Acc. no 1987-88/059 boxes 25-32).

HEALTH SCIENCES: Report No. 22 "Science for Health Services," and Special Study No. 29 "Health Care in Canada - A commentary," as well as supplement Brain Research Study (see Arc. Ref. no. R1219-11-7 = Acc. no. 1984-85/521 boxes 1-5 and Acc. no 1987-88/059 boxes 4-19, also note possibly Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 9).

KNOWLEDGE & POWER: Background Study No. 31 "Knowledge, Power and Public Policy" (see Acc. no. 1983-84/223 box 1).

ENERGY: Report No. 23 "Canada's Energy Opportunities," and Background Study No. 33 "Energy Conservation" (see Acc. no. 1983-84/223 boxes 2-23, and Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 8).

POPULATION: Report No. 25 "Population, Technology, and Resources" (see Acc. no. 1983-84/094 boxes 8-21).

NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT: Report No. 26 "Northward Looking - A Strategy and a Science Policy for Northern Development," and Background Study No. 34 "Northern Development and Technology Assessment Systems - A Study of Petroleum Development Programs in the Mackenzie Delta-Beaufort Sea Region and the Arctic Islands," and Background Study No. 36 "The Political Economy of Northern Development," and Background Study No. 42 "The Strathcona Sound Mining Project - A Case Study of Decision Making" (see Arc. Ref. no. R1219-10-5-E = Acc. No. 1985-86/674, also note Acc. no. 1996-97/103 box 104).

EDUCATION & JOBS: Special Study No. 28 "Education and Jobs - Career Patterns Among Selected Canadian Science Graduates with International Comparisons" (see Acc. no 1987-88/059 boxes 41-45).

MATHEMATICS: Background Study No. 37 "Mathematical Sciences in Canada" (see Acc. no. 1983-84/223 boxes 24-44).

POLICIES AND POISONS: Report No. 28 "Policies and Poisons - The Containment of Long-term Hazards to Human Health in the Environment and in the Workplace," and Background Study No. 39 "Canadian Law and Control of Exposure to Hazards," Background Study No. 40 "Government Regulation of the Occupational and General Environments in the United Kingdom, the United States and Sweden," Background Study No. 41 "Regulatory Processes and Jurisdictional Issues in the Regulation of Hazardous Products in Canada" (see Arc. Ref. no. R1219-12-9 = Acc. no. 1984-85/521 boxes 6-15).

CLIMATE: The "Living with Climate Change" Conference and the "Food and Climate Seminar" c. 1974-1977 (see Arc. Ref. no. R1219-13-0 = Acc. no. 1983-84/094 boxes 1-3).

This thematic listing is not exhaustive; not all records in this series have finding aids (see Acc. no. 1996-01103-0)., ------- 1980s and 1990s and undated -------

Themes of the records related to the development of the Science Council of Canada's projects and studies in the 1980s and 1990s (or undated) include, but are not limited to, the following:

NORTHERN SCIENCE: Report No. 41 "Northern Science for Northern Society - Building Economic Self-Reliance," and report "Harnessing Science and Technology for Cold Regions" (see Acc. no. 1996-01103-0, and Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 3 and possibly 8).

GENETICS: Report No. 42 "Genetics in Canadian Health Care" (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 3 and 8 and Acc. no 1996-01103-0).

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: Report No. 43 "Sustainable Agriculture - The Research Challenge" (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 29-32).

AQUACULTURE (see Acc. no. 1992-93/216 box 11 and also Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 8-9).

MEDICATIONS, TELEHEALTH, and MEDICAL DEVICES (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 98-100 and 9).

FOOD IRRADIATION (see Acc. no 1996-01103-0, and Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 5).

SCIENCE-BASED INNOVATION and STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 42 and possibly also Acc. no 1996-01103-0).

TECHNOLOGY ENGINE and ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES and EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 5-6 and 33-39 and Acc. no. 1996-01103-0).

NRC-2016, also known as "Toward 2016: Global Trends, Canadian Industry and the National Research Council" (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 16 and Acc. no. 1996-01103-0).

IMAGES OF SCIENCES (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 box 105).

CANADA/JAPAN PROJECT also known as "Canada-Japan Complementarity Study" (see Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 boxes 43-48 and Acc. no 1996-01103-0).

Additional themes may feature in Acc. no 1996-01103-0 (no finding aid) as well as Acc. no. 1996-01102-2 (specifically boxes 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 14, 40-41, including, but not limited to, topics such as fusion, S&T and National Change, sport and technology).

Note audio recordings of workshops, conferences and meetings dating from ca. 1985-1989 are included in Acc. no 1996-01103-0.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

The Science Council's master copies of its reports, background and manuscript studies, and publications are found in the series titled Operational and administrative records, specifically in that series' linked accession titled "Dossiers Administratifs et Opérationnels" (BAN no. 1996-01102-2, boxes 56-64 and 169-183). The Science Council's published reports are also available via Library and Archives Canada's library collections, Search the Film, Video and Sound database using accession no. 1998-0111 for related sound recordings of the following: the Genetic Predisposition Study Steering Committee (1987-1989); workshops on telehealth (1990); and various interviews, conferences and meetings pertaining to nuclear issues (1978-1979) and the West Coast Oil Ports Inquiry (1977).

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