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Carmichael, Jean - Interview

Item number (ISN):

435196

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-10-18

Item number (ISN):

435196

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

DAVIDSON, Stewart

Accession:

1980-0014

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1978-10-18

Production company:

Stewart A. Davidson (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Stewart A. Davidson

Description:

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Interview of Jean Carmichael as part of a series of oral history interviews of pioneers in Canadian physical education, sport and recreation. The interview was conducted by Dr. Stewart A Davidson at Carmichael’s Ottawa home on the afternoon of 19 October 1978. Carmichael speaks about: her first teaching position in the School of Physical Education at the University of British Columbia in 1946; her teaching responsibilities at the University of Western Ontario in 1950; recollections of programs existing for women in Canadian universities in the 1940s and 1950s; her teaching experience at South Carleton High School in Ottawa; her experience at McGill University and involvement with women’s intercollegiate athletics; her thoughts on the recent merger of the Canadian Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CWIAU) with the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU); a comparison of programs in physical education for women today and those of the early days; her responsibilities and experiences with the federal government in the Fitness and Amateur Sport Directorate; the Directorate’s structure and organization; a description of the Scholarship Program of the Directorate of Fitness and Amateur Sport in the 1960s and opinions on its effectiveness; her recollections on the introduction of the Fitness and Amateur Sport Act of 1961 and the Repeal of the National Physical Fitness Act of 1943; the membership and role of the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport; the influence of the Advisory Council on sport and recreation in Canada; and comments on professional associates considered to have made significant contributions to physical education, sport and recreation in Canada, including: Mary Barker; Ernie and Marj. Lee; Lorne Brown; Blackie Blackstock; Dorothy Jackson; Iveagh Munro; Maury Van Vliet; Hugh Noble; Dorothy Walker; Jack Lang and Doris Plewes. In conclusion, she gives her opinions on significant accomplishments within the profession in Canada during the 20th century, including: the formation of the first Faculty of Physical Education at the University of Alberta and the introduction of the Ph.D. program there; the formation of the National Centre for Sport and Recreation in Ottawa; the improvement in the status of the profession; increased participation in physical activity by the general public; increased awareness by the general public of the value of physical activity; the increased number of sports facilities and sports clubs; and the interest in sports medicine and physiological research.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This is part of a series of interviews done by Professor Stewart Davidson of the School of Human Kinetics of the University of Ottawa, as part of a study of the history of physical education in Canada.~2. The oral history interviews were recorded by the donor/creator on audio cassettes provided by the Public Archives of Canada. ~3. Donor/interviewer granted permission to reproduce, publish or broadcast after 1 July 1981.~4. On cassettes 1980-0014/23 and 24a.

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Vault ISN:

723826

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/23

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

723827

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/24

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright waived

Reproduction access:

copyright waived : no donor restrictionsThe Collection File states: "Thye interviews are available for further research but permission is required to publish or broadcast any portions of them until July 1, 1981".

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