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Lefaive, Lou - Interview

Item number (ISN):

435297

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-11-08

Item number (ISN):

435297

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:

1978-11-08

Production company:

Stewart A. Davidson (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Stewart A. Davidson

Description:

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Interview of Lou Lefaive 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 in Lefaive’s Sport Canada office in Ottawa apartment on the morning of 8 November 1978. Lefaive speaks about: his early school days in Windsor, Ontario and later participation in sport at the University of Ottawa as a player and coach in football and basketball; his introduction to sport organization and administration with the University of Ottawa Athletic Council; his appointment as Director of Fitness and Amateur Sport in 1967; the organization of Fitness and Amateur Sport and his responsibilities as Director; the early structure and role of the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport; different philosophical positions of Lefaive and Bill L’Heureux, the Chair of the Council; the allocation of funds by the Council and the scholarship program; comments on the demise of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada; the influence of the 1968 Task Force Report on Sport; thoughts on the structure and function of the Fitness and Amateur Sport Directorate as related to the Advisory Council; changes in the function of Fitness and Amateur Sport during the 1970s; the influence of the 1969 P.S. Ross Report on Recreational Services; thoughts on the National Centre for Sport and Recreation, its creation, its success and its future; a discussion of Game Plan, its creation in 1973, its relationship to international competitions, its purpose and achievements; the future role of Sport Canada; his personal reasons for returning as Director of Sport Canada; the Green Paper on Sport for Canadians; Canada’s involvement in international sport and the positive outcomes of such participation; and his personal philosophy of sport.

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 1980-0014/32b and 33.

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Vault ISN:

723835

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/32

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

723836

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/33

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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