The series is arranged in two parts documenting Flora MacDonald's post-political activities.
Part 1, consists of subject files. Interfiled in this series are files (1976, 1980-1993) that were pulled by MacDonald from her other series and sub-series prior to sending her records to the National Archives of Canada. These files were used by Flora MacDonald for reference purposes.
Part 2, consists of files documenting her work with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiatives, 1989-1992. These files are located at the end of her post-political records, as a distinctive document block.
The series documents Flora MacDonald's activities as Member of the Refugee Policy Group; Member of the Canadian Bureau for International Education; Board Member of the Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies; Member of the Committee of Advisors for the Series of Television Programs of the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security; Leader of the Canadian delegation to the conference, Quadrangular Forum, organized by the Institute for Research Policy; Participant at the Conference of International Effects of IRCA, Guadalajara, Mexico, May 3-5, 1989; Director of the Institute on Public Policy and the Urban Institute; Chairperson of the National Ballet School; Member on the Panel of Eminent Persons for the United Nations Public Hearings in Geneva, 1989; Visiting professor, Scotland, August-December 1989; Member of a team that visited Namibia under the auspices of the Canadian Council for the International Cooperation to monitor the Election Process, 1989; Member of the Panel of Eminent Persons for the Transnational Corporation in South Africa, Second United Nations Public Hearing, 1989; Special advisor to the President of Commonwealth of Learning; Host of North-South on Vision Television; Member of the International Observer Group for the Sri Lanka Election, May 1991; Chairperson of the 6th International Institute of Public Administration of Canada; Chair of the Honours Selection Committee for the Lescarbot Award, 1992; Board Member of the Southern Africa Education Trust Fund; Member of the Board of Directors of Canada Trust; Chairperson Human Rights Initiative.
The records types are: Clippings; Magazines; Correspondence, Hansards; Minister's handwritten notes; Flora MacDonald's conflict of interest and Post-Employment documents; Prepared appeal for the Federal Court of Appeal; United Nations Public hearing publications; Briefing books; Personal correspondence pertaining to trips to France, 1986, 1987; Work documents; 1988 election expense records; Correspondence (Post 1988 elections, Letters for V.I.P.'s, M.P.'s and Kingston constituents); Paper prepared by Flora MacDonald - The Development of Cultural Policy - Some Cautionary Notes, April 13, 1989; Minutes of meetings; Agendas of meetings; Conferences schedules and itineraries; Presentation papers collected during various attended conferences; Speeches and addresses by Flora MacDonald; Invitations accepted; Schedule of 1990 activities; Press clippings documenting Flora MacDonald's activities; Trip files; Working notes taken during various conferences and trips; Vison Television, Flora MacDonald's speaking notes.
The issues documented are Canadian magazines and newspapers featuring articles documenting Flora MacDonald's activities; Scottish recipes; Minister's conflict of Interest, salary allowance; Bhatnager case, 1985-1990; Bicycle tour in France, 1986; Transnational Corporations in South Africa and Namibia, U.N. public hearings, 4-6 September, 1989; Immigration Refugee Policy - Refugee Policy Group; France 1987; Meech Lake Accord; Commonwealth Committee of Foreign Minister on Southern Africa; Election, 1988; Goulier, France, 1988; Canadian Bureau of International Education; Development of Cultural Policy; Botswana; Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies; Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security; Ministerial-aide search conducted by Flora MacDonald, March-May 1989; Conference, Quandrangular Forum, Brussels, March 31-April 2, 1989; Conference, ATSI, Cam -X, Hawaii, May 1989; Conference; U.N. Panel, September 4-5, 1989; Conference; Guadalajara; Program for Research and Immigration Policy, May 1989; St.-George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario, April 13, 1976, Submission to Heritage Canada; Lecture by Flora MacDonald - Free Trade Agreement: Its Social and Cultural Implications; November 28, 1989; Namibia; National Ballet School; Progressive Conservative General meeting 1989; Integrated Services Digital Network, ISDN; Scotland, Flora MacDonald, Visiting Professor; August-December 1989; Flora MacDonald's activities schedules, 1989-1992; Trip Jordan-Israel, December 1989- January1990; South Africa Tour, 1989-1991; Paris, January 10-15, 1990; Zimbabwe. March 13-19, 1990; India, December 1990-January 1991; South Africa, 1990-1991; Vision Television; Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, December 3-5, 1991; Conference, Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM), Harare, Zimbabwe; Mozambique, October 24- November 6, 1991; Sri Lanka, elections May 1991; Refugee Policy Group, 1991-1992; South Africa Education Trust Fund; Writers Development Trust; Egypt trip, January - February 1992; Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, October 2-18, 1992; Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Conference, June 1992; Israel Trip, February 12-23, 1992; South Africa June 8-14, 1992; Canada Trust Board meetings, 1993; Commonwealth Human Rights Institute (CHRI), 1990-1992.
