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[OECA, CRAB, Honorary Degrees and the Club of Rome] "Records from 1976-1979"
Title: [OECA, CRAB, Honorary Degrees and the Club of Rome] "Records from 1976-1979"
Dates of Material:
1976 – 1979
Extent:
36 cm of textual records
9 photographs
9 photographs
Series consist of records from the period of 1976 to 1979 and continue to cover Ran Ide's career as the Chairman and CEO of The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) and TVOntario, until he stepped down in June of 1979. Records also cover his involvement with the Communications Research Advisory Board (CRAB), the Science Council of Canada Task Force on Communications and his participation at conferences and events.
Records include addresses, articles and papers written by Ran Ide, newspaper clippings related to the the OECA and TVOntario, correspondence, agendas, memos, reports and photographs.
Series also consists of records relating to the honorary degrees Ran Ide received from Queen's University and Waterloo University in 1978 and to the beginning of his involvement with the Club of Rome.
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
The donor provided the title of "Records from 1976-1979." The archivist has added further information to the title in order to capture the content of the records.
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 2015.05 | ||||
| 2015.05, Box 6 | ||||
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| Memorabilia | ||||
| 6 | 5 | Data form for "The Canadian WHO's WHO" T.R. Ide's listing with related correspondence. | 1976 |
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| 6 | 6 | Article, "OISE 1975 Awards for Excellence in the Ontario Education Field" | 1976 | Copy of Ontario Education, vol 8, no. 1 - Front cover shows T.R. Ide, Dr. Harry Pullen and Dr. Lloyd Dennis. |
| Papers and Articles by Ran Ide | ||||
| 6 | 4 | Article, "Where have the TV viewers disappeared to?" by Ran Ide. | 1976 | Published in The Globe and Mail, February 13, 1976. |
| 6 | 12 | Paper, "Microelectronics - The Technological Thrust," T.R. Ide | 1978 | Typescript. |
| The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Meeting of the Board of Directors of the OECA - meeting minutes and agendas | 1976-1978 |
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| 6 | 2 | Annual Reports - The Ontario Educational Communications Authority 1976, 1976-1977, 1977-1978, 1978-1979 | 1976-1979 | Includes Chairman's statements. |
| 6 | 3 | Correspondence and memos - Ran Ide, Chairman OECA | 1976-1978 | Many of the letters are to and written by J.W. Halina, Department of Communications. There is also a report from the DOC and minutes from one of their meetings. |
| 6 | 7 | Science Council of Canada Task Force on Communications | 1976-1978 | Ran Ide sat on this Task Force in his role as Chairman of the OECA. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, terms of reference for committees, etc. |
| 6 | 8 | Transcript, Conversation between T.R. Ide and I. Waniewicz on Wednesday, April 13, 1977 re: The Scientific Engineering and Technical Community of Canada (SCITEC) speech | 1977 | The Association of Scientific, Engineering and Technical Community of Canada. |
| 6 | 9 | "The Critical Points and the Decision-Making Process - The Role of the Media," Ran Ide's speech at SCITEC Conference, May 11, 1977 | 1977 | Typescript. |
| 6 | 14 | Address, "Remarks on the Conserver Society to a Seminar Sponsored by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Wednesday, April 5, 1978, T.R.Ide, Chaiman, OECA" | 1978 |
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| Communications Research Advisory Board (CRAB) | ||||
| 6 | 10 | Communications Research Advisory Board - Report to the Deputy Minister Department of Communications | 1977 | CRAB was created in 1974 to advise on the research program of the federal Department of Communications (DOC). Its members, experts in the field of communications, are appointed by the Department for terms not normally exceeding three years [Description provided by donor]. Ran Ide took over as Chairman in 1979. For related records, see Box 6 File 1 for correspondence between Ran Ide and the DOC. |
| 6 | 11 | 1978 Report of the Communications Research Advisory Board | 1978 | Includes a letter/report to Chairman Alphonse Ouimet from Bernard Ostry regarding the 1978 CRAB report. |
| 6 | 13 | CRAB Agendas | 1978 |
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| Honorary Degrees | ||||
| 6 | 15 | Clipping, "Queen's - 6 distinguished Canadians to get honorary degrees." | 1978 | From The Kingston Whig-Standard, Tuesday, May 2, 1978. Includes a picture of Ran Ide. |
| 6 | 16 | Correspondence from Queen's and Waterloo re Honorary Degrees | 1978 |
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| 6 | 17 | Convocation Address by T.R. Ide. Queen's University, Kingston, Friday, May 26, 1978 | 1978 | Includes 2 photographs. (Photos P1-2) |
| 6 | 18 | "The Inside Track" | 1978 | Newsletter The Org, Friday May 12, 1978, Vol.2, No. 46. The article is about T. Ranald Ide's Honorary Degrees from Queen's University and Waterloo University. |
| 6 | 19 | Letters of congratulations to Ran Ide on his honorary degrees. | 1978 | Includes copies of responses from Ran Ide. |
| 6 | 20 | Clipping, "In communications - the future is NOW." | 1978 | From The Kingston Whig Standard, May 27, 1978. Article is about Ran Ide's convocation address at Queen's University. |
| 6 | 21 | Queen's University Convocation programme with photographs. | 1978 | Includes 2 photographs. (Photos P1-2) |
| 6 | 22 | Graduating Address, University of Waterloo, "The Future of Communications, Educational and Otherwise," T.R. Ide, May 27, 1978. | 1978 |
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| 6 | 23 | University of Waterloo convocation programme with photographs | 1978 | Includes 3 photographs. (Photos P1-3) |
| 2015.05, Box 7 | ||||
| Photographs | ||||
| 7 | 3 | The March of Ides at the Glassmakers' Guild Ball, London, England | 1978 | 1 photograph and a brochure for Glass Decoration, T.W. Ide Ltd. (Photos P1) |
| Papers and Articles by Ran Ide | ||||
| 7 | 9 | Article, "The future of communications," by T.R. Ide | 1979 | Published in Engineering Journal, Volume 62, Number 2, April 1979. |
| 7 | 10 | Paper, "Social Consequences of New Technologies" by T.R. Ide | 1979 | Presented at the World Futures Studies Conference (WFSC) "Science and Technology and the Future" May 4-10, 1979. |
| The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) | ||||
| 7 | 5 | Correspondence and memos - Ran Ide, Chairman OECA | 1979 | Includes correspondence about the series Fast Forward, and correspondence with Magda Cordell McHale of the Center for Integrative Studies and about the conference held in Houston : "Trends and Needs in Future Studies: United States, Canada and Mexico". |
| 7 | 6 | Meeting of the Board of Directors of the OECA - meeting minutes and agendas | 1979 |
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| 7 | 8 | Report, "The Communications Planning Process in the Ontario Educational Communications Authority." | 1979 |
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| TVOntario | ||||
| 7 | 2 | The Jesus Trial: Who Killed Jesus | 1978 | Newspaper clippings about TVO's program and controversy around this. |
| 7 | 4 | TVO plus, Volume 1, 1978-1979 | 1978-1979 | Bound volume of TVO Plus (TV Ontario listings). |
| 7 | 7 | The Annual Report - TVOntario 1979/1980 | 1979 | Prior annual reports are under The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA). TVOntario is an entity of the OECA. |
| Professional activities | ||||
| 7 | 11 | Correspondence regarding the Canadian Videotex Commitee | 1979 | Ran Ide served as Vice-Chairman from 1979. |
| 2015.05, Box 8 | ||||
| Photographs | ||||
| 8 | 6 | Ran Ide with Maggie Stratton | 1979 | (Photos P1) |
| Papers and Articles by Ran Ide | ||||
| 8 | 7 | Paper, "The Information Revolution," T.R. Ide | 1979 | Paper presented at the Conference on Socio-Economic Problems and Potentialities of the Application of Micro-Electronics at Work, European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences, Vienna, Austria. Includes conference paper, newspaper clipping about Ran Ide and paper abstract. |
| The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) | ||||
| 8 | 1 | Science Council of Canada Task Force on Communications | 1979 | Ran Ide sat on this Task Force in his role as Chairman of the OECA. Includes guidelines, correspondence and workshop planning. |
| 8 | 2 | Address, "New Technologies and Implications for Society," T.R. Ide, OECA | 1979 | Address presented at AMTEC Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, June 18, 1979. Includes correspondence. |
| 8 | 3 | [Newspaper clippings about resignation of T.R. Ide as Chairman and CEO of OECA / TVOntario.] | 1979 | Articles: "TVO boss quits the prime time." Ottawa Journal, Tuesday June 26, 1979 and "The Godfather who made a network tick." The Globe and Mail, Thursday, June 21, 1979. |
| 8 | 4 | The OECA Policy History 1965-1979 | 1979 |
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| 8 | 8 | "No Limits to Learning - Proposal to the Club of Rome, September, 1979." | 1979 |
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| Communications Research Advisory Board (CRAB) | ||||
| 8 | 10 | Letter from Bernard Ostry, Deputy Minister of Communications, to Ran Ide welcoming him as the Secretary of CRAB. | 1979 |
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| 8 | 11 | 1979 Report of the Communications Research Advisory Board | 1979 |
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| 8 | 12 | CRAB agendas | 1979 |
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| 8 | 14 | Correspondence | 1979 |
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| The Club of Rome | ||||
| 8 | 5 | The Club of Rome Meeting on Human Learning, Salzburg 6-8 June, 1979 | 1979 | Includes correspondence between founder Dr. Aurelio Peccei and Ran Ide regarding attending meeting, meeting programme, address by Aurelio Peccei and newspaper clipping. |
| 8 | 9 | Club of Rome Conference, 3-6 October 1979, "The Coming Decade of Danger and Opportunity." | 1979 | Includes correspondence, reports, papers, memos. |
| 8 | 13 | Correspondence and memos | 1979 |
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| 2015.05, Box 19 | ||||
| Family Scrapbook | ||||
| 19 | 18 | Scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings, ticket stubs, cards and letters. | 1976-1979 | Includes post cards, newspaper clippings about Ran Ide, event ticket stubs, wine labels, etc. |
