[The Club of Rome, CVCC, CRAB and consulting] "Records from 1980-1983"
5 photographs
Oversized material
Series consist of records from the period of 1980 to 1983 and cover Ran Ide's growing involvement with the Club of Rome (he became the Chairman of the Canadian Association of the Club of Rome (CaCor) in 1982). The records cover several Club of Rome conferences, events and publications. Records also reflect his professional activities as a consultant and advisor, including assignments at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the Department of Communications as well as his continued work with the Canadian Videotex Consultative Committee (CVCC) as Vice-Chairman and the Canadian Research Advisory Board (CRAB), where he took over as Chairman in 1980.
Records include reports, memos, correspondence, copies of addresses, speeches and papers written by Ran Ide, research material, photographs and family scrapbook pages.
The donor provided the title of "Records from 1980-1983." The archivist has added further information to the title in order to capture the content of the records.
BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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The Club of Rome | ||||
8 | 15 | "Microelectronics and Society : For Better or for Worse, A Report to the Club of Rome" (English, German and Spanish versions). | 1982 | *Chapter 2, "The Technology" was written by Ran Ide. Friedrichs, Gunter, and Adam Schaff, eds. Microelectronics and Society : For Better or for Worse, A Report to the Club of Rome. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1982. Friedrichs, Gunter, and Adam Schaff, eds. Auf Gedeih und Verderb : Mikroeletronik und Gesellschaft, Bericht an den Club of Rome. Wien: Europaverlag, 1982 Friedrichs, Gunter, and Adam Schaff, eds. Informe al Club de Roma, Microelectronica y Sociedad para bien o para mal. trans. M.A. Fernandez Alvarez. Madrid: Alhambra, 1982. |
2015.05, Box 9 | ||||
Papers and Articles by Ran Ide | ||||
9 | 9 | Address, "Canada in the Age of Microelectronics," by. T.R. Ide | 1980 | Presented at the The Walter L. Gordon Lecture Series, Carleton University, March 20, 1980. Includes typescript as well as published volume of all lectures. |
9 | 10 | Address, "New Technologies and Their Implications," T.R. Ide | 1979-1980 | Copy of speech delivered at the AMTEC conference in 1979 with correspondence from David MacDougall regarding editing. |
9 | 11 | Article, "Communications revolution: Are we equipped to meet it?' by T.R. Ide | 1980 | Newspaper clipping from the Toronto Star, Friday, March 21, 1980. |
9 | 17 | Address, "Telecommunications in Education," by T.R. Ide | 1980 | Presented at Video Expo, Toronto, Ontario on September 4, 1980. |
The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) | ||||
9 | 7 | Ran Ide at OECA's 10th Anniversary Party with R. Baetz, Elwy Yost and Jim Paar. | 1980 | (Photos P1) |
Communications Research Advisory Board (CRAB) | ||||
9 | 4 | Report of the Communications Research Advisory Board 1980 | 1980 | Includes correspondence about the report. |
9 | 8 | [Correspondence regarding Ran Ide's appointment as Chairman of CRAB] | 1980 |
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9 | 14 | CRAB correspondence, memos, reports and meeting minutes. | 1980 | Ran Ide became the Chairman of CRAB in 1980. Correspondence regarding Telidon Industrial Strategy is represented in this file. |
9 | 19 | CRAB reports from working groups | 1981 |
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TVOntario | ||||
9 | 1 | TVOntario - The Annual Report 1980/1981 | 1980 | Ran Ide retired from the OECA in 1979. Reports prior to 1979 are under OECA sub-heading in Series 2, File 3. |
9 | 6 | Brochure, "Fast Forward: A Chronicle of the Immediate Future" | 1980 |
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9 | 18 | "The Apprenticeship of TVO" | 1980 | Clipping from Starweek, November 8-15, 1980. Also includes original photograph used in article (Photos P1) |
The Club of Rome | ||||
9 | 2 | Scientific workshop "Micro-electronics and Society" - Report, "The Computer and the Communications Revolution," by T.R. Ide. | 1980 | Includes correspondence. |
9 | 20 | Correspondence regarding invitation to Ran Ide to become a member of the Club of Rome | 1981 |
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9 | 21 | Paper, "The World Problematique - Raison d'Etre for the Existence of The Club of Rome," by T.R. Ide | [198?] |
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Professional activities | ||||
9 | 3 | Canadian Videotex Consultative Committee (CVCC), Department of Communications | 1980 | Ran Ide was the Vice-Chairman of this committee beginning in 1979. Records include correspondence, memos, reports, etc. |
9 | 5 | [Correspondence and other records regarding conferences and programs] | 1980 | Includes correspondence with Magda Cordell McHale. Also includes correspondence about the TVOntario program Fast Forward (see Box 9, File 6 for more information about this program). Much of the correspondence is about the conference on Approaches to the Study of the Future: United States, Canada and Mexico - See Box 9, File 13 for conference material. |
9 | 12 | Science Council of Canada Task Force on Communications | 1980-1982 | Includes memos and correspondence. Related records are filed in Series 3 - under OECA sub-heading. Ran Ide continued his involvement with the Science Council of Canada after his retirement from the OECA. Includes a letter from September 5, 1980 in which Ran Ide resigns his role as Vice-Chairman. Includes the report "Planning Now for an Information Society - Tomorrow is Too Late" from 1982. |
9 | 13 | The Conference on Approaches to the Study of the Future: United States, Canada and Mexico [conference material] | 1980 | See Box 9, File 5 for related correspondence. The conference was held in New York, May 20, 1980. |
9 | 15 | Conference Material - First Global Conference on the Future Through The 80s - Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, July 20-24, 1980, Toronto, Ontario. | 1980 |
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9 | 16 | Correspondence with the OECA | 1980 | For records of the OECA while Ran Ide was Chairman and CEO, see Series 2 and 3. |
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Papers and Articles by Ran Ide | ||||
10 | 1 | Address, "The Information Society," by T. Ranald Ide | 1981 | Part of A Public Lecture Series on 'Science and Your Future' at the Regina Public Library Theatre, February 16, 1981. |
10 | 10 | Paper, "Technology, Education and the Future - Paper for the Project 'Creating Better Futures for Education," by T.R. Ide | 1981 | Typescript. |
10 | 11 | Address [to] Committee of Parliamentarians, Scientists and Engineers, "Microelectronics," T. R. Ide | 1981 | Presented on May 27, 1981 Parliament Hill. |
Communications Research Advisory Board (CRAB) | ||||
10 | 5 | CRAB correspondence, memos, reports, teleconferencing reports, and meeting minutes. | 1981-1982 |
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10 | 7 | Report of the Communications Research Advisory Board 1981-1982 | 1981-1982 | Includes published copy of report and typescript as well as memos and correspondence regarding the report. |
10 | 16 | Report, "Planning in the Department of Communications - A Report to the Deputy Minister" by Ran Ide and Don MacLean. | 1981 | Draft report. |
10 | 17 | CRAB - Briefing on Space Sector Programs | 1981 | See Box 10 File 15 for space related reports. |
10 | 18 | [Telecommunications and the arts and culture sector in Canada planning] | 1981 | Includes research, copy of Bill C-16, program objectives and correspondence. |
10 | 19 | Report submitted to the Deputy Minister, Department of Communications : "Microelectronics in the Canadian Context" | 1981 |
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The Club of Rome | ||||
10 | 2 | Club of Rome : Microelectronics and Society Project Hamburg Meetings, 20 February - 6 March, 1981 | 1981 |
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10 | 4 | The Club of Rome - List of Publications | 1981 |
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10 | 12 | Article, "Traditional Growth and Beyond: Limits, Constraints and the Search for The Wealth of Nations" by Orio Giarini | 1981 | From the World Future Society Bulletin, May/June 1981. Article is about the report to the Club of Rome. |
10 | 13 | Correspondence regarding Aurelio Peccei's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize | 1981 |
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10 | 14 | Club of Rome meeting - Joey en Josas | 1981 | Includes correspondence, proposals, reports, meeting minutes, etc. |
10 | 20 | Chapter 2 of "Microelectronics and Society" - "The Technology of Microelectronics", T.R. Ide | 1982 | Typescript. See Box 8, File15 for published book of the report in full. |
10 | 21 | "The Information Society," T.R. Ide | 1982 | For Microelectronics and Society report. Includes transparencies and illustrations of charts and historic microelectronic equipment. See Box 8 File 15 for published report. Also includes a 35mm slide showing image of a MITEL Digital Crosspoint (DX) Chip. |
10 | 22 | Meeting of the Club of Rome, Salzburg, 3-5 February, 1982 | 1982 | Includes meeting programme, correspondence, reports, etc. |
Professional activities | ||||
10 | 3 | Canadian Videotex Consultative Committee (CVCC), Department of Communications | 1981-1982 | Ran Ide was the Vic-Chairman of this committee beginning in 1979. Records include correspondence, memos, reports, etc. Includes one photograph of Pierre Juneau and Ran Ide. (Photos P12) |
10 | 6 | Seminar, "New electronic technologies and the culture of Canada" | 1981 | Includes correspondence and list of participants (including Ran Ide). |
10 | 8 | "Implications of Videotex for Education" by John H Syrett, Project manager, Telidon and Education Project, TVOntario | 1981 | See Box 9-, File 4 for correspondence regarding Teledon under CRAB sub-heading. Also see Box 10, File 9 for a paper on Videotex development in Canada. |
10 | 9 | Paper, "Videotex '81 - Overview of the Canadian Scene" by T.R. Ide. | 1981 | Paper about the Videotex development in Canada. |
10 | 15 | [Reports and papers related to satellite communications] | 1981 | Reports from the Government of Canada. |
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Memorabilia | ||||
11 | 22 | "Canadian Who's Who 1983" - Ide, (Thomas) Ranald | 1983 | Computer print out. |
Papers and Articles by Ran Ide | ||||
11 | 9 | Paper, "Technology, Education and the Future - Paper for the Project Creating Better Futures for Education," by T.R. Ide | 1983 | Typescript. |
11 | 11 | Paper, "Microelectronics - The Technological Thrust" T.R. Ide | 1983 | Typescript. |
11 | 12 | Paper, "Canada and the Micro/Com Revolution," by T. Ranald Ide | 1982 | Presented at St. Andrew's College, Aurora, Ontario, July 16, 1982. |
11 | 13 | Paper, "Microcomputers - Has Canada Missed the Boat?," by T. Ranald Ide | 1982 | Presented at 'A Conference on Microcomputers,' Atkinson College, York University, September 25, 1982. |
Communications Research Advisory Board (CRAB) | ||||
11 | 4 | Agreement between Minister of Communications and Mr. Ran Ide [for Chairman position September 1, 1982-June 30, 1983] | 1982 |
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11 | 18 | Report of the Communications Research Advisory Board, 1982-1983 | 1983 | Correspondence. |
The Club of Rome | ||||
11 | 7 | Club of Rome Conference '82 Tokyo | 1982 | Includes correspondence, articles, reports, presentations, follow up, etc. Also includes the address "Implications for Individuals in an Information Society," by T. Ranald Ide. |
11 | 14 | "Report to the Club of Rome on Microelectronics" | 1983 | Includes correspondence, lists, copy of an article by Dr. Bruno Lamborghini. |
11 | 15 | Club of Rome Conference on "Food for Six Billion," 26-30 September, Budapest | 1983 | Includes correspondence, information note, press release, program, photographs, copies of papers, including "Informatics and Agriculture" by T. Ranald Ide. (Photos P1-2) |
11 | 16 | Membership as of 1 April 1983 | 1983 |
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11 | 19 | Address, "Biotechnology and the Implications for Feeding the World" T.R. Ide - Chairman - CaCor, The Canadian Association of the Club of Rome Luncheon Address, November 25-26, 1983 Winnipeg, Manitoba. | 1983 |
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11 | 21 | Report, "A New Strategy for the Information Technologies," [author unknown], Ministry of Education, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, December 20, 1983 | 1983 |
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Professional activities | ||||
11 | 1 | "An open letter regarding the mandate review of CBC, NFB and Telefilm Canada," by Ran Ide | 1982 |
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11 | 2 | [Articles and information about computers / use of computer programs] | 1982 | Includes a Government of Canada publication "The Electronic Office in Canada," as well as an article "Software-the new wealth of nations" from Executive May 1982 and a programme from a conference "Graphics Interface '82." |
11 | 3 | Memo and 'Proposal for the Reorganization of the Canadian Videotex Consultative Committee' | 1982 | See Box 9, File 3 and Box 10, File 3 for other records related to the CVCC. |
11 | 5 | Report, "Crisis in Canadian Telecommunications Policy and Regulation," CNCP Telecommunications | [198-] |
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11 | 8 | Canadian Videotex Consultative Committee (CVCC), Department of Communications | 1983 |
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11 | 17 | Science Council of Canada Task Force on Communications "Report 33" correspondence | 1982-1983 | No copy of report available. |
11 | 20 | Memo to Ran Ide with copy of Report of the Dean's Task Force to Review the Implications of New Information Technology in the Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. | 1983 | Marked as confidential. |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | ||||
11 | 6 | [CBC assignment - Special Advisor (planning) to the President] | 1982-1983 | Correspondence and memo. |
11 | 10 | Paper, "Planning for the Advancing Information Age in Public and Private Sectors" for the Symposium "Multidimensional World Impact of Advancing Technologies" May 29, 1983 Detroit. | 1983 | This paper was written by T.R.Ide as a representative of the CBC. See Box 11 File 6 for correspondence related to Ran Ide's position at the CBC. |
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Family Scrapbook | ||||
19 /OS | 19 | Scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings, cards and certificate. | 1979-1980 | Includes Christmas card, postcards, Ran Ide's acceptance speech for Colone Watson Award, Honorary membership certificate from the Ontario Municipal and Provincial Education Officers' Association, etc. |
Memorabilia | ||||
19 /OS | 20 | Handmade card Polka Dot Door with poem, from Jim Parr at the OECA to Ran Ide. | 1979 |
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