Series consists of material related to courses taught by Weller as a professor at Bishop’s University, Lakehead University and UNBC. Material includes lecture notes, syllabi, reading lists, exam questions, assignments, photocopied articles, and newspaper clippings.
The Geoffrey R. Weller fonds primarily comprises material involved in research toward and the publication of Geoffrey Weller’s scholarly works as well as records from Weller’s research for government contracts and community service positions. The fonds also comprises records from Weller’s teaching activities at UNBC and other universities. The records are divided into six series, which primarily reflect Weller’s activities conducting research, presenting and publishing scholarly work, and teaching courses at academic institutions. The series are: Research, Scholarly Works, Instruction, Academic Appointments, Honors and Awards, and Personal Records.
Series 1: Research contains material gathered and created by Weller in the course of his research for scholarly works, government contracts, and community service positions. These activities often overlap in dates and area of research interest. Weller’s research material is further broken down into 12 subseries by research project or set of interconnected projects from a similar time period: Subseries 1: Canadian Labor Relations, Subseries 2: Health Policy in Canada and Other Countries, Subseries 3: Local and Provincial Government in Northern Canada, Subseries 4: Water Politics and Environmental Issues in the Great Lakes Region, Subseries 5: Health Policy in South Africa, Subseries 6: Health Care in Ontario and the Circumpolar North, Subseries 7: Circumpolar Universities and Development in Circumpolar Regions, Subseries 8: Ontario Politics, Subseries 9: Circumpolar Foreign Policy, Subseries 10: Health Policy, Subseries 11: Government and Economic Development in the Circumpolar North, and Subseries 12: Intelligence.
Series 2: Scholarly Works provides copies and drafts of works written or coauthored by Weller and related material involved in the work’s publication or presentation at conferences. The series is broken in to seven subseries: Subseries 1: Articles and Chapters, Subseries 2: Conference Papers, Subseries 3: Book Reviews, Subseries 4: Talks and Lectures, Subseries 5: Publications, Subseries 6: Doctoral Dissertation, and Subseries 7: Other Publications. The Publications subseries refers to articles for chapters by Weller in the journal or book in which they were published.
Series 3: Instruction consists of 15 subseries encompassing lecture notes, syllabi, reading lists, and other material from courses taught by Weller at Bishop’s University, Lakehead University, and UNBC. Courses taught at Bishops University comprise subseries Comparative Politics and History of Political Ideas. Courses taught at Lakehead University comprise subseries Public Administration, Canadian Public Administration, Ontario Politics and Canadian Provincial Politics, Modern Political Theory, Local Government, Canadian Government and Politics, and Politics in the Canadian North. Weller’s UNBC courses comprise subseries Politics in the Canadian North (taught at both Lakehead University and UNBC), The European Union, Social and Health Policy and Administration, Redefining Security, Contemporary Australia and New Zealand, and Canada and the World. The series also includes a Course General subseries, which consists of files containing material from multiple different courses.
Series 4: Academic Appointments consists of records from Weller’s activities obtaining academic appointments and completing his responsibilities within these appointments, including collaborating with other universities worldwide. The series is broken down into three subseries: Subseries 1: Appointments and Reviews, Subseries 2: Curriculum Vitae, and Subseries 3: International Collaborations.
Series 5: Awards and Honors consists of plaques Weller was awarded at Lakehead University and records related to the honorary doctorate Weller received from the University of Lapland.
Series 6: Personal Records, the last series, contains records not involved in Weller’s research or academic positions. These include Weller’s day planners and journals, as well as programs from his memorial service.
Zonder titelFile consists of Weller's review of the book by James Johnston, "The Party's Over", which appeared in L.U.R. Vol. V, No. 2 (Fall 1972), pp 143-144. This file was originally numbered to correspond with book review number 1 listed in Weller's CV.
Subseries consists of publications written or coauthored by Weller not encompassed by the other subseries, including reviews of articles, letters to the editor, and a research report.
File consists of correspondence, an article titled "Trading in the Future," and Weller's review of this publication.
File consists of correspondence and review by Geoffrey Weller "Reforming Health Care in Nova Scotia: The Political Uses of Devolved Authority."
File consists of several articles pertaining to economic issues in the Circumpolar North printed from the UNBC website. The file includes an article by Weller titled "Economic Diversification in the North" and other material related to this article.
File consists of correspondence and Weller's review of "The Crisis of Legitimacy in the North."
File consists of Weller's review of "The Impacts of Knowledge and Values on Perceptions of Environmental Risk to the Great Lakes" and related correspondence.
File consists of correspondence, a review sheet, and a manuscript titled "Resource Conflicts and International Property Rights."
File consists of an application for a research grant, Weller's review of the application, and related correspondence.
Files consists of correspondence and Weller's review of "An Assessment of Ontario's Health Strategy."
File consists of correspondence between Geoffrey Weller and Society and Natural Resources: An International Journal, Weller was on the editorial board of this journal.
File consists of study group paper by Pranlal Manga, Ian McDowell, Allan Best, and Weller titled "Health Services Research: Next Steps for OUCHR."
File consists of correspondence and Weller's review of "Resolution of Wilderness vs. Logging Conflicts in BC" by Jeremy Wilson.
File consists of correspondence and copy of a manuscript titled "The Extra-Billing Issue in Canada: The Dynamics and Limits of Symbolic Politics" (author not stated).
File consists of Weller's review of "Health and Change in the Subarctic." by T Kue Young and related correspondence.
File consists of Weller's review of "The Politics of Pensions" by Ann Orloff and correspondence.
File consists of an article published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal which quotes Weller's publication "Resource Development in Northern Ontario: A Case Study in Hinterland Politics."
File consists of newspaper clippings of letters to the editor by Weller and related correspondence.
File consists of a paper by Weller titled "Health and the Policy Process in Canada."
File consists of correspondence and a bibliography by Weller.
Subseries consists of material related to Weller's doctoral dissertation at McGill University, including versions of his proposal, chapters, outtakes, correspondence with his committee and notes pertaining to interview contacts and creating a questionnaire.
File consists of handwritten notes, a list of medical professionals and organizations, and correspondence.
File consists of newspaper clippings, notes, and a draft.
File consists handwritten notes and correspondence regarding Weller's research for his doctoral dissertation at McGill University as well as a list titled "Challenging Interests."
File consists of correspondence and a list of groups titled "repressed interests."
File consists of a newspaper clipping, correspondence, interview notes, and list of politicians.
File consists of correspondence concerning health care in Ontario.
File consists of lists of academics and their biographies, interview notes, and correspondence.
File consists of newspaper clippings, a questionnaire, and notes related to the questionnaire.
File consists of handwritten notes, an NDP discussion paper, a paper titled "Health Care in Canada" by Weller, and "Chapter 13 Ontario-Federal Intergovernmental Health Care Relations."
File consists of lists of bureaucrats, persons in the ministry of health, interview notes, and correspondence.
File consists of a draft titled "The Problem of Health Care Costs" and notes on health care statistics.
File consists of notes and draft of a chapter titled "The Parameters of State Intervention."
File consists of notes and a paper by Weller titled "The Executive, the Legislature and the Health Policy Process: The Case of Ontario," along with newspaper clippings.
File consists of notes and a draft titled "The Search for Advice."
File consists of "Chapter 8: Inputs Versus Withinputs," handwritten notes, and newspaper clippings.
File consists of a chapter titled "The Political Setting: The Politicization of Health in Ontario", which is annotated as "not used in thesis".
File consists of a chapter titled "Policy Actors: The Health Sector", which is annotated as "not used in thesis".
File consists a chapter titled "Policy Withinputs", which is annotated as "not used in thesis". Also includes handwritten notes.
File consists of a chapter titled "The Constitutional Setting: The Provincialisation of Health", which is annotated as "not used in thesis".
File consists of a chapter titled "The Policy Actors", which is annotated as "not used in thesis".
File consists of drafts with annotations of chapters fifteen and sixteen of Weller's dissertation on health policy in Ontario and the bibliography.
File consists of drafts with annotations of chapters twelve though fourteen of Weller's dissertation on health policy in Ontario.
File consists of drafts with annotations of chapters seven through eleven of Weller's dissertation on health policy in Ontario.
File consists of the table of contents, abstract, and chapters one through six of Weller's dissertation on health policy in Ontario, comprising multiple versions and annotations on drafts.
File consists of tables pertaining to health issues and related handwritten notes.
File consists of citations for personal communications and a "Selected Bibliography" for Weller's dissertation.
File consists of chapter fifteen of Weller's dissertation "Politician versus Bureaucrat: Conflict between Sectors."