Série organique 2002.9.1 - Social Activism – Okanagan Region

58 cm of textual records

Series consists of newsletters, correspondence, reports, conference programmes, poetry, agendas, brochures, newspaper clippings, articles, conference proceedings, position papers, fact sheets, technical assessments, press releases, political campaign material and briefs pertaining to Walt Taylor's extensive involvement with various grass-roots level environmental, socio-political and peace movements while living in the Okanagan region of British Columbia from ca. 1965-1982. Also included in this series is a very small amount of early correspondence (1951 & 1955) regarding a recent publication (1951) and an update of their activities (1955). Organizations represented in this series include: British Columbia Man & Resources Programme & Provincial Conference (1972-1973); South Okanagan Civil Liberties Society; Human Rights Commission of British Columbia; the British Columbia Conference on the Emerging International Economic Order (1979); United Nations Environment Programme; New Democratic Party; Conserver Society; Amax of Canada Ltd. Mine at Kitsault; South Okanagan Environmental Coalition; Southern Interior Ecological Liaison; Peace Valley Environmental Association; Friends of the Stikine; Canadian Friends Service Committee; Cluff Lake Board of Inquiry; Dai Dong of the Fellowship of Reconciliation; Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Institute for Food Development Policy; B.C. Hydro: Hat Creek Coal Fired Power Plant; the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace; and Amnesty International.