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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.

Series consist of material gathered or created by Weller in his research for scholarly work, government contracts, and community service involvement.

Series consists of primarily records related to Weller’s involvement on a Federal Task Force on Labor Relations in 1967 and a research project titled "Trade Unions and Political Change in the Province of Quebec 1921-1972.” The material includes drafts, notes, correspondence, publications by other authors, various documents produced for the Task Force, the memorandum of agreement for Weller’s work on the Task Force, and other items related to researching and obtaining research material.

Subseries primarily consists of articles by other authors, some with related correspondence between Weller and the author. A large amount of the material is related to health policy specifically in Canada; however, the records also range to health policy in the United States and other countries. The subseries also includes the text of speeches by government officials, publications created by government bodies, newspaper clippings, and other material collected over the course of Weller’s research on health policy. The series contains drafts by Weller with titles which correspond to early papers and chapters of his dissertation: "The Public Interest in Professional Politics: The Case of the Canadian Medical Association,” "Chapter 4: Health Care and Medicare Policy in Ontario," "Health Policy in Ontario," and "The Executive, the Legislature and the Health Policy Process: The Case of Ontario." The first 243 files are primarily scholarly works and government documents individually filed by Weller and generally arranged alphabetically by author. The other 72 files contain notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material in files created by Weller in broader files by topic. The bulk of the material was gather around the dates 1975 to 1980, though some files contain items from dates in the mid-1980s and four files with dates into the 1990s suggesting the material was also involved in later research (see subseries 10).

Subseries primarily consists of material involved in Weller’s academic research projects titled “Local Government in the Canadian Provincial North,” "The Evolution of Local Government in Northern Ontario,” "Provincial Ministries of Northern Affairs: A Comparative Analysis," and “Local Government Development in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.” The subseries also comprises material related to Weller’s academic research on the Nunavut Proposal and transferring the responsibility for health care to northern territories, including research a Lakehead University course “Political Studies 4203: Politics in the Canadian North” seminar titled "How likely is it the Nunavut will be created?" in 1982 and later academic research projects. The records include drafts, notes, and correspondence to and from Weller regarding his requests for research material and arranging interviews with government officials. The subseries also contains copies of articles by other authors, the text of legislation, material released by government bodies such as documents from annual conferences of Ministers with Responsibilities for Northern Development, and documents from organizations concerned with development in northern Canada including First Nations and local government groups. There appear to be additions to the files made in the 1990s suggesting their involvement in later research (see subseries 11). Two empty files were titled: “Organisation in Northern Saskatchewan, Memorandum from A.W. Johnson, Saskatchewan” and “Report on the Organisation for a Single Agency to Provide Government Services in the North, Budget Bureau, Saskatchewan.”

Subseries consists of material related to a project titled “Water Politics and Policy in the Lake Superior Basin” and to an unpublished paper titled "The Politics of Environmental Pollution: The Case of Northwestern Ontario.” The research for that latter project was incorporated into other projects at the time such as Weller’s collaborative project with Douglas Nord "Environmental Policy and Political Support in Canada and the United States: A Comparative Analysis.” During this time Weller and Nord also completed two research reports funded by the state of Minnesota and the Canadian Consulate-General in Minneapolis titled “Transborder Politics and Paradiplomacy: The Ontario- Minnesota Fishing Dispute” and “Canada and the United States: An Introduction to a Complex Relationship.” The material includes Weller’s contract with the state of Minnesota along with the text of legislation pertaining to water quality on the Great Lakes and material created by other authors, government bodies in Canada and the United States, and organizations concerned with the state of the great lakes. The research projects identified in the records range the dates 1982-1988. However, some of the items have later dates, suggesting some of the files were used again for research in the 1990s.Some of the later material also pertains to environmental issues in British Columbia instead of the Great Lakes.

Subseries consists of material related to a 1983 project titled "The Politics of Health in South Africa" conducted in conjunction with Pranlal Manga and Weller’s travel to South Africa to conduct research for this project. This paper was never published. Material includes notes regarding contacting and interviewing persons involved with health polity in South Africa, publications by other scholars, documents released by government bodies of African countries, and newspaper clippings. The files are generally one of two types: files of newspaper clippings on a particular topic or individually filed publications alphabetized by author. Many files have dates past Weller’s work on his project with Manga suggesting continued research on politics in South Africa into the 1990s.

Subseries consists of material related to Weller’s roles on the Advisory Committee for the Health Promotion and Prevention Project of the Ontario Council of Health (1983-1984), the Thunder Bay District Health Council (1983-1988), focus group of The Premier's Council on Health Strategy (1987-1988), board of the Victorian Order of Nurses (1987-1988), the study advisory group on the Study on Health and Social Service Professionals in Northern Ontario (1989-1990). The subseries also contains material involved in Weller’s academic research on healthcare in northern regions, specifically the projects titled "The Politics of Health in the Circumpolar North,” "The Delivery of Health Care to Underserviced Areas,” and "Health Care Delivery in Northern Hinterlands.” It also contains research pertaining to the Canada Health Act of 1984. Material includes documents produced for meetings of the advisory committees and Thunder Bay District Health Council, such as minutes and reports, correspondence, and other material produced by these groups as well as government bodies and scholars in the areas of health policy and circumpolar health.

Subseries consists of material involved in Weller’s research on higher education in the north, including projects titled “Universities, Politics and Development: The Case of Northern Ontario” and "Universities in the Circumpolar North: A Comparative Analysis." The subseries also comprises material related to conferences and collaborations among universities interested in circumpolar studies, including agreements for student exchanges and records related to research collaborations. The records include publications and other material created by organizations and government bodies responsible for higher education as well as scholarly works by other authors in the areas of higher education and northern studies along with correspondence and notes related to the Weller’s research projects.

Subseries consists of research material pertaining to Ontario politics, primarily comprising newspaper clippings, and notes for Weller’s 1988 paper titled “The North in the Ontario Election of 1987.”

Subseries consists of material pertaining to foreign policy and security concerns in the circumpolar north, primarily comprising photocopied academic papers by other authors. The subseries also contains material related to intelligence from the same time period.

Subseries consists of material involved in Weller’s research on health policy, some of which pertains to comparing health policy in different countries. The material consists of primarily newspaper clippings and photocopied academic papers. There may be connections between the files and subseries 2, as some of the files in the earlier subseries appear to have been used again in later research.

Subseries consists of material involved in Weller’s academic research on the circumpolar north. His research at this time relates primarily to economic development in northern regions. The material comprises primarily photocopied academic papers and newspaper clippings. The subseries also contains publications, text of speeches and other material created by government officials. The subseries also contains files for chapters of a manuscript; however many files are empty. The empty files are titled: “Definitions and Theories, Chp 1,” “The Land and the Climate, Chp 2,” “Peoples and Patterns of Settlement, Chp 3,” “The Settlement of the Provincial North, Chp 4,” “The Decline of the Resource Economy, Chp 6,” “Race, Ethnicity and the Canadian Provincial North, Chp 10,” and “Conclusions, Chp 14.” There may be connections between this subseries and subseries 3, as the files for earlier projects appear to have been used in later research.

Subseries consists of notes, academic and government publications, and correspondence pertaining to intelligence and security. Material may be related to Weller’s academic research or preparations for teaching a course on this subject. The nature of the project in which this material was used is unclear.

Series consists of scholarly works authored or coauthored by Weller and related records involved in their presentation or publication.

Subseries consists of copies of all the articles and chapters Weller authored or coauthored arranged chronologically. Files include related material such as drafts and correspondence regarding the publication of the article or chapter. The files in this subseries were originally numbered to correspond with the articles listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a review by Weller of "Thinking About Foreign Policy" by Peter C. Dobell and Bruce Thordarson. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 1 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Recent Developments in Canadian Health Policy" by Weller printed in "Health Politics" Vol. 5 No. 1, Fall 1974 and related correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 2 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a chapter titled "Health Care and Medicare Policy in Ontario" by Geoffrey Weller printed in the book "Issues in Canadian Public Policy" edited by G.B. Doern and V.S. Wilson (Toronto, MacMillan, 1974). This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 3 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of the chapter "Health Care and Medicare in Ontario: The Health Care Issues" by Weller in the book "Perspectives on Canadian Health and Social Services Policy: History and Emerging Trends" edited by C.A. Meilicke and JL Storch (1980). This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 3a listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Hinterland Politics: The Case of Northwestern Ontario" by Geoffrey Weller printed in the "Canadian Journal of Political Science"( December, 1977) and related correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 4 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a chapter by Weller from the book "Provincial Hinterland: Social Inequality in Northwestern Ontario" edited by Chris Southcott and a copy of the introduction by Southcott. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 4a listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an articled titled "From 'Pressure Group Politics' to 'Medical-Industrial Complex': The Development of Approaches to the Politics of Health" by Weller printed in the "Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law" Vol.1, No. 4, Winter 1977 and related correspondence.. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 5 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a chapter titled "From 'Pressure Group Politics' to 'Medical-Industrial Complex': The Development of Approaches to the Politics of Health" by Geoffrey Weller printed in the book "Perspectives on Canadian Health and Social Services Policy: History and Emerging Trends" edited C.A. Meilicke and J.L. Storch (1980) along with "Commentary on the Readings" from the same book. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 5a listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a conference paper titled "The Conflict of Values and Goals in the Canadian Health Care System" presented by Weller at a session on health policy and printed in the proceedings of the "Conference on Social Development in a Pluralist Society." The file also contains an advertisement for the book "Resources and the Environment: Policy Perspectives for Canada" for which Weller has written a chapter title "Resource Development in Northern Ontario: A Case Study in Hinterland Politics." This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 6 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a chapter titled "Resource Development in Northern Ontario: A Case Study in Hinterland Politics" by Weller printed in the book "Resources and the Environment: Polity Perspectives for Canada" edited by O.P. Dwivedi and other material related to this publication. The file also includes correspondence between Weller, Dwivedi, the publisher, and other persons involved in the publication of Weller's chapter as well as draft and revised versions of the chapter. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 7 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "The Failure of the Equity Objective in Health: A Comparative Analysis of Canada Britain, and the United States" by Pranlal Manga and Weller, published in "Comparative Social Research" Vol. 3, 1980 and related material. The file includes correspondence related to the article, other versions of the article and the introduction from "Comparative Studies in Sociology" Vol. 1, 1978 along with other pages photocopied from this journal. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 8 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of postcards to Weller requesting reprints of his article and other correspondence related to the article "The Determinants of Canadian Health Policy," some with attached edits to the article or other related material. The article was published in the "Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law" Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1980. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 9 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article by Weller titled "Local Government in the Canadian Provincial North" printed in "Canadian Public Administration" Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1980 as well as correspondence pertaining to the publication of the article, drafts of the article, handwritten notes, and an earlier conference paper with the same title. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 10 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of article an titled "Health Services for the Keewatin Inuit in a Period of Transition: The View from 1980" by A.P. Ruderman and Weller reprinted from "Inuit Studies" Vol. 5, No. 2, 1981. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 11 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "The Delivery of Health Services in the Canadian North" by Weller published in the "Journal of Canadian Studies" Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 1981 and a copy of the issue in which it is printed as well as other related material. The file also includes correspondence pertaining to the article, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, Weller's contract with the publisher, another version of the paper, a conference paper titled "Recent Trends in Health Care in the Canadian North," and a postcard requesting reprints of the article. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 12 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a bound copy of a 1981 report titled "Report of a Study of Inuit Health and Health Services in the Keewatin Zone of the Northwest Territories, 1980" by A. Peter Ruderman and Weller and related material. The other material includes two versions of a paper titled "Health Services for the Keewatin Inuit in a Period of Transition: The View from 1980" by Ruderman and Weller, correspondence related to this article, and a draft of and article titled "Health Services of the Keewatin Inuit in a Period of Transition: The View from 1980- Short Paper for Inuit Studies." This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 13 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a Lake Superior Basin Studies Center publication titled "Environmental Policy in Canada and the United States" by Douglas C. Nord and Weller. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 14 listed in Weller's CV.

File primarily consists of material related to a chapter titled "The Development of Health Policy in Canada" by Weller and Pranlal Manga published in the book "The Politics of Canadian Public Policy" edited by M. Atkinson and M. Chandler (University of Toronto Press, 1983) including other versions of the paper and related correspondence. In addition, the file contains a document titled "Canadian Public Policy: A Comparative Approach" which proposes a book, handwritten notes, the schedule for a workshop titled "The Comparative Study of Canadian Public Policy," and an article titled "Studies in Canadian Public Policy: An Introduction" by Atkinson and Chandler. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 15 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "The Push for Reprivatisation of Health Care Services in Canada, Britain, and the United States" by Weller and Pranlal Manga and correspondence from the publisher. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 16 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Environmental Policy and Political Support" by Douglas Nord and Weller as well as related correspondence and other material. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 17 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of copies an article titled "Provincial Ministries of Northern Affairs: A Comparative Analysis" by Geoffrey Weller as well as notes and related correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 18 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Managing Canada's North: Challenges and Opportunities" by Geoffrey Weller as well as notes and related correspondence . This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 19 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "The Politics and Administration of Amalgamation: The Case of Thunder Bay" by Weller, a copy of the "Laurentian Review" Vol.17 No. 2 Feb. 1985 as well as notes and related correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 20 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Regional Development in Canada: The Case of the Provincial North" by Weller, a memorandum, and correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 21 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of versions of an article titled "Universities, Politics and Development in Northern Ontario and Northern Sweden: A Comparative Analysis" by Geoffrey Weller and Robert G. Rosehart, published in the "Canadian Journal of Higher Education " Vol. 15, No. 3, 1985 as well as related correspondence and other material. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 22 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a chapter by Weller and Robert Rosehart titled "Universities, Politics and Development in Northern Ontario and Northern Sweden: A Comparative Analysis" from the book "Canada's Subarctic Universities" by Peter Adams and Doug Parker.

File consists of an article titled "Political Disaffection in the Canadian Provincial North" by Weller and related correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 23 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Common Problems, Alternate Solutions: A Comparison of the Canadian and American Health Systems" by Weller and drafts of this publication as well as correspondence and a pamphlet for "Canada and the United States: The sixty-eighth American Assembly" November 15-18, 1984. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 24 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "The Role of Provincial Ministries of Northern Affairs in Natural Resource Development" by Geoffrey Weller. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 25 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Canadian Water Exports: A Controversy in the Making" by Weller from 1986, correspondence, and issue of the "American Review of Canadian Studies" Vol. 16, No. 4 Winter 1986 in which the article is printed as well as a conference paper titled "Blue Gold and Bourassa: The Bonanza from the North" This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 26 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Universities in the Circumpolar North: A Comparative Analysis" by Geoffrey Weller from 1987, notes, and correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 27 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "Resources and the Environment: The Northern Ontario Experience and its Applicability to the Third World," by Weller, a draft of the article, and related correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 28 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of a paper titled "Canada and the United States: An Introduction to a Complex Relationship" by Douglas Nord and Weller. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 29 listed in Weller's CV.

File consists of an article titled "The Politics of Health in the Circumpolar North" by Weller, an earlier version of the article, and correspondence. This file was originally numbered to correspond with article number 30 listed in Weller's CV.