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Mel Smith fonds
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Aboriginal Townhall Series

  • CA TWU MS-13-56 20
  • File
  • June 1, 1994-March 9, 1995
  • Part of Mel Smith fonds

File consists of House of Commons transcripts pertaining to indigenous self-government in the Yukon and land claims, a media advisory, as well as newspaper photocopies pertaining to indigenous land claims. It also contains multiple community reports on a blockade by the Pentiction Band.

Adams Lake

  • CA TWU MS-13-56 31a
  • File
  • July 29, 1938-August 21, 1995
  • Part of Mel Smith fonds

File consists of multiple government documents pertaining to the Adams Lake indigenous Band. It also contains correspondence between multiple BC ministers pertaining to the aforementioned topic.

Adams Lake

  • CA TWU MS-13-56 31b
  • File
  • August 24, 1995-February 16, 1996
  • Part of Mel Smith fonds

File consists of correspondence between Mel Smith and law firms, John Duncan, and others pertaining to the Adams Lake Indian Reserve. It also contains handwritten notes, as well as land maps pertaining to the aforementioned topic.

Administration correspondence.

File consists of correspondence related to administrative initiatives between the Federal and Provincial governments, in particular policies and programming.

Adoption Act

Series consist of research material pertaining to adoption, adoption reunion, and the Infant Act (newspaper/magazine/journal articles, independent studies, state/provincial/federal reports, Provincial/National Acts from Canada, the USA, and the UK, Federal meeting minutes), Correspondence between Mel Smith and members of Parliament, members of the Ministry of Health, Law offices, Christian Organizations, magazine/newspaper publishers, fellow political figures, and the public, Correspondence between Mel's comrades and members of parliament, and pages of Mel's handwritten notes regarding the topics mentioned above. Notable documents include a bound copy of Part VII of the "Fifth Report of the Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law," as well as multiple copies of the brief presented to Canadian Parliament by Mel and his supporters in opposition to adoption reunion.

Adoption Information Material

File consists of pamphlets, booklets, reports, and directories pertaining to adoption and other family-related services.

Adoption Research Resources

File consists of two magazines (Canadian Welfare & The Canadian) each with articles pertaining to adoption and adoption reunion, as well as a copy of sections of Chapter 4 of the Adoption Act.

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