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1983-1985 (Creation)
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- Nova Scotia. Royal Commission on Post Secondary Education
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3 m of textual records (25 boxes)
104 audio recordings (154 hours): cassette tape
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The Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Post-Secondary Education was established by Order in Council #83-167 dated February 10, 1983. Rod J. MacLennan, businessman of Truro, was appointed chairperson with Joan G. Evans, TV, radio and stage actress of Halifax, and Professor William S. Shaw, of Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, as co-commissioners. A subsequent Order-in-Council (#83-195) dated February 15, 1983 appointed Acadia University Professor Duncan G.L. Fraser as Secretary. Its mandate was to review the state of university and occupational training education in Nova Scotia and make recommendations to improve the quality, and coordinate development and funding for the present and future needs of Nova Scotians. The Commission sent out questionnaires to all academic institutions requesting information on their finances, programs, enrollment, and achievements. They set up a study group. They advertised for briefs and submissions from the public and offered a guide on specific topics of interest. Public hearings were held in Sydney, Antigonish, Truro, Wolfville, Meteghan, and Halifax from December 2, 1983 to April 13, 1984. Commissioners also met with representatives of academic institutions and visited the United Kingdom in 1983 and 1984 to learn from their experience. The Commission employed research advisor Alastair Saunders and financial consultant J. Patrick O'Neil to conduct research studies and gather relevant information for the Commission. It submitted its final report to His Honour Alan R. Abraham, Lieutenant-Governor of NS, on 18 December 1985 and then disbanded.
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Fonds consists of briefs and written submissions (1983-1984); public hearing transcripts, summaries, and audio recordings (Dec 2, 1983-Apr 13, 1984); minutes of meetings with commissioners, with academic institutions and with other organizations filed together in chronological order (1983-1984); correspondence with universities, colleges, other commissions, United Kingdom university officials, individuals, and stakeholder groups (1983-1986); research reports created or collected by the Commission (1984-1985); notes on conversations, trip itineraries and collected materials from two research visits to the UK (1983-1986); submissions of written opinions, comments and analysis from each commissioner (1984-1985); minutes of Study Group meetings and audio recording of final meeting (July-September 1983); and drafts of the summary and full final reports (1985).
Briefs are organized by sequential number assigned by the Commission with their cover letters organized alphabetically by name of submitter. List of all briefs submitted is available in final report and in “A” of Briefs cover letters. One brief, from the Atlantic Conference on Learning Disabilities, includes 2 audio recordings of speeches.
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Records transferred to Nova Scotia Archives from Royal Commission Secretary Duncan G.L. Fraser in 1986.
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Copyright held by the Province of Nova Scotia (crown).
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See Nova Scotia Archives’ Services page for information on copying, reproduction, and use of materials.
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See also Report of the Royal Commission on Post-secondary Education, Province of Nova Scotia. (Halifax N.S.: The Commission, 1985) in Nova Scotia Archives Library (Reference number: LB 2321 N9353)
See also A summary of the Report of the Royal Commission on Post-Secondary Education in Nova Scotia. / CML Consultants Limited (Halifax, N.S.: CML Consultants, 1985?) in Nova Scotia Archives Library (Reference number: V/F V.510 #27)
See also The Student perspective: a brief on post-secondary education in the province of Nova Scotia / Students' Union of Nova Scotia. (Halifax, NS: The Union, 1984.) in Nova Scotia Archives Library (Reference number: LB 2321 S78 1984)
See also the 1974 Royal Commission on Education, Public Services and Provincial-Municipal Relations (the Graham Commission) fonds and final report.