Story dated Jan. 31/41
Articles of Dissolution with correspondence and endowment agreement with Thunder Bay Community Foundation.
St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16 each year in Thunder Bay, as well as in many Finnish-Canadian and Finnish-American Communities. These records relate to both the wider holiday and to its celebration in Thunder Bay.
St. Urho is a [fictional] Finnish saint, renowned for driving the grasshoppers (or, in early legends, frogs) out of the Finnish vineyards. The story of St. Urho originated in Minnesota in the 1950s, and it has over time become a popular aspect of Finnish-American and Finnish-Canadian culture. People wear purple and green to participate in parades, celebrations, and performances.
Fund statements for Endowment fund; financial statements; ownership transfer documents.
NOPI Meeting minutes with financials; information regarding development of grants for spiritual care with Thunder Bay Community Foundation.
Registered Charity Information Return for income tax with bank statements and investment information.
An assortment of pins (or buttons, or badges) worn by attendees of the St. Urho's Day celebrations in Thunder Bay. For any given year, the pin was proof of admission.
Pins for the years: 2003, 2004, 2017 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025.
This series consists of less formal notes kept by Steve Mantis related to his work. It includes notebooks, daytimers and personal calendars, and notepads. Generally arranged by date.
These notes may help researchers to see the close interrelation of projects with multiple organizations happening at the same times.
Files for Op-Eds 2019-2024, 143 files, 35 MB, PDF and Word.
The Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers' Support Group (TBDIWSG) is a volunteer organization providing assistance and peer support to people affected by workplace injuries.
Between 1993 and 2002 the TBDIWSG received regular funding, had office staff, and provided individual representation to injured workers and their families.
Corporate Minute Books of the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists: these are held digitally, and include articles governing the corporation, board and general meeting minutes, annual reports, financial reports, register of land holdings, and more.
Records relating to Steve Mantis's work in injured workers' rights and advocacy, including with: Thunder Bay District Injured Workers Support Group; Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups; and the Worker's Compensation Board (WSIB). Records of research projects. New Directions Speakers' School. Poverty reduction initiatives. Bay Credit Union Social Responsibility Committee. Run for MPP in 2011 Ontario election as NDP candidate for Thunder Bay-Superior North.
While records are divided into series by organization/association, it will be clear to readers that the work of many of these organizations overlaps and interconnects. Mantis's role was often as a connector, building synergy and solidarity between organizations.
Mantis, SteveProgram for the State funeral for the Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, 23 March 2024.
Corporate Minute Book for 2024.
In Permafrost as TBFN_2024.
A collection of files from 2018-2024 detailing the work of the Disability and Work in Canada (DWC) Initiative, a collaborative Pan-Canadian strategy for disability and work, policy, and provision for those needing supports. With the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy (CRWDP), Steve Mantis serves as a partner representative, lead for community groups and executive committee member through ONIWG.
Sources:
Covers the research, writing, and response for the book Who Killed Sir William: a community-university research alliance seeks justice for injured workers. With planning notes, edits and transcript development, the story of the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury RAACWI is detailed by authors Marion Endicott and Steve Mantis with reference to Sir William Meredith and the early establishing of principles of workers' compensation.
Folder for Archival material with instruction notes, overview and articles written by Derek Burney.
Three PDF documents relating to Pentti (Ben) Järvenpää's (1925-2020) life and memorial service. Life story document written by Pirkko Shalden and approved by Järvenpää.
General records of the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group.
Web material related to the 2022 municipal elections in municipalities across Northwestern Ontario.
Sites crawled include those of municipalities and candidates. Candidate social media accounts include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. All sites are publicly listed as related to the election.
Explanatory notes and brief table of contents for the donation of records. Lists of team members of APIOS Study.
Letter from Dawn Jollymore regarding the donation of Raili Charnesky's papers.
Derek Burney was a Canadian diplomat, who served as Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea (1978-1980) and Ambassador to the United States (1989-1993), and was instrumental in negotiations of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Burney was born in Fort William in 1939, and received a BA and MA from Queen’s University in Kingston. He served in the federal public service from 1963 to 1993: including diplomatic work, ambassadorial postings, and as Canada’s first Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (1987-1989), working with Brian Mulroney.
After retirement from public service, Burney worked for Bell Canada, 1993-1999, and sat on the boards of several other corporations. He returned to federal government work leading Stephen Harper’s transition team in 2006.
Burney served as Chancellor of Lakehead University from 2013 to 2017. He also received an Honourary Doctor of Laws from Lakehead in 1990, as well as honourary degrees from Queen's, Carleton, and Wilfrid Laurier Universities.
Most of the records in this fonds relate to Burney’s career with the Department of External Affairs. There is also a small amount of material relating to work in private business, and other writings and memorabilia.
Burney, DerekRecords relate to research carried out by Viitala and colleagues at Lakehead University as part of the Acidic Precipitation In Ontario Study. Field research was done at Hawkeye Lake northwest of Thunder Bay, and at Pukaskwa National Park. The records include data, photographs, reports and research papers. Some records also relate specifically to the International Symposium on Acidic Precipitation held at Muskoka on September 15-20, 1985.
Records date primarily 1980-1988, with some additional documents from 2018 and 2022.
Files for Op-Eds 2019-2022, 106 files, 28 MB, PDF.