Mitsuru Shimpo papers, 1971-1991
Description
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Documents
- Description
BIOGRAPHY
After completing his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of British Columbia (1970), Professor Mitsuru Shimpo joined the faculty in the Department of Sociology at St. Jerome's in 1971. While on the faculty he served as the department's Academic Advisor or as the Alternate Advisor.
Professor Shimpo worked extensively on research into native education in the Canadian north becoming a leading expert on the subject. He completed a major survey of Dene education in 1990 in connection with the Dene Cultural Institute in Yellowknife, N.W.T. He also wrote a college text based on a correspondence course he taught entitled "Social Change in Canada". He received the inaugural Canadian Prime Minister's Award in Publishing in 1989 for the book.
Professor Shimpo retired from St. Jerome's in 1991.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The records for Professor Mitsuru Shimpo consist of a list of his publications (to 1987) and copies of 3 book reviews.- Notes
- Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
- Date of Publication
- 1982
- Personal Name(s)
- Shimpo, Mitsuru
- Corporate Name(s)
- St. Jerome's University
- Collection
- St. Jerome's College records
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.469167110686 Longitude: -80.5456582647705
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- Physical Description
- <1 cm. of textual records
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- SJU Archives
- Location of Original
- 2-2-2-A65
- Terms of Use
- Permission of Librarian
- Contact
- St. Jerome's University LibraryEmail:sjuarchives@uwaterloo.ca
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St. Jerome's University is located in Waterloo, Ontario, and is situated in the University of Waterloo. It was founded as St. Jerome's College in 1865 by the Congregation of the Resurrection. In 1959, it was granted university status and changed its name to the University of St. Jerome's College. It has been federated with the University of Waterloo since 1960. In 1998, the name was officially changed to St. Jerome's University.
