9.7A. Preliminary rule

9.7A1. Scope

See 1.7A1.

9.7A2. Punctuation

Precede each element of description with a full stop, space, dash, space or start a new paragraph for each element of description.
Separate introductory wording of an element of description from the main content by a colon followed but not preceded by a space.

9.7A3. Form of presentation of information

Follow the instructions set out in 1.7A4.

9.7A4. Citations in the archival description area.

Follow the instructions set out in 1.7A5.

9.7B. Administrative history/Biographical sketch

9.7B1. Administrative history.

Give a concise administrative history as instructed in 1.7B1.

Statistics Canada’s roots can be traced back to the establishment in 1847 of the Board of Registration and Statistics which became part of the Bureau of Agriculture in 1855. At Confederation, responsibility for census and statistics was placed under the Department of Agriculture where it remained until 1918. In that year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (Statistics Canada since 1971) was created as a central statistics gathering agency. The main functions of Statistics Canada include the compilation, analysis, and publication of statistical data relative to the commercial, industrial, financial, social, and general condition of the people, and the regular undertaking of a census of population and agriculture in Canada
(Administrative history for the Statistics Canada fonds)

The Census Operations Division was formed in 1978-1979, consolidating activities which had previously been performed in a number of divisions, primarily Census Field. It is one of 20 Divisions of Statistics Canada involved in the collection and processing of the quinquennial census of population and housing. The mandate of the Division is to provide planning and management infrastructure, budgeting, and play a lead role in the processing and dissemination of the census of population and housing
(Administrative history for a series forming part of the Statistics Canada fonds)

9.7B2. Biographical sketch.

Give a concise biographical sketch as instructed in 1.7B2.

Dr. Rosalie Bertell was born at Buffalo, New York, in 1929. She received a doctorate in mathematics, with a specialty in biometrics, from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (Biometrics is the science of mathematical predictions of medical phenomenon). She is a member of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart.
Since 1969, she has studied cancer and birth defects, especially as they relate to low level radiation exposure and has been a research consultant in biometry, with specialty in public health aspects of exposure to ionizing radiation. She was the Senior Cancer Research Scientist, Tri-State Leukemia Survey at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., 1970 to 1978 and was instrumental in founding the Ministry of Concern for Public Health in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1978.
Coming to Canada in 1980, she became an Energy and Public Health Specialist with the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice, Toronto, 1980 to 1984. She founded the non-profit International Institute of Concern for Public Health and served as its Director of Research and Director of the Board, from 1984 to 1987 and as president from 1987 to 1994. The institute provided scientific and technical assistance to government agencies, citizens’ groups and labour unions relating to environmental hazards as well as a scientific publication on environmental hazards. Dr. Bertell was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board on the Great Lakes of the International Joint Commission, 1991-1995, and to the International Joint Commission’s Nuclear Task Force in 1995. She was a consultant with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. She currently serves on Advisory Boards to the Great Lakes Health Effects Program of Health Canada, the Ontario Environmental Assessment Board, Global Education Associates (New York) and the NGO Disarmament Committee at the United Nations.
She advocates stricter safeguards and better monitoring of health for nuclear workers and the general public, a phase out of nuclear technology for weapons or power generation, waste isolation rather than disposal, standardized international monitoring of environmental and human health, and protection of the biosphere from genotoxic damage.
Dr. Bertell has published extensively in her field including the book “No immediate danger: prognosis for a radioactive earth”, which was first published in 1985, and is editor-in-chief of the periodical, International Perspectives in Public Health.
(Biographical sketch for the Rosalie Bertell fonds)

Né à Montréal le 8 juillet 1933, le juge en chef Antonio Lamer fait ses études au collège Saint-Laurent (1952) et à l’Université de Montréal où il obtient un diplôme en droit en 1956. Admis au Barreau du Québec en 1957, il pratique le droit en particulier avec Cutler, Lamer, Bellemare et Associés.
Entre 1957 et 1969, il est professeur agrégé à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal, chargé de cours en criminologie et fonde l’Association des avocats de la défense de la province de Québec, tout en occupant plusieurs postes avec le Barreau canadien, dont celui de président national de la section de la justice criminelle. Il est conseiller spécial du ministre de la justice du Québec en matière de réorganisation des tribunaux. Il est aussi membre du conseil de discipline du Barreau du Québec et du conseil d’administration de l’école de formation professionnelle du Barreau et, pendant de nombreuses années, membre du conseil d’administration du Barreau d’assistance judiciaire du Barreau de Montréal.
Le 19 décembre 1969, il est nommé juge à la Cour supérieure et à la Cour du Banc de la Reine (juridiction criminelle) de la province de Québec. À compter du mois de décembre 1971, il est nommé vice-président de la Commission de la réforme du droit au Canada et en devient le président en avril 1976. Au cours du mois de juin 1974, il accède à la présidence de la Société de criminologie du Québec et siège au conseil d’administration de la Fondation canadienne des droits de l’homme.
Il est nommé juge à la Cour d’appel du Québec le 17 mars 1978, juge puisné à la Cour suprême du Canada le 28 mars 1980 et il devient juge en Chef de cette même Cour le 1er juillet 1990. Parallèlement, il préside le Conseil canadien de la magistrature, le Conseil d’administration de l’Institut national de la magistrature et le Conseil consultatif de l’Ordre du Canada.
Au cours de sa carrière, il a reçu plusieurs décorations honorifiques dont des doctorats honoris causa des universités de Montréal, Moncton, Ottawa et Toronto. Il fut nommé commandeur de l’Ordre de Saint-Jean en 1991 et lieutenant-colonel honoraire du 62e Régiment d’artillerie de Campagne de Shawinigan en 1993
(Biographical sketch for the Antonio Lamer fonds)

9.7C. Custodial history.

Give the custodial history as instructed in 1.7C.

9.7D. Scope and content and system description

9.7D1. Scope and content.

Give the scope and content of the unit being described, as instructed in 1.7D. Include a summary of data elements or data element categories, where applicable.

Subseries consists of the Commercial Licensing System (CLS) database, an online registry system, containing information on the following: vessels which are licensed to harvest commercial species of fish; persons who own commercial licences; persons who hold person-type commercial fishing licences; revenue generated by the sale of licences; historical information on vessels, persons, and licences. The major functions performed by the system include: issuance of licences; registration of new commercial vessels; recording reports of change of ownership of a vessel; transfer of licence eligibility from one person to another; updating person and vessel information; updating vessel inspection expiry dates; reporting on persons, vessels and licences and; accounting for all revenue received
(Scope and content for a subseries in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans fonds)

9.7D2. System description.

Where significant to an understanding of the unit being described, provide a description of the information, office, or other data management system in which the records in electronic form were created. The System description should be placed at the level for which it is common to all of the material being described (see 1.0A2d). Describe the essential characteristics, hardware and software requirements of the system. Include here information that describes the requirements, capabilities, limitations, design, operation and maintenance of the creator’s original system. Include the elements essential to understanding the unit being described, or provide references to other sources in which this information is given. Give current system requirements for access as instructed in 9.8B1.

The System description may be given in a narrative or in a formatted note. Give the elements specified in 9.7D2a through 9.7D2j in any appropriate order.

During its active life, the Commercial Licensing System (CLS) database was an Ingres database, running on in-house VAX equipment. The system was cumulative, i.e., data was added as required but none was deleted. For the location of the metadata of the electronic system and the records within it, consult the computer file list for subseries. Metadata files are marked with an asterisk. For the location of printed documentation, consult the archivist
(Subseries level system description)

System description: IBM PC; 64K; colour card; 2 disk drives

9.7D2a. System name and developer.

Give the name of the information, office, or other data management system, and the name(s) of the person(s) and/or office(s) responsible for the development of the system, including version number, creation or implementation date, and other relevant details.

9.7D2b. Hardware.

Give details of the hardware on which the system operated, including manufacturer and serial number, types and capabilities of peripherals significant to the creation of the records, both input and output devices, including internal modifications.

9.7D2c. Operating system.

Give details of the name, version, and distributor of the operating system, as well as whether or not local modifications had been made to it.

9.7D2d. Network or multi-user configuration.

Give the name, version, and distributor, if applicable, of the network architecture and software. For non-networked multi-user systems, give relevant details of the configuration, e.g., distribution of hardwired terminals, dial-up capabilities, etc.

9.7D2e. System security and access.

Give details of system security provisions, name, version, and distributor of security software if applicable, who had access to the system, capabilities of categories of user account groups, etc. Give also details of system’s ability to provide levels of protection to specific databases, computer files or data elements.

9.7D2f. Programming language.

Give details of the programming environment in which the software operated, the language(s), and if significant, the compilor(s) with which the software was written and compiled.

9.7D2g. Software/application capabilities.

Give details of major functionalities, including data input, management, and output capabilities. Include word processing, database management, spread-sheet, statistical, electronic mail, data quality management, and other relevant capabilities. Give details of capability of producing and managing metadata.

Include de facto or international standards used. Include, where applicable, technical specifications or limitations, such as memory size and requirements, interactive or batch processing capability, record-length limitations, etc.

Describe, where applicable, user interfaces for inputs and outputs, such as report generation capabilities, whether templates or views are pre-defined or user-defined, ability of users to customize their environment, etc.

9.7D2h. System documentation.

Give the scope of the system documentation available, including presence or absence of up-to-date system and software manuals, on-line help screens, etc. Include known variances between the records and the documentation itself.

9.7D2i. System milestones.

Where applicable, give a summary of major events affecting the design and operation of the system. This may include facts, such as the dates of design, implementation, conversion, and changes in record formats or access procedures. Include details of event-specific hardware and software environments.

9.7D2j. Location of system software.

Where applicable, give a description of where and how the software component(s) of the system are preserved, including availability of source code, programming commentary, and/or other documentation.

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