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Vivienne Poy Papers Vivienne Poy Papers Title: Vivienne Poy Papers Creator: Poy, Vivienne Dates of creation: 1997-2012 Extent: 6.5 linear meters Language: English, Chinese Format: Textual file, photograph, meDia record Arrangement: chronological by Dates; by subject Scope and content: Vivienne Poy Papers consists of the entire records from the former Senator Vivienne Poy’s Office, DateD from 1997-2012. Chiefly paper files, the collection includes Poy’s senatorial anD community speech, corresponDence, anD subject files on Poy’s activities, personal research on various subjects such as ethnicity Canada, women stuDies, anD Chinese Canadian history. Poy Papers are mainly in worD-processed format, with scattereD manuscript note anD holograph in corresponDence. The collection also includes 200 photographs anD a small number of meDia files with presentations, photographs, interviews anD conference recorDs. Biographical Sketch: Vivienne Poy, born May 15, 1941 in Hong Kong, was appointeD to the Senate of Canada in 1998. Poy immigrateD to Canada as a university 1 stuDent in 1959. She is the first Canadian senator of Asian ancestry. She graduateD from St. Paul's Co-eDucational College, McGill University, Seneca College anD the University of Toronto. For 14 years, Poy serveD as presiDent of Vivienne Poy MoDe, a fashion Design company that she founDeD in 1981. She was selecteD as Chancellor of the University of Toronto in December 2002. Poy is the Daughter of RicharD Charles Lee, who is the son of famous businessman Hysan Lee in Hong Kong, anD Esther Yewpick Lee anD the sister-in-law of ADrienne Clarkson, who was Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Vivienne Poy's husbanD Dr. Neville Poy, a retireD plastic surgeon, is Clarkson's brother. Vivienne Poy is a sponsor of the Famous Five Monument in Calgary anD on Parliament Hill. She also sponsoreD the RicharD Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, among several other initiatives. Upon her retirement from the senator’s position in Sept. 2012, Poy DonateD the entire records from her office to the RicharD Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library for permanent preservation. DetaileD biography is available at Parliament of CanaDa Website: http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlBusiness/Senate/Committees/Committee_SenBio.asp?comm_iD=77&Language=E&M=M&Parl=39&senator_iD=1 46&Ses=1 Vivienne Poy’s Website can be accesseD at: http://www.viviennepoy.ca/ Access Restriction: This collection is open to public research. Use Restrictions: Supervised use in library only. Acquisition: Gift from Vivienne Poy in Sept, 2012. List of Series 1. Speech Series 2. Correspondence Series 3. Subject File Series 4. Items SeparateD 2 Series Description Speech Series Extent: 19 boxes (Box VP001-VP019) Dates: 1999-2012 Arrangement: The series is organized chronologically based on the original order. Scope and content: Chiefly Poy’s speech in word-processed format, including senatorial speech, community speech and speech at universities. The majority of the series are chronological, with one box of Brief Event Speech originally filed separately, and one folder of Asian Heritage Month speech transferred from Subject Files. Entries also include Bill, research paper, brochure, fax, aide memoir relating to the main speech. Box and Folder Listing Box # Date Content Format VP001 1999 11 folders Folder 1 Feb/2 1999 History of the Chinese in Canada- Senate Maiden Speech (Inquiry) word-processed, letter, brochure: It is Only Fair Redress for the Head Tax and Chinese Exclusion Act email, photocopy, brochure letter: Re: Shack Jang Mack, Quen Ying Lee and Yew Lee; Class Action on Behalf of Head Tax Payers, Spouses and Descendants; bibliography of news release Folder 2 Feb/16 1999 Chinese New Year word-processed Folder 3 Mar/17 1999 Nuclear Weapons and year 2000 Problems word-processed Folder 4 Mar/19 1999 Canadian Club, Winnipeg word-processed, fax, letter, brochure: 1st National Chinese Cultural Organization Conference brochure 第一屆全加中華文化中心會議 Folder 5 Mar/24 1999 University of Windsor includes word-processed, letter, brochure, speech: University of Windsor by Vivienne Poy; newspaper clipping senate speech by Gildas L. Molgat: Official Report (Hansard) February 2, 1999; brochure: Be Informed The Role of Senate Committees in Formulating Public Policy Folder 6 Mar/31 1999 Hart House, U of T word-processed, letter, fax, photocopy Folder 7 Apr/26 1999 University of Victoria, Centre for studies in Religion & Society word-processed, fax, brochure: Who's Planning Victoria's Future? computer printout, brochure Development and the Soul of the Community; brochure: UVIC Centre for Studies in Religion & Society Folder 8 May/1 1999 China and Hong Kong History, Philately and Culture Society word-processed Folder 9 May/4 1999 United way word-processed, letter, photocopy, computer printout Folder 10 May/6 1999 Organ Donation Day word-processed, computer printout, some with handwriting , photocopy Folder 11 June/3 1999 Dragon Boat Festival word-processed VP002 1999-2000 7 folders Folder 1 Sept/9 1999 Chinese migrants includes word-processed, manuscript, speech: Immigration Plight of Chinese newspaper clipping, photocopy, booklet: Movements Across Borders: Chinese Women Migrants in Canada; booklet, some with handwriting 2 manuscripts of 3 pages; articles; news release, some with notes in handwriting Folder 2 Oct/14-16 Famous Five Foundation Person Hood Conferences; word-processed, fax, letter, 1999 Event program: October 14, 1999 of computer printout, photocopy Global Perspectives on Personhood: Rights and Responsibility Folder 3 Oct/30 1999 First Conference for students of Chinese Heritage York Region Schoolboard; word-processed, letter Event program: Chinese Canadian Youth in the New Millennium Folder 4 Nov/2 1999 Senate Statement-Osteoporosis Society word-processed, fax, letter, computer printout Folder 5 Nov/4 1999 A year of Reflection Renison College, University of Waterloo word-processed, fax, computer printout, some with handwriting Folder 6 Nov/18 1999 Rotary Club Toronto- Forest Hill word-processed, letter Folder 7 Feb/8 2000 Religious Freedom/ Human Rights in China includes word-processed, fax, email, Speech: Religious Freedom/ Human Rights in China in Relation to United manuscript, some with handwriting, Nations International Covenants- Inquiry-Debate Continued; computer printout, photocopy, Booklet: Report of the Canadian Education Delegation on Religious booklet, newspaper clipping Freedom in the People's Republic of China; email forward; news release, some with FYI notes to Vivienne Poy; articles, some with notes in handwriting; 7 manuscripts of 16 pages VP003 2000 8 folders Folder 1 Feb/19 2000 Chinese Canadian Heritage Fund Inaugural Gala Dinner, Vancouver, British Columbia word-processed, email, Event program: Chinese Canadian Heritage Fund Inaugural Ceremony fax, computer printout Folder 2 Feb/22 2000 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Bestowal by University of Toronto of Honorary Doctoral Degree word-processed Folder 3 Mar/16 2000 The Liberal Party of Canada Biennial Convention word-processed, fax, letter, Workshop: Improving Participation: Not Just a Numbers Game, Ottawa Congress Centre; computer printout, photocopy agenda: Standing Committee on Multiculturalism Meeting Folder 4 Mar/21 2000 International Day for the elimination of Racial Discrimination- Tribute to Dr. Feng Shan Ho word-processed, booklet Brochure: Diplomat Rescuers and the story of Feng Shan Ho Folder 5 May/4 2000 Official Opening of the Robart Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection, word-processed Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario Folder 6 May24- Asian-American Student Association includes word-processed, email, booklet, 28/2000 speech: Canadian Immigration: A Chinese Perspective, Association of Asian-American manuscript, computer printout, Studies Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, United states of America; photocopy, some with handwriting, booklet: Community Politics in the Next Century, Program of the 17th National Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies; 2 manuscripts of 16 pages; news release; articles; emails. some with notes in handwriting; BILL C-16: The Citizenship of Canadian Act Folder 7 June/6 2000 China Eleventh Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre word-processed, photocopy, some with handwriting Folder 8 June/14 2000 What does it mean to be a Chinese Canadian? Chinese Canadian Cooperation Society, word-processed, fax, Chinese Canadian Women Co-operation Council; some with handwriting article; fax, with notes in handwriting by V. VP004 2000 6 Folders Folder 1 June/15 2000 Famous Five Foundation Heroes Speech includes word-processed, fax, speech: Unsung Heroes: An Address to the Famous Five Foundation; computer printout, photocopy, fax, with notes in handwriting by V.; 2 manuscripts of 3 pages; articles newspaper clipping, manuscript, some with handwriting Folder 2 July/3 2000 Renegotiating Identities, Canadian, Australia includes word-processed, email, Speech: The Nortel Lecture at The 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference in Canadian Studies and letter, fax, computer printout, The Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New booklet, some with handwriting Zealand: Citizenship and immigration: The Chinese-Canadian Experience; booklets: The Nortel Networks' Canadian Studies Address No. 1--Citizenship and Immigration: The Chinese-Canadian Experience by Vivienne Poy; Vivienne Poy Biographical Notes, with some notes in handwriting; emails and letters with some notes in handwriting; articles;
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