The fonds consists of records documenting Sofia Harwell’s professional and personal life as an archivist, artist, and children’s book author from 1992 - 2025. Records primarily focus on her 116 collages and various creative writing projects, including the narrative drafts and works produced as part of her three published children’s books: Mushrooms for Mae (2016, Annick Press), Beeker and Bock Go To the Meadow (2018, Annick Press), and What Plants? (2020, Annick Press). Other records included are photographs (mostly black-and-white), dried botanical samples collected from all over the world, and handmade paper samples that were collected as part of her travels and ultimately incorporated into her collages.
Records also include personal correspondence, including letters she received and saved from her youth through adulthood, starting in 1992. Four personal journals are also included. Finally, the fonds consists of records generated in 2022 from her participation in “The Big One”, a yearlong creative writing workshop at Firefly Creative Writing, which represents her first foray into adult-focused fiction and poetry. She has since returned to children’s writing and will be publishing a fourth book in spring of 2026.
Records are organized into 7 series: Collages, Personal correspondence, Creative writing, Photographs, Journals, Botanical samples, and Handmade paper.
Harwell, SofiaFile consists of records related to Shiyang Sun’s sociolinguistic research project, titled "Understanding Emotions in Intercultural Healthcare Communications: Mandarin Adjective Intensifiers in North America", conducted during her undergraduate studies in Winter 2023. Under the supervision of Professor Naomi Nagy, this project fulfilled requirements for Sun’s undergraduate coursework. Sun presented her findings at Change and Variation in Canada 12 (CVC 12) Workshop on June 4, 2023.
Records include 18 email messages, a preliminary research design, a USB flash drive containing 7 interview recordings conducted by Sun, a coding schema, a submitted abstract, a final conference paper, and two photographs documenting Sun’s participation at the conferences. All materials are digital except for the handwritten research design document and the USB.
On November 11, 2019, Hong Kong citizens launched the Twilight Campaign, a city-wide strike by students, workers, and shop owners. One of the key conflict zones is the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where riot police attempted to lay siege on students petitioning in the campus. Jason Kahei Wong visited the University during the strike. This file consists of seven photographs he took in his trip, six video recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews he conducted with students, his personal notepad, draft essays, and the published essay “Sleep walking in a mountain city”, which reported on the plight, demands, and needs of the students.
File contains numerous sketchbooks and loose papers of Ellis's artwork. Materials are primarily pencil drawings with some experimentation with other mediums, including charcoal, pastels, ink, and watercolour paints.
Most of the material was unnamed and not dated, thus item titles were supplied by the working archivist and aim to reflect the item's subject and date of creation when possible.
Fonds consists of records documenting the personal, academic, and professional activities of Shiyang Sun. Materials primarily reflect Sun’s educational experiences and research activities at the University of Toronto from 2019 to 2025, including coursework, independent research projects, and academic presentations. The fonds also includes records related to her employment at the Canada Language Museum beginning in 2027 and her volunteer engagements in language teaching and collections management.
Records cover physical and electronic documents, including curriculum vitae, personal calendars, correspondence, photographs, research materials, academic papers, study notes, tutorial handouts and writing drafts.
The records are arranged into four series: Personal, University of Toronto, Volunteering, Employment.
Fonds includes records from Sheldon's studies, extracurricular activities, and employment. Records include print and digital files.