Watkins, Mel 1932-2020
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Born 1932 · died 2020
Melville Henry Watkins was a Canadian political economist and activist and professor emeritus of economics and political science at the University of Toronto. He was a founder and co-leader with James Laxer of the Waffle, a left-wing political formation within the New Democratic Party that advocated an "independent socialist Canada" and Canadian nationalism. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2019.
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Where the papers are held
The surviving papers of Watkins, Mel 1932-2020 are held at University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services.
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