Study of mind development groups, sects and cults in Ontario (RG 4-20)

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Study of mind development groups, sects and cults in Ontario (RG 4-20)

1978-1980

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On 24 October 1978, the Attorney General established a study under sociologist Daniel Grafton Hill to "review the practices of mind awareness groups, including the practices of sects, cults, and the practices of deprogrammers in Ontario" with a report to be present by June 1980. The study covered the background of several sect and cults; examined their activities, legal rights, and societal impact; analyzed the civil liberties and de-programming of individual converts; and studied the probable effectiveness of various pieces of proposed legislation directed towards controlling cults in Ontario. Series consists of the final report, a large number of publications and newspaper clippings, correspondence, a survey of various cults; and supporting documentation on specific topics gathered as background information. Several files examine the impact of the Psychologists Act, which was proposed in 1978 but never passed. Series also includes 26 audio recordings, taken from public broadcasting sources, consisting of documentaries on cult activities and interviews of current and past converts.

4.2 metres of textual records; 1 audio reel (ca. 1 hour); 25 audio cassettes (26 hours, 45 minutes)

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Hill, Daniel Grafton, 1923-2003

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Born in Independence, Missouri, on November 23, 1923, Daniel Hill grew up in the western United States. In 1948, he graduated with a B.A. from Howard University in Washington D.C. In 1950, he came to Canada to study sociology at the University of Toronto. There, he obtained an M.A. in 1951 and a Ph.D. in 1960. During his career as a sociologist, Hill was a researcher for the Social Planning Council of Metropolitan Toronto (1955-1958), Executive Secretary of the North York Social Planning Coun...