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1946-1996 (Creation)
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- Larkin, P.A.(Peter Anthony), 1924-
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6.3 m of textual records
30 photographs
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Dr. Peter Larkin was an eminent fisheries biologist, well-known and respected for his expertise in the areas of conservation, resource management, and environmental impact assessment. Born in New Zealand in 1924, he later moved to Canada as a child with his family. He received an M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1946, and a D.Phil, from Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholor) in 1948. Larkin was appointed Chief Fisheries Biologist for the British Columbia Game Commission in 1948. He joined the faculty of UBC in 1955 as professor of zoology and Director of the Institute of Fisheries. From 1963 to 1966 he was Director of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada's Pacific Biological Station at Nanaimo, B.C., but returned to UBC in 1966. He was again Director of the Institute of Fisheries from 1966 to 1969 as well as Acting Head (1969-70) and Head (1972-75) of the Department of Zoology; Dean of Graduate Studies (1975-184); Associate Vice-President, Research (1980-86); and Vice President, Research (1986-88). Larkin continued to serve as professor in both Institute of Fisheries (later the Institute of Animal Resource Ecology) and the Department of Zoology until his retirement in 1990, and was appointed to the honorary position of University Professor in 1988. After he retired, he chaired the Royal Society of Canada's Research Evaluation Unit at UBC and the Science Advisory Committee of the Northern River Basins Study in Alberta, and served on the interim governing council of the University of Northern British Columbia. An author of more than 160 scientific papers, he also served on numerous local, national, and international commissions addressing a wide range of scientific and public policy issues. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a recepient of the Order of Canada, and, shortly before his death in 1996, a recipient of the Order of British Columbia.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, notes, and drafts for scientific papers and lectures, overhead transparencies used in lectures, photographs, scrapbooks and publications. The records document Dr. Larkin's research, teaching, and administrative careers, and also provide an overview of his role as a scientific authority on various public issues. Fonds also includes some administrative records from the UBC Institute of Fisheries that had been integrated into the fonds. The records have been arranged into the following series: Subject files; Peter Larkin - Personal; Publications, manuscripts, and lecture notes; Institute of Fisheries/Institute of Animal Resource Ecology; Salmonid Enhancement Program; Rawson Academy of Aquatic Science; British Columbia Packers Limited; SPARK (Strategic Planning for Applied Research and Knowledge - B.C. Science Council); Widerness Advisory Committee; Special Advisory Committee on Strathcona Park; Northern River Basins Study; ICLARM (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management)/ CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research); "Bolt Decision" (United States vs. State of Washington); and IDRC (International Development Research Centre).
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Transferred to the University Archives from Dr. Larkin's office at the Research Evaluation Unit in 1995 and 1996.
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- University of British Columbia. Institute of Fisheries (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. Institute of Animal Resource Ecology (Subject)
- British Columbia Packers (Subject)
- Science Council of British Columbia (Subject)
- Strathcona Park Advisory Committee (Subject)
- International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (Subject)