Oral History

The Hon. David Vanek 1994, 163 pages

Documenting the life and career of David Vanek (b. 1915), a lawyer who was appointed Magistrate in 1968, and became a Provincial Court Judge later that year. Interview topics include: University of Toronto; articling; Osgoode Hall Law School; lecturer, Osgoode Hall; World War II; appointment as Magistrate; change from Magistrate to Provincial Court Judge; select cases; Judges of the Provincial Court, 1968; Provincial Judges Association; Criminal Justice in Ontario, report, 1987. Interview conducted by Christine J.N. Kates. File includes six audio cassette recordings from a series of three interviews and a transcript with index (155 p.).

Date Started: 07/07/1994

Status: Open

Interviewer: Christine J.N. Kates

Occupation: Judge

Number of pages: 163

Read more about: Ontario Court of Justice

Archive Details

Archive Link: https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2065271

Archive Code: C 81-2-0-55

Title: Interviews with David Vanek

Date: July 1994 - Aug. 1994

Description: Textual records, Sound recordings

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (includes 6 audio cassettes (ca. 300 minutes))

Restrictions: None

Container Info: (Textual records are located in container B437131; sound recordings are located in container B436746)

Location: Interview conducted as part of the Criminal Lawyers Project.

David Vanek

David Vanek served as a Provincial Court judge from 1968 until 1989 when he retired. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1939, just as World War II was breaking out in Europe. During the war Vanek served in the Canadian Intelligence Corps and Field Security in England from 1943 to 1945. Upon… Read more »