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File contains material, based on research done in Canada, for Ainley's research project, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia." It consists of correspondence, lists of participants, coding sheets, thematic analyses and transcripts from interviews.

File consists of records concerning the Canadian Committee on Women in Engineering including correspondence, meeting minutes, and other documents.

File consists of handwritten notes on lined paper and cue cards as well as photocopied research materials and newspaper on Canadian universities.

File consists of records regarding Dr. Ainley's application for the Women and Work Strategic Grant and grant renewal through Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). File includes correspondence, application forms, and handwritten notes regarding these applications.

File consists of archival research materials and notes on Dr. Helen Belyea including requests for the aforementioned research material. File also includes research materials on Dr. Grace Anne Stewart and general research materials on women in geology. Included is a conference schedule on Women in the Geosciences from 1992 and a student paper from that year.

File consists of research materials concerning Canadian women in Physics, including handwritten notes, photocopied articles, newspaper clippings, and drafts.

File consists of notes and "Science and Society" by Gerhard Herzberg in the Basterfield Lecture Series.

File consists of research notes and materials related to Canadian women marine biologists and oceanologists.

File consists of Residents Reports on the Canadian Women's Studies Association from 1999 and a pamphlet for a Colloquium on Gender, Science, & Environment: "Centering Women in the Landscape."

File consists of proceedings from presentations of "Science lessons for everyone? The writings of Catharine Parr Traill, 1802-1899" and "Colonial Lessons: Catherine Parr Traill (1802-99) and popular science education in Upper Canada"; other material on Catharine Traill; and an abstract for an article on the life of Madeline (Mach) Izowsky, a Polish immigrant who spent most of her life in Prince George.

File consists of proceedings and drafts of a presentation of "Science lessons for everyone? The writings of Catharine Parr Traill, 1802-1899."

File consists of correspondence and printed webpages on research at Central Queensland University.

Item is an interview, completed for the History of Women at UBC project, in which Rona Wallis discusses her experiences as a woman studying chemical engineering at the University of British Columbia.

File consists of three issues of the 2002 volume of "Chemical Heritage: Newsmagazine of the Chemical Heritage Foundation" and "Women's Contribution to Chemistry" from the 76th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.

File consists of printed webpages with information about Cheryl M. Bartlett and her research.

File consists of research material on Professor Clara C. Benson, a professor in the department of Food Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Materials consist mostly of printouts and photocopies of books, newspapers, and archival materials at the University of Toronto Archives.

File consists of a consent form, transcript, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Clare Raska conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview with Colleen Ackermann conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of a description of and schedule for "Women Do Math," a conference held at Simon Fraser University on March 2, 1991.

File consists of conference proceedings and a backup for conference proceedings for the presentation, "Science lessons for everyone? The writings of Catharine Parr Traill, 1802-1899," which was presented at the Joint Annual Conference of the American Society of Environmental History and the National Council on Public History.

File consists of conference proceedings relating to presentations on Catharine Parr Traill and Ainley's research project, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; correspondence; notes on a publication; and notes on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence correspondence.

File consists of bound conference proceedings from "The Women, Gender and Science Question," a conference held at the University of Minnesota from May 10-12, 1995.

File consists of conference proceedings; drafts of biographies of women scientists; a curriculum vitae; an article; correspondence; and lists of sources.

File consists of conference proceedings and conference proceedings notes; draft edited versions of Ainley's book chapter, "Gendered Careers: Women Science Educators at Anglo-Canadian Universities, 1920-1980"; shortened curricula vitae; and the text for didactic panels for an art exhibition at the University of Northern British Columbia.

File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of the document "Contributions to the Status of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, and to Women in Academe" and handwritten notes.

File consists of a catalogue of books on or by Australian Aborigines sold by the Cornstalk Bookshop.

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence between Ainley and colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances. Correspondence includes handwritten and typescript letters, postcards, Birthday cards, and Christmas cards.

File consists of correspondence between Ainley and IIona Schaulfer; short biographies of Monique Frize and Elsie Gregory MacGill; and a description of Alison Bowe's research project on female engineering graduates from Queen's University with an attached list of Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" project files.

File consists of correspondence relating to questions to be asked to interview participants; requests for information about women engineers; and other material providing background information on the demographics of engineering from professional and university alumni associations.

File consists of correspondence between Ainley and the editor of the University of British Columbia Press, Jean Wilson; an abstract and descriptions of chapters submitted to the University of British Columbia Press; style guides from the University of British Columbia Press; an author handbook from the University of British Columbia Press; and a pamphlet on symbols used for proofing text.

File consists of correspondence relating to edits and comments on early versions of the monograph and a description of the monograph project from one of Ainley's grant applications.

File consists of handwritten and typescript correspondence regarding Ainley's research on ornithology.

File consists of correspondence regarding visiting fellowship in Australia.

File consists of correspondence, drafts and research materials. The letters are mostly to Nature Canada and about Ainley's chapter "Great Danes."

File consists of research, conference travel and other correspondence; abstracts for Ainley's articles; conference proceedings for, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and other conference proceedings by Ainley for presentations on the history of women scientists, women's studies methodologies and women naturalists; drafts of articles and material about Catharine Parr Traill; and short biographies of William Rowan and Alice Wilson.

File consists of excerpts of course notes from Ainley's courses, Gender 707: Feminist Perspectives on Science and Technology and Women's Studies 403: Science, Technology and Women's Lives; the proceedings from Ainley's presentation at the History of Science Society Annual Conference in 1997, "Women and Field Work in Canada: persistence and strategies, 1815-1990"; and excerpts.

File consists of course outlines, drafts of articles on Catharine Parr Traill and draft sections of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980."

Subseries documents the research for Ainley's monograph, originally titled, "Overlooked Dimensions: Women and Scientific Work at Canadian Universities, 1884-1980." The monograph draws on research from previous research projects and was conceptualized as a culmination of Ainley's life's work. The monograph was incomplete at the time of her death and was published posthumously after being edited by Marlene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham under the title "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980." Originally scheduled to be published by UBC press shortly after Ainley's death in 2008, the manuscript was published by the McGill-Queen's University Press in 2012. Subseries consists of articles and excerpts from publications by Ainley and others, audio recordings of interviews and presentations, notes, drafts, and correspondence.

File consists of possible peer reviews of Ainley's book on "Creating complicated lives: women and science at English-Canadian universities, 1880-1980."

File consists of records regarding the collaborative project on "Critical Turning Points: Women Engineers within and outside the Profession" including memos, meeting minutes, proposals, drafts, and other documents.

Subseries documents "Critical Turning Points: Women Engineers Within and Outside the Profession," a study funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) strategic grant. The study was broken up into four projects: "Women in Engineering: A Historical Overview," a project based on analyzing statistical and demographic data to establish a statistical profile of women in engineering; "The Explorers: Early Women Engineers," a project based on conducting oral histories and examining archival material to establish the reasons for early engineers choosing their careers; "Women's Exit from Engineering Studies, a project based on using semi-structured interviews to analyze reasons for women departing from their degree programs; and "Women's Exit from the Engineering Profession," a project based on open-ended unstructured interviews of former male and female engineers to analyze their reasons for leaving the profession. Ainley was a co-investigator on the study, along with the principal investigator, Peta Tancred, and co-investigators Susan Whitesides and Gillian Rejskind, and was involved in all the projects, except, "Women's Exit from Engineering Studies." Subseries consists of audio tapes and transcripts from interviews with female engineers, questionnaires from a project on Queen's University female engineering graduates by Alison Bowe, research notes, articles, conference proceedings, brochures and correspondence.

File consists of a grant application filed by Peta Tancred on "Critical Turning Points: Women Engineers within and outside the Profession" where Ainley was to collaborate on the project. File includes grant application forms and correspondence regarding the application and budget for the project.

File consists of multiple versions of Ainley's curriculum vitae and conference proceedings from presentations relating to Ainley's research project, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia."

Item is an interview about Allie Vibert's career, her involvement with the International Federation of University Women and her activities at Queen's University, during which she pushed for the enrolment of women into the Faculty of Medicine.

File consists of research materials and notes concerning Delphine Maclellan, including photocopied records as well as typescript and handwritten notes.

File consists of research materials concerning Delphine Maclellan and Elinor Silver Keeping. File includes correspondence, interview transcripts, archival finding aids, and photocopies of archival material.

File consists of the description of and budget for "Critical Turning Points" submitted to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

File consists of documents concerning Ainley's research on Dolores Pushkar Gold. File includes email correspondence, Pushkar Gold's CV, Gold's obituary, and Ainley's draft.

File consists of biographical records concerning Dorothy E. Smith.