File contains material by and about Martha Johnson. It consists of a printout of a biography, a description of a publication, catalogue records and a report from a pilot project, entitled, "Traditional Dene Environmental Knowledge."
File contains material by and about June Helm. It consists of catalogues records, printouts of descriptions of monographs, a short biography and two articles by Helm.
File consists of notes on a publication by Lizette Hall, entitled, "The Carrier, My People" and a printout of an article, entitled, "The Languages of Contact" that mentions Lizette Hall and her father.
File contains material by and about Heather Harris. It consists of correspondence between Harris and Anna-Stina Kjellstrom about a meeting; Harris's curriculum vitae; a printout of a biography of Harris; abstracts and information relating to presentations and workshops by Harris; and articles by Harris.
File consists of a printout of an online version of Furniss's curriculum vitae, notes about Furniss's publication, "Changing ways: Southern Carrier History, 1793-1940,"and a printout of an online description of "The Burden of history: Colonialism and the Frontier Myth in a Rural Canadian Community."
File consists of notes about publications by Jo-Anne Fiske.
File contains material about Julie Cruikshank. It consists of notes on publications by Cruikshank; printouts of library catalogue search results; correspondence, predominately between the Yukon Archives and Anna-Stina Kjellstrom about requests tapes of interviews with Aboriginal people by Cruikshank; catalogue records for publications by Cruikshank; descriptions of publications by Cruikshank; and an article excerpt.
File contains material about Jennifer Brown. It consists of a printout of an online biography, catalogues records for publications by Brown, notes on publications by Brown and correspondence relating to research about Brown.
File contains material about Marie Battiste. It consists of a printout of an online curriculum vitae, catalogues records for publications by Battisite, notes on publications by Battiste and a description for a conference presentation by Battiste
File contains material about Beryl Amaron. It consists correspondence relating to an interview of Amaron by Ainley's research assistant, Anna-Stina Kjellstrom, as well as correspondence relating to and catalogue records for Amaron's Master of Arts thesis, entitled, "More than Useable Tools: Towards and appreciation of Ne?kepx Fibre Technology as a Significant Expression of Culture."
File contains material about Anna Jameson. It consists of photocopied excerpts of publications by and about Jameson, most of which have attached catalogue records, and a chronology of Jameson's life.
File consists of an excerpt from "A Sportsman's Eden," a book by Clive Phillipps-Wolley.
File consists of two lists of female recipients of Aboriginal ethnobotanical knowledge.
File contains material about Julia Henshaw. It consists of catalogue records of publications related to Henshaw, printouts of search results with publications about Henshaw and printouts of article excerpts with information about Henshaw.
File contains material about Elizabeth Simcoe. It consists of photocopies of excerpts from publications and archival material with catalogue records attached, a bibliography and notes.
File contains material about Catharine Parr Traill. It consists of a photocopy of an excerpt from an article, entitled, "'The Only Thing Like Civilized Life': Transplanted women and their New World Gardens" and printouts from a subsite within the National Library and Archives Canada website about Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill.
File contains material about Mary Schaffer. It consists of notes from publications about Schaffer by Ainley's research assistant, Julie Thacker; a photograph of Schaffer; a description of an archival acquisition of Mary Schaffer photographs; and a short biography of Schaffer.
File contains material about Catharine Jeremie. It consists of genealogical website printouts with the birth and death dates of Jeremie and some of her ancestors.
File contains material about and by Charlotte Flett King. It consists of correspondence sent by Ainley and her research assistant, Anna-Stina Kjellstrom, relating to research requests. File also contains notes, excerpts from articles, photocopies of archival material, excerpts from finding aids, and other material.
File contains material about and by Charlotte Selina Bompas. It consists of notes on Bompas, catalogue records for publications about Bompas, a photocopy of Bompas's memoirs, search results for archival material and excerpts from publications on Bompas.
File contains material about and by George Mercer Dawson. It consists of article excerpts, catalogue records, notes and search results.
File consists of transcribed notes on a presentation, entitled, "First Nation and Management of Natural Resources" by Eldon Yellowhorn.
File contains material about Martha Louise Black. It consists of correspondence, a newspaper article, a catalogue record, printouts of finding aids and a bibliography from the Yukon Archives.
File consists of notes on manuscripts written by Ainley's research assistants and a bibliography of publications about contact between First Nations and Western peoples.
File contains material about Molly Brant. It consists of an article, correspondence containing summary information, a catalogue record and a chronology.
File consists of articles about First Nations and education and First Nations art and a review of a book about women in the history of rhetoric.
File consists of catalogue records and excerpts from articles about Aboriginal painting, weaving, carving, knitting and other arts.
File consists of catalogue records relating to books on Aboriginal women and interactions between Western women and Aboriginal women; excerpts from articles from museum websites about Mary Shaefer, including an excerpt from an article by Ainley; and excerpts from museum websites about First Nations beadwork and textiles.
File consists of catalogue records of and excerpts from ethnobotany publications on traditional Dene medicine and the medicinal uses of North American plants and herbs in the Canadian arctic and a listing of correspondence from the Mildred Trotter papers.
File consists of catalogue records for and excerpts and articles about the history of Aboriginal peoples, ethnobotany and Aboriginal and a schedule from the Fifth North American Fur Trade Conference.
File consists of catalogue records for publications related to autobiographical histories of Aboriginal peoples and a photocopy of the monograph, "Kohkominawak Otacimowiniwawa: Our Grandmothers' Lives, as Told in their Own Words."
File consists of a summary of research by research assistant Anna-Stina Kjellstrom, bibliographies relating to ethnobotany resources, a list of online resources, a list of archives with holdings relating to female recipients of Aboriginal ethnobotanical knowledge and a list of books suggested for interlibrary loan.
File consists of a list of books owned by Ainley; a list of bibliographies relating to the transfer of environmental knowledge from Aboriginal to Western women; bibliographies about First Nations from the Yukon and British Columbia; bibliographies relating to ethnobotany and traditional medicine; a bibliography of interlibrary loan suggestions; a bibliography of publications on carrier history and culture; a list of digitized women's travel writing from 1830 to 1930; and a list of citations from an unidentified publication.
File consists of a research assistant's notebook with notes from meetings about research and research planning.
Subseries consists of Dr. Ainley's requests for funding for a variety of projects throughout her career. Most of Ainley's research was funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants but she also applied for funding from other sources. These research projects include "First Nations Women and Environmental Knowledge in Northern North America - A Preliminary Investigation," "Biographical Research on Women Scientists in Canada," "Women and Scientific Work in Canada, 1890-1960," "Engendering Science: Twelve Biographies," "Women and Scientific Work in Canada. III. "Women's Work in Government and Industry, 1890-1990," "Engendering Canadian Scientists," and her research on Mabel McIntosh. Not all of these projects were accepted and funded. Subseries predominately consists of grant application forms and correspondence with granting agencies.
File consists of records related to rejected grant applications for Ainley's various research projects from 1978-1988. File includes application forms, research proposals, and related correspondence.
File consists of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant information and application for Ainley's research on "Engendering Canadian Scientists."
File consists of records related to the Women and Work grant application for Ainley's chapter on "Women and Scientific Work in Canada. III. "Women's Work in Government and Industry, 1890-1990." File includes application forms, research proposals, and related correspondence.
File consists of Ainley's grant application for her project on "Engendering Science: Twelve Biographies." File includes application forms, and related correspondence.
File consists of correspondence (largely through email) regarding Dr. Ainley's Request for Funding from the Child Welfare Research Centre and related records.
File consists of records related it a variety of Ainley's research projects, including her application for the Women and Work Strategic Grant through Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and her research on Mabel McIntosh.
File consists of records regarding Dr. Ainley's grant applications for her early research as a Fellow. File includes correspondence, application forms, and guidelines for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants.
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 grant application and information on Dr. Ainley's grant for her research on "Women and Scientific Work in Canada, 1890-1960." File includes application forms, correspondence, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) application guide, and reports.
File consists of information on Ainley's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) applications and funding. In 1992/1993 she was granted funding for her project on "First Nations Women and Environmental Knowledge in Northern North America - A Preliminary Investigation." File includes information on student assistants hired to help with this research project. Files also contains application for funding for her research on "Biographical Research on Women Scientists in Canada."
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.
Subseries contains Ainley's research material on Catherine Parr Traill (nee Strickland). The subseries includes research for and manuscripts of: the conference presentation and book chapter, "Science in Canada's 'Backwoods'?: Catharine Parr Traill" (originally titled, "Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899): A Woman Science Writer in 19th Century Canada"); the conference presentation, "Women and the Popularization of Science: 19th-century Women Science Writers in Canada"; and the conference presentation, "Colonial Lessons: Catherine Parr Traill (1802-99) and Popular Science Education in Upper Canada"; and publication "Circulating Gendered Knowledge: Catharine Parr Traill's Colonial Science Lessons, 1836-1895." Subseries consists of photocopied archival material, research notes, overhead transparencies, correspondence, manuscripts, and articles.
File consists of research materials on Catharine Parr Traill including photocopied research materials, Ainley's drafts, and research notes.
File consists of drafts of "Circulating Gendered Knowledge: Catharine Parr Traill's Colonial Science Lessons, 1836-1895" and forms and correspondence regarding publication.
File consists of draft of "Circulating Gendered Knowledge: Catharine Parr Traill's Colonial Science Lessons, 1836-1895" and 5 overhead transparencies with coloured images.