File consists of a partial list of the material contained in Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" project files.
Item is a profile of Dr. William Rowan, a former zoology professor at the University of Alberta.
Series largely consists of Ainley's administrative activities as professor and chair of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Material is arranged, predominately, according to the activities with which Ainley was involved, including overseeing program restructuring, coverage of the Women's Studies Program in the media, presentations to prospective students, planning for research presentations and conferences, curriculum development and retirement preparation. Series also documents Ainley's appointment as an adjunct professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Victoria. The series also includes records concerning Ainley's graduate student research assistants and their work with her. The series consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, posters, speaking notes, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, articles, course descriptions and syllabi, notes, printed emails, and employment contracts.
Series consists of Ainley's professional development activities throughout her career including attending and speaking at conferences. Most files include information on academic conferences and colloquia she attended and presented at. Series includes speaking notes, conference registration and programs, related research materials, overhead transparencies, slides, and photographs.
File contains correspondence regarding Ainley's research projects largely during the period between 1984-1987.
File consists of the proceedings of the first national conference for women in science, engineering and technology in Vancouver.
File consists of documents and a photograph concerning the cruise that Dr. Ainley and her husband took in 2008. File includes information about the cruise and the ports at which it made stops.
Item is an excerpt from a presentation on economics and immigration that details the globalization, the future of economics and how women can play a roles in the future of technology and engineering.
File consists of the president's report on planning; Ainley's notes for her presentation to the planning committee; a newspaper clipping advertising the vice-president of the University of Northern British Columbia position; and an academic plan for the University of Northern British Columbia.
File consists of a Royal Society of Canada publication "Plan for Advancement of Women in Scholarship."
File consists of printed and photocopied research materials and notes concerning Olive Pink's life and work in Australia.
File contains photographs created in preparation for the sale of Ainley's residence in Prince George. It consists of the wall and floor seam, fireplace, pipes, lighting and dishwasher.
File contains photographs created in preparation for the sale of Ainley's residence in Prince George. It consists of photographs of the roof and exterior of a building as a well as a circuit breaker box.
File consists of photocopies and photographic materials related to Dr. Ainley's research. Photograph shows "Despite the Odds" team at CIC conference in 1990 at Dalhousie. Marika Ainley is third from the right in the photograph.
File consists of archival research on Peter Paul and Montague Chamberlain.
File consists of magazine article about Peter Latz, an Australian botanist.
Series contains two diplomas awarded to Dr. Ainley by the University of Northern British Columbia, news clippings, and photographs. Series also includes some of her activities during her retirement including her art exhibits, a cruise, and membership in Federation of BC Writers.
File consists photos of birds, flowers, travel photos, and some research materials.
File consists of personal correspondence from Stuart and Mary Houston with attached article.
File consists of a consent form, transcript and audio recording from an interview with Peri Mehling conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Mehling's resume and business card as well as correspondence between Mehling and Ainley.
File consists of research materials on Pehr Kalm, a botanist.
File consists of a consent form, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Patti Bateman conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Bateman's resume.
File consists of printed finding aid for Patricia Clarke Papers at the National Library of Australia.
File consists of photocopy of article in CULTURE by Trudy Nicks entitled "Partnerships in Developing Culture Resources: Lessons from the Task Force on Museums and First Peoples."
File consists of a covering letter by Ainley with research notes, an obituary for Parr Traill along with a description of Parr Traill's "Canadian Crusoes," and photocopies of Parr Traill correspondence.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history of Elinor Huntsman Mawson; a photocopy of an article by Tina Crossfield, entitled, "Experience and Perception: A Comparison of Outlooks of Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) and Susana Moodie (1803-1885) in 19th Century Canada"; a photocopy of an excerpt from Parr Traill's monograph, "the Canadian Settler's Guide"; and a photocopy of an excerpt from Parr Traill's monograph, "Studies of Plant Life in Canada."
File consists of photocopies of correspondence sent to Parr Traill and an accompanying list, which provides the senders and send dates of the correspondence. It also includes a family tree.
File consists of printed and photocopied research materials and notes concerning Katie Langloh Parker's life and work in Australia.
File consists of printed article from the Australian Humanities Review entitled "Paradox on the Queensland Frontier: Platypus, lungfish and other vagaries of nineteenth-century science" by Libby Robin.
File consists of photocopy of publication "Paperback: A collection of Black Australian Writings" ed. Jack Davis et al. University of Queensland Press.
Item is discussion in which Rose Sheinan, Susan Drysdale and Claudie Solar discuss and answer questions about their education and the development of their careers as women working in the sciences
File contains posters and correspondence from panel discussions at the University of Northern British Columbia and the Simon De Beauvoir institute.
Subseries contains material relating to Dr. Ainley's research on ornithology beginning in Ainley's graduate research and her early post-doc career. This subseries includes drafts of Ainley's Masters thesis "La Professionnalisation De L'Ornithologie Americaine, 1870-1979" (The Professionalization of American Ornithology, 1870-1979) for the University of Montreal and drafts of her PhD thesis "From Natural History to Avian Biology: Canadian Ornithology 1860-1950" for McGill University. Thus subseries also includes materials related to an uncompleted monograph about the history of the first 100 years of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). The project was originally proposed to the centennial committee of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1979 and was to be completed by Keir Sterling and Charles H. Blake. Ainley was invited to join the project in 1981, shortly after which Charles Blake passed away. In 1987, the project was abandoned, but was then revived in 2003 for the 125 year anniversary based on a revision of the original manuscript and new additions to cover the period of 1983-2008, before being abandoned for a second time. Subseries also contains the research materials for Ainley's chapter in "Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979," entitled, "Field Work and Family: North American Women Ornithologists, 1900-1950." The article details the experience of female ornithologists, focusing on, among others, Margaret Morse Nice and Althea Sherman. Subseries consists of photocopied and hand-copied correspondence between Margaret Morse Nice and Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, between Nice and William Rowan, and between Nice and Althea Sherman.
File consists of research materials, notes, and related correspondence concerning women ornithologists.
File consists of research for Ainley's work on Oral History of Montreal Women Scientists including correspondence, handwritten notes, and interview transcripts.
File consists of records concerning Ainley's oral history interviews and research. File includes research materials, transcripts, and related correspondence.
File consists of financial records from Ainley's oral history research at Concordia along with related correspondence.
Subseries consists of Dr. Ainley's work collecting oral histories as research materials for various research projects with a predominant focus on the experiences of women scientists. Files usually include interview transcripts, consent forms, any related correspondence, photocopied research materials, and notes.
File consists of research materials regarding Okanagan History including book lists, emails, research notes, printouts of online research materials, and a Kamloops visitor guide.
File consists of planning for and information about information sessions in Vancouver for the Women's Studies Program; correspondence acknowledging Ainley's contribution to the University of Northern British Columbia restructuring process and the Women's Studies Program; a brief description of Ainley's research; notes for a presentation about program restructuring to the planning committee of the University of Northern British Columbia; and an overhead transparency with a diagram illustrating the role of women and gender studies in the University of Northern British Columbia.
File consists of typed research notes on books concerning Australian indigenous knowledge and botany.
File consists of handwritten notes on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence's correspondence.
File consists of handwritten notes from archival research.
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 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 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 consists handwritten notes, a photocopy of a photograph of a surveyor sitting at his desk, an obituary for Alice Willard Turner, a draft chapter of the monograph from 1997 about women working in government institutions and correspondence.
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 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.