Series documents academic research undertaken by Dr. Marika Ainley throughout her academic career. It contains research material from projects in Ainley's main areas of research, the history of ornithology and the history of early and contemporary women scientists, as well as research on the relationship between early women scientists and Aboriginal peoples. The series is arranged into thirteen subseries: ornithology research, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs correspondence monograph; "Scientists vs. government experts: The wood buffalo controversy, 1920-1991," "Restless energy: A biography of William Rowan, 1891-1957," women in science and engineering research, Catharine Parr Traill, "Critical turning points: Women engineers within and outside the profession," funding applications, North American and Australian indigenous knowledge and science, oral histories, "Creating complicated lives," publications, and Mabel F. Timlin. Series consists of photocopies of articles; correspondence; bibliographies; draft and published versions of articles, conference proceedings, and monographs; interviews and transcripts; recordings of conferences; statistical data; questionnaires; consent, submission, and other forms; pamphlets and other material from conferences; applications for grants and funding; overhead transparencies; photographs; and notes.
File consists of handwritten notes by Ainley about her research projects, as well as other events in her life, focusing, predominately on the period from 1985-1993.
Subseries consists of materials concerning Dr. Ainley's book "Restless energy: a biography of William Rowan, 1891-1957." Subseries consists largely of research materials and notes on William Rowan but also includes some related correspondence, a review of the book, and a funding request and acceptance.
File consists of handwritten notes, a page from the "Annals of Science" on reviewing books, and a card praising Ainley's book of William Rowan.
File consists of Rosamund Anne Hyde's thesis for her Master of Applied Science from the Department of Engineering at the University of Victoria, entitled, "Maybe That Would Be All Right: Seeking Just Goals in Engineering Formation" and Deborah George's dissertation for her Doctor of Philosophy from the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria, entitled, "Values and Participation in the Physical Sciences and Engineering: A Comparative Study."
File consists of records related to Ainley's research on Rose Mamelak Johnstone. File includes email correspondence between Ainley and Johnstone, handwritten notes, biographical information, and Johnstone's CV.
File consists of archival research materials and notes concerning Rowan's experiments and excerpts from his workbook. File includes section of a newspaper and photos of fields, some with animals.
Item consists of recordings of music by Saami people.
File consists of research materials related to women in scientific disciplines at Canadian Universities, including enrollment, graduation, and salaries. File includes email correspondence and photocopied records.
File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview with Sandra Haslin conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of teaching materials for WMST 403 class entitled Science, Technology and Women's Lives and some handwritten notes.
File consists of published research on science and knowledge generally.
File consists of a consent form, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Sharlie Huffman conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains a facsimile of Huffman's resume and a business card.
File consists of research paper and notes on women attending Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.
File consists of computer disk with "over[looked?] oral histories" files. Slides primarily contain pictures of women who were the subjects of Ainey's research.
File consists of sound recordings of oral history and research interviews by Ainley and others, conferences, symposia, radio programs, and a literary reading.
File consists of email correspondence related to the writing of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980"; blank email correspondence with attached files containing conference proceedings for Ainley's presentations, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and "Shifting Lenses: Researching the History of Canadian Women and Science"; and Ainley's request for one-term extension to her employment before retirement.
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."
File consists of SSHRC application for Dr. Ainley's work on "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment, and the transfer of knowledge in the 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and related travel expenses.
File consists of research materials and notes on women faculty at St. Mary's University.
File consists tables, reports and other sources containing demographic information on female engineers in Canada; conference proceedings from the 9th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science Technology Historical Association in Kingston, Ontario for Ainley's presentation, "Traditional Knowledge, Gender and the 'Spread of Western Science,' - a Reappraisal of Basalla's model"; correspondence relating to "Critical Turning Points"; and a list of the contents of Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" project files.
File consists of Government publication "Systematics in Agriculture Canada at Ottawa 1886-1986."
File consists of drafts of "The Involvement of Women in the American Ornithologists' Union" by Ainley.
File consists of research on Australian aboriginal botany. File includes printed library catalogue records for books.
File consists of the conference proceedings for Ainley's presentation of "Traditional Environmental Knowledge, Gender, and the 'Spread of Western Science,' -- A Reappraisal of Basalla's Model" at the 9th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science Technology Historical Association in Kingston Ontario.
File consists of a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript and transcript summaries from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of records relating to grant and ethics review applications for Dr. Ainley's research "Transforming the face of Canadian Science: Immigrant Women Natural Scientists 1945-1990" at Concordia University.
File consists of records related to library and archival research in England. File includes printed information on The Welcome Library (formerly the Welcome Institute for the History of Medicine) and related correspondence.
File consists of correspondence relating to women scientists at the University of Manitoba and a list of women at the University of Manitoba before 1970.
File consists of Ainley's ethics approval form for the University of Northern British Columbia to which the description of "Critical Turning Points" submitted to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is attached.
File consists of research materials and notes on women faculty at University of Ottawa, including handwritten notes, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and photocopied archival materials.
File consists of records concerning Ainley's research at University of Victoria on women scientists. File includes financial records, SSHRC forms and grant information, ethics reviews, and correspondence.
File consists of components of Ainley's Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; correspondence relating to her position at the University of Victoria as an adjunct professor and the status of her grant; correspondence requesting and extension to the grant; and ethics approval forms submitted to the University of Victoria.
File consists of University of Western Australia Thesis: "Cultural Realities and Partial Truths: Gendered Ethnographies in Northern Aboriginal Australia" by Sandy Toussaint.
File consists of unpublished works and talks or presentations Dr. Ainley made on her research relating to women scientists in Canada. File includes 7 overhead transparencies for two of her presentations.
File consists of speaking notes, programs, pamphlets, and notes from various conferences Ainley attended. File also contains receipts and reimbursements for travel costs.
File consists of conference proceedings from Ainley's presentations, "'Gynopia' at Work: Gendered Careers in Canadian Science," "Gendered Careers: Canadian women in science, 1890-1970," "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and "Women and the Popularization of Science: 19th-century Women Science Writers in Canada"; an annual report for the University of Northern British Columbia; notes; and other material.
File consists of speaking notes for a speech made by Ainley on December 6, 2000 at a memorial for the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal, Quebec; Ainley's retirement speech speaking notes; and speaking notes for a presentation of Ainley's research for her Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded project, "Engendering Canadian Science: Biographies of Women Scientists."
File consists of research materials by or about Dr. Helen Watson Veran and Aboriginal Australians science.
File consists of a profile of video about William Rowan and a presentation by Ainley, entitled, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia."
File consists of Ainley's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant application and approval for her research on "William Rowan: A Biography." File includes application forms, correspondence, notes, and a SSHRC publication "Research Grants: Guide for Applicants."
File consists of archival research materials and related correspondence concerning William Rowan.
File consists of research materials concerning ornithologist William Rowan. File includes photocopied published and archival research materials, publications, handwritten notes, photographs, and related correspondence.
File consists of research materials related to wives in science, including an interview with [Joan Hochbaum]. File also includes photocopied archival and secondary research materials and a pamphlet for a university symposium.
File consists of two audio cassettes from a symposium on women and engineering in 1991.
Item is the first part of a symposium on women in engineering that hopes to describe and provide concrete suggests on how to improve the experience of women working in the engineering field.
Item is the second part of a symposium on women in engineering that hopes to describe and provide concrete suggests on how to improve the experience of women working in the engineering field