File consists of memoranda addressed to and the curricula vitae of professors with a commitment to and proposed participation in the Master of Arts in Gender Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia and correspondence from the Graduate Studies and Research Committee at the University of Northern British Columbia.
File documents Ainley's proposal to hold the 8th Symposium on Society and Natural Resource Management at the University of Northern British Columbia. It consists of a proposal, input from and information about the city of Prince George, a proposal for the 6th Symposium on Society and Natural Resource Management to be held at Pennsylvania State University; minutes from the meeting of a group at the University of Northern British Columbia helping to create the proposal; correspondence; and a photocopy of the call for proposals to host the Symposium on Society and Natural Resource Management.
Item is a lecture given by Dr. Sharon-Dale Stone, a professor of sociology, for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia on how invisible disabilities affect women.
File consists of a draft of a brief report that outlines the historical contribution of women to science and technology and provides suggestions for how to commemorate the contributions of women to science and technology.
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 drafts of the 3rd chapter and other sections of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980" and conference proceedings and articles related to Catharine Parr Traill.
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 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 consists of correspondence, lists of participants, coding sheets, thematic analyses and transcripts from interviews conducted as part of Ainley's research for "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia."
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 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 CASCA conference information including the 1992 conference program and related correspondence. File also includes employment information concerning Alysa Praamsma, and book purchase, and related correspondence.
File consists of correspondence concerning Ainley's book on women in science. Some letters describe personal experiences of women in science.
File consists of correspondence and notes concerning Ainley's research on women in science.
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 correspondence between Ainley and John Sabean about the book project and Spiers
File contains correspondence that appears to have been selected for inclusion in "A Special Affinity: The Correspondence of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs." It consists of photocopies and some handwritten copies of correspondence between Speirs and Lawrence, most of which relates to birding and ornithology projects carried out by Speirs and Lawrence.
File consists of transcribed correspondence between Lawrence and Speirs on a variety of personal and ornithological topics as well as some of Ainley
File consists of handwritten notes and photocopied research materials on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of research materials and related correspondence concerning Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of sections of a photocopied edited paper on Canadian women anthropologists.
File consists of research materials concerning minorities in the sciences. Materials include photocopied newsletter, newspaper clipping from the Montreal Gazette on racial discrimination, a paper by one of Dr. Ainley's students, Dr. Glenda C. Prkachin's CV, printed images of landscapes and women on paper, and 2 overhead transparencies. Finally, file includes a collection of archival reproductions of photographs from Dr. Elinor Huntsman Manson's collection.
File consists of several publications by the Royal Society of Canada and printed emails between Ainley and Sophie Nina (from the Royal Society of Canada) where Ainley requested information on the number of women in the society.
File consists of schedules, agendas, newsletters, press releases, and posters from the Royal Society of Canada 1993 Annual General Meeting and Women's Caucus.
File consists of biographical records concerning Dorothy E. Smith.
File consists of records concerning Elinor Silver Keeping, including obituaries, hand written notes, and other photocopied research materials.
File consists of photocopied articles for Ainley's research.
File consists of access to records requests from the McGill University Archives for Ainley's research.
File consists of contract, research materials, and drafts concerning Julia Wilmotte Henderson (Henshaw).
File consists of research materials and notes concerning Julia Wilmotte Henderson (Henshaw), including printouts, photocopies, and correspondence.
File consists of research notes and correspondence on women scientists at Acadia College and University of New Brunswick.
File consists of research paper and notes on women attending Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.
File consists of research materials and notes on women at McGill University, including handwritten notes, photocopied archival materials, news clippings, and related correspondence.
File consists of research materials and notes on women at Universite de Montreal, including handwritten notes, photocopied archival materials, typewritten assignment, and related correspondence.
File consists of research materials and notes on women at University of Saskatchewan, including handwritten notes, photocopied archival materials, photocopies from publications, and related correspondence.
File consists of email correspondence and photocopied archival research materials regarding Norma Ford Walker.
File consists of transcript of tape recorded research notes on Aileen Ross and related handwritten notes.
File consists of photocopied pages from publications by Nancy Turner and biographical information about Nancy Turner.
File consists of photocopied pages from publications by Wendy Wickwire.
File consists of handwritten notes on Maggie Benston's life and career.
File consists of notes concerning Mary Brian's life and career.
File consists of archival research and notes concerning Dr. Helen S. Hogg.
File consists of photocopied research materials regarding scholarships for women in science at Canadian universities.
File consists of photocopied information on Maud Leonora Menten, a medical scientist.
File consists of research materials concerning Margaret Benston including archival research, photocopied articles, notes, and related correspondence.
File consists of articles by Jun Takeda, a Japanese Ecologist.
File consists of a photocopy of the British National Catalogue on books published between 1837 and 1857; correspondence and early draft manuscripts of "Science in Canada's 'Backwoods'?: Catharine Parr Traill" under its original title, "Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899): A Woman Science Writer in 19th Century Canada;" Ainley's research notes; correspondence relating to research at the National Archives of Canada; a curatorial essay for an exhibition at McGill University, entitled, "Leaves from the Physick Garden: Historic Herbals from the Osler Library and the Department of Rare books and Special Collections;" a photocopy of the National Union Catalog of the United States of pre-1956 imprints; and transcripts of correspondence sent by Parr Traill to Katie Traill, Parr Traill's granddaughter, and Frances Stewart, Parr Traill's neighbour and friend.
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 photocopy of an article by David Jackel, entitled, "Mrs. Moodie and Mrs. Parr Traill, and the Fabrication of the Canadian Tradition."
File consists of 4 overhead transparencies, photocopies of images and proceedings from a lecture at Concordia University in 1994, entitled, "Science from the 'Backwoods'?: Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899);" conference proceedings from Ainley's lecture, "Women and the Popularization of Science: 19th-century Women Science Writers in Canada" at 8th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association in Kingston, Ontario in 1993; two copies of the proceedings from "An 'Active Botanist': Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) and Women's Science Writing in Canada" at the Catharine Traill Naturalists' Club in Montreal, Quebec in 1994; a listing of women who corresponded with Charles Darwin; research notes by Ainley; an agenda from a History of Science Society (HSS) Women's Committee meeting in October 1994, a program addendum from an HSS conference; correspondence relating to submissions to "Science in the Vernacular" and archival research relating to Parr Traill; a curatorial essay for an exhibition at McGill University, entitled, "Leaves from the Physick Garden: Historic Herbals from the Osler Library and the Department of Rare books and Special Collections;" a photocopy of an excerpt of from "Studies of Plant Life in Canada;" and a photocopy of a biography of Parr Traill by J.L. McKeever.