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 manuscripts in both print and digital versions for "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."
File consists of minutes from meetings on curriculum development in the Women's Studies Program; correspondence about proposed changes to the Women's Studies Program curriculum; memoranda, correspondence and other material relating to the establishment of the Northern Studies Program; memoranda and course descriptions relating to women's studies at the University of British Columbia and the Simon de Beauvoir Institute; and a pamphlet with the academic profiles of the professors at the University of Northern British Columbia.
File consists of pamphlets from the University of Northern British Columbia and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute about the women's studies; motions from the University of Northern British Columbia Senate Committee on Academic Policy and Planning for changes to the Women's Studies Program curriculum; memoranda about discussions of changes to the programs within the College of Arts, Social and Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia; notes from a meeting on curriculum development; and course changes proposed to the University of Northern British Columbia Senate Committee on Academic Policy and Planning.
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 research materials and notes on women faculty at Dalhousie University, including handwritten notes and photocopied archival materials.
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 interview transcript of Delaney Barton in both print and digital form.
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 interview transcript of Diane Bell in both print and digital form.
File consists of documents concerning Ainley's contribution to the New Dictionary of National Biography.
File consists of biographical information and research materials about Australian, Amalie Dietrich.
File consists of two diplomas awarded to Ainley from the University of Northern British Columbia.
File consists of lists and directories of doctoral programs in women's studies in Canada and the United states, a description of women's studies from the "Encyclopedia of Higher Learning"; and correspondence relating to information about women's studies doctoral programs.
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, predominately, of correspondence between Ainley and Speirs relating to travel and ornithology publication recommendations. It also contains archival correspondence between Speirs and Roy Ivor and Spiers and George Watson and a card sent to Ainley by Murray, Speirs's husband, notifying Ainley that she was not included in Speirs's will.
File consists of biographical records concerning Dorothy E. Smith.
File consists of interview transcript of interview with Sylvia Ruby. File includes archival finding aid for Dorothy F. Forward and handwritten notes.
File consists a number of short articles by Ainley, including, "Women and Science: An Inside View/Femmes et Science: Vision de L'interieur," "No More Stereotypes" and "Women's Work in Geology: A Historical Perspective on Gender Division in Canadian Science."
File consists of records concerning the publication of Dr. Ainley's two monographs: "Despite the Odds: Essays on Canadian Women and Science" and Restless Energy: A Biography of William Rowan 1891-1957."""
File consists of archival research on Dr. Alice Evelyn Wilson's life and work from what is now Library and Archives Canada.
File consists of email correspondence regarding Dr. Annie Porter.
File consists of research materials regarding Dr. Helen Belyea, her life and work. The file includes correspondence between Dr. Helen Belyea and Dr. Ainley.
File consists of transcripts and notes from interviews with Dr. Marion Lowe, Hannah Gay, and Andrea Lebowitz.
File consists of photocopies of archival records regarding professor M.L. Benston in the departments of Chemistry and Computer Science from Simon Fraser University Archives.
File largely consists of photocopied material including articles by or about Dr. Pauline Jewett, her doctorial thesis, and a transcribed interview with Jewett. File also contains research notes for Ainley compiled by Christian Torsein.
File consists of the CVs of Sociology professors Dr. Susan Hoecker-Drysdale and Dr. John Philip Drysdale with accompanying handwritten notes.
File consists of records regarding Dr. Ainley oral history interview of Dr. Wendy Dathan. File consists of correspondence between Ainley and Dathan as well a two copies of the interview transcript and supplementary material.
File consists of speaking notes and conference proceedings; instructions for abstract submissions; abstracts; drafts of biographies of women scientists; correspondence; a short biography of David Ainley; A short story by David Ainley; notes; and a curriculum vitae.
File consists of outlines, notes and drafts sections of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980."
File consists of transcript of interview with Elizabeth Allin.
File consists of research materials and related correspondence regarding E. Kathleen Gough Aberle. File includes E. Kathleen Gough Aberle's CV and transcript of interview about her.
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 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 edited and draft manuscripts of "Science from the 'Backwoods'?: Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899)"; a draft of Ainley's presentation, "Colonial Lessons: Catherine Parr Traill (1802-99) and popular science education in Upper Canada" for the Canadian History of Education Association Conference in Quebec City, Quebec in 2002; correspondence relating to the submission of "Science from the 'Backwoods'?: Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899)" to publishers; photocopies of Catharine Parr Traill correspondence; and research notes by Ainley's research assistants on Parr Traill publications.
File consists of research materials regarding the life and career of Edith Berkeley, these include photocopied secondary research materials, photocopied archival materials, correspondence, and notes. File includes photo of the Berkeley's farm house.
Series contains material relating to Ainley's personal projects and research and professional projects. The material consists of transcribed copies of Ainley's early articles; drafts of sections, notes, research material and correspondence relating to "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980"; conference proceedings, research material, notes and correspondence relating to her research project, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; material, predominately course descriptions and syllabi, relating to administering the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia; and photographs and slides relating to both her research and her personal life and hobbies. Series also contains conference proceedings, research notes, bibliographies, curricula vitae and other material.
File consists of interview transcript of Elinor Kartzmark. File includes handwritten notes and related research materials.
File consists of original copies of letters by Elinor Mawson to Marika Ainley and a letter from Ainley to Janet Toole about her research and some personal matters. The letter by Ainley is covered with post-it notes with notes by Janet Toole to Ainley regarding Ainley's research on women in science.
File consists of records concerning Elinor Silver Keeping, including obituaries, hand written notes, and other photocopied research materials.
File consists of printouts of email correspondence predominantly from 2001.
File consists of program for the History of Science Society's 1993 Annual Meeting and a typescript of the talk Ainley gave at the conference entitled "Engendering Canadian Science: Feminist Scientific Biography and the History of Canadian Science." File also contains research materials gathered for this presentation.
File consists of Ethics Review application package for Dr. Ainley's research "Engendering Canadian Science: twelve Biographies" at Concordia University.