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Andrea Lebowitz Interview

Interview with Andrea Liebowitz, Literature/Women’s Studies professor at Simon Fraser University, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Liebowitz talks about when she first started working as part of the small faculty at SFU, and several of the colleagues she met, particularly Kathleen Gough and Maggie Benston.

Anne B. Underhill Interview

Interview with astrophysicist, Dr. Anne B. Underhill, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Underhill talks about how she grew up in Vancouver and attended UBC during the 1940s. She goes on to talk about her various positions, including at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and at NASA. They also discuss Underhill’s experience with gender discrimination as a single woman working in an advanced scientific field.

Antonia Mills Interview

Interview with anthropologist, Dr. Antonia Mills, for Marianne Ainley’s research project, “Re-explorations: Gender, Science and Environment in the 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia." The interview was conducted by Ainly’s research assistant Anna-Stina Kjellstrom. Mills talks about her academic career, and her experience researching the culture of the Beaver Indians [Dane-Zaa] in northern BC. She also talks about the differences between Indigenous and Western world views around knowledge.

Beryl Amaron Interview

Interview with Beryl Amaron for Marianne Ainley’s research project, “Re-explorations: Gender, Science and Environment in the 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia." The interview was conducted by Ainly’s research assistant Anna-Stina Kjellstrom. Amaron talks about her MA thesis, "More than Useable Tools: Towards and appreciation of Ne?kepx Fibre Technology as a Significant Expression of Culture." She explains her focus on women’s work, gender divisions she observed in the community, and difficulties she had while conducting her fieldwork.

Delaney Barton Interview

Interview with Delaney Barton for Marianne Ainley’s research project, “Re-explorations: Gender, Science and Environment in the 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia." Barton talks about her time living and teaching in the northern Yukon town, Old Crow. She discusses adjusting to the remoteness of the town, and the cultural differences she experienced.

Diane Bell Interview

Interview with Australian anthropologist, Dr. Diane Bell, for Marianne Ainley’s research project, “Re-explorations: Gender, Science and Environment in the 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia." Bell talks about her book, Ngarrindjeri wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be. She also talks about how she became interested in anthropology and feminism, and the kinds of research she does in Australia, and her experience with aboriginal informants.

Dorothy E. Smith Interview

Interview with sociologist, Dr. Dorothy Smith, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Smith talks about her family and growing up in Yorkshire, England. She goes on to explain how she eventually attended college in order to escape tedious secretary jobs, which led to an academic career in sociology. Smith also discusses moving to the USA and Canada, and working as a single parent. She also touches on her involvement in the women’s movement, working on various women’s associations, including the BC Women Studies Association, and Women’s Research Centre.

Elinor M. Kartzmark Interview

Interview with chemist, Dr. Elinor Kartzmark for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Kartzmark explains growing up in rural Manitoba, attending the University of Winnipeg, and later teaching at that same university. They discuss how gender and adopting a child affected Kartzmark’s professional career.

Erin Sherry Interview

Interview with Dr. Erin Sherry, for Marianne Ainley’s research project, “Re-explorations: Gender, Science and Environment in the 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia." Sherry and Ainly talk about research in indigenous communities. They discuss incorporating deeper indigenous knowledge across academic disciplines and into government institutions, and the competing research interests of indigenous communities and outside organizations. Sherry also talks about some of her experience working with people from the northern Yukon town, Old Crow.

Fumiko Ikawa-Smith Interview

Interview with anthropologist, Dr. Fumiko Ikawa-Smith for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Ikawa-Smith talks about growing up and attending university for English Literature in Japan and her later transition to studying archaeology at Harvard. She also explores details of her work at McGill, doing research on Japanese archaeology, and how her career was affected by being a wife and mother.

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