Beyond the lab
Marina Bokovay
Marina Bokovay is the Head of uOttawa’s Archives and Special Collections. In this first instalment of Beyond the Lab, we chat with Marina about the Archives and Special Collections, their purpose and importance, and the department’s Canadian Archive of Women in STEM project.
Allie Vibert Douglas
Allie Vibert Douglas (OC, MBE and LLD ’75) was a Canadian astronomer and the first Canadian woman to become an astrophysicist. This episode of Beyond the Lab remembers her amazing contribution to her field, and as a pioneer for women pursuing STEM research. Allie Vibert Douglas’s fonds are held at the Queen’s University Archives.
Monique Frize
Monique Frize (BASc ’66) was the first female engineering graduate from the University of Ottawa. This instalment of Beyond the Lab uncovers how she went on to become a renowned biomedical engineering expert, and one of UOttawa’s most championed alumni. Monique Frize’s fonds are held at the University of Ottawa’s Archives and Special Collections.
Jennifer Thivierge
Jennifer Thivierge is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on examining the history of Canadian women’s contributions to computer science, particularly women in Canadian university programs between 1945 and 1990. In this instalment of Beyond the Lab, we chat with Jennifer about her research and her experience being the recipient of an Ingenium-University of Ottawa Fellowship in Gender, Science and Technology.