Student Projects in Western Women's History
As part of their program requirements, post-secondary students often complete innovative, inspiring, and valuable projects in western Canadian women's and gender history. The Alberta Women's Memory Project is pleased to showcase such work on our website.
New projects will be added on an ongoing basis. If you wish to submit a project for consideration, please review our submission guidelines, below.
Recent Student Work in Western Canadian Women's and Gender History
- Danielle Fleming, "Rural Prairie Education: Women's Activism Towards Educating Farm Children"
Completed for History/Women's Studies 363: The Women's West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement, Athabasca University, 2013. - Lindsay Roberts, "Gold Rush Girls: Newcomer and Native Women's Relationships during Yukon's Gold Rush."
Completed for History/Women's Studies 363: The Women's West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement, Athabasca University, 2012. - Lauren Minielly, "Women in the Development of Edmonton Hospitals, 1900-1910"
Completed for History/Women's Studies 363: The Women's West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement, Athabasca University, 2012. - Murray Walford, "Naming Time: Mountains, Trails, Rivers, Rails, and Ours"
Completed for MAIS 621 - Narrative Possibilities, Athabasca University, 2010. - Stephanie Jayne Simon, "Women on the Canadian Prairies"
Completed for History/Women's Studies 363: The Women's West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement, Athabasca University, 2009. - Suzanne Ashby, "The History of Women Educators in Manitoba Between the Years 1880 and 1940"
Completed for History/Women's Studies 363: The Women's West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement, Athabasca University, 2009. - Doris MacKinnon, "Just an Ordinary Person: The History of Dr. Ethel Taylor"
Completed for History/Women's Studies 363: The Women's West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement, Athabasca University, 2004. - Collette Oseen, Women Teachers in Edmonton Public Schools, 1940-1950
Masters Thesis, University of Alberta 1985.
If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us.
Submission Guidelines
The AWMP invites postsecondary instructors to submit student projects for consideration for posting on this webpage. All submissions will be reviewed by the AWMP Board. To be eligible for consideration, the project must have been written as part of a postsecondary university or college program. All submissions must include: (1) electronic copy of student project; (2) letter from instructor detailing the course name and number, as well as university name, for which the project was completed; (3) full name and address of instructor and student; and (4) date of project completion. Also, if the project includes information obtained from human subjects, a detailed letter describing how this material was obtained must be provided. Submissions should be sent to awmp@athabascau.ca.
Student & Academic Services for The Alberta Women's Memory Project - Last Updated July 11, 2024
