Ph.D., Interdisciplinary, (Communications, Computer Science, Women’s Studies)

Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby B.C.

M.A., Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Master's studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, North York Ont.

Non-matriculated graduate student, Social Management of Technology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Washington, Seattle WA.

Director, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab (ATIC-DL). School of Communication, Faculty of Applied Science, Simon Fraser University.

Jan. 1991-

Received tenure, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Associate Professor, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Undergraduate Courses Taught:

Graduate Courses Taught:

June 1996-

Received tenure and promoted to Associate Professor, Women's Studies Program, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Jan. 1991-

Assistant Professor, Women's Studies Program, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Undergraduate Courses Taught:

Graduate Courses Taught:

Instructor, Department of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Instructor, Department of Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Distance Education Supervisor, Department of Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Instructor, Department of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Instructor, Department of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Instructor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Instructor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Teaching Assistant, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Teaching Assistant, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Women's Studies. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Principal Investigator, Western Economic Diversification Grant for Preparation of grant proposal to develop and submit a research proposal to the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, to support socio-technical research concerned with health information technology.

Co-Investigator, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Principal Investigator, Office of Learning Technologies New Practices in Workplace Learning Program.

Project title: Pathways to Learning at Work: Enhanced Learning in Healthcare. $149,850.

Co-PI (with Allan Best, UBC and Vancouver General Hospital). Science Council of British Columbia.

Project title: Knowledge Management for Integrated Health Services. $17,000.00.

Spring, 2000-

Principal Investigator, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant.

Project title: From Work Practice to Public Policy: A Case Study of the Canadian Health Information Infrastructure. $119,119.00.(119,000)

Principal Investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Presidents Fund for Innovation. ($10,000.00).

Project title: Emergence: Mapping the Relocation of Employment in the Global Information Economy.
(Canadian Partner, European Union 5th Framework Project) (3 million Euro dollars).

Investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Small Grant, Simon Fraser University.

Co-Investigator (with A. Beale), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Small Grant, Simon Fraser University. .(5,000.00)

Investigator, President's Research Grant Fund, Simon Fraser University.

Co-investigator (with L. Jorgenson). TeleLearning Research Network.

Project title: Guided Collaboration in Implementation and Development of Distance Learning Technology. ($4,000)

Endowed Research Fellowship, Simon Fraser University.

(6,000)

Co-investigator (with W. Robbins, M. Olliver, D. Cote, N. Strong-Boag). Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant ($55,000.00).

Research Associate, Sociology Institute, University of Bergen, Norway.

Nov. 1995-

Principal Investigator, Vice-president’s Research Grant, Memorial University.

Project title: An Investigation of Birth Control Usage and Failure among Newfoundland and Labrador Women seeking Therapeutic Abortions.

Principal Investigator, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant.

April 1995-

Collaborator, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant (A. Clement, University of Toronto Faculty of Library and Information Sciences, Principal Investigator)$79,000.00).

Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld.

Research Assistant, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Research Consultant, Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, Vancouver, B.C.

Assistant Editor, Women and Environments, Toronto, Ont.

Researcher, Ecotope Consulting Group, Seattle, WA.

Sole Source Contract, Status of Women Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Sole Source Contract, Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Sole Source Contract, Innuit Women’s Association, Ottawa, Ontario.

Sole source contract, ACOA/Enterprise Network. St. John's, Nfld.

Computer Consultant, Self employed, Vancouver B.C.

Balka, E. Women Users: Technology Design with Women in Mind.

Balka, E. and Smith, R.K., (Eds.). Women, Work and Computerization: Charting a Course to the Future. Norwell, MA: Kluwer.

Balka, E. "Long Numbers and Wrong Numbers: New Technology and the Restructuring of Women's Work in Telecommunication in Atlantic Canada." Accepted for publication in Labour/Le Travail.

Balka, E. "Uncovering Gendered Social Relations: The Active Text of Computer Networks." Das Argument.

Balka, E. "Rethinking ‘The Medium is the Message’: Agency and Technology in McLuhan’s Writings." Media International Australia., #94, 73-88.

Balka, E. "Recipe for new directions in communications research: Take one feminist, add an interest in the social aspects of computing and shake; finally, stir with communications as an area of study and serve." Australia and New Zealand Communications Association. The Australian Journal of Communication, vol. 27 (1), 22-50.

Balka, E. "Feminist Technology Assessment: Reflections on Theory and Practice" Atlantis vol. 22 #2, (Spring), 112-122.

Balka, E. "Participatory Design in Women’s Organizations: The Social World of Organizational Structure and the Gendered Nature of Expertise" Gender, Work and Organizations, vol. 4 #2, April, 1997, 99-115.

Balka, E.. "Women and Computer Networking in Six Countries" The Journal of International Communications, Vol. 3 #1, July, 1996. 66-84.

Balka, E. "Risk recreation, gender, technology and empowerment: Reflections of life on the rocks" Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la femme. vol. 15, #3 (Special Issue on Women and Sport). 42-45.

Balka, E. & Doucette, L. "The accessibility of computers to organizations serving women in the province of Newfoundland: Preliminary study results" Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture, vol. 2 #3, 739 lines.

Balka, E. "Cappuccino, community and technology: Technology in the everyday life of Margaret Benston" Canadian Woman Studies Journal/les cahiers de la femme. vol. 13 #2, 62-65.

Benston, M. & Balka, E. "Participatory Design by Non-Profit Groups" Canadian Woman Studies Journal/les cahiers de la femme. vol. 13 #2, 100-103.

Balka, E. "Women’s access to on-line discussions about feminism" The Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication v.3., n.1.

Balka, E. and Peterson, B.J. "Jacques and Jill at VPL: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at Vancouver Public Library." Submitted for publication in M. Pandakur and R. Harris (Eds.). Citizens at the Crossroads: Whose Information Society? Ottawa: Queen’s Press. (Refereed)

Balka, E. "The Invisibility of the Everyday: New Technology and Women’s Work in Telecommunications in Atlantic Canada." In E. Meehan & E. Riordan (Eds.). Sex and Money: The Intersection of Feminism and Political Economy in Communication. (p. xx=xx). University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis:

Balka, E. "Professional Societies." In C. Kramarae and D. Spender, (Eds). The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women. (vol. 3, p. 1674-1678). Routledge: New York.

Balka, E. "Introduction." In E. Balka and R.K. Smith, (Eds.). Women, Work and Computerization: Charting a Course to the Future (p. 1-8). Norwell, MA: Kluwer.

1998

Balka, E. "Documenter les domaines inexploités: Critiques féministes du changement technologique." In R. Mura (Ed.). "Un savoir à notre image? vol. 2." Presses Inter Universitaires, Quebec. 183-206. (Refereed)

Balka, E. "Sometimes Texts Speak Louder than Users: Locating Invisible Work Through Textual Analysis" In A.F. Grundy, D. Kohler, V. Oechtering and U. Petersen (Eds.). Women, Work and Computerization: Spinning a Web from Past to Future. Springer-Verlag: New York. 163-176. (Refereed)

Balka, E. "Gender and Skill in Human Computer Interaction" In ACM/SIGCHI Human Factors in Computing Systems: Common Ground (CHI ‘96 Conference Companion). ACM Press/ Addison Wesley: New York. 93-94.

(Refereed)

Balka, E. "Perseverance, Pictures and Parts" In L. Salter & A. Hearn (Eds.). Outside the Lines: Exploring Interdisciplinary Research. McGill-Queens: Montreal & Kingston. 46-51.

Balka, E. "Technology as a factor in women’s occupational stress: The case of telephone operators" In K. Messing, L. Dumais & B. Neis, (Eds.). Invisible: Issues in Women’s Occupational Health. Gynergy Press: P.E.I. 75-103.

Smith, J. & Balka, E. "Chatting on Feminist Computer Networks" in C. Kramarae, (Ed.). Technology and Women's Communication. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 82-97.

Balka, E. "Moving Beyond the Field of Dreams: New Lenses for Viewing Government Use of the Internet."

Keynote Address Presented to 6^th Annual Government on the Net Conference, 'Government Online and on the Front Line,' Hull, Quebec, April 23. (Refereed).On-line.

Balka, E. and Peterson, B.J. Moving Beyond the Field of Dreams: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at Vancouver Public Library.

Proceedings of Directions in Advanced Computing (DIAC) 2000: Shaping the Network Society: The Future of the Public Sphere in Cyberspace. University of Washington, May 20-23. (p. 94-101). Seattle: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. (Refereed)

Balka, E. "Women and the Knowledge Based Economy and Society: What’s Design Got To Do With It?"
Symposium Proceedings, Women and the Knowledge Based Economy and Society, symposium sponsored by the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies, Ottawa University and Carleton University, February 19, 1999. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.

Balka, E. "Technology as a factor in women’s occupational health."

Proceedings of Women’s Occupational Health Network Meetings. University of Quebec at Montreal (CINBIOSE). March 26-28, (p. 98-104). Ottawa: Health Canada.

Balka, E. "User-Centered Design as Negotiated Relationships."
Proceedings, User centered design: Problems and possibilities. Workshop held in conjunction with 1998 Computer Supported Collaborative Work and Participatory Design Conferences, Nov. 14. Seattle, Washington. http://www.nada.kth.se/cid/pdc98/workshop/ (Refereed)

Balka, E. and Jones, M. "Ethnographic Analysis of the Implementation and Use of a High Speed Computer Network in a Middle School Setting: Interim Report of the IPS/PDG/ATIC Project." ATIC-DL Report 98-01. Burnaby: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.

Balka, E. and Jones, M. "Planning and Implementing Participant Re-Design of Middle-School Mathematics Software: The Second Phase of the IPS/PDG/ATIC Project." ATIC-DL Report 98-02. Burnaby: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.

Balka, E. "Internet Access: Right or Privilege for Women?"

Human Rights Forum Summer/Fall 1997 vol. 7 #1 (p.4-5).

Balka, E. "Insights from Participatory Design and their Application to Ergonomics"
From Experience to Innovation: IEA ‘97 Volume 2. Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, June 29-July 4. Finnish Institute for Occupational Health: Tampere, p. 183-185. (Refereed)

Balka, E. "Gender, Technology and Three-Tracking: Thoughts on Pleasure and Technology"
Proceedings, 7th Annual Oksnoen Symposium, Sausalito, California. May 6-10. Oksnoen Symposium. 1-7.

Balka, E. "Viewing Universal Access Through A Gendered Lens"

Balka, E. "Gender and Skill in Human Computer Interaction" In ACM/SIGCHI Human Factors in Computing Systems: Common Ground CHI ‘96 Conference Companion. ACM Press/ Addison Wesley: New York. 325.

(Refereed)

Balka, E. "Position Statement for Critical Considerations in the Creation and Control of Personal/Collective Communication Spaces" In A. Clement, L. Suchman & I. Wagner (Eds.). Workshop Proceedings: Critical Considerations in the Creation and Control of Personal/Collective Communications Spaces. Palo Alto CA.: Xerox PARC. (Refereed)

Balka, E. "If you are hiring a coordinator..." Coordinator’s column, Canadian Women’s Studies Association Newsletter, Fall Issue.

Balka, E. "Margaret Benston Remembered" Labour/ Le Travail #27 v2.

Balka, E. "Women’s Studies at Memorial University" Waterlily, Fall 1991.

Benston, M. & Balka, E. "Participatory Design with Non-Profits"

PDC '90: Conference Proceedings (pp. 107-113). Seattle, WA.: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.

(Refereed)

Balka, E. "Moving Beyond the Field of Dreams: New Lenses for Viewing Government Use of the Internet."

Keynote Address Presented to 6^th Annual Government on the Net Conference, 'Government Online and on the Front Line,' Hull, Quebec, April 23.

Balka, E. "The Gendering of Job Mobility in Atlantic Canada."

Keynote Address presented to Union for Radical Political Economists. Bantam Connecticut, August 20.

Balka, E. "Recipe for new directions in communications research: Take one feminist, add an interest in the social aspects of computing and shake; finally, stir with communications as an area of study and serve."
Keynote Address to the Australia and New Zealand Communications Association Annual Conference "Stirred not Shaken? Communication Challenges and Change." University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, Australia, July 5-7.

Balka, E. "Reflections on the Use of New Communication Technologies in Curriculum Development"

"North American Perspectives on Women and Technological Change"

Part of Keynote Panel: "Learning from Past Experiences"

Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Women, San Jose, Costa Rica. February 23.

Balka, E. "Tidying up loose ends: Theoretical and Practical Issues Related to Women’s Participation in Technological Design."

Internatioanl Summer Academy on Technology Studies on User Involvement in Technological Innovation.

Organized by the Inter-university Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFF/IFZ) in cooperation with the University of Twente Centre for Studies of Science, Technology and Society and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Innovation Studies and History of Technology. Deutschlandsberg, Austria, July 8-14.

Balka, E. "Moving from Chaos to Socially Aware Technology Design: Reflections on the Courtship of Theory and Praxis."

Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies. Joint Workshop, Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, Graz, Austria and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT), Blacksburg, U.S.A. Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ), Graz, Austria. Graz, Austria, June 8.

Balka, E. "New Brunswick: The Call Centre Capital of North America."

Paper presented at Where in the World? E-work Location in a Digital Global Economy. Budapest, Hungary. Oct. 24-25.

Balka, E. and Peterson, B.J. "Moving Beyond the Field of Dreams: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at Vancouver Public Library."

7th International IFIP-Conference on Women, Work and Computerization. Vancouver, B.C. Canada, June 8-11.

Balka, E. and Peterson, B.J. "Moving Beyond the Field of Dreams: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at Vancouver Public Library."

Paper presented at Directions in Advanced Computing (DIAC) 2000: Shaping the Network Society: The Future of the Public Sphere in Cyberspace. University of Washington, May 20-23. (p. 94-101). Seattle: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. University of Washington, Seattle, Wa., May 20-23.

Balka, E. and Peterson, B.J. "Jacques and Jill at VPL: Gender, Race and the Culture of Internet Use at Vancouver Public Library."

Paper Presented at Union for Democratic Communications Conference "Communication, Culture and Environments," University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, October 14-16.

Balka, E. "Rethinking ‘The Medium is the Message’: Agency and Technology in McLuhan’s Writings."
Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Communications Association Annual Conference "Stirred not Shaken? Communication Challenges and Change." University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, Australia, July 5-7.

Balka, E. "Long Numbers and Wrong Numbers: New Technology and the Restructuring of Women’s Work in Telecommunications in Atlantic Canada."
Paper presented at the International Association of Media and Communication Researchers, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, July 26-30.

Balka, E. "Where do we draw the line? Technology as prosthesis or self as machine?"
8th Annual Oksnoen Symposium. Samso, Denmark, June 7-11.

Balka, E. and Keats, P. "Knowledge of Birth Control among Women Seeking Abortions in Newfoundland & Labrador, 1996-1997."

Scientific Papers Section, National Abortion Federation Meetings, Vancouver, B.C., May 17-19.

Balka, E. "Insights from Participatory Design and their Application to Ergonomics"

International Ergonomics Association 13th Triennial Congress. Tampere, Finland, June 29th-July 4th..

Balka, E. "Sometimes texts speak louder than users: Locating invisible work through textual analysis"

6th International IFIP-Conference on Women, Work and Computerization. Bonn, Germany, May 26th.

Balka, E. "Feminist technology assessment: Reflections on Theory and Practice"

European Association for the Social Studies of Science and Technology (EASST). Bielefeld, Germany. October 10.

Balka, E. "Gender and Skill in Human Computer Interaction" Interactive Poster Presentation. CHI ‘96: Common Ground. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, sponsored by ACM and SIGCHI. Vancouver B.C. April 13-18.

Balka, E. "Gender and Skill in Human Computer Interaction" Facilitator, Special Interest Group. CHI ‘96: Common Ground. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, sponsored by ACM and SIGCHI. Vancouver B.C. April 13-18.

"Political Frameworks for System Design: Participatory Design in Non-Profit Women’s Organizations in Canada and the United States" Political Frameworks of Systems Design From A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Workshop sponsored by International Federation of Information Processors (IFIP) Working Group 9.1: Computers and Work, held in conjunction with Third Decennial Conference: Computers in Context: Joining Forces in Design. Aarhus, Denmark, August 14-18.

Critical Considerations in the Creation and Control of Personal/Collective Communications Spaces. (Workshop held in conjunction with the 1994 Association of Computing Machinists (ACM) Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work ). Sponsored by International Federation of Information Processors (IFIP) Working Group 9.1: Computers and Work. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. October 22.

5th Conference on Women, Work and Computerization, Manchester, England July 2-6. (Paper presented by L. Shade, McGill University).

Union for Democratic Communications Annual Conference, Peterborough, Ont., May 9.

PDC '90: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Conference on Participatory Design, Seattle WA., March 31 & April 1.

International Federation of Information Processors, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, July 12.

International Federation of Information Processors, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, July 11.

National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Meetings, St. Paul, Minn., June 24.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Western Regional Meetings, Missoula MT., June 12.

National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA., June 21.

2001: A Learning Odyssey. The Annual British Columbia Library Association Conference, Hilton Vancouver-Metrotown. Burnaby B.C. April 20.

Balka, E. and Peterson, B.J. "Jacques and Jill at VPL: Citizenship and the Use of the Internet at Vancouver Public Library."

Paper presented at Citizens at the Crossroads: Whose Information Society? University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, October 21-23.

Balka, E. "Locating women's access to the Internet: It's more than just machines."
Paper presented at TeleLearning '98. Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C. November 15-17.

Balka, E. "Technology as a focus for the identification of Women’s Occupational Health Issues."

Women’s Occupational Health Network Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. March 26-29, 1998.

Balka, E. "Invisible Work, Work-Arounds and Articulation Work: Implications for Women’s Occupational Health."

Women’s Occupational Health Network Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. March 26-29, 1998.

Balka, E. "Computer Networking: The Potential for Feminist Activism"

The Women’s Internet Conference. Ottawa, Ontario. Oct. 18-22.

Balka, E. "Communications Technology, Gender and Development: The Political Economy of Telecommunications in Atlantic Canada"

Socialist Studies Society and Law and Society Joint Session, Learned Societies Conference. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. June 8th.

Balka, E. "Teaching technology/Technology Teaching"

Canadian Communication Association Annual Meeting. St. John’s, Nfld. Canada. June 7th.

Balka, E. "Women Users: Gender Issues in Participatory Design of Computer Systems"

Canadian Communication Association Annual Meeting. St. John’s, Nfld. Canada. June 7th.

Balka, E. "Women and Access"

Making the Links: A Critical Look at Community and the Internet. 5th Annual British Columbia Library Association Information Policy Conference. Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre, March 21.

Balka, E. "Viewing Universal Access Through A Gendered Lens"

Developing a Canadian Access Strategy: Universal Access to Essential Network Services. Universal Access Workshop. Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. February 6-8.

Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) Annual Conference, St. John’s Nfld., Nov. 14.

"The Structure of Newfoundland Women’s Organizations: Research Findings"

Canadian Women's Studies Association Annual Meetings, Ottawa, Ontario, June 3.

"More Conundrums in Coordinating Women's Studies"

Canadian Women's Studies Association Annual Meetings, Charlottetown, P.E.I., May 31.

Canadian Studies Association Annual Meetings, Kingston, Ont., June 4.

Working Knowledge: Labour and Learning in the Twenty-First Century, Vancouver Community College, May 11.

Canadian Women's Studies Association Annual Meetings, Victoria B.C., May 30.

Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) Annual Conference, Quebec City, Que., Nov. 12.

B.C./Yukon Federation of Women's Groups Annual Conference, One Hundred Eight Mile House, B.C., June 4.

British Columbia Teacher Librarian's Association Annual Conference, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., April 18.

Port Alberni Women's Resources Conference, Port Alberni, B.C., Feb. 7.

Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ), Course on Women and Technology, Graz, Austria. May 11-12.

Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ), Course on Women and Technology, Graz, Austria. March 31.

Dept. of Women’s Studies and School of Communication Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. November 27.

Dept. of Innovation Studies, University of East London. East London, England. June 24.

Tampere University of Technology, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management. Tampere, Finland. June 5.

"Gender, Diversity and the Information Society in Canada."

Work Research Centre, University of Tampere. Tampere, Finland. June 3.

National Centre for Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland. June 1.

Visiting Professor, People, Technology and Work Program and InfoCentre.

University College of Karlskrona-Ronneby, Ronneby, Sweden. Dec. 15-18.

Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark. Dec. 11.

Technology and Social Change Program, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden. May 21.

Department of Computer Science and Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. December 4.

Institute of Sociology and Multidisciplinary Group for the Study of Work and Society, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Sept. 26.

Faculty of Engineering Speakers Series, University of Washington. Seattle, WA. April 22.

President’s Lecture, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby B.C. November 20.

Simon Fraser University Library Brown Bag Lecture Series 4. W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. April 26.

Equity Issues in Education and Employment Lecture Series, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. February 24.

Guest lecture in Evaluation Methods for Applied Communications Research. Simon Fraser University School of Communication, Burnaby, B.C. September 28.

"Redesigning Women's Work: Insights from Participatory Design and Participatory Ergonomics."

Women’s Studies Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C. March 12.

Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. January 22.

Graduate Program, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. March 4.

Guest Lectures, Introduction to Communication. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Feb. 18 and 25.

Panelist, Panel discussion hosted by Simon Fraser University School of Communication, Institute for the Humanities and Continuing Studies. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C. Jan. 31.

School of Communication, Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, B.C. April 12.

Department of Geography Seminar Series, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. March 15.

Panel Discussion, Women’s Studies Programme, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. March 8.

Faculty of Engineering, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. October 4.

20th Anniversary of Women’s Studies, Department of Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. September 29.

Faculty of Engineering, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. October 13.

M.Phil. Humanities Programme, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. June 30.

Social, Technical & Physical Barriers to the Safe Integration of Women in the Workplace (Workshop), Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, August 30.

University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., March 22.

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. January 25.

Simone De Beauvoir Institute, Montreal, Quebec, January 27.

The University and the Community, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) Newfoundland/Labrador Workshop. St. John’s, Newfoundland, July 12.

Information Services, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, February 26.

University of British Columbia, Professors Emeriti Division. Vancouver, B.C., September 19.

Second Annual Labour Summer School for High School Students, Bellingham, WA., July 29.

Technology Education Colloquium, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT., December 7.

First Annual Labour Summer School for High School Students, Bellingham, WA., August 25.

Trainer, Staff of Seattle Office of Women's Rights, Seattle, WA., Aug. 15.

Workshop Instructor, Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) Annual Conference, St. John’s, Nfld., Nov. 13.

Workshop Instructor, Provincial Women’s Conference, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland. November 7.

Workshop Instructor, Provincial Women’s Conference, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland. November 6.

Workshop Instructor, Women in Trades and Technology Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, February 3.

Workshop Instructor, Transforming Tomorrow: Women’s Studies in the High Schools. Vancouver, B.C., Nov. 4.

Workshop Instructor, Women in Trades and Technology Annual Conference, Naramata, B.C., Oct. 4.

Workshop Instructor, Newfoundland Women's Groups. St. Johns, Newfoundland, April 23-24.

Workshop Instructor, Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 9.

Workshop Instructor, Seattle City Librarians, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2083, Seattle, WA., May 20.

Workshop Instructor, Union of Teacher's Federation Employees and Administrative Staff Union of the British Columbia Teacher's Federation, Vancouver, B.C., March 11.

Workshop Instructor, American Association of University Women Idaho Chapter, Boise, ID., Feb. 2.

Conference Chair, Conference to be held June 7-11 2000, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

Workshop organized with B. Neis, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland. August 28-30.

Canadian Women’s Studies Association/Association Canadienne Des Etudes Sur Les Femmes. Annual Conference organized with assistance from B. Percival. University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, P.E.I. May 31-June 1.

Workshop organized with B. Neis and M. Muzychka, Sponsored by Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) Newfoundland/Labrador. St. John’s, Newfoundland, July 11 & 12.

York University Graduate Studies Travel Grant; Faculty of Environmental Studies Travel Grant.

Treasurer, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Newfoundland/Labrador.

Presentation to Wired Women, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C. November 17.

Presentation to AS/400 Users’ Group, Surrey Inn, Surrey, B.C. May 14th.

Presentation in Forever Learning Series, Marpole Seniors Centre, Vancouver, B.C. April 24.

Panelist, 1998 Information Rights Week sponsored by British Columbia Library Association.

Presentation about Simon Fraser University’s School of Communication

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. January 17.

Presentation and Discussion, Faculty in Residence Program.

Shell House Residence, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Nov. 17.

Guest Speaker, Vancouver Community Network Annual General Meeting

Vancouver, B.C., Nov. 12.

National Women and the Law Conference

Hotel Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld. May 13.

Sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering Summer Student Program

Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. August 9.

St. John’s, Nfld. September 18.

Sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering Summer Student Program

Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. August 10.

Sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering Summer Student Program

Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld. August 3.

Panelist, discussion sponsored by the Memorial University Philosophical Society. October 2.

Riley Park Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Earl Marriot Secondary School, Surrey, B.C.

Canadian Construction Estimators Conference, Vancouver, B.C.

North Surrey Senior Secondary School, Surrey B.C.

Seattle Central Community College Brown Bag Lunch Series, Seattle, WA.

Interview mojn ted on Government of Canada Web Site, f or Public Service Employees. April 24.

Graz, Austria, February, 2001.

Burnaby, British Columbia. July 29.

Burnaby, British Columbia. May, 2000.

2000

Live (by phone), January 12.

Vancouver, B.C. Recorded September 14. Aired September 21 and 25, nationally.

Burnaby, British Columbia. September, 1999.

Vancouver, B.C. Recorded April 12th.

St. John’s Nfld. Recorded September 8.

St. John’s, Newfoundland. Recorded June 29.

Sponsored by Institute for Social and Economic Research and Economics Society. Telecast live on Cable 9, St. John’s, Nfld.. April 9.

CKO News Radio Interview, Vancouver, B.C.

KUFM Radio Interview, Missoula, Montana.

Co-op Radio Interview, Vancouver, B.C.

Design, Implementation and Use of Health Information Technologies;

Gender and the Design of Technological Systems;

Gender, Technology and Communication;

Impacts of Technological Change on Women and Minorities;

Participatory Design and Participatory Ergonomics;

Public Participation in Technology Assessments;

Technology and Public Policy;

Use of Computer Networks for Social Change;

User Participation in Design of Technological Systems;

Association for Computing Machinery

Canadian Communication Association

Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women

Canadian Women's Studies Association

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility