Ruby Heap, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Creating the Memories and Celebrating the Legacy of the Bold and the Brave: Building the Archives of Women Scientists and Engineers in Canada
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$5,500
Creating the memories and celebrating the legacy of the Bold and the Brave: building the archives of women scientists and engineers in Canada
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$11,889
The problem of women in science and engineering (S and E) in Canada, 1970-2006: the construction and shaping of gendered debates and policies
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$105,115

All 6 grants and awards

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Creating the Memories and Celebrating the Legacy of the Bold and the Brave: Building the Archives of Women Scientists and Engineers in Canada

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Unique Initiatives Fund

Principal investigators: Heap, Ruby

$5,500

Creating the memories and celebrating the legacy of the Bold and the Brave: building the archives of women scientists and engineers in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Heap, Ruby

Keywords: women; science; engineering; history; technology; archives

$11,889

The problem of women in science and engineering (S and E) in Canada, 1970-2006: the construction and shaping of gendered debates and policies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Heap, Ruby

Keywords: women's movements; feminism; gender; advocacy; national policies; Canada; Quebec

$105,115

Addressing the under-representation of women in science and engineering: a multi-faceted approach

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Korabik, Karen

Keywords: science and engineering; women; retention

$40,000

Society centered educational practices and the retention of women in engineering

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Heap, Ruby

Keywords: undergraduate engineering education; retention; women; gender; social relevance; curricular and pedagogical transformation

$157,330

The professional education of women engineers in Quebec and Ontario universities, 1920-1990

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Heap, Ruby

Keywords: History; women; gender; education; engineering; university; anglophones; francophones

$88,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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