Anne Innis Dagg fonds

Dagg, Anne Innis.
Anne Innis Dagg fonds. - 1942-2002.

Anne Innis Dagg is a faculty member at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario in Independent Studies. She is a scholar and writer in several areas of interest, from zoology to women's studies.

The daughter of Mary Quayle Innis and Harold Innis, Anne was born on January 25, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario.

She became interested in giraffes as a child, and went on to take a BA from the University of Toronto in Honours Biology in 1955, and an MA from the University of Toronto in Genetics in 1956, where she was a demonstrator for Botany and Genetics from 1954-1956. She then traveled to South Africa to study the giraffe in 1956 in affiliation with Rhodes University, Grahamstown.

In 1959 she married Ian Dagg, physicist, and moved to Waterloo, Ontario.

She worked as a part-time lecturer at Waterloo Lutheran University in Anatomy and Physiology from 1962-1965, and then as an Anatomy Demonstrator at the University of Waterloo in 1966. In 1967 she earned her PhD from the University of Waterloo in Animal Behaviour, and was also a Sessional Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph, Department of Zoology that year.

Anne Innis Dagg then went on to become a Research Associate at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia in 1967-1968, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph, Department of Zoology, from 1968-1972 where she taught Mammalogy and Biology. She was a resource person for Integrated Studies at the University of Waterloo from 1978-1985, an Academic Director for the Independent Studies Program at the University of Waterloo from 1986-1989, and then took on the position of Academic Advisor for the Independent Studies Program at the University of Waterloo from 1986 to present.

Anne Innis Dagg started Otter Press in 1972 with the publication of Mammals of Waterloo and South Wellington counties. Other books published by Anne Innis Dagg are: Canadian wildlife and man, 1974; Mammals of Ontario, 1974 (Otter Press); The giraffe : its biology, behavior and ecology, 1976, Wildlife management in Europe, 1977 (Otter Press); Running, walking and jumping : the science of locomotion, 1977; Camel quest : research on the Saharan camel, 1978; A reference book of urban ecology, 1981 (Otter Press); The camel : its ecology, behavior and relationship with man, 1981; Harems and other horrors : sexual bias in behavioral biology, 1983 (Otter Press); The fifty per cent solution. Why should woman pay for men’s culture?, 1986 (Otter Press); Moreton Island : its history and natural history, 1986; MisEducation : women and Canadian universities, 1988; User-friendly university : what every student should know, 1994 (Otter Press); The feminine gaze : a Canadian compendium of non-fiction women authors and their books, 1836-1945, 2001.

She has published articles in such journals as the Journal of Mammalogy, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Canadian Field-Naturalist, and Journal of Canadian Studies, among many others.

Anne Innis Dagg became a fellow of the Zoological Society of Ontario in 1967, and was chosen one of eight top living female biologists in Canada by the federal government for the National Museums of Canada’s "Why? Why Not? Exhibit" in 1975. She has also received the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group Human Rights Award.

Fonds consists of material relating to the activities, career, research and and writings of Anne Innis Dagg. Files contain extensive annotations and commentary by Anne Innis Dagg.

Arranged in sixteen series:
1. Locomotion
2. Urban wildlife Papers Correspondence
3. Zoological Correspondence and Miscellany
4. Employment and Professional Files
5. Files Related to Zoological Books
6. Files Related to Zoological Articles
7. Otter Press
8. MisEducation : Women and Canadian Universities
9. Harold A. Innis
10. User-Friendly University : What Every Student Should Know : Files [re publication]
11. User-Friendly University : What Every Student Should Know
12. The 50% Solution : Why Should Women Pay for Men's Culture? : Files
13. Academic Papers Projects and Presentations
14. Women and Universities
15. Writers' Union of Canada
16. Voices of Authority, The Feminine Gaze, and Early Canadian Women Non-Fiction Writers

Title from content of the fonds.

Donated in 2003 and 2004 by Anne Innis Dagg.

Arrangement and titles by the donor.

Detailed finding aid available (file level).

Archives relating to Harold Innis and family are at the University of Toronto Archives.

Further accruals expected.

Related records can be found in Mary Quayle Innis fonds.

Call number: GA146

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