The file contains three diaries from 1968, 1969, and 1970-1974. They are a daily record of Maxine's experiences being the first and only woman in the Forestry program at the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT). They span just before graduating high school, including her application and acceptance into Forestry at BCIT, the daily events, in some detail, of her two years in the program, and her first job in the field after graduating. Maxine wrote in the journals daily (small pages) about her day at school: field trips, lectures, labs, and being helped in school. Maxine states “The diaries have a “secret code”: on the days I had my period, I made a special mark. Those days were especially important to me, as someone in their late teens, surrounded by men, often not near a proper bathroom.” Maxine was 18 – 20 years old in a program of men in their 20s – 30s, most of whom were married.
File contains Maxine's 1970 yearbook from BCIT, a BCIT convocation booklet dated June 12, 1970, a photograph of Maxine in the forest,. Maxine wrote note to see pages 14, 145
BC Institute of Technology graduation photo of Maxine Glover in 1970. Note on the photograph reads "To grandma and grandad with love from Maxine. Grad '70."
File contains transcripts, 1970 graduation photo from BCIT, and newspaper clippings from Maxine's time as a student at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), University of British Columbia, and Victoria Secondary School. Newspaper clippings are of a student volunteer project improving educational markings for the Westham Island's wildlife sanctuary. Also contains a CV.
The series contains records created and accumulated by Maxine during her elementary, high school, and college education at the BC Institute for Technology (BCIT) where she took courses in communications and wildlife management. Records include correspondence, photographs, reports, and newspaper clippings.
The file contains a partial project list and an unfinished draft of an article on Maxine's experience as the only female in the forestry program at the BC Institute of Technology in 1968. In 2018, Maxine thought of sending the article to the Globe and Mail.
The file contains 2002 CV and a draft of a 2005 essay titled "Lessons learned in a working life" for submission to an anthology for “This I Know…” to be published by Random House Canada but the book was never published.
