Materials created or accumulated by Lydia Dotto as part of her professional life as a journalist. Includes Dotto's published articles, research materials, reports, and articles about Dotto and her work.

Also includes speeches given by Dotto at different events and related correspondence.

Media with Dotto's published articles are:

• University of Toronto Magazine
• National. The Canadian Bar Association magazine
• Content for Canadian Journalists
• Dimensions: Canada's Science Newsmagazine
• Business Journal
• Alternatives Journal
• Challenges. Ontario's business: issues & opportunities magazine
• Equinox: the magazine of Canadian discovery
• Canadian Aviation Magazine
• The Globe and Mail
• Science Forum
• Legion Magazine
• CIPS review
• Canadian Business
• en Route Magazine
• ComputerData
• Business Journal
• Airborne
• Canadian Geographic
• In search
• InfoAge
• Canadian Medical Association Journal
• High Technolog
• The Journal. Published by the Addiction Research Foundation
• Inside Information
• Health Watch
• News Canada
• The Graduate
• Doctor's Review
• Quest. Canada's Urban Magazine
• Information Technology
• City Woman
• Science Link
• Circle
• The DMR Letter
• Doctor's Access
• The Edmonton Journal
• The Carleton
• Toronto Daily Star
• The Globe and Mail Weekend Magazine
• @Biz
• Arthur Newspaper from Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong's independent student press
• Farewell to the 70s
• Spar Horizons
• Impact published by Ryerson University
• CBC News
• Wardar. The Magazine of Wardair Canada
• Engineering Dimensions

Published copies of University of Toronto Magazine with Lydia Dotto's articles. Titles of articles are:

• "Coping with crisis" (Winter 1994),
• "Alter egos sharing confusion" (Summer 1991),
• "Canola - A Canadian success story" (Winter 1987),
• "Virtual perception with Plato spectacles" (Spring 1991),
• "The world of Emi: zappers and zappers" (Autumn 1990),
• "Dangerous holes in the sky above" (Autumn 1988),
• "Tomorrow's weather? Forecast modelling" (Summer 1990).

Published copies of Equinox: the magazine of Canadian discovery with Lydia Dotto's articles. Titles of articles are:

• "Gossamer Barnstormers" (undated),
• "Final Frontier" (No. 40, July/August 1988),
• "The seven second solution" (No. 109, March 2000),
• "Man on a mission" (No. 83, October 1995),
• "Dr. Kildare to outer space, please" (No. 101, November 1998).

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Science Forum (1974-1976, 1978), Canadian Business (1981), and The Globe and Mail (1977, 1994, 2004).

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Canadian Aviation (1978), Canadian Business (1978, 1979), Legion Magazine (1978, 1979), Science Forum (1978), en Route Magazine (1979), Canadian Geographic (1979), and others unidentified and undated.

Newspaper clippings of articles by Lydia Dotto published in the Toronto Daily Star (1971) and The Globe and Mail (1973-1976).

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1975-1976). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1973-1984) and The Globe and Mail Weekend Magazine (1977).

Published copies of Science Forum Magazine for the year 1978. Copies include articles by Lydia Dotto. Titles of articles are:

• "Made-to-order weather" (Vol. 11, No. 1, May-June 1978),
• "Science confronts 'pseudo-science'" (Vol. 11, No. 2, July-August, 1978),
• "The Ozone War: dispatch from the front" (Vol. 11, No. 2, July-August, 1978),
• "Satellites" (Vol. 11, No. 3, September-October, 1978),
• "The great nuclear debate" (Vol. 11, No. 4, November-December, 1978).

Also contains articles by journalist Joan Hollobon.

Published reports written by Lydia Dotto. Titles of reports are:

• "The industrialization of space. A report by Lydia Dotto for Allenvest Group Limited" (1995),
• "Science communications framework for Environment Canada. Prepared for Environment Canada S&T Advisory Board Working Group on Science Communications" (2000),
• "The microelectronics revolution. A study for Housser & Co. Limited by Lydia Dotto" (1980).
• "Canada and the European Space Agency Three Decades of Cooperation" (2002).

Published copies of Challenges. Ontario's business: issues and opportunities magazine with articles by Lydia Dotto. Titles of articles are:

• "Converging technologies" (Spring 1991),
• "Computer literates... or technopeasants?" by Lydia Dotto and Eva Klein (Spring 1992),
• "Net benefit: thinking of doing business on the internet?" (Winter 1995).

Printout copies of online articles written by Lydia Dotto and published in CBC News (2000-2001) on the topics of climate change.

Digital copies of articles and reports written by Lydia Dotto in different media and for various organizations. Titles and media are:

• "Canada and The European Space Agency Three Decades of Cooperation" published by the European Space Agency (ESA) Publications Division (May 2002),
• "Long-distance surgery" in The Globe and Mail (April 21, 2018),
• "NASA group urges space station changes to save space science" in Nature, Volume 326 (April 2, 1987),
• "Canada's aviation medicine pioneers." Includes two copies, one published by the Canadian Space Agency; another one published in Flight Comment, issue 2 (2015) and reproduced and modified with permission from the Canadian Space Agency,
• "Canada's space medicine pioneers: Owen Coons," published by the Canadian Space Agency,
• "Outbreak: the climate connection" in The Globe and Mail (August 30, 2003).

Also contains a photograph of a screenshot with an excerpt from Harold Coward's Fifty years of religious studies in Canada : a personal retrospective with a mention to Dotto's work.

VHS tape with recordings of program "Canada in Space." Includes one tape with title "Canada in space. The Discovery Channel" (November 16, 1995).

VHS tape with titles "Exhibit A" and "Profiler Cut #4."

VHS tape with title "Canadian club lucheon [sic] for Chris Hadfield" recorded on tape with label reading "CSRC. Canadian Space Resource Centre. Centre canadien ressources spatiales."

VHS tape with title "The Space Experience (6 parts) Living & Working in Space. The Greatest Journey."

VHS tapes with titles "Dub" and numbered 1, 2, 3.

Materials created or accumulated by Lydia Dotto as part of her professional life as an author and journalist. Includes recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by Dotto to professionals involved with or related to the Canadian Space Agency and notes from press conferences and presentations. Interviews were related to Dotto’s magazine articles and books Canada in Space (1987) and The astronauts: Canada's voyageurs in space (1993).
Also contains a report from the Canadian Space Agency.

Research materials and annotations from press conferences and interviews. Includes astronaut press conferences; transcripts of interviews with Bruce Aikenhead, Robert Brent "Bob" Thirsk, and Robert Stewart; and photocopies of news stories written by Dotto about Thirsk.

Transcript of interviews by Lydia Dotto to Kenneth Eric Money.
One interview took place during the IML mission press conference (June 26, 1991), the other interview is undated and not located.

Transcript of interviews by Lydia Dotto to Dr. Karl H. Doetsch from January 1991, from May 1991, and one undated.

Transcript of interviews by Lydia Dotto to Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams.

Article by Lydia Dotto for the Globe and Mail titled "...but old-fashioned red tape could deter you." The article is a companion piece to "booklet for $3.25 tells how to build A-bomb..."

Article by Lydia Dotto for the Globe and Mail titled "2, 4-D, oil discovered in polar sea."

Story synopsis for the episode "a perfect five" from the TV show "the outer limits."

Short story Lydia Dotto entitled "A perfectly good watch."

Three articles by Lydia Dotto for the Globe and Mail on the Apollo programme. They are titled "Apollo finale: a look under the moon's crust," "legacy from the moon," and "analyzing Apollo's anti-climax finale."

Article by Lydia Dotto for the Globe and Mail titled "Hydrogen: fuel of the future?"

Vol. 10, No. 47 of Canadian Science, executive editor Lydia Dotto. This was the final issue of Canadian Science.

Articles written by Lydia Dotto for the Edmonton Journal when she was a teenager. Includes articles on popular music, school, and the Edmonton entertainment scene.

Five short stories by Lydia Dotto that were never published.

Articles by Lydia Dotto on the ozone layer, as well as reviews and correspondence relating to her book of the same name.

One article from an unknown publication by Lydia Dotto titled "we can't believe your eyes: improving the accuracy of eyewitness evidence."

Contract and addendum between Lydia Dotto and Doubleday for her book "a climate of change: extreme weather, global climate change and human choices."

Materials relating to Lydia Dotto's book "Proof or Consequences." Includes a letter from the publisher, and an outline of the work.

Apollo-Soyuz test project air-to-ground voice transcription 203-09/T-93 where Lydia Dotto asked a question to Commander Stafford. Lydia asked about how well the American astronauts felt they handled speaking Russian.

Transcript of an interview with Dr. Joseph Kerwin, Senior Vice President, Wyle Laboratories.

Cassette tape labeled McElroy and Sagan.

One pin from the Apollo 16 mission.

Sandford Fleming medal awarded to Lydia Dotto by the Royal Canadian Institute for outstanding contributions to the public understanding of science.

Press site pass for Lydia Dotto for the STS-41-G space shuttle mission.

One patch from Vail, Colorado ski resort.

One press pass for Viking Press.

Canadian Meteorological Society citation given to Lydia Dotto for her science writing at the Globe and Mail.

Canadian Science Writers' Association science journalism award given to Lydia Dotto. Also includes items of correspondence congratulating her and an article on her achievement.

Canadian Science Writers' Association Science Journalism Award given to Lydia Dotto for her feature "Global Warming: Dealing with Uncertainty" in the Globe and Mail.

20 photographs of Lydia Dotto from all stages of her life. Includes images of her as a baby, at graduations, during work events, and candids.

Published copies of University of Toronto Magazine with Lydia Dotto's articles. Titles of articles are:

• "Nobel laureate John Polanyi" (Winter 1986),
• "Life in the fast track" (Autumn 1989),
• "The Mammography debate" by Lydia Dotto and Eva Klein (Winter 1993),
• "Never too thin" by Lydia Dotto and Eva Klein (Spring 1993),
• "Genome quest" (Summer 1995),
• "By your eyes only" (Spring 1990),
• "Space university not science fiction" (Spring 1988).

Published copies of National. The Canadian Bar Association magazine with Lydia Dotto's articles. Titles of articles are:

• "You can't believe your eyes" (Volume 11, No. 7, November 2002),
• "Liar liar" (Volume 13, No. 3, January/February 2004).

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Canadian Aviation Magazine (1980), The Globe and Mail (1975, 1987), Science Forum (1976, 1979), Legion Magazine (1978, 1980), CIPS review (1980), Canadian Business (1980, 1983), en Route Magazine (1980, 1982), ComputerData (1980, 1981), Business Journal (1982), Airborne (1980), Canadian Geographic (1980), In search (1980), University of Toronto Magazine (1981, 1993), InfoAge (1985), and others unidentified and undated.

Includes an article about Dotto and the publishing of her book Canada in Space in Maclean's: Canada's weekly newsmagazine.

Also contains a lecture delivered by Dotto at the Public Symposium "You and the Universe" (Carleton University, Ottawa, June 30, 1990) titled "Planet Earth as a life support system."

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Science Forum (1973, 1974), Canadian Medical Association Journal (1996), University of Toronto Magazine (1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, ), Challenges Magazine (1987, 1989, 1990), Legion Magazine (1980), High Technology (1984), The Journal. Published by the Addiction Research Foundation (1990), Inside Information (n.d.), Health Watch (1990), News Canada (1994), en Route Magazine (1983, 1984), and others unidentified and undated.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are Legion Magazine (1980), Canadian Business (1980), Canadian Geographic (1980), ComputerData (1980), en Route Magazine (1980), In Search (1980), and others unidentified and undated.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are The Graduate (1982), Equinox: the magazine of Canadian discovery (1982), en Route Magazine (1982), Canadian Business (1982), Business Journal (1982), CIPS Review (1982), Quest (1982), and others unidentified and undated.

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media in the year 1983. Media are Canadian Business, Doctor's Review, Quest, Canadian Geographic, en Route Magazine, Information Technology, City Woman, and Science Link.

Includes a program and printed speech delivered by Dotto at "A microcomputer conference for women" (Toronto, September 26 to 28, 1983) in which Lydia Dotto participated as a Luncheon Speaker. And program for "The age of microchips: the next five years" (Toronto, July 28 to August 1, 1983) where Dotto participated in the panel "Moral issues - who controls "progress"? Who pays the social cost?"

Originals and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media in the year 1984. Media are The Globe and Mail, Information Technology, Circle, The DMR Letter, Quest, Grauate: the University of Toronto Alumni Magazine, Doctor's Access, and The Journal published by the Addiction Research Foundation.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1972-1973). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1975). Some clippings are pasted on scrapbook pages.

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in different media. Media are The Globe and Mail (1975-2004), Canadian Business (1978-1986), InfoAge (1985), Canadian Aviation (1978), content Magazine (1986), Legion Magazine (1980), University of Toronto Magazine (1989), Science Forum (1973-1975), Access Magazine (n.d.).

Includes drafts for articles with corrections written by Dotto possibly related to Dotto's book The astronauts: Canada's voyageurs in space (1993).

Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles by Lydia Dotto published in The Globe and Mail (1974-2003) and Science Digest (1979).

Materials related to Lydia Dotto's books and publications. Includes newspaper clippings by and about Dotto from different media, book reviews, related correspondence.

Media are The Citizen (1978), Canadian Geographic (1988), The Prince George Citizen (1993), The Globe and Mail (1999), The Winnipeg Sun (1999), The Edmonton Journal (1999), The Toronto Star (1999), Canadian Space Gazette (1996), Publishers Weekly (1991), Kirkus Reviews (1990), Update (1993), and other unidentified and undated.

Books reviewed are:

• The Ozone War (1978),
• Thinking the unthinkable: civilization and rapid climate change (1988),
• The astronauts: Canada's voyageurs in space (1993),
• Storm warning: gambling with the climate of our planet (1999),
• Losing sleep: how your sleeping habits affect your life (1990),
• Blue Planet: a portrait of Earth (1991),
• Asleep in the fast lane: the impact of sleep on work (1990),
• Ethical choices and global climate warming (1993).

Materials related to Lydia Dotto's book Canada in space (1987). Includes newspaper clippings by and about Dotto from different media, press releases, book reviews, promotional events schedules and information, and related correspondence.

Media are Canadian Business (1986), content Magazine (1986), Dimensions (n.d.), Library Guild (n.d.), The Globe and Mail (1987), The Ottawa Citizen (1987), The Province (1987), The Charlatan from Carleton University (1987), Calgary Herald (1987), Quill & Quire (1987), Halifax Mail Star (n.d.), Financial Post (n.d.), _The Edmonton Journal) (1987), and other unidentified and undated.

Also includes a press release from TVOntario.

VHS tapes with recordings of program "The Nature of Things." Includes two tapes with titles:

• "Nature of Things. New Materials" (January 26, 1994),
• "The Nature of Things with David Suzuki. Show #2 - 1994-1995. the Advanced Material World" (October 13, 1994).

Printed calendar for the year 1987 with the topic "Canada in Space" published by the Canadian Astronaut Program.

Digital copy of the proceedings of Climate change and salmon stocks (Vancouver, British Columbia) organized by the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council. Includes notes on Lydia Dotto's presentation "Storm Warning: Gambling with the Climate of our Planet" as part of the panel "What is the best strategy to adopt?"

Transcript of an interview by Lydia Dotto to Dr. Parvez Kumar.

Transcript of interview by Lydia Dotto to Captain Michael John McKay.

Transcript of interview by Lydia Dotto to Chris Austin Hadfield and Julie Payette.

Typed annotations from the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML) press conference in Ottawa, June 26, 1991.

Transcript of interviews by Lydia Dotto to Bruce Aikenhead from May 10, 1990, May 1991, and October 27, 1991.

Transcript of interviews by Lydia Dotto to Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason.

Copy of the "Canadian Space Agency. Space Science Research in Canada. The CSA's report to the 36th Cospar Meeting. Beijing, China, July 2006." Includes a printed version in English and a CD-ROM with English and French versions.

Digital copy of the Apollo-Soyuz test project air-to-ground voice transcription 203-09/T-93 where Lydia Dotto asked a question to Commander Stafford.

Materials relating to the professional and personal life of Lydia Dotto.

Articles and short stories written by Lydia Dotto that were both published and unpublished.

Article by Lydia Dotto for The Carleton, titled "Hair lives, breathes."

Article by Lydia Dotto for the Globe and Mail titled "Hydrogen: fuel of the future?"

Synopsis of a science fiction novel by Lydia Dotto titled "the whole truth about everything."

Article by Lydia Dotto for an unknown publication titled "What is Ottawa's pop scene now?"

Book review for Lydia Dotto's book "losing sleep" by Stacey D'Erasmo from The Village Voice.

Invitation for Lydia Dotto to attend an event at the New York Public Library for her book "planet Earth in jeopardy" being listed as one of the top books of the year for teens. Also includes a transcript of a speech that Lydia Dotto gave at Carleton based on the contents of the book, as well as correspondence related to the publishing of the book.

Research and interviews conducted by Lydia Dotto for her work.

Cassette tape with Lydia Dotto's interviews on CBC shows including on space, sleep, climate and nuclear winter.

DVD of an interview with Chris Hadfield.

Cassette tape with a CBC logo and the handwritten label STS-74.

Cassette tape with the first Canadian astronaut and shuttle inquiry on the CBC programme Morningside.

Microcassettes with interviews of David Williams, Marc Garneau, Chris Hadfield, Dane Russo, and Wendell Mendell.

Two photographs of Lydia Dotto during a zero gravity training flight at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.

On medallion from the Apollo XVII mission.

One press pin from the Apollo-Soyuz mission.

One envelope addressed to Lydia Dotto from Spacelab.

One news media pass from NASA for the first mission of the Space Shuttle.

One press pass for the Pioneer Io Jupiter Encounter.

One press pass for the Space Shuttle Enterprise free flight.

One news media pass for the STS-74 Shuttle/Mir mission.

University medal in journalism awarded to Lydia Dotto by Carleton University.

Materials relating to the decommissioning of the USS Ticonderoga. Includes an invitation and ticket to the decommissioning ceremony, a programme for the ceremony, and a memorial book outlining the history of the ship. Lydia Dotto was onboard the USS Ticonderoga when it was the recovery ship for the Skylab II mission.

Materials relating to Lydia Dotto's personal life.

Photocopy of a ticket for the Beatles' concert at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. The was the band's first Canadian concert. Lydia won a ticket to it.

Award given to Lydia Dotto by the Canadian Science Writers' Association for outstanding journalism in science and society.