Erin Gregory, MA
Curator, Aviation and Space
Biography
Erin Gregory holds a bachelor of arts (Hons) in English literature and history from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, a master of arts in Canadian and gender history from Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and a graduate diploma in cultural resource management from the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
With Ingenium since 2011, Erin began working for the curatorial division as a research assistant in early 2013. Erin worked in the domestic technology, physical sciences and medicine, and agriculture subject areas before moving on to aviation and space in September 2013, where she has been since. She became the assistant curator for aviation and space in 2015, and curator of the subject area in 2019.
Erin is responsible for managing a collection of more than 8,500 objects. In ten years, she has curated seven mid- to large-sized exhibitions at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, including The Cold War (2024) and Eyes on the Skies: Managing Air Traffic in Canada (2021).
She is currently managing research projects that focus on women’s experiences in the Royal Canadian Air Force as well as in air traffic control. Erin will soon begin a long-term research project that focuses on aviation and its impact on communities in northern Canada.
Areas of expertise
- Aviation and war
- Women in aviation and aerospace
- Human spaceflight
- Canadian space technology
- Air traffic control
Publications
Mystery rocket recovered from Lake Ontario: Avro Arrow or other Cold War relic?
ACUA Underwater Archeology Proceedings 2020, co-authored with Nancy Binnie of the Canadian Conservation Institute (2021).
Form and function: Solving the mystery of the Delta Wing Rocket recovered from Lake Ontario
Strides Towards Standard Methodologies in Aeronautical Archaeology, co-authored with Nancy Binnie of the Canadian Conservation Institute (2023).
Research projects
Along the rocky road to inclusion: Women in the RCAF
Explores the history of women in the air force in the relatively understudied period between the disbanding of the women’s divisions in 1946 to the present day. This work aims to document the lived experiences of women in the RCAF, situating and contextualizing these experiences, preserving them for future generations, and sharing them with a wide variety of audiences.
