About Marianne Ainley Marianne Ainley (1937-2008) was principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, as well as dean of Women's Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. Books by Marianne Ainley Creating Complicated Lives Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980 by (author) Marelene Rayner-Canham & Geoff Rayner-Canham edited by Marianne Ainley