Books and Monographs

• Balka, E., Green E. & Henwood, F. (Eds.). (2009). Gender, health and information technology in context. Hampshire: Palgrave Press.
• Balka, E., Ciolfi, C., Simone, C., Tellioglu, H. & Wagner, I.  (Eds.). (2009). Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. New York: Springer.
• Balka, E. & Smith, R.K. (Eds.). (2000). Women, work and computerization: Charting a course to the future. Norwell, MA: Kluwer.
• Balka, E. (1997). Computer networking: Spinsters on the web. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. 

Refereed Journal Articles

• Daniels, J., Elston, B., Balka, E., Lim, J., Reimer, E., & Ansermino, J. M. (Under Review). The effectiveness of standard pediatric daycare surgery discharge communication: A quality improvement gap analysis. Journal of Communication in Healthcare.
• Tolar, M. & Balka, E. (Submitted). From troubleshooting to EMR optimization: IT support in a general practice setting [Special Issue: AHIC 2010]. Electronic Journal of Health Informatics.
• Balka, E., Whitehouse, S., Coates, S. & Andrusiek, D. (Accepted). Ski hill injuries and ghost charts: Socio-technical issues in achieving eHealth interoperability across jurisdictions. Information Systems Frontiers.
• Balka, E. (2010). Broadening discussion about participatory design: A response to Kyng. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, 22(1), 77-84.
• Balka, E. (2010). Obituary: Susan Leigh Star. Social Studies of Science, 40, 647-651.
• Balka, E., Tolar, M., Coates, S. & Whitehouse, S. (2010). Socio-technical challenges in implementing safe patient handovers in care. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 157, 206-212.  
• Balka, E., Krueger, G., Holmes, B. & Stephen, J. (2010). Situating Internet use: Information-seeking among young women with breast cancer [Special Issue: Ehealth and the Delivery of Health Care]. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15(3), 389-411.
• Nicol, A.M, Bush, C.G., & Balka, E. (2009). Internet devices and desires: A review of randomized control trials of interactive, internet-mediated, in-home, chronic disease monitoring. Journal of Research in Inteprofessional Practice and Education, 1(1): 66-84.
• Tillotson, S., Lear, S., Araki, Y., Horvat, D., Prkachin, K., Bates, J., & Balka, E. (2009). Innovation in the North: are health service providers ready for the uptake of an internet-based chronic disease management platform? Studies In Health Technology And Informatics, 143: 472-7.
• Schuurman, N. & Balka, E. (2009). Alt.metadata.health: Ontological context for data use and integration. Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 18(1), 83-108. 
• Balka, E., Freilich, J.(2008), Evaluating nurses’ injury rates: challenges associated with information technology and indicator content and design. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 6(2): 83-99.
• Poureslami, I., Rootman, I., Balka, E., Devarakonda, R., & Fitzgerald, M. A. (2009). Systematic review of asthma and health literacy: A cultural-ethnic perspective. Medscape General Medicine, 9(3):40.
• Balka, E., Rodje, K., & Bush, C. (2007). Rose-coloured glasses: The discourse on information technology in the Romanow Report. Canadian Journal of Communication, 32(3):475-494.
• Balka, E. & Whitehouse, S. (2007). Whose work practice? Situating an electronic triage system within a complex system. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 130:59-74.
• Balka, E., Reidl, C., & Wagner, I. (2007). Using fieldwork in analyzing ethical issues related to IT in health care. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 129(part 1):237-241.
• Murphy, D., Balka, E., Poureslami, I., Leung, D., Cruz, T. & Nicol, A. (2007). Community based video production for communicating health information. Canadian Journal of Communication, 32(3):383-400.
• Poureslami, I., Rootman, I., & Balka, E. (2007). Changing immigrants’ attitudes towards intentions to use the BC HealthGuide Program: Culturally specific video messaging for health promotion. Journal of Applied Research on Learning, 1(1) 1-12.
• Poureslami, I., Rootman, I., & Balka, E. (2007). Assessing the effectiveness of informational video Clips on Iranian immigrants’ attitudes toward and intention to use the BC HealthGuide Program in the greater Vancouver area. Medscape General Medicine, 9(1), 12
• Balka, E., Kahnamou, N. & Nutland, K. (2007). Who’s in charge of patient safety? Work practice, work processes and utopian views of automatic drug dispensing systems. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76(Supplement 1), S35-S47.
• Balka, E., Doyle-Waters, M., Lecznarowicz, D. &. FitzGerald, J.M. (2007). Technology, governance and patient safety: Systems issues in technology and patient safety. International Journal of Medical Informatics 76(Supplement 1), S48-S57.
• Proctor, R., Rouncefield, M., Balka, E., & Berg, M. (2006). CSCW and dependable healthcare systems [Special issue]. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 15(5-6), 413-418.
• Numata, Y., Schulzer, M., van der Wal, R., Globerman, J., Semeniuk, P., Balka, E., & FitzGerald, M. J. (2006). Nurse staffing levels and hospital mortality in critical care settings: A systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 55(4) 435-438.
• Balka, E., Messing, K. & Armstrong, P. (2006). Indicators for all: Including occupational health in indicators for a sustainable health care system. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 45-61.
• Messing, K., Seifert, A.M., Vézina, N., Balka, E. & Chatigny, C. (2005). Qualitative research using numbers: An approach developed in France and used to transform work in North America. New Solutions, 15(3), 245-260.
• Balka, E., Mason, S. & Elfring, N. (2005). “You think it is turning but it is the multiple small stuff” Gender, the division of labour and back and shoulder injury among nursing staff. Canadian Woman Studies, 24(1): 145-152.
• Henwood, F. & Balka, E. (2004). Editorial comment: The use of information and communication technologies in the communication of health information and advice information [Special Issue: E-Health]. Communication and Society, 7(4), v-ix.
• Balka, E. (2003). The role of technology in making gender count on the health information highway. Atlantis, 27(2), 49–56.
• Balka, E. (2003). Getting the big picture: The macro-politics of information system development (and failure) in a Canadian hospital. Methods of Information in Medicine, 42(4), 324–330.
• Balka, E. (2000). Der aktive text von computer-netzwerken. [Uncovering gendered social relations: The active text of computer networks]. Das Argument, 238, 785–793.
• Balka, E. (2000). Rethinking ‘The Medium is the Message’: Agency and technology in McLuhan’s writings. Media International Australia, 94, 73–88.
• Balka, E. (2000). Recipe for new directions in communications research: Take one feminist, add an interest in the social aspects of computing and shake; finally, stir with communications as an area of study and serve. The Australian Journal of Communication, 27(1), 22–50.
• Balka, E. (1998). Feminist technology assessment: Reflections on theory and practice [Reprinted as part of 25th Anniversary Promotion]. Atlantis, 37(2), 112–122.
• Balka, E. (1997). Participatory design in women’s organizations: The social world of organizational structure and the gendered nature of expertise. Gender, Work and Organizations, 4(2), 99–115.
• Balka, E. (1996). Women and computer networking in six countries. The Journal of International Communications, 3(1), 66 –84.
• Balka, E. (1995). Risk recreation, gender, technology and empowerment: Reflections of life on the rocks [Special issue on women and sport]. Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la femme, 15(3), 42–45.
• Balka, E. & Doucette, L. (1994). The accessibility of computers to organizations serving women in the province of Newfoundland: Preliminary study results. Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture, 2(3). http://www.monash.edu.au/journals/ejvc/balka.v2n3.
• Balka, E. (1993). Cappuccino, community and technology: Technology in the everyday life of Margaret Benston. Canadian Woman Studies Journal/les cahiers de la femme, 13(2), 62–65.
• Benston, M. & Balka, E. (1993). Participatory design by non-profit groups. Canadian Woman Studies Journal/les cahiers de la femme, 13(2), 100–103.
• Balka, E. (1993). Women’s access to on-line discussions about feminism. The Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication, 3(1). http://www.cios.org/getfile/Balka_v3n193.
• Balka, E. (1991). Margaret Benston remembered. Labour/ Le Travail, 2(27).
• Balka, E. (1986). Calculus and coffee cups: Learning science on your own. Resources For Feminist Research, 16(3), 11–12.

Book Chapters

• Balka, E. (Forthcoming). ACTION for Health. In J. Simonsen & T. Robertson, (Eds.), Participatory Design – A Reference Book.
• Balka, E. (2010). From Categorization to public policy: The multiple roles of electronic triage. In A. Rudinow Sætnan, H. M. Lomell & S. Hammer, (Eds.). By the very act of counting: The co-construction of statistics and society (pp. 172-190). New York: Routledge.
• Balka, E. & Rodje, K. (2010).  How do we define for whom the bell curves? Measuring ethnicity in Canada. In A. Rudinow Sætnan, H. M. Lomell & S. Hammer, (Eds.). By the very act of counting: The co-construction of statistics and society (pp. 99-116). New York: Routledge. , NY.  
• Green, E. , Henwood, F. & Balka, E. (2009). Introduction. In E. Balka, E. Green & F. Henwood (Eds.). Gender, information technology in context. (pp. 1-16). Hampshire: Palgrave Press.
• Balka, E. (2009). Gender, information technology and making health work: Unpacking complex relations at work. In E. Balka, E. Green & F. Henwood (Eds.). Gender, health and information technology in context. (pp. 104-121). Hampshire: Palgrave Press.
• Green, E., Henwood, F. & Balka, E. (2009). Conclusion. In E. Balka, E. Green & F. Henwood (Eds.). Gender, health and information technology in context. (pp. 177-187). Hampshire: Palgrave Press.
• Balka, E. & Butt, A. (2008) Invisible logic: The role of software as an information intermediary in healthcare. In N. Wathen, S. Wyatt & R. Harris, (Eds.). Mediating health information: The go-betweens in a changing socio-technical landscape (pp. 78-93). Hampshire: Palgrave Press.
• Balka, E. (2005). Tidying up loose ends: Theoretical and practical issues related to women’s participation in technological design. In H. Rohracher (Ed.), User involvement in technological innovation (pp. 147-173). Munich: Profil-Verlag.
• Balka, E. (2004). Redefining P3: Political economy, policy and privacy issues on the Canadian health information highway. In L. Shade & M. Moll (Vol. Eds.), Communications in the public interest: Vol. 2. Seeking convergence in policy and practice (pp. 201-219). Ottawa, ON: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
• Balka, E. & Peterson, B.J. (2004). Citizenship & public access Internet use: Beyond the field of dreams. In P. Day & D. Schuler (Eds.), Community practice in the network society: Local action/global interaction (pp. 235–262). New York: Routledge.
• Balka, E. (2004). Intent and outcome: Thinking through women’s participation in technology design. In J. McCracken & O. Adesope (Eds.), The fusion of arts and technology: Research perspectives (pp. 171-200). Surrey, BC: School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University.
• Balka, E. (2002). Moving from chaos to socially aware technology design: Reflections on the courtship of theory and praxis. In A. Bamme, G. Getzinger & B. Wiesser (Eds.), Yearbook 2002 of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Science, Technology and Society (pp. 15–42). Vienna: Profil.
• Balka, E. & Peterson, B.J. (2002). Jacques and Jill at VPL: Citizenship and the use of the Internet at Vancouver Public Library. In M. Pandakur & R. Harris (Eds.), Citizenship and participation in the information age (pp. 361–371). Toronto, ON: Garamond.
• Balka, E. (2002). The invisibility of the everyday: New technology and women’s work in telecommunications in Atlantic Canada. In E. Meehan & E. Riordan (Eds.), Sex and money: Feminism and political economy in the media (pp. 60 – 74). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
• Balka, E. (2000). Professional societies. In The Routledge international encyclopedia of women vol. 4 (pp. 1674–1678). New York: Routledge.
• Balka, E. (2000). Introduction. In E. Balka & R.K. Smith (Eds.), Women, work and computerization: Charting a course to the future (pp. 1–8). Norwell, MA: Kluwer.
• Balka, E. (1998). Documenter les domaines inexploités: Critiques féministes du changement technologique. In R. Mura (Ed.), Un savoir à notre image? Vol. 2 (pp. 183-206). Quebec: Presses Inter Universitaires.
• Balka, E. (1997). Sometimes texts speak louder than users: Locating invisible work through textual analysis. In A.F. Grundy, D. Kohler, V. Oechtering & U. Petersen (Eds.), Women, work and computerization: Spinning a web from past to future (pp. 163–176). New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Balka, E. (1996). Gender and skill in human computer interaction. In ACM/SIGCHI Common Ground: Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’96 Conference Companion). New York: ACM Press/Addison Wesley.
• Balka, E. (1996). Perseverance, pictures and parts. In L. Salter & A. Hearn (Eds.), Outside the lines: Exploring interdisciplinary research (pp. 46–51). Montreal, QC; Kingston, ON: McGill-Queens.
• Balka, E. (1995). Technology as a factor in women’s occupational stress: The case of telephone operators. In K. Messing, L. Dumais & B. Neis (Eds.), Invisible: issues in women’s occupational health (pp. 75–103). Charlottetown, PE: Gynergy Press.
• Smith, J. & Balka, E. (1988). Chatting on feminist computer networks. In C. Kramarae (Ed.), Technology and women’s communication (pp. 82–97). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Tolar, M. & Balka, E. (In Press). Beyond individual patient care: Enhanced use of EMR data and changing work practices in a primary care setting. Proceedings of ITCH 2011, International Conference on Information Technology and Communications in Health. Victoria, BC Canada, February 24-27.
• Balka, E. (2010). Ghost charts and shadow records: Implication for system design. In C. Safran, S. Reti & H.F. Marin (Eds.), MEDINFO 2010 – Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Medical Informatics (pp. 686-690). Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, September 12-15, 2010. Fairfax, VA: IOS Press.
• Tolar, M. & Balka, E. (2010). Infrastructure in the making: The case of an EMR system in a general practice setting. AHIC 2010: The Realities of eHealth, Advances in Health Informatics Conference. University of Waterloo, Health Sciences Campus, Kitchener, Canada, April 28 – 30, 2010. (DVD Only).
• Bjorn, P., Balka, E., (2009). Supporting the design of health information systems: Action research as knowledge translation.  Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) (pp. 1-10). Big Island, Hawaii, January 5-8. Washington, DC: IEEE Computer Society.
• Balka, E., Bjorn, P. and Wagner, I. (2008). Steps toward a typology for health informatics. Proceedings of the ACM 2008 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 08) (pp. 515-524). San Diego, November 8-12. New York: ACM. Awarded Best Paper.
• Bjorn, P. & Balka, E. (2007). Health care categories have politics too: Unpacking the managerial agendas of electronic triage systems. In L.J. Bannon, I. Wagner, C. Gutwin, R.H.R. Harper & K. Schmidt (Eds.), ECSCW 2007: Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (pp. 371-390). London: Springer-Verlag.
• Balka, E. & Whitehouse, S. Whose work practice? Situating an electronic triage system within a complex system. In E. Coiera, J.I. Westbrook, J.L. Callen & J. Aarts (Eds.), Information Technology in Health Care 2007: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Technology in Health Care. Socio-technical Approaches Vol. 130 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics (pp. 59-74). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
• Balka, E. (2007). Will technology change the organization or will the organization change technology? The Real World of Organizations in Health Information Technology Implementations. Information Technology and Communications in Health (pp. 263-269). Victoria BC: University of Victoria.
• Balka, E. & Wagner, I. (2006). Making things work: Dimensions of configurability as appropriation work. Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference 2006 (CSCW ’06) (pp. 229-238). Banff, Alberta, November 4-8. Received Honourable Mention for Best Paper.
• Balka, E. (2006). Inside the belly of the beast: The challenges and successes of a reformist participatory agenda. Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Participatory Design (PDC ’06): Expanding Boundaries in Design Vol. 1 (pp. 134-143). Trento, Italy, August 1-6. New York: ACM Press.
• Balka, E., Wagner, I. & Jensen, C.B. (2005). Reconfiguring critical computing in an era of configurability. In. O.W. Bertelsen, N.O. Bouvin, P.G. Krough & M. Kyng (Eds.), Critical Computing: Between Sense and Sensibility: Proceedings of the Forth Decennial Aarhus Conference (pp. 79-88). Aarhus, Denmark, August 20-24. New York: ACM Press.
• Mason, S. & Balka, E. (2005). “You think it’s turning but it is the multiple small stuff”: Nursing activities, awkward postures and back and shoulder injury amongst nurses. Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health 2005 Bi-Annual Symposium. Vancouver, BC, May 15-17. (CD Rom only).
• Balka, E. (2005). A Tale of two cultures: Explorations in the meaning of culture in ethnographic research in information systems. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) International 2005 Usability and Internationalization Conference. Ethnography and International Usability Invited Session. Las Vegas, Nevada, July 22-27. (CD Rom only).
• Balka, E. & Kahnamoui, N. (2004). Technology trouble? Talk to us! Findings from an ethnographic field study. Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Participatory Design (PDC ’04): Artful Integration: Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices Vol. 1 (pp. 224–234). Toronto, ON. July 27–31. New York: ACM Press.
• Balka, E. (2001). Tidying up loose ends: Theoretical and practical issues related to women’s participation in technological design. International Summer Academy on Technology Studies: User Involvement in Technological Innovation (pp. 1-12). Deutschlandsberg, Austria, July 8-14.
• Balka, E. & Peterson, B.J. (2000). Moving beyond the field of dreams: Citizenship and the use of the Internet at Vancouver Public Library. Proceedings of Directions in Advanced Computing (DIAC) 2000. Shaping the Network Society: The Future of the Public Sphere in Cyberspace (pp. 94-101). University of Washington, May 20-23. Seattle: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
• Balka, E. (1998). User-centered design as negotiated relationships. User centered design: Problems and possibilities. Workshop held in conjunction with 1998 Computer Supported Collaborative Work and Participatory Design Conferences. Seattle, WA, November 14. http://www.nada.kth.se/cid/pdc98/workshop/.
• Balka, E. (1997). Insights from participatory design and their application to ergonomics. From Experience to Innovation: Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IAE ’97) Vol. 2, (pp. 183-185). Tampere, Finland, June 29-July 4. Tampere: Finnish Institute for Occupational Health.
• Balka, E. (1996). Gender and skill in human computer interaction. ACM/SIGCHI Human Factors in Computing Systems: Common Ground CHI ’96 Conference Companion, (p. 325). New York: ACM Press/Addison Wesley.
• Balka, E. (1995). Political frameworks for system design: Participatory design in non-profit women’s organizations in Canada and the United States. Political Frameworks of Systems Design From A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Workshop sponsored by International Federation of Information Processors (IFIP) Working Group 9.1: Computers and Work, held in conjunction with Third Decennial Conference: Computers in Context: Joining Forces in Design, (pp. 20-15). Aarhus, Denmark, August 14-18.
• Benston, M. & Balka, E. (1990). Participatory design with non-profits. Proceedings of the Conference on Participatory Design (PDC ’90), (pp. 107-113). Seattle, WA: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.

Non- Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Balka, E. (2007). University-health sector partnerships: Working to influence policy and practice Through Research. Information, Communication and Technology in Health Care: An International Research Connections Workshop. University of Brighton, UK, June 4-5.
• Balka, E. (2006). Will system architecture design women’s health futures? Implications of computerizing health sector work for knowledge about women’s health. 2006 Gender and Science and Technology Conference (GASAT). Brighton, England, September 4-8.
• Balka, E. (2006). Sorting, sending and allocating: Indicators as a secondary ordering system in hospital triage work. Workshop on ‘Ordering systems’. IT University of Copenhagen, December 6-8. http://www.itu.dk/people/schmidt/os-cph2006/Balka.pdf.
• Balka, E. (2006). When boundary objects don’t bridge: The multiple roles of electronic triage. In E. Balka & I. Wagner (Eds.), Reconfiguring Healthcare: Issues in Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare Environments. 2006 Participatory Design Conference (PDC ’06): Expanding the Boundaries in Design. Trento, Italy, August 1-5, 2006.
• Schuurman, N. & Balka, E. (2006). Alt.metadata.health: Ontological context for data use and integration. Alpine Ski Seminar on Information Systems (AL-PIS ‘06) (pp. 129-152). Carisolo, Trento, Italy, February 11-14.
• Balka, E. (2005). Socio-technical challenges in constructing continuity of care: Reflections on two system development projects. Proceedings of the Continuity of Care Workshop. Held in conjunction with HelseInformatikkuka i (HelsIT). Trondheim, Norway, September 28. http://www.kith.no/templates/kith_WebPage____1469.aspx.
• Balka, E. (2005). The production of health indicators as computer supported cooperative work: Reflections on the multiple roles of electronic health records. In E. Balka & I. Wagner (Eds.), Reconfiguring Healthcare: Issues in Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare Environments (pp. 67-75). Workshop organized by Ellen Balka & Ina Wagner for the 9th European Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference (ECSCW 2005). Paris, September 19.
• Wagner, I. & Balka, E. (2005). Supporting configuring as appropriation work. In Y. Dittrich, P. Dourish, A. Mørch, V. Pipek, G. Stevens, & B. Törpel (Eds.). International reports on socio-informatics Vol. 2 No. 2: International Institute for Socio-Informatics (pp. 71-78). Supporting Appropriation Work: Approaches for the ‘reflective’ user. Workshop organized by Y. Dittrich, P. Dourish, A. Mørch, V. Pipek, G. Stevens, & B. Törpel at the 9th European Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference (ECSCW 2005). Paris, September 18.
• Mason, S., Brown, M., Lacasse, C., Tholin, H., Balka, E. & Elfring, N. (2005).Participatory design of nurses’ workspaces in an intensive care unit. Proceedings of the Association of Canadian Ergonomics (ACE 2005): Charting the Human Factor. Halifax, NS, August 15-18.
• Balka, E. (2005). Disparate interests, common goals? Moving an action-oriented health technology assessment agenda forward in Canada. Practices of Assessment and Intervention in Action-Oriented Science and Technology Studies (18 pp.). Workshop organized by Casper Bruun Jensen & Teun Zuiderent-Jerak. April 25-26.
• Balka, E. (2004). Fragmented views from the field: Reflections on field observations of computerized health sector work. Work Practice Research and Information Technology Development in Hospital and Community Health Care Settings (pp. 7-12). Workshop held in conjunction with Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference 2004 (CSCW ‘04). Chicago, IL, November 7.
• Balka, E. (2001). Democratic empowerment through IT for women? Commentator on keynote, ITech and Women Conference. Vienna City Hall, October 23.
• Balka, E. (2001). Gendered technology, gendered skill, gendered talk or a sexist world? Reflections on gender and skill. Commentator on keynote, ITech and Women Conference. Vienna City Hall, October, 23.
• Balka, E. (1999). Technology as a factor in women’s occupational health. Proceedings of Women’s Occupational Health Network Meetings (pp. 98-104). University of Quebec at Montreal (CINBIOSE), Ottawa, ON, Health Canada, March 26-28.
• Balka, E. (1998). Where do we draw the line? Technology as prosthesis or self as machine? Proceedings of the 8th Annual Oksnoen Symposium (pp. 1-7). Samso, Denmark, June 7-11.
• Balka, E. (1997). Gender, technology and three-tracking: Thoughts on pleasure and technology. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Oksnoen Symposium (pp. 1-7). Sausalito, California, May 6-10.
• Balka, E. (1997). Viewing universal access through a gendered lens. Proceedings of Universal Access Workshop: Developing a Canadian Access Strategy: Universal Access to Essential Network Services. Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, ON, February 6-8. http://www3.fis.utoronto.ca/research/iprp/ua/gender/balka.html.
• Balka, E. (1994). Position statement for critical considerations in the creation and control of personal/collective communication spaces. In A. Clement, L. Suchman & I. Wagner (Eds.), Workshop Proceedings: Critical Considerations in the Creation and Control of Personal/Collective Communications Spaces. Palo Alto, CA: Xerox PARC.

Newspaper, Newsletter and Magazine Articles

• Balka, E. (2010, February 26). No wonder B.C.’s health records system has problems [Letter to the editor]. Vancouver Sun.
• Balka, E. (2002). The trouble with access: Some thoughts on internet access and women’s empowerment. Metathemen [Feature Article]. PCNews 78 (Juni), 14-15.
• Balka, E. (2001). The trouble with access: Some thoughts on internet access and women’s empowerment. SOZIALE TECHNIK, 4, 11-14.
• Balka, E. (11 November 1999). Where have all the feminist technology critics gone? Loka Alert 6:6. Amherst MA: Loka Institute.
• Balka, E. (1997). Internet access: Right or privilege for women? Human Rights Forum, 7(1), 4-5.
• Balka, E. (1991, Fall). Women’s Studies at Memorial University. Waterlily.

Project Reports

• Balka, E., & Coates, S. (2009). Interim report: Improving quality and efficiency of on-hill data collection. Report prepared for Whistler-Blackcomb. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
• Balka, E. (2008). Preliminary Report: Clinical Records and Hospital Charts: Implications for Computerization. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
• Balka, E. & McCullough, A. (2007). English- and French speakers’ use of the Canadian Health Network: A report with Recommendations for the Canadian Health Network. ACTION for Health Report 2007. Report prepared for the Canadian Health Network. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
• Balka, E., & Butt, A. (2006). Information Seeking Practices of Seniors, Youth and Parents. ACTION for Health Report 2006-02. Report prepared for the BC Ministry of Health. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
• Balka, E., Doyle Waters, M. & Fitzgerald, J. M. (2006). Health technology, governance and patient safety: An overview and synthesis of the literature. HPRP File #: 6795-15-2003/5760002. Ottawa, ON: Heath Canada.
• Balka, E. & Dunbar Jones, J. (2003). Computer supported delivery of continuing education to front line staff in a healthcare setting: A needs assessment and feasibility study. ATIC-DL Report 03-02. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
• Balka, E. & Buller, L. (2003). Computer mediated workplace based continuing education: Issues, challenges, strengths and limitations. ATIC-DL Report 03-01. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
• Balka, E. (2001). Case study reports for emergence: Mapping the relocation of employment in the global information economy. (EMERGENCE). September.
• Best, A, Balka, E. & Bitz, J. (2001). Final report: Building partnerships to support knowledge management for integrated health services. Science Council of British Columbia.
• Balka, E. & Jones, M. (1998). Ethnographic analysis of the implementation and use of a high speed computer network in a middle school setting: Interim report of the IPS/PDG/ATIC Project. ATIC-DL Report 98-01. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
• Balka, E. & Jones, M. (1998). Planning and implementing participant re-design of middle-school mathematics software: The second phase of the IPS/PDG/ATIC Project. ATIC-DL Report 98-02. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.