Nicki Darbyson
Education
2007-2008 Brock University, St. Catharines, M.A. in History; thesis: ‘Sadists and Softies’: Gender and the Movement to Abolish the Death Penalty in Canada: A Case Study of Steven Truscott. (Supervisor: Prof. Carmela Patrias)
2007- 2008 Brock University, St. Catharines, Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2003-2007 Brock University, St. Catharines, B.A. (Hons.) History (Canadian History
Concentration)
1999-2003 OSSD, Goderich District Collegiate Institute, Goderich, Ontario.
Academic Awards and Distinctions
2008 Brock University: M.A. Book Prize,
2008 Brock University: M.A. Dean of Graduate Studies Spring Research Fellowship
2007-2008 Brock University Graduate Fellowship
2007 Brock University: Turner Book Prize in Canadian History for best graduating student in Canadian History
2007 Brock University: Department of History Fourth Year Book Prize (Highest Average in Program)
2003-2007 Queen Elizabeth II Aiming For the Top (renewable with an 80 per cent average)
2003-2007 Brock University Entrance Scholarship
2003 Goderich District Collegiate Institute: Goderich Community Credit Union Scholarship (student with the highest average in business subjects over four years).
2003 Goderich District Collegiate Institute: Paula Janell Underhill Scholarship for a student demonstrating leadership qualities in school and the community.
Teaching and Research Employment
2009- Brock University: Research Assistant in History for Professor Renee Lafferty.
2008-2009 Brock University: Research Associate in Humanities Computing for Professor John Bonnett.
2008-2009 Brock University: Teaching Assistant in Twentieth-Century European History.
2007-2008 Brock University: Teaching Assistant in Pre-Confederation Canadian History.
2007 Brock University: Research Associate in Humanities Computing for Professor Kevin Kee.
2004-2006 Brock University: Research Assistant in Sociology for Professor Michelle Webber.
Conference and Seminar Presentations
• Brock University, Two Days in Canada Conference, “Visions and Vissionaries: Religion in Canada.” Chaired a session on the role of religion in the education system, October, 2007.
Professional Associations
Canadian Committee on Women’s History
Ontario Museum Association