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CURRICULUM VITAE June 2021
A. NAME
William C. Wicken Professor, tenured Department of History, York University
B. DEGREES
1994 Ph.D., Canadian History, McGill University
1985 M.A., United States Diplomatic History, McGill University
1983 Honours B.A., East Asian History, McGill University
C. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2015- Professor, Department of History, York University
2000-15 Associate Professor, Department of History, York University
1996-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of History, York University
1993-95 Researcher, Confederacy of Mainland Micmacs and the Union of Nova Scotia Indians Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Centre Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.
1993 Contract Researcher, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, ON.
D. ACADEMIC HONOURS
2020- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (F.R.S.C.)
2013 Canadian Historical Association Sir John A. Macdonald/Governor General’s Award for Scholarly Achievement for best book on Canadian History published in 2012 (The Colonization of Mi’kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928).
2013 Canadian Historical Association Clio Award for best book on Atlantic Canada published in 2012 (The Colonization of Mi’kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928).
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2003 Canadian Historical Association Clio Award for best book on Atlantic Canada published in 2002 (Mi’kmaq Treaties on Trial).
E. Professional Contributions and Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
Books (Solely Authored)
2012 The Colonization of Mi’kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928: The King v Gabriel Sylliboy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
2002 Mi’kmaq Treaties on Trial: History, Land and Donald Marshall Junior. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Reprinted 2008, 2011, and 2012.
Books (Co-authored)
2004 John G. Reid, Maurice Basque, Elizabeth Mancke, Barry Moody, and Geoffrey Plank, The Conquest of Acadia, 1710: Imperial, Colonial and Aboriginal Constructions. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Books (edited)
1998 Jo-Anne Fiske and Susan Sleeper-Smith, co-editors, New Faces of the Fur Trade: Selected Papers from the Seventh North American Fur Trade Conference. Lansing: Michigan State University Press.
Chapters in Books
2016 ‘The Treaties of Atlantic Canada,’ in Kristin Burnett & Geoff Read, eds., Aboriginal History: A Reader. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 77-87.
2005 ‘Passamaquoddy Identity and the Marshall Decision,’ in Northeast Borderlands Stephen Hornsby and John G. Reid, eds. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 50-8.
2004 ‘Mi’kmaq Decisions: Antoine Tecounenemac, the Conquest and the Treaty of Utrecht,’ in John Reid, et.al., The Conquest of Acadia, 1710. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 86-100.
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Reprinted in Margaret Conrad, Alvin Finkel, ed., Foundations: Readings in Pre-Confederation History. Toronto: Pearson Education, 2007.
1998 ‘Re-examining Mi'kmaq-Acadian Relations, 1635-1755.’ in Vingt ans après, Habitants et marchands: Lectures de l'histoire des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles canadiens sous la direction de Sylvie Dépatie, Catherine Desbarats, Danielle Gauvreau, Mario Lanlancette and Thomas Wien. Montréal and Kingston: McGill- Queen's University Press, 93-114. Reprinted in Bryden, Coates, Lux, marks, Martel, and Samson, Visions: The Canadian History Modules Project, Pre- Confederation. Toronto: Nelson Education, 2011, pp. 182-90.
1991 ‘Mi'kmaq Land in Southwestern Nova Scotia, 1771-1823.’ in Making Adjustments: Change and Continuity in Planter Nova Scotia 1759-1800, Margaret Conrad, ed., Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 113-122.
Papers in refereed journals
1998 ‘R. V. Donald Marshall Jr., 1993-1996.’ Acadiensis, XXVIII, 1 (Autumn 1998), 6-15.
1995 ‘Heard it from my Grandfather: Mi'kmaq Treaty Tradition and the Syliboy Case of 1928.’ University of New Brunswick Law Journal 44 (1995), 146-161.
1994 ‘The Mi'kmaq and Wuastukwiuk Treaties.’ University of New Brunswick Law Journal 43 (1994), 241-253. Reprinted in Aboriginal Legal Issues: Cases, Materials & Commentary John J. Borrows and Leonard I. Rotman, eds. Toronto and Vancouver: Butterworths 1998, 157-161
1993 ‘26 August 1726: A Case Study in Mi'kmaq-New England Relations.’Acadiensis, XXIII, 1 (Autumn 1993), 5-22.
Other
Dictionary Entries (under review)
2021 (June) ‘Phoebe Johnson.’ (2500 words) Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol. 16
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Reports: Solely Authored (if relevant, law firm appears in brackets).
2021 (June) ‘The Peace and Friendship Treaties and the PEI Mi’kmaq.’ (16 pp.) For the Confederacy of PEI Mi’kmaq [Rosenberg & Kosakoski, Vancouver, BC]
2019 (August) ‘The Mi’kmaq in Prince Edward Island 1763-1901.’ (40 pp.) for the Confederacy of PEI Mi’kmaq. [Rosenberg & Kosakoski, Vancouver, BC]
2019 (August) ‘The Six Nations before 1867.’ (44 pp.) for Kenneth Hill, Six Nations of the Grand River, ON. Superior Court of Justice, Family Court (Ontario), Hill v. Beaver. [Paliare, Roland, Rosenberg, Rothstein, Toronto, ON]
2019 (Feb) ‘Gladue Report on an Imprisoned Individual Claiming Indigenous Ancestry.’ (18 pp.)1 [Lockyear, Campbell, Posner, Toronto, ON]
2018 (Sept) ‘The 18th Century Mi’kmaq Treaties.’ (8 pp.) for the Native Council of Nova Scotia, NS. [Paliare, Roland, Rosenberg, Rothstein, Toronto, ON]
2018 (Sept) ‘Mi’kmaw Occupation of Prince Edward Island to 1763.’ (40 pp.) for the Confederacy of PEI Mi’kmaq. [Rosenberg & Kosakoski., Vancouver, BC]
2017 (August) ‘British Policy Towards Indigenous Nations Before and After the Surrender of Montreal in September 1760.’ (144 pp.) for Odanak First Nation and Wolinak First Nation, QC. Specific Claims Tribunal 2001-11 and 2003-11 and Wolinak First Nation, SCT 2002-11.2 [Dionne & Schulze, Montreal, QC]
2017 (May) ‘Response to Report by Andrea Bear Nicholas.’ (37 pp.) for the Dept of Justice, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON. SCT 1101-12 Madawaska/Maliseet Claim.
2015 (Dec) ‘A Short Response to Professor William Parenteau’s
1 In order to protect the individual’s identity, I have not included their name here. 2 Hereafter, SCT refers to the Specific Claims Tribunal.
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Supplementary Report (Nov 2015).’ (14 pp.) for the Dept. of Justice, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON. SCT-1101-12 Madawaska/Maliseet Claim.
2015 (August) ‘The Madawaska Specific Claim: Supplementary Report.’ (31 pp.) for the Dept of Justice, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON. SCT-1101-12 Madawaska/Maliseet Claim.
2015 (June) ‘Addendum to the Passamaquoddy Claim.’ (14 pp.) for the Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat, Government of New Brunswick.
2014 (Oct) ‘The Madawaska Claim.’ (130 pp.) for the Dept of Justice, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON. SCT-1101-12 Madawaska/Maliseet Claim.
2014 (Sept) ‘The Passamaquoddy Claim’ (20 pp.) for the Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat, Government of New Brunswick.
2011 (Apr) ‘Response to Expert Opinion Reports of Professors Patterson and Von Gernet.’ (25 pp.) for The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, ON. Federal Court of Canada, Daniels v. Canada. [Paliare, Roland & Rosenberg, Rothstein, Toronto, ON]
2011 (Mar) ‘The Prince Edward Island Mi'kmaq and the 18th century Treaties.’ (48 pp.) For the Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat Government of Prince Edward Island.
2010 (Dec) ‘The Objectives of Section 91(24) of the British North America Act of 1867.’ (174 pp.) For The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, ON. Federal Court of Canada, Daniels v. Canada. [Paliare, Roland, Rosenberg, Rothstein, Toronto, ON]
2008 (Nov) ‘The Forgotten People.’ (23 pp.) [on individuals claiming indigenous ancestry in Nova Scotia] [Nickerson, Jacquard, Russell, Yarmouth, NS]
2008 (June) ‘Identifying People of Mi’kmaq Ancestry (112 pp.) for Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn, (Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative) Millbrook, NS.
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2008 (Apr) ‘Review of Expert Opinion Reports R. v. Babin.’ (20 pp.). Nova Scotia Provincial Court, R. v. Babin. [Nickerson, Jacquard, Russell, Yarmouth, NS]
2008 (Mar) ‘Night Hunting in Mi’kmaq historical communities.’ (26 pp.) for the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS. Nova Scotia Provincial Court, R. v. Paul.
2007 (Aug) Night Hunting in Maliseet Society (15 pp.) for MAWIW (Big Cove, Burnt Church and Tobique First Nations), NB.
2006 (Mar) ‘Strategic Plan for the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI.’ (15 pp.) for the Confederacy of PEI Mi’kmaq.
2006 (Jan) ‘The 1778 and 1779 Treaties.’ (67 pp.) for the Mi’gmawei Maowimi Secretariat Listuguj QC.
2005 (Oct) Report on the Inuit Treaty of 1765. (9 pp.) for the Labrador Metis First Nation, Nfld. [Burchells LLP, Halifax, NS]
2004 (Oct) ‘A Metis Community in southwest Nova Scotia’ (27 pp.) Nova Scotia Provincial Court, R. v. Babin. [Nickerson, Jacquard, Russell, Yarmouth, NS]
2004 (Aug) ‘The Mi’kmaq Community in Southwestern Nova Scotia In the Late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.’ (70 pp.) for Acadia First Nation, NS.
2004 (May) ‘The Mi’kmaq of Gaspe in the 20th Century.’ (60 pp.) for the Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat Listuguj, QC.
2003 (Dec) ‘Mi’kmaq Hunting in New Brunswick.’ (4 pp.) in the Matter of Gary and Peter Augustine for the Attorney-General of New Brunswick, NB.
2003 (Sept) ‘The Gespe’gewa’gi Mi’kmaq in the 19th century.’ (67 pp.) for the Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat Listuguj, QC.
2002 (Sept) Report in the Matter of R. v. Alex MacDonald, et. al. (221 pp.)
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for the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS. Nova Scotia Provincial Court.
2002 (June) ‘Executive Summary of Research Reports Prepared for the Wesgijinua’luet Research Project.’ (28 pp.) for the Mi’gmawei Mawoimi Secretariat Listuguj, QC.
2002 (May) `Mi’kmaq use and Occupancy of Gespe’gewa’gi 1534-1871.’ (90 pp.) for the Mi’gmawei Mawoimi Secretariat Listuguj, QC.
2002 (Apr) ‘Review of Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision in R. V. Stephen Frederick Marshall, 2002.’ (22 pp.) for the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS.
2002 (Mar) ‘Mi’kmaq use and occupancy of the Restigouche River. (19 pp.) for Listuguj First Nation, QC.
2002 (Mar) ‘Executive Summary of Restigouche River Project.’ (12 pp.) for Listuguj First Nation, QC.
2001 (June) ‘Maliseet in St. Lawrence River Valley.’ (85 pp.) for Viger First Nation, QC.
2000 (Nov) ‘New Brunswick Maliseet night-hunting practices.’ (4 pp.) for the Attorney General of New Brunswick, NB.
2000 (Sept) ‘Mi’kmaq of Newfoundland and the 1761 Treaty.’ (35 pp.) Newfoundland Supreme Court, R. v. Drew. for Conne River First Nation, Nfld.
1997 (June) ‘Mi’kmaq Treaties and Taxation.’ (118 pp.) Federal Tax Court of Canada, Vaughan Pictou v. R. for the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS.
Reports: Jointly Authored
2015 (Nov) and Dallas Davis, Pierre-Marcel Desjardins, Christine Moore. Independent Environmental Impact Assessment Panel Review: Proposed Construction and Operation of an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine near Napadogan, New Brunswick By Sisson Mines Ltd. (the proponent) (226 pp). Department of Environment and Local Government
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Government of New Brunswick. The report can be found at https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/env/pdf/EIA- EIE/sisson/SummaryOfParticipationSisson.pdf
1993 and John G. Reid. ‘An Overview of the Eighteenth Century Treaties Signed Between the Mi'kmaq and Wuastukwiuk Peoples and the English Crown, 1725-1928.’ (202 pp.). for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, ON.
Posts
2016 (April 21) ‘History on Trial in Daniels v. Canada.’ Active History (activehistory.ca)
Book Reviews
2021 Review of Report of the Task Force on the Commemoration of Edward Cornwallis and Commemoration of Indigenous History. Halifax Regional Municipality (2020): Canadian Historical Review, (March 2021), 177-9.
2017 Review of Living Treaties: Narrating Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations. (Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press, 2016) in Acadiensis https://acadiensis.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/william-c-wicken- reviews-marie-battiste-editor-living-treaties-narrating-mikmaw- treaty-relations-sydney-ns-cape-breton-university-press-2016/
Invited Speaker: Public Policy and Indigenous Community Forums (since 2001 only).
2019 (Oct) ‘Tuscarora Kansas Claims.’ Tuscarora History Group Tuscarora Reservation, New York
2018 (Sept) ‘Tracing Indigenous Peoples’ Genealogy.’ Delaware-Munsee First Nation, ON.
2015 (May) ‘Three Questions.’ Treaty Education Summit
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Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, Halifax, NS.
2015 (Feb) ‘Aboriginal Title in New Brunswick in Light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Williams (2014).’ Two-day seminar with mid-level employees, assistant deputy ministers, and Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat employees. Government of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.
2014 (Sept) ‘Six Nations Paylists.’ Oshweken Genealogical Society, Six Nations Grand River Reserve, ON.
2014 (Mar) ‘Challenges in Creating Academic-Government Partnerships.’ Ontario Public Service Forum, Toronto, ON.
2014 (Mar) ‘Mi’kmaw-Maliseet Treaty Perspectives.’ Maliseet-Mi’kmaq Treaty, Consultation Conference Fredericton, NB.
2014 (Mar) ‘New Brunswick’s Aboriginal Population.’ Lecture to 90 mid-level NB government employees, Fredericton, NB.
2013 (Apr) ‘Historians and the Courts: Some Comments.’ Ontario Bar Association Committee on Aboriginal and Constitutional Law, Toronto, ON.
2013 (Apr) ‘Evidence in the Daniels Case.’ Pacific Business & Law Institute: The Daniels Case Recognition of Metis and Non-Status Aboriginal Peoples,’ Ottawa, ON.
2009 (Mar) ‘Child-Women Ratios in Mi’kmaw Communities Of Nova Scotia, 1871-1911.’ Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, ON.
2008 (Jan) ‘An Historical Overview of the Indigenous Communities in Ontario and Treaty arrangements.’ Aboriginal Policy Research Forum, York University/Ontario Public Service, Toronto/Sudbury/Thunder Bay/Victoria.
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2007 (Mar) ‘The First Nations of Southern Ontario.’ Confederation of Canadian Municipalities Workshop on Aboriginal Peoples, Parry Sound, ON.
2004 (Nov) ‘Understanding Relevant Treaties.’ National Judicial Institute (Maritime region), Halifax, NS.
2004 (Oct) ‘The Moral Economy of Indian Treaties.’ 12th Annual National Claims Research Workshop Halifax, NS.
2003 (Sept) ‘The Gasp’egawa’gi Treaties.’ General Assembly, Mi’gmawai Mawimoi Secretariat, Maria, QC.
2003 (May) ‘Wesgijinua’luet Research.’ General Assembly, Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat, Cascapedia, QC.
2003 (Feb) ‘A History of Mi’kmaw Governance.’ Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs and Councils Conference, Dartmouth, NS.
2002 (June) ‘Mi’kmaw use and occupancy of the Restigouche River.’ New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Miramichi, NB.
2002 (May) ‘Wesgijinua’luet Research Title Project.’ General Assembly, Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat, Listuguj, QC.
2001 (Dec) ‘The Gaspe’gewa’gi Mi’kmaq’ General Assembly, Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat, Gaspé, QC.
Expert Witness Testimony: (days listed refer to days spent giving testimony and in brackets is listed the highest known appeal court where the case was heard)
2020 (Sept) Odanak and Wolinak First Nation and the Minister of Indigenous Affairs, 2.0 days Specific Claims Tribunal (SCT 2001-11, 2002-11, 2003-11) on behalf of Odanak and Wolinak First Nations, QC.
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2017 (June) Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 3.5 days Specific Claims Tribunal (SCT-1101-12) on behalf of the Department of Justice of Canada Ottawa, ON.
2016 (Feb) R. v. Denny and Joseph New Brunswick Provincial Court, 1.0 day on behalf of Elsipogtog First Nation, NB.
2014 (Jul) R. v. Millea New Brunswick Provincial Court, 0.5 days on behalf of Woodstock First Nation, NB.
2013 (Jul) R. v. Darren Paul, New Brunswick Provincial Court, 0.5 days (charges stayed). on behalf of Woodstock First Nation, NB.
2011 (May) Harry Daniels v. The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Attorney General of Canada Federal Court of Canada, 3.5 days (Supreme Court of Canada, 2016) on behalf of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, ON.
2009 (Jul) R. v. Francis and Paul Nova Scotia Provincial Court, 1.5 days (Nova Scotia Court of Appeal) on behalf of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS.
2009 (Jan) R. v. John Paul New Brunswick Provincial Court, 4.0 days on behalf of Woodstock First Nation, NB.
2006 (Sept) R. v. Babin Nova Scotia Provincial Court, 0.5 days (Nova Scotia Court of Appeal).
2005 (Jul) R. v. Paul New Brunswick Provincial Court, 2.0 days on behalf of St. Mary’s First Nation, NB.
2004 (Feb) R. v. Acker New Brunswick Provincial Court, 1.0 day.
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on behalf of the New Brunswick Native Council, NB.
2002 (Dec) R. v. Alex Macdonald et. al. Nova Scotia Provincial Court, 9.5 days on behalf of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS.
2002 (Aug) R. v. Labilliois New Brunswick Provincial Court, 1.5 days on behalf of the Attorney-General of New Brunswick, NB.
2000 (Jan) R. v. Drew Newfoundland Supreme Court, 3.5 days (Newfoundland Court of Appeal) on behalf of Conne River First Nation, Nfld.
2000 (Sept) R. v. Duthie and Paul New Brunswick Provincial Court, 1.0 day. on behalf of the Attorney-General of New Brunswick, NB.
1999 (Jul) R. v. Stephen Frederick Marshall, et. al. Nova Scotia Provincial Court, 13.0 days (Supreme Court of Canada, 2005) on behalf of the Confederacy of Mainland Micmacs and Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS.
1999 (May) R. v. Josh Bernard New Brunswick Provincial Court, 5.5 days (Supreme Court of Canada, 2005) on behalf of the Union of the New Brunswick Indians, NB.
1998 Vaughan Pictou v. R. Federal Tax Court of Canada, 2.5 days. on behalf of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS.
1995 R. v. Donald Marshall Junior Nova Scotia Provincial Court, 16.0 days (Supreme Court of Canada, 1999) on behalf of the Confederacy of Mainland Micmacs and Union of Nova Scotia Indians, NS.
Provincial Government Panels
2015 Environmental Assessment Panel Government of New Brunswick Sisson Mining Project (Tungsten and Molybdenum) 1 public meeting (Stanley, NB) and 5 community meetings
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(Elsipogtog FN, Madawaska FN, St. Mary’s FN, Tobique FN, St Mary’s FN, Woodstock FN, (May-June, 2015). .
Federal Parliamentary Testimonies
2020 (Nov) ‘The Mi’kmaq and the Atlantic Fishery.’ House of Commons Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
2017 (May) ‘Treaties in Atlantic Canada.’ Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Conferences Presentations and Round-Table Discussions (since 2001 only).
2019 (Oct) ‘The Six Nations Kansas Claims, 1901: Methodological Issues.’ Conference on Iroquoia Montreal, QC.
2019 (June) ‘Phoebe Johnson, Hannah Claus and Gender Relations on the Six Nations Grand River Reserve, 1893-1903.’ Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC.
2017 (May) Roundtable on Legal History and Nationality Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting Toronto, ON.
2016 (Oct) ‘Paylists and Coffin Accounts: Understanding Six Nations Demography, 1890-1907.’ Conference on Iroquoia Albany, New York.
2016 (March) Roundtable Discussion on Traditional Ecological Knowledge. American Society for Environmental History Seattle, Washington.
2012 (Nov) ‘Litigating Aboriginal Rights: the Historian’s Perspective.’ Plenary Speaker, Social Science Evidence in Charter Litigation Conference Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Toronto, ON.
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2012 (May) ‘Genealogy and History: The Grand River Six Nations Reserve.’ Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting Waterloo, ON.
2011 (May) ‘The Colonization of Mi’kmaw Memory.’ Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting Fredericton, NB.
2008 (Sept) ‘After the Siege.’ Colloque Louisbourg Sydney/Louisbourg, NS.
2005 (Sept) ‘The Supreme Court’s decision in Marshall: An historical retrospective.’ Wanipitei Conference Lake Temagami, ON.
2003 (Oct) ‘The Union of Nova Scotia Indians and the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, 1971-1999.' Dalhousie Law School Conference on the History of Nova Scotia Supreme Court Halifax, NS.
Joint Conference Presentations
With Daniel Murchison (Ph.D. candidate, York University)
April 2019 ‘The Brantford and Hamilton Jail Registers, 1893-1911.’ Workshop on Prisons, Prisoners, and Prison Records in Historical Perspective Guelph, ON.
University-Based Talks (since 2001 only).
2017 (Feb) ‘R. v. Gabriel Sylliboy in Historical Perspective.’ Dalhousie Law School Lecture Halifax, NS.
2014 (Feb) ‘What Sir John A. Macdonald Thought About Indians and other Tales from the Courtroom.’ Canadian Studies Speaker Series, York University, Toronto, ON.
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2014 (Feb) ‘Clinton Claus’s Legal Status on the Six Nations Grand River Reserve, 1890-1903.’ U of Toronto/York University Legal History Reading Group, Toronto, ON.
2013 (Feb) ‘The Trial of Josh Bernard, 1998-2005.’ Indigenous People and the Environment Seminar Series Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University, Toronto, ON.
2013 (Feb) ‘Mandatory Sentencing in Historical Perspective.’ Law and Society Students’ Association Conference, York University, Toronto, ON.
2012 (Jan) ‘Leaving the Reserve: Six Nations Grand River Members Off reserve, 1890-1920.’ L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
2011 (Nov) ‘The Grand River Six Nations People and the Criminal Courts, 1880-1920.’ Archives of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
2001 (Nov) ‘R. V. Marshall in historical perspective, 1993-2001.’ Saint Francis-Xavier University Antigonish, NS.
EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING
2015-21 ‘Becoming White, Urban and Working Class: Clinton Claus, the Six Nations, and Moving Off Reserve, 1871-1921.’ SSHRC Insight Grant - $77,203
EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING (Submitted and under consideration)
2021 Co-Applicant with Tuma Young, Cape Breton University Partner: Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Centre Shubenacadie, NS, and the Union of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq SSHRC Engagement Grant: Request, $25,000 Submitted: June 15, 2021.
INTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING
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2008 Faculty of Arts, York University ($2000) 1999 Faculty of Arts, York University ($1,000) 1997 SSHRC Small Grants Award, York University ($2,500)
F. Teaching
Undergraduate History 1050: 1996-2007: Ordinary People in a Changing World (team-taught) History 2500: 2009-14; 2019-21: History of Canada History 3546 2018-20 History of Indigenous People of Canada History 3843 (3.0): 2017 (Fall): Global History of WW II 1931-44 History 3844 (3.0): 2018 (Winter): Global History of WW II 1944-49 History 3845: 2007-08, 2012-13: The Law and Custom of War History 3850: 2002-08, 2009-12, 2018-21: Murder and other Crimes History 4000: Honours Thesis 2014-15: Paul Zhang History 4050: 1997-99, 2000-01, 2002-04: Treaties in North American History History 4515: 2012-16, 2017-18: Murder in the Archives History 4990: Directed Reading Courses and Major Research papers 1996-97: David Sonenberg 1997: Patrick Tucker (3 credits) 1997: Riaz Khamis (3 credits) 1999-2000: Heather Shpuniarsky 2000 (3 credits): Elizabeth Polak 2002-03: Stacy Alexopoulous 2013-14: David Que 2014 (3 credits): Moira Scott 2018 Summer: Bradley Dale 2018 Summer: David Szcrzurko 2018 Summer: Cameron Telch
Graduate History 5191: 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014 History 6020: 2003-05, 2011, (2 of 25 seminars each year). History 6030: 2003-07, 2009-11, 2014-19 (2 of 25 seminars each year). History 6050: 2019 (Winter)
GRADUATE SUPERVISIONS
1. Career numbers Supervisor: Ph.D.in progress 2 Supervisor: Ph.D. completed 1
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Committee Member: Ph.D. completed 3 Committee Member Ph.D. in progress 1 Internal/External Ph.D. 2 Supervisor M.A. completed 4 Supervisor M.A. in progress 1 External examiner MA theses 4 External examiner Ph. D. dissertations 2
2. Supervisor (Ph.D.) Aaron Armstrong Daniel Murchin
3. Supervisor (M.A.) Bradley Dale
G. Service
Service to York University
1) Department of History Committees (Listed Chronologically)
1996-97 Essay Committee 1996-97 Search Committee (Ancient Greek) 1997-98 Nominating Committee 1998 Search Committee (The South Atlantic World) 1998-99 Curriculum Committee 2000-2001 Affirmative Action Representative for Search Committees on 19th and 20th century Latin America for CLA one-year appointment on ancient Greek social history 2000-01 Tenure and Promotion Committee, Teaching Subcommittee 2002-03 Tenure and Promotion Committee, Research Subcommittee 2003 Search Committee (Canadian History, pre-1900) 2005-06 Tenure Adjudication Committee 2007-08 Curriculum Committee 2009-10 Teaching Assistants Committee 2010-11 Tenure Adjudication Committee 2012 Search Committee (CLA in Canadian History) 2013-14 Teacher-Recruitment Liaison 2013-14 WW I Video Committee 2015-16 T & P File Preparation Committee, Teaching sub-file (Thabit Addullah). 2016-17 T & P File Preparation Committee, PC & S, Chair (Jose Curto). 2017 T & P File Preparation Committee, Service file (David Koffman) 2017-18 Head of Council
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2018-19 T & P File Preparation Committee, Service (Carolyn Podruchny) 2019 Search Committee, CRC Tier One, Indigenous History Hire (failed) 2019 Search Committee, CRC Tier Two, Indigenous History Hire 2021 Search Committee, CLA, Blacks in the Americas (failed) 2021-22 Graduate Programme, M.A. Admissions Committee
2) Department of History, Administrative Positions
2014-16 Director of Undergraduate Studies (1 course release each year)
3) LAPS Committees (formerly the Faculty of Arts)
1998-2000 Petitions Committee
2012 (Fall) Merit Committee
2013-14 Research Policy and Planning
2017 Dean’s Representative, Search Committee for New Chair, Department of French Studies (chair).
2017-18 Dean’s Representative School of Administrative Studies Search Committee, Tenure-track appointment.
2018 (Fall) Dean’s Representative School of Administrative Studies Search Committee, Tenure-Track appointment.
2020-23 Curriculum and Planning Committee
4) Faculty of Graduate Studies
Faculty
2005 & Master’s SSHRC Review Committee 2006
Department of History
2005, 2006 Ramsay Cook Fellowship Committee 2010-11 Entrance Committee
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5) University
2017-20 Senate Tenure and Promotion Committee
Service to the Academic Community
1) Conference Administration
2015-16 Organizing Committee Symposium Celebrating Doug Hay’s Scholarship York University, Toronto, ON. 2016.
2005-06 Programme Committee Member Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting Toronto, ON. 2006.
1999-2000 Programme Committee Member Institute of Early American History and Culture Toronto, ON. 2000.
1998-99 Programme Committee Member Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting Sherbrooke, QC. 1999.
2) Professional Committees (Nation-wide or Province-wide Committees)
2019 SSHRC New Frontiers in Research Fund Review Committee
2018-19 Jury Member, Ontario Historical Society for best book published on Aboriginal/Multi-cultural History
2017-2019 SSHRC Doctoral Expert Review Committee for students currently unregistered or studying outside Canada
2016 Canada Foundation for Innovation Expert Review Committee
2015-17 Jury Member, Canadian Historical Association Sir John A. Macdonald Prize for best book published in Canadian History
2014-16 Jury Member, Canadian Historical Association,
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Clio Prize for best book published in the History of Atlantic Canada
2007-08 Ontario Graduate Scholarship Panel
3) Peer Review
2021 Journal of New Brunswick Studies (article)
2019 Osgoode Law Journal (article) Acadiensis (article) University of Manitoba Press (book mss)
2018 Historica (study guide on indigenous people for grades 7-12) The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (article)
2017 Journal of British Studies (article) Canada’s History Magazine (special issue on treaties)
2016 Canadian Historical Review (article) SSHRC (Insight Development Grant) Ethnohistory (article) Oral History Forum (article) UBC Law Journal (article) University of Toronto Press (book proposal) Wilfrid Laurier Press (book mss)
2015 Journal of Canadian Studies (8 articles) McGill-Queen’s University Press (book mss) University of Toronto Press (book mss)
2014 Nelson Education Limited (textbook) University of British Columbia Press (book mss) University of Toronto Press (book mss) University of Manitoba Press (book mss) SSHRC Insight Development Grant Canadian Heritage Dept, (Sound and Light Show for Parliament Hill, Summer 2015)
2012 Acadiensis (article) Canadian Historical Review (article)
2011 Nelson Education Limited (textbook) Parks Canada (article) Histoire Sociale/Social History (article)
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Oxford University Press (book proposal) McGill-Queen’s University Press (book mss) McGraw-Hill Inc (texbook) Canadian Historical Review (article)
2010 Acadiensis (article) University of Toronto Press (book mss)
2009 University of Toronto Press (book mss) Routledge (book proposal) Journal of Canadian Studies (article)
2007 University of Toronto Press (book mss) Acadiensis (article)
2006 Canadian Historical Review (article) University of British Columbia Press (book mss)
2004 Papers of the 35th Algonquian conference (article) McGill-Queen’s University Press (book mss)
2003 Acadiensis (two articles) ASPP: Aid to Scholarly Publishing Programme (book mss) Journal of Canadian Studies (article) Newfoundland Studies (article) Recherche amerindienne au Québec (article) Revue d’histoire de l’amèrique française (article)
2002 ASPP: Aid to Scholarly Publishing Programme (book mss) Canadian Historical Review (article) Gateway: An Academic Journal [USask Grad students] (article)
2001 Dalhousie Law Journal (article) Canadian Historical Review (two articles)
4) Tenure and Promotion Files: External Referee
2020 University of Toronto (tenure file)
2016 (Fall) University of Waterloo, Dept of History (tenure file) University of British Columbia, Dept of History (promotion file)
Service to the General Public
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1) Lectures
2016 (Mar) Indigenous People and the Law Lectures to Native Studies Grade 11 English classes Chamonide College High School North York, ON.
2016 (Feb) Indigenous Peoples in North America Lectures to Native Studies Grade 11 English classes James Carter McGuigan Catholic High School Toronto, ON.
2015 (Apr) ‘Indigenous People in North America.’ Lectures to Native Studies Grade 11 English classes James Carter McGuigan Catholic High School Toronto, ON.
2014 (Mar) ‘What Sir John A. Macdonald Thought About Indians.’ Toronto Public Library, Toronto ON.
2013 (Nov) ‘The Court of the Assizes in Kent County, 1892-1916.’ Blenheim and District Historical Society, Blenheim, ON.
2013 (May) ‘The Robert Carpenter and Jacob Hill Murder Cases, 1896: Same Verdicts, Different Sentences.’ Brant County Historical Society, Brantford, ON.
2007 (Jul) ‘The Acadians and the Mi’kmaq in the 1700s.’ Grand Pre National Historical Site Grand Pre, NS.
2) Teaching: Course Director
Winter 2013 Living and Learning in Retirement: ‘Murder, Manslaughter, or Self-Defense? Homicide in Ontario History, 1800-1990.’
3) Directorships
2014-20 Canada’s National History Society, Winnipeg, MB.
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2005 Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Research Council Listuguj, QC.
4) Non-Academic Media
Social Media
2020 (Nov) ‘The Mi’kmaw Lobster Fishery in Nova Scotia.’ CBC Mainstreet, Halifax, NS.
2017 (Feb) ‘Premier of Nova Scotia says something Mi’kmaw have been waiting 90 years to hear.’ APTN at http://aptnnews.ca/2017/02/17/premier-of-nova-scotia- says-something-mikmaq-have-been-waiting-90-years-to-hear/
2014 (Apr) ‘The War to End All Wars: A Look Back at World War One.’ Short interviews in Episodes 1, 2 and 6. http://www.yorku.ca/laps/ww1/
2013 (Jul) “Governor General’s Award.’ LAPS, 3 min, 55 sec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N89kpr3kEUI
2013 (Mar) ‘Metis Status Decision: Daniels Case.’ LAPS, 5 min, 17 sec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU6yvhYBckY
2012 (Mar) ‘Aboriginal Assimilation.’ LAPS, 1 min, 30 sec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKlYLzcDIfk
2012 (Mar) ‘Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Cases in Canada: Academics as Expert Witnesses’ LAPS, 23 min, 50 sec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QlBTzXrYuA
5) Other: Popular Publications
2018 and Douglas Brown ‘Interpreting the Treaties’ Canada’s History Magazine: Treaties and the Treaty Relationship pp. 16-21.
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2005 ‘The Maritime Treaties’ for the Department of Indian Affairs (11 pp.)
1999 ‘Decision treats Mi’kmaq fairly - finally.’ published as a freelance article in Halifax Sunday Herald, 17 Oct. 1999, p. C2 and Saint John Telegraph Journal, 16 Oct, 1999, p. 1.
6) Media Interviews
Radio and Television
Feb 2017 APTN News Story: Pardon of Gabriel Sylliboy
July 2014 CBC International Re. Dept of History videos on WWI
March 2013 106.9, The X, Fanshawe College, London, ON. Re. Daniels decision
November 2010 CJSW, 90.9 FM. Radio, Calgary, Alb. Re: Marshall SCC decision 1999
September 2008 CBC Radio Sydney Sydney, NS: re. Colloque Louisbourg
April 2005 Halifax Daily News Halifax, NS. re: first year university students
March 2005 Eastlink Television Halifax, NS. re: Mi’kmaq treaties
28 Sept. 2004 Listuguj Radio Station Listuguj, QC. re.: aboriginal and treaty rights
30 Sept. 2003 CBC Radio, re. `Treaty Day.’ Sydney, NS.
24 Sept. 2003 CBC Radio, re. `Aboriginal and Treaties Rights’ CBC: Sydney, NS.
16 April 2002 CBC Radio, re. Conne River Dianne Fleece, CBC St. John’s, Nfld.
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1 March 2000 CBC Radio Interviews ten minutes each with radio stations in Sydney and Halifax, Nova Scotia Charlottetown, PEI. Saint John, NB.
Print Media Interviews
14 Sept. 2004 Campbell Morris, Atlantic News Service re. 5th anniversary of the SCC decision in Marshall
27 March 2002 Atlantic Chiefs News Conference, re. Conne River Dartmouth, NS. Story: Halifax Chronicle Herald, 28 March, 2002/p. A4 and Canadian Press Newswire
12 June 2001 Interview with Parker Donham Barss of Halifax Daily News re. R. V. Sylliboy - column pb. 13 June
Summer 1999 Two separate interviews with reporters from the Halifax Chronicle Herald re. aspects of Mi’kmaq history
Oct. 20 1999 interview with Doug Jackson, Halifax Chronicle Herald re. Supreme Court decision, R. V. Marshall
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