Associate Professor
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design - Department of Visual Arts & Art History
Phone: (416) 736 – 2100 Ext. 77426
nnicol@yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- Documentary filmmaking related to movements for social justice, equality and human rights
- Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Criminalization of sexual orientation and gender identity
- Immigration and refugee policies with regard to LGBT asylum seekers
- Legislative change and LGBT activism
- History of the LGBT movement in Canada and the commonwealth
For more information go to
School of AMPD Profile
Nancy Nicol Website
Daily Xtra - Fixing History
Toronto Star - Canada-led project documents global gay movement
YFile - York-led team receives $1 million for global LGBT rights study
YFile - Envisioning LGBT Struggle for Equality in the Commonwealth
Film - No Easy Walk to Freedom
Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights
Awards
Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) Awards - 2011 - 2016
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Inductee - 2011
National Portrait Collection, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Derek Oyston CHE Film Prize shortlist, for One Summer in New Paltz, a Cautionary Tale - 2009
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Video production - 2007
Ontario Arts Council: Media Arts
Video production grant - 2007
Canada Council for the Arts
Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Female Director - 2007
Elle Flanders Award for Best Documentary, 2nd prize: Politics of the Heart - 2007
Toronto International Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival
Research / Creation Grant for: “From Human Rights to Relationship Recognition” - 2003 - 2006
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
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