York University: Graduate Program in History

William Wicken

Degrees:	Ph.D., 1994, McGill University M.A., 1985, McGill University Honours B.A., 1983, McGill University
Current Position:	Associate Professor (History)
Recent Publications:	Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial: History, Land and Donald Marshall Junior Toronto: University of Toronto Press 301 pp. 2002 Co-Authored: John G. Reid, Maurice Basque, Elizabeth Mancke, Barry Moody, and Geoffrey Plank, The Conquest of Acadia, 1710: An Interpretive and Contextual History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2004
Papers/Lectures:	October 2003: 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, Nova Scotia February 2003: `A History of Mi'kmaw Governance' Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs and Councils Conference Dartmouth, Nova Scotia February 2003: `An Historian's Practical Guide to the Courts.' York University Graduate Students New Frontiers Conference York University March 2001: `Creating Private Game from Common Resources: The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia and Canadian Law in the early twentieth century.' Environmental History/Forest History Conference Durham, North Carolina June 2000: `Defining the `Commons' in Aboriginal and British Law: The Wabanaki-New England War of 1722-25.' Institute of Early American History and Culture Toronto, Ontario April 2000: `The Passamaquoddy 1760-1780' New England and Atlantic Canada: Connections and Comparisons Conference organized by the Canadian-American Center, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Courses taught recently:	AS/HIST 1050 Ordinary People in a Changing World: Europe and North America, 1700-1914 HIST 3859 Murder and Other Crimes: Law and Justice in 20th Century North America
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Awards/Grants:	2003 Canadian Historical Association Clio Award for best book on Atlantic Canada published in 2002 (Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial) 1999-2000 Faculty of Arts, York University Committee on Research, Grants and Scholarships `Law and Identity in Mi'kmaq Society, 1725-1928.' [$1,000] 1997-98 SSHRC Small Grants Award York University `Settlement Patterns of Canada's Aboriginal Population, 1871-1901.' [$2,500]