Nina Reid-Maroney, Western University

Research

Antislavery in Canada History and Memory Black Abolitionist Communities in Upper Canada Black Canadian History Antiracist activism abolitionist history community-based History Black Studies in Canada

Latest funding

Nelson Hackett and his Black Redcoat Defenders: Recovering an Unknown Narrative of Freedom and Resistance from Chatham, Canada, 1841
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,849
Freedom in Print: Books and Antislavery History at the Chatham-Kent Black Mecca Museum
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,938
The Black Press in Canada Community Conference
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$11,988

All 5 grants and awards

Nelson Hackett and his Black Redcoat Defenders: Recovering an Unknown Narrative of Freedom and Resistance from Chatham, Canada, 1841

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Reid-Maroney, Nina R.

Keywords: Antislavery in Canada; History and Memory; Black Abolitionist Communities in Upper Canada

$24,849

Freedom in Print: Books and Antislavery History at the Chatham-Kent Black Mecca Museum

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Reid-Maroney, Nina R.

Keywords: anti-slavery history in Canada; activist print culture; Black abolitionists in Canada; public history; digital history

$24,938

The Black Press in Canada Community Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Reid-Maroney, Nina R.

Keywords: Black press; Black Canadian studies; anti-slavery activism in Canadian history

$11,988

Finding Christ Church: social justice in history, memory, and contemporary practice, 1819-2019

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Reid-Maroney, Nina R.

Keywords: social justice activism; African Canadian history; archival research; memory studies; community based research and outreach

$22,692

Canada's 19th century black press: roots and trajectories of exceptional communication and intellectual activisms

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: de B'béri Boulou Ebanda, NONEX

Keywords: black press; nation-building; 19th century journalism; intelectual activism; transatlantic history; discourse analysis; pre-multiculturalism; cultural politics; nation building

$237,040

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Antislavery in Canada Dear Professor Reid-Maroney, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on antislavery in canada connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Nelson Hackett and his Black Redcoat Defenders: Recovering an Unknown Narrative of Freedom and Resistance from Chatham, Canada, 1841" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]