Myrna Dawson Professor of Sociology and Research Leadership Chair, University of Guelph Director, Centre for the Study of Social & Legal Responses to Violence Director, Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability Co-Director, Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative Email: mdawson@uoguelph.ca Degrees: Degree University/College Program Year Granted PhD University of Toronto Sociology 2001 MA University of Toronto Sociology 1995 BA York University Sociology/Law & Society 1994 (Summa cum Laude) Employment History: Years Position Department/Institution 2020-Present Research Leadership Chair College of Social & Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph 2016-Present Professor Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph 2008-2018 Canada Research Chair in Public Policy in Criminal Justice University of Guelph 2006-2016 Associate Professor Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph 1 Dawson/2021 Years Position Department/Institution 2003-2006 Assistant Professor Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph 2000-2002 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2000-2002 Lecturer Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Academic Honours:          2020-Present o Federal Appointment, Data Working Group for Task Force on the National Action Plan for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Minister of CrownIndigenous Relations 2020 o Sociologist of the Month, Current Sociology, International Sociological Association 2019-Present o Senior Advisor, Fem[in]icide Watch: Global Knowledge Platform on the GenderRelated Killings of Women and Girls, United Nations Studies Association/Academic Council of United Nations Systems, Vienna. 2019-Present o Member, Academic Advisory Circle, Canada Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime 2019 o Visiting Scholar, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology 2018-2019 o President, Canadian Sociological Association 2017-2018 o President-Elect, Canadian Sociological Association 2016-Present o Adjunct Professor, Griffiths Criminology Institute, Griffith University, QLD, Australia 2016 o Visiting Fellowship, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Griffiths University, Australia 2 Dawson/2021                   2015-2019 o Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University 2014-Present o Partner Researcher, PREVNet Canada: Promoting Relationships & Eliminating Violence Network 2014-Present o Research Associate, Research Centre on Violence, West Virginia University, US 2013-2018 o Canada Research Chair Tier II, 5-year renewal appointment, Government of Canada 2012 o Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University 2012 o Distinguished Visiting Fellow, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia 2011 o Honorary Member, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network, Australia 2011 o International Visiting Fellowship, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia 2010 o Listed in Canadian Who’s Who 2010 Edition 2009 o Nomination, Best Journal Article Award, Violence Against Women 2008-2013 o Canada Research Chair Tier II, 5-year appointment, Government of Canada 2007-2014 o Executive, Canadian Observatory on the Justice System Response to Intimate Partner Violence 2005-2020 o Member, Domestic Violence Death Review Committee, Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario 2004-2014 o Member, Academic Advisory Committee, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics/Statistics Canada 2003-Present o Research Scholar, Centre for Research on Violence Against Women & Children, UWO 2000 o Canadian Policy Research Award, Government of Canada 2000 o Gene Carte Award for Best Student Paper, American Society of Criminology 2000 3 Dawson/2021        o Best Student Paper Award, Sociology of Law, American Sociological Association 2000-2002 o Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 1999 o University of Toronto Dissertation Fellowship 1997-1999 o Norman Bell Dissertation Research Award 1997 o S.D. Clark Scholarly Presentation Travel Award 1996-1998 o University of Toronto Open Fellowship, Department of Sociology 1995-2001 o Junior Research Fellow, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto 1994-1996 o Ontario Graduate Scholarshi