Nicolette Little

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  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Media and Technology Studies, and Director of the Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre, University of Alberta

***New Book - From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada. UBC Press***

Dr. Nicolette Little's research interests include grassroots media interventions in gender-based violence (GBV), mediated feminist memorialization, the manosphere, and social media "Memories'" unintended consequences for equity-denied groups. She also advises government--for example, the federal Status of Women Committee (now WAGE) for its Violence Against Young Women and Girls (2017) study--as well as national media (e.g., CBC & Toronto Star), law enforcement, and more.

Nicolette has received a Top 20 Under 40 Award (United Way) and an Everyday Hero Professor’s Award (Sheridan College) for her educational leadership and consent awareness-raising initiatives. Her research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; she is a recipient of provincial and private research grants; and she received national finalist recognition by the Trudeau Foundation of Canada for her leadership, community advocacy, and research efforts.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    SSHRC Postdoctoral Scholar, McGill University
  • 2022–present
    Assistant Professor (Adjunct), University of Alberta
  • 2025–2026
    Director, Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre
  • 2018–2021
    Instructor of Record, University of Calgary
  • 2009–2015
    Professor, Communications and Literary Studies, Sheridan College

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Calgary, Ph.D.

Publications

  • 2026
    Confronting gender-based violence in Canada: Relationships, tensions, and solidarities within the anti-violence community, Violence Against Women
  • 2026
    From red dresses to memory stones: Multimedia activism and gender-based violence in Canada, University of British Columbia Press
  • 2024
    The unsolicited algorithm: Revealing gendered harms and (non)consent in Apple iOS features, Journal of Gender Studies
  • 2024
    Memorial-Tweeting Ontario's Femicides: Farrah Khan, the 'Montreal Massacre', and VAW Memorial Practices in Canada, Canadian Journal of Communication
  • 2023
    Social Media 'Ghosts': How Facebook (Meta) Memories Complicates Healing for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Feminist Media Studies
  • 2019
    GBV-related mourning on a social network site: Leah Parsons’ ‘Facebooked’ grief and the Angel Rehtaeh Parsons Page, Feral Feminisms: Critical Interventions in Rape Culture
  • 2017
    Expert witness submission to the Status of Women Committee, OpenParliament.ca

Grants and Contracts

  • 2026
    SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Award
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2025
    SSHRC Insight Development Grant
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2021
    SSHRC Doctoral Supplement
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2020
    Writers Trust of Canada Authors' Grant
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Writers Trust of Canada
  • 2020
    University of Calgary Chancellor's Award
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    University of Calgary
  • 2018
    SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2018
    Henry and Laura Jacques Graduate Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    University of Calgary
  • 2017
    Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Province of Alberta
  • 2016
    Micas Globalink International Research Award
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Mitacs
  • 2005
    SSHRC Masters CGS
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Professional Memberships

  • Board Member - Discovery House Domestic Violence Prevention Agency
  • Member - PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network)
  • Director - Canadian Communication Association
  • Association of Internet Researchers
  • Social Media and Society

Honours

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (IDG, PhD, & MA CGS); Queen Elizabeth Provincial Awards; Top 20 Under 40 (United Way); Trudeau Foundation National Finalist

Contact Nicolette for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration