Education
She graduated in 1940 from Queen"s University, Kingston, Ontario.
She graduated in 1940 from Queen"s University, Kingston, Ontario.
With a Bachelor of Commerce degree. She spent four years in Canberra, Australia, then returned to work for Statistics Canada. Her husband Rex Nickson died in 1997.
She was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the age of 89.
May Nickson Place, a 12 story apartment building in downtown Ottawa, at 340 Gloucester Street, was named in her honor by Ottawa Community Housing Corporation.