Graduate Studies

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Time-to-Completion

Academic Year

The School of Graduate Studies operates on a trimester basis, with three terms defined as: Fall Term (September to December); Winter Term (January to April); and Spring/Summer Term (May to August). The academic year begins with a Fall Term followed by a Winter Term. In the following table, a year is based on three terms: fall, winter, spring/summer. Many of our programs offer a flex-time completion option.

Tuition and Fees

Please visit the Student Financial Services website for Graduate Studies Tuition and Fees. 

Funding and Financial Aid - Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards

​Funding is available to graduate students from both internal and external sources. Internal funding includes teaching/research assistantships, faculty research grants, and Nipissing Graduate Scholarships. The value of these scholarships varies. Students are also encouraged to compete for scholarships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS), the Canada Graduate Scholarship, and the Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarship.

• Student Financial Services
• Types of Graduate Funding
• Graduate Awards Policy
• Graduate Scholarship Evaluation Process
• Graduate Funding Deadlines
• Additional Sources of External Funding
• Graduate Student Travel Funding​​ 

Graduate Student Orientation Events

For a full schedule, visit: https://www.nipissingu.ca/new-graduate-student-orientation 

NSERC Scholarships Q&A Session

Thursday, September 14th, 2023 at 11:00am to 12:30pm - WebEx

Nipissing University graduate students interested in applying to doctoral or postdoctoral funding opportunities through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) are invited to attend a virtual question and answer session hosted by NSERC.

Webinar link:  https://nsercvideo.webex.com/nsercvideo/j.php?MTID=m60ec552cb3df5d9190a825c7503d20a2

Webinar number (access code): 2773 024 4864
Webinar password: NSERCinfo2023 (67372463 from phones)

These sessions will be hosted as live Q&A WebEx events. Representatives from both NSERC and Nipissing University will be on the call to provide guidance on applicant questions pertaining to institution-specific procedures.

NSERC’s Q&A sessions are supported by a series of informational videos available on the NSERC YouTube channel. Participants should watch these videos in advance and come to the Q&A session with specific questions in mind:

• Playlist – Scholarships & Fellowships program application tutorials (English): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6ox0GB7vXYlhaAY7mEqwmMqYK9TGCp1E
• Liste de lecture – Tutoriels sur la présentation de demandes aux programmes de bourses : https ://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW6knVGZzKrsJ1iI_nGLoZSQOUwO7ykXr

Funding Your Graduate Degree Webinar

Friday, September 15th, 2023 at 12pm - Zoom

Register for this event using our Registration Form. 

During this webinar, new and prospective graduate students will learn to navigate the different scholarship and funding opportunities offered both externally and at Nipissing University. Learn about the different deadlines, submission requirements, and tips for applying as you look to fund your graduate degree in 2024/2025.

Graduate Information Session

Our 2023 event date will be announced soon!

Each year, we host a graduate information session for prospective graduate students at our North Bay campus. This session will provide an opportunity to gain more information on available graduate programs, funding and research opportunities. Students will also have the opportunity to meet prospective graduate advisors, tour graduate facility and learn more about services available at Nipissing.​​​ Click here for more information about our Graduate Information Session.

Three Minute Thesis Competition

2024 Competition: To Be Announced

3MT is a university wide competition for Masters and Doctoral students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in 3 minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges. The challenge is to present complex research material in an engaging, compelling way, using only one slide. The Three Minute Thesis competition provides graduate students with an opportunity to refine skills that can be transferred after graduation to diverse career paths. Distilling research into a clear form, without over-simplifying or making overly-complex, and highlighting the wider implications of this research are important skills to carry into post-graduate employment and public service. Click here for more information about the Three Minute Thesis Competition.

Thesis Defence Dates

Please contact the School of Graduate Studies at sgs@nipissingu.ca for information on upcoming defences. 

Forms

• All Student (Master & PhD) Forms
• Visiting Student Forms​

Policies

• Academic Policies and Regulations
• General University Policies
• Graduate Registration Policy
• Graduation Policy
• Intellectual Integrity and Research
• Ontario Visiting Graduate Student (OVGS) Program
• Oral Defence Examination Regulation
• Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities​
• Supervisory Committee Policy and External Examiner Policy

Procedures

• Formatting your MRP/Thesis/Dissertation
• MRP/Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Requirements

» Admission and Registration Information

» Degree and Program Requirements

Graduate Student Resources

• Graduate Student Card Application
• School of Graduate Studies Governance
• Graduate Studies Academic Calendar
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Office of Research Services
• Off-Campus Housing
• Convocation
• Graduate Studies Glossary
• Professional Learning Services
• Centre for Literacy
   
• Resource Corner 

External Resources

• Knowledge Management and Communication, an Ontario University Research Collaboration: https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/knowledgemanagement/ 

Awards

Robert Olajos, MA History Candidate, Wins Best Paper Prize (2021)
Congratulations to Robert Olajos on winning the Best Paper Prize at the 1st Annual Convergences Graduate History Conference, University of Toronto. Robert's paper, "Too Nomadic for Real Results: Seasonality at the Bear Island Summer School, 1903-1951" will be published in Past Tense Review of History, University of Toronto, 2021. 

Michael Crant, PhD in Education Graduate (2020) Received the President's Gold Medal
Congratulations to Michael Crant, PhD in Education graduate (2020) on receiving a President's Gold Medal at Convocation (June 2020). The President's Gold Medal is awarded to the student who achieves the highest academic standing in their degree program.

Michaela Benwell, MEd Graduate (2020) Receives Award from CATE
Congratulations to Michaela Benwell, MEd graduate (2020) from Nipissing University who received a Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) Thesis and Dissertation Award of Recognition (June 2020) for her thesis work titled, "Critical Race Theory and White Privilege Awareness Among Bachelor of Education Alumni." Michaela's thesis committee included Dr. Christine Cho (Supervisor), Dr. Carlo Ricci (Committee Member), and Dr. Leanne Taylor (External Examiner, Brock University). 

Melissa Corrente, PhD in Educational Sustainability Candidate Receives Canadian Federation of University Women North Bay 100th Anniversary Scholarship (2019)
Congratulations to Melissa Corrente on receiving the CFUW North Bay 100th Anniversary Scholarship of $1,000. The CFUW was established in 1919 to raise the social, economic, and legal status of women, and to improve education, the environment, peace, justice and human rights. CFUW represents almost 9000 members in about 100 clubs across Canada. To celebrate the 100th anniversary, CFUW North Bay members made special efforts to fundraise for a new one-time award for a female PhD student in Education at Nipissing University who has been working on an innovative research project. Melissa presented her research at the CFUW's monthly meeting on November 20, 2019. 

Randi Ray, PhD in Educational Sustainability Candidate Receives Graduate Student Scholarship from the Indigenous Mentorship Network of Ontario (2019)
Congratulations to Randi Ray for receiving one of nine graduate scholarships to Indigenous graduate students pursuing research in applied community-based Indigenous health at an Ontario institution. Randi is Anishinaabe from Flying Post First Nation. Randi's PhD research focuses on sustainable leadership development with First Nations Chiefs using Indigenous framework and methodologies. 

Cara Song, MEd Graduate (2019) Receives Award from CATE
Congratulations to Cara Song, an MEd graduate (2019) from Nipissing University who received the Annual Award of Excellence by the Canadian Association of Teacher Educators (CATE). Cara received her award at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education conference in June 2019 for her thesis titled, "Parental Perceptions of Grit: First Steps Towards Building Effective Character Education Programs." Cara's thesis committee included Dr. Nancy Maynes (Supervisor), Dr. John Allison (Committee Member), and Dr. Jim Brandon (External Examiner, University of Calgary). 

Publications

Ashley Locke, MSc Kinesiology Candidate Published Article in Evolutionary Psychology (2020).
Arnocky, S., Locke, A. (2020). Jealousy Mediates the Link Between Women's Upward Physical Appearance Comparison and Mate Retention Behavior. Evolutionary Psychology, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704920973990

Ashley Locke, MSc Kinesiology Candidate, and Jessica Desrochers, Master of Environmental Science Graduate (2019) Publication Featured in Psychology Today.
Locke, A., Desrochers, J., & Arnocky, S. (2020). Induced mate abundance increases women's expectations for engagement ring size and cost. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6, 188-194. doi:10.1007/s40806–019–00214-z
Link to original publication.

Jordan Sutcliffe, MSc Kinesiology Graduate, Published Article in the Journal of Psychology of Sport and Exercise (2019)
Jordan T. Sutcliffe, Alex J. Benson, Mark W. Bruner. “Parents value competence more than warmth in competitive youth ice hockey coaches: Evidence based on the innuendo effect.” Journal of Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 34 (2019) 82-89.

Laurel Ann Muldoon, Master of Environmental Science Graduate (2019), Published Article in Global Change Biology (2018)
Elizabeth Fleur Nicklen, Carl A. Roland, Adam Z. Csank, Martin Wilmking, Roger W. Ruess, Laurel Ann Muldoon. “Stand basal area and solar radiation amplify white spruce sensitivity in interior Alaska: Evidence from carbon isotopes and tree rings.” Global Change Biology. (2018)

Do you have a graduate student achievement to share? Please send the details to sgs@nipissingu.ca