My Nipissing

Denyse Lafrance-Horning is a hero. More specifically, she is a Hockey Canada, Canadian Tire Hero of Play.

Nipissing University researcher, Dr. Mark Bruner is working to discover the best ways to help youth develop, personally and socially, through sport and physical activity. Dr. Bruner holds the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Youth Development through Sport and Physical Activity, announced recently by the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology).

This panel approaches the question of how we Create the North (and Canada, its reflection) through literature, visual art and poetry. Using the familiar metaphor of exploration in and of Canada, the panelists consider how identity changes environment and environment changes identity, with examples drawn from painting, photography, poetry and pedagogy.