Nipissing University is marking International Women’s Week, this week, with a series of events centred on the important and timely theme of Transforming Justice. Senator Kim Pate will give the keynote address, Why Women are the Fastest Growing Prison Population and Why We Should Care.

World Social Work Day is on March 20, and the department of Social Work is marking the occasion with a special lecture featuring Nipissing University president, Dr. Mike DeGagné. Dr. DeGagné will speak about the future of social work in the context of Reconciliation and efforts to indigenize education.

A landmark research study featuring collaborators from around the world is currently underway at Nipissing University. The multi-disciplinary project, is being conducted by a team of six researchers.