Nipissing University President, Dr. Mike DeGagné, has been appointed to the interim Board of Directors for the new National Council for Reconciliation. The council, announced last week by the Trudeau government, is chaired by Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, a former member of Parliament and residential school survivor who also served as a Truth and Reconciliation Commission member.

Dr. Catherine Murton-Stoehr, of Nipissing’s History department, recently contributed an article with Randy Restoule to Anishinabek News regarding the current lawsuit brought against Ontario and Canada by 21 Nations in the Robinson Huron Treaty region.

The City of North Bay raised Nipissing’s NU25 flag high atop the flagpole at City Hall on a wintery Friday, December 8, 2017 in a ceremony showcasing the ongoing partnership between the university and the community.  It also provided a fitting cap to the university’s 25th anniversary celebrations.