For a lot of people, the summer is a time to relax, regroup and recharge, but for Nipissing Lakers women’s volleyball team head coach Marc LaRochelle, that’s not the case.

Researchers at Nipissing University have earned $429,789 in federal funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The investment supports cutting-edge research equipment, laboratories and tools the researchers will employ to improve the lives of Canadians.

An educational intervention program for children between kindergarten and 10th grade, known as Fast Track, reduces aggressive behaviour later in life, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.