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Meet student leader Jenna Turcotte
ArticleSince beginning her degree with Nipissing, Turcotte has been actively involved with the Nipissing University Business Club to help build a community among business students. Through her hard work and dedication, the club has grown to have more of a presence, regularly hosting events. -
Meet student leader Jessica Dubie
ArticleDubie is a dedicated student who has successfully balanced her academic work with important community involvement. Her contributions to the community are significant and range from caring for the elderly to hosting an international student. -
Meet student leader Jessica Perron
ArticlePerron noticed there was a need for a greater sense of community and belonging among online Master of Education students. In response, she founded the Education Graduate Students group, and began facilitating bi-weekly meetings for students both on and off campus. -
Meet student leader Jessica Rivard
ArticleRivard has been actively involved within residence both as a volunteer and as a student staff. She has multiple years’ experience volunteering as a Residents’ Council Executive including vice-president Athletics and Wellness and council president. -
Meet student leader Joseph Bishop
ArticleWhile on practicum with the Grand Erie District School Board, Bishop co-initiated a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) club for students. This club was an instantaneous success and offered enriching and innovative hands on problem solving activities for students. -
Meet student leader Jylelle Carpenter-Boesch
ArticleCarpenter-Boesch’s area of research is socio-legal studies pertaining to the issues of sexual violence, and relations between Indigenous and settler Canadians. Her research papers on these important social justice issues have garnered her top grades in the GESJ program. -
Meet student leader Kyla Cangiano
ArticleCangiano has presented research at both national and international academic conferences, including the 2017 Undergraduate Research Conference, the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, and the Canadian Anthropology Society Conference, and has recently had an abstract of her thesis accepted to be presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology/Canadian Anthropology Society, an international conference to be held in Cuba this spring. -
Meet student leader Kelly Gillard
ArticleGillard is an accomplished student who takes on multiple academic and social leadership roles on and off campus. These roles include: outreach assistant for sexual violence prevention; president, social coordinator for the social welfare and social development club, and research assistant. Gillard is also an active community volunteer at One Kids Place, Community Living, and the Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre. In all of these roles, she is an outgoing and thoughtful student leader. -
Meet student leader Kerry Lynn Peltier
ArticleToday, we are pleased to profile Kerry Lynn Peltier, a Bachelor of Arts, Social Welfare and Social Development student and Dave Marshall Leadership Award winner in the community category. Peltier has been a leader and role model for her peers ever since she began in the Aboriginal Advantage Program in 2011. -
Meet student leader Kiethen Sutherland
ArticleSutherland is an active volunteer with Office of Indigenous Initiatives. He volunteers for the Peer2Peer mentorship programs as well as for annual events and activities such as the Annual Welcome Powwow, Round Dance, Debwendizon, and Annual Leadership Conference. He was also a Science Camp counselor for youth with the Aboriginal Summer Education Programs.
