Graduate Studies and Research Office

Nipissing University’s School of Criminal Justice will be hosting the interRAI Canada Conference alongside interRAI, in Nipissing’s Fedeli Business Centre on Friday, August 11, 2023. This one-day event will be attended by approximately 40 to 45 participants including university researchers, graduate students, post-doctoral candidates and local leaders in health and mental health care.

Growing up in Northern Ontario, Tegan McWhirter developed a passion for the outdoors. While pursuing her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Environmental Science at Queen’s University, Tegan worked for the Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry as a Wildland Fire Fighter on the Type I (initial attack) crew.

New funding from the Province of Ontario will grow intellectual property literacy within multiple institutions and ecosystems across Northern and rural areas of Ontario, including Nipissing University in North Bay. This funding, distributed by Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON), will foster the creation of a Northern and rural innovation cluster focused on critical minerals, cleantech, and battery electric technologies. Led by Laurentian, the partnership includes Lakehead, Trent, and Nipissing Universities and will provide $294,000 for the one-year pilot project.

This Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25, Nipissing University will celebrate and showcase the contributions of its undergraduate researchers at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference held on the University’s campus. Members of the community are invited to take part in this popular flagship event that will feature a variety of research presentations by undergraduate students, as well as a thought-provoking keynote address.

March is Research Month at Nipissing University, a time to celebrate the impact of undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research locally, nationally, and internationally. Nipissing invites the community to “Discover Research” through a series of events throughout the month including the popular NU360 Speaker Night, the Undergraduate Research Conference, and Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition.