Our people are


ENGAGED CITIZENS


Nipissing is committed to serving societal goals at a local, regional and global scale. To that end, it is vitally important that our students develop as engaged citizens who combine their professional knowledge and critical thinking skills with empathy, reflection and service to community. In the modern global village, engaged citizenship involves all aspects of being a good citizen in the classical sense; the student gains knowledge and perspective by working with community organizations and members of the community, and has the opportunity to discuss what is learned back in the classroom, in the light of a disciplinary framework of theory and objectives.


Global citizenship through community service learning


In our commitment to support the development of our students through active, engaged citizenship, we provide experiences where students can get involved and effect real and positive change. Nipissing’s community- based service learning program, Biidaaban, connects community experience with more theoretical work in the classroom. Community-based Service-Learning serves to effectively develop individual values, a sense of social responsibility and leadership skills.


Some of the Community Service-Learning projects include: the Biidaaban youth group, an off-campus, after-school tutoring program. Tere, students from the Schulich School of Education work with elementary students for one to two hours per week providing assistance and academic support in English for students whose first language at home is Cree. A guitar workshop at Nbisiing Secondary School helps instill self- confidence and contributes to making the school experience fun, and ecology students develop inventories and management guidelines for environmentally sensitive areas, restoration projects, and local parks. A tax preparation service run by Nipissing School of Business students provides assistance with simple tax returns for low-income individuals, and students partnering with the Ontario Genealogical Society collect local oral history for the Society’s Early Families Project.


Top Right: Biidaaban youth group program Below Left: Visualizing mathematics: fractals at work. Bottom: Guitar workshop at Nbisiing Secondary School


8


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20