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The Schulich School of Education: taking Nipissing into the next century


Education at Nipissing, and our ability to graduate future educational leaders and innovators, took a major step forward with the creation of the Schulich School of Education. Tanks to a $15 million benefaction from philanthropist Seymour Schulich, the Faculty of Education at Nipissing University was renamed, and became the only named faculty of education in Canada.


Founded with a history of excellence in teacher education dating back more than a century, combined with the fact that we have led technological innovation in the classroom, and pioneering international teaching placements, it is clear that Nipissing has earned its strong reputation as a leader in education.


Te Schulich School of Education builds on Nipissing’s strong reputation while allowing for strategic investment and growth in four new areas:


1) development of teacher preparation in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM);


2) innovative approaches to enhance family- based and Aboriginal literacies;


3) establishment of a Schulich Chair in Aboriginal Education, and


4) improvement of teaching and enhanced educational technology.


STEM Enrichment is critical to improving education. Society needs more people to follow careers that engage with science and technology, yet most Ontario teachers in the Primary- Junior- Intermediate divisions have backgrounds in arts and social science, and lack adequate preparation in math and the natural and physical sciences. Nipissing will offer a post-graduate certificate program in STEM education for practicing teachers, and will build in greater preparation in STEM subjects for all of our teacher candidates.


Family and Aboriginal Literacies expands traditional print-based literacy to include, among other forms of literacy, quantitative reasoning, science and technology, communication, and social and cultural literacies, with special focus on Aboriginal and First Generation students. Family engagement provides a


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