Population policy on tap at Award Winners Speaker Series

Nipissing’s Award Winners Speaker Series heads to Iran on November 19, at 7 p.m. in the Harris Learning Library with Dr. Amir Erfani’s talk: Reversing population policy in Iran: Does curbing family planning programs raise fertility rates?Following a persistent low fertility rate over the past decade, Iranian leaders recently proposed a shift from an anti- to a pro-natalist population policy. Consequently, the government is curbing the current family planning program, as a solution to raising the country’s low fertility rate. Analyzing data from demographic surveys, this study shows that any limitations in the provision of family planning services will be unlikely to help increase the fertility rate for three main reasons: a high rate of marriage postponement, increasing male use of contraceptives, and a wide spread of low fertility intentions. Other findings indicate that women living in rural areas and those using long-acting female contraceptive methods will be more likely to face unwanted pregnancies if the provision of family planning services is limited.
The presentation is free of charge and all are welcome.Future speakers include:January 21: Dr. Trevor Smith, Quality Palliative Care in Ontario: the role of standardized comprehensive assessmentFebruary 25: Dr. Jeff Dech, Seeing the forest for the trees: ecological modeling of forest landscapes
The Award Winners Speakers Series was introduced last year in celebration of the university’s 20th anniversary as an independent degree granting institution. The series features Nipissing faculty who have earned a prestigious Research Achievement Award, speaking about their work.
This year, the Award Winners Speakers Series is also connecting to Research Matters, a larger initiative working to cast light on the amazing research that is ongoing at universities throughout Ontario.
Some people think university research is somehow removed from day-to-day life. They couldn’t be more wrong. Ontario university researchers touch every aspect of life through their work.
The Research Matters campaign is a collaboration among Ontario’s 21 universities to find new ways to tell stories about how research is changing lives. Ontario’s universities produce a steady stream of useful and fascinating research that transform how people live, work and play, across the province and around the world.
Through a website, public events, and many other campaign activities, Research Matters aims to provide the public with unprecedented access to Ontario researchers and their work.