Gender Equality and Social Justice

From Couch to Classroom: Reality TV Meets Academic Analysis

August 7, 2025

General
Research

What happens when you combine a love of reality TV with academic expertise in art history and critical media studies? For Dr. Wendy Peters, Associate Professor of Gender Equality and Social Justice in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Nipissing University, it led to a fascinating new research publication.

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NU students and faculty building community through Positive Spaces Project

September 5, 2018

General

A research project aiming to determine what services, programs, and supports are needed in North Bay’s *LGBTQ2S+ community features a strong Nipissing University connection.

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Senator Kim Pate speaking at NU for International Women’s Week

March 6, 2018

My Nipissing

Nipissing University is marking International Women’s Week, this week, with a series of events centred on the important and timely theme of Transforming Justice. Senator Kim Pate will give the keynote address, Why Women are the Fastest Growing Prison Population and Why We Should Care.

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Tracey Lindberg on campus for IWW keynote

March 15, 2016

My Nipissing

As part of International Women’s Week, Nipissing University welcomes award-winning author Tracey Lindberg to campus for a special keynote address, titled Reading Birdie as the Letter of the Law: Canadian Fictions and Indigenous Truths, on Thursday, March 17, at 11:30 a.m. in the Harris Learning Library.

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Dr. Rachel Griffin on campus for IWW keynote

March 8, 2016

My Nipissing

As part of International Women’s Week, Nipissing University welcomes Dr. Rachel Griffin to campus for a special keynote address on Friday, March 11, at noon in the Nipissing Theatre (F213).

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Panel discussion: Gender Based Violence as a Weapon of War, Genocide, and Oppression

IWW 2024

Friday, March 10, 2023 , 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

NUFA-GED Event
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IWW 2023: Keynote with Christian Allaire

IWW 2024

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 , 06:00 PM

Join Gender Equality & Social Justice student Page Chartrand and Dr. Renee Valiquette in an exciting conversation with Christian Allaire at the intersections of gender, race, culture and fashion.
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IWW 2022: Everyday Altars

IWW 2024

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 , 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM

In conjunction with International Women’s Week, the Department of Gender Equality and Social Justice at Nipissing University is pleased to present the online workshop “Everyday Altars.” Inspired by queer-feminist scholar Ann Cvetkovich’s concept of the “bibliographic altar,” this event invites participants to create altars through the act of gathering and arranging objects, texts, and ephemera.
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Gender Equality and Social Justice

Do you want to make the world a more just and better place? Are you passionate about issues like human rights violations, sexism, racism, homophobia, and poverty? Would you like to understand these issues better? Then the Gender Equality and Social Justice (GESJ) program is for you.

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