Nipissing University College

Nipissing University Archives Photo

After decades of campaigning to bring post secondary education to North Bay, Nipissing College opened its doors in 1967. The college was located on the renovated site of the former Cassellholme Home for the Aged near the intersection of Cassells Street and Olive Street. 

Affiliated with Laurentian University, Nipissing College had 49 students in its first year with courses in Biology, Philosophy, History, Geography, Sociology, English and French. The college expanded rapidly, enabling the college to add full time faculty in Psychology, Classics, Mathematics, and Economics. 

In 1973, the college moved to its current location on the escarpment. The North Bay Teacher’s College joined Nipissing to become the Faculty of Education. Around this time Nipissing College President Dr. George Zytaruk subtly added the word University by referring to the institution as Nipissing University College.