Janice (’92; ’08, MA) is the director of Trinity Western University’s Parent & Family Network. She met her husband, Peter (’92), when they were history majors at TWU. Married 29 years, they have four children—Tori, Lincoln, Virginia, and Lewis.
Tori, a TWU alum (’18, BA in Psychology and Art & Design), married fellow TWU alum Silas Matthys in summer 2019, and they currently live in Switzerland, where Silas plays pro hockey in the Swiss League and Tori works with Insight for Living. They had their first child, Benji in February '21. Lincoln (’19, BBA) is with Chick-fil-A in their Leadership Development Program. Virginia graduated from TWU with her BA Science in Nursing in 2021. Lewis is in his 3rd year at TWU and plays junior hockey for the Aldergrove Kodiaks. Trinity Western has played a significant role in both Peter and Janice’s families. Janice was the youngest of four sisters who came from Ontario to attend TWU. And Peter’s grandfather, Jim Westman, was one of the visionary men who walked the grounds over 60 years ago to pray for and determine if this was the land God had prepared for Trinity Western. Suffice it to say, we love TWU!
Janice is delighted to connect with many of you on your TWU journey and looks forward to meeting with parents at Parent Chapter events, Spartans games, SAMC events, and more.

Janice Nikkel
Executive Director, Alumni & Families
Tel: 604-513-2121 ext.3319 Email: janice.nikkel@twu.ca