Prof. Yasmin Dean, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work and Professor of Social Work at Thompson Rivers University, Canada visited the NSF on 21 December 2023 and held discussion with Prof. Ranjith Senaratne, Chairman, NSF. She is passionately committed to human service and her fields of interest include social work, community development, education, cross-disciplinary studies etc. She has already been working with the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) in Sri Lanka related to peace building and social cohesion. As the NSF is committed to deploying Science Diplomacy as a powerful tool for building national unity and ethnic harmony, the discussion centred round the prospects for collaboration leveraging the wide networks and contacts of the NSF with academics and professionals in the country, particularly in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. Prof. Yasmin expressed keen interest to work with the NSF in enhancing the current programmes in the country related to social cohesion and community development.