Award-winning Pulp Friction filmmaker to visit Research & Innovation Week at Lakehead Orillia
March 3, 2015 – Orillia, ON
An award-winning filmmaker and Lakehead University professor of history will present a special screening of his new documentary, Pulp Friction: people, places and the global economy, at the Orillia campus on Monday, March 9 at 7 pm, as part of the University’s annual Research & Innovation Week.
In Pulp Friction, Dr. Ron Harpelle, who teaches at Lakehead’s Thunder Bay campus, introduces audiences to three communities heavily reliant on pulp mills. The film begins with the community of Terrace Bay, Ontario, and goes on to examine the challenges facing communities in Finland and Uruguay that are also dependent on a single industry.
“This is a rare opportunity for people to view a new documentary about the interesting forces of globalization on different communities, meet the filmmaker, and have a discussion about his global research,” said Lakehead Orillia’s Dr. Michael Stevenson, Associate Professor with the departments of Interdisciplinary Studies and History.
Members of the public are also invited to learn about student and faculty research at the Orillia campus during Research & Innovation Week by attending lunchtime (11:30 am to 1 pm) panel discussions on Monday and Tuesday and Undergraduate Research Day on Wednesday. The Research Day event takes place from 11 am to 1 pm in the Learning Commons and will highlight student research projects at the University.
All events take place at 500 University Avenue and are free and open to the public. For further details, visit lakeheadu.ca/ri.
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Award-winning filmmaker and Lakehead University professor Dr. Ron Harpelle will present a special screening of his new documentary, Pulp Friction: people, places and the global economy, at the Orillia campus on at Monday, March 9, as part of the University’s annual Research & Innovation Week.
MEDIA: For more information, please contact Communications Officer, Kathy Hunt, at 705-330-4008 ext. 2014 or kjhunt3@lakeheadu.ca.
In 2015, Lakehead University will celebrate 50 years of exceptional education. Guided by its Strategic Plan (2013-2018), Lakehead is known for providing an education focused on independent thinking, unconventional scholarship, and a close sense of community. About 9,700 full-time equivalent students and 2,000 faculty and staff learn and work in ten faculties at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lakehead University is a fully comprehensive university: home to Ontario’s newest Faculty of Law in 44 years, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and faculties of Engineering, Business Administration, Health & Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities, Science & Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Management, Education, and Graduate Studies.
Maclean’s 2015 University Rankings places Lakehead University 2nd in Ontario and among Canada’s Top 10 undergraduate universities, and 1st among Ontario’s undergraduate universities for Total Research Dollars, Social Sciences & Humanities Grants, and Library Expenses. In 2014, Re$earch Infosource ranked Lakehead 2nd in Ontario and 3rd among Canada’s undergraduate universities.
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