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Sep 28	New Bora Laskin Faculty of Law mural honours residential school survivors and the children who did not return home (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law unveiled a mural designed by Neechee Studio that serves to honour the children who did not return home, residential school survivors, and to illustrate the ongoing journey of healing and reconciliation
Sep 25	David Johnston headlining a fireside chat at the Lakehead University Alumni Association's Annual General Meeting on Oct. 2 (Thunder Bay) The Right Honourable David Johnston will headline a fireside chat at the Lakehead University Alumni Association’s annual general meeting on Monday, Oct. 2 at 6 pm in the Agora.
Sep 25	Research and Innovation Bulletin (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Research and Innovation Bulletin is distributed weekly every Tuesday by the Office of Research Services and includes information on research funding opportunities, events and workshops and updates from our funding partners.
Sep 25	Register now for Recentering Food Law and Policy: Connecting People and Place (Thunder Bay) We are very excited to announce that registration for our 7th conference – Recentering Food Law and Policy: Connecting People and Place – is now open.
Sep 20	Lakehead University graduate student wins prestigious $150,000 Vanier Scholarship (Thunder Bay) Lakehead Civil Engineering PhD student Tristen Brown has been awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, one of the most prestigious national awards for doctoral students.
Sep 19	Researchers at the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity receive $2.43M SSHRC grant to address local health priorities (Thunder Bay) A new project, led by Dr. Erin Cameron, Academic Director at the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity at NOSM University, has received a $2.43-million Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant to address local health priorities.
Sep 18	Teaching Commons Fall Newsletter (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) On behalf of the Teaching Commons team, welcome back to the new academic year – and a refreshed newsletter!
Sep 18	New book explores Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying policies (Thunder Bay) A newly released academic book edited by a university professor and a health lawyer is making an important contribution to Canadian public policy on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) while examining opportunities for advocacy for health equity.
Sep 15	Lakehead University hosting the Fall Harvest on Sept. 16 (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting its annual Fall Harvest on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 11 am to 2 pm at the Sweat Lodge site, located near the Wolf Den athletics building.
Sep 13	New book from Valerie Hébert examines complexities of atrocity photography (Orillia) Framing the Holocaust offers a multidimensional response to the question, "should we look"?
Sep 12	Faculty of Education September 2023 Newsletter Published (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Faculty of Education's September 2023 Education Exchange newsletter is now published.
Sep 12	NSERC providing more than $1 million to Lakehead University researchers (Thunder Bay) , (Georgian - Barrie) Professors at Lakehead University are receiving more than $1 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for exceptional, ground-breaking research that will make a difference.
Sep 11	CERAH E-Blast September 2023 (Thunder Bay) Check out CERAH's monthly update of news, events, and resources related to aging & health!
Sep 11	Research and Innovation Bulletin (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Research and Innovation Bulletin is distributed weekly every Tuesday by the Office of Research Services and includes information on research funding opportunities, events and workshops and updates from our funding partners.
Sep 8	Lakehead hosting Truth and Reconciliation events on campus throughout September (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting a series of Truth and Reconciliation-themed events in September that will honour survivors of residential schools along with their families and the children who didn’t return home.
Sep 7	Students to benefit from strategic partnership between Lakehead, Couchiching OHT and OSMH (Orillia) A Nurse Practitioner will be available on-campus for access to non-emergency healthcare services.
Sep 5	Lakehead Rocks Lake Tamblyn was a huge success (Thunder Bay) Hundreds of faculty, staff, and students enjoyed karaoke, food, and games at Lakehead Rocks Lake Tamblyn, held on Tuesday, Aug. 15.
Sep 5	Survivors’ Flag flies at Orillia Campus (Orillia) “On this day, it’s particularly important that we recognize as a whole community that reconciliation is important work to do, particularly as allies with our Indigenous communities."
Aug 29	EPID at Work launches groundbreaking new study on workplace mental health (Thunder Bay) EPID@Work (Enhancing the Prevention of Injury and Disability at Work) Research Institute is launching the largest cohort study ever conducted in Northwestern Ontario, which will examine workplace factors for mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Aug 28	Lake Superior Living Labs Network Newsletter (Summer 2023) (Thunder Bay) In this newsletter we are sharing cross-hub project summaries, some Lake Superior teaching resources, and flagging numerous upcoming fall events across the watershed (in-person and virtual).

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