(November 27, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) This Friday, Lakehead University will welcome over 500 Thunder Bay and regional students to campus in its biggest Grade 12 Program Day to date. Students will have the chance to explore program offerings at Lakehead, and speak to faculty, staff, and current students. One lucky grade 12 student will win his/her first-year tuition at Lakehead University for the fall of 2009.

At this day-long annual event, Lakehead showcases its broad range of programs and opportunities to prospective students. Sessions include How to Choose a Major, Try Out a Sample Lecture, International Exchanges, Understanding Admissions, and Student Life 101.

"Students look forward to Grade 12 Program Day every year," says Robert Perrier, Manager of Undergraduate Recruitment. "We have such diverse offerings--there really is something for everyone at Lakehead. Students have the opportunity to explore the wide variety of programs and opportunities Lakehead offers so that they have the information they need to make smart choices. We want students to feel comfortable with their choice of institution, and to make sure they are able to make best use of the services and the resources that are available to them here at Lakehead."

During the morning Information Fair (10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Agora & Outpost), students will visit booths representing the different programs and student services offered at Lakehead. After lunch, students will attend specific information sessions throughout the afternoon (12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.), as they sort through their options, and narrow down their choices.

"Given the uncertain economic climate, staying closer to home is an attractive option and a critical decision for many students. We are also very excited to be giving away an amazing prize of first-year's tuition. What a gift for one lucky Grade 12 student heading into the holiday!" Perrier says.

A giant cheque representing first-year's tuition will be presented to the winner. The prize will be drawn around 1:50 p.m. in RB 1042.


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Media: Robert Perrier is available for media interview by calling (807) 251-5333. For more information, contact Lisa Pelot, Communications Officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca.

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,900 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca

(November 24, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) As part of the Indigenous Knowledge/Cultural Awareness series, the Office of Aboriginal Initiatives will host a public screening of the film Sleeping Children Awake, with producer Rhonda Kara Hanah and two Residential School survivors available for discussion afterward.

This documentary-styled program produced in the early 90s was the result of a unique partnership between Thunder Bay Television, Lakehead University, and Rhonda Kara Hanah, a local independent producer. Inspired by Shirley Cheechoo's play "Path with no Moccasins," Sleeping Children Awake is both a personal record of Canada's history, and a tribute to the enduring strength of Native cultures. It features the songs of Maria Linklater and the work of various accomplished Aboriginal artists.

Production took place in 1991, and the film originally premiered at Lakehead University in 1992. "It stirred memories for many in the audience. It was one of the first times the subject of Residential Schools was brought to the screen," says producer Rhonda Kara Kanah. "The discussion following that screening was deep, moving, and distinctly healing. We need to be able to talk about this part of our history in order to move forward with the healing process. I am glad to see how far we have progressed with that process in recent years."

According to a report by the Law Commission of Canada, Aboriginal children were the only children in the history of Canada who, over an extended period of time, were statutorily designated to live in institutions primarily because of their race. Large numbers of school-aged Aboriginal children were sent to residential schools. In some communities, this institutionalization continued for decades, and has affected many generations.

Beverly Sabourin, Vice-Provost (Aboriginal Initiatives) at Lakehead University, says "It is important to look at the history of the Residential School system in order to understand the scope of the harm suffered, so that we can properly address those harms. Films like Sleeping Children Awake provide us with an opportunity to talk openly, and to move forward. Doing so in the context of a University setting can be very effective."

The screening will take place on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. on the Lakehead University campus, in room UC1017 across from Security. The film is also available for loan at the Paterson Library at Lakehead University.


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Media: Rhonda Kara Hanah and Beverly Sabourin are available for media interview. For more information or to arrange interview times, please contact Lisa Pelot, Communications Officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,900 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca

(November 21, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) Climate change is the number one threat to the sparse population of polar bears that remain in the world, according to a new report from the World Wildlife Federation (WWF). With other threats including hunting, heavy metal pollution, and plans for future oil exploration in the Arctic, polar bear populations need careful management that is inclusive of a variety of perspectives.

"Inuit perspectives include a very different view of animals that is not very well incorporated into management," explains Dr. Martha Dowsley, Lakehead University Professor of Anthropology and Geography. "Rather than seeing animals as resources like western cultures typically do, Inuit and many other Aboriginal cultures view animals as non-human persons which are involved in human lives in multiple ways. These include physical interactions like hunting, but also social and cultural interactions. These are seen as key to the maintenance of human-environment relationships, and also human-human relationships. Such views are in keeping with those of many other Aboriginal cultures worldwide."

Climate change and its effects on polar bears are a major concern for both Inuit and non-Inuit, but what the effects are, the quality of the available information, and what should be done, are issues that are hotly debated. In two polar bear population areas, discussions about possible quota reductions--one due to climate change and one due to perceived over-hunting--have caused so much tension in the co-management system that Inuit communities and organizations have publicly threatened to stop participating in the system and remove quota restrictions from their hunters.

"This population should be dramatically reduced according to population projections over the past 10 years, yet Inuit have not seen any decrease in the numbers of bears, or a decline in their health. In some parts of the area, Inuit are adamant that the bear population has increased and has become a safety concern. A similar set of observations by Inuit was recently proven correct in another population area that had been suspected of decline due to climate change," says Dowsley. The Baffin Bay decision is being attacked by WWF Canada, which suggests that a boycott of Canadian polar bear products in Europe is forthcoming.

Dr. Dowsley will give a public presentation entitled Inuit Perspectives on Polar Bears and Climate Change that will address these, and related issues. The presentation takes place on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Braun Building 0017 at the Lakehead University campus.


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Media: Dr. Martha Dowsley is available for media interview by calling Lisa Pelot, Communications Officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca.

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,900 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca

The Advanced Institute for Globalization and Culture welcomes Dr. Steven High as its first Visiting Research Fellow. Dr. High is the Canada Research Chair in Public History at Concordia University, and is co-director (and founder) of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling - Canada's premiere oral history research centre. He is also the lead investigator in a $1.2M SSHRC Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) which examines the life stories of displaced Montrealers.

Dr. High has published in a wide range of academic journals including History Workshop Journal, the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth Studies, Labour/le Travail, Acadiensis, and Histoire sociale. He has edited special issues of a number of journals including Histoire Sociale, Urban History Review, and the Journal of Canadian Studies (forthcoming). His first book Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984 (University of Toronto Press, 2003) won a number of national and international awards, including the Albert Corey Prize from the American Historical Association for the best book in Canada-U.S. Relations, the Porter Prize from the Canadian Association of Sociology and Anthropology
for best book on Canadian Society, and the Klibansky Prize from the Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences for the best book published in the humanities in Canada.

Dr. High's current book project is on the forestry crisis in Canada, as heard in the oral narratives of displaced workers in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. The book project builds on two of his earlier books: Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984 (University of Toronto Press, 2003) and Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization (Cornell University Press, 2007).

For more information about the Advanced Institute for Globalization and Culture, visit The Agency website.

(November 13, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) Concurrent Education student Dave Grad has been recognized as a leader at a recent international conference held in Boston. David is one of nine Undergraduate Student Leadership Award recipients across North America, and the only recipient in Canada.

The award comes from the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA), an international association comprising professional administrators, students, faculty, and related organizations, which works for orientation, transition, and retention of university and college students. Chartered in 1976, national and regional networks of NODA address special interests such as non-traditional students, multi-ethnic affairs, GLBT (gay, lesbian, bi-sexual & transgendered) issues, as well as transfer and parent services. Awards are given annually in each region. Dave is this year's winner for Region 7.

David Grad (r) and NODA President

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,700 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca

Milena Sejnoha (past President of CSChE), Daniel Hamilton and Jatin Sharma

(November 12, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) Lakehead University Chemical Engineering students have added another award to their growing list.

The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers (CSChE) has given the 'Highest Award' of the Student Chapter Merit Award 2008 to the Lakehead University Student Chapter. This prestigious award is offered to recognize and encourage initiative and originality in Student Chapter programming. Only one award is given out annually.

The CSChE Student Chapter of Lakehead University is one of the smallest chapters of the CSChE in the nation, but it is among the most active. In addition to this, it has also been recognized by the CSChE in the past (1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002) also, and has received Honourable Mentions three times (1997, 1998 and 2003). Many of the Student Chapter members and students have been recognized with top individual awards by CSChE in the past.

Chemical engineering is a discipline that advances new knowledge in chemistry and processing technology to practical application. Broader than chemistry, chemical engineering involves the manufacture of commodities such as synthetic fibres, plastics, fertilizers, detergents, foods, minerals, alloys, and ceramics. Chemical engineering is key to the solution of environmental problems, working to develop new non-polluting processes, instead of simply treating wastes.

Dr. Inderjit Nirdosh, Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lakehead and Faculty advisor for the Student Chapter at Lakehead, said "It's gratifying for students' efforts to be recognized in this way. Despite being a small chapter, they are able to accomplish much, bringing pride to our department, as well as to the University." Student activities include the organization of departmental seminars, and social and technical events, and an annual conference where professional engineers are invited to share their expertise and knowledge with students, and where some undergraduate students present their degree projects.

Students received the award earlier this month at a CSChE conference in Ottawa.

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Media: Dr. Nirdosh is available for media interview. For more information or to arrange interview times, please contact Lisa Pelot, Communications Officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca.

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,700 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca.

(November 12, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) Amid the worldwide economic downturn, Lakehead University students are on the other side of Fortune's Wheel. Last Friday, Lakehead University Senate presented students Luc Cousineau, Michael Mason, and Brent Moyer with Canadian Millennium Scholarship In-Course Excellence Awards, valued at $5000 each renewable for one year.

Brent Moyer, Michael Mason, Luc Cousineau, Dr. Gilbert

Vice President (Academic) & Provost Dr. Laurie Hayes, Katie Robinson, Robert Buchkowski, and Mario Nucci

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,700 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca

(November 11, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) The Geology Department at Lakehead University, in association with CDN Resources Laboratories of Delta, B.C., recently announced a donation of $10,000 from CDN Resource Labs in Delta, BC. The donation will be dedicated to the acquisition of new microscopes in the Microscope Lab in the Geology Department at Lakehead.

Dr. Philip Fralick, Chair of the department of Geology at Lakehead University, said "This equipment is critical to building a solid base for our students on which they can develop a thorough understanding of concepts and theories. We see this donation as a further validation of the work being done by the department in educating future geologists, which will have an impact in industry and academia, and help find future ore deposits."

Duncan Sanderson, President of CDN Labs, said "We are very pleased to have been able to make this donation toward the Microscope Lab at Lakehead University. We see this equipment as fundamental to the development of the students, and we are glad that we have been able to help meet their needs. We look forward to our future dealings with staff and students at Lakehead University in the years to come."

To learn more about the Geology Department at Lakehead University and some of the graduates and what they do for a living, visit the Geology website. For more information on CDN Resources Labs visit the CDN Resource Labs website.

About the Geology Department at Lakehead University

The Department of Geology at Lakehead University offers both Undergraduate and Masters degrees in geology and geophysics. Courses offered by the department place a strong emphasis on 'hands-on' geology reflecting their location within the Canadian Shield. Faculty members have strong research programs in Northern Ontario and overseas with projects being undertaken in Mexico, Chile, the Philippines and Cyprus. Graduates from Lakehead have found employment in the petroleum and minerals industries, with geotechnical environmental companies, with government surveys and as educators, while others have pursued graduate work.

About CDN Resources Labs

CDN Resources Laboratories Ltd. specializes in the preparation of assay standards for the mining and exploration industry. The company has been preparing site-specific ore assay standards since 1991 and off-the-shelf standards since 1998. The company is headed by Duncan Sanderson, President, and Neil Fuge, Secretary, and is based in Delta, B.C.

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Media: Dr. Fralick is available for media interview. For more information or to arrange interview times, please contact Lisa Pelot, Communications Officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,700 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca

(November 10, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) Lakehead University chemistry professor Dr. Aicheng Chen has been awarded the Fred Beamish Award by the Canadian Society for Chemistry. The award represents the latest in a long list of honours bestowed upon Dr. Chen.

Established in 2001, the Beamish Award recognizes individuals who demonstrate innovation in research in the field of analytical chemistry, where the research is anticipated to have significant potential for practical applications. Dr. Aicheng Chen's research is advancing the development of new electrochemical technologies for environmental and biological analysis. Chen has developed a non-enzymatic electrochemical technique to monitor blood sugar levels for controlling and treating diabetes, an innovation that has been published by Advanced Materials and Analytical Chemistry. Most recently, Dr. Chen and his team of researchers have developed advanced techniques for waste water analysis and treatment.

Dr. Chen's research has gained national and international recognition, with speaking invitations ranging from Unviersity of Alberta to Oxford, Manchester Metropolitan, and Brunel University in the UK, Nagasaki University and Hokkaido University in Japan, and Huihua Normal University in China, among others. Chen's research has garnered more than $2.6M in funding for Lakehead University since his arrival in 2002. Dr. Chen has received a Senior JSPS Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (2006), has been awarded the Canada Research Chair in Material and Environmental Chemistry (Tier II) (2005), as well as the Premier's Research Excellence Award (2003). He has also supervised or co-supervised more than 30 students and postdoctoral fellows. The Fred Beamish award is the latest honour he has received.

Dr. Chen says "I am honoured to accept the Fred Beamish award, not only because of the time and effort that goes into our research, but also because it reflects the global value of research being conducted by Lakehead University researchers. It is a great honour to receive this award."

The award will be presented during the 92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, in Hamilton, Ontario from May 30 to June 3, 2009. Dr. Chen has been invited to give a lecture for the award during the conference.

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Media: Dr. Chen is available for media interview. For more information or to arrange interview times, please contact Lisa Pelot, Communications Officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca.

About Lakehead
Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,700 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca.

(November 7, 2008 - Thunder Bay, ON) Research Infosource Inc. recently announced that Lakehead University has placed 3rd in the University Income Growth 2002-2007 category, and 30th in Canada's Top 50 Research Universities 2008.

Media: Dr. Fred Gilbert and Dr. Rui Wang are available for media interview. For more information, or to arrange interview times, please contact Lisa Pelot, Communications Officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca.

About Lakehead

Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead has over 7,700 students and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. In 2006, Research Infosource Inc. named Lakehead University Canada's Research University of the Year in the undergraduate category. For more information on Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca