(February 19, 2009 --Thunder Bay, ON) As part of Research and Innovation Week 2009, Lakehead University is hosting a film festival that's open to the public. Three films will be shown: the premiere of Canada Research Chair Dr. Judy Iseke-Barnes' film A Living History of Metis Families, as Told by Dorothy Chartrand, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, and Bloodline.

In A Living History, Metis grandmother Dorothy Chartrand tells the story of her Metis families, and the political and social change that impacted Metis lives in the 1800s until today, tracking some of Dorothy's 25 years of research in archives and HBC and church records that lead to understanding the history of her family, and the community of St. Albert, Alberta.

Filmmaker Judy Iseke-Barnes says, "This film is one piece of the puzzle in the history of women, specifically Metis women, in this country. We don't often hear stories of how these women worked to create and sustain the community structures that were the basis of this country."

According to Iseke-Barnes, the historical record is male dominated, and focussed on written records, as opposed to oral ones. "There is a bias embedded in the recording of history which gives more legitimacy to written records. Those often focus on men and men's work. Oral history, by way of contrast, is a valid and under-valued window into the history of women, and the history of this nation."

Iseke-Barnes has two more films in production, and a third one in the planning stages. The first is tentatively entitled, Leadership as Service: Lives and Roles of Metis Grandmothers, and may be released as early as April 2009. The second is an animated collection of Metis/Cree stories from Tom McCallam, (White Standing Buffalo), and has a tentative release date of the fall of 2009. The films will be sent to film festivals, the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN), and the Smithsonian Institute, which has requested copies of them. Ultimately, the films will be available on DVD. More information is available at the accompanying website www.ourelderstories.com.

A Living History of Metis Families, as Told by Dorothy Chartrand, premieres Tuesday, February 24, at 7:00 p.m. in ATAC 2001. A reception hosted by the Office of Aboriginal Initiatves will follow in the Faculty Lounge (cash bar). There is no charge for admission, and parking on campus is free.

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Media: Dr. Judy Iseke-Barnes is available for media interview. For more information 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

(February 18, 2009 --Thunder Bay, ON) Research and Innovation Week 2009 is a celebration of innovation and discovery, and an invitation to the public to participate and discover new and interesting things uncovered by researchers at Lakehead University. This fourth annual event takes place February 20 - 27, 2009. Throughout the week, community members have the opportunity to participate in interactive displays and exhibits, attend public lectures and discussion, learn more about graduate student research, and more.

"A crucial function of the University is to afford society new technologies and new ideas, and these are realized through research," says Dr. Rui Wang, Lakehead's Vice President (Research). "It's important that members of the community see directly the benefits that research activity brings us. Lakehead University has many gifted researchers, as well as a rich culture of conducting trans-disciplinary research."

A sampling of topics exhibited during the week's activities includes Dr. Roger Mitchell's pioneering research into diamond classification, which has made it faster and less costly to differentiate diamond-bearing rocks from barren samples, increasing efficiency of diamond exploration around the world. Mitchell's research has investigated rock samples from every continent, save Antarctica. Dr. Aicheng Chen's "invisible" nanoflowers - more than 500 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair - promise to aid in the production of the next generation of environmentally friendly gas sensors. Nanotechnology advances such as this provide innovative solutions to massive environmental degradation.

A graduate student conference in the Agora will feature poster and oral presentations. Graduate students will present their work, with prizes awarded in four different categories. This year's conference includes a new category which recognizes excellence in research with an Aboriginal theme.

At the Research and Innovation Week film festival, the premiere of Canada Research Chair Dr. Judy Iseke-Barnes' film A Living History of Metis Families as Told by Dorothy Chartrand, will take place. Other films that will be shown include The Lost Tomb of Jesus, and Bloodlines.

Lakehead University's Speaker Series is also part of the Research and Innovation Week celebration. Dr. Kevin Danaher, Executive Director of the Global Citizen Centre will present "Building the Green Economy" on February 25 at 6:30 p.m. in UC 0050 (near the Agora).

The full schedule can be viewed at http://research.lakeheadu.ca/research_and_innovation_week2009.pdf

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Media: Dr. Rui Wang is available for media interview. For more information 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

(February 11, 2009 - Thunder Bay, ON) Members of Lakehead University's Formula-1 Society of Automotive Engineers (LUFSAE) team have spent almost three years working on their prototype race car. Their dream of racing against over 100 other schools in Michigan this May just got one step closer.

Fountain Tire has donated two sets of tires specifically designed for FSAE applications to the team: one set of Goodyear Dry FSAE racing tires, and one set of Goodyear Full-Wet racing tires. With a new compound and a computer-optimized mold shape for maximum footprint efficiency, this model of tire was run in 2006 by several universities with outstanding results

Brandon Porter, Project Manager of the LUFSAE says, "The value of these eight tires is approximately $1380 in total, so that represents a huge gain for us. The tires are proven by many FSAE teams to have outstanding performance, above many of the leading brand names in the industry for this application."

The donation was initiated in 2007. According to Porter, "Darcy Hunter, Manager of Fountain Tire showed a great deal of interest in the project from day one. He told us once we were ready for the tires he would get them ordered and have them mounted on wheels for us. Coming back to Lakehead in September 2008, we were ready to install the tires. I approached Darcy again, and he made good on his promise. We now have all 8 tires ready to go."

The concept behind Formula SAE is that a fictional manufacturing company has contracted a design team to develop a small Formula-style race car. The prototype race car is to be evaluated for its potential as a production item. Each student team designs, builds, and tests a prototype based on a series of rules, the purpose of which is to ensure onsite event operations and promote clever problem solving.

LUFSAE, comprising students from the faculties of Business and Engineering, is registered for the 2009 FSAE Michigan Competition held at the Michigan International speedway, May 13-16, 2009. With sold out registration, competitors for this event come from all over the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Venezuela, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Turkey, and Brazil.

Those interested in becoming part of the LUFSAE team through sponsorship and donation opportunities, please visit their website at www.LUFSAE.com or contact the team through e-mail at lufsae@lakeheadu.ca.

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Media: Brandon Porter is available for media interview. For more information 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

(February 10, 2009 --Thunder Bay, ON) Ser - en - dip- i- ty: an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. Judging by the events that transpired to bring about New Music North's upcoming concert exchange pilot project, composer Aris Carastathis seems to have just such an aptitude.

The concert, which features music by Canadian composers, Darlene Chepil Reid, Robert Lemay, and Mark Nerenberg, as well as Carastathis, among others, will take place in Thunder Bay on February 12. It will also be performed in Toronto, as part of a new-music exchange pilot project.

Carastathis explains, "We had invited composer Mark Neremberg to perform live electronics with us for this saxophone, piano, and live electronics concert we were planning in Thunder Bay. During talks, we came up with this idea of doing a kind of exchange. He would come to Thunder Bay to perform with us, and then we would go to Toronto to perform with him."

Greek saxophonist Stathis Mavrommatis will also be performing at the concert, which Carastathis arranged while collaborating with him on several music projects in Athens last year. Carastathis says, "While I was on on sabbatical last year, we talked about the possibility of doing a concert together. This concert is the result of those conversations." Lakehead University graduate Derek Oger will play piano.

The concert will take place in Thunder Bay, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance, or $10 at the door. The Toronto concert will be performed at Gallery 345 Sunday, February 15 at 7:00 p.m.

New Music North is the first organization of its kind in the region and, with individual, corporate and government support, brings new concert music closer to the general public. New Music North is a non-profit, incorporated organization with dedicated volunteers at the heart of its operation.

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Media: Dr. Aris Carastathis is available for media interview. For information please contact
Darlene Chepil Reid at (807) 767-3612 or Aris Carastathis at (807) 343-8652.

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

(February 9, 2009 --Thunder Bay, ON) Objective: create an innovative wood product with market potential. No problem for Lakehead University Faculty of Forestry & the Forest Environment students.

Jim Riffel, Scott Rubin, and Serge Laforest have been recognized for their elegant, innovative, and marketable wood product designs, with cash winnings amounting to $6000, in the second annual Wood Works competition.

Wood Works is a real-life problem solving exercise which challenges students to create wood products with the potential to expand markets for Ontario wood products. Students examine consumption trends, barriers, and opportunities that relate to the forest products sector and to use this information to create a viable product that overcomes existing challenges or takes advantage of existing opportunities that might not yet even be identified. Products are then evaluated on the basis of their innovation, ease of manufacturing, usefulness, and competitive edge.

First place University-level winner Jim Riffel created beautifully designed paddles using local wood products that have undergone a special drying treatment which makes them highly aesthetic.

Scott Rubin's second-place design is a "burl table." Burls are commonly found as rounded outgrowths on a tree trunk or branch, providing an unusual look to the grain of the wood. This aesthetic element has not been lost on Rubin, whose table won second place at the University level.

Serge Laforest, third-place University level winner, has created a design for a table or shelving unit that can be expanded - the leg attachments have grooved edges for ease of assembly.

"These designs, along with the marketing plans, show the passion our students have for this great natural resource, as well as their appreciation for the beauty and functionality of wood for a huge range of products," says Dr. Leitch, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment.

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Media: Jim Riffel, Scott Rubin, and Serge Laforest, along with Dr. Leitch are available for media interview. For more information 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

(February 6, 2009 --Thunder Bay, ON) The Centre for Northern Studies is pleased to announce the release of its newest publication, Essays in Northwestern Ontario Working Class History: Thunder Bay and Its Environs, edited by Lakehead University alumnus, member of the Department of History, and Co-Director of the Lakehead Social History Institute, Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu.

Essays in Northwestern Ontario Working Class History is a peer-reviewed examination of the history of the working class from the late nineteenth century to the firm establishment of unions in Northwestern Ontario, in particular the Thunder Bay region, during the late twentieth century.

"The book brings together previously published, and new works from a cross-section of established and young scholars working in the allied fields of history, Finnish studies, sociology, and Canadian studies," explains Dr. Beaulieu. "It explores the substance of working class history in the region, and the degree to which it is linked to broader and comparative developments while, at the same time, being rooted in the area."

Many of the essays bring to light issues of working class life in the area that have previously been neglected, or misunderstood. According to one contributor, contrary to the popular belief that Aboriginal cultures did not mesh well with the values espoused by an industrial economy, in fact Aboriginal people participated in a range of practices related to the growth of the industrial capitalist economy, including mining and lumbering.

Contributors include an array of current and former Lakehead faculty and students, as well as distinguished scholars from across Canada.

The Lakehead University Centre for Northern Studies is known internationally as one of the main centres for northern studies in Canada. Its activities in this area have added a distinct dimension to Lakehead's identity as a university "of the North, in the North." By making a significant commitment and investment in the late 1980s, the University laid the foundation for its present high standing among Northernists, and has established a reputation for excellence through the Centre's publications.

Copies of Essays In Northwestern Ontario Working Class History are currently available at the Lakehead University Alumni Bookstore. A book launch will also be held in the near future. For more information, go to http://northernstudies.lakeheadu.ca

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Media: Dr. Michel Beaulieu is available for media interview. For more information 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

(February 4, 2009 --Thunder Bay, ON) TVO will be bringing Your Voice, an online discussion series for parents, to the Thunder Bay's Fort William First Nation Community Centre to examine issues in Aboriginal education, with an expert guest panel on February 6 and 7. Two specials focusing on Aboriginal Education will be taped.

Lakehead University professor Dolores Wawia of the Department of Aboriginal Education will be a featured guest on Your Voice. Dolores Wawia, Muk-Kee-Queh (Frog Lady), member of Gull Bay First Nations Reserve, is a highly respected Elder in the Aboriginal community.

Co-chair of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee for the Lakehead Public School Board, she is a survivor of the Residential School system, and was the first Aboriginal woman in Northwestern Ontario to obtain a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Education.

According to Wawia, "All teachers should be taught how to meet the needs of Native children in the classroom." Ms. Wawia has been with the Native Teacher Education Program at Lakehead since its inception in 1975, and she was instrumental in setting up the Indigenous Studies Program at McMaster University in 1994 - 1996.

In this episode, Your Voice seeks to explore the role of education in the protection and preservation of Aboriginal culture, as well as how education in Ontario needs to change in order to rebuild trust and give Aboriginal students a greater chance at success. While Aboriginal youth is one of the fastest growing segments of Canada's population, up to half of Canada's Aboriginals aged 25 - 64 have less than a high school education.

The two-part special will be streamed online at tvoparents.com on Tuesday, February 10, and Tuesday, February 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET, and broadcast on air Sunday, February 15, and Sunday, February 22 at 6:00 p.m. on TVO.

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Media: Dolores Wawia is available for media interview. For more information 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

(February 2, 2009 --Thunder Bay, ON) This term, eight students from Lakehead University and St. Francis Xavier University will be participating in a new Community Service Learning (CSL) opportunity. In two separate Political Science courses - in two separate provinces - students will meet over the Internet and compare experiences and research outcomes.

Dr. Doug West of Lakehead's Department of Political Science, and Dr. Lars Hallstrom, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Governance at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, decided to team up to provide students a new approach to education in CSL.

CSL is an educational approach that integrates service in the community with intentional learning activities. Within effective CSL efforts, members of both educational institutions and community organizations work together toward outcomes that are mutually beneficial. (Canadian Alliance for Community Service Learning http://www.communityservicelearning.ca/en/)

With partial funding from the St. Francis Xavier Service Learning Faculty Development and Research Support Fund, the project seeks to better connect students to civil society and non-governmental initiatives in their immediate community and share their experiences coming from different, yet similar, locales.

In Thunder Bay, students are working with Environment North, Lake Superior Place, and Earthwise Thunder Bay. In Antigonish, students are working with Antigonish Sustainable Development and with the Antigonish Area Partnership.

Dr. West explains, "With this new format, the learning environment at Lakehead University is connected to other learning environments in the country. This e-learning modality has the potential to leverage advances in technology and globalization that can have a real and very tangible benefit to our students."

If positive outcomes are identified at the conclusion of the course, there is the potential to widen the application of the learning platform. "In the future, Lakehead University students may be able to connect with students all over the country, and beyond," says West.


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Media: Dr. Doug West is available for media interview. For more information, and to arrange interviews, 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

(January 30, 2009 - Thunder Bay, ON) Associate Professor of History Dr. Bruce Strang is the 2008 winner of Lakehead University's most prestigious teaching award.

The Distinguished Instructor Award recognizes a significant contribution to teaching excellence and educational innovation and leadership at Lakehead University over a number of years. Recipients must have shown educational leadership within the institution, and beyond.

Over the years, Dr. Strang has received consistent recognition for his teaching practices by students, colleagues, and the university as a whole. He was Chair of the Modular Degree Committee, an initiative which gives students increased flexibility in shaping their degrees. He has also received a nomination for TVO's Best Lecturer in Ontario competition, and repeated mention in the "Popular Profs" section in MacLean's Magazine's Annual University Guide.

Strang's colleagues acknowledge excellence in his teaching performance, saying, "For Bruce, it is clearly a matter of principle that the universities exist to promote learning, and that our highest priority should be the experience of our learners." Another said, "In every aspect his pedagogy is student-oriented and driven."

"I've been privileged to work with excellent students at Lakehead University, and I appreciate their effort and dedication. It's important that professors challenge students to develop their skills, helping them to become better researchers, writers, and thinkers. Student-oriented teaching is one way that we can influence broader society: helping to develop independent-minded graduates who will define tomorrow's social and political debates," says Strang.

Bruce Strang specializes in modern European history. He currently teaches modern Italian and twentieth-Century European history, and his publications include On the Fiery March: Mussolini Prepares for War (2003) as well as articles on British and Italian foreign policy in collected works and in academic journals.

Dr. Strang's contribution to teaching will be formally recognized on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 in the Faculty Lounge, when the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning will host the 2008 Distinguished Instructor Address given by Strang, entitled "Swimming in the Deep End." The talk takes place from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Refreshments will follow. Everyone is welcome.


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Media: Dr. Strang is available for media interview. For more information 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

(January 29, 2009 - Thunder Bay, ON) Mark Kingwell, one of Canada's best-known public intellectuals, will present the inaugural lecture of Lakehead University's Advanced Institute for Globalization and Culture (the aig+c or 'agency'). Kingwell's work has appeared in such venues as the Globe & Mail, The Walrus, and Harper's Magazine.

Founded to provide a platform for research topics such as the roles that culture plays as inspiration, challenge, and economic stimulus, the aig+c is very pleased to host Mark Kingwell. With his new book, Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and The City, Mark Kingwell is a fitting speaker to open the celebration of a new institute devoted to urban life.

According to Dr. Todd Dufresne, Co-director and Senior Research Fellow of the aig+c, globalization encompasses the social, cultural, and economic shifts that are characteristic of late or advanced capitalism.

"In practical terms, there really is no aspect of contemporary life that is untouched by globalization. What this means is that the fate of people in Northwestern Ontario is bound to the fates of people all over the world. Thunder Bay is just as meaningful and rich an urban space as any city," says Dufresne.

The role of the urban environment in shaping a sense of identity is the subject of Kingwell's upcoming presentation. "No room is just a space; it is always a place we are entering, occupying, or exiting," says Kingwell. "Spaces - cities - shape us, and we shape them. How does the urban environment help to mould our notions of ourselves, define the limits of social and political engagement, and inform our moral obligations as citizens? These important questions are deserving of consideration."

His presentation, "Concrete Reveries: Consciousness + The City," will take place January 30, 2009 in ATAC 1002 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. The event includes a meet & greet and book signing which will take place in the lobby of the ATAC from 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. For those who wish to become a member of the aig+c, membership forms will be available. Membership includes an aig+c tote bag. The event is free to the University Community and the public.

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Media: For more information 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