Lakehead University’s Report to the Community Celebrates Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Lakehead alumnus Matt Pearson discussed the challenges and successes in being a part owner of the Sleeping Giant Brewing Company.
November 23, 2016 – Thunder Bay, ON
Lakehead University’s Report to the Community luncheon celebrated the innovative changemakers and events from the last year with a roomful of important stakeholders.
The gathering was held on Wednesday, November 23 in the Embassy Room at the Victoria Inn to celebrate the 2015-16 Annual Report, hosted by CBC Thunder Bay’s Lisa Laco.
One of the luncheon speakers was alumnus Jeff Burke (HBESc’07), who launched Brule Creek Farms with his wife Andrea in 2008 after being involved in a research project with Lakehead University’s Food Security Research Network (FSRN). Dr. Mirella Stroink, a member of the FSRN, described the important work that the group does to improve access to food.
One of the owners of the Sleeping Giant Brewing Company, Lakehead alumnus Matt Pearson (Bed’14), discussed the brewery’s challenges and successes.
Laco also interviewed Sasha Bubon, a PhD student studying chemistry at Lakehead and a research physicist with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute. Bubon talked about the positron emission tomography scanner he is developing to detect breast cancer.
At the luncheon, Lakehead President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Brian Stevenson described the excellent work being done by the University’s researchers and alumni.
“This year’s Annual Report shows the exceptional impact our students, faculty, and alumni are having on the economy and society – and that’s why we are calling them changemakers,” Dr. Stevenson said.
In addition to the academic, research, and community accomplishments, Lakehead’s operating expenditures had an economic impact of $319 million on the City of Thunder Bay in 2015-16.
Other Report highlights included being named Canada’s #1 research university in its category by Re$earch Infosource and first in total research dollars in Maclean’s 2015 University Rankings.
In November 2015 Lakehead’s Faculty of Business Administration received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), which involved a rigorous five-year process.
Established in 1916, AACSB accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education and less than five per cent of the world’s business schools have earned it.
Read more about the exceptional work being done by Lakehead’s researchers, students, and alumni by clicking here.
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Lakehead University has about 9,700 full-time equivalent students and 2,000 faculty and staff in 10 faculties at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lakehead 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 2016 University Rankings place Lakehead University second in Ontario and among Canada’s Top 10 undergraduate universities, and first among Ontario’s undergraduate universities for Total Research Dollars, Social Sciences & Humanities Grants, and Library Expenses. In 2015, Re$earch Infosourceranked Lakehead first among Canada’s undergraduate universities.
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