Thunder Bay, ON –  Through the Ontario Research Fund - Research Infrastructure Program, Lakehead University will receive over $800,000 to purchase state-of-the-art equipment for new research projects. These projects range from developing innovative photonic devices to the design and development of powertrain technologies, to climate change mitigation and air pollution control systems.

Dr. Gautam Das, Professor in the Department of Physics, has been awarded $166,892 to enhance Lakehead’s photonics and bio-photonics research facilities. His project will develop innovative photonic devices with transformative applications including a portable Raman spectroscopy tool for early detection of cervical cancer and SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), as well as a real-time analyzer for greenhouse gases emitted from agricultural fields. According to Dr. Das, these technologies promise to significantly advance public health and environmental monitoring, supporting Canada’s leadership in high-tech industries and sustainability.

“This funding enables us to expand the scope of our research and develop accessible, cost-effective solutions for both medical diagnostics and environmental challenges,” he said. 

Dr. Apparao Dekka, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received $100,017 to support his research on the design and development of powertrain technologies for heavy-duty electric vehicles. By addressing the high costs associated with electric vehicle production, Dr. Dekka’s work creates energy-efficient and affordable solutions that will strengthen Canada’s electric vehicle industry and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. His research also focuses on training highly qualified personnel to support the future growth of this sector.

“Electric vehicles are critical in combating climate change, and this project is a step toward making them more accessible to Canadians,” said Dr. Dekka. “By developing cost-effective technologies, we hope to encourage wider adoption of electric vehicles and foster a more sustainable economy.”

Dr. Ebrahim Rezaei, Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded $124,986 to establish the Laboratory for Climate Change Mitigation and Air Pollution Control. This facility will lead two key research programs, the catalytic reforming of carbon dioxide into syngas and the treatment of industrial air pollutants using catalytic ozonation. Dr. Rezaei’s work will support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality while training students in cutting-edge environmental technologies.

“The infrastructure funded through the ORF will allow us to address critical challenges in energy sustainability and air quality,” said Dr. Rezaei. “This research will not only reduce Canada’s atmospheric emissions but also enhance our country’s economic growth and technological leadership.”

These researchers in the departments of physics, electrical and computer engineering, and chemical engineering have received $391,895 in funding from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Ontario Research Fund (ORF) for this work. 

“Lakehead University celebrates the remarkable contributions of these researchers and the impact their work will have on global and local communities,” said Dr. Andrew P. Dean, Vice-President, Research and Innovation at Lakehead University. “Through ORF support, Lakehead continues to advance innovative research that addresses some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”

For more information about Lakehead’s research initiatives, visit lakeheadu.ca/research.

Total funding: $811,056

• Dr. Adam Algar, Department of Biology, "Laboratory for Physiological Macroecology", $119,591

• Drs. Nathan Basiliko, Seung-Il Lee and Ashley Thomson, Faculty of Natural Resources Management, "Research Infrastructure for Multitrophic Studies of Boreal Forest Landscapes", $174,996

• Dr. Gautam Das, Department of Physics, "Microscope, and Trace Gas Analyzers (Nitrous Oxide and Ammonia) for Photonics and Bio-Photonics Research Facilities", $166,892

• Dr. Apparao Dekka, Department of Electrical Engineering, "Design and Development of Powertrain Technologies for Heavy-duty Electric Transportation Applications", $100,017

• Dr. Ebrahim Rezaei, Department of Chemical Engineering, "Laboratory for Climate Change Mitigation and Air Pollution Control", $124,986

• Dr. Alla Reznik, Department of Physics and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Physics of Radiation Medical Imaging, Scientist, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, "Low-dose Direct Conversion Radiation Medical Imaging Detectors", $124,574

Dr. Balfour joins Lakehead from Thompson Rivers University and begins her appointment on July 1, 2025.

Lakehead University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gillian Balfour as Provost and Vice-President, Academic. Her five-year term will commence July 1, 2025.Reporting to the President and Vice-Chancellor, the Provost and Vice-President, Academic is the university’s chief academic officer, responsible for academic planning, ongoing academic operations, and plays a key role in the university’s strategic and academic plans in addition to the development and implementation of the university’s budget.

“I am delighted to welcome Dr. Balfour to the Lakehead community during a critical moment as we embark on a chapter of significant growth,” said Dr. Gillian Siddall, President and Vice-Chancellor. “Gillian brings a wealth of experience having worked in leadership roles at Thompson Rivers, Western, and Trent universities, and is well-versed in leading complex organizations through change and expansion. She offers a fresh perspective through her academic work in sociology and approaches leadership through a lens of progress and inclusivity.”

Dr. Balfour completed a PhD in sociology at the University of Manitoba where she focused on socio-legal studies and feminist criminology. Her research interests include a critical analysis of restorative justice and sentencing law reforms intended to address the over-incarceration of Indigenous women.

Before joining Lakehead University, Dr. Balfour served as Provost and Vice-President Academic at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) since 2022, where she was the chief budget officer and academic leader with a unique government mandate to provide online and on-campus learning for 30,000 learners. She developed TRU’s first integrated strategic plan for resource allocation to address domestic recruitment and student retention, renewed institutional reputation, and inclusive excellence for staff and faculty recruitment. Dr. Balfour also led the development of TRU Bold, an academic plan focused on halo program areas of research excellence, expansion of flexible delivery through open education, and financial sustainability through strategic program innovation.

“Lakehead has always been an exemplar of what can be achieved with regards to exceptional student experience and recognition for research excellence,” said Dr. Balfour. “I am looking forward to working closely with Dr. Gillian Siddall, one of the few women university presidents in Canada, and engaging in the work of developing a forward-thinking academic plan and strategy for financial sustainability in unprecedented times for Canada’s post-secondary sector. I’m also excited to return to Ontario, where I have spent most of my academic career, and experience a new part of the province with extraordinary natural beauty. I would like to express my gratitude for my time at Thompson Rivers University as Provost, and for the colleagues who journeyed with me on an exciting path for the university's future.” 

Prior to her time at TRU, Dr. Balfour served as Vice Principal and Academic Dean at King’s University College at Western University from 2020 – 2022 where she developed academic governance processes, a salary equity study, and a dedicated investment strategy for Indigenization and decolonization of curriculum and hiring practices. 

Her leadership background includes almost two decades at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, where she was the Associate Dean of Trent Online and Centre for Teaching and Learning. While at Trent, Dr. Balfour was a professor in the Sociology department where she was a member of Canada’s Walls to Bridges collective that provides prison-based learning for incarcerated and non-incarcerated students focused on restorative justice, in addition to launching Trent’s first fully online degree in critical criminology.

“As Lakehead focuses on the future, including launching the Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program in Thunder Bay, opening the Barrie STEM Hub, and seeing through plans to expand the Orillia campus, Dr. Balfour’s tremendous experience and hands-on approach to moving major initiatives forward will help us reach our significant goals,” explained Dr. Siddall. 

Dr. Siddall added that Lakehead University thanks Dr. David Richards for stepping forward to serve as Interim Provost and Vice-President, Academic, keeping work on track and well in hand during this leadership transition. 

Lakehead’s summer movement challenge returns this year with a special anniversary twist. The 100 Hour Challenge is back from May 19 to September 1, and it’s open to students, staff, faculty, and alumni.

To mark Lakehead’s 60th anniversary, participants will unlock Lakehead-inspired milestones and have the chance to win prizes as they log 100 hours of physical activity over the summer months. Walk, bike, hike, paddle—any movement counts.

Here’s what’s new in 2025:

• Milestones inspired by Lakehead’s 60-year legacy
• Prizes for students who reach key milestones provided by Campus Rec and Student Health & Wellness
• A prize from Human Resources for the first staff or faculty member on each campus to reach 100 hours
• A prize from Alumni for the first alum to reach 100 hours

How to participate:

• Sign up by June 1
• Join the It’s Your Move Strava group
• Log your activities in Strava—manually or through a synced fitness tracker
• Track your progress and receive weekly updates, motivation, and resources

This summer, we’re celebrating Lakehead’s legacy by moving together.

Sign up here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/XjMfBj1/100hour2025

The Food Security Research Network (FSRN) campus-community garden is now accepting registration for the 2025 garden season from students, staff, faculty, alumni and community. Come discover the joys of community garden to produce a few fresh vegetables, make new friends with people who enjoy gardening and to learn and share gardening ways with others.

Contact Josh at jpfraser@lakeheadu.ca, for a copy of the registration form or if you have any questions.

 A Strata Vocal Ensemble performance (above): The vocal ensemble course that Laurel took as a Lakehead University student led to a lifelong love of choral music. "There's a powerful and indescribable feeling that comes from people singing the same thing at the same moment—a synergy. The communication between the conductor and an ensemble can be very subtle," Laurel adds. "You can lift your eyebrow, and the ensemble will know what to do."

As a teenager, music educator and conductor Dr. Laurel Forshaw (HBMus'98) spent many of her lunch and after-school hours hanging out in the music room of her Thunder Bay high school. Since Laurel was a member of the school band and an accomplished flutist and pianist, this wasn't surprising—but there was another reason she spent so much time cloistered in the music room.

"It was an escape from the bullying and politics of high school," Laurel says. "The music room was a safe space."

Music became even more deeply enmeshed with Laurel's identity when she began teaching piano at the age of 14. "That's how I discovered that I loved connecting with students—it made me want to become a high school band teacher and recreate that wonderful safe space for other kids," she explains.

This realization led Laurel to enrol in Lakehead University's music program, which was transformational for her. "The broad focus of the program introduced me to areas I wouldn't otherwise have experienced," she says. In particular, the conducting and vocal ensemble courses taught by Allan Bevan were life-changing. "Allan was very demanding as a conductor, but in a quiet determined manner, and as soon as I stepped in front of an ensemble, I thought, 'Oh, this is what I want to do.'

There's an old-school approach to conducting that exalts the conductor as an all-knowing, detached, and domineering figure," Laurel continues, "but I conceptualize the role of conductor as one that is highly collaborative. I want to respond to and work with the sounds created by musicians rather than reacting to 'correct' their sounds."

“I’ll always advocate for music to be part of the curriculum for elementary and high school students,” Laurel says, “because music allows you to express yourself and hold meaning in unique ways.” In 1998, when Laurel graduated from Lakehead, the lure of conducting and the lack of teaching jobs prompted her to pursue a music career outside the school system.

Her first conducting position was with a local church choir while she was still a Lakehead student. Conducting positions with other groups followed, including Thunder Bay's Dulcisono Women's Choir and, most recently, the Strata Vocal Ensemble in Hamilton, Ontario. Laurel also worked with young people when she served as the artistic director and conductor of Thunder Bay's Rafiki Youth Choir (which she founded) and the Thunder Bay Children's Chorus - Camerata Singers in addition to the private music lessons she offered.

As the years passed, a growing desire to strengthen her knowledge of music education within choral spaces and her skills as a choral conductor spurred Laurel to return to school. In 2011, she completed a Master of Arts in Music Education (Choral Conducting) at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and, in 2021, she earned a PhD in Music Education from the University of Toronto. "I was getting tired of teaching private music lessons," she says, "and grad school opens your mind in ways that you can't anticipate." Her graduate studies became a springboard to advance her interest in bringing Indigenous ways of learning and knowing into university music programs and music education more broadly.

"Until a short time ago, Indigenous music and musical practices have been excluded from choral singing practices and music education in Canada," Laurel says. "I felt compelled to be part of breaking down this exclusionary framework, starting with the ongoing work of decolonizing myself, recognizing my responsibilities and obligations as a white settler, and engaging with Indigenous musicians and the principles of respect, responsibility, relationship, and reciprocity."

Laurel has now returned to Lakehead's Department of Music to teach conducting as well as the Intro to Music Education and Reconciliation course.

"This course uses the TRC's Calls to Action as a framework for addressing reconciliation through music and music education, weaving Indigenous ways of learning and being with music education practices. It is so rewarding to witness students considering ways in which their own pedagogical practices can serve as sites of reconciliation."

Want to expand your musical horizons?

Check Out a Few of Laurel's Favourite Pieces:

"North" by Ryan O'Neal, arranged by G. Chung
Performed by the Vancouver Youth Choir (Carrie Tennant, conductor)

"Okâwîmâw Askiy" by Sherryl Sewepegaham
Performed by Luminous Voices (Timothy Shantz, conductor)

"Ambe" by Andrew Balfour, based on an original song by Cory Campbell
Performed by the Chronos Vocal Ensemble (Jordan Van Biert, conductor)

"Õhtul" by Pärt Uusberg
Performed the Vancouver Youth Choir (Carrie Tennant, conductor)

"Both Sides Now" Joni Mitchell, arranged by M. Wright
Performed by the Barnsley Youth Choir (Matt Wright, conductor)

"Only in Sleep" by Ēriks Ešenvalds
Performed by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

"Indodana" arranged by M. Barrett & R. Schmitt
Performed by Tuks Camerata (University of Pretoria) (Michael Barrett, conductor)

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.

Check out the latest version of our Bulletin, by clicking here.

This year’s theme, “Unmasking Mental Health,” encourages us to look beyond the surface and see the whole person. Many people living with mental health or substance use challenges feel pressure to “mask” their true experiences to avoid judgment or stigma. But by embracing honesty and vulnerability, we can build stronger connections and foster greater understanding.

Throughout the week, explore CMHA’s national campaign, resources, and events at mentalhealthweek.ca and check out programming through your local CMHA branch.

• CMHA Thunder Bay: https://thunderbay.cmha.ca/
• CMHA Simcoe County: https://cmhastarttalking.ca/

On campus, Lakehead is offering a range of opportunities to support our community in unmasking mental health and showing up as our authentic selves:

• Thunder Bay Campus
  • safeTALK - Mon. May 5, 1 to 4:30 p.m.
  • Outdoor Mindful Meditation Sessions - Wed. May 7 and Thurs. May 8 at 11:15 a.m.
  • Student Health and Wellness Open House - Thurs. May 8 at 3:30 p.m.
  • Human Resources Open House - Fri. May 9 at 12 p.m.
• Orillia Campus
  • safeTALK - Tues. May 6, 1 to 4:30 p.m.
  • Student Health and Wellness + Human Resources Open House - Thurs. May 8 at 10 a.m.
  • Wellness Walk - Thurs. May 8 at 12:30 p.m.

Let’s work together to break down stigma and create space for real, open conversations about mental health.

Solving the mysteries of the fabled Titanic shipwreck is something most people can only dream of, but that's exactly how Dr. Amy Junnila began her research career in the late 1990s.

As an undergraduate anthropology student, Dr. Junnila was part of a team at Lakehead's world-renowned Paleo-DNA Lab that helped identify victims of the maritime disaster who'd lain buried and unknown in a Halifax, Nova Scotia, cemetery.

Lakehead's Paleo-DNA Lab offers outstanding modern DNA services as well as degraded and ancient DNA analyses. Adjunct Professor Dr. Junnila (HBSc'00/MSc'02) will continue some of her work in DNA analysis at the laboratory.

"I'm thoroughly grateful to Lakehead for teaching me everything I know about DNA," says Dr. Junnila, who also earned a Master of Science in Biology specializing in wildlife parasite DNA at Lakehead. "The Paleo-DNA Lab is an international leader in the analysis of degraded and ancient DNA."

Born and raised in Thunder Bay, Dr. Junnila completed a PhD at McGill University and a post-doc at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before moving to Africa to continue her work with an international research team she joined in 2006 while in Israel. "The team—which has members in Mali, Greece, Russia, Israel, and Florida—is dedicated to dramatically reducing mosquito populations in Mali, West Africa, where mosquitoes carrying malaria are a huge health risk," Dr. Junnila explains.

"We collect flowers that mosquitoes feed on and give them to researchers in another lab to make the scent extracts we use in our mosquito-control system," Dr. Junnila says.

She has recently returned to Lakehead as an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology and reconnected with the Paleo-DNA Lab, where her work is enhancing Lakehead's already strong commitment to meeting the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are a universal call to action to build a better future for everyone, and Dr. Junnila's research is advancing SDG 3, aimed at ensuring good health and well-being around the globe.

Her research team is supported by the Innovative Vector Control Consortium subgroup of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "Their funding gives us the resources for all of the complex moving parts," Dr. Junnila says.

The Scourge of Malaria

Malaria is an ancient disease transmitted to humans after they've been bitten by female Anopheles mosquitoes whose guts are the home of a single-celled parasite in the Plasmodium family. Every year, malaria kills approximately 600,000 people, with Africa suffering the highest death rates. Tragically, most of the casualties are children under five years old.

Symptoms of malaria include fever, vomiting, seizures, and diarrhea. It also damages blood cells, which can cause organ failure, brain swelling, and death. Since the parasite constantly mutates, it's able to hide from the human immune system, making it extremely hard to formulate an effective vaccine.

Dr. Junnila trapped these mosquitoes during her fieldwork in Mali. Before capturing them, she sprayed flowers in the area with different colours so that she could determine which plants the mosquitoes were feeding on.

"Malaria was widespread in the United States until the early 1900s when they began draining wetlands and standing water where mosquitoes lay their eggs and developed antimalarial medications," Dr. Junnila explains. It's not only swampy places where malaria flourishes. Arid farming regions in Mali, where rice crops are irrigated, for example, attract mosquitoes.

"Mosquitoes are the apex predators of humans," Dr. Junnila says. "In addition to spreading malaria, they carry yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika virus, and West Nile virus. Mosquitoes are equally dangerous to dogs because they carry the parasite that gives them heartworm."

To overcome this threat, Dr. Junnila is studying the plant-feeding behavior of the Anopheles mosquito and then using this information against them. "Mosquitoes, like hummingbirds, beat their wings very quickly and fly around a lot," Dr. Junnila says, "this makes them dependent upon sugar to survive. Flowers are their number-one food source—it's like giving them a Snickers bar."

Her research team has devised the Attractive Toxic Sugar Baits (ATSB) mosquito-control system—consisting of feeding stations containing a paste made of sugar water, an insect-specific poison, and a floral scent that appeals to mosquitoes—as a way to reduce mosquito populations.

Left is a prototype of the Attractive Toxic Sugar Baits (ATSB) mosquito-control system and images of a village in Mali where it was tested.

The initial results are impressive. "We had an industry partner that helped us create feeding stations we hung on every home in selected villages in Mali—the stations were able to eliminate more than 80 per cent of mosquitoes in the area."

Dr. Junnila cautions, however, against getting rid of all mosquitoes.

"Since mosquitoes land on flowers, they're probably acting as pollinators. That's why it makes me nervous when people talk about eradicating them entirely; doing so would be ecologically devastating and could destroy crops people depend upon."

One of the ingenious aspects of the ATSB system is that the toxic paste is covered with a plastic-like membrane that mosquitoes can pierce with their mouth parts, which, conversely, is too thick for other pollinators like bees and butterflies to penetrate, keeping them safe.

The researchers are currently in the process of using DNA fingerprinting to pinpoint the flowering plants that mosquitoes prefer to recreate these scents in the lab. Their ultimate goal is to export this technology to any part of the world dogged by malaria—including Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and the southern United States—and end the high toll that mosquitoes take on human lives.

Although the Culex mosquito found in Canada doesn't carry malaria and the average Canadian probably doesn't spend much time thinking about this disease, with our warming climate, the Culex mosquito carrying West Nile virus could well make its way east and north to Ontario. "That's why one of my aspirations is to have Lakehead join the fight against mosquitoes," Dr. Junnila says.

Lakehead University is ranked in the top 10 per cent globally for universities making an impact through a commitment to sustainability and positive societal change, and was named the top-ranked university with under 10,000 students in Canada and North America in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. These prestigious rankings assess universities' success in delivering on the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to solve our planet's most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges.

Ingenuity Ascend Accelerator program is a great opportunity for entrepreneurial minded Lakehead University students and alumni looking to transition an idea into a business opportunity or accelerate the growth and development of their early stage start-up. The Ingenuity Accelerator program will accepts up to 4 business ideas per cohort and deliver up to $5000 per business idea for costs associated with business development.

Important Dates
Application close: April 20,2025
Interviews to be held during the Week of April 28, 2025
Program starts: May 12, 2025 (8-10 week duration)
Application Link: https://forms.gle/hdf7ipABCxMj1wMP8

What to expect (what participants should be ready for) Ingenuity Ascend participants can expect the following daily activities:

Throughout the 10-week program, early-stage companies will have the opportunity to:

• Participate in networking events
• Attend business development workshop sessions
• Connect with entrepreneurial mentors
• Participate in milestone meetings with Ingenuity staff to review progress and set upcoming month milestone goals.
• Access up to $5000 per team to help fund business development activities (some restrictions apply)

Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Have at least one founder connected to Lakehead University (Student or Alumni up to 1 year post graduation)
• Must be willing to commit to the program
• Must have decision-making ability
• Must participate in all Ingenuity Ascend events, workshops and competitions throughout the program duration (available in online format for Orillia participants)Must be eligible and meet the requirements of starting and running a business in Canada

FAQ’s
Q. Does it cost anything to join the program?
A. There is no cost for this program. This program is completely free for all current students and recent graduates from Lakehead University.

Q. Do I need to have my business running to join?
A. No, we encourage applications from all stages of business development including the idea stage.

Q. What is the time commitment like?
A. Ingenuity requires one milestone meeting per week (up to an hour) as well as there will be workshops throughout the 10 week program. Ingenuity will work with the participants to schedule workshops and meetings at mutually agreed upon times. It is understood the participants may be in classes or working and Ingenuity will work with them to find the best suited times.

Q. Is Ingenuity only for business students?
A. No, we serve students from all disciplines.

Q. Does Ingenuity take any equity or royalties of my company if I use their services?
A. Ingenuity does not take any equity or royalties of any kind.

Q. Who can I contact for questions?
A. For all general inquiries, please email info.ingenuity@lakeheadu.ca

Funding restrictions:
The Ingenuity Ascend program will cover some costs associated with business development and will disperse funds based on a milestone delivery plan. Some costs that are not eligible for this program include rent, labour and wages, and large inventory purchase. All spending will need to be approved through the program coordinator prior to purchase to ensure it is eligible.

Lakehead University is developing its second Sustainability Plan (2026-2030). Our inaugural Sustainability Plan, launched in 2019, was a milestone for sustainability at Lakehead. It helped create a centralized structure for sustainability at the University, including an Office of Sustainability and a sustainable governance framework. The Sustainability Stewardship Council, a group with multi-stakeholder representation, was formed to create and guide the implementation of the inaugural Plan.

More than five years later, the Office of Sustainability is reflecting on the achievements and lessons learned over this time period. Since 2019, the University has placed repeatedly in the top 100 universities in the world in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, declared and implemented a university-wide Year of Climate Action (YOCA), divested our endowment from fossil fuel stocks (becoming the sixth Canadian university to do so), installed electric vehicle charging stations on our Thunder Bay campus, and developed new waste initiatives. Many other sustainability initiatives in the inaugural Plan have also been achieved or are currently underway. We thank all those who have contributed - this work cannot be achieved without your participation and collaboration.

While the implementation of the first Plan has built relationships on and off campus, and created the groundwork for a long-term commitment to sustainability at Lakehead, there is an opportunity at present to pause and reflect. What have we learned? What have our challenges been? The next Sustainability Plan will build on these lessons so that we can deepen our collective commitment to sustainability.

Becoming a sustainable university is not easy. In its most meaningful sense, sustainability requires a shift in culture. It calls us to open our minds and be willing to engage in difficult conversations. For a sustainability program to flourish at Lakehead, it also needs to reflect the context of our community, and the community needs to feel a shared ownership of the program. That’s why we want to hear from you. Your voice matters.

The Office of Sustainability has created a series of engagement opportunities for the Lakehead community to help guide the development of the next Sustainability Plan. This is your opportunity to influence how sustainability is prioritized at Lakehead.

We invite your feedback in the following ways:

1. Fill out our survey (survey closes April 4).
2. Drop by the Listening Tree in the Agora and write your creative ideas and wishes for sustainability at Lakehead on a leaf. (Orillia Learning Commons forthcoming).
3. Arrange a focus group or 1:1 conversation with the Office of Sustainability in April or May. Contact lpmckell@lakeheadu.ca to schedule.

We look forward to your feedback, and to creating the next stage of sustainability programming at Lakehead University.