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Apr 19	Lakehead Orillia launches lecture series for lifelong learners (Orillia) Do you love to learn? Lakehead University Orillia has just the ticket for you.
Apr 19	Lakehead University celebrates the Alumni Association with unveiling (Thunder Bay) An event was held to celebrate the Alumni Association with the unveiling of the Alumni Commons at Lakehead Thunder Bay on Thursday, April 19. Since 1965 the Alumni Association of Lakehead University has contributed over $2 million and counting, mainly toward student financial aid.
Apr 16	Lakehead University PhD candidate heading to the provincial Three-Minute Thesis competition (Thunder Bay) Meet Robert Jackson, winner of Lakehead University’s Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Apr 11	Million-dollar County of Simcoe gift celebrated with Lakehead Orillia students Lakehead University was presented with a $1-million cheque by County of Simcoe Warden Gerry Marshall on April 11 during a special celebration event at Lakehead’s Orillia campus.
Apr 10	Exhibition about Canada’s residential schools coming to Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Lakehead’s Office of Aboriginal Initiatives and Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales are hosting 100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada Mobile Exhibition at Lakehead University in the Agora from April 10-12.
Apr 6	Exhibition about Canada’s residential schools coming to Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Lakehead’s Office of Aboriginal Initiatives and Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales are hosting 100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada Mobile Exhibition at Lakehead University in the Agora from April 10-12. The 100 Years of Loss mobile exhibition explores the history of the Residential School System and traces its legacy to the present.
Apr 6	Lakehead Orillia celebrates athletic achievements (Orillia) Lakehead University Orillia capped off a successful 2017-18 athletics season with a celebration of its student athletes during the annual Athletic Awards Banquet.
Mar 23	Thunder Bay can listen to the young voices of La Loche (Thunder Bay) Thunder Bay has a chance to hear from the young people of La Loche Saskatchewan, a community that was changed forever by a tragic shooting in 2016. One of the four people who lost their life was Adam Wood, a graduate of Lakehead University who had recently left Thunder Bay to start teaching career in the community. On Wednesday, March 28, Adam’s sister, Caitlin Wood, will present her Master’s research dedicated to giving the youth of La Loche a chance to be heard.
Mar 22	Lakehead University names seminar room in honour of Edward and Brian Greenspan (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is proud and honoured to have a seminar room in the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law Library named after the legendary criminal lawyers Brian Greenspan and his late brother, Edward Greenspan, who passed away in 2014.
Mar 21	Lakehead University offering Ontario Master Naturalist Program in Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay) In July 2018, Lakehead University Thunder Bay will, once again, offer the innovative Ontario Master Naturalist Program (OMNP). Aimed at naturalists and those dedicated to environmental stewardship, the program, which launched in 2015 at Lakehead Orillia, is a partnership with Ontario Nature designed to broaden participants’ knowledge and expertise of the natural world through formal training and guidance.
Mar 20	Lakehead University Engineering team earns first place in national competition (Thunder Bay) A team of Engineering students from Lakehead University placed first in the Senior Design Category at the Canadian Engineering Competition held recently in Toronto.
Mar 15	Filmmaker to visit Research and Innovation Week at Lakehead Orillia (Online) , (Orillia) Filmmaker and Lakehead University professor Dr. Dalibor Mišina will present a special screening of his documentary, Leonard Cohen: In His Own Words, at the Orillia campus on Monday, March 19as part of Research and Innovation Week.
Mar 14	Lakehead Orillia's next In Conversation lecture will cover atrocity in image The next installment of the In Conservation Speaker Series at the Orillia Public Library will feature Lakehead University Orillia’s Dr. Valerie Hébert, Associate Professor in the History and Interdisciplinary Studies departments, and will discuss atrocity photography.
Mar 9	Lakehead University Orillia invites community to learn about local research (Orillia) Lakehead University celebrates its Research and Innovation (R&I) Week from March 19 to 21 at the Orillia campus with a variety of student and faculty presentations and special events.
Mar 8	Lakehead University celebrated exceptional researchers at the R and I Awards of Excellence reception (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University’s Research and Innovation Awards of Excellence reception was held on Thursday, March 8 to celebrate the exceptional achievements of professors and students.
Mar 7	Mitacs will help Lakehead University and Health Research Institute scientists improve outcomes for patients (Thunder Bay) Researchers at Lakehead University and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute will lead graduate students to develop and commercialize the next generation of medical imaging detectors that will improve patient outcomes, thanks to a new partnership with Mitacs.
Mar 5	LUNSA hosting 30th annual Powwow (Thunder Bay) The Lakehead University Native Student Association (LUNSA) is excited to be hosting their 30th annual Powwow at the CJ Sanders Fieldhouse, March 9-11.
Mar 2	Lakehead University hosting several exceptional talks and forums during Research and Innovation Week (Thunder Bay) The theme of this year’s Research and Innovation Week is Connections. Several public talks will highlight how we make our world a stronger place when we connect our knowledge, our curiosity, and our findings. With events at Lakehead University, the Intercity Shopping Centre and other Thunder Bay locations from March 2 to 9, R and I Week is an annual showcase of the exceptional research being undertaken at the University.
Mar 1	Lakehead’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law hosting Revitalizing Indigenous Law through Language lecture (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is hosting a lecture by John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria Law School in British Columbia, on Thursday, March 1 from 7 to 9 pm in the John N. Paterson Auditorium, third floor, PACI.
Feb 28	Research and Innovation Week at Lakehead University will feature exceptional speakers and events (Thunder Bay) The theme of this year’s Research and Innovation Week is Connections. Several public talks will highlight how we make our world a stronger place when we connect our knowledge, our curiosity, and our findings. With events at Lakehead University, the Intercity Shopping Centre and other Thunder Bay locations from March 2 to 8, R and I Week is an annual showcase of the exceptional research being undertaken at the University. There will be something of interest for people of all ages.

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