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Nov 10	Lakehead University Orillia Showcases Campus at Open Doors – Open Knowledge Event (Orillia)
Nov 10	Lakehead University Orillia Showcases Campus at Open Doors "“ Open Knowledge Event (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University joined more than 50 universities across Canada this week to celebrate the success of the federal government's Knowledge Infrastructure program (KIP) which strengthened Canada's research, innovation, and education capacity in ways that will benefit Canadians for generations to come. Today, at its Orillia campus, Lakehead University hosted an Open Doors - Open Knowledge event to acknowledge the receipt of $13 million in federal funding under the KIP program for the construction of its Academic Building at 500 University Avenue.
Nov 7	Improving Brook Trout Habitat: Nipigon Bay's Kama Creek Restoration Underway (Thunder Bay) Starting mid-October 2011, Nipigon Bay's Kama Creek has been part of an ecological restoration project to help revitalize fish populations as part of the Nipigon Bay Remedial Action Plan (RAP). The Kama project is a unique partnership between the RAP Public Advisory Committee, Environment Canada, the Ontario Ministries of the Environment and Natural Resources, and Lakehead University to coordinate the design, development, and construction, as well as ecological assessment and monitoring of Kama Creek.
Nov 4	President Champions Student Art with Launch of <em>The Row - Student Art Gallery</em> (Thunder Bay) As part of a Board of Governors and Senate annual reception, President Brian Stevenson launched The Row - a new student art gallery. This presidential initiative devotes the hallway walls outside some of Lakehead University's senior administrative offices to the display of student art.
Nov 1	Jesuit Diary Brings the Past to Life (Thunder Bay) Professor of French and Lakehead's former Chair of the Department of Languages, Alain Nabarra has recently transcribed and edited the diary of Fr. du Ranquet, considered one of the most important Canadian missionaries of the 19th century. This previously unpublished 756 page manuscript spans over almost 25 years, from 1853 to 1877. This new volume publishes the first part of the Journal, 1853-1856, and includes a postface by John O'Meara, Dean of Lakehead's Faculty of Education.
Oct 31	Lakehead University Preview Day 2011 (Orillia)
Oct 27	Lakehead U Moves Up in Maclean's Ranking Survey (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has improved its standing in several measurement categories in the recently released Maclean's Ranking of Canadian Universities 2011. This year, Lakehead ranks second overall among the five primarily undergraduate universities in Ontario and has moved up one place among all Canadian primarily undergraduate universities.
Oct 27	Lakehead U Moves Up in Maclean’s Ranking Survey (Orillia)
Oct 25	Lakehead Launches New Citizenship Scholarships and Renews Free Tuition for 95%+ Averages (Orillia)
Oct 21	Lakehead Engineering Students Society Hold 31st Annual Charity Bus Pull to Support Big Brothers Big Sisters (Thunder Bay) Today, the Engineering Students Society of Lakehead University (ESS) held its 31st annual charity bus pull on. Teams competed to pull a school bus around the Agora Circle while hungry participants and onlookers enjoyed a charity barbeque. Teams of any number contribute a minimum donation of $20 per team with all funds raised supporting the work of Big Brothers Big Sisters Thunder Bay.
Oct 20	Lakehead Renews Free Tuition for 95%+ Averages and Launches New Citizenship Scholarships (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University offers up to four years of free tuition to Canadian students coming directly from a recognized Canadian high school with an average of 95% or higher. As part of its scholarship program renewal, Lakehead is also launching the Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County Citizenship Scholarship. This scholarship, designed for high school students who exhibit active citizenship within their high school and community, will provide $12,000 over 4 years to successful applicants.
Oct 17	Fall Preview Day: Saturday, October 22 (Orillia)
Oct 17	Thunderwolves Hockey Game October 22 (Orillia)
Oct 17	Lakehead University Acknowledges and Responds to Residence Student Concerns (Orillia)
Oct 12	Lakehead SSHRC Researchers Receive Over a Million Dollars in Funding (Thunder Bay) Lakehead celebrated and showcased researchers and students who have received over $1 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in 2010-2011.
Oct 11	Lakehead Pursues Mental Health Initiative with Funding from the Bell Let's Talk Community Fund (Thunder Bay) Lakehead's Department of Psychology announced that Bell's Let's Talk Community Fund has provided funding for a study to assess the feasibility of a psychology clinic located at Lakehead's Thunder Bay campus.
Oct 7	Lakehead student creates award to help others (Orillia)
Sep 30	Thunder Bay Attracts a World Leading MRI Research Scientist with Ties to Harvard University (Thunder Bay) Today the medical research community in the Northwest welcomes two new recruits to the region: Dr. Mitchell Albert is the first-ever Lakehead University/Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute Research Chair; and Mr. Scott Gillis holds a dual role as Director of Business Development and Commercialization for TBRRI and MaRS Innovation. Dr. Albert is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Lakehead University and will be making both research and teaching contributions to the new PhD program in Chemistry and Materials Science.
Sep 22	Lakehead University welcomes Orillia’s first full-time graduate students (Orillia)
Sep 15	Lakehead University looking for Men's Hockey Coach (Orillia)

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