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Sep 20	Lakehead University graduate student wins prestigious $150,000 Vanier Scholarship (Thunder Bay) Lakehead Civil Engineering PhD student Tristen Brown has been awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, one of the most prestigious national awards for doctoral students.
Sep 19	Researchers at the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity receive $2.43M SSHRC grant to address local health priorities (Thunder Bay) A new project, led by Dr. Erin Cameron, Academic Director at the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity at NOSM University, has received a $2.43-million Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant to address local health priorities.
Sep 18	New book explores Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying policies (Thunder Bay) A newly released academic book edited by a university professor and a health lawyer is making an important contribution to Canadian public policy on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) while examining opportunities for advocacy for health equity.
Sep 18	Teaching Commons Fall Newsletter (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) On behalf of the Teaching Commons team, welcome back to the new academic year – and a refreshed newsletter!
Sep 15	Lakehead University hosting the Fall Harvest on Sept. 16 (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting its annual Fall Harvest on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 11 am to 2 pm at the Sweat Lodge site, located near the Wolf Den athletics building.
Sep 12	Faculty of Education September 2023 Newsletter Published (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Faculty of Education's September 2023 Education Exchange newsletter is now published.
Sep 12	NSERC providing more than $1 million to Lakehead University researchers (Thunder Bay) , (Georgian - Barrie) Professors at Lakehead University are receiving more than $1 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for exceptional, ground-breaking research that will make a difference.
Sep 11	Research and Innovation Bulletin (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) 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.
Sep 11	CERAH E-Blast September 2023 (Thunder Bay) Check out CERAH's monthly update of news, events, and resources related to aging & health!
Sep 8	Lakehead hosting Truth and Reconciliation events on campus throughout September (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting a series of Truth and Reconciliation-themed events in September that will honour survivors of residential schools along with their families and the children who didn’t return home.
Sep 5	Lakehead Rocks Lake Tamblyn was a huge success (Thunder Bay) Hundreds of faculty, staff, and students enjoyed karaoke, food, and games at Lakehead Rocks Lake Tamblyn, held on Tuesday, Aug. 15.
Aug 29	EPID at Work launches groundbreaking new study on workplace mental health (Thunder Bay) EPID@Work (Enhancing the Prevention of Injury and Disability at Work) Research Institute is launching the largest cohort study ever conducted in Northwestern Ontario, which will examine workplace factors for mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Aug 28	Register now for CERAH's Northwestern Ontario Palliative Care Conference (Thunder Bay) Dates: Oct. 3-5, 2023 (Oct. 3 pm only, all day Oct. 4, Oct. 5 pm only) Location: Best Western Plus Nor’Wester Hotel & Conference Centre Contact cerah@lakehedu.ca for more information. Student rates are available!
Aug 28	Research and Innovation Bulletin (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) 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.
Aug 28	CFA Institute recognizes Lakehead University’s Honours Bachelor of Commerce, Finance Major program (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program.
Aug 28	Lake Superior Living Labs Network Newsletter (Summer 2023) (Thunder Bay) In this newsletter we are sharing cross-hub project summaries, some Lake Superior teaching resources, and flagging numerous upcoming fall events across the watershed (in-person and virtual).
Aug 25	Trent, Lakehead, Laurentian, Nipissing Universities Sign MOU to Enhance Impact of Research, Commercialization Activity (Thunder Bay) Four Ontario universities – Trent University, Laurentian University, Lakehead University, and Nipissing University – have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) focused on enhancing collaboration and resource sharing on research and innovation initiatives to, ultimately, drive economic development in the province.
Aug 25	Lakehead University representatives attended annual Anishnawbe Keeshigun events (Thunder Bay) Thanks to Lesley Ng of Fort William Historical Park for inviting Clarence Surette (President of the Thunder Bay Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society) and Jill Taylor-Hollings (President of the Ontario Archaeological Society), both from the Dept. of Anthropology at Lakehead University, to the annual Anishnawbe Keeshigun events August 19 and 20.
Aug 24	Lakehead University’s next-generation nursing manikin is helping train students to save a patient’s life (Thunder Bay) This new CAE simulation manikin is helping Lakehead University nursing students prepare for what it’s like to save someone’s life during a Code Blue emergency.
Aug 21	Save the date and register now for the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Prairie Division (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University's Department of Geography and the Environment is hosting the 2023 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Prairie Division!

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