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Aug 2	How Thunder Bay went from down and out to Canada’s most exciting city (Thunder Bay) Today, many of Thunder Bay’s most successful entrepreneurs are graduates of the city’s Lakehead University, which has always been popular with international students. They’re no longer abandoning the city on graduation, but sticking around, setting up bars, restaurants and adventure outfitters.
Aug 1	Science Week Introduces Indigenous Youth to Careers in Natural Resources (Thunder Bay) Forty-five Indigenous youth from 25 communities are in Thunder Bay this week learning about geocaching, cartography, sustainable energy, entrepreneurship and more as part of Science Week for the the First Nation Natural Resource Youth Employment Program (FNNRYEP) and the Outland Youth Employment Program (OYEP).
Jul 31	Research could help reduce risk for experiencing postpartum depression (Thunder Bay) Carley Pope aims to one day help women reduce the risk for postpartum depression. Pope discussed her research on maternal mental health at Lakehead University on Tuesday, July 31.
Jul 27	$1 million reasons to smile (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s new Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering and Sciences (CASES) received a welcome boost from the City of Thunder Bay during city council’s July 23, 2018 meeting.
Jul 18	Lakehead professor studied 1.4 billion-year-old rocks near Dorion to determine abundance of life on Earth (Thunder Bay) A Lakehead University Geology professor is part of a team of researchers who collaborated on an article exploring oxygen and life on Earth that Nature.com will release soon. The article describes how the researchers used gypsum east of Thunder Bay to determine if there was as much life on Earth approximately one billion, four hundred million years ago as there is now.
Jul 2	Canada’s brightest youth are at SHAD Lakehead for month of July for intense enrichment and entrepreneurship (Thunder Bay) Grade 11 student Brianna Heal of Whitehorse, Yukon, is familiar with finding creative solutions to problems. She runs her own business and has had to overcome obstacles exclusive to her northern geographical location.
Jun 22	BioBlitz added to Lakehead University’s Ontario Master Naturalist Program coming up in Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University and the Thunder Bay Field Naturalist Club have collaborated to offer a new element of programming to participants of the Ontario Master Naturalist Program (OMNP) being offered in Thunder Bay this July.
Jun 12	Lakehead University professor receiving research grant to restore the ecology of the Great Lakes (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Dr. Michael Rennie recently received an Early Researcher Award of $100,000 through the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science.
May 30	Voices from the Class will inspire Lakehead University graduates (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University graduates will receive important words of wisdom from three exceptional students at this year’s convocation ceremonies on Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
May 22	Lakehead University celebrating exceptional people at this year’s convocation (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University will recognize six exceptional people at this year’s convocation ceremonies on Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
May 8	Lakehead University nursing student wins provincial award for program assisting new mothers (Thunder Bay) Brianna Decontie spent from early January to mid February adapting a five-week mothers’ support group for Kitigan Zibi Health and Social Services in Maniwaki, QC. The program, offered to new mothers, focuses on oral health care and embraces Indigenous teachings such as the Medicine Wheel and Sacred Medicines.
May 3	Lakehead University Professor Pauline Sameshima renewed as Canada Research Chair (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Dr. Pauline Sameshima has been renewed as a Canada Research Chair in Arts Integrated Studies.
Apr 26	Teaching Commons opens in beautiful new location in Lakehead University’s Library (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University officially opened its Teaching Commons by gathering with staff and faculty in the beautiful new location in the Chancellor Paterson Library on Thursday, April 26.
Apr 23	Lakehead University’s Steel Bridge Team heading to the national competition again (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Steel Bridge Team placed first overall in the regional competition held recently in Iowa City.
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 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.
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.

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