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Aug 30	Lakehead University welcomes record number of international students to orientation (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University welcomed a record number of students at this year’s International Orientation.
Aug 25	Lakehead’s Fall Orientation helps students transition to university (Thunder Bay) It’s not too late to apply to Lakehead University – applications will be accepted for most programs until the first week of September.
Aug 16	Lakehead University researchers receive Canada Foundation for Innovation funding (Thunder Bay) Two Lakehead University professors are each receiving around $100,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund to pursue important research using new equipment.
Aug 15	Lake Trout adjust their behaviour in the face of a changing climate, new study (Thunder Bay) Canadian scientists have discovered that certain lake predators are altering their behaviour due to climate change, revealing what the future may hold for these fish and their food.
Aug 8	Lakehead University renews the Dean of Engineering (Thunder Bay) Lakehead’s Provost & Vice-President (Academic) Dr. Moira McPherson is pleased to announce the renewal of Dr. David Barnett as Dean of the University’s Faculty of Engineering.
Aug 2	The Joyce Family Foundation makes $1 million donation to Lakehead’s Aboriginal Mentorship Program (Thunder Bay) The Joyce Family Foundation is donating $1 million to a unique program at Lakehead University that mentors Indigenous high school students from Northwestern Ontario.
Jul 20	Lakehead University invites alumni to “come home” during Homecoming Weekend 2017 (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University will welcome alumni and friends back to campus during our annual Homecoming Weekend, taking place from September 28-30, 2017.
Jul 19	J. Armand Bombardier Foundation establishes new scholarship for Lakehead University business students (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Faculty of Business Administration is the recipient of a $50,000 gift from the J. Armand Bombardier Foundation to establish The J. Armand Bombardier Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Business.
Jul 5	Lakehead University announces the new Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University has appointed Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Birmingham as the new Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Jul 4	SHAD Lakehead is hosting 65 young innovators and entrepreneurs this July (Thunder Bay) Grade 11 student Yesenia Cheekinew of Surrey, BC, is an advocate for truth and reconciliation. The First Nations student aims to become a civil rights lawyer and an ambassador in her community. She was selected to attend SHAD Lakehead through a partnership between SHAD and the Minerva Foundation’s Learning to Lead Program for grade 11 female students in BC.
Jun 29	Lakehead University’s two new Canada Research Chairs receive CFI grants (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has two new Canada Research Chairs and they are each receiving a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Jun 26	Lakehead University hosting Canada-Mexico roundtable on Indigenous Higher Education (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting representatives from eight Mexican universities and 11 Canadian universities for the sixth Canada-Mexico Roundtable on Intercultural/Indigenous Higher Education.
Jun 16	Lakehead University adds Graduate Diploma in Accounting beginning this September (Thunder Bay) A new program at Lakehead University will give students advanced standing in pursuing the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
Jun 5	Palliative care advocate for the homeless coming to Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay) The founder of Toronto’s PEACH (Palliative Education And Care for the Homeless) is coming to Thunder Bay to deliver education on palliative care for the homeless and the vulnerably housed.
Jun 1	Lakehead University’s Achievement Program helps students realize their full potential (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s ActiveU staff hosted nearly 30 young people on Thursday, June 1 as part of the annual Achievement Program Day on Campus.
May 31	Lakehead University launching experiential learning placement thanks to RBC (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University announced today a commitment from RBC that will expand experiential learning opportunities and provide students with sought-after workforce skills.
May 26	New national report card provides comprehensive snapshot of the sustainability of Canada’s food systems (Thunder Bay) Researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University, Lakehead University and the University of Toronto have taken a first step toward producing a comprehensive report card on the sustainability of Canada’s food systems.
May 24	Lakehead University expands Ontario Master Naturalist Program (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University will be offering its innovative Ontario Master Naturalist Program (OMNP) at the Thunder Bay campus starting this summer.
May 11	Lakehead University alumni honoured with the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Two exceptional Lakehead University alumni received the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa on May 3.
May 9	Homo naledi’s surprisingly young age opens up more questions on where we come from (Thunder Bay) Scientists today announced that the Rising Star Cave system has revealed yet more important discoveries, only a year and a half after it was announced that the richest fossil hominin site in Africa had been discovered, and that it contained a new hominin species named Homo naledi by the scientists’ who described it.

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