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Sep 28	Lakehead University receives funding for research on important social issues (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is receiving more than $500,000 in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to provide insight into some important issues facing Canadians today.
Sep 26	Lakehead University set to host second annual Homecoming Weekend (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s 2nd Annual Homecoming Weekend is only a few days away, taking place on the Thunder Bay campus on Friday, Sept. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 1.
Sep 23	Lakehead’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law graduates called to the Bar (Thunder Bay) Thirty-six graduates from Lakehead University’s inaugural Bora Laskin Faculty of Law class were called to the Bar on Friday, Sept. 23.
Sep 16	Lakehead University appoints first Chair on Truth and Reconciliation (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Brian Stevenson, has appointed Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux as the University’s Chair on Truth and Reconciliation. This historic appointment takes effect immediately.
Sep 13	Lakehead University introduces MobileSafety app (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University has partnered with AppArmor to give students, faculty and staff a faster way to access resources on campus.
Aug 31	Lakehead University welcomed its largest group of international students (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University welcomed a record number of international students at this year’s orientation.
Aug 26	Lakehead’s Fall Orientation helps students transition to university (Thunder Bay) The Thunderwolves Howl! Fall Orientation will welcome new students to Lakehead University and introduce them to the Thunder Bay campus.
Aug 23	Lakehead University faculty ratify new collective agreement (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University’s Board of Governors and the Lakehead University Faculty Association (LUFA) have ratified a new four-year collective agreement.
Jul 27	First Nations Youth Employment Programs Expose Students to Careers in Natural Resources (Thunder Bay) The First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program (FNNRYEP) has 48 participants learning about anthropology, geography, dendrology, sustainable energy sources, visual arts, engineering, entrepreneurship, aboriginal mentorship and more this week during a Science Camp at Confederation College and Lakehead University.
Jul 15	Ontario Supporting Indigenous Students at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Ontario is helping advance post-secondary education for Indigenous peoples in the Northwest by investing in the planning of a new Indigenous centre at Lakehead University.
Jul 13	MOU creates research opportunities for Lakehead University, FAPEMIG (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has signed a memorandum of understanding with a research foundation in Brazil to allow an exchange of researchers, and create new joint research projects and training programs.
Jul 4	An exceptional month begins for SHAD participants at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Debbie Dada considers herself a world changer.
Jun 30	Lakehead Faculty awarded $1.4 million in new Research Grants (Thunder Bay) Fourteen Lakehead University researchers and three graduate students are receiving new Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) grants and scholarships worth more than $1.4 million.
Jun 30	Lakehead signs Agreement with Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto met in Ottawa, June 28, Lakehead University President & Vice-Chancellor Dr. Brian Stevenson and the National Council of Science and Technology of the United Mexican States (CONACyT) Director Dr. Enrique Cabrero Mendoza signed two significant agreements to promote scientific and technological cooperation, to fund Mexican graduate students to come to Lakehead University for masters and doctoral programs, and to establish an English language program for Mexican Indigenous women.
Jun 24	POSTMEDIA gift names law scholarship and seminar room after Doug Fisher (Thunder Bay) Thanks to a generous gift from POSTMEDIA, Lakehead University is naming a new law scholarship and a seminar room after the late Douglas M. Fisher, a librarian and history teacher at the Port Arthur Collegiate Institute in the 1950s.
Jun 16	PACI Alumni and the public invited to special event honouring Douglas M. Fisher (Thunder Bay) Calling all PACI alumni. Dr. Derek H. Burney, Chancellor, and Dr. Brian J.R. Stevenson, President and Vice-Chancellor, cordially invite you to a special announcement to honour the late Douglas M. Fisher.
Jun 15	Researcher examining new way to capture images of the brain for Alzheimer’s disease (Thunder Bay) Imagine there was a more effective way to study the brain while treating Alzheimer’s disease. The Weston Brain Institute is providing $709,650 to Dr. Mitch Albert, a researcher at Lakehead University and the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute (TBRRI), to do exactly that.
Jun 10	Lakehead University and Philips Provide International Learning Opportunity to Next Generation of Scientists (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University and Philips signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create an internship program where graduate students can work in medical imaging at Philips Healthcare R&D Centre in Israel.
Jun 8	Dr. Derek Burney to Step Down as Lakehead University Chancellor (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) After more than three exceptional years as Lakehead University’s chancellor, Dr. Derek Burney has announced that he will step down from the role in early 2017.
Jun 3	Lakehead University and Georgian College strengthen ties to support the growth of post-secondary opportunities (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The future of post-secondary opportunities in Simcoe County, Orillia and Barrie, continued to be top of mind when the Boards of Governors and senior academic and executive staff from Lakehead University and Georgian College met, this morning, in Barrie.

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