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Nov 11	Successful Season for Varsity Rowing Team (Orillia)
Nov 11	Lakehead Shads get Top Marks at 2010 Cup (Thunder Bay) Lakehead's 2010/2011 Shad Valley team won first place for the Best Marketing Plan and Best Application of Scientific Principles awards, second place for Best Overall Project, and third place for Best Business Plan. Their product, called V720, is a capsule that meets consumer demand for a safe, effective, and non-invasive method of delivering the influenza vaccine into the bloodstream. The Shads and other top high-school students from around the country gathered in Waterloo on November 5 to share their unique innovations related to Canada's aging population at the prestigious 2010 Research In Motion/Shad Entrepreneurship Cup.
Nov 10	Lakehead Alumni Tout Lakehead Educational Experience (Thunder Bay) November 10, 2010 marked the launch of the second phase of the University's multi-year branding campaign, which features successful alumni and promotes the wide array of possibilities that a Lakehead education offers.
Nov 8	Research Infosource Names Lakehead in Top Three Research Performers "“ Undergraduate Category (Thunder Bay) Research Infosource has named Lakehead University one of the country's Top Three Research Performers in the Undergraduate Category for Research Intensity Growth and Research Publication Growth over the past decade. Research Infosource is Canada's source of research and development intelligence.
Nov 5	New LakeheadU President: Universities Can Change the World (Thunder Bay) November 5 marked the official Installation of Lakehead University's sixth president and vice-chancellor, Dr. Brian Stevenson. In his address to more than 260 attendees, Dr. Stevenson discussed the pivotal role universities play in societal transformation.
Nov 4	Conference Leading up to Lakehead's "¨Presidential Installation Focuses on Pivotal Role "¨of Universities in Community Economic Development (Thunder Bay) More than 100 guests from across the province attended today's conference on The Role of the University in Economic Development. The conference, which leads up to the November 5 Installation of Dr. Brian Stevenson, discussed the economic benefits tied to community-driven partnerships with Lakehead University.
Nov 4	Lakehead U and RBC Launch Joint Aboriginal Outreach Program (Thunder Bay) Today, Lakehead University's Office of Aboriginal Initiatives and RBC launched an exciting, one-year, four-stage pilot project. The RBC - Lakehead University Joint Aboriginal Outreach Program will offer a series of events and activities to Aboriginal youth living in and around Thunder Bay over the upcoming year.
Nov 1	Palliative Care Providers Benefit from Leading Experts at CERAH-Hosted Regional Palliative Care Conference (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University's Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH) hosts Passport to Palliative Care: Journeys and Destinations, its 2010 palliative care conference. The conference takes place at the Travelodge Airlane Hotel from November 3 to 5.
Oct 26	Lakehead University – Thunder Bay Professor Guest Conducts at Cellar Singers Concert: November 6 (Orillia) Dr. Dean Jobin-Bevans, Associate Professor and Chair of the Lakehead University Department of Music, will be the guest conductor at a concert in Orillia on Saturday, November 6.
Oct 26	Chinese Minister-Counsellor of Education Tours Lakehead's Thunder Bay Campus (Thunder Bay) On October 18, Mr. Wenshen Chen, Chinese Minister-Counsellor of Education Affairs, visited Lakehead's Thunder Bay campus and was escorted to various campus facilities by Vice-President (Research) Rui Wang and President Brian Stevenson.
Oct 25	Lakehead Leads Research to Educate Coaches, Parents, Players, and Officials on Safe Hockey Behaviours (Thunder Bay) Research that facilitates the development of safe hockey behaviours, based out of Lakehead University, was recently showcased at a major Mayo Clinic conference in Minnesota.
Oct 20	Lakehead U Hosts Northern Ontario Premiere of Documentary Film <i>Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo</i> (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting Northern Ontario's premiere screening of the documentary film Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo. This event has been organized and sponsored by the MES Program, the Food Security Research Network, and the Centre for Northern Studies. Attendees will also have the opportunity to dialogue with Jessica Oreck, the film's producer, writer, and director.
Oct 13	Lakehead Thunderwolves issue challenge to York Lions (Orillia) On Oct 13th, Tom Warden (LU's Athletics Director) issued a challenge to Jennifer Myers (York's Athletics Director) on the outcome of the Oct 30th hockey game -- the losing teams' director must participate in the annual Orillia polar dip on Feb 13th!
Oct 13	Meet Holly Schinkel, Presidential Scholarship Winner (Orillia) Holly Schinkel recently accepted the Presidential Scholarship, earned by chosen Lakehead University students who earn at least a 90% average in Grade 12 and who have shown strong community involvement. She is in the first year of an Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science with a major in Interdisciplinary Studies and hopes to become a math teacher.
Oct 4	Lakehead Researchers "¨Awarded SSHRC Grants (Thunder Bay) A number of SSHRC grants presented to Lakehead faculty members and graduate students over the last year were announced today. The grants total $701,791.
Oct 1	Lakehead Announces New Board Members (Thunder Bay) New members were announced at the Annual Meeting of the Lakehead University Board of Governors.
Sep 29	Conference on Italian-Canadian Studies Draws Researchers from Across the Country (Thunder Bay) An upcoming two-day conference will bring researchers and scholars from across Canada to Lakehead University to discuss their research in the field of Italian-Canadian Studies.
Sep 27	New Research to Improve End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities (Thunder Bay) Today, Lakehead announced receipt of a $1.825 million Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Aboriginal Health Intervention Grant, the largest CIHR grant the University has ever received. The grant was awarded to a research team comprising representation from Lakehead University's Centre for Education on Research and Aging in Health (CERAH), St. Joseph's Health System's Research Network, and four First Nations communities from areas across Ontario and Manitoba.
Sep 25	Lakehead - Orillia Grand Opening (Orillia) On September 23, Lakehead University celebrated the opening of its new academic building at 500 University Avenue in Orillia.
Sep 24	This Year's Fall Harvest a Great Success (Thunder Bay) This year's Fall Harvest event at Lakehead University's Sweat Lodge Site was another success, thanks to lots of guests and volunteers.

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