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Dec 6	Lakehead's 2011 Fall Preview Day Opens Doors For Over 500 Prospective Students (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University's Outpost was hopping today as throngs of students checked out displays and information booths about everything from where to live at Lakehead, to athletics opportunities, to student life supports and services as part of the 2011 Fall Preview Day. On its biggest preview day yet, Lakehead University welcomed over 500 prospective students, friends, and family from around the city, region, and province to this year's Fall Preview Day.
Dec 5	<em>Last Chance Tourism</em>: Lakehead Professor Co-Edits Book on Adapting Tourism in a Changing World (Thunder Bay) Concerns over vanishing destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef, Antarctica, and the ice cap on Mt. Kilimanjaro have prompted some travel operators and tour agencies to recommend these destinations to consumers before they disappear. This travel trend has been reported as: 'disappearing tourism,' 'doom tourism,' and most commonly 'last chance tourism.' Despite this increasing form of travel there has been little examination in the academic literature of last chance tourism phenomenon. Last Chance Tourism: Adapting Tourism Opportunities in a Changing World, is a timely and multidisciplinary volume featuring contributions from leading scholars in the fields of leisure, tourism, anthropology, geography, and sociology.
Dec 2	Lakehead University Music Program Helps Improves Quality of Life for Residents in Long-Term Care Homes (Thunder Bay) Eleven students enrolled in Lakehead University's Department of Music course, Creative Community Engagements in Music, have the unique opportunity to apply their knowledge to create a program for residents in two local long-term care homes. Students and instructors Dr. Dean Jobin-Bevans and Professor Lise Vaugeois, are working closely with the staff at St. Joseph's Care Group at Bethammi Nursing Home and Hogarth Riverview Manor to organize music activities with residents.
Dec 1	Lakehead graduate returns as health professional to promote student wellness (Orillia)
Nov 30	Lakehead U and RBC Wrap Up Joint Aboriginal Outreach Program (Thunder Bay) Today, Lakehead University and RBC celebrated the success of the pilot Joint Aboriginal Outreach Project launched in November 2010. The project, a joint initiative between Lakehead's Office of Aboriginal Initiatives and RBC, introduced Aboriginal youth to education options and support systems at Lakehead University while strengthening RBC's relationship with the Aboriginal community.
Nov 25	Social, cultural, and economic impact highlighted in Lakehead University’s 2010-2011 Report to the Community (Orillia)
Nov 25	Lakehead University's 2010-2011 Report to the Community Launched in Orillia (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has a positive impact on the people who live, work, and study in Simcoe County and Central Ontario and is focused on its mission as a comprehensive university committed to excellence and innovation. That was the message delivered today as Lakehead University launched its 2010-2011 Report to the Community at a gathering of friends and supporters at Hawk Ridge Golf and Country Club in Orillia.
Nov 24	Science Olympics Takes Off - High School Students from City and Region Strive for the Podium at Lakehead's PACI (Thunder Bay) Lakehead's Science Olympics is back - bigger and better than ever. Lakehead University's Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies and Faculty of Education, together with Youth Science Ontario, is hosting its second Lakehead University Science Olympics, taking place at PACI. By solving problems in a collaborative manner, Science Olympics helps increase awareness of the importance of science in everyday life. Science Olympics is a one-day event, for students in grades 9 through 12, that requires teams of four to apply their knowledge of science and engineering in creative and fun ways.
Nov 22	Lakehead Creates the Chief Roy Michano Series with 600+ Aboriginal Artworks Donated by George and Kelly Ward (Thunder Bay) Colourful artwork graced the halls of historic PACI as Lakehead University gratefully accepted and displayed some of over 600+ pieces of Aboriginal art donated by local businessman and art collector George Ward and his wife Kelly Ward. George and Kelly have been adding to their collection for decades and have purchased or received works by over a dozen artists, many of whom are children or relatives of famed Woodland artist Norval Morrisseau.
Nov 21	Lakehead Athletics and Wasaya Airways Bring Sport and Leadership to Fly-In Communities (Thunder Bay) oday, Wasaya Airways and Lakehead University signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Wasaya Airways Thunder Bay hangar and announced Reach Up! - Northern Community Sports and Leadership Program. Reach Up! is a collaborative initiative between Lakehead University Athletics and Wasaya Airways to provide on-site instruction in sport-specific coaching and general leadership strategies for youth in Northern Ontario First Nations communities serviced by Wasaya Airways.
Nov 17	Leadership training provides opportunity for Lakehead students to excel (Orillia)
Nov 17	Social, Cultural, and Economic Impact Highlighted in Lakehead's 2010-2011 Report to the Community (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has a positive impact on the people who live, work, and study in Northwestern Ontario and is focused on its mission as a comprehensive university committed to excellence and innovation. That was the message delivered today as Lakehead University launched its 2010-2011 Report to the Community at a gathering of friends and supporters at its Thunder Bay campus.
Nov 10	Lakehead University Orillia Showcases Campus at Open Doors – Open Knowledge Event (Orillia)
Nov 10	Lakehead University Orillia Showcases Campus at Open Doors "“ Open Knowledge Event (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University joined more than 50 universities across Canada this week to celebrate the success of the federal government's Knowledge Infrastructure program (KIP) which strengthened Canada's research, innovation, and education capacity in ways that will benefit Canadians for generations to come. Today, at its Orillia campus, Lakehead University hosted an Open Doors - Open Knowledge event to acknowledge the receipt of $13 million in federal funding under the KIP program for the construction of its Academic Building at 500 University Avenue.
Nov 7	Improving Brook Trout Habitat: Nipigon Bay's Kama Creek Restoration Underway (Thunder Bay) Starting mid-October 2011, Nipigon Bay's Kama Creek has been part of an ecological restoration project to help revitalize fish populations as part of the Nipigon Bay Remedial Action Plan (RAP). The Kama project is a unique partnership between the RAP Public Advisory Committee, Environment Canada, the Ontario Ministries of the Environment and Natural Resources, and Lakehead University to coordinate the design, development, and construction, as well as ecological assessment and monitoring of Kama Creek.
Nov 4	President Champions Student Art with Launch of <em>The Row - Student Art Gallery</em> (Thunder Bay) As part of a Board of Governors and Senate annual reception, President Brian Stevenson launched The Row - a new student art gallery. This presidential initiative devotes the hallway walls outside some of Lakehead University's senior administrative offices to the display of student art.
Nov 1	Jesuit Diary Brings the Past to Life (Thunder Bay) Professor of French and Lakehead's former Chair of the Department of Languages, Alain Nabarra has recently transcribed and edited the diary of Fr. du Ranquet, considered one of the most important Canadian missionaries of the 19th century. This previously unpublished 756 page manuscript spans over almost 25 years, from 1853 to 1877. This new volume publishes the first part of the Journal, 1853-1856, and includes a postface by John O'Meara, Dean of Lakehead's Faculty of Education.
Oct 31	Lakehead University Preview Day 2011 (Orillia)
Oct 27	Lakehead U Moves Up in Maclean's Ranking Survey (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has improved its standing in several measurement categories in the recently released Maclean's Ranking of Canadian Universities 2011. This year, Lakehead ranks second overall among the five primarily undergraduate universities in Ontario and has moved up one place among all Canadian primarily undergraduate universities.
Oct 27	Lakehead U Moves Up in Maclean’s Ranking Survey (Orillia)

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