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Oct 25	Lakehead Launches New Citizenship Scholarships and Renews Free Tuition for 95%+ Averages (Orillia)
Oct 21	Lakehead Engineering Students Society Hold 31st Annual Charity Bus Pull to Support Big Brothers Big Sisters (Thunder Bay) Today, the Engineering Students Society of Lakehead University (ESS) held its 31st annual charity bus pull on. Teams competed to pull a school bus around the Agora Circle while hungry participants and onlookers enjoyed a charity barbeque. Teams of any number contribute a minimum donation of $20 per team with all funds raised supporting the work of Big Brothers Big Sisters Thunder Bay.
Oct 20	Lakehead Renews Free Tuition for 95%+ Averages and Launches New Citizenship Scholarships (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University offers up to four years of free tuition to Canadian students coming directly from a recognized Canadian high school with an average of 95% or higher. As part of its scholarship program renewal, Lakehead is also launching the Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County Citizenship Scholarship. This scholarship, designed for high school students who exhibit active citizenship within their high school and community, will provide $12,000 over 4 years to successful applicants.
Oct 17	Lakehead University Acknowledges and Responds to Residence Student Concerns (Orillia)
Oct 17	Fall Preview Day: Saturday, October 22 (Orillia)
Oct 17	Thunderwolves Hockey Game October 22 (Orillia)
Oct 12	Lakehead SSHRC Researchers Receive Over a Million Dollars in Funding (Thunder Bay) Lakehead celebrated and showcased researchers and students who have received over $1 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in 2010-2011.
Oct 11	Lakehead Pursues Mental Health Initiative with Funding from the Bell Let's Talk Community Fund (Thunder Bay) Lakehead's Department of Psychology announced that Bell's Let's Talk Community Fund has provided funding for a study to assess the feasibility of a psychology clinic located at Lakehead's Thunder Bay campus.
Oct 7	Lakehead student creates award to help others (Orillia)
Sep 30	Thunder Bay Attracts a World Leading MRI Research Scientist with Ties to Harvard University (Thunder Bay) Today the medical research community in the Northwest welcomes two new recruits to the region: Dr. Mitchell Albert is the first-ever Lakehead University/Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute Research Chair; and Mr. Scott Gillis holds a dual role as Director of Business Development and Commercialization for TBRRI and MaRS Innovation. Dr. Albert is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Lakehead University and will be making both research and teaching contributions to the new PhD program in Chemistry and Materials Science.
Sep 22	Lakehead University welcomes Orillia’s first full-time graduate students (Orillia)
Sep 15	Lakehead University looking for Men's Hockey Coach (Orillia)
Sep 13	Improving Quality of Care for Ontario Seniors: Early Researcher Awards Support Three Lakehead Students (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University's Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH), as a partner in the Ontario Research Coalition of Research Institutes/Centres on Health & Aging (ORC), has received funding for Early Researcher Awards that provide support to students to offset the cost of conducting research. This year, CERAH is pleased to announce that three Lakehead University students, Ashley Hope, Kathy Kortes-Miller, and Kimberly Ramsbottom, have been selected by the Centre to receive individual Early Researcher Awards valued from $7,000 - $10,000.
Sep 12	Lakehead University Researcher Recognized Nationally for Improving the Quality of Palliative Care: Dr. Mary Lou Kelley receives Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association 2011 Award of Excellence (Thunder Bay) The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) announced at its annual conference last Friday evening in St. John's Newfoundland, that Dr. Mary Lou Kelley is the recipient of the 2011 Award of Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care. Dr. Kelley is a pioneering and dedicated professor of social work at Lakehead University and an internationally recognized palliative care researcher.
Sep 9	Student Orientation 2011 (Orillia)
Sep 9	Thunder Bay Campus Brims with Students and Activity: 2011 Orientation Begins (Thunder Bay) Lakehead launches the new academic year with a full slate of academic and social events that are all part of Fall Orientation 2011: Navigating Your Way.
Sep 8	MÃ©tis Nation of Ontario Signs Educational Partnership with Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Today, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and Lakehead University signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Lakehead University Thunder Bay campus.
Sep 8	Thunderwolves Showcase @ Midnight Madness on Friday Night (Thunder Bay) Lakehead Athletics will kick off the 2011-12 season with the annual Midnight Madness event at the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse (aka the Thunderdome) on Friday, September 9.
Sep 7	Student Residence Opening Delayed (Orillia)
Sep 2	Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Lakehead Researcher Awarded CFI Funding (Thunder Bay) Dr. Chris Southcott, professor of sociology at Lakehead University, has been awarded a Leaders Opportunity Fund grant valued at $87,246 by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). This funding will offset research infrastructure costs to establish a new research network focused on investigating sustainable communities, cultures, and environments in the Circumpolar North.

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