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Apr 22	Congratulations to Lakehead's newest Canada Research Chairs (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is pleased to announce the selection of faculty members Dr. Connie Russell (Education) and Dr. Salama Ikki (Electrical Engineering) as the newest Lakehead University Research Chairs (LURCs).
Apr 19	Lakehead University Meal Exchange Chapter and LUSU Food Resource Centre Receive Food Banks Canada Grant (Thunder Bay) Last semester the Lakehead University Meal Exchange Chapter (LUMXC) applied for a grant from Food Banks Canada to be able to buy $12,000 in gift certificates to distribute to food insecure students at Lakehead University Thunder Bay. We were incredibly excited to receive the grant and have been distributing gift certificates to students since March. Given the impact that the pandemic has had on students, we're really grateful to be able to help out our fellow students who are having difficulties affording proper nutrition.
Apr 15	Lakehead University names new Vice-President, External Relations (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Michael den Haan has been appointed as Vice-President, External Relations. He will begin his role May 5, 2021.
Apr 13	Lakehead University awarded more than $360k for Pathway and Transfer Projects that will serve the needs of diverse student groups (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University has been awarded $367,708 from the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) to explore new seamless transfer projects and to continue working on software that will automatically analyze curriculum gaps.
Apr 7	Lakehead University researchers helping newcomer women overcome economic shock caused by COVID-19 (Thunder Bay) A team of Lakehead University researchers is interviewing and surveying newcomer women in Northwestern Ontario to determine how they can overcome the economic shock caused by COVID-19.
Apr 7	Latest Issue of Faculty of Business Administration Newsletter Now Available (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Winter 2021 FOBA Newsletter has been published.
Apr 7	First Place Win for Faculty of Business Administration Students at Northern Ontario Business Case Competition (Thunder Bay) The Faculty of Business Administration wishes to congratulate our students on their recent win at the 2021 Northern Ontario Business Case Competition.
Apr 6	Read the March 2021 newsletter for the Department of Health Sciences now (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Our vision is to be a leader in applied health research and comprehensive health education that enables and supports individuals and communities to achieve optimal health.
Mar 29	Congratulations to Dhivya Chandrasekaran for publishing a paper in ACM Computing Surveys (Thunder Bay) The paper provides a comprehensive view of existing semantic similarity systems for new researchers who intend to experiment and develop new innovative ideas to address the challenges of semantic similarity in sentences.
Mar 24	Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law launching Indigenous Law and Justice Institute (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law will receive up to $437,139 to launch an Indigenous Law and Justice Institute, the Maamawi Bimosewag – They Walk Together, and expand the law program, thanks to the Justice Partnership and Innovation Program offered by Canada’s Department of Justice.
Mar 22	Congratulations to Dr. Thangarajah Akilan for being selected to guest edit a special issue of Journal of Imaging (Thunder Bay) Dr. Thangarajah Akilan, Assistant Professor in Software Engineering, has been selected to be the guest editor of a special issue called Efficient Deep Learning Models for Resource-Limited Learning for Journal of Imaging.
Mar 22	Congratulations to Lindsey Holmstrom on receiving a Regina Borowska Scholarship (Thunder Bay) Lindsey is a student in the Collaborative BScN program.
Mar 17	Lakehead University launches 24/7 global peer support network TalkCampus as part of 2021 Wellness Strategy (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University is the latest institution to commit to supporting the well-being of students by choosing to partner with innovative mental health solution, TalkCampus.
Mar 15	The Spring 2021 Journey Magazine has arrived! (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Announcement of the release of the Spring 2021 issue of Journey Magazine.
Mar 12	LUNSA hosting virtual Powwow (Thunder Bay) Annual LUNSA powwow will be hosted virtually in 2021, celebrating the theme of resiliency.
Mar 10	Big names set to launch Third Age Learning Lakehead in Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay) Inaugural five-part series hosted in Thunder Bay begin March 24.
Mar 9	County of Simcoe Immigrant Health Outcome Survey (Orillia) All foreign born individuals living in Simcoe County are encouraged to complete this survey conducted by the County of Simcoe.
Mar 9	Moccasin fragment reveals precolonial connection between Subarctic and Southwest (Thunder Bay) New research by Lakehead University anthropologist Dr. Jessica Metcalfe and colleagues provides direct evidence for long-distance connections among precolonial Dene peoples from northern Canada to the southern United States.
Mar 8	Lakehead Orillia researchers receiving COVID-19-related research grants (Orillia) Two Lakehead University Orillia researchers are receiving Partnership Engage Grants of approximately $25,000 each for research connected with COVID-19, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Mar 5	#ITSTARTS at LU - Join us March 15-19! (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Campus and community members are invited to join in on our virtual events that are part of the #ITSTARTS diversity awareness campaign led by the County of Simcoe.

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