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Mar 24	Award-Winning Book Captures French Folktales and Legends from Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay) Contes et légendes de la baie du Tonnerre (Éditions du Nord-Ouest, 2010), written by Alain Nabarra and Marie-Noëlle Rinne, current and former professors of languages at Lakehead University, and illustrated by Lakehead graduate Dany Michaud, has won the Billochet du Jongleur award. The book features tales and legends told in French by Northwestern Ontario storytellers.
Mar 14	Lakehead Athletics Has Big Weekend Across the Country (Thunder Bay) Lakehead Athletics has a lot to be proud of this weekend. From a fifth place national finish for the men's basketball team in Halifax, a silver medal for track stand-out Alistair Brown in Sherbrooke, to a bronze medal for the Nordic Lady Wolves in Canmore, Lakehead was winning all over the country.
Mar 14	Student Visual Arts Awards Presented Before Capacity Gallery Crowd (Thunder Bay) Lakehead Visual Arts students receive recognition and awards at the Opening Reception and Awards Presentation of the 2011 Annual Student Juried and Major Studio Exhibitions at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
Mar 14	Lakehead - Orillia Wellness Centre presents "Mind, Body, Spirit" event (Orillia) Are you interested in a well-rounded approach to healthy living? Looking for insight into how to manage stress? Attend Lakehead University - Orillia's first Mind, Body, Spirit event.
Mar 14	Entire NOSM Class of 2011 Matched to Canadian Residency Programs on First Attempt (Thunder Bay) Students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine's 2011 graduating class have all been matched to Canadian residency programs on their first attempt.
Mar 10	Thunderwolves Men's Basketball Team Wins Wilson Cup - Heads for Halifax (Thunder Bay) Thunderwolves men's basketball team is heading east to Halifax to take on the Trinity Western Spartans in their first match-up of the CIS Final 8 tournament.
Mar 8	Old Friends Reunite at Lakehead and Enter Clever Sustainability Video in TD's Go Green Challenge (Thunder Bay) With a background in forestry and GIS, and a desire to improve the value that urban landscapes and neighbourhoods can get from trees, Lakehead students Bradley Doff and Peter Stevens created a four-minute stop-motion film that uses the Lakehead University-Thunder Bay campus as a case-study. The stop-motion film informs, entertains, and hopes to win the People's Choice Award for the TD Go Green Challenge.
Mar 7	Lakehead Offers Hands-On Learning for Intermediate Students During National Engineering Week (Thunder Bay) Intermediate students from Thunder Bay schools gathered at Lakehead University to take part in National Engineering Week events. In teams, the students worked to build bridges, create catapults, and engage in a junk drawer war.
Mar 3	Lakehead University encourages high school students to think differently (Orillia)
Feb 25	Lakehead Researchers Receive $2.5 Million in Funding for Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (Thunder Bay) Lakehead researchers, led by Dr. Chris Southcott, have received $2.5 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Major Collaborative Research Initiatives grant program. Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, was on campus to make the announcement, accompanied by Dr. Chad Gaffield, SSHRC President, and Kenora MP Greg Rickford.
Feb 23	Postdoctoral Fellows Recognized for Innovative Research (Thunder Bay) As part of Research and Innovation Week 2011, Lakehead's postdoctoral fellows participated in a poster competition. The top three innovative researchers were chosen as winners.
Feb 17	Lakehead Accounting Students Take First Place in Asper School of Business GAAPS Competition (Thunder Bay) Lakehead's Faculty of Business Administration accounting students have taken first prize in the tenth Gathering of Accounting Academics, Practitioners, and Students (GAAPS).The first place win for the Lakehead University team comes with a trophy and $1,500 in prize money to share.
Feb 17	Lakehead University Celebrates Research and Innovation Week (Orillia)
Feb 15	Lakehead University Faculty of Law One Step Closer to Reality - Curriculum Approved (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has received curriculum approval from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the first approval for a new law degree program in Ontario in 42 years.
Feb 14	Lakehead Hosts Conference on Pivotal Role of Universities in Community Economic Development (Orillia)
Feb 14	Lakehead Hosts Symposium: Emerging Role of Health Research in Northern Ontario (Thunder Bay) Health researchers from major northern Ontario institutions gathered at Lakehead University to launch Research and Innovation Week 2011 and to speak at a symposium on the Emerging Role of Health Research in Northern Ontario.
Feb 12	Research and Innovation Week 2011 Launches at Intercity Shopping Centre (Thunder Bay) Crowds, researchers, and local dignitaries gathered at Intercity Shopping Centre to announce that Lakehead University's Office of Innovation has launched two new start-up companies.
Feb 11	Lakehead Hosts Conference on Pivotal Role of Universities in Community Economic Development (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University - Orillia Campus hosted an economic development conference to discuss the benefits of community-driven partnerships in Simcoe County.
Feb 7	Mariposa Folk Festival President Discovers Benefits of Lakehead - Orillia MBA Program (Orillia)
Jan 28	Aboriginal Elders' Teaching Series Begins (Orillia)

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