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Jul 26	Congratulations to Robin Canuel, University Librarian for being selected as ACRL's Member of the Week (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is the largest division of the American Library Association and develops programs, products, and services for those working in academic and research libraries.
Jul 26	Dr. Haiven launches Summer Institute on Conspiracies and Countergames (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Canada Research Chair in Culture, Media and Social Justice has launched a summer institute to bring together artists, activists, scholars and students to explore the threat of conspiracy fantasies in a gamified world of capitalist crisis.
Jul 23	Meet the first graduates of Lakehead University’s Ascend Accelerator program (Thunder Bay) Meet the inaugural graduates of the Ascend Accelerator program, a 12-week boot camp hosted by Ingenuity at Lakehead University that helped entrepreneurs kick-start their business ideas into reality.
Jul 22	County of Simcoe presents final instalment of $10-million pledge (Orillia) County of Simcoe Warden George Cornell officially announced the final instalment of a 10-year commitment from the County of Simcoe to Lakehead University.
Jul 19	Congratulations to Dr. Dariush Ebrahimi for being a guest editor of a special issue of Sensors (Thunder Bay) Sensors is an open access journal.
Jul 16	Lakehead University names Dr. Mirella Stroink as dean of Health and Behavioural Sciences (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has named Dr. Mirella Stroink as its new dean of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences.
Jul 16	Appointment of Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller as Director of the Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health (CERAH) (Thunder Bay) Dr. Andrew P. Dean, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller as the new Director of the Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health (CERAH) effective July 1.
Jul 15	Research team recognized with award for their work helping firefighters (Thunder Bay) A team comprised of individuals from Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Fire Rescue gathered together on Thursday, July 15 to celebrate the Research and Innovation Award of Excellence that was announced in March.
Jul 14	Lakehead University continuing dialogue on residential schools (Orillia) The missing children and unmarked graves have brought a tragic history to our collective doors. Join Lakehead for this open dialogue.
Jul 12	Congratulations to Brianna Knox, Lakehead University’s Free First-Year Tuition winner (Thunder Bay) Brianna Knox of London, Ont., is excited to start her Lakehead journey this September after winning the University’s first-year free tuition draw.
Jul 9	Dr. Tarlok Sahota receives the Distinguished Agronomist Award (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Dr. Tarlok Sahota, Director of Lakehead University’s Agricultural Research Station, has won the Distinguished Agronomist Award given out annually by the Canadian Society of Agronomy (CSA).
Jul 6	Psychology graduate students receive Best Poster Award from Canadian Psychological Association Student Section (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) A Canadian Psychological Association Best Poster Award (Student Section) was recently awarded to graduate student and faculty collaborators in the Department of Psychology.
Jul 5	Lakehead University’s Faculty of Business Administration granted extension of AACSB accreditation (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University’s Faculty of Business Administration has had its AACSB accreditation extended for five years and it now includes both the Orillia and Thunder Bay campuses.
Jun 28	Legacy of Hope Waniskahtan Exhibit opening in August (Thunder Bay) The goal of the exhibit, which will be at the Thunder Bay Intercity Shopping Centre from Wednesday, August 4 to Wednesday, Aug. 18, is to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and hopefully prevent future violence.
Jun 25	Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law will offer new legal clinic services in September (Thunder Bay) The Thunder Bay Multicultural Association and Lakehead University's Bora Laskin Faculty of Law are partnering to offer new legal clinic services for immigration and refugee law in Northwestern Ontario, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario's Access to Justice Fund.
Jun 25	The Long Journey Ahead (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Our Lakehead University community extends its deepest condolences to the Indigenous peoples of Canada in the wake of the Cowessess First Nation's discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan.
Jun 24	The Department of Health Sciences Spring/Summer Newsletter is now Out! (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Read the June 2021 newsletter from the Department of Health Sciences
Jun 23	Lakehead University’s Paleo-DNA Lab assisting with Vancouver’s Babes in the Woods cold case (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Paleo-DNA Laboratory is helping investigate one of Vancouver’s oldest unsolved murders.
Jun 21	Legacy of Hope Waniskahtan Exhibit opening soon in Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives is hosting the Legacy of Hope Waniskahtan Exhibit, designed to create greater awareness about the high rates of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community.
Jun 21	Listen to Dr. Todd Dufresne’s Ideas lectures now (Thunder Bay) Last week, Dr. Dufresne provided three lectures to the CBC’s Ideas, which build on his 2019 book, The Democracy of Suffering: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe, Philosophy in the Anthropocene.

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