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Sep 15	Lakehead-Georgian Electrical Engineering program receives accreditation from CEAB (Orillia) Lakehead-Georgian's four-year Electrical Engineering program has received accreditation from the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB)
Sep 7	Royal Society of Canada will honour two Lakehead University professors for their remarkable contributions (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) On Friday, Nov. 19, Dr. Lori Chambers will be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and Dr. Ruth Beatty will be inducted into the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Sep 3	Lakehead University declaring the upcoming school year the Year of Climate Action (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) “Science demands a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in each year of this decade if we want to avoid the worst of human-caused climate change,” said Dr. David Barnett, Lakehead University’s Provost and Vice-President, Academic.
Aug 30	Lakehead researcher involved in international collaboratory tackling new approach to curing HIV (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Dr. Pauline Sameshima, Lakehead University’s Canada Research Chair in Arts Integrated Studies, is part of an international team of researchers recently awarded a five year, $26.5-million (USD) grant from the National Institutes of Health to try a new strategy for curing HIV.
Aug 19	Climate Action Field School: Connecting Across the Lake Superior Watershed (Thunder Bay) The Lake Superior Living Labs Network’s (LSLLN) Climate Action Field School will bring together a diverse group of young people poised to become regional climate leaders, this summer.
Aug 18	Niijii Indigenous Mentorship Program is looking for new volunteers and mentors (Thunder Bay) Niijii is looking for Lakehead students to volunteer – either virtually from home, or in person on the Thunder Bay campus.
Aug 11	Lakehead University and TBRHRI researchers receiving more than $244,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute scientists are receiving a total of more than $244,000 in research grants through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Aug 4	Legacy of Hope Waniskahtan Exhibit on display at the Intercity Shopping Centre until Aug. 13 (Thunder Bay) The goal of the exhibit, at the Intercity Shopping Centre from Wednesday, Aug. 4 to Friday, Aug. 13, is to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and hopefully prevent future violence.
Aug 3	Congratulations to Evelyn Davenport for placing first in the Cremona International Competition for Piano (Thunder Bay) Third-year music student Evelyn Davenport spent six weeks preparing for the Cremona Competition, based out of Italy, practicing more than 25 hours per week.
Aug 3	Dr. Sonja Grover publishes new book The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity: The Case for the Prosecution (Springer Publishers) (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Dr. Sonja Grover, Professor in the Faculty of Education, released her latest book - the most recent addition to her work on children’s human rights in the context of international criminal law.
Jul 26	Lakehead University researchers receive Banting Fellowships for projects involving First Nations people (Thunder Bay) Two Lakehead University researchers have been awarded Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships of $70,000 per year to study an online mental health intervention system for First Nations people and initiate a conversation about archival footage and medicine with Sandy Lake First Nation.
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.

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