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Oct 7	Department of Health Sciences Fall 2019 Newsletter (Thunder Bay) The Department of Health Sciences Fall 2019 Newsletter is now published.
Oct 4	Lakehead’s Department of Economics Hosts Successful Conference (Thunder Bay) The Economics Department is happy to announce that the Canadian Network for Economic History successfully wrapped up their meeting in Thunder Bay, which focused on the economic history of Indigenous communities, and interactions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous economies in Canada
Oct 3	Lakehead University holds grand opening of Alumni House in new location (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening of Alumni House in its new location on Thursday, Oct. 3, which kicked off Homecoming Weekend.
Oct 2	Lakehead University launches first Sustainability Plan, opens outdoor classroom (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University released its first Sustainability Plan in tandem with one of the Plan’s first projects, an outdoor classroom and stormwater demonstration area, on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Sep 30	History professor participates in important labour conference in Amsterdam (Thunder Bay) Dr. Nicolas Lepine from the History Department participated in the Third European Labour History Network’s (ELHN) Conference, held September 18–21 at Amsterdam’s International Institute for Social History (IISH), part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Sep 25	RBC Future Launch is growing work-integrated learning at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) RBC Foundation has pledged $500,000 over five years in support of the RBC Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Program at Lakehead University.
Sep 23	Lakehead University’s In Conversation talks returning to the Thunder Bay Public Library (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s In Conversation talks are returning to the Thunder Bay Public Library with three exciting presentations planned for this semester.
Sep 19	Education Exchange Newsletter – Faculty of Education (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The Faculty of Education's September 2019 newsletter is now published.
Sep 19	Director of Security Services receives a commendation (Thunder Bay) Lorne Clifford, Director of Security Services at Lakehead University, recently received a commendation from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs
Sep 13	Summer/Fall 2019 Journey Magazine is here! (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Check out the latest issue of Lakehead’s Alumni Magazine – Journey – for great stories about our alumni, researchers, students, and campus life.
Sep 13	Times Higher Education ranks Lakehead University among world’s top universities (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University has been included in the top half of the Times Higher Education’s list of top universities from around the world.
Sep 10	Public lecture series brings scholars together to talk about the fragility of democracy (Orillia) Political experts and scholars will come together in Third Age Learning Lakehead’s (TALL) fall lecture series, Is Democracy Dying?, to explore the struggles and threats that are transforming our democracies and the solutions we can employ to make democracy more meaningful.
Sep 10	The Hobbit Apocalypse (Thunder Bay) For almost a million years, hobbits lived on the Indonesian island of Flores. These 3.5-foot-tall hominins – officially known as Homo floresiensis – thrived until about 50,000 years ago. Then, inexplicably, they disappeared without a trace.
Sep 6	Monsters Teach Us about Ourselves (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Professor Ryan McVeigh believes we can learn a lot about the world by studying monsters.
Sep 5	Living Well With Dementia Conference Will Inspire Hope (Thunder Bay) Are you experiencing memory loss? Have you received a diagnosis of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease? If so, then you and your care partner should register for the two-day Living Well With Dementia: Creating Dialogues of Hope conference.
Aug 29	Lakehead University receiving $742k to support seven important research projects (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University researchers are receiving more than $742,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for seven important projects undertaken by faculty and graduate students.
Aug 27	Lakehead University announces new Dean of Law (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University's Interim Provost & Vice-President (Academic), Dr. David Barnett, is pleased to announce that Dr. Jula Hughes has been named as the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law's new Dean.
Aug 23	Lakehead’s Fall Orientation will help students transition to university (Thunder Bay) It’s not too late for you to apply to Lakehead University – applications will be accepted for most programs until the first week of September.
Aug 21	Amazing Race Canada challenge designed by Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) As you may have heard, Canada’s most-watched summer series, the multiple Canadian Screen Award-winning The Amazing Race Canada, filmed an episode in Thunder Bay. However, what you may not know – since it was a well-kept secret – is that Lakehead University’s Faculty of Natural Resources Management helped create one of the challenges.
Aug 16	Lakehead University’s Superior Science receiving $60k for coding program (Thunder Bay) “We are so excited that the CanCode initiative was renewed again this year and we can’t wait to develop and enhance our program even more,” said Ashley Andrea, Superior Science Director.

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