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Jun 5	Zoe Dhillon ready to represent peers as Lakehead Orillia's Voice from the Class (Orillia) Zoe Dhillon will be the Voice from the Class at Lakehead University’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, June 8 at Rotary Place in Orillia.
Jun 3	Lakehead University PhD student Holly Prince awarded Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship (Thunder Bay) Holly Prince is one of only 20 doctoral students from across Canada and the globe who has received a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards in Canada in the social sciences and humanities fields.
May 31	Lakehead University thrilled that 100th student from the Native Nurses Entry Program will graduate with a nursing degree (Thunder Bay) Faculty and staff in Lakehead University’s School of Nursing are thrilled that this year they will be graduating the 100th Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) graduate who has entered through the Native Nurses Entry Program (NNEP).
May 29	Ontario Master Naturalist program heads to the Bruce Peninsula (Orillia) Discover beauty and biodiversity in the South Bruce Peninsula this summer with Lakehead University’s Ontario Master Naturalist program.
May 28	Voices from the Class will inspire Lakehead University graduates (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has chosen three students to speak as the Voices from the Class at this year’s convocation ceremonies at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1.
May 23	Lakehead University is receiving more than $360,000 from New Frontiers in Research fund (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University researchers are receiving $361,325 from the federal New Frontiers in Research fund for two research projects. New Frontiers in Research is a new, highly competitive tri-agency program designed to support groundbreaking interdisciplinary research.
May 17	Enactus Lakehead runner-up in their league at the national exposition (Thunder Bay) From May 7 to 9, Enactus Lakehead competed at the Enactus Canada National Exposition in Vancouver along with 68 other Canadian universities and colleges. Enactus Lakehead presented two projects (Making Cents! and Getting Financially Lit!) in a dynamic 17 minute presentation and won runner-up in their league in the opening round.
May 16	Lakehead University receiving grant for equity, diversity and inclusion program (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University is one of only 15 organizations from across Canada awarded a new grant that will help promote equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at the University. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) received 51 applications for the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Institutional Capacity-Building Grant, which will provide $384,700 to Lakehead University over the next two years.
May 6	Lakehead Orillia announces 2019 honorary doctorate and Civitas Award recipients (Orillia) On Saturday, June 8, one of Canada’s most distinguished and internationally recognized contemporary artists, Charles Pachter, will receive an honorary doctorate in fine arts during Lakehead University’s Orillia Campus convocation ceremonies. Lakehead Orillia will also recognize Anishinaabe Elder and storyteller Mark Douglas with the Civitas Award.
May 3	Institute on Lake Superior Geology Conference to be held in Terrace Bay (Thunder Bay) The 65th annual Institute on Lake Superior Geology Conference will be held in Terrace Bay, Ont. from Tuesday, May 7 to Friday, May 10.
Apr 24	Lakehead Thunder Bay's 2019 convocation ceremonies to honour exceptional people (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University will recognize four exceptional people at this year’s convocation ceremonies at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1.
Apr 16	First Graduates of New Maternal-infant Support Worker Program in Sioux Lookout (Thunder Bay) Six proud students were the first to complete the new Maternal-infant Support Worker (MiSW) program offered in Sioux Lookout. On April 5, they accepted their certificates at the Sioux Lookout Men Ya Win Health Centre.
Apr 8	Learn about groundbreaking new research into oil spills at the world’s freshwater laboratory (Thunder Bay) On Monday, April 15 at 7 pm in ATAC 1001 at Lakehead University, scientists will explain how they are rolling out the second stage of ground-breaking new research into the impact of oil spills on lakes and shorelines.
Apr 5	Spiropoulos and Rodger named Lakehead Orillia athletes of the year (Orillia) Gia Spiropoulos (Women’s Basketball) walked away with the Female Athlete of the Year, with Ryan Rodger (Men’s Hockey) claiming Male Athlete of the Year as Lakehead University Orillia celebrated a successful 2018-19 athletics season.
Apr 3	Lakehead University is receiving more than $1.2 million from SSHRC (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Some of this research will explore unfounded sexual assault reports to police, examine post-secondary student food insecurity, and investigate how southern medical schools in Ontario used Indigenous communities as a training ground for medical professionalization after the Second World War.
Apr 2	Lakehead University hosting talk on populism at home and abroad (Thunder Bay) You are invited to Meeting the Challenge of Populism at Home and Abroad, a presentation by Ben Rowswell on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 pm at Lakehead University in ATAC 1010.
Mar 25	Lakehead University presents a screening of The Carbon Rush and Q&A with director Amy Miller (Orillia) Join Lakehead University’s Research Centre for Sustainable Communities (RCSC) for a screening of the documentary The Carbon Rush on Thursday, March 28 at 5:45 p.m. in OA 2018, at the Orillia campus. A Q&A with director Amy Miller will follow the screening.
Mar 25	Lakehead University’s sustainable communities speaker series welcomes Dr. Gail Chmura (Orillia) Lakehead University’s Research Centre for Sustainable Communities (RCSC) is pleased to welcome Dr. Gail Chmura from McGill University as part of its 2018/2019 Speaker Series.
Mar 20	Lakehead University formally adopts the Okanagan Charter (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University is placing the health and well-being of students, faculty and staff at the forefront with the formal adoption of the Okanagan Charter: An International Charter for Health Promoting Universities and Colleges.
Mar 19	Lakehead University presents The Love Lectures (Orillia) Dr. Jason Lepojärvi will define love itself during “The Love Lectures” presented by Lakehead University Orillia.

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