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May 26	New national report card provides comprehensive snapshot of the sustainability of Canada’s food systems (Thunder Bay) Researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University, Lakehead University and the University of Toronto have taken a first step toward producing a comprehensive report card on the sustainability of Canada’s food systems.
May 24	Lakehead University expands Ontario Master Naturalist Program (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University will be offering its innovative Ontario Master Naturalist Program (OMNP) at the Thunder Bay campus starting this summer.
May 11	Lakehead University alumni honoured with the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Two exceptional Lakehead University alumni received the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa on May 3.
May 11	Lakehead University Orillia's final “In Conversation” for 2016-17 will explore the unconscious mind (Orillia) Lakehead University’s Dr. Les Fleischer will be the final speaker in this year’s “In Conversation” series. Fleischer will present The Unconscious in Everyday Life: Dreams, Slips, and Jokes at the Orillia Public Library on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 6:15 p.m.
May 9	Homo naledi’s surprisingly young age opens up more questions on where we come from (Thunder Bay) Scientists today announced that the Rising Star Cave system has revealed yet more important discoveries, only a year and a half after it was announced that the richest fossil hominin site in Africa had been discovered, and that it contained a new hominin species named Homo naledi by the scientists’ who described it.
May 3	Forest Ecosystem Co-operative gift establishes forestry award at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has received a gift that will last forever.
Apr 28	Brian Stevenson stepping down as Lakehead President in December 2017 (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) After seven and a half exceptional years as Lakehead University’s President & Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Brian Stevenson has announced that he will step down on December 31, 2017.
Apr 26	Lakehead University announces its 2017 Convocation Ceremonies’ Honorary Doctorates and Fellows (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University will recognize five exceptional people at this year’s three Convocation ceremonies on Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3 at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
Apr 26	Lakehead Orillia Convocation Ceremonies to Celebrate Honorary Degree and Civitas Recipients (Orillia) A journalism pioneer and a Lakehead alumnus will be among those recognized during Lakehead Orillia’s upcoming convocation ceremony, which will be held Saturday, June 10 at Rotary Place in Orillia.
Apr 13	Lakehead University’s Steel Bridge Team heading to the national competition again (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Civil Engineering Steel Bridge Team is once again making waves. The team placed first overall at the AISC/ASCE Student Steel Bridge Competition, Mid-West Region, which means Lakehead has qualified for the 2017 US National Competition, hosted by Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon in May.
Apr 11	Lakehead University students presented tourism project to City of Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay) In the fall of 2016, students in Lakehead University’s School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism completed two major tourism projects for Tourism Northern Ontario. One of these was focused on the Visiting Friends and Relatives market, which is an undervalued segment for many places, yet often forms the largest visitor segment.
Apr 10	Study finds Lake Winnipeg plastics greater than or comparable to Great Lakes (Thunder Bay) The first ever study of microplastics in Lake Winnipeg has revealed concentrations higher than those reported in Lake Huron and Lake Superior, and similar to those reported in Lake Erie.
Apr 7	Canadian Bar Association awards Lakehead Law Professor grant for comparative human rights (Thunder Bay) Assistant Professor Miriam Cohen in the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is the first person at Lakehead University to receive this competitive research grant from the Canadian Bar Association’s Law for the Future Fund.
Apr 6	Lakehead University Library and Scholars Portal collaborate on digital preservation pilot (Thunder Bay) Scholars Portal and the Lakehead University Library are pleased to announce their collaboration on the development of Permafrost, a new preservation service to help protect the unique digital collections held by Ontario’s university libraries and archives.
Mar 31	Boosting Post-Secondary Research and Training in the North (Thunder Bay) Ontario is supporting a new facility at Lakehead University to boost research and innovation, increase lab space and create 67 new local jobs.
Mar 28	Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Research Ethics Boards align (Thunder Bay) Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and Lakehead University have strengthened the research ethics review process. A new reciprocal agreement leverages the strengths of each organization’s Research Ethics Board (REB).
Mar 27	Lakehead University included in the Queen Elizabeth II Scholars Program (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is one of 23 Canadian universities to be included in the new Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars Program.
Mar 9	Lakehead University’s Research and Innovation Awards celebrate exceptional work and perseverance (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Research and Innovation Awards of Excellence Reception was held on Thursday, March 9 to celebrate the exceptional achievements of researchers and students.
Mar 8	Lyn McLeod named Lakehead University’s Ninth Chancellor (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lyn McLeod has been named Lakehead University’s next Chancellor. The announcement was made at a special event in Lakehead’s Senate Chambers by President & Vice-Chancellor Dr. Brian Stevenson, who also served as Chair of the University’s Chancellor Electoral Board.
Mar 7	Lakehead University hosting International Women’s Day Research Panel (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting an International Women’s Day panel to celebrate research by female faculty members over their careers.

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