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Jul 5	Lakehead University announces the new Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University has appointed Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Birmingham as the new Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Jul 4	SHAD Lakehead is hosting 65 young innovators and entrepreneurs this July (Thunder Bay) Grade 11 student Yesenia Cheekinew of Surrey, BC, is an advocate for truth and reconciliation. The First Nations student aims to become a civil rights lawyer and an ambassador in her community. She was selected to attend SHAD Lakehead through a partnership between SHAD and the Minerva Foundation’s Learning to Lead Program for grade 11 female students in BC.
Jun 29	Lakehead University’s two new Canada Research Chairs receive CFI grants (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University has two new Canada Research Chairs and they are each receiving a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Jun 26	Lakehead University hosting Canada-Mexico roundtable on Indigenous Higher Education (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is hosting representatives from eight Mexican universities and 11 Canadian universities for the sixth Canada-Mexico Roundtable on Intercultural/Indigenous Higher Education.
Jun 16	Lakehead University adds Graduate Diploma in Accounting beginning this September (Thunder Bay) A new program at Lakehead University will give students advanced standing in pursuing the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
Jun 10	Lakehead Orillia celebrates 11th Convocation (Orillia) Family, friends, faculty and staff gathered at Rotary Place in Orillia earlier today to celebrate the success of Lakehead University graduating students during the Orillia campus Convocation ceremony.
Jun 9	Lakehead University and Georgian College formalize partnership; announce two new joint academic programs (Orillia) , (Georgian - Barrie) Lakehead University and Georgian College signed an agreement today formalizing their partnership to bring increased degree options to central Ontario. They also announced the latest offering of two new combined programs to begin September 2018.
Jun 5	Palliative care advocate for the homeless coming to Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay) The founder of Toronto’s PEACH (Palliative Education And Care for the Homeless) is coming to Thunder Bay to deliver education on palliative care for the homeless and the vulnerably housed.
Jun 1	Lakehead University’s Achievement Program helps students realize their full potential (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s ActiveU staff hosted nearly 30 young people on Thursday, June 1 as part of the annual Achievement Program Day on Campus.
May 31	Lakehead University launching experiential learning placement thanks to RBC (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) Lakehead University announced today a commitment from RBC that will expand experiential learning opportunities and provide students with sought-after workforce skills.
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.

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