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Oct 9	Lakehead brings small-town feel to the big city (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Every September, over 100,000 high school students head to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to discover which Ontario universities may be the right fit for them.
Oct 9	Lakehead Weaves Algonquin Looming Workshop into Math Classes (Orillia) A professor from the Education program at Lakehead University’s Orillia campus has come up with a creative way to incorporate First Nations perspectives and values into the mathematics curriculum.
Oct 7	Lakehead University Career & Job Expo 2014 helps students connect with employers (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University had a successful Career & Job Expo in Thunder Bay on Tuesday with more than 500 students meeting employers at approximately 23 booths. New this year was a booth where students could have their photo taken for their online profile.
Oct 6	New Chair Murray Walberg begins term with Lakehead’s Board of Governors (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s Board of Governors welcomed its new Chair and Vice-Chair, as well as one new member, at its October 3, 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM also marked the final year of service for several members of the Board.
Oct 1	Lakehead University’s In Conversation series returning to the Thunder Bay Public Library (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University’s In Conversation speaker series returns to the Thunder Bay Public Library this year with talks scheduled from October until April. Experts from Lakehead University will give free presentations about dementia, Aboriginal People’s legal rights, climate change, Indigenous children and adoption, and the development of Lakehead University during its first 50 years.
Sep 30	Lakehead University’s Faculty of Law named in honour of Chief Justice Bora Laskin (Thunder Bay) Today, at a celebration at Lakehead University’s Faculty of Law, University President & Vice-Chancellor Dr. Brian Stevenson announced that Ontario’s newest school of law would be named the “Bora Laskin Faculty of Law” in recognition of the Thunder Bay son and former Chief Justice’s integrity and contributions to Canadian law.
Sep 26	Lakehead-Georgian expansion proposal submitted to MTCU (Orillia) Today, Lakehead University, in partnership with Georgian University Partnership Centre, submitted its proposal for major capacity expansion to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU).
Sep 23	Lakehead hosts Lake Couchiching water quality research discussion (Orillia) Researchers at Lakehead University’s Orillia campus are offering the public an opportunity to learn about the water quality of Lake Couchiching — including past, present, and future research studies. The presentation and discussion takes place on Friday, September 26 at 500 University Avenue from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Sep 18	Lakehead University opens 3 new art galleries on the Thunder Bay campus (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University is opening three new gallery spaces on the Thunder Bay campus, featuring art by faculty, staff, students, alumni and research project affiliates.
Sep 10	Lakehead researchers receiving nearly $350,000 from CIHR (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University researchers are receiving nearly $350,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to improve the quality of people’s lives in Canada and abroad. Dr. Vicki Kristman, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences, is receiving a New Investigator Award of $300,000 over five years for a supervisor training program that could improve work disability outcomes for injured workers.
Sep 4	New Shuttle Service Links Lakehead University Orillia with City of Barrie (Orillia) Beginning September 8, Lakehead University students, faculty and staff will have the option to enjoy a new bus service between Lakehead Orillia’s 500 University Avenue site and the City of Barrie. The new transit link, established by Lakehead University and Hammond Transportation, will provide service between the Lakehead Orillia campus and the Barrie Bus Terminal four times a day (Monday to Friday), as well as on weekends.
Sep 3	Brian Stevenson Renewed as Lakehead University’s President (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Lakehead’s Board of Governors is very pleased to announce that Dr. Brian J.R. Stevenson’s appointment as the University’s President & Vice-Chancellor has been renewed for a second five-year term, beginning in August 2015.
Sep 2	Lakehead Orillia Ready to Welcome New Students at Orientation (Orillia) As the summer comes to a close, students across Ontario are getting ready to head back to school. Attending post-secondary school is a big change for most young adults, as they move away from home and start a new chapter of their lives. It can be a very scary experience and one of the best ways to help calm those fears is to attend Orientation. At Lakehead Orillia, students can be guaranteed a great first impression of university life, as the campus began planning their Thunderwolves Howl: Orientation 2014 all the way back in April.
Aug 29	Lakehead’s Fall Orientation helps students make transition to university (Thunder Bay) Action-packed, informative and fun experiences await students participating in Lakehead University’s Fall Orientation. Thunderwolves Howl! 2014, which will be from Thursday, Sept. 4 until Wednesday, Sept. 10, is focused on helping students make a successful transition to Lakehead University. Faculty and staff at Lakehead look forward to welcoming new undergraduate students and their families to the Thunder Bay campus.
Aug 14	International Success for Lakehead Research Team (Orillia) Typical undergraduate students can only dream about getting one-on-one experience with a research expert in their field. For two Lakehead University students, this dream became a reality – as they not only got to work with an expert – but became published experts themselves.
Aug 6	New website launched to share Georgian-Lakehead degree expansion plan (Online) , (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Georgian University Partnership Centre and Lakehead University have an innovative plan to offer students a different kind of education – the best of college and the best of university, combined.
Aug 1	Culture, Environment and Social Justice Conference coming to Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Environmental writers and academics from across Canada and beyond will visit Lakehead University’s Thunder Bay campus to participate in a conference exploring Culture, Environment, and Social Justice from Thursday, Aug. 7 to Sunday, Aug. 10.
Jul 31	Following the Journey from Orillia to Abu Dhabi (Orillia) As a first-year Lakehead University student, Olivia Manovich attended the school’s Education Job Fair armed with a handful of resumes, eager to make some meaningful job connections. One of the exhibitors, Elite Education, would take her resume and five years later, offer her the opportunity of a lifetime: a teaching job in the United Arab Emirates.
Jul 22	City of Orillia endorses Georgian/Lakehead plan for dynamic university presence in Central Ontario (Orillia) A new joint partnership between Lakehead University and the Georgian University Partnership Centre will expand postsecondary opportunities to better serve the students of Orillia, Barrie, Simcoe County, and beyond. The partnership details were shared at a City of Orillia Special Council meeting on Monday, July 21.
Jul 17	University offers Fast Pass to success (Orillia) Like most teenage boys, Eric Hill does not always do what his parents think is best. When they encouraged him to visit Lakehead University’s Orillia campus, where he would be studying in the fall, he was reluctant to make the trip.

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