Alumni Spotlight

 

A High-Flying Career and a Love of Soccer Set This Grad Apart

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 / Online

Helping injured workers and making workplaces across Ontario safe for everyone were the driving forces behind Peter Augruso’s impressive career accomplishments.

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On a Quest to Understand a Devastating Disease

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 / Online

Conquering Alzheimer’s disease has become Lakehead grad Kirkland Johnston’s mission. Alzheimer’s is a “chronic neurodegenerative disease that destroys brain cells, causing thinking ability and memory to decline over time,” according to the Alzheimer Society.

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Life is an Adventure for Holly Gray

Thursday, April 24, 2025 / Online

“In the fall of 2016, I was bemoaning to my husband and my daughter that although I’d been exercising my body, my mind was in the parking lot,” says recent Lakehead grad Holly Gray. “My daughter said, ‘Oh, mom! Just take a course.’ I said, ‘Great idea, but what course?’ and she replied, ‘Anthropology.’”

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Music is in the Air

Thursday, April 24, 2025 / Online

As a teenager, music educator and conductor Dr. Laurel Forshaw (HBMus’98) spent many of her lunch and after-school hours hanging out in the music room of her Thunder Bay high school. Since Laurel was a member of the school band and an accomplished flutist and pianist, this wasn’t surprising—but there was another reason she spent so much time cloistered in the music room.

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Grit, Vision, and Talent

Monday, December 16, 2024 / Online

Steve Barkhouse has always been a man with a clear vision of what he wants.

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Justice Julie Blackhawk is Setting New Precedents

Friday, November 8, 2024 / Online

“I’m extremely proud to be the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Federal Court,” says Lakehead alum (BA '95) Justice Julie Blackhawk.

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Rising Star

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 / Online

Although Lakehead grad Jamie Klomp spent over 15 years working in human resources (HR)—not a profession known for its lightheartedness—Jamie’s idols have always been Laurel and Hardy.

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From the Far North to War-Torn Ukraine

Monday, March 4, 2024 / Online

“Growing up, I knew many First Nations people who didn’t have access to basic health care,” Michaela Parenteau says, “and these inequities inspired me to study nursing at Lakehead.”

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Into the Forest

Thursday, February 15, 2024 / Online

When Faye Johnson (née Verheggen) was a Lakehead student, she spent her summers doing fieldwork like tree planting for the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).

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Climb Every Mountain

Monday, December 11, 2023 / Online

Carlin Val was only 14 years old when he went on his first climb, but he knew that he’d found his calling—even though he’s afraid of heights. “The strength and the integrity of the equipment reassures me that I’m safe and that I’m having fun,” Carlin says.

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