Social Justice News

2023
Mar
20 		Reflections on UN CSW: Lakehead student attends United Nations Panel
Lakehead graduate student attends United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.
2022
Dec
14 		Lakehead University’s 2022 Report to the Community celebrates Champions of Change
Lakehead University launched its online 2022 Report to the Community “Champions of Change” website today, featuring stories that celebrate... full story
Jun
9 		Dress for Success chair to speak at Lakehead convocation
May
25 		Dress for Success official says grant funding comes at perfect time
May
25 		KAIROS’ Empowering Temporary Foreign Workers during COVID-19 project will fund migrant justice program partners to September 30, 2022
2020
Dec
15 		Statement in Solidarity with the Kentner Family
A statement of solidarity with the Kentner family, drafted by Lakehead University faculty and signed by over 100 Canadian academics.
Dec
15 		ACADEMIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE KENTNER FAMILY IN THE WAKE OF THE BUSHBY VERDICT
December 14, 2020, Thunder Bay – Academics from across the country respond to Ontario Superior Court Justice Helen M. Pierce’s decision to sentence... full story
Jul
28 		Recent books by Dr. Pauline Sameshima win an award and an honourable mention
Social Justice Studies Supervisor Dr. Pauline Sameshima's two books are garnering great attention and accolades.
Mar
17 		MA student continuing on to PHD in Social Justice Education.
Mehdia Hassan (MA '19) has accepted an offer to continue her graduate studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), fall 2020.
2016
Oct
18 		Asserting citizenship: Muslim women's experiences with the hijab in Canada
In Canada, hijab wearing Muslim women have increasingly faced discrimination in the post 9–11 era. In this study, we investigate Muslim women's... full story
Sep
29 		Graduate Student awarded SSHRC grant