Research & Innovation Week 2027

Lakehead University's 22nd Annual Research & Innovation Week's planning is well underway.  The events (e.g workshops, student poster/oral presentations, and speaker panels) will run from February 22 to February 26, 2027 on the Thunder Bay campus, and on March 2-3, 2027 on the Orillia campus.

Lakehead University's R&I Week delivers on 3 key goals:

1. To celebrate and showcase research excellence 
2. To raise public awareness about research and its benefits to society, and 
3. To facilitate research collaborations

Research excellence is promoted throughout the year, but especially during our annual Research & Innovation Week. A number of awards are given out during this week, including the Distinguished Researcher Award, the Research Excellence Award, the Building Research Capacity Award, the Innovation Award and many more.

Research & Innovation Week provides an avenue for researchers (faculty, students and research staff) and their partners, to showcase their research. The event includes both graduate and undergraduate student conferences. Achievements in graduate student research are celebrated through the Three-Minute Thesis, GradFlix and Graduate Student Research Excellence awards, which encourages high quality presentations and publications by graduate students.

The contributions of faculty and students are also promoted locally, nationally, and internationally to raise the profile of Lakehead University's research activity and expertise.

2027 Theme

Coming Soon!

• Program of Events - Thunder Bay
• Program of Events - Orillia

Come back often as our schedule of events will be continuously updated!