Call for Applications: Lakehead University Chair in Finnish Studies

The Lakehead University Chair in Finnish Studies Advisory Committee has opened a competition to bring a distinguished Finnish scholar from Finland to its Thunder Bay Campus for 4 or 8 months (September 2025, to December 31, 2025, January 1 to April 30, 2026, or September 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026).

The deadline for applications is 15 April 2025.

For more information on the position and how to apply, visit: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/chairs/finnish-studies/how-to-apply

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David Ratz Awarded PhD in History

The Department of History is pleased to announce that alumnus and faculty member David Ratz recently successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Oulun yliopisto - University of Oulu.

Cover of The Canadian Image of Finland "The Canadian Image of Finland, 1919-1948: Canadian Government Perceptions and Foreign Policy" is the first study to to explore the perceptions of Finland and Finns held by Canadian government decision-makers and how it underscored the relations between the two countries.

Congratulations Dr. David Ratz from all of us in the Department of History!

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New Book Recognizing Canada and Finland’s Relationship

Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu, Chair of the Department of History and President of the Alumni Association of Lakehead University, is a contributing editor to a new book recognizing Canada 150, Suomi 100, and 70 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and Finland. Canada-Finland Cover

Published by the Finnish-Canada Society in Helsinki and Canada’s Embassy in Finland, Canada-Finland, Celebrating 2017: A brave, hospitable and altogether admirable people celebrates those who have shown leadership, ingenuity, and perseverance in bringing the two countries closer through scientific cooperation, educational exchange, political and economic engagement, and through cultural and sporting achievements.

Contributors to the collection include many current and past Lakehead faculty members and alumni now living around the world. The publication was also supported by Lakehead University’s Chair in Finnish Studies Advisory Committee. Internationally renowned historian and Companion of the Order of Canada, Dr. Margaret MacMillan, provided the forward.

The book continues to form part of Canada’s recognition of the relationship between Canada and Finland and has been distributed widely by Canada’s Embassy to Finland, including a formal presentation to his Excellency, Sauli Väinämö Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland last February.

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