Lakehead University

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Motto Ad Augusta per Angusta
(Achievement through effort)
Established July 1, 1965
Type Public
Endowment $15.5 million
Chancellor Lorne Everett
President Frederick Gilbert
Staff 2250
Undergraduates 7,003
Postgraduates 555
Location Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Campus Rural/Suburban
Colours Royal blue and gold
Mascot The Thunderwolf
Website lakeheadu.ca

Lakehead University is situated at the head of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is the only university in Northwestern Ontario. Lakehead University attracts many students from across Canada as well as international students. Lakehead offers a broad range of degree and diploma programs within nine faculties. These faculties include Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Forestry and the Forest Environment, Science and Environmental Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities, Professional Studies, Medicine, and Graduate Studies. The diverse learning environment contributes to 39,000 alumni in 67 different countries. In October 2006, Lakehead University was named 'Research University Of The Year' (Undergraduate Category) by Research Infosource, achieving No.1 rank for both research income growth in Canada, and research intensity in its category. Lakehead University has also been acknowledged as the No. 1 "valued added" university in Canada.

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[edit] History

Lakehead University (LU) evolved from the Lakehead Technical Institute which was established on June 4, 1946, by an Order-in-Council of the Province of Ontario. Classes commenced in January, 1948, in temporary rented quarters in downtown Port Arthur. In September of that same year, the first university courses were added to the curriculum.

The Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology was established by an Act of the Ontario Legislature assented to on March 28, 1956, and proclaimed on August 1, 1957. The government and the control of Lakehead Technical Institute were transferred to the Board of Governors of Lakehead College. The present university site, donated by the city of Port Arthur, was occupied on October 2, 1957.

Second-year Arts courses were added in 1960-61, and on March 3, 1962, the original Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology Act was amended to give the college "university powers" to establish faculties, and "to confer university degrees" in arts and sciences. The first degrees were granted on May 5, 1965.

The Lakehead University Act, 1965, was given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on June 22, 1965, and came into force on July 1, 1965. The Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology, thereafter known as "Lakehead University," was continued under this new charter.

Lakehead is a university with a dual role. It is a university in the north with the responsibility of bringing to Northwestern Ontario an understanding of a broad range of the basic academic disciplines as well as knowledge of the province, nation, and world. It is also a university for the north with the responsibility of gathering knowledge about the region for use in social, economic, and cultural development and for transmittal to the rest of the province, nation, and world.

In adapting to its environment over the years, Lakehead University's character and dual role have made it distinctive in the Ontario university system. Lakehead began as a university in the north in the sense that the basic arts and science disciplines predominated, although there were some small underdevelopment programs in technical areas. The university then steadily added other programs that were of significance and relevance specifically to Northwestern Ontario. In addition, through extensive offerings by continuing education, the university has expanded its focus to many of the region's smaller rural communities as well.

In August 2006, Lakehead University sparked controversy by initiating a multi-phase student recruitment campaign that featured posters and an Internet website showing an image of the current U.S. President George W. Bush with the caption, "Yale Shmale", "Graduating from an Ivy League University doesn't necessarily mean you're smart." Some 60 poster ads were distributed around the downtown Toronto core. The website has drawn national and international attention and was defended by the university chancellor and president, Frederick Gilbert, as "a tongue-in-cheek way of getting attention." Some visitors to the website, outside observers, alumni, and students, including the president of Lakehead University's student union, however, have been critical of the appropriateness of the recruitment campaign which appeared to mock a foreign head of state and another university for recruitment purposes. A CTV poll conducted a week into the Yale Shmale campaign showed public response was almost evenly split, but a slim majority voted in favor of it. [1]

[edit] Economic Impact

LU has an annual expenditure over $107 million. The university itself has a major economic impact on the city of Thunder Bay and on the region. Seventy-five per cent of Lakehead’s students come from outside the local commuting area, and new money brought into the city annually by these students is estimated to be approximately $59 million. Lakehead’s total economic impact on the city of Thunder Bay alone is approximately $251 million yearly. In 2004, the university along with Laurentian University formed the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

[edit] Academic Organization

The university is made up of the following nine faculties:

Faculty of Business Administration
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment
Faculty of Professional Schools
Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Faculty of Medicine - Lakehead University
Faculty of Graduate Studies

Each faculty which is under the jurisdiction of a dean is subdivided into departments/schools, each under the leadership of a chair/director. The university has over 1600 faculty members.

[edit] On Campus

The original college site comprised some 32 hectares of land in south-west Port Arthur, Ontario donated by the city of Port Arthur. In 1962 an additional 42 hectares of adjoining land were purchased and in 1965, 45 hectares of land were purchased in anticipation of future expansion. As well, a building fund campaign raised $175,000 from local industries and individuals.

The first college building, constructed by the Department of Public Works of the province of Ontario, was formally opened on October 2, 1957. This building which was initially called the Main Building, underwent six separate extensions from 1960 - 1967 to develop into its present form. A new library wing was added in March, 1960, and in the fall of 1969, two extensions providing additional lecture rooms and laboratory space were opened.

A men's residence, including recreational and dining facilities for 52 students and a resident staff member, was opened in September, 1962. In 1966, 32 additional double bedrooms were added to the residence and a section of the new structure was made available as a residence for women. In 1968, a new $2,750,000 residence village comprising 10 new buildings and providing residence for 520 students was completed. The village is situated on the banks of the McIntyre River within easy walking distance of all university buildings and athletic facilities.

Typical arrangement inside a townhouse.
Typical arrangement inside a townhouse.

In the fall of 1989, a complex of 36 townhouses marked the newest addition to the residence facility. This venture provides housing for 142 students in 4 bedroom townhouses. A second townhouse complex providing an additional 144 beds, including units accessible to the physically challenged, was opened in September 1991. A third townhouse complex providing 32 four bedroom townhouses and 8 two bedroom apartments opened in September 1992. Prior to the start of the 1993 term, Avila Centre was purchased from the Roman Catholic Church for the purpose of providing an additional 100 bedrooms for women and quarters for the alumni offices and Avila Music School.

On February 15, 1964, the University Centre was officially opened. It had a 325-seat lecture theatre, as well as lecture and seminar rooms, club rooms, and a cafeteria. Also in 1964 an additional wing was added to the original building and in 1965 a new library building was erected. An additional three floors were added to the new library building in September 1967. In March 1968 an athletic centre gymnasium, the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse, was constructed on the other side of the McIntyre River opposite the main university buildings. September 1969 saw the official opening of the Centennial Building which houses the science and technology laboratories, classrooms, and faculty offices. An administrative wing and an addition to the University Centre building, which includes a new cafeteria and dining hall, were also completed in that year.

A man-made lake is located in the centre of the campus. Its creation was planned with the regional conservation authorities as an important flood control project for the McIntyre River which runs through the campus.

A new academic building, named in memory of dean Tim Ryan, was dedicated on November 18, 1972 and the extension to the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse, which houses an olympic length swimming pool, additional office space, classrooms, and instructional gym, was officially opened on January 12, 1973.

On May 31, 1980, the University Library was named the Chancellor Norman M. Paterson Library in honour of the first chancellor of the University. On September 28, 1981 the first main building was named the "Harold S. Braun Building" in recognition of Braun's contribution to the development of the university.

On May 29, 1982, the Faculty of Education Building was named the Bora Laskin Building in honour of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the chancellor of Lakehead University from 1971 to 1980. Growing enrolment in the education program and subsequent demand for additional administrative and instructional space was met in 1988 with the addition of seven temporary portable buildings around the Bora Laskin Building. An addition to the building, completed in the spring of 1995, replaced the portables and provided for an expanded Education Library. The previous library space was then renovated to provide more classrooms. A new elevator made both floors of the building accessible to the disabled.

Confederation College's School of Nursing Building was purchased in 1984 and renovated to house a number of functions including Lakehead University's School of Nursing and School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism. In 1985 an Engineering Structures Laboratory was constructed adjacent to the Centennial Building.

During November 1987, Lakehead University Board of Governors approved a memorandum of understanding for the construction and operation of a forestry research facility. The Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research is the result of a co-operative effort between the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Lakehead University. Located beside the Chancellor N.M. Paterson Library, this facility was officially opened in October 1990. Lakehead University operates the building with Ministry of Natural Resources as the tenant on a 25 year renewable lease.

September 1988 marked the opening of Lakehead's first off-campus building. Cornwall School, a 75 year old public school located at Cornwall Street and Algoma Street, was rented from the Lakehead Board of Education and the Departments of Visual Arts and Music were located in this facility. In April 1992 the Department of Music and Department of Visual Arts relocated back to the main campus to a building designed for their needs. In July of 1995 this building was named after William H. Buset in recognition of his appreciation of business and the arts.

September 1991 marked the opening of Lakehead University's first major construction project in nearly 20 years. The Regional Centre provided much needed academic office and classroom space required as a result of expanding programs and growing enrolment.

A Student Centre events hall, built through the efforts of the student union and funded entirely through student support, opened in September 1991. This building shares common walls with the Regional Centre and the University Centre. Operated entirely by LUSU, with a management agreement between the union and the university, the Outpost boasts a full service kitchen and a hall licensed for more than 700 people.

A joint venture project funded by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund with an operating commitment from the Ministry of Health, and co-operation from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities and Lakehead University, was named Health Sciences North and opened in July 1991. This building, situated at the eastern edge of the campus, is home to health care programs offered co-operatively by McMaster University and Lakehead University. The venture has the goal of increasing new health care professionals' awareness of life in northern and remote communities with the intent of attracting more health professionals to these areas.

In the spring of 1995 Lakehead University completed construction of a Rural Family Resource Centre in Oliver Paipoonge. The Department of Social Work had been operating the centre in rented space in Kakabeka Falls since 1984, with funding from the Ministry of Community and Social Services. This newly owned Rural Family Resource Centre offers support programs to address the needs of rural families and their children and provides research opportunities for the Department of Social Work.

During September 1998, Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Regional Hospital entered into a partnership involving the transfer of 60 acres (or 24.24 hectares) of land for the purpose of building and operating a new acute care hospital. Under the terms of a partnership agreement Lakehead University retains an interest in development which will benefit health services in the Thunder Bay region and enhance the university's academic interests in the health sciences area.

Advanced Technology & Academic Center building.
Advanced Technology & Academic Center building.

In 2003 the university celebrated the opening of a $44-million Advanced Technology & Academic Centre (ATAC), a high-tech teaching and learning centre, that provides 1,400 new student spaces. The building, funded in part by Ontario's SuperBuild Growth Fund, contains "smart classrooms", GIS labs, enhanced distance education facilities, and computer teaching and research labs.

In September 2003 construction was completed on two new residences behind the Avila Centre, adding a total of 288 beds. As well, Lakehead University was the recipient of the Hogarth Plantations, a 44-hectare property located on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, that will be used by the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment for teaching and research. The property was a gift by Dr. Walter Hogarth to the Lakehead University Foundation.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine was established in 2002 as a joint venture partnership with Lakehead University and Laurentian University in Sudbury. NOSM is housed within the Faculty of Medicine of both Laurentian and Lakehead. Its mission is to contribute to improving the health of the people and communities of Northern Ontario by advancing the highest quality of medical practice, learning, teaching, research and professionalism. With main campuses in Thunder Bay and Sudbury, NOSM will have multiple teaching and research sites distributed across Northern Ontario, including large and small communities.

On August 26, 2004, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty visited the campus to participate in a historic ground-breaking ceremony for a new $8-million building for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. The 32,000-square-foot-building, scheduled for completion in the summer of 2005, will house a smart classroom, medical library, meeting rooms, research areas, offices, and laboratories.

In March 2005, Lakehead celebrated the opening of a new 55,000-square-foot athletics centre called The Hangar. The $6-million facility features an indoor track and multipurpose field with artificial turf, an aerobics/yoga studio, a weight room and fitness centre, and a sports medicine clinic.

Lakehead University's physical plant now consists of 39 buildings and 116 hectares of property including 40 hectares of landscaped and maintained grounds. The current value of land and property holdings is well over $150,000,000.

In a campus-wide referendum held in 2004, students, faculty, and staff voted 68% in favour of a smoke-free campus.

In February 2006, Lakehead University was the subject of an Ontario Human Rights Complaint, by Spencer Rowe, an aboriginal man, who was the Native Access Program Coordinator, Teacher and Counsellor. Named in the filing as well as the University was the Vice-Provost of Aboriginal Initiatives, Laurie Gilchrist, who is no longer at LU. Violations cited in the filing include, race, sexuality, creed among others.

In early 2006, LU President Fred Gilbert made international news when he limited expansion of the campus wi-fi network, citing potential long term health effects. The controversial move had sparked outrage with students on campus and among Internet tech-bloggers. [2]. Gilbert (a zoologist) maintained that "the jury is still out on the long term effects of electromagnetic waves on human physiology" [3].

In September 2006, Lakehead opened a new campus in Orillia.

Lakehead University has submitted a proposal to open a new Law School. The proposal is currently under review.

[edit] Student life

Lakehead's campus radio station is CILU-FM. Its student newspaper is The Argus.

The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

[edit] Facts and Figures

Business Administration

  • Lakehead is among the top six universities in Canada for the quality of its undergraduate Business Administration program based on performance at Canada's premiere student business competition. In 2006, Lakehead business students placed 3rd overall in the final rounds of the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) hosted by Queen's University at Kingston. [4] In 2003/2004, Lakehead students ranked among the top six teams in Canada at the ICBC, with eight students qualifying for the final round in 4 of 8 competition categories. [5] The ICBC is the largest and oldest student business competition in Canada. This was the 23rd year that Lakehead students had participated in this competition, and they had consistently performed among the top undergraduate business schools in Canada.

Engineering

  • Lakehead’s Civil Engineering students have consistently placed among the top-ranking teams in the annual National Steel Bridge Competition sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Steel Construction. It is estmated that close to 200 university teams participate in this annual event with the top 40-plus finalist teams competing for top honors at the national competition each year. To qualify for entry at the national competition, students from all over North America first compete in smaller regional contests and must finish among the top two teams in their respective regionals. In 2006, Lakehead qualified for the U.S. national competition after winning 2nd place in the Mid-West regionals. At the nationals, Lakehead students captured 1st place in aesthetics and finished 5th overall ahead of 45 other finalist teams. [6] In 2003, Lakehead was one of two Canadian universities to compete in the U.S. Natinal Steel Bridge Competition hosted by the University of San Diego, California. Lakehead placed 5th overall in this competition [7], which involved 44 regional finalists. In 2002, an all-female team from Lakehead finished 2nd overall at the National Steel Bridge Competition. It was the first ever all-female team to participate in the competition's history. [8] Closer to home, a team of Lakehead Electrical Engineering students received a $10,000 cash prize and the 2005 Innovation Award from Telus and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for their award winning design- a control system for an inverted pendulum. [9]Lakehead students were also among the top three teams at the 2006 Ontario Engineering Competition, securing three wins that included 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards in 3 of 6 competition categories. [10]. The team later went on to the 2006 Canadian Engineering Competition and won 1st place in the Engineering Communications Category. [11]


  • The Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) officially opened its doors to students, staff, and faculty in September 2003. ATAC is the university’s nerve centre, centralizing the information technology and distance education functions. The centre provides approximately 1,400 new student spaces. The project is funded by the Government of Ontario’s SuperBuild Growth Fund, other corporate sponsors, and private and personal donations.
  • Lakehead University is home to the West Campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).
  • Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) officially opened its northern regional office on Lakehead’s campus in September 2003. As PEO’s first regional office, it would educate the public about the engineering profession and help to connect professional engineers across Northern Ontario.
  • The Lakehead University Nutrient Ecology (LUNE) laboratory opened in April 2003. This lab supports research being conducted under the Forest Watershed and Riparian Disturbance (FORWARD) project. The FORWARD Project has attracted $1.8 million in funding and in-kind services from Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., a privately owned company based in Edmonton, Alberta. The FORWARD Project is headed by Lakehead’s Dr. Ellie Prepas and Dr. Lense Meyer, along with Dr. Dan Smith at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Gordon Putz at the University of Saskatchewan. With funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the private sector, the aim of the FORWARD Project is to learn how different land use practices will impact water quality and water flow in forest operating areas. Initiated in 1998 and scheduled for completion in 2006, the project is designed to compare forest management scenarios and identify harvesting techniques that minimize negativ effects on the environment. Other partners in LUNE are: the Canada Foundation for Innovation; the Ontario Innovation Trust; NSERC; and Louisiana Pacific.
  • Lakehead University’s Faculty of Education officially opened the Department of Lifelong Learning in October 2003.

[edit] Famous alumni and faculty

  • Steve Ashton - Minister of Water Stewardship/MLA Thompson, Government of Manitoba
  • Robert W. Mason - Global Strategic Alliances & Business Development of DaimlerChrysler AG
  • Parminder Bhatthal - Educator, Managing Partner, PB Consulting Inc.
  • Glenn Bindley - President and CEO, Redlen Technologies
  • Richard Buset - Managing Partner, Buset & Partners LLP
  • James Clay - President & CEO, J. T. Insurance Services (Canada) Ltd.
  • Ken Davis - CEO, Snugabye Inc.
  • Lorne Everett - Chief Scientist and Senior Vice-President, The Shaw Group Chancellor, Lakehead University
  • Karen Gavan - Chief Operating Officer, Transamerica Life Canada & AEGON Fund Manager
  • Joe Geofroy - Vice President, Research and Development, Convedia Corporation
  • John Arthur Gordon - President and Chairman, Service Corporation International (Canada) Ltd.
  • Frances Guzzi Picherack - President, Petrine Consulting Inc.
  • Adam Hacke - Author, playwright and screenwriter
  • Geoffrey S. Hill - Process Technology Leader, Bowater Pulp and Paper Canada Inc.
  • Heather Houston and Richard Lang - World Curling Champions
  • Harry Jaako - Chair and CEO Discovery Capital
  • Goyce Kakegamic - Deputy Grand Chief, Nishnawbe - Aski Nation, and Artist
  • David Krahn - Owner/President, Krahn Engineering
  • John Lagadin - Founder, Direct Energy Marketing Ltd. Founder, Alliance Pipeline
  • Jim Lalonde - Research Director, Codexis
  • Rick Lovat - President/CEO, Lovat Inc
  • Robert Mace - President, Thunder Bay Hydro
  • Tony Miele- President and CEO, Ontario Realty Corporation
  • Glenn A. Miller - Chairman, PenEquity Management Corporation
  • Tom Mustapic - CFO, MetalCorp Limited Associate Director of Education, Thunder Bay District Catholic School Board
  • Mark Nevar - CEO, Thurston Machine Co. Ltd.
  • Margaret Page - Member of the Order of Canada
  • Arnold Park - President & CEO, McCain Foods (Canada)
  • Richard Patina - President and CEO, Lombard Canada Ltd.
  • Gary Polonsky - Founding President & Vice -Chancellor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
  • H.W. (Harvey) Schilke - President & CEO, Protek Systems
  • Diane Schoemperlen - Governor General’s Award-Winning Author
  • Jamie Sokalsky - Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Barrick Gold Corporation
  • William Dwight Roberts - President and CEO, Vision TV
  • Lillian Thomas - City Council/Secretary of Urban Aboriginal Opportunities, City of Winnipeg
  • Denis Turcotte - President & CEO, Algoma Steel
  • Dave Wotton - Assistant Deputy Minister, Manitoba Conservation
  • Ora Zabloski - Director and Principal, AMKOR Enterprises Ltd. (The AMKOR Group)


See also: List of Ontario universities

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