599 10 13599 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/dd96802f13eefcb9c4c738d0c26e57cc.pdf 318c0da8b41148de0b37ba1c1d38e728 PDF Text Text c.... a... �VICE-PRESIDENT'S ENRICHING THE LIVES OF AN AGING POPULATION MESSAGE Lakehead researcher Michel Bedard was named the Canada Research Chair in Aging and Health because of his leading work on the maintenance of independence and quality of life for older adults. Bedard examines issues in this area as they relate to driving and family caregiving - work that has earned him a Premier's Research Excellence Award from the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology. The research activities described in these pages are a testament to Lakehead's growing commitment to become one of the top 25 research-intensive universities in Canada. With 7 Canada Research Chairs, 1O research centres, 31 graduate programs, As the Director of the Masters of Public Health Program at Lakehead, Bedard's research is applied in nature. He examines risk factors for crashes, and develops strategies such as retraining and the introduction of new technologies to help drivers remain safe longer. He also measures the impact that caregiving has on a family's quality of life, and seeks to minimize the negative psychological and health consequences that the burden presents. and a doubling of external research funding within the last few years, Lakehead's sustained development in this area is clear. However, it is the research endeavours themselves that create the framework that will support our vision of becoming a global research leader: the people, the resources, and the MICHEL BEDARD partnerships that make up research at Lakehead. PEOPLE Lakehead's researchers conduct innovative, cutting-edge research. They are leaders in many selected areas, and our intimate campus community makes collaboration across disciplines second nature. It also means that graduate students here at Lakehead receive excellent supervision, learn to master new technologies and instruments, and quickly develop independent research careers. (/) UJ u ~ :::> 0 (/) UJ ~ Lakehead has developed a strategic way to better leverage its state-of-theart equipment through a multi-purpose, centralized instrumentation lab. The benefits to a smaller school are clear: universal access, reduced redundancy, and greater collaboration. Initiatives like this, combined with our diverse natural environment and proximity to northern and rural cultures and communities, have made us a leader in core research areas like environmental sustainability. While many universities focus on the environment, few engage in research activities that cover the environmental continuum with the strength Lakehead does - from prevention to monitoring, remediation, and preservation. PARTNERSHIP Comprehensive research cannot unfold in an ivory tower. Accordingly, we form innovative and productive research partnerships with industry and government, and integrate with the local and broader communities we ~mmmwE:~ ~1rrti-r~;..:;.serve. The research s·uccesses in the pages that follow detail these efforts. From theory to practical application, the resultant innovative discoveries improve everyday life i:!1 Canada and around the world and respond to partners' needs. I e11coura£Je you to read on and explore research t Lakehead. LEADERSHIP LEADING THE WAY TO INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Ellie Prepas conducts freshwater research. In collaboration with its major industry partner, Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., her research team focuses on watershed processes that influence water quality. As the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Water Management and the Boreal Forest, Prepas guides the development of models for use as planning tools by forest industries and provides data to regulators pertaining to landscape planning in the Canadian Boreal Forest. Her academic partners in this endeavour are from the Universities of Alberta and Saskatchewan. She and her team, including undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students, use experimental sites to get good baseline data, apply controlled disturbances, and monitor ecosystem changes, and make reasonable projections about how these watershed systems work. The next step is linking projections to the industrial process via models to predict, for example, streamflow and water quality conditions after given harvest patterns are employed. Overall, the goal is to improve management of forested areas in Canada. Working towards integrated resource management that considers roads, oil and gas, mining, and forestry, demonstrates that Canada is a leader in research-based forest planning, and increases the economic benefit to Canadian forest product industries. �• r ,; LEVERA~~G -fH~ Bl:ST'FFfbMTHE BEST J ~ Pete Hollings is one of Canada's outstanding youn resea[chers in the Earth Sciences because he believes in creating front ine opportunities for his grad students. Joanne Zamparo is thrilled with the home she has found at Lakehead for her research on Inuit family kinship and well-being. "It's a collaborative environment," says Zamparo, "where it's easier to work together because of common interests and a real will to cooperate." • In 2004 Geoff Heggie, one of those students, helped discover new resources in a platinum deposit that resulted in up to $7 million dollars of new investment in East West Resource Corporation's Seagull Intrusion near Lake Nipigon. JOANNE ZAMPARO "You get the best results when your students are truly colleagues," says Hollings, who focuses on passing on sound research methodologies and practices to his students. Currently Zamparo is working with fellow Lakehead researcher Margaret Johnston from Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism on the 2007 Canada Winter Games. The team is looking at volunteer motivation, experiences and contributions, and opportunities for sustainable social capital in Whitehorse, Yukon - site of the Games. They aim to determine volunteering benefits in the community before and after the games, what peoples' hopes and aspirations are for the games, and what kind of legacy a special event like this can possibly leave behind. Heggie exhaustively analyzed, identified, and categorized the rock samples with a level of detail unattainable by East West, and developed a sophisticated predictive model of where mineral deposits might lie. Heggie was one of a team named Prospector of the Year by the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association for his accomplishments. Hollings is pleased with Heggie's successes and points out that like his other students, Heggie benefited from a close working relationship with his industrial partners. The East West Resource Corporation was apparently pleased as well - Heggie now works for them as a staff geologist. BUILDING PARTNERSHIP FROM THE GROUND UP Zamparo lauds her colleagues' expertise, their interest in the North and their relationship with it, and the capacity to grow their common knowledge base when they work together. The spirit of teamwork, she says, is alive and well. Assessing the benefits and challenges of school ground greening was an important part of Janet Dyment's doctoral research. Working with Lakehead scholar Constance Russell, Dyment teamed up with the Evergreen Foundation and the Toronto District School Board to facilitate her research. Her published report, Gaining Ground, has become a powerful tool to better understand the benefits of schoolyard naturalization, and to secure more funding to help make school playgrounds greener. Russell, co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, works closely with her three doctoral students and 10 masters students, placing a high priority on their involvement in front-line work participating in conferences and seminars as well as writing and publishing with her. fbJL Lakehead researcher and award-winning author Bruce Muirhead collaborates with students in a way that makes research part of everyday life. ... 111 . a-C ~ :i::: 11 Russell asserts that she learns as much from her students as they do from her, and believes their truly collaborative experience is a great aid to her students' career development. After her Evergreen success, Dyment headed to the University of Tasmania where she is now a senior lecturer. The Centre for Northern and Rural Health Research at Lakehead brings together researchers from across disciplines in order to better support colleagues' research, win competitions for grants, and share discoveries. Part of Zamparo's long-time work in the north was a partnership of researchers and two Inuit organizations brought together by the Centre. The team worked together to document Inuit traditional knowledge and incorporate it into the health policies and programs of the Nunavut government. a::: 5 :E w u ::> a::: IO Currently on a SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) grant tracing the history of Canada's post-war overseas development assistance, Muirhead identifies support for graduate students as one of the pillars of a strong research community. He feels that graduate students in the History department at Lakehead get oneon-one time they might not get at other institutions. He and his students talk everyday about the challenges they are facing and the common connections in their work - sometimes just over coffee. He currently supervises two students: one on an Ontario Graduate Scholarship studying Canada's wheat aid to India, and the other on a SSHRC grant studying the context and influence of a recent Safeway strike in Thunder Bay. Muirhead is unequivocal. "I find the interaction with students most compelling. There are so many common themes in our work. I'm able to support them and they push and motivate me in all sorts of ways." �SOLVING BIG PROBLEMS WITH TINY SOLUTIONS USING THE PAST Super hydrophobic tin oxide nanoporous flowers with a high surface-to-volume ratio fabricated by Chen's research team are extremely promising for a new class of gas sensor. Aicheng Chen is a leading expert in the art and science of creating such well-defined and precisely controlled nanostructured materials. He was awarded an Ontario Premier's Research Excellence Award in 2003. Soil studies may not be intuitively connected to climate change, but Matthew Boyd is revealing how human history is encoded in the sediment itself. Chen has secured over $1 million dollars in funding since arriving at Lakehead in 2002 - from NSERC, FedNor, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Ontario Innovation Trust to establish a state-of-the-art electrochemistry lab at La ehead. AICHENG CHEN nanomaterials he builds aid in the integrated agement of energy and the environment, en mpassing some of the major issues in green ch mistry and materials that are critical to the mi ing and pulp and paper industries and to the su tainable development of natural resources in C nada. He is undertaking his work with industrial p rtners like Bowater and lnco who value his p oven ability to develop new innovations - from i itial concept to real-world application. EARLY -INVASIVE TECHNIQUES Brian Ross is investigating the potential for identifying a range of deadly diseases with simple, fast, and inexpensive breath tests. Ross is putting his background in nutrition, psychology, and pharmacology to work at Lakehead's new Northern Ontario School of Medicine - using its new state-of-the-art labs, while also taking advantage of Lakehead's multi-purpose, centralized instrumentation lab. The non-invasive technology he is working on relies on the SIFT-MS, which in only half a minute can identify individual disease markers at incredibly low concentrations. The same cutting-edge technology is being used to quickly identify bacteria in blood; find patients in intensive care that are at risk of kidney failure; determine exposure levels to volatile chemicals in the workplace; and find hidden explosives. "The fact of the matter is that healthy people just don't get tested," says Ross, "and that's a problem." This might change with a process that allows non-invasive monitoring of body bio-chemistry, and can detect early warning signs for cancer, pneumonia, or diabetes in a single puff of human breath. Its speed and convenience mean that people could be easily tested before they're ill - increasing their chance of survival and decreasing the cost and discomfort of other testing methods. THE FUTUR One of the few researchers operating with both NSERC and SSHRC funding an indication of how much true crossover potential lies in his work - Boyd examines drill cores and archaeological artifacts to discover how human populations adapted to environmental change in the ancient world. In a country that faces frequent drought o~--Tis prairies, Boyd's research on historical climate/vegetation patterns could help Canada build valuable predictive models for the future. Although the comparison operates only on the level of historical analog, he has demonstrated that ancient Aboriginal populations had a well-developed understanding of how some regions underwent major geomorphic changes while others experienced virtually none. In contrast to European settlements which remained tied to the land they deemed most fertile no matter the cost these populations sought and found stability in the face of rapid climatic changes. As human society faces the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century, what better way to prepare than to intimately understand the challenges of the past? DEFINING CONTEMPORARY LAWS USING HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Lori Chambers is conducting the most exhaustive historical inventory of legal definitions of legitimacy and cohabitation ever undertaken in Canada. Chambers feels the current rapid and controversial change in Canada's marriage laws lacks a true understanding of the underlying issues that have made such reform necessary. "A narrow focus on the redefinition of marriage is coming at the expense of looking at the wider issue of the nature of domestic partnership and what it means to become interdependent - for both sexes." Beginning with the late nineteenth century, Chambers is looking at every piece of legislation to deal with cohabiting couples. She has found wide variations and many contradictions, and is concerned that such discrepancies can place families - particularly women and children - in tenuous legal positions. Chambers' assertion is simple - in order to formulate current law reform that will affect our everyday lives, we need to understand the mistakes and problems imbedded in earlier legislation. In other words, a little perspective goes a long way. LORI CHAMBERS �PROMOTING HEALTHY CHOICES FOR YOUNG WOMEN GETTING MORE OUT OF OUR FOREST RESOURCES Ron Davis is tying the science of psychology to the very real world of young women at high risk for eating disorders. In a Canadian lumber industry faced with unprecedented international competition, some companies are becoming innovative leaders with the help of Lakehead's Mathew Leitch. Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health, he's developing a therapeutic video program targeted at promoting healthy lifestyle choices among young women with regard to body image, physical activity, and eating behaviours. Thunder Bay-based Superior Thermowood is using the Lakehead Wood Science Testing Facility {LUWSTF) to test the properties of lumber fired in its unique kiln process. The process adds value to under-utilized tree species by improving aesthetic and physical properties. Teens and young adults are often disenfranchised from receiving the psychological help they need, but this problem is exacerbated in a geographically expansive province like Ontario. These properties are precisely measured by Leitch and a state-of-the-art universal wood testing machine to discover what end-use products the altered wood will be suitable for. To address this, Davis' applied research program takes therapeutic help directly to young people where they spend their time: high schools, colleges, and universities. RON DAVIS "It's simply not practical to duplicate in smaller communities the full range of health care resources that are available in larger centres," Davis reflects. "So let's put the video in the hands of clinicians that are already there, to empower them to help, and help quickly. That's what continues to drive my enthusiasm for this research." USING NATURE TO HELP PROTECT NATURE Peter Lee, head of the Lakehead University Environmental Laboratory and the Aquatic Toxicology Research Centre, keeps Northwestern Ontario's water clean, and its primary industries running. Identifying and reducing the potential toxic effects caused by industrial effluent may be required by Environment Canada - but it's expected by the population. Lee and his team develop early-warning toxicological identification and evaluation (TIE) procedures for the pulp and paper and mining sectors the largest industries in the region. "We're seen as a key technical resource here in Northwestern Ontario," says Lee. Companies like Bowater, lnmet Mining, Rocksmark, Barrick Gold, US Steel, and Abitibi are or have all been clients of the Centre. One of Lee's grad students is working on a particularly innovative system that places an organism - in this case a fish - between two small electrodes and measures its physiological response to an effluent. As the effluent passes through, the output reveals whether or not the fish coughs. like this are the first of their kind in Canada, and will be :::;:,,~-;;;Ji~~~~ mercially in conjunction with the Pulp and Paper Canada in 2006. "Superior Thermowood, like many companies, looks to Lakehead for answers to complex project problems," says Leitch. For him, it's all part of a wider Centre for Analytical Services' mindset. He stresses, though, that finding good answers for partners is only the beginning. The process gives his students more direct experience, improves the quality and currency of the LUWSTF, and brings unique insight to the forest industry as a whole. "Canada has to start looking closely at better resource utilization," says Leitch. Extensive property testing can segregate logs based on physical and mechanical properties - using half the tree for one product, and another half for another. This better utilization leads to greater efficiency, and eases pressure on forest resources. What country - or company - wouldn't want to cut less wood to make more money? MEETING THE NEEDS OF INJURED WORKERS Sharon Dale Stone works with community organizations to help those with disabilities understand they're not alone. She partnered with the injured workers community in Northwestern Ontario through the Canadian Injured Workers Alliance, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers, and the Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group to produce informational brochures and booklets. ::c am= I II "' The access to the well-organized injured worker communities allowed for in-depth interviews and surveys, and wide dissemination of the resulting literature. The partnership is helping medical and rehabilitation professionals - and workers themselves - better understand the needs of those who have been left with residual disability. Stone has learned that the best way to confront the stigma often faced by injured workers is for them to learn about the experience from those who have already faced it - to know that it's not uncommon to be treated as a peripheral part of the community when injured, and that it's not their fault. zI-- am= SHARON DALE STONE ~ �PUTTING A NORTHERN PERSPECTIVE ON NORTHERN MEDICINE The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is the first new medical school in Ontario in over three decades, and the first one specifically created to respond to the difficulties and challenges of practicing medicine in northern Ontario. Geoffrey Hudson, an Oxford-educated medical historian, has come on board. He is conducting research and helping to ensure, among other things, that the history of Aboriginal health and medicine, the effects of epidemics and colonization, and the relationship between western biomedicine and Aboriginal traditions of healing are taught alongside traditional medical and clinical foundations. GEOFFREY HUDSON HELPING COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEMSELVES Keith Brownlee and Raymond Neckoway are undertaking an examination of cross-cultural issues of attachment theory. Spawned from a court decision that deemed Aboriginal children should not be separated from their foster parents with whom they had formed too significant an attachment, the two researchers have immersed themselves in Ojibwe communities in an effort to better understand the meaning of belonging in Aboriginal cultural knowledge, traditions, and values. "Lakehead is perfectly positioned to deal with specifically northern issues like this," says Brownlee. "We're learning that general community belonging may be more important than individual relationships in many communities." It is the researchers' hope that this type of new understanding could ultimately contribute to decision making in child welfare cases and help Aboriginal agencies develop better culturally specific policies and practices. Hudson believes the case-based approach will prove enormously helpful to graduates' northern practices. "It's completely focused on northern Ontario communities the rural and Aboriginal communities that are so close to Lakehead." WHERE RESEARCH MEETS PRACTICE IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO Mary Lou Kelley believes that research done in isolation fundamentally fails. As Director of the Centre for Education and Research in Aging and Health (CERAH), she is committed to promoting collaboration among the university, community and regional partners. "We're the urban centre in a very large area of rural and remote communities, so it's incumbent upon us to support the needs of the region - whether educating, or undertaking research." Mary Lou's research is dedicated to improving care for seniors and people who are dying, with a focus on rural health, long-term care policy and delivery, and palliative care. It is currently funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) as part of a team on End-ofLife Care for Seniors that links her with researchers in Ottawa and Hamilton. Kelley has found that the end-of-life profile of elderly people is often radically different from the cancer experience. Cancer has a well understood and well defined trajectory so it's easier to define care needs. Older people, on the other hand, are frequently suffering from multiple chronic illnesses, and their move from illness to death is very gradual. When older people who are dying have an elderly spouse and children who do not live locally, the challenge of providing them excellent palliative care is apparent. This is especially true in rural and remote areas. Kelley takes her specialized knowledge to the multiple boards and steering committees on which she serves, working with them to plan appropriate, integrated programs to care for Seniors. She passes on the same information through continuing education for healthcare professionals at CERAH, hosting seminars for practitioners, many working in rural and remote communities. The knowledge sharing continues in her research partnerships with Hospice Northwest, the Kenora Rainy-River Palliative Care Association, and the Kenora Chiefs Advisory Council. First Nations, service providers and researchers collaborate to collect data in the field and bring the results back to those who can use them in their daily lives and work. According to Kelley, Lakehead is viewed by the community as very approachable, evidenced by the fact that she is consistently sought out as a source of information, and asked to conduct research on a particular issue. Far from a feeling of isolation, Kelley feels her work is woven into the very fabric of the community. MARY LOU KELLEY CONTACT INFORMATION ► Anne Klymenko Office of Research Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd. Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1 • Phone (807) 343-8223 • Fax (807) 346-7749 • E-mail anne.klymenko@lakeheadu.ca ��LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CEHJRES AND EAClLII._____ / __J ...D •...1\. ► Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH) ► Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research (CNFER) Ontario Ministry of Natural er V C,_ Resources a... Centre for Northern Studies ► Centre for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Research ► Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR) ► Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs ► ICR Discoveries - Institute of Cancer Research ► Lakehead Social History Institute ► Lakehead University Centre for Health Care Ethics ► Lakehead University Centre for Analytical Services (LUCAS) • Aquatic Toxicology Research Centre (ATRC) • Forest Soils Laboratory (FSL) • Lakehead University Environmental Laboratory (LUEL) • Lakehead University Instrumentation Laboratory (LUil) • Lakehead University Mineralogical and Experimental (LUMINX) Laboratory • Lakehead University Nutrient Ecology Laboratory (LUNE) • Lakehead University Wood Science Testing Laboratory (LUWSTL) • LEVTEK • Paleo-DNA Laboratory (PDNA) • Resource Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (RCOHS) ► Lakehead University Centre for the Application of Resource Information Systems {LU-CARIS) ► Lakehead University Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Research Laboratory Lakehead UNIVERSITY �RESEARCH GRANTS & CONTRAOS SOURCES OF RESEARCH FUNDING in thousands of dollars 2004-2005 in thousands of dollars $17,500- - - - - - - - - - - -$15,000- - t - - - - - - - - - - - - $12,500- - t - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 00/01 01 /02 02/03 03/04 2% SSHRC $366 14% NSERC $2,569 3% CIHR 13% CFI $2,342 18% Other Federal $3,355 10% Ontario Living Legacy $1,742 9% Ontario Innovation Trust $1,564 9% Other Provincial $1,674 20% Private Sector $3,694 2% Misc. 04/05 $470 $329 CONTAa INFORMATION Office of the Vice-President (Research) ► Dr. Rui Wang Vice-President (Research) Lake~ead University Centre for Analytical Services ► Al MacKenzie Director (807) 343-8180 (807) 343-88S3 Office of the Associate Vice-President (Research) Innovation Management Office ► Dr. ► Umed Panu Associate Vice-President (Research) (807) 343-8678 Barbara Eccles Manager, Technology Transfer (807) 343-8184 Office of Research . ► Anne Klymenko Manager, Office of Research (807) 343-8223 Lakehead UNIVERSITY P11r <1197bl' L-<r b~"<' P11 P...011<1L9·~br' • 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, P7B 5E1 • Phone (807) 343-8223 • http://vpresearch.lakeheadu.ca • Orillia Campus, The Heritage Place, 1 Colbome Street West, Orillia, Ontario, Canada, L3V 7X5 • Phone (705) 329-3746 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from Lakehead University's history: people, events, and campus. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead Research Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource Booklet highlighting achievements of Lakehead researchers. Circa 2005. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/080814d1ecf8b33894a59e080c7766dc.pdf c1cb49d023745974665f4c3c443303b9 PDF Text Text Lakehead UNIVERSI T Y The Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre Lakehead has made a significant commitment to reconciliation, committing to address many of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's "94 Calls to Action." In particular, #63.3 "Building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect" has become a guiding principle for the commitments Lakehead has made to the Indigenous community in Northwestern Ontario. The Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre (meaning "higher knowledge" in Ojibwe) acknowledges that education is key to Reconciliation and to the creation of a culture of understanding across communities that will support a more equitable and inclusive future for Indigenous people. The Centre will provide critically needed community and cultural infrastructure for Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Located in the heart of the Lakehead University campus, in the City of Thunder Bay, this facility will be a community destination that will be an expression of Indigenous culture, a centre focused on Reconciliation in the land of the Anishinaabe. It will also act as a community hub - a gathering and meeting place welcoming Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members. The Centre will provide archival space to store documents of historical significance, such as artifacts and legal documents, and to display and share knowledge related to curated collections to visitors from the community and region. The Centre will expand outreach activities to youth and increase teaching and support services for Indigenous learners Ontario has the largest Indigenous population in Canada (374,395)*. The second largest population is in British Columbia (207,580). Noft, lndla-i,1 $42,564 lndl9enou1 $33.218 Building a facility that will reflect and celebrate the culture of Indigenous communities in the region will help encourage Indigenous students to pursue postsecondary studies. The Centre will also provide support for work placement, training and skills development. Moving forward with this project will have significant impact on economic development in Northern Ontario. Gichi Kendaaisiwn • Upon construction, the Gichi Kendaasiwin would contribute an estimated $37.5M to Ontario's GDP • Once Operational, an additional estimated $10.28M will be contributed to Ontario's GDP on an annualized basis • Over the next five years provide a total contribution to Ontario's GDP of approximately $75.7M • The Centre will generate an estimated 300 full-time jobs associated with the major capital build • Once operational, estimated to offer 83 full-time jobs a year As Northwestern Ontario's only university, Lakehead University has long played an essential role in the region's economic growth, helping it transition and diversify from a resourcebased to a knowledge-based economy. Lakehead University is an integral component of Northern Ontario's competitive advantage and the Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre will help the Indigenous population in Northern Ontario to take full advantage of economic development opportunities. The medium annual income for Indigenous people in Ontario (aged 25-64) is $33,218 compared to $42,564 for the non-Indigenous population. Thunder Bay is the Census Metropolitan with the 12.7% Area highest proportion of ~ Indigenous People in Canada (12. 7% of the population) December 2020 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from Lakehead University's history: people, events, and campus. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource Information on the planned Gichi Kendaaswin Centre, December 2020. "The Centre will provide critically needed community and cultural infrastructure for Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Located in the heart of the Lakehead University campus, in the City of Thunder Bay, this facility will be a community destination that will be an expression of Indigenous culture, a centre focused on Reconciliation in the land of the Anishinaabe." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada - Ontario - Thunder Bay https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/66a5890055c5e971f5916c9bb8ba7fd6.pdf 62f88eb7a4bdd505c121f050690c8c96 PDF Text Text Lakehead UNI V ERSI TY Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre Lakehead University is excited and ready to be a partner in advancing and realizing an ambitious vision for Ontario, playing a key role in Northern Ontario's future economic development through education, training and skills development, and research. • Lakehead University's Thunder Bay campus is located in the heart of Northwestern Ontario, an area rich in natural resources that continues to be an important contributor to provincial prosperity. • Lakehead is a driver of the Northern economy, developing highly skilled graduates in fields such as health care, business, engineering, and natural resources (including mining and forest management) that attract students to Northern Ontario and support economic growth across the region. • Graduates from Lakehead's core programs in fields such as forestry, geology and resource management experience a 100% employment rate, illustrating the quality of programming delivered in Ontario's North. Through the development of the Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre, Lakehead will connect Ontario's natural resources industry with the skilled workforce they require today and in the future, support the continued development of a mobile and highly skilled workforce capable of meeting the needs of the evolving economy in Northern Ontario, and create a hub for Indigenous pathways to education and ongoing skills development. "Lakehead continues to play a critically important role in Northwestern Ontario, both as an academic institution as well as serving as a catalyst for continued economic growth. Lakehead's support of Indigenous students and their commitment to inclusion and cultural awareness is another demonstration of their leadership." - Seth Kursman Vice President, Corporate Communications, Sustainability and Government Affairs, Resolute Forest Products Connecting Northwestern Ontario's Natural Resources Industry with Local Talent Lakehead will drive collaboration between economic development agencies and Ontario's natural resources industry to develop the skilled labour required today, and in the future. Industry Connector Gateway Lakehead's new Industry Connector Gateway will be strategically placed within the proposed Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre and will serve Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Economic Development agencies such as: Ontario First Nations Economic Developers Association, Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business, the Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund, Ontario Professional Foresters Association, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Through these partnerships, Lakehead will identify sector-specific needs that will result in timely industry-specific programming and training such as Lakehead's new Native Access Program in Engineering and Certificate in Geology. 'Goldcorp is a major employer in Northwestern Ontario and employs more than 1500 people at our operations in Red Lake and Musselwhite, an operation north of Thunder Bay. Lakehead University is ideally placed to serve local industry. The University has a lot to offer based on a range of expertise in health care, law, sustainability, geology, and Indigenous studies. Goldcorp's business is evolving and we need partners in order to leverage new technology and approaches to mining to ensure we remain relevant to Northerners. We support the Lakehead infrastructure project, the Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre with the Government of Ontario and believe it can contribute to economic and social growth in the region.' - John Mullally VP, Government Affairs & Energy Regulation, Goldcorp Inc. �AMobile, Skilled Workforce By offering students professional placements in communities such as Red Lake, Sioux Lookout and Geraldton, Lakehead helps to create links between employers in rural and remote communities throughout Northwestern Ontario and our successful graduates. As a result, over 27,000 graduates live and work in communities throughout Northwestern Ontario, fuelling the economy of the North. Through the Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre, Lakehead will not only build capacity in the Natural Resources industry in Northwestern Ontario, but will also continue to develop the professionals rural and remote communities require in areas such as health care, education and other industries in local communities. Providing Access to Life-Long Learning and Skills Development for Ontario's North A new approach to stackable modular credentials that meets the needs of industry and of rural and remote learners will be developed and delivered through the Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre. This new approach to a university education will be sector focused, flexible, and nimble to meet the needs of Northern Ontario's evolving economy. The Gichi Kendaasiwin Centre will create a hub for Indigenous pathways to education and ongoing skills development. lmmersive Distance Learning Technology Hub Lakehead's lmmersive Distance Learning Technology Hub will facilitate the development of partnerships that will help enable rural, remote and northern communities to develop, attract and retain highly skilled workers and support economic development. Housed within the Gichi Kendaasiwin, a range of diverse programs will be delivered through the Hub, including a Ontario has the largest Indigenous population in Canada (374,395)*. The second largest population is in British Columbia (207,580). .... nllgenous $42,664 lncllgtnoua $33.218 business leadership certificate and Lakehead's Native Access programming such as the Native Nurses Entry Program. Lakehead University and Seven Generations Education Institute are partnering on an important initiative that will deliver immersive distance learning and training for students in rural and remote communities across the region. The unique delivery of these programs will help Indigenous learners to overcome some of the barriers faced in accessing postsecondary education, with the goal of increasing the university participation rate of the Indigenous population in Northern Ontario. "The proposal and project are in line with Strategic and Academic Plans of both institutions and will bring significant capacity to the community and region." - Brent Tookenay CEO, Seven Generations Education Institute Financial Impact • • • • • Upon construction, the Gichi Kendaasiwin would contribute an estimated $37.5M to Ontario's GDP Once Operational, an additional estimated $10.28M will be contributed to Ontario's GDP on an annualized basis Over the next five years provide a total contribution to Ontario's GDP of approximately $75.7M The Centre will generate an estimated 300 full-time jobs associated with the major capital build Once operational, estimated to offer 83 full-time jobs a year The medium annual income for Indigenous people in Ontario (aged 25-64) is $33,218 compared to $42,564 for the non-Indigenous population. 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Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Achievement Program Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource Brochure for the Lakehead University Achievement Program. Circa 2020-2021? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/89c480a17d6d316e956b4ecb4ba6cff7.pdf 7b6504c53a773769321a587aae5089bb PDF Text Text An Exciting 2016-17 W elcome to the Faculty of Law Newsletter for 2016-17! We have had a great fourth year at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law with lots of news to share as you will see within these pages. At the end of 2016, we celebrated the graduation of the Charter Class! In September, our graduates attended for the first time the Law Society of Upper Canada Call to the Bar and we were so proud of them! Now, we are preparing for our second set of graduates who will continue the tradition of exemplary law graduates entering the legal profession. We have grown our student services and staffing at the law school this past year to enhance our delivery of the legal •program. Upon the recommendation of our Aboriginal Advisory Committee, we have in place the new Director of Indigenous Relations. We have also brought on board the position of Director of Student Services and Skills to better equip our students and support our innovative Integrated Practice Curriculum (IPC). Please take a moment to read about our distinguished f~culty members who are highlighted for thei~ engagement in innovative research, scholarship and teaching. All of these dedicated individuals contribute to our level of excellence and novation. On beha ave had ttie great pleasure o ma ity supporters at law scho receptions ancl conferences. We are very__ thankful fo e connection w er Bay Law Association jointl~ coordin uch 'as the Welcome to al Rrofession Ce Courthouse; the Annual , Basketball and Hockey arnes against our law students;, any others. There has been such a wonderful outpouring support both in the North and throughout Ontario for our law students. This has been especially true with our Practice Placements. We continue to have far more opportunities than students to fill those opportunities. Thank you to all of those serving as supervisors for the Practice Placements and making the experience so enriching and based on practical legal competencies. As the 2016-2017 academic year comes to a close, we can look back at the big strides we have taken and the exciting times that are ahead. Warm regards, ~~~ Dean and Professor of Law [ _ ~ Lakehead Inaugural Graduating Class of 2016 ~----_...,..._.:_ _~ ...- - -- - - - - " - - - - - - - - - 1 .- - - - ~ - - _____:::_ ~ - 1h.a.n.k ?.lotL --=--==--~~--------' �Community legal Services New Review Counsel It's been a busy year at Community Legal Services. In a few short months we will be celebrating our second anniversary of delivering free legal service to low income individuals in the Thunder Bay community. We have grown so much in that time. We recently welcomed our third lawyer to the clinic. Joanna Goldenberg joined us as Review Counsel in March 2017. Joanna is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She was called to the bar in 2008. Her primary area of practice has been criminal defence work and most recently she was employed with Kitikmeot Law Centre in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Joanna will be supervising clinic files in the areas of criminal law, provincial offences and tenant rights applications. OTLA Cup Each year lawyers from the Ontario Trial Lawyer Association (OTLA) support the development of trial skills, civility and professionalism amongst law school students by organizing the OTLA Cup. Law schools from across Ontario compete in a simulated trial which covers all aspects of a real court case. This was a historic year for the OTLA Cup. It marked the cup's 25th anniversary and the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law's first entry in the competition. The trailblazing team consisted of students Amber Bonnell, Ryan Venn, April Snow and Jillian Kellar. The OTLA Cup rotates amongst Ontario cities and is presided over by a local judge, with OTLA members making up the jury. This year the moot was held in Toronto with the Honourable Mr. Justice Firestone presiding. Competition was tight as all the participants were extremely well prepared and with the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law ultimately bringing home top prize. Lakehead team coaches Daniel Lester and Jeff Moorley of White Macgillivray Lester LLP applaud this pioneering team who showed skill, dedication, and confidence in their preparation and performance. They made a great first impression on behalf of Lakehead. Kawaskimhon Moot Team ID Clinic In March of this year, we partnered with Kinna-aweya Community Legal Clinic to host an ID clinic. Lack of official government ID is a barrier for many individuals. Without proper identification many people cannot access appropriate community support, or benefits such as housing, food banks, income support, education and employment. Space for this joint venture was generously provided by Anishnawbe Mushkiki. Seven law students, mostly first years, volunteered their time to help numerous community members fill out applications for birth certificates. The demand for this important service exceeded our capacity and we are hoping to hold another ID clinic again before the end of 2017. Expansion of Services But this is not the end of our great news. We are currently in the process of launching our services into the municipality of Greenstone. We would like to thank Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic who have offered to let us use space in their Geraldton satellite office, from time to time, in order to allow us the opportunity to expand our services in to that community. 2 Community Legal Services In partnership and with the financial support of the BMO Financial Group, the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law's Kawaskimhon Moot team travelled to Calgary, Alberta on March 8, 2017 to participate in the moot hosted by the University of Calgary's Faculty. The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law was represented by second-year student Tahnee Caraballo of Garden River First Nation. The other member of the moot team, Kailey Doxtator, was unable to attend due to illness, though she was integral to the research and writing of Bora Laskin Faculty of Law's position paper. This year's moot problem dealt with the timely issue of negotiations for a pipeline crossing Aboriginal territory in the province of New Brunswick. The Lakehead team represented a ctional Mi'gmaq First Nation. Our table (New Brunswick) was the only one to reach an agreement, due in no small part to the clever negotiation talents of our team, reports Gilbert Deschamps, Director of Indigenous Relations. Tahnee Caraballo did an outstanding job presenting our negotiation position and impressed many of the other team members with her knowledge and eloquence. It was a huge challenge to be a one-person team. Some of the other teams had four students. It was a great opportunity to meet other law students from across the country, Deschamps says. Next year's moot will be hosted by McGill's Faculty of Law in Montreal. �Small Town Boy Makes a Big Difference for Future Leaders in Law For three decades, David H. Gordon was committed to helping others. Born in Sudbury, Ont., David dedicated his life to the legal profession, practicing as a Senior Partner at McCarthy Tetrault for over 35 years where he was also a tireless mentor to young attorneys. Today, David's legacy continues to impact future law leaders through the D.H. Gordon Foundation Law Award. Established in 2013 by the D.H. Gordon Foundation in his memory, the prestigious $10,000 award is awarded annually to one student from the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law on the basis of academic excellence and financial need, with the hope of making law school more accessible and affordable. Through the generosity of donors like the D.H. Gordon Foundation, the Faculty of Law has been able to recruit and retain highly qualified and diverse students. These gifts are a special investment in our law school, and instil in our students a sense of confidence, pride and encouragement. "Having been selected to receive the D. H. Gordon Foundation Award, the financial costs of pursuing my studies has been significantly reduced, which has enabled me to devote more of my time to focus on my studies and academic activities. This award has inspired me to believe that I can move forward with my dreams and make them a reality." -Amanda Somek, JD Graduate 2017 Bora Laskin Faculty of Law A photo of David is proudly displayed in the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law to help inspire and call to attention the value of listening, learning and working hard: driving forces exemplified throughout David's life and practice. "We included Lakehead University in our will because we believe in the transformative power of education." Dr.. Bill Heath Professor Emeritus, Lakehead University Ms. Betty Heath Lakehead Alumna Creating a will is arguably one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your family. Not only can a will protect those you care for, it can also detail how you would like your estate managed. Agift in your will to Lakehead University can provide future financial support to a student, create a lasting legacy and provide significant estate tax benefits. For information call Lee-Anne Camlin, Philanthropy Associate (807) 346-7792 Email: rlcamlin@lakeheadu.ca �FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Ryan Alford Dr. Mariette Brennan Assistant Professor Associate Professor Dr. Alford received his doctorate in public, constitutional, and international law from the University of South Africa. He recently published a book based upon his research, Permanent State of Emergency: The Demise of the Rule of Law in the United States, through McGill-Queens University Press. Publishers Weekly called this book a "timely and prescient debut ... starkly argues that America is no longer a rule-of-law state ... What could have been a dry legal text is instead a lively, informative, and at times very frightening history ... Alford 1s utterly reasonable and objective study is a compelling, important call to restore democratic balance." Additionally, Dr. Alford recently published articles in the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, the National Journal of Constitutional Law and the Review of Constitutional Studies discussing accountability for modifications to constitutional conventions, Bill C-51 and its corrosive effect on the rule of law, and the desirability of asserting parliamentary control over decisions to deploy the Canadian Forces. He also presented sections of his forthcoming book The Rule of Law in Canada at conferences in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. ) Dr. Alford enjoys teaching law students, eipecially first-year students, and is looking forward in particular to teaching constitutional law to firstyear students in the coming academic year. David Blaikie Assistant Professor David Blaikie taught Torts and Civil Practice in the 2017 winter term (he was on a leave of absence in the fall). He completed the second edition of the volume on the law of damages in Halsbury's Laws of Canada (LexisNexis). David also helped organize a conference for jurists in Kochi, India in May 2017, working with Judge Sandra Oxner {retired) and Dr. Madhva Menon of the National University of India Law School. The conference is in support of a book on lawyers and social justice {to be published by Oxford University Press), and he is a contributing editor. He continues to sit as a board director of the St. Andrew Soup Kitchen in Thunder Bay, and the Johnson Scholarship Foundation in West Palm Beach, Florida. David joined the Faculty of Law in July 2014 and he teaches in the areas of evidence, torts, civil procedure, professional responsibility and alternative dispute resolution. 4 Faculty Highlights Dr. Mariette Brennan received her PhD from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in 2011 and worked as an assistant professor at Bond University's Faculty of Law {Australia). Dr. Brennan joined the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law as a founding faculty member in July 2013. She received tenure and a promotion to associate professor in 2016. She also serves as an assistant professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and is a core member {member knowledgeable in law) on the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre's Research and Ethics Board. Dr. Brennan primarily researches in the area of health law and constitutional law. In the fall of 2016, she began a project with Dr. Lori Chambers (Women's Studies, Lakehead University), Dr. Elaine Wiersma {Health Sciences, Lakehead University) and the Ontario Dementia Advisory Group; focusing on the legal and human rights of people living with dementia. This project has been funded in part with a grant by the Law Foundation of Ontario. Dr. Brennan's other upcoming research project, in conjunction with assistant professor Miriam Cohen, focuses on citizenship rights and statelessness. Following a conference presentation at the Canada 150 Conference in Ottawa, the project will culminate in a formal academic paper assessing the constitutionality of Canada's laws on citizenship revocation. Dr. Frances E. Chapman Associate Professor Dr. Chapman worked with Dr. Mariette Brennan to put the Foundations course online in the summer of 2016. She was a reviewer on several academic papers, finished a chapter on abortion in an upcoming monograph, and authored a lengthy book review on the potential for a "parent-partner status" in family law. In addition, she submitted several papers including one with Professor Jason Maclean called Au Revoir, Monsieur Big? Confessions, Coercion and the Courts, dealing with "Mr. Big" sting operations. She published a paper with former student Lauren Tarasuk called Slender Man On Trial: Has Social Media Taken the Minds of the Young? and authored another paper in the U.S. called 'Butcher of Women': 'Abortion Tourism,' Canadian Abortion Access and the Cautionary Case Study of Kermit Gosnell. Dr. Chapman delivered some guest lectures for Professor Daniel Dylan in his Professional Responsibility class in the Winter semester. In June she will attend a Canadian Association of Law Teachers conference to discuss the future of legal education. Dr. Chapman was admitted to the Bar in 2003 after having completed her Juris Doctor at the University of Western Ontario, and her undergraduate degr:ee at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Chapman completed her Master of Laws degree at Western Ontario while teaching part-time at Fanshawe College. She then moved to Toronto to complete her PhD in law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. Frances finished her PhD in 2009 while teaching full time at St. Jerome's University at the University of Waterloo. Her areas of interest are in criminal law and focus on defences, including brainwashing, automatism, duress, necessity and mental disorder. She focuses particularly on wrongful convictions, violence against women and domestic violence. �Miriam Cohen Daniel Dylan Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Miriam Cohen pursued her research and teaching in her main areas of expertise: international law and Canadian public law. She has taught courses in Canadian criminal law, constitutional law, public international law and international criminal justice. First-year students participated in a mock bail hearing and criminal law moot, pleading for both the Crown and Defence, and constitutional law students had to make oral submissions concerning Charter breaches. In the public international law course, students negotiated an international treaty, and in the international criminal justice elective course students made submissions for the defence, prosecution and victims in an ICC Moot Court. Professor Cohen also had a productive research year, with publications in the areas of ~uman rights ~n_d reparati_ons for international crimes. She received a compet1t1ve Canadian Bar Association Law for the Future Fund, a prestigious Foundation for Legal Research award and a Research Development Fund grant, in support of research projects for which she will hire Law students as research assistants. She continued to serve as rapporteur to an Oxford University Press multi-year research project and as director of the Children's Aid Society. Finally, her legal advice was sought in an international case, representing a state seeking reparations for internally wrongful acts. Prior to joining the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law in July 2015, Professor Cohen served in legal advisory roles at the United Nation's International Court of Justice in The Hague and at the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court. Karen Drake Assistant Professor Over the past academic year, Karen Drake had two articles published in peerreviewed journals: one in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal (http://digitalcommons.osgoode. yorku.ca/ohlj/) and one in the McGill Journal of Law and Health (http://mjlh.mcgill.ca/ volumes.php). She currently has a third peer-reviewed article forthcoming in the Canadian Bar Review. During the 2016-17 year, Professor Drake gave nine presentations at conferences and at other law faculties, including a keynote address for Lancaster House's Human Rights and Accommodation Conference in Toronto. She also conducted three training sessions on Anishinaabe law: one for faculty members at Windsor's Faculty of Law one for approximately 50 federal Department of Justice lawyer~, and one for the staff and Commissioners of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. In addition, she co-organized a workshop which was hosted by the Indigenous Bar Association in Vancouver and funded by a SSH RC grant. She is currently co-editing a book comprising the papers presented at the workshop, entitled Redefining Relationships: Indigenous Peoples and Canada. Finally, over the past year, Professor Drake was appointed a commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, a commissioner with the Metis Nation of Ontario's Commission on Metis Rights and Self-Government, and as vice chair of Lakehead University's Research Ethics Board. Daniel Dylan is excited to have completed his first year of teaching at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. "Each of the courses I taught presented - their own challenges, but all were overcome and students are well-poised to move forward into upper year courses as well as their legal careers," he says. Next year he will be teaching a course titled Intellectual Property Law & Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, which reflects one dimension of his scholarly interests and expertise. His other interests are environmental, natural resources and animal law. "I hope to teach courses in these areas as well, as the Faculty continues to grow," he says. In May 2017, he is set to present a paper which deals with indigenous intellectual property law issues at Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Canada's "Symposium on Genetic Resources, Biodiversity, and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge." In June 2017, the University of New Brunswick Law Journal will publish a paper he authored on the complicated intersection among natural resources, administrative and constitutional law in Nunavut. "I look forward to continuing to teach Contract Law and Legal Research & Writing to the incoming first year class, Evidence Law to the second year class, and welcome all students to the Faculty in the fall 2017," he says. Law Library a Full Resource Centre The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law Library opened 1n September 2013, but it's only been since last summer that it has been fully staffed. Librarian Debra Gold splits her time between the main campus and the Law Library at the historic PACI building. Library Technician Julie Wright is on-site fulltime and available to assist staff and students, along with a group of law student circulation workers. The Law Library offers a mix of digital and print items. It boasts more than 7,000 volumes in its print collection, primary sources such as laws and statutes, as well as law-related books. The collection has a particular focus on Aboriginal law, Natural Resources law, and materials suitable for rural and small town lawyering. Located in the building 's original library, the spacious Law Library can accommodate up 100 people in fixed seating. A mezzanine level consists of 20 study carrels, three small group study rooms, and an instructional lab . The Law Library has compiled a vast digital resource. The list includes online access to Litigator, Lexis Advance Quicklaw and HeinOnline, among others. ·'Research assistance, help locating items not available in the library, and search tips are just a few things we offer, " Gold explains. Fa c u lty H1ghl1ghts �Indigenous Relations Aboriginal law is a cornerstone of the curriculum at Lakehead University's Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. Along with mandatory courses on Indigenous Legal Traditions and Aboriginal Law, faculty bring to life Aboriginal culture and history through experiential learning in courses on Aboriginal Perspectives and through its speaker series and other events. Most of this work is undertaken through the office of Gilbert Deschamps, Director of Indigenous Relations. Deschamps' experiences includes legal practice focusing on family and criminal law. He also served as a policy analyst for several Indigenous-focused companies. He was also a band councillor at the Red Rock First Nation (Lake Helen Reserve) of Ontario. The aim to work closely with local Aboriginal community leaders led to the signing of an Aboriginal Protocol Agreement in 2013 to "establish a strong, meaningful and respectful working relationship regarding the Faculty of Law." The agreement brings together leaders from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, the Union of Ontario Indians, Grand Council Treaty #3, and the Metis Nation of Ontario on a semi-annual basis to discuss issues relating to Aboriginal perspectives of the law. As part of Lakehead's Aboriginal Cultural and Support Services, an Elder-in-Residence program is in place to provide individual and group support. Students can come by to speak one-on-one with the Elder or join in on a group discussion at the Aboriginal Resource Centre & Lounge. The visiting Elder in Residence program has featured Beatrice Twance-Hynes, Sam Achneepineskum, Ma-Nee Chacaby and Gerry Martin. Distinguished Speakers Along with instruction from knowledgeable faculty, the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law also welcomes distinguished members of the legal profession to meet and speak to the student body and community at-large. On Nov. 7 and 8, 2016, the Harold G. Fox Distinguished Lecture series was launched with the inaugural speaker, Dr Lloyd Axworthy. First, a public lecture was held where Dr. Axworthy offered his perspective on the future of Criminal Law, the International Criminal Court and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. Second, a round table was held on the subject of "Canadian Indigenous Issues and their Impact on Global Politics." The event featured Dr. Axworthy, along with Lakehead President Brian Stevenson, and Dean Angelique EagleWoman. Axworthy is former Minister of Foreign Affairs and past President of the University of Winnipeg. The event was made possible by the Harold G. Fox Education Fund. On March 31, 2017, Senator Kim Pate addressed a luncheon at the John N. Paterson Auditorium. Pate is a nationally renowned advocate who has spent 35 years working in the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized particularly imprisoned - youth, men and women. A member of the Order of Canada, Pate was appointed to the Senate of Canada last November. On Feb. 15, 2017, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell gave a well-attended public lecture. The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and former Undersecretary-General of the United Nations, Dowdeswell drew upon her eclectic public service career spanning provincial, federal, and international borders to speak on the subject of The Crown and Reconciliation in 2017. The list of speakers over the past year also includes: Chief Justice George R. Strathy (Nov. 29, 2016); and Law Society of Upper Canada Treasurer Paul Schabas (Oct. 28, 2016). Supreme Court Chief Justice Delivers Inaugural Lecture For The Newly-established Bora Laskin Distinguished Lecture Series On April 3, 2017, the Faculty of Law had the great honour of welcoming the Right Honorable Chief Justice Beverley MacLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Chief Justice delivered the inaugural lecture for the newly-established Bora Laskin Distinguished Lecture Series. The topic of the lecture was "Delivering Justice in Canada's North. In her remarks, the Chief Justice focused on making justice accessible in remote communities and particularly for Indigenous people of the North. Her words inspired those in attendance and demonstrated her deep commitment to ensuring fair, just judicial processes for all Canadians. The PACI Paterson Auditorium was filled to capacity, with an overflow room also in use, for the attendance of nearly three hundred for the event. 11 6 Staff News �Charter Class Alumni school. I am indebted to the patient lawyers at the Faculty's legal aid clinic and many local lawyers who helped me become a lawyer capable of solving the real-world problems faced by so many in the north." Elysia Petrone Reitberger Ryan Green Ryan Green is still amazed by everything that has happened since his first day at law school. Growing up in the East End of Thunder Bay, law school and the opportunity to become a lawyer didn't appear possible. "Simply put, Lakehead University changed my life and provided me a remarkable opportunity - the chance to help people in this community," he says. With a commitment to advancing access to justice and experience in human resources and academic advising, he made the decision to compete for one of the coveted spots within the inaugural class. Even now, after graduating he is "still astonished to have been accepted." The challenge of starting law school while in his thirties and with three-yearold twins was daunting. Added to the challenge "was the welcome arrival of my third daughter during second year!" Nevertheless, a can-do attitude saw him succeed and he is "thankful for the opportunity to have been there in the beginning, and having learned alongside a group of amazing students." Ryan wasted no time after his call to the Bar on Friday, Sept. 23; the following Monday, he had his own law practice. Ryan Green Law Office is a criminal law defence practice that keeps him very busy working throughout Thunder Bay and the region. His work consists of attending court for early morning bail hearings, meeting with clients and conducting trials while building his business. "Most of the week, I return to my office after court to work well into the night, but I'm happy to do it!" he says. Ryan plans to work with local law students and help those, who like him, lacked professional connections or legal experience. "I am especially thankful for the support I received while studying at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law," he says. "I was practice-ready because of the dedication of all those who built our When Elysia Petrone Reitberger decided to return to her hometown and attend law school, she was inspired by its focus on Indigenous and Environmental/Natural Resources law and that the program was geared to people who wanted to practice in the north. As a member of the Charter class, she found the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law met all her expectations. "Over the three years, I learned so much and took some really great courses," Elysia says. "It was a special time in my life not only because of the knowledge I gained and the experiences I had, but also because it affected my career path and my worldview." The daughter of well-known members of the Thunder Bay legal community, Elysia was also able to further connect with her indigenous heritage by studying at a school where aboriginal law was a priority. "My favourite courses were Anishinaabe Constitutionalism with Aaron Mills, and Karen Drake's class on Indigenous Legal Traditions. They were an eye-opener to our multi-jural legal system and I especially enjoyed learning about Indigenous laws during a class visit out on the land." While assignments and readings kept her very busy, Elysia and her colleagues were still able to launch both the Indigenous Law and the Lakehead Environmental Law student associations. Highlights of their work include: organizing a rally at the Thunder Bay Police station to speak out against police checks and racial profiling, and filing applications to participate in the NEB's review of the Energy East pipeline. In the winter of her third year, Elysia secured a placement with Falconers LLP in the Thunder Bay office. Falconers is a firm that specializes in human rights and public interest litigation and represents various First Nation organizations in Northern Ontario. "At that time, the First Nation youth Inquest was in full swing in Thunder Bay," Elysia notes. "It was a great experience to participate in the largest multi-death inquest in Ontario's history. I was able to prepare cross-examination memos and work on making draft recommendations." She returned to Falconers as a student and after successfully passing the bar exams, she is now employed there as a lawyer. "Bora Laskin Law School definitely prepared me for this job," she says, "and I am thankful to be part of a firm doing interesting work that I am passionate about." Larissa Speak Larissa Speak grew up in Thunder Bay and completed an undergraduate degree at Lakehead University, majoring in English literature. She continued her studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. "After finishing a Master's degree at Queen's, I found myself at a crossroads," she says. "I could continue with my studies in English literature in Kingston, where the city hugs the shoreline of Lake Ontario and windmills crowd the horizon in the distance. But I felt the tug of my hometown, where even the massive lakers in the harbour look small against the backdrop of Lake Superior." A few years later, she found herself climbing the steps of the former PACI as part of the charter class at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. Under the leadership of Dean Lee Stuesser, the charter class blazed the trail for future students, now known affectionately as "Little Laskins." For Larissa, the program delivered on its mandate to prepare students for practising law in Northern Ontario. "I left the program with a firm grasp of legal practice in Ontario and with a keen interest to continue learning about indigenous laws and practices," Larissa says. Larissa was the top student in the graduating class of 58 and was called to the bar on Sept. 23, 2016. She is completing a clerkship at the Superior Court in Thunder Bay, which gives her the unique opportunity to work closely with judges of the Superior Court and to observe the lawyers of the local Bar in the courtroom. "My office is on the sixth floor of the new courthouse," Larissa says. "I only have to turn my head towards the window to see the chilly expanse of Lake Superior." Charter Class Alumni 7 �DFC Law Day February 17, 2017 Students and staff from Thunder Bay's Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFCHS) enjoyed a full day of learning and activities at DFC Law Day which took place Feb. 17, 2017. After an Eider's opening prayer, attendees were welcomed by Angelique EagleWoman, Dean and Professor of Law at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. Dean EagleWoman shared her personal story of growing up in an impoverished and difficult environment both on and off of her home reser~on. She spoke to the students about drawing upon her Dakota i pirituality to attain an education that led to her career in law. Presentations were made by Dr. Peggy Smith and Jerri-Lynn Orr on Aboriginal Initiatives/Gateway Program/Native Access Student Experiential Learning Opportunities Criminal Law Moot First-year students (ll) in the criminal law course participated in a criminal law moot, representing both the Crown (round 1) and Defence (round 2) in a fictional criminal negligence case. Finalists pleaded the case in front of Superior Court Justice F. Bruce Fitzpatrick and the law school community in the audience. The lL criminal law moot is part of the Integrated Practice Curriculum and has become a tradition at the Faculty of Law where students learn advocacy skills and how to build a case by analysing both sides of the argument. Civil Practice Tutorials The Civil Practice course is a key part of the Integrated Practice Curriculum at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. In the fall lecture portion of the course the focus is on learning the rules of civil procedure and in the winter the focus is on advocacy skills. Throughout the year, students meet in workshops (groups of 5 or 10) with instructors who are practicing members of Email: law@lakeheadu.ca Program; Joy Nieminen, Native Nursing Entry Program; and Truth and Reconciliation Chair Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux. DFC students and students from the Law program then went to the PACI Gym for guide groups. Information sessions were also held. They included: Know Your Rights with Police and Ontario Human Rights. Later they participated in a Moot Court Exhibition, with faculty member Dr. Ryan Alford. DFCHS is located in Thunder Bay and hosts high school students from many different Sioux Lookout District First Nations. DFCHS was established by the parents and elders in the Sioux Lookout District and is operated by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council. the bar. Using a hypothetical fact situation that will eventually be the basis for a mock civil trial, the students learn how to draft pleadings, affidavit of documents, motion record, a factum and book of authorities. The workshops in the winter term teach the basics of trial practice, including opening and closing arguments and the examination of witnesses. The course culminates in a four-hour mock trial, with students working in groups of two, representing either the Plaintiff or the Defendant. Ontario Justice Education Network High School Day October 7, 2016 On Oct. 7, 2016, the Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) partnered with the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law to host the Thunder Bay Law Symposium for several dozen grade 11 students. This full day of interactive sessions included a tour of the law school, a mock traffic court, a mock law school lecture, police fitness testing, and a session on murdered and missing indigenous women. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Lakehead University Faculty of Law Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/deffefa643ba8985833df834f419a81f.pdf e439c9d474afb9b4fa21726c69625d01 PDF Text Text �----------------~ . p r - U ~ ff~ N : "Be the first to enjoy and the last to worry" - Dominic Man-Kit Lam ~~~~­ ~~~~ ~ ~0~ .fo yl/\,v I- ~~ - ~~ _I! ~~t )~'!· �DOMINIC MAN-KIT LAM How Lakehead shaped an international innovator in science and art by Berton Woodward There are a lot of what-ifs in the story of Lakehead's first international student, Dominic Man-Kit Lam (BSc Hons'67), and how he became a global success in science, art, business, and philanthropy. What if he hadn't run into the Nobel Laureate on the back stairs at Harvard? What ifhe hadn't been playing with some malfunctioning chemicals in a photo lab one evening? And most importantly, what if, as a new student from Hong Kong, he hadn't met Donald Ayre in Montreal,just as Ayre was leaving to take up a job as registrar of Lakehead? "My life would have been completely different," agrees Dominic. The way it turned out, he went on to become a leading expert on the human eye and to invent a groundbreaking procedure for preventing secondary cataracts that made him financially independent. At the same time, Dominic's artistic sensibility led him to create a new art form, known as Chromoskedasic Painting, and he has held exhibitions as an artist all over the world, with pieces selling for up to US$1 million. He has received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Merit, and counts former president George H.W. Bush among his friends. Devoted now to art and philanthropy, Dominic created the World Eye Organization, a self-funded charity that is building eye treatment centres all over China and aims to go global. Yet he still stays on the cutting edge of science by pushing forward with what could be a huge boon for the 21st century: edible vaccines for animals and humans. "This is what education at a university like Lakehead gives you -you learn to take calculated risks." - Dominic Man-Kit Lam And all of this began with Lakehead, where his undergraduate years shaped him into the truly exceptional and unconventional individual he has become. Or, as Dominic offers with a laugh, "fearless and sometimes reckless." Dominic is the kind of person who makes an instant and deep impression on people, particularly highly-educated people. "Brilliant" is the word they usually use. That showed early on when the Lakehead University 1 �China-born, Hong Kong-raised teenager talked his way into a top-notch Jesuit school in Hong Kong during a meeting with the vice-principal, Fr. A. Deignan. This in tum led to a scholarship to Montreal's Jesuit-run Loyola University, where Dominic arrived in September 1964 at the age of 16. Dominic, who calls himself "an impatient person," always seemed to be in a hurry. In his first week in Canada, he discovered that you could do your undergraduate degree in three years in Ontario, unlike the four needed in Quebec. So he met with Ayre, just finishing as registrar at Loyola and Ayre - impressed - accepted him at Lakehead. Dominic jumped on a train for Port Arthur and, within two weeks of landing in Canada, was ensconced at Mrs. Robinson's boarding house and had a new Fort William City scholarship. "I had a really wonderful education at Lakehead," Dominic says. "I chose math as a major, because if I took liberal arts, I would have had to write essays and read a lot of books. Science would have meant many hours of lab work. Math is basically logic, and if you know it, it doesn't take much study." The calculating student still had to take English, though, and he fondly remembers learning Chaucer and the classics from the late John Rideout, chair of the English department and a Rhodes Scholar. Mathematics Professor Emeritus John Whitfield recalls Dominic as "quite an academic force. He stood out in all his classes. Anyone who met him was impressed with his scholarship." But it was his math instructor, now Professor Emeritus William Eames, and his physics professor, the late David Frood, who would prove instrumental in setting him on his path. "It's quite important in your formative years to have great teachers like these," says Dominic. Eames was a highly After receiving his HBS cfrom Lakehead in just threeyears, Dominic 1vent on to earn degrees from the Universiry ef British Columbia, the Universiry ef Toronto, and afaculty position at Harvard Medical School in record-breaking times. supportive presence in math, while Frood, he says, "was the inspiration for me to go into physics." During his nearly three years in Port Arthur, the man in a hurry managed to: 1) hold down two jobs - at Canada Post sorting mail during the week and at a Chinese restaurant on weekends; 2) become a table tennis star, starting on campus and ending up as Ontario university singles champion - Professor Emeritus George Ozburn describes watching Dominic play "like watching the Olympic competitions - really spectacular;" 3) join the Lakehead basketball team, and 4) play guitar and sing in jam sessions in local bars for pocket money. Oh yes, and 5) study, giving him the first-class marks to enter the University of British Columbia for his MSc in theoretical physics, as Frood had urged. "You got to know everybody at Lakehead and these were some of the most joyful years of my life," says Dominic. "It really shaped my future." Dominics contributions to science, medicine, art, philanthropy and business, earned him the admiration ef former US. President George H. W Bush, 1vho invited Dominic to be a member ef the Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1988 and to have a one-man sh0111 in 2003 at the George Bush Library and Museum. 2 Lakehead University The following May, he was back at Lakehead to teach a summer course in physics, having completed his MSc in eight months. Then it was off to the University of �Dominic's charity, the World Eye Organization, is givingpeople back their vision and their independence l?J preventing and treating rye diseases in poor and isolated regions. Dominic has also been involved with the "F/ying Eye Hospital" kn01vn as Pro/ect Orbis since 1980. This photo was taken in Guangzhou at the 30th anniversary ef Orbis in China in 2012. Toronto, where, fascinated by genetics and the contributions physics could make to medicine, he polished off a PhD in medical biophysics in a little over a year, getting a waiver to do so. At just 22, he was Dr. Lam. "I sized him up pretty quickly. He is obviously a very brilliant person." - Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Laureate Where next? Backed by a prestigious federal Centennial Award, he had a list of top universities to visit about doing a post-doc and chose Harvard Medical School as his first stop. But at Harvard he was devastated to learn that the world-leading visual scientists he was there to meet, Torsten Wiesel and David Hubel, had not yet come back from a trip. Expecting to move on to Cambridge or Cal Tech, Dominic was walking down the stairs when he ran into just-returned Wiesel coming up. The two went out for dinner, Wiesel was impressed, and a mentorship was born. "I sized him up pretty quickly. He is obviously a very brilliant person," says Wiesel, who with Canadian-born Hubel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981 for breakthroughs in visual information processing. Now 90 and president emeritus of Rockefeller University, Wiesel is still in regular touch with Dominic and often visited China with him. "He has a way of engaging himself in things and engaging other people in his interests and passions," says Wiesel. "He is one of the most dynamic and friendly people you could meet. He is constantly on the move, in science and in art." Although Dominic had been doing Chinese painting since he was six, his parents opposed any thought of him taking up brush strokes for a living. "If I could not be a visual artist," he often says, "I decided I would be a visual scientist." Under Wiesel and Hubel at Harvard, Dominic reached that goal, becoming a neuroscientist specializing in vision and joining the Harvard faculty at age 24. But it wasn't long before he was head-hunted as a professor of ophthalmology by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. "I feel very blessed that I have been able to use the commercial value of my visual art and the expertise of my visual science to help the visually impaired." - Dominic Man-Kit Lam There Dominic invented a drug against secondary cataract, helped create a cluster of private and academic research centres, took his own company public, and became lionized as "the father of Texas biotechnology." By 1988, he was financially independent and ready to pursue his other dreams. As part of his research at Baylor, Dominic took black and white photographs of the eye. On that what-if night in the darkroom in 1980, he failed to mix the photo solutions and found colours suddenly appearing on the paper. "I got excited, and very curious," he says. It later took him and Kodak's B. Rossiter an entire article in Scientific American (November, 1991) to explain exactly how this phenomenon Lakehead University 3 �occurs, but Dominic turned it into an art form - dubbed Chromoskedasic Painting, meaning "light scattering" - that can produce giant, vividly colourful images. Two samples of his paintings now hang in China's famed Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where many visiting heads of state stay in Beijing. At Baylor, too, Dominic worked with David Paton, chair of ophthalmology and founder of the renowned Project Orbis, in which a fully equipped airplane, the "Flying Eye Hospital," travels the world helping eye patients. Dominic, who got Paton to visit China, was inspired by his example. In 1999, when he moved back to Hong Kong, Dominic established his own charity. The World Eye Organization now runs nine eye hospitals treating rural people across China, with more planned. Dominic channels the income from his paintings, as well as other sources, to the organization. "I feel very blessed that I have been able to use the commercial value of my visual art and the expertise of my visual science to help the visually impaired," he says. "It's like a trinity of bliss." And there is more to come. Some 20 years ago, Dominic published his first journal article on the feasibility of edible vaccines, then conceived as being incorporated genetically into fruits and vegetables, to target animal and human diseases, from influenza to hepatitis B. This novel production and delivery method would be safe and far more efficient than costly and cumbersome injections, especially in developing countries. Even his two children - son Fong, now a pediatrics professor at Baylor, and daughter Yee, now a lawyer in Los Angeles - got involved in the research during high school. The patented idea was hailed by Time magazine in 2001 as one of the most important inventions for the new century. "You know, to be truly exceptional and unconventional, you actually have to be bold because with most major discoveries, people might laugh at you for 20 years." - Dominic Man-Kit Lam Recently, amid the controversy over genetically modified organisms, Dominic and his colleagues have turned to vaccines embedded in lactobacteria and contained in rice-sized pellets, mixed with animal feed, as the delivery method. This year, he received the first patent on the technology from Chinese authorities, who he hopes will soon approve its use against avian flu in chickens. "Animals will be much faster," he says, "but we are targeting five to IO years for making a health-food hepatitis B preventative for humans, maybe in tomato juice." Dominic observes that in science, "asking the right question is often the key to a breakthrough." Lakehead's belief in teaching people how to think, not what to think, resonates deeply with him. Dominic and his children 1ee (I) and Fong (r) at a Christmas party in 2014. Thry have theirfather's energy and drive and thry have become accomplished prefessionals in their respective fields of law and pediatrics. 4 Lakehead University "You know, to be truly exceptional and unconventional, you actually have to be bold," he says. "Because with most major discoveries, people might laugh at you for 20 years. So you have to be brave and not worry about what people think. This is what education at a university like Lakehead gives you - you learn to take calculated risks. You know it's exceptional, you know it's unconventional, but you figure that the odds are on your side." 50th Anniversary Memories Dominic Man-Kit Lam will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree at Lakehead's 2015 Convocation. We asked him four questions about his experience at the University. What was your favourite song while you were at Lakehead? "Windmills of your Mind" by Noel Harrison. It was so romantic yet so philosophical. Even mathematical "Round, like a circle in a spiral..." Was there a particular course or professor that made a difference for you? Professor William Eames in Mathematics. He gave me a lot of confidence. I chose math because it was easy for me, but it turned out that math is also the queen of sciences and the basis of logical thinking. What is your most vivid Lakehead University memory? One of them is riding the train from Montreal for 24 hours to get to Lakehead. The registrar, Donald Ayre, met me at the station. This was very touching to me. I didn't know where to go or where to stay. He helped me get settled. What are your thoughts on Lakehead's 50th Anniversary? I'm very excited to be part of this event, and most appreciative and grateful to the faculty for honouring me. I'm also very impressed that the medical school spends a lot of time training students to work in rural areas and among Aboriginal people. In China, too, it is very difficult to get doctors to work outside the cities. Lakehead is setting an excellent example for the rest of the world. -- Berton Woodward �Dominic Man-Kit Lam A LAKEHEAD JOURNEY In 2012, Dominic was invited by the International Olympic Committee to paint "Millennium Olympic Odyssey: From the Great Wall to River Thames," which was exhibited at the Barbican Centre, London, during the Olympic Games - it was also awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition. Doing a test in mathematics class one day, Dominic Man-Kit Lam remembers getting 100%. Nice enough, but it was the response of his Lakehead University math professor, William Eames, that he recalls most vividly. "I wish I could give you 105," Dominic remembers Eames saying. "Your solution was more elegant than mine." For a boy still in his mid-teens, that was a tremendously supportive thing to hear. "It gave me a lot of confidence." Dominic Lam likes to say he was shaped by Lakehead. But in some ways, you could say Dominic helped shape Lakehead. After all, when Dominic arrived in September 1964 at age 16, Northwestern Ontario's key educational institution - now celebrating its 50th anniversary - was only just becoming a university. Previously it had been the Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology, and it conferred its first degrees in 1965, at the end of Dominic's first year. Back then, there were about 400 students and 40 faculty, and Dominic was the first international student. "He was quite an academic force," remembers John Whitfield, a retired Lakehead mathematics professor and a former senior member of the administration who served as acting president for a year. "He stood out in all his classes. Anyone who met him was impressed with his scholarship." And that can mean a lot to an institution that is still forming. "Lakehead was very young at that time," says Whitfield. "We were just developing and feeling our way. To have students like Dominic come - especially from Lakehead University S �Dominic's MSc thesis 'The Gravitating Effect of Gravitation" (1967) and his invention of Chromoskedasic Painting (1980) have led him to interpret the universe through his art. (Above is Dominic's 2015 painting '54. Better Tomorro1v: Companion.''.) afar - lent a great deal to the stature and credibility of the University. He was probably the brightest student we'd had to that date. So he really made an impact on how we grew from that point." Today, of course, Lakehead is a major university with more than 8,500 students on two campuses, more than 300 faculty and 50,000 alumni. It ranks second in Ontario among primarily undergraduate institutions in the widely watched Maclean 's rankings, and eighth in the country. It gets especially high marks for its strong support for research and its low student/faculty ratio. "Lakehead has grown into a significant university in the country," says Whitfield. "Having guys like Dominic around in those early days helped us realize what the potential could be." Dominic was also a nice guy to have around, according to Whitfield. "He was a pleasant young man who got along well with faculty and fellow students. It's not easy sometimes for very bright students, but I had the impression he was well-liked. In the smaller upper-year classes, Dominic always seemed to bring a sense of joy and happiness to the class." Dominic remains grateful that he chose to study mathematics at Lakehead under professors like Eames and Whitfield. "My mathematics training was really important," he says. "I greatly encourage anyone, no matter what they want to be in life, to major in math. It is the basis of logical thinking." Dominic am·ved at Lakehead at the tender age of 16 to mqjor in mathematics. 6 Lakehead University During his studies, Dominic recalls, he became interested in Einstein's relativity theory, and went on to do his master's in theoretical physics at the urging of his Lakehead physics professor, David Frood. "In the first three months, before I even took my courses at the University of British Columbia, I did my thesis on 'The Gravitating Effect of Gravitation' under Prof. F. Kaempfer," says Dominic. "If it had not been for my mathematics training, I would not have been able to do that." "Math turned out to be better than anything else I could have chosen. If I had done physics, I would have been limited to physical sciences. If I had studied biology, I would have been limited to biology. But if you study math, you are not limited." "In the smaller upper-year classes, Dominic always seemed to bring a sense of joy and happiness to the class." - Professor Emeritus John Whitfield That solid grounding, leading to his physics MSc and his medical biophysics PhD, served him well at Harvard, where he studied visual and neural science for his post-doc under neurophysiologist Torsten Wiesel, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981 with colleague David Hubel. "Dominic's background in physics was good because as a physicist you think differently," says Wiesel. "I often like to work with physicists because they have a way of asking questions which are different from biologists. If you make it in physics," says �'Dr.Lam, 'Witn 6est wislies ant£ appreciation, Dominic, dubbed the 'father of Texas btotechnology," was awarded a US. Presidential Medal of Merit and also received this thank you note from the Republican Presidential Task Force for his achievements. Wiesel with a laugh, "you are better than average." Wiesel notes something else about his student and longtime friend, drawing an example from Dominic's sojourn at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. "When he was at Baylor, he had an amazing orchid garden, one of the best collections in the country," says Wiesel. "That's another aspect of Dominic. If he gets interested in something, there is no end to his passion. He wants to be the best." Indeed, when people are good at one thing, they're often good at a lot of things. At Lakehead, Dominic excelled at math and physics, of course. Later he would show off his talents in art, business, science, and philanthropy. But his other big strength as an undergrad was table tennis. By his second year, Dominic dominated Lakehead's table tennis competitions, becoming campus champion in singles and doubles, and he qualified for the Ontario Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association tournament held in Toronto. Professor Emeritus George Ozburn remembers that journey well. Ozburn, who taught biology and zoology, also coached Lakehead's squash team, whose tournament was held in Toronto at the same time. 6 pm on a Thursday. They had to be in Toronto - about 1,400 kilometres to the southeast - the next day, which meant driving all night and arranging ahead for gas stations to be open in the wee hours. At one point, a policeman stopped them to tell them the road was too icy to proceed, but after they told him they had to get to "Dominic was a standout table tennis player, bar none," says Ozburn. "Watching him play was like watching the Olympic competitions - really spectacular. Nobody could get a point from him." Driving to Toronto in the winter of 1966 was "the trip from hell," he chuckles. Ozburn, Dominic, and four squash players piled into a rented bench-seat Pontiac three in the front, three in the back - at Dominic with actor Jackie Chan Lakehead University 7 �Toronto for their matches, "he said, 'OK, just make sure you keep it on the road,"' recalls Ozburn. "I don't think they'd do that today." They arrived in Toronto by 3 pm Friday and played their tournaments at York University's Glendon College. "Dominic cleaned up in table tennis," says Ozburn. By Sunday, Dominic was the Ontario university singles champion (the squash team won their provincial title as well). Then they got in the Pontiac and drove back to Lakehead in time for class on Monday. While in Toronto, they also managed to have two great Chinese meals, thanks to Dominic. "He seemed to know the places," recalls Ozburn. "Authentic Chinese food, as he would say." 15,000-square-foot gym and an eight-lane swimming pool. But facilities were limited when Dominic attended, notes Ozburn. "And being as bright as he was, he was still committed to his education first." Dominic was not the only international student at Lakehead during his time there. Two of his friends from the Salesian School in Hong Kong, where he did his lower grades, also spent a year at the university - and both went on to major prominence in the Hong Kong business arena in later life. Henry Cheng Kar-Shun and Douglas Chan Wing-Tak studied business administration at Lakehead. Dominic, who is tall, also played basketball at Lakehead. " I remember scoring the critical two points from the foul line," he says. "It won the game." At the time, Henry's father, Cheng Yu-Tung, had established himself in the jewellery business and was turning to real estate. That enterprise became the New World Development Group, a major property firm in Hong Kong, and when he retired in 2012, Cheng Yu-Tung was listed by Bloomberg Business magazine as the world's 34th richest man. These days Lakehead boasts state-of-theart sport and fitness facilities, including a lfenry succeeded his father as chairman of New World, and Douglas wor_ked in the company as a managing director for many years. Dominic remains in touch with both men and is currently creating "Iridescent Gold" art works and jewellery in collaboration with the Cheng family's Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, now the world's largest jewellery company. Having reconnected with Henry and Douglas at Lakehead, Dominic says, "we became lifelong friends." Dominic also credits his brother Louis for giving him important support ever since his Harvard days. Louis joined Dominic in Boston at age 15 and followed him to Houston, where both raised families. Louis now serves as president of the World Eye Organization (where actor Jackie Chan chairs the international advisory board) and other Lam organizations. "Louis not only has a very good intellect and diligence but also exceptional emotional intelligence," says Dominic. "I would not be able to do many of my projects without him." Nor, arguably, without the grounding he got as an undergraduate. Today, Lakehead may be a much larger and more sophisticated university than it was in those early days. But Whitfield, who sits on Lakehead's 50th Anniversary Task Force, sees a continuum across the years. "Dominic and others made a significant contribution to setting the standards for the institution in terms of the kind of students we wanted to develop," he says. "Now, 50 years later, essentially we still want to do the same thing. People like Dominic are a powerful example of the fact that it can be done and that Lakehead is doing it." "That's another aspect of Dominic. If he gets interested in something, there is no end to his passion. He wants to be the best." - Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Laureate In 1981, Dominic, his daughter Yee, his son Fong, his brother Louis, and their mother gathered at Dominic} greenhouse in Houston. 8 Lakehead University ��~ Lakehead UNIVERSITY Internationa I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from Lakehead University's history: people, events, and campus. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead Alumni, Summer 2015 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource Lakehead Alumni. Summer 2015. Volume 32 #1. Issue features Dominic Man-Kit Lam; this copy is signed by Lam and addressed to President Stevenson. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/493986471d88d436393c76011d91f493.pdf bf31bcf3d0f798d176f79fc55418524d PDF Text Text 1~1·1-, I, I I I I 1·111·1·111�·•-.·•�-•·•·s••s-ss5s-5��s�-�-� � �.., NURTURING a PASSION to LEAD STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-18 Growth & Capacity Development Community Engagement Nurturing Scholarship Economic Development Lear�_- Centred Student Experience Lakehead UNIVERSITY �I Contents Letter from the Chair, Board of Governors 1 Letter from the President and Vice-Chancellor 2 Overview 3 Proposed Mission, Vision, and Belief Statements 5 Why Do We Need a Strategic Plan? 6 Taking On A New Set of Challenges and Opportunities 8 The Framework for the Future 10 ► Nurturing Scholarship 12 ► Learner-Centred Student Experience 14 ► Growth and Capacity Development 16 ► Community Engagement 18 ► Economic Development 20 Appendix A 22 �• • I L E T T E R from the BO ARD C HA I R It's exciting to serve as the new Chair of the Board of Governors as Lakehead launches its Strategic Plan for 2013-18. Although it looks like an ordinary document - one of the many universities turn out with predictable regularity - even quickly leafing through its pages makes it clear that this Strategic Plan is anything but ordinary. It's a framework that will foster intellectual and human connections and give students the tools to construct their own destiny. It's not surprising that Lakehead's collective vision for the next five years is a bold one. Since moving to Northwestern Ontario more than twenty years ago, I've learned that innovation and resourcefulness is a way of life here. And this spirit is also rooted in the hearts of those who call Simcoe County home. Thank you to all the faculty, staff, students, alumni, and broader community members who have engaged in the consultation process. While completing the Strategic Plan is a major milestone, we know that this is just the start. With your commitment and hard work, we will ensure that Lakehead is a place where scientists, philosophers, engineers, and fearless dreamers come together to and sustain our world. Cameron Clark Chair, Board of Governors Lakehead University Stiategic Plan - 2013-18- �L E T T E R from the p R E S I D E N T and Vice-Chancellor The Strategic Plan for 2013-18 has gone through different iterations, alterations, and revisions. And this is a good thing because it means that Lakehead is being responsive to the aspirations of everyone connected to this dynamic university and true to itself. By listening to many voices, we have created a plan that embraces Lakehead's tradition of encouraging students and faculty to explore big questions and find original solutions - and taken it several steps further. Our stakeholders should expect no less from an institution that revolves around experiential and collaborative learning. Now it is time to launch the strategic actions laid out in this plan. This complex process will be carried out in concert with our Academic and operational plans and will result in vibrant community partnerships, strong social justice initiatives, and greater economic development for Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County. The challenges Lakehead University has set for itself may seem daunting, choosing the road less travelled often does. But our cutting-edge excellence in teaching, research, and community service ensures that these are challenges we are more than ready to take on. Brian J. R. Stevenson, PhD President and Vice-Chancellor Lakehead University Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 2 �OVERVIEW T his Strategic Plan is the culmination of a twoyear process that began in January 2011 when Lakehead's Board of Governors first turned their attention to laying the groundwork for the 2013 to 2018 period. Their initial efforts became the draft Strategic Plan which was released for comment in April 2012. From April until November, the Board of Governors and senior administration engaged the entire University, and the broader communities in both Thunder Bay and Orillia, in a discussion aimed at defining a fresh vision for Lakehead University. The consultation was a resounding success, resulting in a plan that is more complete, more nuanced, and more attuned to the University community. It is also one that continues to support the dual governance model of Board and Senate. Among the highlights of the consultation process, led by Board Chair Cameron Clark, were over �50 meetings with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. The Board was rewarded with the diverse perspectives of these key stakeholders as well as those of individuals unconnected to the University who took the time and trouble to read the plan online and forward their thoughts. The ideas the Board received have been incorporated into the updated plan and will help shape the direction of the University. The evolution of the Strategic Plan also coincided with a major re-branding initiative designed to identify what we value as an organization. The responses to the simultaneous branding consultation formed the basis of a new Vision and Mission, unveiled for the first time in this Strategic Plan. These core elements of Lakehead's approach to learning and scholarship have been enhanced by a Belief statement revolving around the heartfelt conviction that, "Our students make Lakehead University different." The task of writing the plan is now complete and the Mission, Vision, and Belief statements are firmly in place. But this achievement is just the beginning. The Board of Governors is ready to lead the implementation of the plan's five strategic actions and nearly 50 initiatives on behalf of the entire University community. And when we celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2015, we will also be celebrating a transformed Lakehead. 4 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �., V IS IQ N To provide a transformative university experience that is far from ordinary. To be recognized as an innovative comprehensive MISSION university that provides an education that is about how to think, not what to think. We believe our students make Lakehead University different. We believe that our students want an innovative comprehensive university where they have the highest chance of success. We believe that our students have the passion and drive to BELIEF realize their dreams and succeed. We believe that our students want the intellectual freedom to pursue the unconventional. We believe in the diversity that comes from our students of many cultures and many nations. We believe that our students are passionate about both their own individuality and their communities. We believe in our students. '\ Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 5 �WHY DO WE NEED A STRATEGIC PLAN? Strategic planning is an evolving process that begins by defining a collective and worldly vision for the future that reflects the dreams and The Strategic Plan provides clear measures for success and establishes the basis for monitoring actions of Lakehead's 10,000 students, faculty, and staff, and 50,000 alumni. As we approach our 50th anniversary in 2015, the Strategic Plan offers a way to consolidate our achievements and show the world that we are a place that creates unconventional thinkers who are transforming the way we live. By charting Lakehead's direction and the goals it seeks to achieve, the Strategic Plan provides clear measures for success and establishes the basis for monitoring and accountability. That is the task of this document. The Strategic Plan becomes reality through operational plans, like the Academic Plan, which articulate how the vision is to be realized, and and accountability. integrated planning and budgeting which establishes and funds priorities. This Strategic Plan is built around five major interrelated and interconnected components. They should be seen not as directions, or even as pillars, but rather as interlocking circles. A clear sign of their interdependence is the fact that many of our initiatives support more than one component. 6 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �Fierce pride in our students and the determination to see them • succeed sets Lakehead apart. This is evident in everything from our new mission to the exciting changes we have made over Growth & Capacity Development the last decade including the opening of the Orillia campus, the establishment of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), and the approval of the new Faculty of Law. These changes are enhancing Lakehead's reputation and attracting increasing numbers of students from southern Ontario, throughout Canada, and across the world. Community Engagement Nurturing Scholarship Economic Development At the same time we recognize that the next decade will bring a major set of challenges and opportunities - working within budget constraints, fostering sustainability, maintaining comprehensiveness, and responding to the needs and aspirations of an increasingly diverse and technologically-savvy student body. Lakehead must also meet our partners' expectations that we take Learner-Centred Student Experience the lead in facilitating social justice, greater access to education, and economic development. Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 7 �TAKING ON A NEW SET OF CH ALLEN GE S AND OPP ORT UN IT IE S At Lakehead, we're at our best when facing a new challenge. Give a culture based on experiential and collaborative learning, enhanced us a problem and we'll come up with an innovative solution. Our by the natural advantages of the University's two campuses, with the unconventional approach to teaching and research helps us transform principles of a one-stop approach to service. This will improve students' challenges into opportunities for our students, partners, and success and make their time at Lakehead unforgettable. communities. Our third challenge is symbolized by the Commission on the Reform of The previous Strategic Plan made comprehensiveness a major priority Ontario's Public Services, known also as the Drummond Report (http:// and with the new Faculty of Law, Lakehead now has the breadth of a www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/reformcommission/). The Report makes it clear comprehensive university. The first challenge recognizes that Lakehead that we are in an era where most new jobs require a postsecondary University is a smaller institution and that true comprehensiveness education and many of today's graduates will go on to careers in areas cannot be achieved without adding the depth to go with that breadth. that don't currently exist, making an expansion of postsecondary The foundation of Lakehead's approach to all its challenges is the education essential. At the same time, the current provincial deficit and recognition that everything flows from scholarship. It is why we exist, the provincial budget requirements will mean a prolonged effort by how we grow, why students come, and how the community gains. government to reduce the cost of postsecondary education. This means NURTURING SCHOLARSHIP will strike a balance between teaching and that Lakehead University must simultaneously grow and become more research, champion the development of Centres of Excellence, and focus effective in the way student and taxpayer funds are used. The strategic on the continued development of our faculty. direction, GROWTH AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, establishes the The Lakehead student's educational experience must be delivered in framework for how we can meet that challenge. a seamless manner. For this to happen, the experiences outside the The fourth challenge is driven by Lakehead University's long-term class must be just as unique and exhilarating as inside the class. The commitment to an active relationship with our communities. We are strategic direction LEARNER-CENTRED STUDENT EXPERIENCE combines already a national leader in innovative community-based research and 8 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �community service learning. NOSM, the Faculty of Law, and the Orillia transfer of knowledge, every university's core mission, to the specific campus were all responses to community expectations rather than circumstances of Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County. This can internal Lakehead initiatives. This makes COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT best be achieved by making the University's commitment to ECONOMIC an important social mission consistent with Lakehead University's DEVELOPMENT a strategic priority. Lakehead will combine research values and history. It is also a matter of critical strategic importance to with innovation and education with professional development to make the University's future in light of a long-term demographic decline in a positive contribution to the economies of our communities while Northwestern Ontario. We must find ways to make university education simultaneously providing new career opportunities to our graduates. a real prospect for students. This is especially true for Aboriginal The five components of this Strategic Plan represent three interlocking students who are currently half as likely to have attained a university motivations. The first, to seek excellence, is an internal motivation to degree as non-Aboriginal students. In the next two decades, the number attract, develop, and maintain great faculty, enterprising students, of people aged 15-24 in Northwestern Ontario is predicted to decline and committed staff. It is reflected in the Nurturing Scholarship and by about 20%, while Aboriginal people will constitute 40% of this age Learner-Centred Student Experience components. The second, growth group. Canada's treaty obligations and Lakehead's emphasis on social and development, outlines the University's capacity-building aspirations justice reinforce the desirability of actively engaging Aboriginal peoples and identifies the supports, infrastructure, and people needed to make within our constitutional framework. these aspirations a reality. The third centres on giving back to the The importance of any university to the social and economic community by having a social purpose that builds on, and occasionally development of its communities cannot be overstated. University transcends, our academic mission. This will be accomplished through members' purchasing power brings money to local economies. dynamic Community Engagement and Economic Development. It is Universities also nurture arts and culture and provide students with the interaction between these motivations that brings the University's essential skills and knowledge. The final challenge is wedding the mission, and this Strategic Plan, to life. Strategic Plan - 2013-18- 9 �THE F RAM E WO R K FORTH E F UT U RE Nurturing Scholarship Teaching, research, and service form the three pillars upon which universities achieve their twin objectives of expanding and communicating knowledge. The term scholarship was chosen for this direction because it accurately reflects the Board's belief that teaching and research, although they may be seen as separate activities, are inextricably linked and driven by a common focus on learning. Learner-Centred Student Experience The lakehead Experience must flow both from its history and its mission. Increasing diversity and a clear commitment to helping students succeed will create a transformative student experience. Lakehead University offers unrivaled opportunities for life experiences that are far from ordinary. A clear example of this is the active student involvement in Lakehead's varsity athletics program and the program's strong community relationships. The University itself, through the dual focus on one-stop services and giving students the tools to carve their own unique path to success will bring additional richness to the lakehead Experience. Growth and Capacity Development The Board anticipates that by 2018, major new initiatives to attract and keep international, Aboriginal, and graduate students, coupled with the University's successful undergraduate and graduate programs, will result in an overall enrolment of 10,000 students. As a result, lakehead University will be broader, deeper, and more sustainable. 10 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �.... ... Community Engagement At the heart of this component is Lakehead's desire for a relationship with the community. The plan will build a stronger, more vibrant relationship with the community through a "knowledge commons" and a commitment to students who face barriers to postsecondary education. A critical element is expanding working relationships with Aboriginal groups, school boards, municipal governments, non-profit groups, private businesses, and alumni. A comprehensive external relations plan that prepares the University to enter into a significant campaign is integral to greater community engagement. Economic Development Lakehead is directly involved with economic development in four major ways beginning with the positive financial impact on the community stemming from the purchasing and spending of University staff, faculty, and students. We provide trained graduates for new jobs created by the knowledge economy. Our faculty and staff enrich the community through their active involvement and support of art, music, culture, and recreation. Our research fosters innovation that will lead to the emergence of new companies and new industries. This component recognizes these benefits are part of the University's raison d'etre and not simply an accidental by-product. Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 11 �NURTURING SCHOLARSHIP STRATEGIC ACTION: Lakehead University will be recognized for the excellence of its scholarship, the cohesive integration of teaching, learning, and research, the fostering of intellectual freedom, and the incorporation of disciplines into an integrated, multidisciplinary framework. 12 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �• • UNCONVENTIONAL THINKERS CREATING AND PASSIONATE ► Deliver high quality undergraduate and graduate programs. ► Recruit, retain, and support staff and faculty who are committed to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research. ► Increase professional and pedagogical supports. ► Increase research, scholarly and creative activity, and facilitate collaborative and community-engaged scholarship opportunities. ► Increase overall research funds received by 2018 to $25 million. ► Develop Centres of Excellence in which graduate studies, research funding, and community interest intersect in an area of clear expertise. ► Enhance the quality of library resources to foster scholarship. ► Encourage students to think critically and ask questions. Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 13 �LEARNERCENTRED STUDENT EXPERIENCE STRATEGIC ACTION: Lakehead University students will be offered a unique experience that combines opportunities for an active lifestyle with integrated student supports in a collaborative learning environment. As a result, the modified graduation rate will increase by 3% during the life of this plan. 14 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �SETTING THE STAGE EXPERIENCE FORA COMPELLING ► Enhance the development of experiential learning and research, both inside and outside the class. ► Perform well above the Ontario mean for Active and Collaborative Learning as measured by the 2017 National Survey for Student Engagement. ► Make a one-stop approach of easy and convenient access to services the underlying framework for improving interactions with students from enrolment, through their academic career, to graduation. ► Build and maintain an outstanding series of online tools that ensures students can quickly and easily conduct all of their normal university business online. ► Expand the availability of centres and buildings that will be natural gathering places for students such as the proposed Kendaasiwin Centre, a new International House, and a one-stop service centre. ► Foster an environment for success through enhanced support services as exemplified by the activities of the Student Success Centre. ► Seamlessly integrate a global orientation into Lakehead University's student culture, while maintaining social justice, through English as a second language, expanded exchange and transfer programs, and innovative events. ► Introduce students to a wide range of community and extra-curricular opportunities through new partnerships involving Athletics, Recreation, student organizations, the Alumni Association, Student Services and the community. Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 15 �GROWTH AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC ACTION: Lakehead University will achieve overall enrolment in excess of 10,000 students by 2018. As a result, Lakehead University will be broader, deeper, and more sustainable. 16 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �THE p AT H TO A B IGG ER AND B ET TE R u N IVE Rs I Ty ► Actively recruit new students from other regions in Ontario, other provinces in Canada, and other countries around the world. ► Increase international enrolment to 10% of overall enrolment by 2018. ► Increase the number of Aboriginal students by more than 150 over the term of the plan. ► Increase educational opportunities for students in Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County. By 2018, the percentage of students from these areas attending university will be close to the provincial average and Lakehead University will remain their premier university of choice. ► Develop more partnerships offering other postsecondary students a seamless path to a university degree. ► Provide the infrastructure, student supports, and additional people and equipment needed to stimulate enrolment increases. ► 'Establish and execute a comprehensive external relations plan that prepares Lakehead University to undertake a significant fundraising campaign. ► Ensure that our underlying rate of growth in revenues and expenditures is equal through a combination of creating new sources of revenue and prudent management. Additional revenue sources could include nondegree and continuing education programs, and increased opportunities for self-sustained research services. ► Develop and implement a multiyear capital plan to build new and upgrade existing infrastructure to meet the objectives of the Academic Plan and to enhance student experience. ► Ensure an orderly plan for ongoing maintenance and renovation of existing physical facilities. Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 17 �COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIC ACTION: Lakehead University will engage in authentic and meaningful partnerships with individuals, alumni, Aboriginal communities, NGOs, governments, businesses, and associations with whom we share a conimon vision and interest. . 18 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �. -----:- -·-------- ... -. -� - .- qr.,.. t., ... �..., � OPENING DOO RS AND WITH COMMUNITIES ► '!'9'�,.,.�-,..-------------- ------- co NNECTING Include a "Knowledge Commons" through which the University maintains and showcases music, art, artifacts, culture, language, and indigenous knowledge on behalf of the community as part of the plans for the proposed Kendaasiwin Centre. ► Treat the "Knowledge Commons" as a focal point for the development and expansion of partnerships that simultaneously expand scholarship and engage the community. ► Plan and celebrate the 50th Anniversary in 2015, which will dramatically increase the percentage of alumni who are engaged with the University. ► ► Continue to foster and develop the special relationship between Lakehead's varsity teams and the community. Extend a comprehensive university experience to students living in communities outside Thunder Bay and Orillia through the innovative use of online technology and satellite classrooms. ► Expand the Achievement Program, which includes: • Partnerships with school boards to provide a selection of youth-oriented opportunities that make it clear that university is an achievable goal for all who have the ability; • A tuition-credit program that provides financial support to students who participate in the Achievement Program; and ► • Increased bursaries, enhanced child care, and other student supports for adult learners. Increase opportunities for students currently facing educational barriers to enrolment in graduate studies and professional programs. ► Establish legal assistance services available to the community through the new Faculty of Law. Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 19 �ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC ACTION: To contribute to and support the social and economic prosperity of Northern Ontario and Simcoe County communities through research, education, knowledge transfer, the training of highly-qualified personnel, commercialization, and Centres of Excellence. 20 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 �., ..... ., w .. W19'WQJ • � � 'l. 't. � ,.., �. ,.., ,. , .... �- ,., "• •• -. ., - • ., ·- ---- ·- ,., ,., ·- ·- ·- TRANSFORMING THE ECONOMIES AND NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ► ·- ·- -- OF --- - - -- ---------- ,-�� CENTRAL Develop a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining and Exploration (CESME) that will provide opportunities to our graduates and enhance mining in Northern Ontario and internationally. ► Investigate and begin to develop other Centres of Excellence that emphasize sustainability in areas such as forest development, fresh water, and communities. ► ► ► Actively support the development of the Northern Policy Institute. Continue to support the commercialization of research through patents and start-up companies. Develop highly skilled, entrepreneurial, ethical, critical, and creative thinkers that sustain and grow healthy economies in Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County. ► Develop community-based partnerships to create and maintain the knowledge-based jobs our graduates and partners value. Ensure diligent long- and short-term strategic planning that uses resources available for reliable planning such as labour force projections and the recommendations of the economic round tables. Strategic Plan - 2013-18 - 21 �APPENDIX A MILESTONES FOR SUCCESS Nurturing Scholarship • Increase overall research funds received to $25 Million • Expand research, scholarly, and creative activity • Introduce Centres of Excellence • Active and Collaborative Learning score will be above the provincial average on the 2017 NSSE administration Learner-Centred Student Experience • Graduation rate (modified) will increase 3% from 2013 - 2018 • The three year moving average of Lakehead University's employment rate two years after graduation from an undergraduate program will be equal to or higher than the three year moving average of the provincial average employment rate two years after graduation from an undergraduate program • Implement a one-stop framework for service Growth and Capacity Development • Fall/Winter enrolment will reach 10,000 students by 2018 • International enrolment will constitute 10% of overall enrolment by 2018 • • • • 70% of Northwestern Ontario university students will attend Lakehead A rising percentage of Simcoe County university students will attend Lakehead The number of students transferring from college to Lakehead University will increase The rate of growth in revenue will be equal to the rate of growth in expenditure Community Engagement • Increase the percentage of students in Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County who attend university (no current data. Must develop a new measure.) • Increase the number of Aboriginal students by more than 150 over the term of the plan • Expand the Achievement Program • Double the percentage of alumni who are engaged with the University • 60% of the Lakehead University student population will continue to be comprised of first generation students (students for whom neither their mother nor their father has a university degree) 22 - Strategic Plan - 2013-18 ��Lakehead UNIVERSITY P"r <"9�bL' L-<1- bA u<' P"P...o"<J L9· Abr' Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, P7B 5E1 Phone: (807) 343-8110 Lakehead University Orillia 500 University Avenue Orillia, Ontario, Canada, L3V 0B9 Phone: (705) 330-4008 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/b744609ed9cf87caa00c13da3ae23fef.pdf 84c4fe7d0c7dc90ba65cea118ad5442b PDF Text Text �ead is - charter class 2013 First Generation & Aboriginal - first new medical school in Canada in 30 years students enrolled at Lakehead - built to LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards • - only university-accredited lab NA analysis 1600 82% of students in bachelor or 1st professional degree programs Graduate within 7 years (2002cohort) Brock 1200 1000 Nipissing Lakehead 1400 91.1% --------------- Wilfrid Laurier 800 81.5% 600 80. 9% 400 80.1% 200 0 Our students stay - 99% in their first term* return for the second term (*at November 1 count date). Ryerson 76.3% Laurentian 70.9% Trent 70.7% 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 ■ U First Generation Aboriginal Source Lakehead Unjyersity % of graduates from select programs who entered as Scholarships & Bursaries Source:MTCU % of total operating expenditures 94% of graduating undergraduates are Trent Lakehead Employed 2 years after graduation 8.8% ' - - - - - - - - - - - ' 7.6% 1.4% Brock 96.9% 95.8% $BM annually 96.9% 95.7% 96.0% 95.2% 94.5% 93.8% 93.6% 93.1% 76% 60% 50% 48% 45% 62% 46% 20% 10% 0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 Engineering 3.2% Source Maclean's 2011 University Rankings 2005 2006 2007 2008 ■ Ontario Awards 2011 ■ BAdmin Source Lakehead University 2009 Lakehead Source: MTCU per one thousand students 2006-201 0 Trent Lakehead 76% 60% 30% 4.2% UOIT 80% 40% 4.6% Nipissing 82% 76% 70% 6.5% Ryerson 90% 80% 6.6% Laurentian College Transfer students 100% Student - Faculty Ratio Laurentian Lakehead Laurentian of Lakehead's operating expenditures($ million) $400 2.5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __, 2.1 Economic Impact 15.3 $340.2 M $350 ,.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _... 23 .4 $300 1.9 Brock 1.6 1.4 1.3 Brock Trent Wilfrid Laurier Nipissing 1.2 0.9 24.6 $250 26.1 27.7 28.2 $200 $150 $100 $50 Ryerson $0 UOIT 1991 1996 2001 .. Orillia Campus 2011 2006 Bay Campus ■ Thunder Source Lakehead Universily �1st among selected Ontario universities in research dollars per full-time faculty (Maclean's 2011) • 1st among selected Ontario universities in research intensity over 11 years (Research lnfosource 2017) • 9 Canada Research Chairs in disciplines ranging from Materials and Environmental Chemistry to Physics of Molecular Imaging to Indigenous Education • Average of $18.5 million annually in research grants and contracts • • • • • Research Dollars Ontario per full-time faculty($ million) Ryerson $30,587 Brock $23,636 Wilfrid Laurier $19,620 Source Maclean·s 2011 University Rankings Growth in Research Intensity • • • • • • $340 million in economic impact (operating expenditures) Comprehensive university with a broad range of programs in arts, science, and professional disciplines at the graduate and undergraduate level Two campuses, located in Northwestern and Central Ontario (Thunder Bay and Orillia) 8,700 students; 1,850 faculty and staff 10 faculties Business Administration Education Engineering Graduate Studies Health & Behavioural Sciences Law Medicine (NOSM -West Campus) Natural Resources Management Science and Environmental Studies Social Sciences and Humanities Over 30 graduate programs College transfer programs Online degrees Programs and services meet the unique needs of First Generation and Aboriginal students In 2011, Lakehead conferred 2,876 degrees Over 48,000 alumni Ontario 1999-201 O Lakehead UNIVERSITY Wilfrid Laurier Trent Laurentian - 140% P"r 134% < 9~bL' 11 L-~- b~ u<' P"P...0 ~L9· ~br' 11 125% Source Research lnfosource 2011 Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1 Phone (807) 343-8110 Lakehead University Orillia Campus 500 University Avenue Orillia, Ontario, Canada l3V 0B9 Phone (705) 330-4008 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from Lakehead University's history: people, events, and campus. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lakehead Advantage Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource Brochure promoting Lakehead University, circa 2012. "The Lakehead Advantage." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/622334e53d305182ce409e4a949d0ce0.pdf eec4d0781c007637e94269c62e6a1150 PDF Text Text Lakehead UNIVERSITY �Six Strategic Research Priorities ✓ Advanced Systems and Technologies ✓ Cultures, Societies, and Social Justice ✓ The Environment and Natural Resources ✓ First Nations, Metis, and Inuit (Aboriginal) Research ✓ Health Research Across the Life Span ✓ Northern Studies Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cuttingedge research. With a main campus located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and a LEED• campus in Orillia, Ontario, Lakehead is also home to the west campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Lakehead offers postsecondary undergraduate and graduate programs as well as research expertise that meet specific regional needs. Lakehead is known for its multidisciplinary teaching approach that emphasizes collaborative learning and independent critical thinking. 2 36 1,254 1,850 8,785 50,041 Campuses Graduate programs, including 6 PhD programs Residence beds Employees, including 315 full-time faculty Students In 2006, Lakehead University launched a campus in downtown Orillia, 135 km north of Toronto. Four years later, Lakehead celebrated the opening of its new Academic Building at 500 University Avenue in Orillia, designed and built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED•) standards. In the fall of 2011, two more LEED• buildings were added to the campus - a 271-bed Residence and a Cafeteria/Bookstore complex. Alumni Ten Faculties ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Business Administration Education Engineering Graduate Studies \~ kehead , Thunder Bay Health and Behavioural Sciences Law Medicine (Northern Ontario School of Medicine, West Campus) Natural Resources Management Lakehead University Orillia is located 135 km north of Toronto Science and Environmental Studies Social Sciences and Humanities Read the full Report online www.report.lakeheadu.ca JJ, Paper from responsible sources !:_~ FSC- C008820 MIX �«a . ::, V -c «a a, .c: a, ~ -«a. Lakehead is fully engaged with the communities it serves in Central and Northwestern Ontario. Students in all faculties find unique opportunities to learn through research, internships, clinical placements, and community service. Interdisciplinary, community-driven research projects are resulting in new knowledge and new ways of thinking. Students who come to Lakehead discover their passion and graduate with the knowledge, confidence, and motivation to be successful in their chosen field. Top of the Class 79% of undergraduate students at Lakehead graduate - a figure that is comparable to the graduation rate for the Ontario university system. According to the Maclean's Ranking ofCanadian Universities 2011, Lakehead is SECOND OVERALL among five primarily undergraduate universities in Ontario, as well as being ranked: 1st in Total Research Dollars 1" in Social Sciences and Humanities Grants 1st in Library Holdings per Student 2 nd in Student/Faculty Ratio 2 nd in Student Awards 2 nd in Scholarships and Bursaries 2 nd in Library Journals and Acquisitions 2 nd in Faculty Awards ..,I I.. 0 C. a, I.. i Distinguished Instructor "I want students to 'claim their education' so that they can develop their critical thinking and deepen their understanding of the course material," says Pam Wakewich, a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Department of Women's Studies, who received Lakehead University's 2011 Distinguished Instructor Award. . ~ 0 C. a, I.. The Power of Sport Through Reach Up! - a Northern Community Sports and Leadership program, Lakehead varsity athletes are spending time in northern Ontario communities to share their knowledge and experiences with Aboriginal youth. "We hope that this initiative will inspire our youth to partake in a more active lifestyle, build relationships with mentors, and continue to pursue education and learning opportunities," says Tom Morris, president and CEO of Wasaya Airways. College Transfer Programs in Several Disciplines The Bachelor of Engineering degree completion program for college graduates allows students to complete this degree in just two years. Growth in Research Intensity Ontario 1999-2010 Graduate Studies and Research Graduate students at Lakehead University study in an environment that encourages discovery and supports success. Lakehead Brock Real World Geology Ryerson Wilfrid Laurier Trent Laurentian - 125% Source: Research lnfoSource 2011 Steven Flank's honours undergraduate thesis in geology was completed with the support of HTX Minerals Corp., and recognized for excellence by the Geological Association of Canada in 2011. "Not only is Steve's thesis well-researched and thorough," says his professor Peter Hollings, "it is an example of the collaborative relationship Lakehead University encourages between its students and the growing mining industry in Northwestern Ontario." �94% ofLakehead's undergraduates are employed within two years Lakehead is a popular choice for mature students studying full-time and part-time at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For chose who prefer learning at a distance, Lakehead offers an array of online courses using videoconferencing and ocher web-based technologies. of graduating, higher than the average of all Ontario universities. Lakehead graduates are meeting the growing demand for highly qualified personnel to work in Canada's knowledge-based economy. To date, six new start-up companies have been launched based on research and innovation developed on campus. Aboriginal Students Lakehead has a diverse student population with one of the highest enrolments of Aboriginal ( 11 %) and firstgeneration students among universities in Canada, when measured as a percentage of total enrolment. Lakehead is committed to helping Aboriginal students realize their educational aspirations by providing a welcoming environment and extensive cultural support services. This commitment is also reflected in the number of Aboriginal faculty, staff, and elders-in-residence as well as Aboriginal research initiatives and offerings such as Indigenous Learning, the Native Nurses Entry Program, and the Native Access Program. Distinguished Researcher International Students Distinguished Researcher and Sociology Professor Chris Southcott has been involved in communitybased research for more than 25 years. He is currently leading a major SSHRC-funded research initiative investigating how to foster sustainable communities, cultures, and environments in the Arctic. "The potential exists for finding new ways to develop resources and build capacity in northern communities," explains Southcott. The University's international initiative is bringing important economic and cultural benefits to Northwestern and Central Ontario as students from around the world choose Lakehead. Supportive learning environments and resources have led to the doubling of international students on the Thunder Bay campus and the first group of international students in Orillia. Full-Time Undergraduate Enrolment by Faculty ~-----Social Sciences and Humanities 22.8% . - - - - - - Natural Resources Management 1.6% - - Engineering 12.1% - Education 14.4% - Business Administration 6.2% - Health and Behavioural Sciences 25.5% ....._______ Medicine 1.6% ....._______ Science and Environmental Studies 15.8% More than SQO/o of Lakehead students come from outside Northwestern Ontario, mostly from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and surrounding area Collaborative Research and Development Professor Ellie Prepas, a Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Water Management and the Boreal Forest at Lakehead University, received a $1.4 million NSERC research grant for her FORWARD III research in responsible forest management and resource extraction. Innovative research like this is accelerating Lakehead's drive to become one of Canada's top 25 research-intensive universities. "FORWARD III will harness the potential of young scientists to develop and advance practical approaches and new discoveries regarding the complex environmental issues confronting resource extractive industries and society in general," says Prepas . ta . V ::s "'C ta (1' .c (1' ~ -. ta ~ 0 Q. (1' "- I �and professional programs in a relatively small cam environment where there is a greater degree of intera between students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members a the community. 11 Brian J. R. Stevenson, PhD President & Vice-Chancellor Lakehead University Lakehead UNIVER S ITY L-<1- P11 r b 8 u<' < q~bL' <1L 11 11 P P ..0 Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5El Phone: (807) 343-8110 I 11 q. 8 b r ' Lakehead University Orillia 500 University Avenue Orillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 0B9 Phone: (705) 330-4008 Download a QR app and read the full Report on your smartphone www. report. lakehead u .ca � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from Lakehead University's history: people, events, and campus. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2011-2012 Report to the Community Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource 2011-2012 report on Lakehead University's impact on the local community(ies). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/c649ea2707b38ca457b36919f79b8434.pdf ee65960ae8949532e64b5675fa41d8b8 PDF Text Text REPORT ON NORTHERN AREA STUDIES Lakehead University Prepared by The President's Committee on Northern Area Studies for The Grants Committee Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development November 1968 �ORGANIZATION A multi-discipline committee composed of faculty members concerned with the north was established by the President in 1965 to foster northern research and development at Lakehead University. The committee, established as a permanent body, with an appointed Director to provide continuity was considered to best serve the prevailing needs. Its aims were to channel the interests of faculty members in the direction of northern research, to stimulate the interest of students and others in northern research, to promote courses in northern studies and to assist in procurring funds for northern research. The Director was to assess the northern research resources at the University, liaise with government departments and universities working in Canada's north and exchange information with such bodies. In 1968 the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests base at Black Sturgeon Lake in the boreal forest was acquired. used as a subarctic research station. The facilities are to be A research and teaching program at the station is now being developed by the Northern Area Studies Committee. This fall under the auspices of the Arctic Institute of North America, Dr. M.C. Grooswald, of the Institute of Geography of the Academy of Science, U.S.S.R., visited Lakehead University. His discussions on northern research and developments in the U.S.S.R. added a further stimulus to the Committees activities. In the past sunnner, the Director travelled from L'anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland to Whitehorse in the Yukon, attending the Second National Northern Research Conference at the latter community as well as the Alaskan Science Conference. !he committee is at present constituted as follows: �- 2 W.G. Tamblyn, B.A.Sc., M.Com., L.L.D. President, Lakehead University D.R. Lindsay, B.A., M.S. Professor of Biology J.A. Talbot, M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Geology H.North, B.Sc., D.C.Ae. Aasociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering W,T. Melnyk, M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology and Chairman of the Department of Psychology J.S. Mathersill, B.Sc., S.Sc. Geo., Eng., Ph.D. ·- A~~f~~artt Ptof~~sot of d~ology f.G, baviest M,A, tecturet in Geogtaphy T. Northcott, M.Sc. Lecturer in Biology A. Bartholomew, B.Sc., M.Sc. Lecturer in Forestry K.C.A. Dawson, C.D., M.A. Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of Northern Area Studies Committee EXPENDITURES The support and encouragement provided by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development has facilitated the procurement of funds from other sources. Individual grants totaling more than $50,000 have been received by faculty members undertaking northern research projects. These are accountable by the respective researcher and are not therefore detailed in this report. In addition, funds amounting to $30,000 per year for a period of three years have been provided by the Department ·of University Affairs to operate the research station. The initial timing of the receipt ef funds from the Grants Connnittee �- 3 of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development precluded uitlization of the grant in the sunnner of the year in which it was applied for, and this situation has prevailed in subsequent years. It is considered a satis- factory arrangement for it permits advance planning and early spring fielding of research parties. To date all funds received from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development have been allocated to the Albany River ecological project. A balance of funds remains this year, as field work in the past summer was curtailed. As originally envisaged, a four man party consisting of two zoology students, one botany student and one archaeology student was to be put in the field. Four students, of a type deemed suitable for a field party working in an inhospitable, isolated situation for an extended period of time were not located and the field party was reduced to two. STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND EXPENDITURE as at November 30, 1968 GRANT 1966-67 Albany River Project E~penditures Sunnnary 1967 $3,000.00 2,518.95 481.05 GRANT 1967-68 4,000.00 4,481.05 Albany River Project Expenditures Summary 1968 2,678.08 1,802.97 GRANT 1968-69 Funds allocated to Albany Project 3,500.00 $5,302.97 �- 4 RESEARCH PROGRAM Interest in northern research has expanded rapidly in the past year and with available funds the number of projects has more than doubled. Current research projects are as follows: 1. Phytogeographic and zoographic reconnaissance of the arctic water shed, Patricia Distri.ct, Ontario: this project directed by T. Northcott, of the Department of Biology, employed two undergraduate students full time during the sunnner. It has been supported by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Ontario Department of University Affairs with logistic support Provided by the Department of Lands and Forests. 2. Archaeological excavation of a stratified Woodland Period prehistoric village, Wabinosh Bay, Lake Nipigon, Ontario: this project directed by K.C.A. Dawson, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, engaged three students, two of whom are now undertaking post graduate studies. It has been supported by the National Museum of Canada with logistic support from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. 3. A study of wild rice growth patterns in Northern Ontario: this research is being undertaken by Dr. S. Zingel, of the School of Forestry, under the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. 4.5.6.7. ArcQaeological investigation of the fur trade period at the site of the North West Company Post on the Kaministiquia River, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; the first Hudson's Bay Company, 1673, post at Moose River, James Bay, Ontario; the Hudson's Bay Company post at �- 5 English Bay, Lake Nipigon, Ontario and an archaeological survey of the first road through northwestern Ontario in The Quetico Park area. These latter four projects are under the direction of K.C.A. Dawson, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Eight undergraduate students have been engaged in the work which is being supported by the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information. 8. A comparative study of social adaptation of Dutch, Greek and Slovak immigrants to a northern community in Ontario: this study is being conducted by P.D. Chimbos, of the Department of Sociology, under a Canada Council Grant. 9. An analysis of service centers and consumer behavior in northern communities of Ontario: this study is under the direction of I.G. Davies, of the Department 'of Geography. engaged in the basic collection of data. Students have been It is being supported by the Ontario Department of Economics and Development. 10. A study of teenage drinking behavior in northern Ontario, a ten comtnunity study: this project is being undertaken by Dr. A.A.D. Asimi, of the Department of Sociology, under support from the Ontario Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation. Other research projects recently completed or in the process of completion are as follows: an ecological study of vascular plants on the north shore of Lake Superior by Professor D.R. Lindsay, of the Department of Biology; a socio-economic survey of the town of Kenora, District of Thunder Bay, by Dr. K.J. Charles, of the Department of Economics; an assessment ef the agricul- •..• . �• I I • - 6 tural potential of Northwestern Ontario, a pilot study of the Kaministiquia Valley by I.G. Davies, of the Department of Geography; a documentary study of Thunder Bay, 1821-1892, by Dr. E. Arthur, of the Department of History; and a study of long bars and troughs Batchawana shore, Lake Superior, by Dr. J.S. Mothersill, of the Department of Geology. In addition, Dr. J. Talbot, of the Department of Geology, worked with the Geological Survey of Canada on reconnaissance mapping of granites near Baker Lake, Northwest Territories~ The following articles dealing with northern research have recently appeared in Lakehead University Review: Arthur, M.E. "The Landing and the Plot", Vol. 1, No. 1. Davies, I.A. "Agriculture in the Northern Forest - The Case of Northwestern Ontario", Vol. No. 2. Lindsay, D.R. "Migration and Persistance of Certain Arctic-Alpine Plants in the Lake Superior Region, Ontario", Vol. 1, No. 2. Mothersill, J.S. "Grain Size Analysis of Longshore - Bars and Troughs, Batchawana Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario", Vol. 1, No. 2. The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development funds were used to support the phytogeographic and zoogeographic reconnaissance of the arctic water shed in Ontario. The project is being undertaken to provide basic quantitative data from this central region of Canada's boreal forest. To provide temporal depth to the study, the area is also being examined for evidence of prehistoric habitations from which bones and seeds may be recovered. under the supervision of K.C.A. Dawson. covered from Fort Hope to Washi Lake. This is This year the Albany River was Two senior undergraduates, Jim Dunsten and Garth Pentney undertook the actual field collection. The data collected in oply two seasons does not warrant a statement but it is of interest to note �.. " t • - 7 that the archaeological aspect of the project have recovered Middle Woodland ceramics. Students who were available for shorter periods were used in biological and prehistoric field reconnaissance at the recently acquired Black Sturgeon Lake research station. Here some of the basic problems of setting-up the telemetry system designed to monitor the movement of animals which is to be embodied in the Albany River survey are being worked out. Funds for this aspect of the work were provided by the National Research Council. Other projects, particularly those related to socio-economic studies and problems of living in the north, have employed undergraduate students and expectations are that a number of students will continue their interest in the north at the post graduate level. These projects are also contributing directly to the planning for development of the north. It is this multi- discipline approach that the connnittee believes to be essential for northern studies, and a first step toward interdisciplinary research. FUTURE PROSPECTS In an attempt to achieve an integrated understanding of indigenous peoples in the north, a number of research projects have been developed and are expected to be commenc~d in the coming year: one in association with the Youth and Recreation Branch of the Ontario Department of Education is to study attitudes towards education on northern reserves; one is a study of Indians in town under support from ~he Human Rights Connnission of Ontario; one would attempt to determine the common factors in those persons of Indian ancestry who become members of the middle class in Canada and another would attempt to standardize for the Indian population non-verbal tests for use in reserves �' • ,I- - 8 schools. These projects are being developed by members of the Depart~ents of Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology. The undergraduate student body in recognition of the University's position in the subarctic boreal forest and the human phenomena of living in the north have established their own northern studies committee and out of this has come a request for an insitute devoted to the study and education of Indians in the north. While this is only in the embryonic stage, it does hold promise. The Department of History and Geography under Treasury Department, Regional Development Branch funding anticipates expansion of their research with respect to service centers and communications in the north and the Department of Geology in association with Inland Waterways expects to commence a detailed study of the Lake Superior shore line east of the Lakehead. The Committee is also working with the Mid-Canada Development Corridor Foundatiqn which is planning a series of seminars embracing business, academic and government personnel concerned with the mid-north. The first of these is to be held at Lakehead University next summer. With the increasing number of ~esearch projects being undertaken at the University and the growing awareness in Canada, of the norths potential, the Committee looks forward to a growing realization of its aim. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mid-Canada Development Corridor Conference fonds Description An account of the resource Previously described as General Archives #219. The Mid-Canada Development Corridor Conference was held at Lakehead University in August 1969. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Report on Northern Area Studies, Lakehead University Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource A report on Northern Area Studies at Lakehead University; prepared by the President's Committee on Northern Area Studies; for the Grants Committee of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. November, 1968. Included in the Mid-Canada Development Corridor Conference fonds. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968-11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text