Lakehead University Research & Innovation

Maclean’s has once again included Lakehead University among Canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in the magazine’s 2021 University Rankings. Lakehead tied for first overall among Ontario universities in its category, and ranked eighth out of 19 primarily undergraduate universities from across Canada. Read more details here. https://www.lakeheadu.ca//new/news/archive/2020/node/61118

Lakehead University’s Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health is receiving more than $127,000 to market and grow a podcast about dementia, thanks to the Government of Canada’s Dementia Community Investment fund. One of the greatest tools that we have to combat stigma and discrimination is stories, said Dr. Elaine Wiersma, Director, Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health. https://www.lakeheadu.ca//new/news/archive/2020/node/60975

Spearheaded by graduate student Nayasha Makuto, a Lakehead University study charts a course to understanding depression in long-haul truck drivers. #lakeheadu #lakeheadri #research #mentalhealth https://www.lakeheadu.ca//rese/research-stories/node/60832

You'll be smiling too! At Lakehead, you'll have the opportunity to take part in exciting research as early as first year! #mylakehead #research

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has provided a Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute team with a $98,655 grant to develop new drugs that will help prevent, diagnose and manage cancer. https://www.lakeheadu.ca/ab/news-and-events/news/node/60712

Many thanks to Mediaplanet for featuring Lakehead University Using Biorefining to Transform Forestry" in the Building the Bioeconomy campaign. See more in the National Post and online on Innovating Canada. https://www.innovatingcanada.ca//lakehead-university-usi/#