Lakehead University offers a broad range of degree and diploma programs—including programs designed for Indigenous students—across nine faculties on two campuses. The main campus—home to the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law—is located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where sightings of foxes, beavers and deer are common. At the centre of campus, man-made Lake Tamblyn offers a prime fishing spot and doubles as a skating rink during the winter. A tunnel system that connects most campus buildings comes in handy on cold winter days.

Lakehead’s Orillia campus, a 90-minute drive north of Toronto, offers a slate of programs in almost 20 areas, including interdisciplinary studies, criminology, environmental sustainability, and media, film and communications. The university is home to 11 Canada Research Chairs.

“Lakehead University offers a very comprehensive breadth of academic programs that are flexible to meet our students’ many and evolving interests and career goals,” says president Gillian Siddall. “Our smaller student-to-faculty ratio also adds value to the student experience as they receive a more personal education attuned to their unique needs while having greater access to research opportunities at the undergraduate level.”

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Students at Lakehead’s Thunder Bay campus enjoy the recently constructed 30,000-square-foot Wolf Den, a fitness facility with a gymnasium, bright, spacious weight rooms and cardio rooms.