Laurentian University (french: Université Laurentienne), officially the Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized

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, Canada, incorporated on March 28, 1960. Laurentian offers a variety of undergraduate, graduate-level, and doctorate degrees. Laurentian is the largest bilingual provider of

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in Canada. The university programs specialize in many fields, including arts, social sciences, technology, natural sciences, engineering, mining, geophysics, health, business management, finance, and forensics. Despite claiming to have run balanced budgets in eight of the previous nine years, on 1 February 2021, Laurentian University filed suddenly for creditor protection. As part of its restructuring, on 12 April 2021 Laurentian University announced the closure of 58 undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs spanning a diversity of subjects. As part of these closures, some 200 faculty and staff positions were terminated. The university continues to offer 107 undergraduate programs and 33 graduate programs.

Overview

The university's campus is located on the south side of

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in the Bell Grove neighbourhood, just south of Greater Sudbury's downtown core. The city's Idylwylde

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borders on the university campus to the west and the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area borders on the campus to the south. The Lake Laurentian Conservation Area contains a network of trails used for running, mountain biking and nordic skiing. The school has two separate student unions (in addition to the graduate student association). The Francophone Students Association (AEF) is for

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, while the Students General Association (SGA) is for both

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and francophones.

History

Laurentian's historical roots lie in the

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church. The Collège du Sacré-Coeur was founded by the

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in 1913. According to a plaque at the entrance to the R. D. Parker Building, the school began granting degrees in 1957 as the

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. A university federation combining representatives from the Roman Catholic, United, and Anglican churches was incorporated as a "non-denominational, bilingual institution of higher learning" in 1960. The new Laurentian University held classes in the University of Sudbury facility, as well as in a variety of locations in the city, including the Sudbury Steelworkers Hall, until its current campus was opened in 1964. The federated colleges included Huntington College (

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), University of Sudbury College (Roman Catholic, descended from the Collège du Sacré-Coeur), and Thorneloe College (

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) which joined in 1963. Collège universitaire de Hearst in Hearst is no longer an affiliated college with Laurentian University. It was rechartered as an independent institution in 2021 following the 2021 Laurentian University financial crisis. Both Nipissing University College in North Bay and

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in Sault Ste. Marie were previously affiliated with Laurentian. Nipissing and Algoma were established as independent universities in 1992 and in 2008 respectively. Laurentian opened a campus in

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in 2001 in partnership with

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. The university shut down operations in Barrie in 2019. In 2005, Laurentian and

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jointly launched the

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. In 2021, the provincial government passed legislation severing the medical school's ties with Laurentian and Lakehead, making it an independent university and Canada's first stand-alone medical school. In 2013, Laurentian launched the

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. On 1 February 2021, Laurentian University President Robert Haché confirmed that the University had filed for creditor protection. Court filings revealed that the university's liabilities amounted to $321 million. As part of its restructuring, the university ended its relationships with the federated schools effective May 1, although the federated schools have announced an intention to challenge the action in court. On April 12, 2021, Laurentian University announced the closure of 58 undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs spanning a diversity of subjects. As part of these closures, 116 faculty positions were terminated. In November 2022, the

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released a report on the university's insolvency, finding that overspending on large capital projects starting in 2010 were the primary cause. It also found that the school should have sought provincial help before invoking the ''

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'', which is designed for private companies, not public institutions.

Partnerships

Located in a city where the major industry is mining, Laurentian has strong ties with the mining industry, and offers a program in mining engineering. The Willett Green Miller Centre, a provincial building located on campus, houses the Ontario Geological Survey, the Ontario Geoscience Laboratories, the J.B. Gammon Mines Library, and the Mining and Minerals Division of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. It also houses the Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (

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), a not-for-profit applied research and technical service company formed through collaboration between Laurentian University and the private and public sectors, and the Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC), a semi-autonomous research and teaching centre whose focus is field-based, collaborative research on mineral deposits and their environments. In addition, Laurentian University has a partnership with St. Lawrence College Tri-campus for its Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Business Administration. The university is a member of

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, a network of academic institutions of the Canadian Francophonie. On April 1, 2021, Laurentian terminated its federation agreement with Huntington University, Thorneloe University and the University of Sudbury as part of the CCAA process. On June 13, 2021, the Government of Ontario has passed legislation granting independence to the Northern Ontario Medical School (NOSM) and the Université de Hearst which were previously affiliated with Laurentian University. With this status, NOSM becomes the first stand-alone medical university in Canada.

Administration

The Board of Governors heads the university with the president. Directly to the left and right of the president is the assistant to the president, and the Laurentian University senate.

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, the wife of former Canadian Prime Minister

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, was named the university's first

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on September 22, 2010. In 2013, she was succeeded by

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, who resigned in 2021 when the university sought creditor protection.

Presidents

* Stanley G. Mullins (1963–1970) * R.J.A. Cloutier (1970–1972) * Edward J. Monahan (1972–1977) * Henry Best (1977–1984) * John Daniel (1984–1991) * Ross Paul (1991–1998) * Jean Watters (1998–2001) * Judith Woodsworth (2002–2008) * Dominic Giroux (2009–2017) * Pierre Zundel (2017–2019) * Robert Haché (2019–2022) * Tammy Eger (2022-present)

Program information

Commerce and administration

Laurentian's school of commerce and administration was founded in 1960. It is modeled on the

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. The School of Management offers a wide variety of programs, from MBAs to honours degrees in Business Administration and Sports Administration (H.B.Comm in SPAD).

Sports Administration (H.B.Comm in SPAD)

Laurentian's Sports Administration program is the only undergraduate sport management program in Canada that offers a business degree. In recent years, the program has achieved international accreditation which allows for more international opportunities. These opportunities include a two-week course in China, a semester abroad in Austria or France, International destinations for the final consulting trip, as well as many international internship opportunities.

Education (B.Ed.)

Laurentian has both English and French language education programs for teacher training.

École des sciences de l’Éducation (Consecutive Education, French)

In the Alphonse Raymond building, at the east end of campus, is the school ''École des sciences de l’éducation de l’Université Laurentienne''. Named after Father Alphonse Raymond, and opened in 1974, the building houses classrooms, a cafeteria, an auditorium, a small gymnasium, and offices for more than a dozen professors, offering a variety of programs. The school offers a traditional consecutive post-grad

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and a newer concurrent

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Education degree that can be taken full or part-time.

School of Education (Concurrent Education, English)

In September 2003, Laurentian began offering an English Bachelor of Education. This concurrent B.Ed. is a five-year program taken at the same time — concurrently — with an undergraduate degree commonly in Arts, Sciences or Sport and Physical Education. The primary goal of the English-language Bachelor of Education program is to foster the development of a new generation of reflective educators who employ holistic teaching approaches. The curriculum features an emphasis on equity and diversity as well as the infusion of aboriginal issues and content. At the moment, the program is offered in just two of the three areas of potential concentration: the primary/junior and junior/intermediate divisions. A new School of Education building - based on sustainable environmental principles and located across from L'École des sciences at the east end of the campus – was completed in the summer of 2008. The program requires a 75% average over one's first four years in order to progress to the final (or Pro Year). The 75% minimum average required for entry in the final year means a nearly 80% entering grade in reality, so the annual Pro Year class (ranging from about 65 to 95 students) constitutes a rather elite cohort compared to most other Ontario concurrent programs. Many graduates have gone on to employment with both the local Sudbury boards, with other school boards across Ontario, while many others have acquired employment in Alberta, B.C., and Saskatchewan, with a significant number working overseas (particularly in Britain).

College partnerships

Laurentian's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is taught in colleges across Ontario as part of one of three agreements between colleges and the university. Graduates of these collaborate programs receive Laurentian degrees upon graduation. The Northeastern Ontario Collaborative Nursing Program (NEOCNP) is a partnership between Laurentian University, Cambrian College, Northern College, and

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. St. Lawrence College offers Laurentian's Nursing Program through an agreement called the Laurentian–St. Lawrence Collaborative Nursing Program. Finally,

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provides the Nursing program through an agreement with Laurentian University's French-language "sciences infirmières" program. St. Lawrence College also offers Laurentian's Bachelor of Business degree, a four-year program.

Student life

Students' General Association/Association Générale des Étudiants

The SGA-AGÉ is the largest student union at Laurentian. It offers services in both English and French. The association is presided over by a board of directors consisting of representatives of each of the academic departments and residences, as well as commissioners representing groups within the school (

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, aboriginal,

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, women, cultural affairs and special needs), three university senators and the executive. The staff of the association, some of whom are part-time, included the president, two vice presidents, one for policy and advocacy, and one for student life, a Chief Returning Officer during the election campaign, the editor of ''

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'', the director of CKLU, the manager of Pub Down Under and the manager of the games room. In 2016, the SGA-AGE became a member of the

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Media

The university's

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station,

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, broadcasts at FM 96.7 in both

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and French. Its campus newspapers are ''

'' in English and '' L'Orignal déchaîné'' ("The Unchained Moose") in French. ''Lambda'' is a member of

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, and CKLU is a member of the

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Sports

The university's varsity teams, known as the Voyageurs, compete in

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rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

, and

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. There are also competitive club teams, including

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and

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, and a plethora of intramural sports programmes. The women's basketball team have been one of the most successful in the history of the

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, winning the title seven times. Notable alumnae of the basketball team include broadcaster

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. The varsity rowing team within its five-year history has produced a national team athlete and captured medals at both the OUA championships as well as gold medals at the Canadian University Rowing Championships. In 2017, the women's varsity curling team captured the OUA Curling Championship (the first for the program and first OUA team banner for the University since 2003) followed by the Curling Canada/USports Championship (the first for the program and first USports team banner for the University since 1991). The Voyageurs' women's team followed-up their 2017 USports' victory with a second national USports title during the 2018–19 curling season. The director of the athletic department is Peter Hellstrom.

705 Challenge Cup

First established as a challenge between the varsity soccer teams of two Northern Ontario universities (Laurentian vs. Nipissing), in which the winning team was awarded the Riley Gallo Cup, the rivalry expanded. Introducing the 705 Challenge Cup in 2016, the results of all regular season games between the Lakers and the Voyageurs varsity teams for men’s and women’s basketball, ice hockey and soccer, comprised the overall won-loss record in determining the annual Cup winner. The Lakers would win their first 705 Challenge Cup during the 2019-20 athletics season.

Campus

Fraser Auditorium

The Fraser Auditorium in the Fraser Building is a large-volume auditorium and is regularly used for the larger first-year classes, seating up to 669 people. When used as a classroom, the Fraser Auditorium is divided into three smaller sections. The Fraser Auditorium is also used for special events and conferences, and for

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ceremonies, held within the auditorium each spring. The Fraser Auditorium has hosted the Falconbridge Lecture Series hosting such guests as Chief Justice

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, and Senator

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(March 2006). The auditorium also sometimes hosts cultural events, such as theatre and concert performances, and was the original home of the city's

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, Sudbury Theatre Centre, and Sudbury Symphony Orchestra.

Ben Avery

The Ben Avery is the sports building on campus .It has a weight and cardiovascular room, an

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eight-lane Mondo track (2010) that complements the sport fields with seating for 5000, a four-lane indoor track, a rock climbing wall, a bouldering room, an Olympic size swimming pool with high rise diving boards, squash courts, basketball courts, badminton nets, and the home of the pot-banging cheer club. Many students write their final exams in the Ben Avery's Varsity Gym.

Beach

The university owns over of land, including a private beach. There are five freshwater lakes in the immediate campus area. School and residence activities are held at the beach year round. The beach is a 15-minute or less walk from all of the residences.

Residences

The Laurentian Residences offers five unique residences under the supervision of the main campus and three located at the main campus under the supervision of the federated colleges.

Single Student Residence

The Single Student Residence (SSR) is an apartment style complex, with apartment units for 4–6 residents, containing a living room, kitchen, and washrooms. The entire complex includes rooms for 387 students in 72 apartments. Student Street, consisting of a convenience store, computer room, mail room, snack bar, and games room, among other rooms and services, is located at the bottom of the SSR complex. A $5.9 million renovation of the residence began in 2013."LU res receives $5.9 million makeover"

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University College Residence

The University College Residence (UC) is a ten-storey co-ed building with single and double (shared) rooms, providing accommodations for 240 students. University College is also connected to Student Street, giving students access to the same amenities available to SSR students.

Married/Mature Student Residence

The Mature Student Residence (MSR) offers furnished apartments for those who have accumulated over 90 university credits. The residence is generally thought of as the quietest at Laurentian. Rooms consist of one bedroom, a living room, bathroom and kitchen.

The West Residence

This is a new residence completed in 2007. It is designed for students who have spent at least two years at the university and obtained a minimum of at least 60 credits. The residence consists of same sex apartment style rooms and cost $14.5 million CAD.

Huntington University

Huntington Residence houses 184 students in dorm-style rooms. Kitchens and TV lounges are present on both floors. The residence is located with the Academic complex which includes classrooms and a library. Huntington University is affiliated with the

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, but does not require religious affiliation

East Residence

This is the newest residence on campus, completed for the 2012–2013 school year. This is a 12-story residence building and is for upper-year students (minimum 60 university credits) and has 62 self-contained apartments. Each unit has three or four single bedrooms, living room, kitchen and two bathrooms. The apartments are wired for cable TV, high-speed internet and telephone. In addition, this new residence is connected to Student Street."New residence caters to students' comfort"
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Notable alumni

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Alex Baumann Alexander Baumann, (born April 21, 1964) is a Canadian sports administrator and former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2007, he was regarded by the national ...

* Michel Bock *

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* Carlo Cattarello *

Leo Gerard Leo W. Gerard (born 1947) is a retired steelworker and Canada, Canadian and United States, American trade union, labor leader. He was elected president of the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2001, becoming the second Canadian to head the union. He s ...

Mike Harris Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. During his time ...

* Diane Marleau *

Elie Martel Elie Walter Martel (born November 26, 1934) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987, as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Personal life Martel was born in Capreol, ...

* Tony Martin * Sharon Murdock *

André Paiement André Paiement (June 28, 1950 – January 23, 1978) was a Canadian playwright and musician. He was one of the most prominent Franco-Ontarian artists, playing a key role in developing many of the cultural institutions of the community. Biogr ...

* Marie-Paule Poulin *

Tony Ruprecht Tony Ruprecht (born December 12, 1942) is a former Canadian politician. His first elected position was as an alderman in the old Toronto City Council, in the late 1970s. He became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, and ser ...

Dave Salmoni Dave Salmoni (born September 4, 1975) is a Canadian animal trainer, entertainer and television producer. He has his own production company, Triosphere, which is based in South Africa and specializes in wildlife films. Dave has dedicated his life ...

Rosemary Sexton Rosemary Sexton is a Canadian author and former columnist for ''The Globe and Mail''. She is the author of the books ''The Glitter Girls,'' ''Confessions of a Society Columnist'' and ''Home Before Dark.'' During her career at The Globe and Mail, ...

Derwyn Shea Derwyn Spencer Shea (September 1, 1937 – August 15, 2015) was an Anglican Church of Canada clergyman and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a municipal politician in the city of Toronto for 12 years, and sat as a Progressive Conservative m ...

John Sola Domagoj Ivan "John" Šola (born April 15, 1944) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995. Originally a Liberal, he was forced to leave his party over controversy ...

* Shawn Swords * Stephen Walkom *

John Willinsky John Willinsky (born 1950) is a Canadian educator, activist, and author. Willinsky is currently on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Education where he is the Khosla Family Professor. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada a ...

Akolisa Ufodike Akolisa Ufodike (born October 6, 1973, in Maiduguri) is a Nigerian-Canadian entrepreneur, academic, finance executive and politician. He is a director of Kainji Resources, an oil and gas company in Nigeria. He currently serves as assistant pro ...

* Gary Wilson

Noted faculty

* Frank F. Mallory (biology) – prolific author in the field of mammalian biology, in particular lemmings, wolves, coyotes, and black bears * Lorenzo Cadieux (history) – Jesuit priest, historian, and founder of Société historique du Nouvel-Ontario * Robert Dickson (études françaises) – recipient of the 2002 Governor General's Award for French language poetry *

Fernand Dorais Fernand Dorais (March 8, 1928 – January 16, 2003) was a Canadian writer, Jesuit priest and academic.Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (''Theatre of New-Ontario'') is a Canadian professional theatre company. Located in Sudbury, Ontario, the company produces French language stage productions. The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des a ...

Rand Dyck Perry Rand Dyck (born 1943 in Calgary, Alberta) is the author of the Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches textbook which is used in many Canadian universities, and taught to students studying Political Science, Law, Economics, Women's Studies, P ...

(political science) – author of ''Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches'', now in 6th Edition *

J. F. Hendry James Findlay Hendry (12 September 1912 – 17 December 1986) was a Scottish poet known also as an editor and writer. He was born in Glasgow, and read Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow. During World War II he served in the Royal Arti ...

(English) – poet * Shannon E. Hengen (English) – literary critic *

Gary Kinsman Gary William Kinsman (born 1955) is a Canadian sociologist. Born in Toronto, he is one of Canada's leading academics on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.C. Michael Lesher (geology) – recipient of 2007 Duncan Ramsay Derry Medal of the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada * Lucien Matte – Jesuit priest and educator *

Melchior Mbonimpa Melchior Mbonimpa (born 1955) is a Burundian-Canadian writer. He is most noted for his novel ''Les morts ne sont pas morts'', which won the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2006.Graeme S. Mount Graeme Stewart Mount (born 1939) is a Canadian historian and academic who taught history at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, until his retirement in 2005. His publications have included a number of works on international relations, inclu ...

(history) – prolific author on international relations *

Darlene Naponse Darlene Naponse is an Anishinaabe filmmaker, writer, director, and community activist from Canada. She is most noted for her 2018 film ''Falls Around Her'', which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018 and subs ...

(English) – filmmaker, writer, director, and community activist * Roger Nash (philosophy) – award-winning poet and philosopher *

Alan Nursall Alan Nursall is a Canadian scientist and television personality, who reports on science news for the Canadian television series ''Daily Planet'' and the ''Alan Nursall Experience'' on the Discovery Channel. He is head of the Telus World of Sci ...

(science communication) – host of ''

Daily Planet The ''Daily Planet'' is a fictional newspaper appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman. The newspaper was first mentioned in ''Action Comics'' #23 (April 1940). The ''Daily Planet'' build ...

'' and '' The Alan Nursall Experience'' on

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...

* B. P. Paquette (Thornloe) – multiple award-winning filmmaker * David Pearson (geology and science communication) – recipient of 2001 Ward Neale Medal from the Geological Association of Canada, 2003 McNeil Medal from the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

, and appointed to the

Order of Ontario The Order of Ontario () is the most prestigious official honour in the Canadian province of Ontario. Instituted in 1986 by Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier David Peterson, the civilian order is adm ...

in 2016Science North founding director appointed to Order of Ontario
'' Northern Life'', December 14, 2016. *

Michael Persinger Michael A. Persinger (June 26, 1945 – August 14, 2018) was an American-Canadian professor of psychology at Laurentian University, a position he had held from 1971 until his death in 2018. His most well-known hypotheses include the temporal lob ...

(psychology) – neuroscientist and recipient of 2007 IFT (Leader in Faculty Teaching) award and 2007 TVO (Ontario) Best Lecturer award * Luis Radford (education) – recipient of 2011 Hans Freudenthal Medal *

Gregory Scofield Gregory Scofield (born July 20, 1966 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geograp ...

- poet * Adam Sol – Canadian American poet

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Alumni@Laurentian
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Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (November 2022) ''Special Report on Laurentian University''
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