Lakehead University

Lakehead University

Motto	Ad augusta per angusta
Motto in English	Achievement through effort
Type	Public university
Established	Lakehead University 1965; Lakehead Technical Institute 1946
Academic affiliations	COU, CUSID, UArctic, Universities Canada
Endowment	$31.14 million
Chancellor	Rita Deverell
President	Dr. Gillian Siddall
Provost	Dr. David Barnett
Academic staff	319 (full time)[1]
Administrative staff	2,250
Students	6,729 (2017)[2]
Undergraduates	5,838 (2017)[2]
Postgraduates	891 (2017)[2]
Location	Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario , Canada 48°25′17″N 89°15′38″W / 48.42139°N 89.26056°W / 48.42139; -89.26056
Campus	Rural/suburban
Colours	Cobalt & blaze[3]
Nickname	Lakehead Thunderwolves
Mascot	The Thunderwolf
Website	www.lakeheadu.ca

Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, graduate programs, the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, the only internationally accredited (AACSB) business school in northern Ontario, and is home to the western campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Lakehead has more than 45,000 alumni. The main campus in Thunder Bay has about 7,900 students. As of September 2006, a new permanent extension campus in Orillia, located about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Toronto, has about 1,400 students.^{[citation needed]}