honorary survivor, elder catherine mcguire, far right, raised the flag designed by residential school survivors and the national centre for truth and reconciliation, which will be on display in the agora for the month of september.

september 7, 2022 – thunder bay, ont.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 unveiled its new every child matters crosswalk and raised a national truth and reconciliation flag on wednesday, sept. 7.

lakehead raised the flag, designed by residential school survivors and the national centre for truth and reconciliation, and unveiled the crosswalk in the agora circle with help from some local dignitaries.

the crosswalk is permanent and the flag will be proudly on display until the end of september.

“raising this flag at both 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 campuses is an important symbol of the work we are doing to honour remembrance and enact reconciliation to better serve indigenous 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and communities,” said denise baxter, vice-provost, indigenous initiatives, at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 .

“the every child matters crosswalks remind us that every child matters and as a post-secondary institution, we must be vigilant in our education, research, outreach, and community service,” baxter said.

“the crosswalks we've added to our campuses in thunder bay and orillia are considered pathways, and they remind everyone, every day, that we must be vigilant to ensure that no child experiences the hurt of being taken away from their families," said dr. moira mcpherson, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s president and vice-chancellor.

“in addition to these pathways, today we raised the national centre for truth and reconciliation’s survivors flag as another expression of remembrance – to honour residential school survivors and all the lives and communities impacted by canada's residential school system,” dr. mcpherson said.

fort william first nation chief peter collins said reconciliation must be part of educational systems locally and globally.

“this is important work that needs to be done both at universities and other educational institutions. the every child matters crosswalk is important to remember the kids who never returned home to their families – it is important for canadians to remember this and those across the world that this occurred,” he said.

“this sends a strong message to those whose memories are still in our hearts and minds.

thanks to the university for its continued work promoting truth and reconciliation. it’s important for every student attending university to see this every child matters crosswalk and remember those kids who never returned home from residential school,” chief collins said.

wendy houston, president of the thunder bay métis council, was thankful to participate in this important event.

“commemorating the tragic history and enduring impacts of residential schools is an integral step on our journey to healing and reconciliation. we must continue to do everything possible to support communities in their efforts to foster healing for survivors and their families, and to be reminded that every child matters,” president houston added.

the event memorialized the children lost to the residential school system and honoured survivors and their families. learning and commemorating the truth of canada's history is an important part of the path to reconciliation.

nishnawbe aski nation deputy grand chief anna betty achneepineskum said it’s encouraging that education institutions are acknowledging the true history of canada and the original inhabitants of these lands and waters.

“the raising of this flag and creation of every child matters crosswalks are positive steps towards truth and reconciliation. participation in these events will help first nations achieve milestones on their healing journey,” deputy grand chief achneepineskum said.

“reconciliation efforts are important and necessary in the process of healing,” said anishinabek nation’s regional deputy grand chief melvin hardy.

“outward demonstrations of support and acknowledgement of history, such as this, are beacons of hope for many and this crosswalk will be used by thousands and hopefully will touch as many. hopefully people will take a moment to reflect on what every child matters means, each time they use it.”

the vice-president of operations and finance at the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 student union, yamandeep malhi, said similar to wearing an orange shirt, the unveiling is a way to acknowledge the truth – not only of canada's colonial history, but of its colonial present.

“today we recommit to justice for indigenous peoples on and off campus,” vice-president malhi said.

“while these symbols are important, we also know the best way to honour the memory of the thousands of indigenous children taken from their communities, cultures, and languages is with real action.”

 dr. moira mcpherson and honorary survivor, elder catherine mcguire, cut the ribbon to unveil the
every child matters crosswalk with help from local dignitaries.

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from left, philip duke, matthew scott, damien grayda, paul graham, felix lasalle, and cory hubbard
(technologist), dr. yanglin gong (faculty advisor) won first place at the regional competition.

april 13, 2022 – thunder bay, ont.

the team representing lakehead engineering has won first place overall at the student steel bridge regional competition held in illinois april 7 to 9, organized by the american institute of steel construction (aisc) and the american society of civil engineers (asce).

this year’s competition included eight categories: aesthetics, construction speed, lightness, stiffness, construction economy, structural efficiency, cost estimation, and overall performance. lakehead’s team placed first in seven of the eight categories and came second in the other category.

dr. yanglin gong and technologist cory hubbard supervised the team, comprised of fourth-year civil engineering 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 damien grayda, paul graham, philip duke, felix lasalle, and matthew scott.

the lakehead engineering team won the competition for western great lakes region, hosted at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign. they were the only canadian university in this regional competition that featured over 400 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 from 13 american universities.

dr. juan pernia was faculty advisor for the asce student chapter. technologists morgan ellis, kailash bhatia and stefanie stangier also acted as machinist advisors to the team. josh fiegehen, representing the student chapter, participated in symposiums and presented a technical paper.

“the whole lakehead engineering team has made us proud,” said dr. janusz kozinski, lakehead’s dean of engineering.

“it is an extraordinary achievement that demonstrates the excellence of our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 with the support of all their supervisors. we will be cheering for them at the nationals next month,” dr. kozinski said.

the annual student steel bridge competition, which began in 1987, challenges student teams to develop a 20-foot-long steel bridge to fit a given hypothetical environment.

each team must determine how to design and fabricate a bridge and then plan for an efficient assembly under timed construction at the competition. bridges are then load-tested and weighed.

after triumphing in the regional competition, lakehead’s team will go up against top universities from across north america in the national finals from may 27-28 at virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia.

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opera is jessica hayes’ forte

february 22, 2022 – thunder bay, ont.

lakehead music student jessica hayes spent the last two years mastering si, mi chiamano mimi, which earned her first place in the opera category at the crescendo international music competition held at carnegie hall on monday, feb. 14.

she chose the song for crescendo in 2019 – and then the pandemic hit, giving her more time to perfect it.

“at first it was just a lovely piece to me, but since i started it at the beginning of second year and now i’m finishing my fourth year, each year my voice grew and i learned more,” she said.

“i grew with that song and character, and that was the most consistent piece in my life. with the context of the song being so sweet and hopeful, i think that also helped me through the pandemic and i believe this piece will forever be special to me.”

hayes was able to attend the crescendo finals after coming in second in the semi-final competition in january, which she participated in by submitting a video.

she arrived in new york city two days before the competition, giving her plenty of time to see the sights and prepare for crescendo.

after visiting the metropolitan museum of art and the russian tea room, hayes prepared for the competition by practicing with piano accompanist anna vasilyeva, and with help from her personal hairstylist, her mom lana, who works as a hairdresser in thunder bay.

backstage before her performance, hayes spent time in a dressing room once used by one of her favourite composers, gustav mahler, a world-renowned conductor who made his carnegie hall debut in 1908 conducting the new york symphony orchestra.

then she found herself in the greenroom examining posters on the walls – for maria callas and other famous opera singers who performed at carnegie hall.

“i was a little star struck,” she said. “these were artists i listened to while learning my pieces. i wasn’t really nervous – i wasn’t thinking about the end result. i was just excited to be there and i was super calm while taking it all in.”

performances started at 7 pm and hayes found herself on stage at approximately 7:30, with vasilyeva on piano, in front of around 200 audience members, including her mom.

“going out there on to the stage, it was amazing. the audience was great. it was surreal. i had an out-of-body experience,” she said.

when vasilyeva played the first few notes on the piano, hayes began to sing while portraying the character of mimi from giacomo puccini’s opera la bohème.

after her performance, hayes watched the rest of the competition in the audience with her mom. then hayes went backstage to learn she’d come in first.

she ran out to tell her mom the good news, which caused them both to cry tears of joy while standing on the sidewalk outside carnegie hall. 

coming in first means hayes will spend three weeks touring italy this summer, taking master classes with renowned musicians and performing at auditoriums and conservatories.

she expressed gratitude to everyone who helped along the way.

“professor kim erickson has been fantastic. she really shaped my voice into an opera voice. the private classes i took in high school with alana valente pushed me and encouraged me to take the leap into music as a career,” hayes said.

“i’m also grateful to my parents lana and david, and my stepdad jim, professor evgeny chugunov, and my thunder bay accompanist sean kim.”

follow this link for a video of hayes performing si, mi chiamano mimi.

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media: for more information or interviews, please contact brandon walker, media, communications and marketing associate, at (807) 343-8110 ext. 8372 or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜  is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead has 10 faculties, including business administration, education, engineering, graduate studies, health & behavioural sciences, law, natural resources management, the northern ontario school of medicine, science & environmental studies, and social sciences & humanities. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being ranked, once again, among canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in maclean’s 2021 university rankings; as well as included in the top half of times higher education's 2022 world universities rankings for the third consecutive year, and in the top 100 of 1,115 universities from around the world in the's 2021 impact rankings (which assesses institutions against the united nations’ 17 sustainable development goals). visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.