Lakehead University

Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia in Ontario, Canada, and is non-denominational and provincially supported.湖首大学是一所公立研究型大学，在加拿大安大略省桑德贝与奥里利亚设有校区，属无教派背景、由省政府支持的院校。

It grew out of the Lakehead Technical Institute founded in 1946 and today offers undergraduate and graduate programmes, the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law and the western campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. The Thunder Bay site is the larger of the two campuses and houses most of the university's research facilities.该校源于1946年创办的湖首技术学院，如今开设本科与研究生项目，设有博拉·拉斯金法学院，并承担北安大略医学院的西校区。桑德贝校区是两处校区中较大的一处，容纳了学校大部分科研设施。

Lakehead reports more than 45,000 alumni, 11 Canada Research Chairs and research strengths built around its Paleo-DNA Laboratory and its Biorefining Research Institute.湖首大学称其拥有4.5万余名校友和11个加拿大研究讲席，并以古DNA实验室与生物炼制研究所为核心形成研究优势。

History

• Lakehead Technical Institute was established on 4 June 1946 by an Order-in-Council of the Province of Ontario, in response to a brief setting out the need for higher education in northwestern Ontario. The site then lay in Port Arthur, one of the two cities that merged in 1970 to form Thunder Bay.湖首技术学院于1946年6月4日依据安大略省政府的枢密院令设立，起因是一份阐明安大略西北部需要高等教育的陈情书。校址当时位于阿瑟港，该市与威廉堡于1970年合并为桑德贝。
• Classes began in January 1948 in temporary rented quarters in downtown Port Arthur, and the first university courses were added to the curriculum in September of that year.学院于1948年1月在阿瑟港市中心租用的临时场所开课，同年9月课程中新增了首批大学课程。
• Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology was created by an Act of the Ontario Legislature proclaimed on 1 August 1957.湖首文理与技术学院依据安大略省议会法案设立，该法案于1957年8月1日公布施行。
• The college's act was later amended to give it authority to establish new faculties and to confer degrees in arts and sciences.该学院的法案后来获得修订，授权其设立新的学院并授予文科与理科学位。
• The first building on the college site opened in 1957, on land of about 32 hectares in south-west Port Arthur.学院校址上的第一座建筑于1957年启用，所在土地约32公顷，位于阿瑟港西南部。
• Between 1962 and 1965 an additional 87 hectares of adjoining land was purchased in anticipation of future expansion.1962年至1965年间，学校又购入87公顷相邻土地，为日后的扩展作准备。
• A men's residence for 52 students opened in the autumn of 1962 and became the first building of a residence village that eventually comprised 10 structures.一座可容纳52名男生的宿舍于1962年秋季启用，成为此后扩展为10座建筑的宿舍村的第一座。
• The Lakehead University Act received royal assent on 22 June 1965 and came into force on 1 July 1965, continuing the college under a new charter as Lakehead University and confirming its power to grant degrees in its own name.《湖首大学法》于1965年6月22日获得御准，并于1965年7月1日生效，学院据此以新宪章延续为湖首大学，并确认其以本校名义授予学位的权力。
• The first degrees were conferred on 5 May 1965, before the new act took effect, and Senator Norman McLeod Paterson became the university's first chancellor.首批学位在1965年5月5日、即新法生效之前授予，参议员诺曼·麦克劳德·帕特森出任大学首任校监。
• Andrew Donald Booth, an early computer scientist, served as president of Lakehead University from 1972 to 1978.早期计算机科学家安德鲁·唐纳德·布斯于1972年至1978年担任湖首大学校长。
• From 1989 to 1992 a complex of townhouses, including some units designed for wheelchair users, was added to the residence facilities.1989年至1992年间，学校在宿舍设施中增建了一片联排住宅，其中包含为轮椅使用者设计的单元。
• In 2005 the Northern Ontario School of Medicine was formed as a joint initiative of Lakehead University and Laurentian University in Sudbury, and students may choose either of the two main campuses for their medical studies.2005年，北安大略医学院作为湖首大学与萨德伯里的劳伦森大学的合办项目成立，学生可选择在两处主要校区之一完成医学学业。
• Lakehead opened a campus at Heritage Place in downtown Orillia in 2006, with about 100 students in the first semester.湖首大学于2006年在奥里利亚市中心的遗产广场开设校区，首个学期约有100名学生。
• In September 2010 the Orillia campus expanded to a new site at 500 University Avenue, whose first academic building was the first phase of a LEED Platinum campus designed to cut energy use and water consumption.2010年9月，奥里利亚校区迁至大学大道500号的新址，其首座教学楼是这一LEED铂金级校园建设的第一期，设计上着力降低能耗与水耗。
• A 271-bed student residence and a cafeteria and bookstore opened at the University Avenue site in November 2012.2012年11月，大学大道校区启用一座可容纳271人的学生宿舍以及餐厅与书店。
• A new law school accepted its first students in 2013 and was housed in the former Port Arthur Collegiate Institute building.新的法学院于2013年招收首批学生，校舍设在前阿瑟港中学的建筑内。
• In 2014 the law faculty was named the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law after the fourteenth Chief Justice of Canada.2014年，法学院以加拿大第十四任首席大法官博拉·拉斯金命名。
• The university formally took over an agricultural research station near Thunder Bay in 2018, where newly developed crop varieties are tested.2018年，学校正式接管桑德贝附近的一处农业研究站，在那里试种新培育的作物品种。
• Food services at the Orillia residence have been operated by Dana Hospitality since 2021.奥里利亚宿舍的餐饮服务自2021年起由达纳餐饮公司运营。
• In the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings Lakehead placed 90th among 2,318 participating institutions, the highest position for a Canadian university with fewer than 10,000 students.在2025年泰晤士高等教育影响力排名中，湖首大学在2318所参评院校中位列第90名，是加拿大在校生不足1万人的高校中排名最高者。

Academics

• Lakehead is organised into nine faculties, covering business administration, education, engineering, natural resources management, health and behavioural sciences, science and environmental studies, social sciences and humanities, medicine, and graduate studies.湖首大学下设九个学院，涵盖工商管理、教育、工程、自然资源管理、健康与行为科学、科学与环境研究、社会科学与人文、医学以及研究生院。
• On full-time undergraduate enrolment the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities is the largest, with about 30 percent of students, followed by health and behavioural sciences, science and environmental studies, engineering, education and business.按全日制本科在校生计算，社会科学与人文学院规模最大，约占学生总数的30%，其后依次为健康与行为科学、科学与环境研究、工程、教育以及商学。
• Natural Resources Management and Medicine are the two smallest faculties, each enrolling less than 2 percent of students.自然资源管理学院与医学院规模最小，各自招生人数不到学生总数的2%。
• The Faculty of Law admitted its first students in September 2013, and the school's business programmes hold AACSB accreditation, the only such accreditation for a business school in northern Ontario.法学院于2013年9月招收首批学生，其商科项目持有国际商学院协会认证，是安大略北部唯一获此认证的商学院。
• Lakehead hosts the western campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, which also teaches at Laurentian University's east campus in Sudbury and at teaching sites that range from large urban hospitals to small northern communities.湖首大学承担北安大略医学院的西校区，该学院还在萨德伯里的劳伦森大学东校区以及北部多地开展教学，教学点既有大城市医院，也有北部小镇。
• As a stand-alone not-for-profit corporation with its own board of directors and bylaws, the medical school is unique among Canadian medical schools in its legal structure.这所医学院是独立非营利法人，自设董事会与章程，其法律结构在加拿大医学院校中独一无二。
• The university maintains Canada's only Department of Aboriginal Education, which prepares teachers for Native language instruction and for the needs of Indigenous students and communities.该校设有加拿大唯一的原住民教育系，培养能够开展原住民语言教学并回应原住民学生与社区需求的教师。
• Lakehead holds 11 Canada Research Chairs and operates the Paleo-DNA Laboratory, which analyses degraded and ancient genetic material.湖首大学拥有11个加拿大研究讲席，并运营古DNA实验室，从事降解遗传物质与古代遗传材料的分析。
• The Biorefining Research Institute works on converting forest and agricultural biomass into materials, chemicals and energy.生物炼制研究所致力于把林业与农业生物质转化为材料、化学品和能源。
• A collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programme is offered with a partner institution, extending the university's health sciences portfolio.学校与伙伴院校合办兽医学博士项目，进一步扩展其健康科学领域的布局。
• Entrance scholarships are awarded to high school applicants with averages above 80 percent and are paid out across four years of undergraduate study, with the amount set by the applicant's final high school average.入学奖学金面向平均成绩在80%以上的高中申请者，分四年在本科阶段发放，金额依申请者高中毕业成绩确定。
• Applicants with an average of 95 percent or higher receive free tuition, a policy intended to keep high-achieving students in northern Ontario.平均成绩达到95%及以上的申请者可获免学费，这一政策旨在把优秀学生留在安大略北部。
• Lakehead is a member of the University of the Arctic and takes part in its north2north student mobility programme.湖首大学是北极大学成员，并参与该网络的“北向北”学生流动项目。
• The university offers joint admission pathways with Confederation College, including a Business Fundamentals Integrated Pathway for students moving from college to degree study.该校与联邦学院开设联合录取通道，其中包括为从学院转入学位学习的学生设计的商科基础衔接项目。
• The English Language Centre provides language preparation for international students who need to meet the university's English requirements.英语语言中心为需要达到学校英语要求的国际学生提供语言预备课程。
• Undergraduate programmes are taught at the 500 University Avenue site in Orillia, while the professional year of the education programmes is based at the downtown campus.奥里利亚的本科课程在大学大道500号校区授课，教育类专业的专业年级则在市中心校区就读。
• Graduate programmes span education, engineering, health sciences, natural resources, science and social sciences, and are administered through the Faculty of Graduate Studies.研究生项目覆盖教育、工程、健康科学、自然资源、科学和社会科学等领域，由研究生院统一管理。
• The university's nine faculties are supported by an academic senate and a board of governors, the two bodies that share institutional governance.学校的九个学院由学术评议会与校董会支持，这两个机构共同承担学校治理职责。

Campus

• The Thunder Bay campus at 955 Oliver Road consists of 39 buildings on 116 hectares of property, including 40 hectares of landscaped and maintained grounds.位于奥利弗路955号的桑德贝校区由39座建筑组成，占地116公顷，其中40公顷为经过景观设计并持续养护的绿地。
• The original college site comprised about 32 hectares in south-west Port Arthur, and the campus grew through purchases made between 1962 and 1965.最初的学院用地约为阿瑟港西南部的32公顷，校园此后通过1962年至1965年间的购地不断扩大。
• About 7,900 students study on the Thunder Bay campus, whose residence system has 1,196 beds and three cafeteria and dining halls organised into residence halls, apartments and townhouses.桑德贝校区约有7900名学生就读，其宿舍系统共有1196个床位和三处餐厅，分为宿舍楼、公寓和联排住宅三种类型。
• The residence village stands on the banks of the McIntyre River within a five-minute walk of teaching buildings and athletic facilities.宿舍村坐落在麦金太尔河畔，步行五分钟即可到达教学楼与体育设施。
• The Fieldhouse contains a main gymnasium, a weight room, a yoga room and a 50-metre swimming pool, while the Hangar has a 200-metre indoor track, an indoor soccer field, a cardio area, a climbing wall and an aerobic studio.菲尔德豪斯体育馆设有主体育馆、力量房、瑜伽室和50米游泳池，机库馆则拥有200米室内跑道、室内足球场、有氧训练区、攀岩墙和健身操房。
• The Orillia campus at 500 University Avenue was developed as the first phase of what the university describes as Canada's first LEED Platinum university campus.位于大学大道500号的奥里利亚校区是学校所称“加拿大首个LEED铂金级大学校园”的一期工程。
• A 271-bed residence opened in Orillia in late 2012 with two meal plan options, and the campus now teaches more than 1,200 students at its two Orillia sites.奥里利亚于2012年底启用一座271个床位的宿舍，并提供两种餐饮方案，该校区目前在两处校址为1200余名学生授课。
• The Barrie STEM Hub at 5 Ross Street extends the university's presence into Simcoe County with science and technology programming.位于罗斯街5号的巴里理工教育中心把学校的科学与技术教学延伸至锡姆科县。
• The Orillia campus hosts The Farm Lab, a micro agroecological farm and school garden used for hands-on, place-based education with school classes and volunteers.奥里利亚校区设有“农场实验室”，这是一个微型农业生态农场兼校园菜园，供学校班级与志愿者开展体验式、在地化教学。
• Lakehead acknowledges that its Thunder Bay campus stands on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850, while Orillia lies in Anishinaabeg territory, the homeland of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Pottawatomi nations known collectively as the Three Fires Confederacy.湖首大学确认其桑德贝校区位于威廉堡第一民族的传统土地上，该民族是1850年《罗宾逊上级条约》的签署方，奥里利亚校区则位于阿尼希纳贝人的领地，即奥吉布瓦、奥达瓦与波塔瓦托米三族合称“三火联盟”的家园。

Reputation

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, Lakehead University is placed in the 901-1000 band.在2026年软科世界大学学术排名中，湖首大学位列第901-1000名区间。
• The university did not enter the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校未进入2027年QS世界大学排名。
• Lakehead is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.湖首大学在2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列第1001-1200名区间。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News global universities ranking, Lakehead is placed 1,693rd.在2026-2027年度美国新闻与世界报道全球大学排名中，该校位列第1693名。
• The 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings placed Lakehead 90th overall among 2,318 institutions from more than 130 countries, a result the university presents as the top position for a Canadian institution with fewer than 10,000 students.2025年泰晤士高等教育影响力排名在来自130多个国家的2318所院校中把湖首大学列为第90名，校方称这是加拿大在校生不足1万人的高校中的最好成绩。
• Lakehead was ranked second in Canada and 23rd in the world for Sustainable Development Goal 1, No Poverty.在可持续发展目标第1项“无贫穷”上，该校在加拿大排名第2、全球排名第23。
• It was ranked fifth in Canada and 26th in the world for Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water.在可持续发展目标第14项“水下生物”上，该校在加拿大排名第5、全球排名第26。
• Its business programmes are accredited by AACSB, an accreditation held by only a minority of business schools worldwide, and the university is the only institution in northern Ontario to hold it.其商科项目获国际商学院协会认证，全球仅有少数商学院持有这一认证，该校也是安大略北部唯一获此认证的院校。
• Lakehead holds 11 Canada Research Chairs, a federal programme that funds leading researchers at Canadian universities.湖首大学拥有11个加拿大研究讲席，这一联邦计划专门资助加拿大高校的领军研究者。
• The university is a member of the University of the Arctic, a cooperative network of more than 200 institutions working on circumpolar education and research.该校是北极大学成员，这一合作网络由200多所从事环北极教育与研究的机构组成。

Student life

• The Lakehead University Student Union, known as LUSU, serves as the governing body for student-run clubs and societies and represents students on university committees.湖首大学学生会（LUSU）是学生社团与学生组织的管理机构，并在学校各委员会中代表学生。
• LUSU publishes The Argus, the student newspaper, and operates The Study Coffeehouse and The Outpost Pub as gathering places and performance venues.学生会出版学生报纸《阿格斯》，并经营“书房咖啡屋”与“前哨酒吧”，作为聚会与演出场所。
• Lakehead competes in the Canadian U Sports league as the Lakehead Thunderwolves.湖首大学以“湖首雷狼”之名参加加拿大大学体育联赛。
• Varsity teams include basketball, cross-country, hockey, Nordic skiing, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.校队项目包括篮球、越野跑、冰球、北欧滑雪、田径、排球和摔跤。
• Club teams add men's volleyball, men's and women's curling and rowing to the competitive programme.俱乐部队伍在竞技项目之外还设有男子排球、男子与女子冰壶以及赛艇。
• Accommodation is divided into three living styles, namely residence halls, apartments and townhouses, with meal options ranging from kitchenette to full meal plan.住宿分为宿舍楼、公寓和联排住宅三种形式，餐饮方案从小厨房自炊到全包餐计划不等。
• As a share of the student population, Lakehead has one of the largest Indigenous student communities in Canada, supported by the Office of Aboriginal Initiatives.按学生总数比例计算，湖首大学拥有加拿大规模最大的原住民学生群体之一，并由原住民事务办公室提供支持。
• Special first-year bridging programmes and tutoring through the Native Nursing Access Program are provided for Indigenous students.学校为原住民学生开设专门的一年级衔接项目，并通过原住民护理入学计划提供辅导。
• The university awards a set of bursaries for Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis students, including the Hamlin Family Fund nursing bursaries, the Lakehead University Native Award and the TBayTel Bursary.学校为原住民、第一民族与梅蒂斯学生设立多项助学金，包括哈姆林家族基金护理助学金、湖首大学原住民奖以及TBayTel助学金。
• The Superior Science Program takes science teaching to remote Indigenous communities, complementing the tutoring and bridging programmes offered on campus.“卓越科学计划”把科学教学送到偏远原住民社区，与校内的辅导和衔接项目相互补充。
• More than 45,000 alumni are counted by the university, and graduates are served by an alumni association that runs events and mentoring schemes.学校统计的校友超过4.5万人，校友会为毕业生组织活动并提供导师计划。

Notable people

• Senator Norman McLeod Paterson became the first chancellor of Lakehead University after the 1965 charter.参议员诺曼·麦克劳德·帕特森在1965年获得大学宪章后出任湖首大学首任校监。
• Andrew Donald Booth, an early computer scientist who built one of the first working computer memory systems in Britain, was president of Lakehead University from 1972 to 1978.早期计算机科学家安德鲁·唐纳德·布斯曾在英国研制出最早的实用计算机存储系统之一，他于1972年至1978年任湖首大学校长。
• Kathleen Booth, also an early computer scientist, is credited with inventing the first computer assembly language, worked on early stored-program computers in the United Kingdom and taught at the university.同样身为早期计算机科学家的凯瑟琳·布斯被认为发明了第一种计算机汇编语言，曾在英国参与早期存储程序计算机的研制，并任教于该校。
• Geoffrey R. Weller served as vice-president of Lakehead University and became the founding president of the University of Northern British Columbia.杰弗里·韦勒曾任湖首大学副校长，后出任北不列颠哥伦比亚大学首任校长。
• Patty Hajdu, member of parliament for Thunder Bay-Superior North, has served in the federal cabinet as minister of health and minister of Indigenous services and is a Lakehead graduate.桑德贝—苏必利尔北选区联邦议员帕蒂·哈伊杜曾在联邦内阁出任卫生部长与原住民服务部长，她是湖首大学毕业生。
• Lyn McLeod, a former leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and provincial cabinet minister, is counted among the university's alumni, as is Bruce Hyer, a former member of parliament for Thunder Bay-Superior North.安大略自由党前领袖、省内阁部长林恩·麦克劳德被列为该校校友，曾任桑德贝—苏必利尔北选区联邦议员的布鲁斯·海尔同样在该校校友之列。
• Dusty Miller became the first female mayor of the City of Thunder Bay and is an alumna of the university.达斯蒂·米勒成为桑德贝市首位女市长，她是该校校友。
• Eric Melillo was elected member of parliament for Kenora in 2019 at the age of 21, immediately after finishing his bachelor's degree at Lakehead.埃里克·梅利洛在完成湖首大学本科学业后，于2019年以21岁之龄当选肯诺拉选区联邦议员。
• Stephen Low, an IMAX film maker and director, studied at Lakehead University.IMAX 电影制作人兼导演斯蒂芬·洛曾就读于湖首大学。
• Diane Schoemperlen, a Canadian novelist, is a graduate of the university.加拿大小说家黛安·舍恩佩伦是该校毕业生。
• Don Talbot, an Australian swimming coach, and Jan Cameron, an Australian swimmer and coach, are both listed among Lakehead alumni.澳大利亚游泳教练唐·塔尔博特与澳大利亚游泳运动员兼教练简·卡梅伦均被列为湖首大学校友。
• Gary Polonsky, a Lakehead graduate, became the founding president and vice-chancellor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.湖首大学毕业生加里·波隆斯基出任安大略理工大学首任校长兼校监。
• Anthony LeBlanc, a sports executive and former president and chief executive of the Arizona Coyotes, is an alumnus, and Ronald J. Duhamel, a former member of parliament and senator, also graduated from Lakehead.体育经理人、亚利桑那土狼队前总裁兼首席执行官安东尼·勒布朗是该校校友，曾任联邦议员与参议员的罗纳德·杜哈梅尔同样毕业于湖首大学。