The University of Sudbury is a bilingual and tri-cultural university in Sudbury,Ontario,Canada. It provides undergraduate programming in both French and English in Religious Studies,Philosophy,Indigenous Studies,and in French in Journalism and Folklore. It was a federated school of Laurentian University until May 1,2021,when Laurentian terminated its relationships with all of its federated schools as part of the 2021 Laurentian University financial crisis;it was subsequently announced that the University of Sudbury will continue operations as an independent French-language university.
Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario,the other primary region being Southern Ontario. Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Province of the Canadian Shield,a vast rocky plateau located mainly north of Lake Huron,the French River,Lake Nipissing,and the Mattawa River. The statistical region extends south of the Mattawa River to include all of the District of Nipissing. The southern section of this district lies on part of the Grenville Geological Province of the Shield which occupies the transitional area between Northern and Southern Ontario.
Franco-Ontarians are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2021,according to the Government of Ontario,there were 650,000 Francophones in the province. The majority of Franco-Ontarians in the province reside in Eastern Ontario,Northeastern Ontario,and Central Ontario,although small francophone communities may be found in other regions of the province.
Sudbury,officially the City of Greater Sudbury,is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population,with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area,it is the largest in Ontario and the fifth largest in Canada. It is administratively a single-tier municipality and thus is not part of any district,county,or regional municipality. The City of Greater Sudbury is separate from,but entirely surrounded by the Sudbury District. The city is also referred to as "Ville du Grand Sudbury" among Francophones.
Laurentian University,officially Laurentian University of Sudbury,is a mid-sized bilingual public university in Greater Sudbury,Ontario,Canada,incorporated on March 28,1960. Laurentian offers a variety of undergraduate,graduate-level,and doctorate degrees. Laurentian is the largest bilingual provider of distance education in Canada. The college was formerly federated with Thornloe University,Huntington University,and the University of Sudbury. Laurentian severed the federation during 2021 insolvency proceedings,ending 60-year relationships,and triggering lawsuits.
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.
Cambrian College,established in 1967,is a college of applied arts and technology in Greater Sudbury,Ontario,Canada,partnered with private Hanson College of Business,Health and Technology in Brampton and Toronto. It is attended primarily by international students.
Northern Ontario School of Medicine University is a public medical university in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is mandated both to educate doctors and to contribute to care in Northern Ontario's urban,rural and remote communities,and has campuses in both Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
Marie-Paule Charette-Poulin was a Canadian senator until resigning in April 2015 and was the president of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2006 to 2008. She is married to international portrait artist Bernard Poulin.
Lambda is the official English student newspaper at Laurentian University in Sudbury,Ontario,Canada. It is directly funded from the student fees paid to the Student General Association (SGA),Laurentian University's full-time student union,although the newspaper's charter explicitly prevents the SGA from exerting editorial control of any kind over it.
Village Media is a Canadian media company,which operates a number of hyperlocal online news and community websites throughout Ontario.
Huntington University is an independent university located in Greater Sudbury,Ontario,Canada. Formerly a federated college of Laurentian University,the institution announced plans in 2021 to continue as an independent institution following the termination of its federation agreement with Laurentian in 2021.
Thorneloe University,also known as Thorneloe University at Laurentian,is an Anglican affiliated university formerly federated with,and still inset on the campus of,the larger Laurentian University in Sudbury,Ontario,Canada.
The New Democratic Party fielded a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election. It won 29 seats in the election to remain the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. Many of the New Democratic Party's candidates have their own biography pages;information about others may be found here.
London Health Sciences Centre is a hospital network in London,Ontario and is collectively one of Canada's largest acute-care teaching hospitals. It was formed in 1995 as a result of the merger of University Hospital and Victoria Hospital. In affiliation with the Schulich School of Medicine &Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario,it trains more than 1,800 medical and care professionals annually. It operates two hospital facilities,University Hospital and Victoria Hospital which includes the Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre.
The McEwen School of Architecture,formerly the Laurentian School of Architecture,is an architecture school belonging to Laurentian University in Sudbury,Ontario,Canada. The school opened in September 2013,and was the first new school of architecture to open in Canada in 45 years. It is also the first school of its kind in Northern Ontario,and the first in Canada outside Quebec to offer courses in French.
Frank F. Mallory is a professor of biology at Laurentian University in Sudbury,Ontario. In 2018 he is the Chair of the biology department. Mallory's research deals mainly with mammals.
The 2021-22 Laurentian University Crisis is a controversial and unprecedented financial crisis at Laurentian University in northern Ontario,Canada. After experiencing financial difficulties over a period of years,the university filed for creditor protection on February 1,2021. The university subsequently closed 69 undergraduate and graduate programs and terminated 195 faculty and staff with little notice or severance. The federated universities of Laurentian eliminated 143 positions. Approximately 932 students were affected. It also marked the first time in Canadian history that a public university sought to restructure under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA).
The Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op is an organization based in Sudbury,Ontario,which operates the city's first dedicated repertory and art film movie theatre.
The Laurentian University Student Centre is located on the Laurentian University campus in Sudbury,Ontario,Canada. Laurentian University was established in 1960 and is a tricultural public university with a student body of 9700. The Centre is an anchoring place for students at the university providing them with a sheltered home away from home. Students of the University visit the Centre for events,activities,to study,as a place to gather,and more. The Student Centre blends with the surrounding natural landscape and the urban industrial cityscape while countering the existing brutalist architecture.
