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. The extended federal and provincial quasi-administrative regions of Northern Ontario have their own boundaries even further south in the transitional area that vary according to their respective government policies and requirements. Ontario government departments and agencies such as the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation define Northern Ontario as all areas north of,and including,the districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing for political purposes,and the federal but not the provincial government also includes the district of Muskoka.
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 "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.
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 is a college of applied arts and technology in Greater Sudbury,Ontario,Canada. Established in 1967,and funded by the province of Ontario,Cambrian has campuses in Sudbury,Espanola and Little Current. 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.
James K. Gordon is a Canadian politician,who served as mayor of Sudbury,Ontario from 1976 to 1981 and from 1991 to 2003,and as a Member of Provincial Parliament for the provincial electoral district of Sudbury from 1981 to 1987. He briefly served in the Executive Council of Ontario,holding the position of Minister of Government Services in 1985.
Hearst is a town in the district of Cochrane,Ontario,Canada. It is located on the Mattawishkwia River in Northern Ontario,approximately 92 kilometres (57 mi) west of Kapuskasing,approximately 520 kilometres (320 mi) east of Thunder Bay along Highway 11. At Hearst,Highway 583 extends northward to Lac-Sainte-Thérèse and southward to Jogues,Coppell and Mead. Just over 96% of the town's residents speak French as their mother language,the highest proportion in Ontario.
Universitéde Hearst is a public French-language university with its main campus in Hearst,Ontario,Canada. The university has additional campuses in Timmins and Kapuskasing.
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.
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.
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.
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 subsequently won the Air Canada Audience Choice Award at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October.
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).
