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February 7th, 2023 | 4-minute read

After more than fifty-five years, Laurentian’s Doran Planetarium continues to educate and entertain astronomy enthusiasts.

New coordination team guided by Dr. Hoi Cheu is passionate about diversifying teachings outside the classroom.

Members of the current Doran Planetarium team (from left to right): Christine Kraus, Juliette Deloye, Alexandre Leblanc, and Hoi Cheu (missing: William Morin).
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February 2nd, 2023 | 3-minute read

Harquail School of Earth Sciences’s Minecraft-inspired rock ID game helps school children discover geology

Rock ID games available for use at all Greater Sudbury Public Library branches

The Harquail School of Earth Sciences' geoscience technologist Tobias Roth and Earth Sciences B.Sc. students Jessica Beaudry, Logan Courchesne and Weeda Tiraei (left to right), are inviting school-age children to play the bilingual "Minecraft-inspired Rock Identification Game" at the Greater Sudbury Public Library.
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January 10th, 2023 | 4-minute read

Are local fish safe to consume? Research on contaminants in subsistence fish to impact Indigenous communities

Wahnapitae First Nation member and Laurentian graduate student, Taylor Nicholls, pursues scholarship in aquaculture

This Fall, Wahnapitae First Nation member Taylor Nicholls began the pursuit of her Master’s in Science in Biology at Laurentian University.
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December 20th, 2022 | 3-minute read

Design Studio takes McEwen School of Architecture graduate students to Delhi, India and the Old Walled City of Shahjahanabad in old Delhi

SSHRC Insight Development Grant supports the development of architecture and urban design proposals.

Graduate Architecture students from Prof. Bassett's Graduate Community Design studio, “Recovering Shahjahanabad through Participatory Architectural Conservation and Ecological Urbanism.”