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Putting his community ahead of his education: the story of LU student Jacob Pitawanakwat

The born multitasker works with Wikwemikong Board of Education, and Innovations for Learning on a quest to improve literacy rates among youth

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2020 Stories

Putting his community ahead of his education: the story of LU student Jacob Pitawanakwat

The Importance of University Athletics

Laurentian alumna looks back on the value of her arts degree

Student from Nigeria now calls Sudbury home (Video)

Residence life at Laurentian (Video)

Welcome to Laurentian (Video)

Why we’re living on residence (Video)

Celebrating the class of 2020 (Video)

Using math to optimize mining: Bright Afum (Video)

Science Meets Art: Amanda Durkin (Video)

2019 Stories

Student Transformation: From First to Fourth Year

Five First-Year Myths

Top 5 things to do in Sudbury for $10 or less

What do you like most about Laurentian? (Video)

Why did you choose to study at Laurentian? (Video)

What advice would you give other international students? (Video)

What are the differences between Canada and your country? (Video)

This student earned her degree while fostering 7 siblings (Video)

Laurentian graduate lands job at Vale (Video)

Laurentian opens doors for international students (Video)

A day in the life of a Laurentian grad student (Video)

Tips for university success (Video)

2018 Stories

STEM fields are not just for the boys

Did we just become best friends?

Ready for a thrill?

How Travelling Has Influenced Me

Heartfelt Thoughts to BSW Students

How To Rock This Exam Period

HOW TO BE A STUDENT-ATHLETE (or ya know, if you just wanna work out and study)

Enjoy the outdoors at Laurentian

What should I think about when accepting an offer to University?

Unique partnership gives geology students international experience

Indigenous engineering student breaks down barriers

2017 Stories

You Say “There’s Nothing to do in Sudbury”…

Thank You – A Student Documentary

Kick Smoking in the Bud

Netflix and De-stress

Laurentian University Lingo – Part 2

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jesse Popp, Ph.D

Enjoy the outdoors at Laurentian

5 Things University Taught Me

What should I think about when accepting an offer to University?

Netherlands Adventure

SPAIN PART 2: SEGOVIA AND BARCELONA

Spain trip part 1: MADRID

BACKPACKING TRIP PART 4&5- Eitorf Germany and Paris!

Unique partnership gives geology students international experience

BACKPACKING TRIP PART 3: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Laurentian celebrates Ontario Biology Day

BACKPACKING TRIP PART 2: DUBLIN, IRELAND

BACKPACKING TRIP PART 1: ENGLAND

Euro Backpacking Adventure - Laurentian SPAD students

My Laurentian story

Reading Week: Keeping Busy

Vlog #5: #SPADexchange at Swarovski Kristallwelten

Cancer Awareness Series: Be Your “Breast” Self

Your Canadian Winter Bucket List

Vlog 4: #SPADexchange mountain adventures in Kufstein

Meal-Prep and Chill: A Student’s Guide To Healthy Eating

2016 Stories

Your Complete Sudbury Holiday Gift Guide

Vlog 3: #SPADexchange in VENEZIA

Myth Buster: Drinking and Driving Edition

#SPADexchange explores Neuschwanstein Castle

Applying to an Ontario Medical School: What to know

Vlog 1: WE MADE IT!

Riding The Waves: A student’s guide to loving talk-radio

What is a Cup of Coffey

Dear First Year Us

How To Explore Your Own City

Before you can love where you are going, Love where you are at.

A First Years Guide to Laurentian Lingo ?

Laurentian Pep Rally Vlog

Dear First Year Me

Picture Yourself Abroad

Sudbury Summer Living Series: The Artsy Sudburian

First Year Tips

Cancer Awareness Series: Sun safety tips from a Radiation Therapy student

Campus Tour / Visite du campus

Sudbury Summer Living Series: The Stylish Sudburian

Sudbury Summer Living Series: The Health-Conscious Sudburian

Canada Has Changed My Mind

The feeling of loss after graduation

Take a Chill Pill

A Convocation Snapchat Story

Travelling Through Canada, eh? : East Coast Edition

Oh the Places You’ll Go… in Sudbury, Ontario!

Finding my Italian Roots

10 #StudyBreak ideas

A Story of Lost Assignments

Teaching Placement in Sioux Lookout

Can’t Find a Study Spot on Campus? Check Out This Guide!

LIVING IN RESIDENCE // end of first year

7 Life Lessons I Learned by Going to School in Sudbury

Looking to Get Ahead This Summer? Become a Volunteer!

The Independence Fiasco

Graduation guide: 4 things to do before you leave Sudbury

Snow Pro – A Guide to Fun in the Winter Sun

Open House – Her Starbucks Giftcard

Top 5 Places at LU to Catch the Sunset

Building your CV – Part 1

How to rock reading week!

Confessions of a Small Town Ramsey Lake Bass Who Made the Big Brave Swim Across the North Atlantic.

Cooking in UC Rez

6 Study Techniques to Get You Through Midterms

Exploring Laurentian’s campus: the amateur’s guide

6 Awesome LU Clubs

Model Parliament When You’re not in Poli Sci

Top 10 Reasons You should attend Model Parliament Next Year

Holidays abroad

A Guide to Thrive in Your Last Semester

2015 Stories

Simple Ways to Stay Active When All You Want Is Netflix (Part 2)

Simple Ways to Stay Active When All You Want Is Netflix (Part 1)

An Open Letter to people who disagree with other people’s majors

Expert tips on applying to graduate programs

Portage – A New Laurentian Tradition

How to (try and) deal with post-graduate applications

Countdown to Halloween

The Necessary Apps every Student Needs – Part 1

Student Awards – A Success Story

What do we do now? Overcoming Lethargy

Dear First Year Me

International Exchange: Travel Hacks

Moving Back Into Residence: The Dos and Don’ts

Why Choose LU? Part Two

7 Words to Describe an Ideal Student Traveller

Tour de Southern Ontario

First week of my Pan Am games volunteering

Essential Italian Phrases Every Canadian Traveller Should Know

5 Ways Italians Are Different from Canadians

Why Choose LU? Part One

5 Ways to Jumpstart Your International Exchange Dreams

Dear First-Year Me

The Pan Am Games Torch came to Sudbury!

On finishing the last exam of your undergrad

How to Prepare on the Day of Your Exam

The 2 Best Recipes I’ve Made at School + Others I’ve Tried and Loved!

LNAP: Free coffee, yoga, and everything else a university student could wish for

4 Entertaining Things to do on a Greyhound Bus

13 Reasons why being a Student is Great!

Myth vs. Fact: Your First Week in University

6 Steps to a Successful Group Project

5 Things to do in Montreal

Airbandz – The Queen of Dance Recitals

Research Week: The Final Two Days

Five Things to Consider When Living Like the French

5 Things I’ve Learned in the Year Since my Study Abroad

Research Week: A Two-Day Preview

Ways to re-kindle your motivation

My first Model Parliament experience

10 Reasons Why You Must Travel to Australia

Mental Health Awareness & More Feet on the Ground

Surviving the Cold and your Winter Blues

2014 Stories

The Top 5 Things to do on Campus

Top 5 Things to Do Over The Holidays

“Off the beaten path” campus study spots

A Few Basic Tips for Surviving Exams

How to Decorate for the Holidays: The Student Version

Late Night Against Procrastination

Studying to Music and Laurentian’s Late Night Against Procrastination

Easy, cheap gift ideas

Sudbury Apartments: What To Expect

Four Things You Learn When You Move Into Your First Apartment

Meeting with prospective students at Open House

It’s okay to go to Ben Avery Gym alone.

What to do when your parents come to visit Sudbury

Ontario Universities’ Fair 2014

Budgeting for Students

Tips From a Fourth-Year Student

7 Laurentian University Services to take advantage of.

Six amazing weeks in Western Australia

Reflecting on my semester abroad

Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative

I am sure that the tale will not seem strange to you

Leggett & Platt Micro Gel Fiber Pillow

The beautiful Prologue is a new visionary design for Audi

Tips on Traveling to the Other Side of the World

One last Exam & a Trip on the way.

Get fit on Campus with Healthy Living and the SGA

On Dealing with Stress and Loving Where You Live

And the results are…

Apartment Hunting: The Do’s and Don’ts

I (finally) went to Paris!

Eating, Sleeping, and a lot of Rowing

Mental Health Awareness Week and Art at Laurentian

I’m Glad That’s Over/The Next Big Step/Love Where You Live

I wore my hair in ponytail and no one has stared

Am I really here for school?

Learning French is Hard

Bonjour from France!

First Time for Everything!

#BellLetsTalk @LaurentianU

Laurentian University Model Parliament 2014

Journalism Conferences, and the Weeks Surrounding Winter Break

Consider Coaching

2013 Stories

A Laurentian Student’s Day in the Life: A Photo Gallery

The end of the semester and some ideas to help cope with stress and all the nice things that...

The V-Blogs: A tour of second floor Huntington University!

Delicious Food Part Two: What to Cook (Part One!)

Fall Open House 2013

Job Searching? Tips for Resumes, Cover Letters and Interviews

Delicious Food Part One: Where To Eat

Tweets are mini-blogs

Halloween in Huntington

LU Voyaguer Rowing (We’re crushing it!)

Third year placement

A Torontonian Guide to Reading Week

Reading Week = Pure, School Free Bliss

Laurentian-themed Halloween costume guide (with artistic paint pictures)

It’s flu/cold/feeling horrible season!

Voyageur Rowing takes on HOTT

Kayla’s guide to dealing with mid-term stress: Part 2!

Kayla’s guide to dealing with mid-term stress!

Ontario Universities’ Fair 2013

How to get through autumn if your mood freezes when the ground does

The anti-guide to managing stress from school, work and volunteering

Rose Apple Restaurant and getting off campus

More Laurentian to Love

The looming question “what is there to do in Sudbury?!” answered by yours truly

What parents should teach their kids before university

Busy bees and busier courses

Gentlemen (and gentlewomen) of the Road

The week of the BBQ: A summary

For my own part, I had been feverishly excited all day

Royal Canadian Henley Regatta aka BBQ WEEK

Sudbury “Trap Streets” – possibly the coolest thing that I’ve found out in a while.

More SupportOARS

This city is a magnet.

(Potential) Future Voyageurs!

Honouring Dr. Pat Pickard

Back in the swing of things

The Living’s Easy

Summer Time in Sudbury

Top 10 Things I Will Miss About LU

Last Days At LU – A Video Blog

For anyone with a dream

Stanley Cup Predictions

The icing on the cake

A Reflection on Teaching

Just Another Easter: Post-Apocalyptic Prison Assaults and Eunuch Slave Soldiers

Maple Syrup Making

And a very artsy week it was…

10 Really Awesome School Related Feelings

10 Really Awful School Feelings

St. Patty’s Day with Human Kinetics

Festa Fiesta and Lads N Lashes

Android Bounty Hunters Part 2

No matter where you live, adventure is much closer than you think

And my true talent is…

Petrolicious – The Winningest Ferrari Ever

Today, I walked outside in just a sweater

And Now For Something Completely Different

CANIMUN (Laurentian Delegation) Thank You!!!

CANIMUN: An Amazing Weekend and Experience Concludes

You don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone…

Sleep is a choice not a necessity…

Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!

Madagascar in DISEC

CANIMUN Heats Up On Day 3

CANIMUN Continues

Helen Clark to Address CANIMUN Delegates

‘Hail Caesar, Baby!’…Among Other Things

Believe it or not…

Water dependencies debated as technological concerns boil-over

Tensions Explode at United Nations Security Council

Personal relations in United Nations Committees

GA3 Committee Working Paper

You do not truly know someone until you travel with them….

A funny thing happened…

CANIMUN- Day 1 (Revised)

LU in Ottawa for CANIMUN 2013!

All set for CANIMUN 2013!!

Reading Week Occupations: Android Bounty Hunters and What-Not…

Beauty & the Beast comes to Sudbury!

Snakes, Breaking the Stereotype

Le bocce della morte

Hectic Times for a Fourth Year

Zombies have feelings, too

Interesting Discoveries

Puppy Apocalypse

Smiles of my week!

Off to the theatre!

Model Parliament featuring added excitement

Hockey Is BACK!

Top Fun, Healthy Activities Tips for Your Family

New Year, Same Me

For the second time that day this girl proved her quality.

Cheers to 2013, and all the dreams it can hold!

2012 Stories

This just in: I am one lucky kid

End of the year post

I can smell the chestnuts; I just can’t eat any yet

Man my upper lip is COLD!!

Discover 8 Tracks

Update on Malala Yousufazi

Books (and why I love them)

Basketball games and coffee houses

Margaret Atwood: Literary genius and Zombie expert

OPEN HOUSE!!!!!

Creepy Crawlies at Science North

Parli italiano?

Ukulele Flash Mob!

Jian Ghomeshi does LU

Laptops and Water Bottles Do Not Mix

It’s never too late

2075 seems so far away…

World MasterCard Fashion Week: Round 2

On the road like Kerouac (kind of but not at all)

Must Have Coffee

Stresses about schooling

Advocating for Peace Through Health: My Journey Halfway Around the World to Change Things Here at Home

Happy long weekend!

Pinterest Makes: Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ontario University Fair and Surprise Visits to Pub!

Be My Valentine – Filming in the North

Joe Avati visits Laurentian and makes me famous

The Importance of Having a Not-Ridiculous E-mail Address

Lists upon lists!

Let the craziness begin!

Cinéfest Sudbury

University of Sudbury Life

Goals I will/probably will/might/hope to accomplish this year

Oh, Look How We’ve Grown!

Trading Textbooks for Ukeleles

Dear First Year Me

Giving up bikinis for books

Back to School Bike Story

There, among some young pine trees and furze bushes

Dear First-Year Me: A Guest Letter by Charles Wilson

Dear first-year me

Behind this first charging demon trailed nineteen others

I should have had the surprise of my life, but I did not know at that time

Dear First Year Me!

Dear First-Year Me: A letter to past Kallie in 2009

A Great Place to Watch the London Games

Pinterest Makes: The Strawberry Sandwich

Things to do in Sudbury #2: Greek Festival

Bucket List for 1st Year

Who knew the train was so comfy?

GIVEAWAY – It’s been too long!

How to Stay in Touch

Things to do in Sudbury #1: Sudbury Rocks

A Summer in Sudbury

Sweet music to my ears

You’re a firework

Canada D’eh! (see what I did there?)

Ryan makes a quick trip to Ottawa!

Skills conference/trip to Parliament!

A Science North Adventure

Heart and Stroke Big Bike Race, and Jays Game!

I hit the record jackpot!

Lunabotics Conclusion

Keeping Busy and Loving Every Minute of It!

The Return of The Mosquito

Last Day of Competition

Friday – May 25, 2012

Thursday – May 24th, 2012

Testing out the Lunabot (Pictures)

Coolest cat around! (You will understand at the end…)

Dr. Instagram (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the app)

Wait. Am I a 20-something now?

Working away in Cap. City aka O-Town aka Ottawa

How to be Productively Creative

Beginning of summer….creative, right? ;)

5 Books You May Want to Read this Summer

Summer in Sudbury

Sudbury festivals: A best of list on a scale of 1-food coma

Internet snobbery (and biting your tongue when it comes to slowpokes)

If I could major in procrastination…

Another year has flown by

It’s going to snow tonight.

Sudbury concerts!

One more day of class!

The Annual Gerry Lougheed Jr. Volunteer Appreciation Dinner!!

Between the Sheets

Looking Ahead to a Beautiful Summer in Sudbury

Vintage Living – Flower casa in São Paulo

If you can vote, do it! E’rywhere!

LATE NIGHT PROCRASTINATION!

The art of Facebook creeping

Weekend trip to the SAULT!!

The art of Facebook creeping

Busy month ahead! (Top Ad update!)

Canada’s Next Top… Ad Exec?

How to find the best pizza in Sudbury

Real-life REC in Victoria, B.C.

Airbandz….nuff said!

Tips on staying awake…late.

The 16th of December was the seventy-fifth day

Rez Conference 2.0—-Trent University

Attracting great musical talent at Laurentian !

A Loonie for Your Library, Sir?

One of Sudbury’s Hidden Gems; Pond Hockey Tournament!

Winter is Upon us

Nor did wild rumors of all sorts fail to exaggerate

Am I the only one still on HOLIDAY MODE?!

What it’s like to work in REZ!

Crazy December!

2011 Stories

Goodbye, Ulrich

Two weeks of crazy

No Mo Mustache!

Support your team!

Laurentian Talent Shown Off…..What A Show!

Parliamentary shenanigans!

Final Thoughts On the Last Day of CUCOH

Glitz and Glam at CUCOH

On Regional Disparities in the North: Kian’s Conversation with the Hon. Dr. Carolyn Bennett

Yaeji’s Experience on Second Day of CUCOH

Kian and Yaeji arrive in Kingston, ready for a night of mixing and mingling!

Laurentian’s Ambassadors to CUCOH arrive in Toronto!

Margaret Atwood Birthday Dinner

November Wishes

Some racing next tuesday

Laurentian is jazzing it up!

Remembrance Day in Ottawa, What an experience!!

Studying tips for Final Exams!

I need a breakthrough… ASAP

3 hours that were

Back to the Grind

Back on the grind, with a moustache!

Gotta get moving

5 THINGS YOU MUST DO ON READING WEEK!

Gobble Gobble Gobble

Alcohol Awareness Week!

Off to California

Say Goodbye to Mom and Dad

Starting to get into routines….ITS ABOUT TIME!

If You Don’t Do It Now, You’ll Regret It!! [Video!]

Gettin’ to be that time again!!

Finishing up Nationals

First Day at Nationals

National Championships next week

Tell the world, I’m coming home…(corny)

10 Reasons Why You Must Travel to Vietnam!

Racing in Portland

Great way to celebrate Canada’s BDay

To Portland, Oregon next week

Happy Canada Day!!

Worst. Luck. Ever.

Hola from Guadalajara!

My Life in Complete Opposites

Summer update anyone??

The Start of an Adventure!

Good News, Bad News… Cross Your Fingers!

I’m on a boat!

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Training-full time job

Life Is Miraculous

It’s all About Freedom!

The search for Freedom: Day 1!

Well Hello Germany!

Farewell For Now, They Say

Bittersweet ending to an amazing year

Safe fun happy summer take home messages!

The end of living the “dream,” brings birth to living “the reality”

Pan Am trials report

I am the MASTER of studying….Get it?

Another day at the office

World Championships-The First Step

Like A Chicken Caesar Wrap, But An End-of-Year Wrap

The Jays are back!

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For FREE FOOD!

It’s crunch time + exciting news!

Let the STRESS begin!

A Vote For You Is A Vote For Tim Campbell

The One and Only KIN GAMES!!!

Back to reality – the final stretch of events!

Do you know your mohawk isn’t in the middle?!

So that’s why they call it READING week!

Curling, Ice Fishing, Gotta love Sudbury!

Learning Something from Egypt

Age ain’t nothing but a number

It’s beginning to look a lot like……AIRBANDZ!!

Laurentian is a pure BROTHERHOOD!

New people? Definitely not what’s lacking.

What a “Brian” weekend

Please Check Your Brain In At the Door and Someone Will Be Here to Help You

Networking Is the Key Word Here

Laurentian University = Love

And the Wheels Keep Turnin’!

Semester 2, Round 2

My (Almost) Golden Holidays

New and Fresh Beginnings