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As stated in its 2012-2017 Strategic Plan, the purpose of Laurentian University is to offer an outstanding university experience, in English and French with a comprehensive approach to Indigenous education, that prepares students as agents of change by stimulating them to ask new questions, to challenge what we know, and so empower them to create innovative solutions for future local and global issues.

Established in 1960, Laurentian University’s main campus is nestled into a pristine 765-acre peninsula in the City of Greater Sudbury. It is one of the fastest growing universities in Canada in the past decade, now serving close to 10,000 students (7,200 FTE). Programs are also offered in Barrie to 1,000 students, where the University aspires to open a stand-alone campus. Laurentian has the highest post-graduation employment rates in Ontario, at 92% after 6 months and 95% after two years. There is high recognition for Laurentian’s enviable class sizes, having one of the lowest average class sizes in Canada.

Approximately 16% of Laurentian’s students are enrolled in French-language programs, 11% self-identify as First Nation, Métis or Inuit learners and 7% are international students. Laurentian offers 175 programs, of which 33 are at the masters and doctoral level, and there are 850 employees, including 384 full-time faculty. Laurentian has one affiliated university (Université de Hearst) and three federated universities (Huntingon University, Thorneloe University and University of Sudbury).

The University’s 6 Faculties currently are: Arts, Science, Engineering & Architecture, Health, Education, Management, and Medicine.

The University’s Five Key Goals are:

· Student Engagement and Satisfaction
· National Recognition
· University of Choice
· Community Responsiveness
· Organizational Excellence

Laurentian graduated in 2009 it's charter class of the NOSM, the first medical school to open in Canada in over 30 years and only the second new medical school in North America during a similar period. It also opened in September 2013 a new School of Architecture in downtown Sudbury, the first architecture school to open in Canada in 45 years. Phase 2 of this $43 million project will be completed in 2015.

Laurentian completed in March 2013 the largest fundraising campaign in the history of Northern Ontario, raising over $65 million, exceeding its $50 million target. The campaign led to historic eight-figure gifts from Ned Goodman and Stan Bharti to create the Goodman School of Mines and name the Bharti School of Engineering.

Despite declining university-age population in Northeastern Ontario, Laurentian’s enrolment on its Sudbury campus has increased every year in the past five years, while increasing the average entry grade from 79% to 81%. Since 2009, the University has seen a 26.4% increase in applications from high school graduates, nearly three times the provincial average of 9%. First-choice applications increased by 10.1% during that period, more than twice the provincial average of 4.5%.

The University has the only business school in Canada to offer a degree in Sports Administration, and is the first and only university outside the United States offering programs accredited by the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC). Its Faculty of Management is seeking international accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Since 2005, the University built three new academic facilities (Northern Ontario School of Medicine, School of Education, Vale Living With Lakes Centre) and two new student residences, and expanded its Ben Avery Athletic Complex. It recently began to improve food services with the addition of a Subway, Starbucks and a bistro. It is in the process of investing over $60 million by 2016 to modernize the rest of the Sudbury campus, including the rehabilitation of residences, the redesign of Great Hall, the modernization of 50 classrooms and labs, as well as the creation of an Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, an Executive Learning Centre and a University Club.

Laurentian’s Chancellor is Canadian journalist and author Steve Paikin, anchor and senior editor of TVO’s flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin.

Laurentian’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Dominic Giroux, joined the University in April 2009. His first five-year term was renewed until June 2019, following a unanimous recommendation from the Presidential Review Committee in October 2012. A recipient of one Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Awards in 2011, he currently co-chairs the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) and the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) and serves on the five-member Executive Committee of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and on its Standing Committee on University Research (SACUR).

The City of Greater Sudbury is the largest municipality in Northern Ontario. Located four hours north of Toronto, easily accessible thanks to a four-laned Highway 69 and 10 daily flights from Air Canada and Porter, it has a growing population of 161,000 and 330 lakes. The City offers high quality health and education services in both English and French, including International Baccalaurate programs. About 27% of Greater Sudbury’s population identifies French as their mother tongue. The City has vibrant Italian and Finnish communities, among many others.

For more information about Laurentian University, please visit www.laurentian.ca .