The Masters of Arts in Social Justice Studies is a 2-year interdisciplinary program designed to deliver a transformative education. Students are challenged to think critically about the values, cultural assumptions, and actions that maintain the current economic, political, and social structures which shape our day-to-day lives. Lakehead’s program empowers students with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to question the informal and formal configurations of power and oppression within local, national, and global contexts. Students can pursue one of four streams – a course-based degree, a practicum, a creative project, or a research project.

Located within the territories of the Anishinaabe peoples, Lakehead’s Social Justice program allows students to focus on Indigenous issues and the North. Graduates of the program will possess a broad range of skills and competencies that position them to pursues careers that support social justice or continue further graduate studies at the Doctoral level.

The objectives of the MSc in Civil Engineering are to develop research capabilities and offer advanced learning opportunities in the general area of Civil Engineering at Lakehead University. The program aims to attract students from the existing BEng program in Civil Engineering at Lakehead University as well as across Canada and internationally.

Students in the program are expected to specialize in sub-disciplines within Civil Engineering by taking advanced-level courses, reviewing and critically evaluating existing literature in specific research areas, conducting research and contributing to the advancement of engineering sciences in specific areas, preparing and presenting scholarly publications, and writing and defending a thesis. In addition, students may work as a teaching assistant in undergraduate courses or tutoring undergraduate student activities in laboratories. Overall, graduates of the program will exhibit the skills required for continued studies or advanced careers in industry.

Education for Change refers to educational theory, research, and practice specifically grounded in social change movements. Creating the educational conditions whereby social change becomes real requires development, implementation and evaluative research on educational efforts that foster social change as well as investigation of social forces both in and out of schools that perpetuate or increase injustice and oppression. Different social movement educations each have their own histories and emphases, but all recognize the complexity of social transformation and thus demand intersectional analyses.

Within the MEd Education for Change field of study are three specialization options: Environmental and Sustainability Education, Indigenous Education, and Social Justice Education. Given these specializations often intersect, students in this field of study will be able to choose one or more specializations if they wish. Graduating students will go on to be leaders in both formal and informal settings (e.g., elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, government, non-governmental organizations, parks, etc).

The objective of the PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering program is to train students to conduct independent scientific research in the discipline of Electrical and Computer Engineering and its related subdisciplines. This program will help respond to the demand for engineering PhDs. Moreover, creating a local pool of highly qualified R&D engineers will help to develop the high-tech sector in Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario, a priority for our municipal and provincial governments.

The areas of specialization in this program are Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and Mechatronics. The first three are well-established disciplines. The fourth, Mechatronics, is a new but increasingly important area that overlaps the first three disciplines and Mechanical Engineering.

The objectives of the MSc  in Mechanical Engineering are to develop research capabilities and offer advanced learning opportunities in the general area of Mechanical Engineering. This program aims to attract students from the existing BEng program in Mechanical Engineering at Lakehead University as well as qualified students from other Canadian and international universities.

The specific objectives of the program are:

1. to provide an opportunity for students to specialize in specific areas of Mechanical Engineering;
2. to develop research and development engineers in the field of Mechanical Engineering for the industry;
3. to provide practising engineers an opportunity to develop as researcher and contribute to engineering sciences;
4. to lay a foundation for students to pursue doctoral studies in Mechanical Engineering and related disciplines;
5. to foster the scholarly skills and independent research abilities of students in the program through advanced courses, doing research, writing theses and scientific papers, participating in seminars and an oral defence;
6. to promote the research capabilities of the faculty members in Mechanical Engineering at Lakehead University; and
7. to improve and expand research facilities at Lakehead University by attracting additional research funding.

Graduating students from the program are expected to specialize in subdisciplines within Mechanical Engineering by taking advanced-level courses, reviewing and critically evaluating existing literature in specific research areas, conducting research and contributing to the advancement of engineering sciences in specific areas, preparing and presenting scholarly publications, and writing and defending a thesis. In addition, students will acquire skills to help them in academic careers by marking assignments in undergraduate courses and monitoring undergraduate student activities in laboratories.

This teaching degree program compresses two years of academic study into 14 months, plus an additional placement. Students with an appropriate undergraduate degree or college diploma or degree, plus sufficient work experience in their trade, will be prepared to teach the Ontario Technological Education curriculum in Ontario high schools. The program incorporates two placements totaling 80 days of practice teaching; after the first 10 days of placement, and once students have demonstrated sufficient growth and knowledge, they can apply to the Ontario College of Teachers for a Multi-Session Transitional Certificate of Qualification and Registration, so that they can be hired to teach while they complete their studies. Graduates will be recommended to the Ontario College of Teachers for permanent certification.

Mechatronics Engineering is a branch of engineering, focused on the design of computer-controlled electromechanical systems. It is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering at the intersection of Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering, as well as Computer Science. After graduating from high school, students can earn a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Degree and an Engineering Technology Diploma, in Mechatronics Engineering, in four years. It will also provide a college transfer program, specifically designed for qualified engineering technologists.

Students will gain the skills to design intelligent machines, from electric vehicles to large-scale industrial robots. During the program, students will learn how to design systems that rely on mechanical elements, electrical power, sensing and control. They will have the opportunity to engage in heads-in experimental learning through lab work, projects, and co-op practice that involve designing and building mechatronics components and systems.

At Lakehead Engineering we believe integrated and sustainable technology design is critical for protecting the environment and improving the well-being of people and society. Thus our BEng Mechatronics Engineering program has been designed to prepare students to create technologies that support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). With sustainability at its core, this unique program integrates business, law, and public safety.