Lakehead University celebrating 77 years in forestry, with one more tree

By Nicky Shaw
The Thunder Bay News Watch
October 6, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada East

THUNDER BAY — A decades-long legacy in forestry was celebrated over the weekend with the planting of a commemorative tree. The ceremony was part of Lakehead University’s 60th anniversary celebrations, but the forestry and mining program actually predates the founding of the university by 17 years. The event kicked-off the Canadian Institute of Forestry’s annual conference, which is being held in Thunder Bay this week. The newly planted red pine now grows in the university’s Agora Circle, where a number of dignitaries spoke about the importance of forestry to the region at Saturday’s event. …Brigitte Leblon, dean of Natural Resources Management, explained that the forestry program was one of the founding programs in the university. The first forestry diplomas in Forest and Mining Technology were offered in 1948, two years after the founding of the Lakehead Technical Institute, and the program evolved into a Bachelor of Science in Forestry program in 1965

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