Thunder Bay is getting its law school. Kudos to Lakehead University president Brian Stevenson and his predecessor Fred Gilbert for pushing the province hard and refusing to give up when told no again and again by Premier Dalton McGuinty.
It marks the first time in 42 years Ontario has created a new law school, and when fully up and running, almost 200 students will benefit.
Scheduled to open in 2013, the new law school will place an emphasis on Aboriginal law, which in this neck of the woods could prove to be a pretty lucrative field.
Not only will the new faculty, to be housed at the former Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, help First Nations communities by providing legal experts versed in their isssues, it will also provide more opporunity for young Aboriginals to enter the field of law.
The move instantly vaults Lakehead University into rarified air in Canada. It becomes one of just 10 schools in the country to have both a medical and law school, joining the likes of the University of Toronto, Queen’s, Dalhousie University, McGill, the University of Manitoba and the University of Western Ontario.
Thunder Bay’s educational community does not have to take a backseat to anyone these days. With NOSM and a new law school, the city will churn out some of the best and brightest in Canada.
It marks the first time in 42 years Ontario has created a new law school, and when fully up and running, almost 200 students will benefit.
Scheduled to open in 2013, the new law school will place an emphasis on Aboriginal law, which in this neck of the woods could prove to be a pretty lucrative field.
Not only will the new faculty, to be housed at the former Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, help First Nations communities by providing legal experts versed in their isssues, it will also provide more opporunity for young Aboriginals to enter the field of law.
The move instantly vaults Lakehead University into rarified air in Canada. It becomes one of just 10 schools in the country to have both a medical and law school, joining the likes of the University of Toronto, Queen’s, Dalhousie University, McGill, the University of Manitoba and the University of Western Ontario.
Thunder Bay’s educational community does not have to take a backseat to anyone these days. With NOSM and a new law school, the city will churn out some of the best and brightest in Canada.
