Lakehead University’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives invites you to join us for Indigenous Leadership and Community Resilience with Mike Metatawabin, at Lakehead University on January 19, 2026 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Agora.

Join Mike Metatawabin, a respected leader and advocate for Indigenous communities, as he discusses the importance of community resilience and leadership in addressing issues like addiction and homelessness.

An influenza outbreak has been declared on 3B Surgical Inpatient Unit, as of Monday January 12, 2026. 

All restrictions are in place.  

Please share this information with the appropriate staff. As always, our number one priority is the safety of patients and their families, staff and visitors. All patients identified as having an exposure to this outbreak will require isolation with appropriate additional precautions. 

The department of Infection Prevention and Control encourages everyone to keep applying the routine practices of hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, equipment cleaning, and the appropriate admission screening of all patients.

Please set an example for staff and students and assist us by maintaining compliance and due diligence.

For more information, contact Infection Prevention and Control at extension 6094.

A suspected Influenza A outbreak has been declared on 3B unit as of today, January 7, 2026.  All restrictions are in place. 

3B-Outbreak # 2262-2026-00006

Please share this information with the appropriate staff. As always, our number one priority is the safety of patients and their families, staff and visitors. All patients identified as having an exposure to this outbreak will require isolation with appropriate additional precautions. 

The department of Infection Prevention and Control encourages everyone to keep applying the routine practices of hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, equipment cleaning, and the appropriate admission screening of all patients. Please set an example for staff and students and assist us by maintaining compliance and due diligence. 

For more information, contact: Infection Prevention and Control at extension 6094.

An Influenza A outbreak has been declared on 2C unit as of today, January 7, 2026. All restrictions are in place. 

2C-Outbreak # 2262-2026-00005

Please share this information with the appropriate staff. 

As always, our number one priority is the safety of patients and their families, staff and visitors. All patients identified as having an exposure to this outbreak will require isolation with appropriate additional precautions. 

The department of Infection Prevention and Control encourages everyone to keep applying the routine practices of hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, equipment cleaning, and the appropriate admission screening of all patients. Please set an example for staff and students and assist us by maintaining compliance and due diligence. 

For more information, contact Infection Prevention and Control at extension 6094.

Ensure that you logout and close out of every Virtuo application (IE: SC Requisitioning, DiscoveryXL, MM Reports, etc) by the start of the downtime at 20:00 hrs EST.

Lakehead University’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives is excited to host Aadsookaanan story-telling with Isaac Murdoch, a renowned Indigenous artist, activist and storyteller, at Lakehead University on January 9, 2026 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 pm in the Agora or via webinar.

Date: Friday, January 9, 2026 from 1: 00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST

Location: Agora If you are not able to attend in person we will also be sharing this via Webinar.

If you are attending via Webinar, please register at the link below
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UnNblc76R4Saq1DuJD4kSQ

You will receive a confirmation email. 

About the Speaker

Bomgiizhik (Isaac Murdoch) is from Serpent River First Nation located between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Ontario. He has 4 beautiful children and currently lives in the forest at Nimkii Aazhibikoong (Nim-key Awe-zhi-bick-co-ng) a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Sudbury in the middle of the woods which is an Anishinaabe language and culture camp.

Shared on behalf of Infection Prevention and Control

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Please be advised that an outbreak of Influenza A has been declared on:

Forensics Unit as of Friday December 26, 2025.

2A Inpatient Unit as of Saturday December 27, 2025.

3A has a suspected as of Saturday December 27, 2025. 

All restrictions are in place. Please share this information with the appropriate staff. As always, our number one priority is the safety of patients and their families, staff and visitors.

All patients identified as having an exposure to this outbreak will require isolation with appropriate additional precautions. 

The department of Infection Prevention and Control encourages everyone to keep applying the routine practices of hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, equipment cleaning, and the appropriate admission screening of all patients.

Please set an example for staff and students and assist us by maintaining compliance and due diligence. 

For more information, contact Infection Prevention and Control at extension 6094.