NetNewsLedger 307 Research Infosource has named Lakehead the number two university in Canada in the undergraduate category of its annual Research University of the Year assessment Thunder Bay – NEWS – Lakehead University has been ranked in the top spot for the previous five years — the first time an institution in Research Infosource’s undergraduate category has ever been ranked Research University of the Year five years in a row. Lakehead University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Moira McPherson said she is proud of this placement following a historic previous five years. “I congratulate our researchers and their partners for another exceptional year and for the work they are doing all over the world,” says Dr. McPherson. “It is their dedication to excellence, as well as the hard work of our offices of Research Services and Economic Development and Innovation, that keeps Lakehead University among the highest-ranked universities in our country and around the world.”