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First-year experience

Your Lakehead-Georgian first-year experience starts during orientation! Orientation is your official welcome to campus. During orientation you’ll have the opportunity to connect with your future classmates, get to know your campus, meet your faculty, and learn about all that Lakehead-Georgian has to offer.

Below you’ll find an overview of the sessions and orientation events happening on the Barrie and Orillia campuses in August and September to assist with your first-year experience.

Session titleDateTimeCampus
How to get involved as a GrizzlyThurs. Aug. 2410:30 to 11 a.m.Virtual
Lakehead International: New student welcome day!Wed. Aug. 3010 a.m. to 1 p.m.Orillia
Academic orientationThurs. Aug. 3111 a.m. to 3 p.m.Barrie
Lakehead welcomeThurs. Aug. 317:30 to 8:30 p.m.Orillia
Fireside chatThurs. Aug. 318:30 to 10 p.m.Orillia
Faculty of Engineering orientationFri. Sept. 19 a.m. to 4 p.m.Barrie
Downtown adventureSat. Sept. 21 to 4 p.m.Orillia
The campus and community fairTues. Sept. 511 a.m. to 2 p.m.Orillia
LUSU FestFri. Sept. 812 to 4 p.m.Orillia