Community / Education Partners

Community Partners

Cultural Services & Events, City of Thunder Bay

Contact person: Leah Bayly
Contact information:
111 Syndicate Avenue South
Thunder Bay, Ontario    P7E 6S4
Tel: (807)625-2416
Fax: (807)625-3395
Email: lbayly@thunderbay.ca
Website: www.thunderbay.ca/Living/Culture_and_Heritage
The Cultural Services & Events Section administers the City's cultural policies and programs including cultural funding, public art, cultural mapping & planning, and various events and acvities such as Canada Day, Summer in the Parks and the Thunder Bay Arts & Heritage Awards.


Thunder Bay Art Gallery

Non-profit                       Est: 1976

Contact person: Sharon Godwin                 

Contact information:
P.O. Box 10193
Thunder Bay, Ontario    P7B 6T7
Tel: (807)577-6427
Fax: (807)577-3781
Email: tbag@tbag.ca
Website: http://www.theag.ca/

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is dedicated to providing quality art exhibitions throughout the year as well as classes for both adults and children.





Education Partners

Confederation College

Contact information:
1450 Nakina Drive
P.O. Box 398
Thunder Bay, Ontario   P7C 4W1
Tel: (807) 475-6110
Fax: (807) 577-2756
Website: http://www.confederationc.on.ca/

Confederation College provides excellent accessible, learner-centered education connecting learners, the communities of Northwestern Ontario and the global workplace.



Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique des Aurores Boreales

Contact information:
225 River Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario    P7A 3R1
Tel: (807)344-2266
Fax: (807)344-3734
Website: http://www.csdcab.on.ca/

French Language Catholic School offering instruction in French as a first language, grades JK to OAC.



Lakehead Public School Board

Contact information:
2135 Sills Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario    P7E 5T2
Tel: (807)625-5100
Fax: (807)623-5833
Website: http://www.lhbe.edu.on.ca/

At Lakehead Public Schools, we work as a team with parents, community partners and employees to make good things happen for our students. With 33 schools and several programs to choose from, the Lakehead Public School Board has much to offer you and your children through their learning years.



Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board

Contact information:
Catholic Education Centre
459 Victoria Ave. West
Thunder Bay, Ontario     P7C 0A4
Tel: (807)625-1555
Fax: (807)623-0431
Website: http://www.tbcdsb.on.ca/

The Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board is committed to providing quality education which combines academic excellence with a concern for the spiritual, moral, social, emotional, cultural and physical growth of the student.



Lakehead University

Contact information:
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario    P7B 5E1
Tel: (807)343-8110
Fax: (807)345-7770
Website: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/

Offers full time and part-time studies in both degree and diploma courses.

Department of Music and Visual Arts Lakehead University

Contact people: Mark Nisenholt - Chair 
                          Visual Arts Department
                          Email: mark.nisenholt@lakeheadu.ca


                          Glenn Colton - Chair
                          Music Department
                          Email: glenn.colton@lakeheadu.ca

Contact information:
Tel: (807)343-8787
Fax: (807)345-2394

The Department of Music and Visual Arts Lakehead University offers degrees in visual arts and music. Some courses are open to non-students.

Department of Life Long Learning -  Lakehead University

Contact person: Seth Agbo
                          Chair

Contact information:
Tel: (807)343-8178
Fax: (807)345-7882

The Department of Lifelong Learning offers online and face-to-face professional development opportunities for educators and non-educators interested in furthering their education in the area of teaching and learning:  Additional and Additional Basic Qualifications, Professional Learning Courses, Principals' Qualification Program, Professional Development Workshops and Bachelor of Education (Extension) Degree program.
Lifelong Learning also offers alternative programs in the areas of leadership, training, adult (general) education and ecological and experiential education.

Under Graduate Studies and Education, Lakehead University

Contact person: Dr. Juanita Epp

Contact information:
Tel: (807)343-8712
Fax: (807)344-6807
Email: Juanita.epp@lakeheadu.ca

The Faculty of Education provides teacher education which includes visual art and music at all levels. 

Joint PhD Program in Educational Studies, Lakehead University

(Brock University/Lakehead University/University of Western Ontario/ University of Windsor)

Contact information:
Tel: (807)343-8222
Fax: (807)346-6807
Website: http://www.jointphdined.org/

This program is offered jointly by the four universities with specialization in cognition and learning, socio-cultural contexts of education, and policy and leadership. For more information consult the website.