Laurentian University - Noted Faculty

Noted Faculty

• Lorenzo Cadieux (History) - Jesuit priest, historian, and founder of Société historique du Nouvel-Ontario
• Robert Dickson (études françaises) - Recipient of 2002 Governor General's Award for French language poetry
• Fernand Dorais (études françaises) - fondateur du Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario
• Rand Dyck (Political Science) - Author of Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches, now in 6th Edition
• Harold Gibson (Geology) - Recipient of 1992 William Harvey Gross Medal of the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada
• J. F. Hendry (English) - Poet
• Shannon E. Hengen (English) - Literary critic
• Gary Kinsman (Sociology) - Canadian academic leader on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues
• C. Michael Lesher (Geology) - Recipient of 2007 Duncan Derry Medal of the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada
• Graeme S. Mount (History) - Prolific author on international relations
• Roger Nash (Philosophy) - Award-winning poet and philosopher
• Alan Nursall (Science Communication) - Host of Daily Planet and the Alan Nursall Experience on Discovery Channel
• B. P. Paquette (Thornloe) - Multiple award-winning film-maker
• David Pearson (Geology and Science Communication) - Recipient of 2001 Ward Neale Medal from the Geological Association of Canada and 2003 McNeil Medal from the Royal Society of Canada
• Michael Persinger (Psychology) - Neuroscientist and recipient of 2007 IFT (Leader in Faculty Teaching) award and 2007 TVO (Ontario) Best Lecturer award
• Luis Radford (Education) - Recipient of 2011 Hans Freudenthal Medal
• Mary Vaughan - Noted fictional geneticist (main character in Robert J. Sawyer's The Neanderthal Parallax)