Lakehead University - Orillia

International Teaching Placements

You can learn in a variety of methods and a variety of locations as part of your Lakehead experience. The university can allow you to learn, teach, and work in attractive areas worldwide by partnering with international partners. For a 5-week placement, the university is glad to offer five overseas placement destinations, such as:

• Malaysia 
• Sint Maarten 
• London, UK  
• Scotland 
• Wales

Note: Before 2020, members of the Faculty of Education worked in China and the United Kingdom as international teaching assistants. While these collaborations are not now active, they may be in the future.

Community Placements

Students can use what they've learned in class to apply what they've studied in the community and obtain firsthand experience working in a history-related field. Completing a combination of community service hours (150), career seminar classes, and other relevant assignments is necessary.

Career placement, fieldwork, and internship are terms that are sometimes used interchangeably to refer to the actual work students conduct to augment and enhance their theoretical class work. Community Placement is defined as practical, community-based experiences in history and heritage-related job areas for this course. Community Placement experiences are established with a Community Partner to provide students with learning opportunities under the direct or indirect supervision of someone who works in that field.

Before being considered for placement with a Community Placement Partner, students must complete the Department of History's Application for Community Placement. In addition to satisfying the standard academic requirements, the application is shared with the Community Placement Partner for them to choose the best candidate for the placement.

Recent Community Placement Partners:

• City of Thunder Bay Archives
• Lakehead University Archives
• ShebaFilms
• Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
• Thunder Bay Military Museum
• Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
• Thunder Bay Public Library