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Heidi Ulrichsen

Heidi Ulrichsen

Heidi Ulrichsen is the assistant editor at Sudbury.com. She also covers education and the arts scene. Follow her on Twitter @HeidiUlrichsen. She can be reached by email at [email protected].

Recent Work by Heidi

Sudbury teacher who molested student in 1970s stripped of licence

Sudbury teacher who molested student in 1970s stripped of licence

Marcel Lemieux pleaded guilty in 2023 to indecent assault in which he ‘fondled the genitals’ of a male elementary student in the late 1970s
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Transparency can clash with confidentiality, Laurentian senate hears

Transparency can clash with confidentiality, Laurentian senate hears

Amid reported concerns about media coverage, university secretary says open meetings are the default, but there are times when the ‘default becomes problematic’
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Hey Lego-maniacs, new Science North exhibition is ‘brick-tacular’

Hey Lego-maniacs, new Science North exhibition is ‘brick-tacular’

‘Sean Kenney’s Brick Masters Studio’ opens at Sudbury science centre on Feb. 14
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Laurentian looks to limit media access to its senate meetings

Laurentian looks to limit media access to its senate meetings

University senate is looking at ‘modernizing’ rules around in-camera and closed sessions; Sudbury.com is the only media outlet that regularly covers these meetings
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We catch up with ‘the other Son of a Critch,’ Sudbury’s Colton Gobbo

We catch up with ‘the other Son of a Critch,’ Sudbury’s Colton Gobbo

‘I'm incredibly lucky,’ says Gobbo, who also appears in the Netflix series ‘Ginny & Georgia’; fourth season of ‘Son of a Critch’ airs on CBC starting Jan. 7
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'Not ashamed': Former Northern journalist a rising star in romance novel narration

'Not ashamed': Former Northern journalist a rising star in romance novel narration

Sudbury native Angela Scappatura, or Angelina Rocca, as she goes by professionally, picks up Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) Award for ‘romance and erotica’ audiobook narration at a Beverly HIlls ceremony
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It’s a ‘game-changer,’ former Timmins college director leading Laurentian’s transformation

It’s a ‘game-changer,’ former Timmins college director leading Laurentian’s transformation

Laurentian alumni Frédéric Nickner hired to help university fulfill one of its key post-insolvency obligations, and transform its operations
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Northerners lead push for Indigenous student trustees at every board

Northerners lead push for Indigenous student trustees at every board

Representing the Ontario Student Trustees Association, two northern students brought the matter up with Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop this fall
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Unravelled by HIV, schizophrenia: 20 years later, he’s a university grad

Unravelled by HIV, schizophrenia: 20 years later, he’s a university grad

Once class president at Sudbury high school, in his twenties Mathew Kennealy ended up on the streets, ‘lost in daydreams’: In honour of World AIDS Day, he tells us his story
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‘Reviewed upside down and sideways,’ Laurentian undergoing even more reviews

‘Reviewed upside down and sideways,’ Laurentian undergoing even more reviews

Although it can’t borrow as a result of the CCAA, it recently underwent a credit rating process, and it’s also one of 20 post-secondary schools in the province undergoing a Efficiency and Accountability Fund review
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