Laurentian severed the federation during 2021 insolvency proceedings, ending 60-year relationships, and triggering lawsuits.

[7] The Lake Laurentian Conservation Area contains a network of trails used for running, mountain biking and nordic skiing.

According to a plaque at the entrance to the R. D. Parker Building, the school began granting degrees in 1957 as the University of Sudbury.

A university federation combining representatives from the Roman Catholic, United, and Anglican churches was incorporated as a "non-denominational, bilingual institution of higher learning" in 1960.

[13] in 2020 Laurentian lost a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), that sought to keep the salary of senior executives confidential.

[19][21] In November 2022, the Auditor General of Ontario released a report on the university's insolvency, finding that overspending on large capital projects starting in 2010 were the primary cause.

[22] In March 2022, Ontario's deputy ombudsman and French language services commissioner, Kelly Burke, released a report on the university's cuts to French-language programs during its restructuring, finding that it failed to meet its obligations under the French Language Services Act.

Named after Father Alphonse Raymond, and opened in 1974, the building houses classrooms, a cafeteria, an auditorium, a small gymnasium, and offices for more than a dozen professors, offering a variety of programs.

is a five-year program taken at the same time — concurrently — with an undergraduate degree commonly in Arts, Sciences or Sport and Physical Education.

The curriculum features an emphasis on equity and diversity as well as the infusion of Indigenous issues and content.

A new School of Education building - based on sustainable environmental principles and located across from L'École des sciences at the east end of the campus – was completed in the summer of 2008.

The 75% minimum average required for entry in the final year means a nearly 80% entering grade in reality, so the annual Pro Year class (ranging from about 65 to 95 students) constitutes a rather elite cohort compared to most other Ontario concurrent programs.

St. Lawrence College also offers Laurentian's Bachelor of Business degree, a four-year program.

[39] In 2005, Laurentian and Lakehead University jointly launched the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Dissatisfied with the status of the French language within the SGA-AGÉ in the early 1970s, francophone students created the AEF in 1974 to better advocate for French-language rights within the university community and beyond.

[42] Since then, it has gained representation on the university's senate and board of governors as well as on several committees, in particular those relating directly to French-language academic programs and services.

[43] The university's campus radio station, CKLU-FM, broadcasts at 96.7 MHz on the FM band in both English and French.

Its campus newspapers are Lambda in English and L'Orignal déchaîné ("The Unchained Moose") in French.

[44] The university's varsity teams, known as the Voyageurs, compete in basketball,[45] soccer, rowing, cross country running, golf, curling, and Nordic skiing.

There are also competitive club teams, including lacrosse and baseball, and a plethora of intramural sports programmes.

The team has since captured an additional U Sports bronze medal in 2023 and a second OUA Curling Championship in 2024.

Introducing the 705 Challenge Cup in 2016, the results of all regular season games between the Lakers and the Voyageurs varsity teams for men’s and women’s basketball, ice hockey and soccer, comprised the overall won-loss record in determining the annual Cup winner.

It has a weight and cardiovascular room, an IAAF eight-lane 400 metres (1,300 ft) Mondo track (2010) that complements the sport fields with seating for 5000, a four-lane indoor track, a rock climbing wall, a bouldering room, an Olympic size swimming pool with high rise diving boards, squash courts, basketball courts, and badminton nets.

[47] The University College Residence (UC) is a ten-storey co-ed building with single and double (shared) rooms, providing accommodations for 240 students.

The Mature Student Residence (MSR) offers furnished apartments for those who have accumulated over 90 university credits.

This is a 12-story residence building and is for upper-year students (minimum 60 university credits) and has 62 self-contained apartments.