Your Choice Matters

Welcome the Incoming Class of 2026! Share your Lakehead pride and join the incoming class by submitting your photo. Participate in 4 easy steps...

Please have your original digital photo ready as well your Lakehead University email address and LU Student ID Number.
AI-generated backgrounds, plain headshots like passport photos, heavily edited scenes will NOT be accepted.

Step 1: Tell us about yourself

All fields are required

First Name

Last Name

Preferred Pronoun

Lakehead Email

As you begin life as a Lakehead student, we'd like to know what matters to you:

My Matters

I agree to the terms and conditions

Step 2: Tell where you’re from and what you'll study

All fields are required

Country of Citizenship

Hometown

Lakehead Student ID

Study Location

Level of Study

Program

Step 3: Add your photo to the Incoming Class of 2026!

Pick a spot in your community that means something to you and take a picture of yourself there. Or find an existing photo of yourself in a place that’s special to you.

All fields are required

Upload your photo

Show Us Something Real. This contest is about your story and a place that matters to you. Photos that use AI-generated backgrounds, plain headshots (like passport or ID photos), or heavily edited scenes take away from that and will NOT be accepted.

Click here to upload a photo.

Your photo must be a jpg/jpeg or png format.
Minimum size 1080 x 1350 pixels

I confirm that the photo that I have submitted was either taken by me or I have the right to use and allow others to use it. If there are people in the photo other than myself, I have their permission to share it.

Where was this photo taken?

Please include the specific name of the place and city/country (e.g., park, street, landmark, campus building). Avoid general answers like "my hometown".

What is special about this location?

Tell us why this place is meaningful to you personally. Share a specific memory, moment, or feeling connected to this location. Please use your own words; text copied from the internet about the location will not be accepted.

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Step 4: Preview Your Photo

Which frame would you like?

That's it! Just click below, and we'll review your photo for the Incoming Class of 2026!