Faculty & Staff | Lakehead University

Students | Lakehead University

Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program | Lakehead University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

City of Orillia | Lakehead University

Lakehead Orillia | Lakehead University

Campus Life | Lakehead University

Page not found | Lakehead University

Faculties | Lakehead University

Food and Conference Services | Lakehead University

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Faculty & Staff \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-staff	5
Students \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/students	2
Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/cdvmp	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.lakeheadu.ca/	1
City of Orillia \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/campus-life/orillia	1
Lakehead Orillia \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/about/orillia-campus	1
Campus Life \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/campus-life	1
Page not found \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Faculties \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/faculties	1
Food and Conference Services \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/campus-life/conference	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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