British Columbia-based authors Ann Eriksson and Gary Geddes are embarking on a cross-Canada book tour this fall, covering over 25 stops from B.C. to the Maritimes in two months.

Join the authors for an evening of fiction and poetry in Thunder Bay as they read at Lakehead University in The Study on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7 pm. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

Both members of this impressive husband-and-wife team have released new books this year. Eriksson's High Clear Bell of Morning (Douglas & McIntyre, $22.95) is an elegant, affecting novel about a family struggling to cope when the daughter, Ruby, develops schizophrenia. The book also draws on environmental themes through the character of Ruby's father, a marine biologist studying the mysterious death of a killer whale on our west coast.

Eriksson is the author of three previous novels: Decomposing Maggie (Turnstone, 2003), In the Hands of Anubis (Brindle & Glass, 2009) and Falling From Grace (Brindle & Glass, 2011), which was awarded a silver medal in the 2011 Independent Publishers Book Awards.

Gary Geddes has written and edited more than forty books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, criticism, translation, and anthologies, and won a dozen national and international literary awards, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Americas Region), and the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.

This reading event is made possible with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and is co-sponsored by the English Students Association and the Department of English.

Dr. Saad Jasim, Director of SJ Environmental Consultants (Windsor) Inc., will give a talk called Chemicals of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes.

Please click here for the abstract.

Lakehead University International (LUI) presents Career Fair which is open to all Lakehead University students. This event is an excellent opportunity to meet and apply to a variety of employers for full-time, part-time, summer internships and/or volunteer positions.

More than 25 employers will attend this exciting event. LUI is providing a free shuttle service from the Agora Circle to Victoria Inn Hotel. First bus leaves the Agora Circle at 5pm sharp with pick ups and drops offs at approximately 30 minute intervals. Please come prepared with a Resumé and dress to impress. For more information contact the International office at international@lakeheadu.ca

Lakehead University International (LUI) is hosting a Halloween Costume Party on Friday, Oct. 24 followed by a trip to the haunted cornfield at Gammondale Farm. Tickets are $15 each, which includes a pre-party at the LUI Office at 6 pm. Enjoy music, dance, snacks, games and more. Buses leave at 7:15 pm from the LUI office at 1294 Balmoral Ave. Seats are limited. Buy your ticket now from the Lakehead International Office. For more information please contact international@lakeheadu.ca.

The Economic Speaker Series presents Karl Skogstad, Lakehead Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics, on Defence Budgets in the Post-Cold War Era: A Spatial Econometrics Approach, Friday October 17, 2014 2:30 pm ATAC 2021. Everyone welcome!!!!

Dr. Lilienfeld has written many influential works and has been awarded a number of very prestigious internationally recognized awards for his important work in the field of psychology. We are honoured to be able to host Dr. Lilienfeld, and hope that you will join us in welcoming him at one or both of these upcoming talks. Please see the posters linked below for more information on the upcoming talks.

Both talks are on Friday, Oct. 24.

Talk 1: Behind the Mask: The Search for the Controversial Successful Psychopath, 2 - 3:30 pm in UC1017

Talk 2: Science and Pseudoscience in Everyday Life: A Field Guide to Evaluating Extraordinary Claims, 5 - 6:30 pm in AT1003

Questions can be sent to Dana Dupuis at ddupuis@lakeheadu.ca.