Join the Orillia Campus Librarian to discuss the points raised in Jean Twenge's Sept 2017 Atlantic Magazine article: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
There'll be coffee and cookies!
Join Karen Keiller, Lakehead's University Librarian, to discuss the Teaching Commons. Innovative teaching strategies, practical resources, technical assistance, gamifying, Indigenous curriculum assistance -- find out what your Teaching Commons can do for you.
The Master's of Environmental Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series begins Wednesday, Oct. 25th in RC 2003 - 11:45 am to 12:45 pm, and will run each week at the same time and place until the end of the semester.
Our first speaker is Dr. Scott Hamilton from Anthropology. The title of his presentation is: Disruptive Technologies and their Impact on Archaeological Practise.
He will discuss how consumer electronics have transformed archaeological practise using Global Positioning Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Drone photogrammetry, sonar, and 3D modelling and printing.
Please bring your lunch and join us for a stimulating learning experience!
Join the Centre for Health Care Ethics for a presentation and discussion on Suicide Epidemics in Indigenous Communities: Bioethics Perspectives:
Everyone is welcome. Free Admission.
There will be an abbreviated session on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 12 - 1 pm at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Boardroom, Third Floor Administration. Please note that not all panelists will participate in this session.
The Faculty of Business Administration Work Integrated Learning program is offering workshops to students enrolled in this program.
We are inviting other students to also attend. However, due to limited space, pre-registration is required. Please email if interested.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 6:15 p.m.
Dr. Frances Helyar, Chair, Faculty of Education
Since the inception of common schooling in Ontario, attitudes toward teacher training have shifted, encompassing multiple stakeholders. Recurrent themes include the tension over theory versus practice, and questions about the control of teacher education. In this talk, Helyar provides a survey of the history of teacher education in Ontario, concluding with some insights about the present and future of teacher education in Simcoe County.
Dr. Frances Helyar is the Chair of Education programs at Lakehead Orillia, and teaches courses about the history, philosophy and sociology of education. She is an educational historian whose research focuses on New Brunswick. Dr. Helyar is currently writing a book about Acadian education from 1900 to 1940.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 6:15 p.m.
Dr. Tim Kaiser, Professor, Department of Anthropology
In 2002 archaeologists working in a cave on Croatia's Mediterranean coast made a remarkable discovery. They found fragments of an ivory astrologer's board with several engraved signs of the zodiac, sequestered for more than two thousand years in an undisturbed chamber of the cave. With an estimated date of 100 BCE, these zodiac symbols are the oldest ever found in Europe. What were they doing in this remote cave? In this talk, Dr. Tim Kaiser, the project's director, recounts his experiences at Nakovana Cave and discusses the possible meanings and significance of this find.
Dr. Tim Kaiser teaches Archaeology and Anthropology at Lakehead University. Dr. Kaiser is a specialist in European and Mediterranean archaeology and has directed excavations in Southeast Europe over the last forty years. Lately his research has taken him to caves on Croatia's Mediterranean coast where he has found sites that span the last 18,000 years.
An information booth for Bachelor of Education Students in the Professional Programs, to learn about the opportunities Randstad Education has in the UK.
Dr. Paola Sartoretto, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication
Department of Media and Communication, Södertörn University, Sweden
Drawing on the experiences of two progressive Brazilian social movements, the Landless Workers Movement (Movimento Sem-Terra) and the youth movement Levante Popular da Juventude, Dr. Paola Sarteretto will reflect on the experiences of marginalized groups with media. Explore how media practices emerge and change in connection to new technologies, the relation between these technologies and processes of cultural change within the movements, and the mediation between technologies and politics. Engage in a North-South dialogue about the diverse media practices and experiences of activists and collective social actors in different areas of the world.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
5:30 p.m.
OA 2008, Lakehead University
500 University Ave., Orillia
Help shape the future of housing in Barrie
Apply your technical expertise to real-world problems
The Barrie & District Association of Realtors, The City of Barrie, and Hackworks is looking for participants for a weekend long Hackathon at City Hall! Whether you are a data scientist, graphic designer, social entrepreneur, student, or community advocate, there is a place for you at Housing Hack.
We are bringing together innovative thinkers to apply a critical and creative lens to the housing market here in Barrie. Hackathon participants will be required to expand the limits of their creativity to find insightful solutions to the issue of availability and affordability of housing in the Barrie area.
The Top 3 winning teams will receive cash prizes totaling $5,000.
Join us for a weekend full of insight, networking, industry collaboration, free food, and fun!
Sign up at housinghack.ca
