What better way to kick off #LUFestivus than with some freshly baked goodies? Bake and decorate some delicious holiday cookies and share a photo for a chance to win a light therapy lamp!

HOW TO ENTER:

❄️ Submissions due December 4, 2020 at 12 pm
❄️ Bake some cookies!
❄️ Post a picture on Instagram
❄️ Use the hashtag #LUFestivus
❄️ Tag us: @lakeheadosa

Let's make some seasonal crafts. All week we'll be sharing some of the amazing crafts you make! Two bookstore gift cards will be awarded for our favourites.

HOW TO ENTER:

❄️ Submissions due December 4, 2020 at 12 pm
❄️ Create a seasonal craft (extra points if it's educational!)
❄️ Post your creations on Instagram
❄️ Use the hashtag #LUFestivus
❄️ Tag us: @lakeheadosa (Orillia) or @lakeheadlife (Thunder Bay)

Add some Festivus cheer to your posts this week with our new Festivus Instagram borders! Tag @lakeheadosa (Orillia) or @lakeheadlife (Thunder Bay) in your selfies to be shared to our story! We will be reposting our favourites throughout the week, and the best one will win a weighted blanket!

HOW TO ENTER:

❄️ Submissions due December 4, 2020 at 12 pm
❄️ Post a picture on Instagram (or a Story) with a Festivus border
❄️ Use the hashtag #LUFestivus
❄️ Tag us: @lakeheadosa (Orillia) or @lakeheadlife (Thunder Bay)

Up for some holiday bingo?! Join your LUSAA team to see just how festive you really are.

It is as good as it sounds. We're making hot chocolate "bombs" via Zoom. Join us!

The weather is changing, the term is rapidly approaching its end and holidays are almost here. That means it’s time to connect and be merry! What better way to celebrate all that we’ve been able to accomplish in 2020, during this lead up to our holiday break, than signing up to Lakehead University’s first: 12 techniques of the Holidays - #LU12tech2020

Through the 12 Techniques of the Holidays 2020 a series of micro-lessons will share a collection of techniques LU faculty are using to engage with learners online!

Micro learning is becoming increasingly popular and is an important support to lifelong learning. It is a way to deliver learning units and activities in small bite-size chunks. Most important to micro learning is that the learner is in control of what and when they’re ready to learn.

Each day, starting on December 1, a new lesson will be revealed on the 12 Techniques of the Holidays homepage. Jump over to the Introduction page to learn more about the event, and how you’ll learn in 10 minutes a day, or go straight to the registration page so we can update you on the event as it unfolds.

If you’re teaching online this winter, or just interested in what your peers have been up to, why not follow along? You don’t need to join in with all of them (unless you want to), simply choose the ones that interest you the most. We’ll keep those who register posted on each day’s ‘reveal’, and there will be a special gift waiting for you at the end of the course, just in time for your own holiday to begin!

Best wishes from the Teaching Commons Team

CIVIL STRESS IN AMERICA:
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE US ELECTION ON CANADIAN POLITICS?

Thursday, November 26th 1:00-2:00 pm
Zoom Link: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/6730430832
Meeting ID: 673 043 0832

PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator:
Dr. Douglas Alan West, Associate Professor,
Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, Lakehead University Orillia

Panel Members:
Tosh Withington, BA Political Science, SSW, Lakehead University Orillia

Sandy Falcon, HBASc, BA Social Justice Master's Candidate, Lakehead University Orillia

Massarah Dawood, HBA, MA, PhD Candidate (York University), Lecturer
Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, Lakehead University Orillia

Dr. Todd Stubbs, Lecturer, Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies
Lakehead University Orillia

Everyone Welcome.

How are climate and environmental issues entangled with other issues of social justice, including racism, sexism, colonialism, class and capitalism?

Lakehead University’s Social Justice Studies program invites students, affiliated faculty and members of the public to a panel discussion on Wednesday December 9th, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:00pm to reflect on the many intersections of climate change and social justice today.

The one hour event will include three speakers affiliated with the program sharing their perspectives, followed by break-out group discussions and large-group conversation.

Speakers:
Dr. Cheryl Lousley (Lakehead University Research Chair in Environmental Humanities, Orillia)
Dr. Charles Levkoe (Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems, Thunder Bay)
Dr. Paul Berger (Chair, Graduate Studies & Research in Education, Thunder Bay and member of CUSP: Citizens United for a Sustainable Planet)
More TBA

This is the second of a series of colloquia hosted by the SJS program aimed at building a scholarly community and discussion about key issues today. It is open to all current SJS students and affiliated faculty. Members of the public who wish to join the conversation can email Elizabeth for the Zoom link: ejward1@lakeheadu.ca

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE SEMINAR 2020
Guest Speaker Series Presented By:

Dr. Sandra Zilles
"Optimal Machine Teaching Without Collusion"

Friday, November 27
10:30 am

Everyone is welcome. To register for this virtual event, please email grad.compsci@lakeheadu.ca and a Zoom link will be shared.