Fall Harvest

Event Date: 
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Lakehead University Sweat Lodge Site
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

Celebrate the change of season at with cultural activities and sample traditional foods during Fall Harvest.

As per Lakehead University's Mandatory Vaccination Policy you must have proof of vaccination prior to attending event. Your proof of vaccine can be submitted using the Lakehead University Mobile Safety App and complete the "Vaccine Passport" option that appears when you open the App.

For more information contact, Sheila Pelletier-Demerah at adm.issc@lakeheadu.ca.

Banchamlak Bemerw Kassaun - Biotechnology PhD Thesis Proposal

Event Date: 
Friday, October 8, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Brenda Magajna
Event Contact E-mail: 

Biotechnology PhD candidate Banchamlak Bemerw Kassaun will present her research proposal.

Title: Silanated lignin for wood coating application

Contact Brenda Magajna at phd.ses@lakeheadu.ca for the zoom link.

Saba Khodavandegar - CHMS PhD Thesis Proposal

Event Date: 
Friday, September 24, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Brenda Magajna
Event Contact E-mail: 

The Chemistry and Materials Science PhD candidate, Saba Khodavandegar will present her research proposal on Friday, Sept. 24 at 1 pm.

Title: Functionalized lignin chitosan aerogels

Please contact Brenda Magajna at phd.ses@lakeheadu.ca for the link to join.

ISSC Virtual Open House

Event Date: 
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - 11:00am to 12:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sheila Pelletier-Demerah
Event Contact E-mail: 

Indigenous Student Services Centre (ISSC) Virtual Open House

Join to meet staff and fellow students and to learn about all of the Indigenous student services available to you!

Register in advance for this event at https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEudOCtpz4qG9T_kvt5NgoDqebs9.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

If you have any questions please email adm.issc@lakeheadu.ca

Computer Science Guest Speaker Series: An Intelligent Urban Operating System for Future Cities

Event Date: 
Friday, September 10, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
Online
Event Contact Name: 
Rachael Wang
Event Contact E-mail: 

The Department of Computer Science Graduate Seminar 2021 guest speaker series presents:

Dr. Mark Fox, University of Toronto
"An Intelligent Urban Operating System for Future Cities"

Friday, September 10, 2021
1 pm

Dr. Fox is a Distinguished Professor of Urban Systems Engineering, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Computer Science, Senior Advisor for the School of Cities, and Founding Director of the Centre for Social Services Engineering at the University of Toronto. Dr. Fox pioneered the field of Constraint-Directed Scheduling and the development of Ontologies for modelling Enterprises. He is currently investigating the application of Ontologies to the representation and utilization of urban knowledge, including social services, transportation,  water and sanitation. He is actively involved in the development of international standards city data based on his urban ontology research, including ISO/IEC 21972 "Upper level ontology for smart city indicators" and the ISO/IEC 5087 series of "City data model" standards.

Dr. Fox is also an entrepreneur having co-founded Carnegie Group Inc. in 1984, a software company that specialized in Artificial Intelligence-based systems, and co-founded and was CEO of Novator Systems Ltd., a pioneer in E-Retail software and services. Dr. Fox is a Fellow of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. Dr. Fox has published over 250 papers.

To register for this virtual event, please email Mr. Andrew Fisher at afisher3@lakeheadu.ca and a Zoom link will be shared.

Everyone is welcome.

Biology MSc Thesis Proposal - Jacob Puskas

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 30, 2021 - 9:00am to 10:00am EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Heather Suslyk
Event Contact E-mail: 

Title: “Pre-clinical assessment of selective androgen receptor modulators to increase muscle mass and bone mineral density: implications for pre-surgical use prior to total joint replacement”

Supervisory Committee:

  • Dr. Simon Lees(supervisor)
  • Dr. David Law
  • Dr. Jeff Otis

All are welcome to attend. Please contact biology@lakeheadu.ca for meeting ID and password.

Global Climate Strike - Fridays for Future #UprootTheSystem

Event Date: 
Friday, September 24, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
City Hall, 50 Andrew St. S. Orillia
Event Contact Name: 
Ellen Field
Event Contact E-mail: 

📢 This September 24, 2021, our fight for genuine, intersectional climate justice continues with another Global Climate Strike.📢

The current way of things has systematically marginalized billions of people around the world. With our call to #UprootTheSystem, we seek to address ecological and social crises at their roots by placing MAPA at the centre of our struggle and struggling for a society that places people and planet over profit.

Our fight is a fight for the present and the future, alongside the most impacted sectors of society. Join us!

#Uprootthesystem

Psychology - Kara Boles-Final MA Thesis Defense

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 11:00am to 1:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Sadie Stout
Event Contact E-mail: 

Please Join us for Kara Boles Final MA Thesis Defense on Thursday, September 9, at 11:00 AM

Student: Kara Boles
Thesis Title: Childhood Adversity and Functional Impairment in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Executive Function
Committee
Supervisor(s): Dr. Aislin Mushquash; Dr. Chris Mushquash
Committee Member: Dr. Fred Schmidt
External Examiner: Dr. Kirsten Oinonen
GSC Rep: Dr. Gordon Hayman

Join Zoom Meeting
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/95159433978?pwd=MDF0MnJJdm03cjhmSHhic1BicW9u...

Meeting ID: 951 5943 3978
Passcode: Please email admin.psych@lakeheadu.ca for the passcode

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