You are invited to attend the Winter 2021 Biology Seminar Series presented by Dr. Michael Rennie, Department of Biology, Lakehead University (Thunder Bay).

Guest Speaker: Dr. Joshua Choi (Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)

Title: “The immunomodulatory prowess of invariant NKT cells in sepsis and cancer”

Live Via ZOOM. Please contact biology@lakeheadu.ca for meeting ID and password.

Dr. Alla Reznik, 2020 Distinguished Researcher, is pleased to present, "An alternative to mammography or What a physicist can do for healthcare".

Via Zoom - Register at https://pheedloop.com/lakeheadri/site/home/

Children, Youth and Families: Promoting growth, development, and success through health and social care
Tuesday, March 9 · 8 – 9 a.m
Via Zoom: click here to join. All are welcome!

Presenters:
Dr. Nancy Young
Director, School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University
Chidren's Health Measures - Aaniss Naa Gegii

Dr. Lorrilee McGregor
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Health, NOSM
First Nations Community Health (Mental Health and Addiction, and
Healthy Lifestyles)

Dr. Aislin Mushquash
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Lakehead University
Stress and coping; innovative approaches to build resilience

Kelly Meservia-Collins - Town Hall Facilitator
Executive Vice-President, Research, Quality and Academics, TBRHSC/TBHRI

Psychological, social and physical factors influence the growth and development of children and youth. Furthermore, family is a primary context for development and is a key element to successful interventions for children. Through collective efforts, our community network aims to promote the development and improvement of the health and well-being of children through research. After all, investing in our children, is investing in our future!

Title: “Evaluating the impacts of invasive Bythotrephes longimanus on the growth rate of fishes”

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. Michael Rennie (Supervisor)
Dr. Erin Dunlop
Dr. Rob Mackereth

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

Histories and Futures: Black Women in Canada
Women’s movements have always had caste, race, class, etc. divisions and exclusions. This International Women’s day we focus on just a few of the Black heroines and prophets who lead us to more inclusive and equitable futures.

Click here to register.

Please join us on March 1, 2021 at 11:20 for the Opening Ceremonies of Research and Innovation Week 2021!

About the Talk
Climate change, water supply, droughts on the prairies, floods on the coasts, energy shortage, growing population, clones, computer kids… the future can look scary sometimes. Can we engineer our way through another thousand years of civilization? This optimist says yes, and Canada is in a position to lead the way.

About the Speaker
Bob McDonald is one of Canada's best-known science journalists, bringing science to the public for more than 40 years. In addition to hosting Quirks & Quarks, the award-winning science program with a national audience of nearly 500,000 people, McDonald is also a science correspondent for CBC Television’s The National and Gemini-winning host and writer of the children’s series Head’s Up. He also hosted The Great Canadian Invention, Wonderstruck, and the seven-part series, Water Under Fire.

The host and writer of numerous television documentaries and more than 100 educational videos in Canada and the United States, McDonald has also authored five bestselling science books, with his latest being An Earthling’s Guide to Space. He has also contributed to numerous textbooks, magazines, and newspapers, including The Globe and Mail.

An Officer of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, McDonald has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of science with the Michael Smith Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Sir Sanford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute, and the McNeil Medal from The Royal Society of Canada. In 2008, he won a Gemini Award for best host in a pre-school, children’s or youth program or series.

McDonald holds twelve honorary doctorates from Canadian universities and two honourary College degrees. He also currently sits on the board of Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. In 2014, asteroid 2006 XN67 was officially named "bobmcdonald" in his honour.

Visit www.lakeheadu.ca/ri to register.

How well do you understand Ontario’s personal income tax, credits and benefit programs? This webinar hosted by the Ministry of Finance will help you understand personal income tax, credits and benefits. No registration required!

Watch the presentation here: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/97762620268?pwd=NXhBNm56ajU4Qzg2ZlY3K0NNLzJz...

Graduate Poster live session: Graduate poster R&I attendees will be able to view student posters all week, but please join us for the live session Wednesday, March 3rd from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The Graduate Poster live session is where you can interact with Graduate Students and they can share their research with you.

Visit lakeheadu.ca/ri to register for our Research and Innovation Week sessions.

Graduate students will present their research in just 180 seconds, in an engaging format that can be understood by an audience with no background in the research area.

3MT presentations will be available to view all week, but please join us for the live session Tuesday, March 2nd from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Our top 10 competitors will present their thesis research in under 3 minutes!

Visit lakeheadu.ca/ri to register to view Research and Innovation Week sessions.

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE SEMINAR 2021
Guest Speaker Series Presented By:

Dr. Andriy Miranskyy
"Quantum Computing and Software Engineering: Interpenetration"

Friday, March 5, 2021
12:00 pm

Abstract:
Quantum computers have arrived. How does their presence affect the evolution of legacy software? How can we improve the construction and testing of quantum software components? Let us explore some answers to these questions.

Dr. Andriy Miranskyy is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University. His research interests are in the area of mitigating risk in software engineering, focusing on large-scale software systems. Andriy received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario. He has 20+ years of software engineering experience in the information management and pharmaceutical industries. Before joining Ryerson, Andriy worked as a software developer in the IBM Information Management division at the IBM Toronto Software Laboratory; currently, he is the Faculty Fellow of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies. He has served as a guest editor for several journals, as well as an organizer, committee member, and reviewer for several international software engineering workshops and conferences.

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

Everyone is welcome.