EDI in Research Speaker Series - Panel discussion on how research assessment needs to change to create a more inclusive research culture

Join us NEXT TUESDAY (MARCH 28) at 11:30AM EST for a panel discussion on inclusive research assessment with:
Dr. Jula Hughes, Dean, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University
Dr. Shauneen Pete, Chair, Emerging Indigenous Scholars Circle, Royal Roads University
Dr. Karine Duhamel, Director of Indigenous Strategy, SSHRC

Moderated by Dr. Christopher Mushquash, Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction and Professor, Department of Psychology at Lakehead University, Professor, Division of Human Sciences at Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Vice President Research, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and Chief Scientist, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute
This panel will discuss how we need to transform the way that academics are reviewed, assessed and rewarded in order to create a more inclusive research culture.

Event Time: March 28th, 2023 at 11:30am EST

Event Format: Zoom

Please register in advance with this link: https://forms.gle/evi8jQAMK5V3Jfca9

Contact Dr. Jocelyn Bel, EDI Research Facilitator at edi.research@lakeheadu.ca with any questions.

Join us in the Makerspace@Paterson to learn the ins and outs of 3D printing on the Makerspace printers. This 30-minute session will include a general introduction to 3D printing, basic features and operation of the printers and safety guidelines. Attendance at a 3D Printing Orientation is required for anyone wanting to use the printers.

If you are unable to make it to any of the 3D Printing Orientation Sessions please let us know and we will try to arrange a different time. You can contact us at makerspace.lib@lakeheadu.ca.

Event registration: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3722629

Join us in the Makerspace@Paterson to learn the ins and outs of 3D printing on the Makerspace printers. This 30-minute session will include a general introduction to 3D printing, basic features and operation of the printers and safety guidelines. Attendance at a 3D Printing Orientation is required for anyone wanting to use the printers.

If you are unable to make it to any of the 3D Printing Orientation Sessions please let us know and we will try to arrange a different time. You can contact us at makerspace.lib@lakeheadu.ca.

Event registration: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3722628

Join us in the Makerspace@Paterson to learn the ins and outs of 3D printing on the Makerspace printers. This 30-minute session will include a general introduction to 3D printing, basic features and operation of the printers and safety guidelines. Attendance at a 3D Printing Orientation is required for anyone wanting to use the printers.

If you are unable to make it to any of the 3D Printing Orientation Sessions please let us know and we will try to arrange a different time. You can contact us at makerspace.lib@lakeheadu.ca.

Event registration: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3722630

Please join us for the Civil Engineering Symposium (CES) EDI Initiative! This IN-PERSON event will include two lectures from distinguished speakers Dr. Maged A Youssef and Mr. Douglas Yahn. 

The titles of the presentations are: Design of Concrete Structures for Fire Safety with Dr. Maged A. Youssef, and Lakehead University in conversation with Indigenous Relations and Social Sciences Expert, Mr. Douglas Yahn. 

Refreshments will be served.

Contact: Ahmed Elshaer (aelshaer@lakeheadu.ca) Department of Civil Engineering 

Lakehead University Student Juried Exhibition and Honours Graduating Show will open to the public on the afternoon of Friday March 24th at Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

The L.U Department of Visual Arts invites you to join us for the opening and award ceremonies on Friday March 31, 2023 in Thunder Bay Art Gallery. Doors open at 7 pm. There will be food and refreshments at the opening. This year the opening ceremonies will be emceed by Dr. Elizabeth Birmingham dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.

L.U student exhibits will be on display until Sunday April 23rd.

Support our fourth year Kinesiology students as they present their research projects in the Agora on Monday, April 3, 2023 from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm.

The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written in 1996 by feminist and activist Eve Ensler. The play has grown from an off-Broadway, one-woman show to a worldwide revolution.

Now performed annually in over 130 countries, the play explores consensual sexual experiences, sexual violence, body image, genital mutilation, reproduction, vaginal care, menstrual periods, prostitution, and several other topics through the eyes of women with various ages, races, sexualities, and other differences.

Bring a donation for the Food Resource Centre (non-expired non-perishable food items, or monetary donation) to be entered to win a piece of art by Tracy Pollard.

Doors open at 6 pm. Curtain at 6:30 pm.

Speaker: Dr. Guillem Dayer, Lakehead University/Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute
Title: Investigating the interactome of naturally occurring human papillomavirus 16 E6 variants to understand their different tumourigenic capacities
Host: Dr. Adam Algar

All are welcome to attend this in-person seminar.

Speaker: Dr. Glynnis Hood, University of Alberta
Title: Riparian mammals: Aquatic connectivity, biodiversity, and future directions
Host: Wyatt Beach

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