Prof Sudip Rakshit of the Department of Chemical Engineering is organizing a seminar as part of the Equity, Diversity, and
Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives supported by the Offices of Research Services and Human Rights and Equity.

Dr. Mary Robinson, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo will make a presentation titled, 'Engineering Equity into all we do" at this event.

“Belonging” is at the heart of Mary Robinson’s portfolio at the University of Waterloo. She is a continuing lecturer, Waterloo alumnus (Chemical Engineering BASc ’02, MASc ’10), and Associate Dean of Outreach, Equity and Diversity (2021-present), Mary develops, collaborates, and implements strategies to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the Faculty, and to help build an environment where everyone – students, staff, and faculty – feels a true sense of belonging.

Mary oversees initiatives related to historically excluded groups in the Faculty of Engineering including Indigenous and Black students, with a particular focus on advancing Indigenous ways of knowing and being. A long-time member of the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE), Mary also continues to energize the University of Waterloo’s work around women and gender-diversity in engineering. Additionally, Mary collaborates with Waterloo Engineering Outreach team to create and deliver award-winning programming to youth in Waterloo Region.

Mary held the role of Associate Director First Year Engineering (2011-2021), where she supported first-year engineering students in their transition from high school to university and is known for her compassionate and supportive approach to help students adjust to the rigorous academic and social demands of university. Mary is a Fellow of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG) and the 2018 recipient of the Ron Britton Engineering Education Vanguard Award.

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS AND WILL BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/98571963837?pwd=ZGxNSkNONzhWaUdJQjVEWVVnY1VjUT09

Meeting ID: 985 7196 3837
Passcode: 238247

Title: "Abiotic and biotic cues of breeding season onset and cessation of gray tree frogs (Dryophytes versicolor)”

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. Adam Algar (supervisor)
Dr. Stephen Hecnar
Dr. Carissa Brown

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

Lakehead Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Student Association (LELS GSA) would like to invite any and all grad students to the end-of-year social happening Friday, March 24th from 6:00-10:00 pm at Sleeping Giant Brewing Company! There will be free pizza to enjoy while we reflect on the year!

We would also like to invite students who are interested in taking over the positions in the club to reach out to us via email or DM:
Email: lelsgsa@lakeheadu.ca
Instagram: @lelsgsa
Facebook: @lelsgsa

Summary of details:
Date: Friday, March 24th
Time: 6-10 pm
Location: Sleeping Giant Brewing Company, Mezzanine (Upstairs in the Taproom), 712 Macdonell St. Thunder Bay, ON

Psychology Undergrad Thesis Poster Presentation
This is a free event for students, faculty and community members to drop in anytime between 3:00pm and 5:00pm.

Join us at Goods & Co Market, 7:00pm on Wednesday March 29th to celebrate this incredible story and have a local discussion about a national issue- Medical Assistance in Dying and its precursors- aging, illness, caregiving and grief.

Loved Into Being: Reflections on Stroke and Being Indestructible is a memoir written by Jill Bodak, a Thunder Bay local that follows her and her father through his three years of living post-stroke. This story is a portrait of a person who is fighting to recover enough of himself to end his life on his own terms.

On December 6th, 2022, Bill Bodak exercised his right to access Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), at home, surrounded by family. The night before his death, hundreds of friends, former students and family members gathered outside his home to light candles and wish him safe passage.

Since his death, this story has reached hundreds of readers, been featured on CBC's Superior Morning Show and a collection of podcasts, including Thunder Bay's "Disrupting Death" show with Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller.

This evening Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller, Dr. Katrina Ward and Jill Bodak will gather to discuss this particular story, and the implications it has for the larger discussions happening across our country with regards to caregiving, end-of-life choices and how to embrace death as a triumph when we can, instead of a failure.

If you've read the book, come chat about it and why it spoke to you. If you haven't read the book, come get one at Loud Women Collective and join in this heartfelt and deeply needed conversation.

The evening will include warm company, good conversation, a chance to ask questions and also buy the book! All proceeds from this project are donated to Dying with Dignity Canada in memory of Bill.

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