This interactive and experiential one-day gathering presents an opportunity for members of the University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), and Lakehead University communities and the community of veterinary professionals to come together to begin a dialogue around issues of Indigenization and decolonization in veterinary medical education. This event will provide an opportunity for us to learn, reflect, and take meaningful steps toward creating a more inclusive and culturally responsive educational environment.

The keynote speaker will be Sheila Cote-Meek, Director of Indigenous Educational Studies Program, Brock University.

Event details:

• Date: September 20, 2024 (all day)
• Format: Learning circles to explore key questions led by Indigenous facilitators. Attendees can participate in person or virtually.
• Closing session: Wrap-up with a focus on tangible next steps, individual action, and accountability.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided for those attending in person.

Let us come together to learn, share, and envision a curriculum that reflects Indigenous perspectives and knowledge. Once the final agenda is confirmed, information will be sent to registrants.

Space is limited, and participation will be honoured on a first come first served basis, so please register soon. Registration will close on July 31, 2024.

This event is a collaboration between OVC and Lakehead and sponsored by funding from the University of Guelph’s Office of Diversity and Human Rights EDI Enhancement Fund.

For more information, please contact Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu, Associate Vice-Provost (Academic) at avp.academic@lakeheadu.ca

Ehsan Sobhani will have his Computer Science MSc defense on Tuesday, July 23 at 10 a.m. on Zoom. The presentation will take place over zoom. Please email Brenda at grad.compsci@lakeheadu.ca for the link.

With the growing focus on sustainable transportation, Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) have emerged as a viable solution. BEBs have received significant recognition as an environmentally conscious and sustainable means of transportation. Designing an effective strategy, which encompasses placing charging sites and implementing proper charging mechanisms, is crucial to ensuring the efficient and consistent charging of BEBs in an electrified public transit system.This research endeavours to tackle the challenge of efficient charging strategies including placement of charging stations, cost of running electric buses, and adhering to the bus timetable. To this end, this thesis outlines a four-step approach for transit system planners to attain optimal solutions, including worst-case energy consumption calculation, off-service charging site placement, off-service (overnight) charging mechanisms, on-route charging planning, determining the required number of BEBs, and their integration into a fully electric transit system. Four novel methods are designed for planning: the Constrained Greedy Clustering (CGC) algorithm, the Priority Charging Mechanism (PCM), the Constraint Affinity Clustering Algorithm (CACA), and timetable tuning. A case study based on the real-world Thunder Bay, ON transit system is discussed to validate the proposed methodologies and assess their effectiveness in improving the BEB fleet’s overall performance. The research results demonstrate significant improvements in operational efficiency, cost reduction, and environmental sustainability by implementing the proposed charging infrastructure optimization strategies.

Everyone is welcome

Zotero is a free and convenient tool that can be used to help you manage information for your research, insert citations into your writing and easily create bibliographies. This session will provide an overview of how Zotero can support your work throughout the research process, with hands-on opportunities to practice using the tool.

After attending this workshop, you will have learned how to use Zotero to:

• save time with the research process
• create better citations and bibliographies
• organise all the books / articles you find during the research process
• use advanced features in Zotero

Join us in celebrating Pride! Drop by the picnic tables outside the Dining Hall between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to take part in Show Your Pride event activities including:

Lawn Games
Crafts and donations for the Gilbert Centre
Painting picnic tables with designs in recognition of Two Spirited folks and Allies
Wellness information and supplies
Pizza and cake pops (will be available at 12pm)

This event is open to students, faculty, and staff

Zotero is a free and convenient tool that can be used to help you manage information for your research, insert citations into your writing and easily create bibliographies. This session will provide an overview of how Zotero can support your work throughout the research process, with hands-on opportunities to practice using the tool.

After attending this workshop, you will have learned how to use Zotero to:

• save time with the research process
• create better citations and bibliographies
• organize all the books / articles you find during the research process
• use advanced features in Zotero

Looking for healthy patient models for for 1.5 hour time slots on July 4 and 5, 2024 to help Emergency Medicine physicians train in bedside abdominal ultrasound.

Demographics:
Females: age 15-50 (reproductive age, healthy uterus/ovaries)
Males: age 15-65.

To register, please sign-up here: https://nosm.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egmpnj05YM4vjdI

Join Dr. Aislin Mushquash, Associate Professor, Clinical Psychologist, and the director of the Coping Research Lab,as she discusses resilience, human development / trust, and the implementation and evaluation of the e-mental health JoyPop app.

Grad student Izzy Malik, who is doing a review of e-mental apps and the implementations of AI, will join Dr. Mushquash to present.

Tomatoes! Peppers! Basil! Support the LU Greenhouse and stock up on your veggie essentials.

Join Student Accessibility Services in celebrating Red Shirt Day of Action for Accessibility and Inclusion as part of National Access Ability Week! Put on your favourite red shirt and make a pledge to improve accessibility and inclusion in your community. Pledge sheets and information will be available in the Chancellor Paterson Library main floor from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. All are welcome!

Please join the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities for the Spring Jibe, a fundraiser in support of the student engagement fund. 

$2 donation for each buffet/entree (dine-in)

Wednesday, May 29, 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Masala Grille, 170 Algoma St. N., Thunder Bay