Lakehead International Study Week Snowshoe Social

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Meet in Residence Lobby
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Stay social this Study Week! Join Lakehead International for these activities from 2 to 3 p.m. each day, Feb. 18-21! Let us know which events you can attend by scanning the QR code or visiting https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetcg8yTr8wsP59T1b4_QSl5jiC3AAc....

Lakehead International Study Week Cards and Cocoa

Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Learning Commons
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Stay social this Study Week! Join Lakehead International for activities each weekday 2 to 3 p.m. On Wednesday join us for cards, boardgames and hot chocolate (otherwise known as hot cocoa) in the Learning Commons.

LU Study Week Winter Walk

Event Date: 
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Meet in Simcoe Hall Lobby
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Stay social this Study Week! Join Lakehead International for activities each day, 2 to 3 p.m. On our winter walk we'll be going on a light walk close by campus. Dress warm!

Lakehead International Reading Week Teaching Circle with Indigenous Initiatives

Event Date: 
Friday, February 21, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Meet in Residence Lobby
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Stay social this Study Week! Join Lakehead International for activities each day, 2 to 3 p.m. On Friday we'll be visiting Maawnjigamig for a Teaching Circle with Indigenous Initiatives.

Practical Introduction to Research Data Management

Event Date: 
Monday, February 24, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EST
Event Location: 
Online
Event Contact Name: 
Sara Janes
Event Contact E-mail: 

As more publishers and funders, including the Tri-Council of Canada, introduce research data management plan (RDM) requirements, it is a good time to get up to speed. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of Data Management Plans (DMP) and open data deposit. This will include exposure to resources and tools to support you throughout your work.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

  • describe a data repository and Data Management Plan (DMP)
  • recognize the importance of a good RDM practice
  • understand how to access and use DMP Assistant
  • understand how to use Borealis (Lakehead Dataverse) and the Federated Research Data Repository.
  • identify deposit-ready data practices

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/41Og504

Explore Your Research Topic with VOSviewer

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Online
Event Contact Name: 
Jason Zou
Event Contact E-mail: 

Looking to deepen your understanding of your research topic? Join our VOSviewer workshop to enhance your skills. VOSviewer is a free tool designed for analyzing and visualizing research literature. During the workshop, you'll learn how to export data from scholarly databases like Web of Science into VOSviewer, identify key research themes, influential researchers, and significant publications in your field, and create visualizations based on publication details such as titles, keywords, and abstracts.

By the end of this workshop, you will learn about:

  • bibliometric analysis.
  • use VOSviewer.
  • citation relations, including bibliographic coupling, co-citation, and co-authorship.
  • citation network.
  • visualization of citation networks.
  • co-occurrence networks.

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/41Og504

Introduction to Library Research Services & Collections

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Online
Event Contact Name: 
Chris Tomasini
Event Contact E-mail: 

This workshop will introduce you to Lakehead's OMNI search system, and other resource tools which will help fulfill your research needs at Lakehead University.

After attending this workshop, you will be able to:

  • find books on your topic, and request books from other Ontario universities
  • find peer reviewed scholarly articles
  • seek further assistance from the library

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/41Og504

Tools for Web and Social Media Archiving

Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EST
Event Location: 
Online
Event Contact Name: 
Sara Janes
Event Contact E-mail: 

For anyone doing internet-based research. How can we create reliable, permanent copies of social media, websites, and other documents only found online? This 1-hour workshop explores tools you can use yourself, and how you can make use of web archiving projects worldwide, to carry out research, or to preserve copies of ephemeral digital material to be studied or referenced. (Chrome browser recommended.)

By attending this workshop you will:

  • better understand the challenges of preserving digital material on the web;
  • know how to use and contribute to Internet Archive collections;
  • explore other free tools to preserve social media content for later reference.

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/41Og504

Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo Made Easy: Practical Applications

Event Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Chancellor Paterson Library - LI1003
Event Contact Name: 
Philips Ayeni
Event Contact E-mail: 

If you are already familiar with NVivo and its functionalities, but want to get more nuanced understanding of coding qualitative data and developing codes into themes, this 2-hour in person workshop is for you. You will be introduced to a step-by-step practical hands-on approach on how to use NVivo software for qualitative data analysis, and how you can prepare and report/discuss your themes in qualitative research.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

  • develop qualitative data codes
  • categorize codes into themes
  • refine, group, and name themes
  • develop analytical themes
  • visualize qualitative data in NVivo (e.g., word tree, word cloud, thematic tables)
  • export your codebook and visualized figures into MS Word

Note: This workshop will be held in person at the Chancellor Paterson Library Computer Lab, and registration is required. Participants will have opportunities for follow-up in person appointments with the facilitator to improve areas of weaknesses.

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/41Og504

Introduction to Systematic Reviews

Event Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2025 - 10:30am to 12:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Library - Online
Event Contact Name: 
Val Gibbons
Event Contact E-mail: 

Systematic reviews, unlike other types of literature reviews, follow a structured and predefined process. In this session, we will walk you through the steps of a systematic review, focusing on preparing for your systematic review, identifying key sources of research and developing detailed search strategies. Learn how librarians can support you in conducting a systematic review.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

  • distinguish a systematic review from other types of literature reviews
  • identify the steps to conducting a systematic review
  • recognize tools and resources to aid in your review

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/41Og504

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