Lakehead University Community Legal Services (LUCLS) is hosting a FREE legal information session on "What to Know Before Signing a Lease". Get to know the sections of the Standard Lease Agreement and understand what your rights and responsibilities are as a tenant. We will also review the responsibilities of the landlord and provide tips on how to communicate with your landlord about important issues.

Please join us for Dr. Emmanuel Badewa's presentation "Sustainability & resilience of soil systems: Enhancing agricultural productivity and supporting human well-being" via Zoom (if you like join us in BB1054; the guest will be remote). All are welcome and please share widely!

Dr. Badewa is a faculty member at University College of the North (The Pas, Manitoba) and an adjunct faculty member at Lakehead. He holds a PhD in social and ecological sustainability from the University of Waterloo, MSc from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and BSc in soil science from Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria). Emmanuel is passionate about teaching and researching natural resources and agri-environmental science for real-world applications. His research primarily focuses on soil science and security, sustainability, soil ecosystem services, water resources management, and climate change.

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/97532903824

Are you planning to graduate this year? Join us to learn about your next steps for seeking employment!

From 5 to 6 p.m. join Lakehead International for a session specifically for international students on steps for approaching graduation. We'll review documentation, dates, deadlines, post-graduation work permits, and community resources. Questions? Contact or.international@lakeheadu.ca.

From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. join Career Services for networking with local employers. Employers from the community will share information with you about their own career stories and about careers available in their businesses. Questions? Contact careers.coop@lakeheadu.ca.

Fourth year Kinesiology and Psychology students will be presenting their research work in poster format, and will be ready to answer any questions you have about their research. Save time on Friday, April 4th to take a look at their work!

Alumnus Margaret Schweitzer will be launching her latest book with a public presentation at the Thunder Bay Museum on Donald St. Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. Passages will be read by the author, followed by questions and discussion with the audience. The book is a memoir of her late grandfather, a man with ties to the Lakehead, and who served in both world wars of the 20th Century. During WW II, he was a district commander with the Canadian Forestry Corps in Scotland. Learn more about Marg at: www.margaretschweitzer.com

Join us for a virtual lunch and learn hosted by Dr. Davut Akca, Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies. This event is part of Lakehead University's ITSTARTS Community Champion Week. All campus and community members are welcome to join. Please register to receive Zoom login details.

This workshop will cover the importance of literature reviews in the research cycle. Learn more about:

• Selecting a topic
• Finding relevant sources using library databases
• Evaluating and assessing the research
• Structuring your literature review
• Organizing your research using software like Zotero

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

In this 2-hour workshop we will explore digital collections of original documents. We will discuss the creation, selection, and preservation of archival records, and how you can read, ask questions of, and understand them in context. We will be exploring 19th and 20th Canadian and American history sources, though with advance notice the workshop can be modified to meet other particular interests. This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about conducting archival research.

By attending this workshop you will:

• Understand how archival documents are preserved, digitized, and shared with the public;
• Be able to locate digital archival collections relevant to your research;
• Have practiced reading and discussing original documents.

A larger screen, rather than a phone or tablet, is recommended if possible.

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

Bring your questions, frustrations, examples to this session on advanced search skills. We will share our tips for effective database searching. Whether you are wondering how you could have done it better, you are in the middle of an extensive literature search or you are planning to research an in-depth topic, this session can help. The focus will be on searching health sciences databases including CINAHL, PsycInfo, PubMed/Medline and Embase.

Learn more about:

• Search syntax
• Subject headings
• Field searching
• Saving results and search strategies
• Translating strategies across databases

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

Develop practical knowledge and search skills for library research in Education at the graduate level. This session is offered online via Zoom. During this session you will learn about the different types of information resources specific to Education, how they can be located, and how to develop search strategies to use with these search tools. You will also learn about resources available to assist you with APA 7 citation and you will be introduced to Zotero, a citation management tool.

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

• understand information resources that are available for researchers in Education.
• identify peer-reviewed and scholarly sources.
• learn to find Education search tools and develop search strategies using these search tools.
• locate APA 7 Citation resources to help you to cite.

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