Dia De Los Muertos Celebration

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Orsi Family Learning Commons
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Celebrate your beloved ones! Share a photo of someone you've lost to be part of our alter in the Orsi Family Learning Commons Oct 27-31. See QR code on poster. Then visit our table on October 30 from 12-2pm to view submissions and participate in traditional activities. Join us in celebrating this annual Mexican holiday!

Diwali Celebration

Event Date: 
Monday, October 20, 2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Orsi Family Learning Commons
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Join us for henna, a fun photo booth, traditional Indian sweets and diya painting! Come learn about this annual holiday celebrated in India!

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration

Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Learning Commons
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Mooncase taste-testing, lantern folder, tea takeaways, festival photobooth and more! Join us to learn about this annual occasion celebrated in many cultures throughout Asia!

NRMT Seminar Series: Dr. M Heenkenda

Event Date: 
Friday, October 10, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EDT
Event Location: 
BB1054 and Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Nathan Basiliko
Event Contact E-mail: 

The Faculty of Natural Resources management presents:

Canola yield estimation using remote sensed images: A case study at Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station

Dr. Muditha Heenkenda, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment

Friday, Oct. 10, 10 to 11 a.m.

Braun Building Room B1054 

Or via Zoom at https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/97532903824

Coffee and tea will be served. 

Dr. Heenkenda leads the Lakehead Applied Geomatics Laboratory in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Lakehead's Thunder Bay campus. Her group consists of undergraduate and graduate students, visiting students, and GIS technicians/research associates from a range of interdisciplinary backgrounds who are committed to developing innovative research in the areas of GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis that address pressing social and environment issues in Canada and beyond. Dr. Heenkenda also holds an adjunct faculty position in Natural Resources Management, where she contributes substantially to graduate student research and mentorship.

All are welcome!

Pumpkin Carving

Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Behind Simcoe Hall (outdoors)
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

Unleash your spooky side! Join us for a pumpkin carving afternoon filled with Halloween fun. No registration required - just show up, grab a pumpkin, and let your creativity shine! Questions? Email or.international@lakeheadu.ca.

Biology Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Tom Johnston

Event Date: 
Friday, November 21, 2025 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Event Location: 
AT 1006 & Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Heather Suslyk
Event Contact E-mail: 

Speaker: Dr. Tom Johnston, Laurentian University

Title: “Trophic diversity in aquatic food webs of northern Ontario”

Host: Dr. Mike Rennie

Location: AT 1006 Thunder Bay, or connect via Zoom

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

Biology Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Jennifer Perry

Event Date: 
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Heather Suslyk
Event Contact E-mail: 

Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Perry, St. Francis Xavier University

Title: "Battles within and between the sexes: lessons from insects"

Host: Dr. Adam Algar

Location: Zoom

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

Biology Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Hui Peng

Event Date: 
Friday, October 31, 2025 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
AT 1006 & Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Heather Suslyk
Event Contact E-mail: 

Speaker: Dr. Hui Peng, University of Toronto

Title: "Exploring the dark matter of the human exposome: from toxicant to drug discovery”

Host: Dr. Wensheng Qin

Location: AT 1006 Thunder Bay, or connect via Zoom

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

Biology Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Sean Landsman

Event Date: 
Friday, October 24, 2025 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
AT 1006 & Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Heather Suslyk
Event Contact E-mail: 

Speaker: Dr. Sean Landsman, Carleton University

Title: “Fostering trust for more effective knowledge co-production: case studies from 15 years of muskellunge research”
Host: Dr. Cody Dey

Location : AT 1006 Thunder Bay, or connect via Zoom

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

Kikiskinow Âpahcikân: Art Gallery Event

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Community Room, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1080 Keewatin St.

Through fibre arts, students of Lakehead University’s 2025 Critical Land Study and Relations - School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism explore the historical, present, and future impact of Indigenous people being forcibly removed from the lands and waters that have sustained them.

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