Curious about how AI is changing higher education? Concerned about the line between appropriate AI use and academic misconduct?

Student Affairs invites you to join us for Academic Integrity Awareness Week (October 6-9 11am-2pm). Stop by and participate in the activities to win prizes.This year we're exploring the do's and don'ts of various AI tools and want your feedback on an AI Assessment Scale.

Everyone's invited.

https://www.lakeheadu.ca/students/student-life/student-conduct/news-events

Please join the first Faculty of Natural Resources Management Seminar: "Forest Trees in Reducing Noise Pollution: Buffer Effects of Forest Cover for Reducing Dust and Noise Along Highway Edges" by Professor Burak Aricak from Bursa Technical University in Bursa, Turkey.

Monday, Sept. 29
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Braun Building Room B1021 

Biography: Born in Edirne, Turkey, in 1977, Dr. Aricak completed his bachelor's degree in Forest Engineering in 1999, his master's degree in 2002, and his PhD in 2008. Aricak, who was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2017, has been working as a professor in the Department of Forest Engineering at Bursa Technical University's Faculty of Forestry since 2022. 

The hosts are Brigitte Leblon (bleblon@lakeheadu.ca) and Dzhamal Amishev (damish15@lakeheadu.ca) in NRMT if you would like more information or to meet with their guest! Hope to see you there.. all are welcome.

Enjoy a friendly and relaxed moment with snacks, drinks, and games as you meet our team.

Come connect with our vibrant language instructors and discover all that we offer: French, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Latin, and more!

Whether you are just starting out or already bilingual, everyone is welcome.

Please join us for Casey Oliver's Final PhD Dissertation Defense. This is a hybrid defense, should you wish to attend in person it will take place in ATAC 3004

Title: Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: Exploring Vulnerability Factors, Distress, and Coping Strategies in Women

Supervisor: Dr. Dwight Mazmanian

Second Reader: Dr. Aislin Mushquash

Internal Examiner: Dr. Karen McQueen

External Examiner: Dr. Paula Barata

GSC Chair: Dr. James Kryklywy

Please contact admin.psych@lakeheadu.ca for Zoom link and passcode

Attention Lakehead Employees - You're Invited!

As part of Alumni Homecoming Weekend, the Lakehead University Social Committee is hosting a Staff & Faculty Coffee Break on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. in the Agora.

Take a moment to relax, grab a persian, enjoy some light refreshments, and reconnect with colleagues from across campus.

This is a great opportunity to recharge and catch up in a casual setting.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Lakehead University.

Please join us for Joanne Kao's PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense. This is a hybrid defense, should you wish to attend in person it will take place in ATAC 3004.

Title: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Caregiver-Child and Romantic Relationships: A Three-Study Project

Supervisor: Dr. Josephine Tan

Second Reader: Dr. Dwight Mazmanian

GSC Rep: Dr. Aislin Mushquash

Please contact admin.psych@lakeheadu.ca for Zoom link and passcode

Elevate Your Campus Experience: Oct 1, 2025 - Campus Beautification Day 12-2pm

Sign up here.

Everyone is invited to join us for an immersive opportunity to enhance our shared environment and foster a stronger sense of community within Lakehead Thunder Bay.

When: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, 12 pm-2 pm

Meeting Place: Rain Garden outside Braun Building (Google maps pin here [https://tinyurl.com/9sc3jjcc])

Departments and individuals are encouraged to sign up ahead of time, but drop-ins are welcome. Interested participants can bring their own garden gloves and trowels, but it is not required.

• Braun Rain Garden
• M'wade Gaazhi Namaadibinaanowin (Outdoor Classroom)
• Gitigaan: Sweat Lodge Garden
• CASES Gardens
• Climate Action Park
• Community Garden (by the hangar)
• Wellness Path (Bora Laskin Walking Labyrinth)

** You are welcome to participate for as long as you would like. **
** We appreciate any help you are able to provide **

Covidence is a web-based tool that streamlines the screening and data extraction steps of an evidence synthesis project, such as a systematic or scoping review. Lakehead now has an institutional subscription to Covidence.

Attend this session to learn:

how to join Lakehead's institutional Covidence account.
the steps to starting a review in Covidence.
how Covidence helps with the screening and data extraction process.
where to find learning resources for Covidence.

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

In this 2-hour workshop we will explore collections of original documents in person. 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 early 20th century business documents at the Lakehead University Archives, though with advance notice the workshop can be modified to meet other particular interests. This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about archival research.

By attending this workshop you will:

understand how archival documents are selected, preserved, and made available to the public;
have handled, read, and discussed original documents among a small group;
be prepared to embark on hands-on research in archives and other repositories around the world.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3916863

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.

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3931915