NRMT Seminar: Can run-of-river hydropower meet the needs of the North? A case analysis of the Albany River

Event Date: 
Friday, October 31, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EDT
Event Location: 
Braun Building BB1054
Event Contact Name: 
Nathan Basiliko
Event Contact E-mail: 

Please join us for the NRMT Seminar by visiting scholar Charlene Monaco from Queens University, "Can run-of-river hydropower meet the needs of the North? A case analysis of the Albany River watershed." Hosted by Dr. Martha Dowsley in Geography and Anthropology.

Please see the attached poster with more information about our seminar series. All are welcome!

Pitch Your Business and Learn What Investors Want

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EDT
Event Location: 
Ingenuity Connections Theatre, CASES Building, FB 2023 and Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Alyson MacKay
Event Contact E-mail: 

Learn How to Pitch Your Business

? Get ready to impress investors and stand out!

Join us for a hands-on session where you'll learn:
✔️ What investors really want to hear
✔️ How to structure a winning pitch
✔️ Tips for telling your business story with impact
✔️ Common mistakes to avoid

Whether you're preparing for a pitch competition or seeking funding, this session will help you build confidence and clarity in delivering your message.

Perfect your pitch. Grow your business.

Session will be delivered by Ian Lane, Executive Director, Northern Ontario Angel Network.

Also available hybrid-reach out to Alyson MacKay, Manager Ingenuity for Zoom link.

International Fireside Chats

Event Date: 
Thursday, November 27, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EST
Event Location: 
Meet Katie in the Dining Hall
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

What’s a Fireside Chat? We want to hear your highlights, challenges, and recommendations relating to the International office so that we can help provide an enriching and rewarding experience. Bring your coffee and let's chat.

International Fireside Chats

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
Meet Katie in the Dining Hall
Event Contact Name: 
Katie Stevenson
Event Contact E-mail: 

What’s a Fireside Chat? We want to hear your highlights, challenges, and recommendations relating to the International office so that we can help provide an enriching and rewarding experience. Bring your coffee and let's chat.

MA Thesis Proposal Defense - Psychology: Amy Stern

Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
ATAC 3004 or Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Kelsey Mullin
Event Contact E-mail: 

Please join us for Amy Stern's MA Thesis Proposal Defense. This is hybrid defense, should you wish to attend in person it will take place in ATAC 3004.

Title: An Evaluation of Canadian Educators’ Acceptance of Digital Mental Health Tools

Supervisor: Dr. Aislin Mushquash

Second Reader: Dr. Ed Rawana

GSC Chair: Dr. Josephine Tan

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

Graduate Student Research Strategies

Event Date: 
Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
ch
Event Contact E-mail: 

During this 60 minute session, we will introduce you to a variety of research strategies and library tools, to help you succeed with graduate level research at Lakehead University. By the end of this session, you will be familiar with:

  • Selecting databases
  • OMNI and Interlibrary loan options
  • Zotero Citation Manager
  • Free research tools (Connected Papers & others)
  • Google Scholar - pros and cons
  • Lakehead Knowledge Commons & finding theses and dissertations


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/3925960

Secrets of Advanced Database Searching in Health Sciences

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Valerie Gibbons
Event Contact E-mail: 

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.

Participants will learn about:

  • search syntax
  • subject headings
  • field searching
  • saving results and search strategies
  • translating strategies across databases


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/3931197

Citation Management Using Zotero - Research Made Easy

Event Date: 
Monday, October 27, 2025 - 9:00am to 10:00am EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
Event Contact Name: 
Chris Tomasini
Event Contact E-mail: 

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


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/3925959

Secrets of Advanced Database Searching in Health Sciences

Event Date: 
Friday, October 24, 2025 - 10:30am to 11:30am EDT
Event Location: 
Library - LI1003
Event Contact Name: 
Debra Gold
Event Contact E-mail: 

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.

Participants will learn about:

  • search syntax
  • subject headings
  • field searching
  • saving results and search strategies
  • translating strategies across databases


Note: This is a drop-in session (no need to register) that will be held in-person in our computer lab (LI-1003). Use one of our computers or bring your own.

Introduction to Library Research Services & Collections

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
Zoom
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


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/3925957

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