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Lakehead University graduate Chris Armiento (HBSc'22) has earned a $5,000 McCall MacBain Regional Award. This scholarship recognizes engaged student leaders who have demonstrated exceptional character, community engagement, leadership potential, entrepreneurial spirit, academic strength, and intellectual curiosity. It provides funding for a full-time master’s or professional program at any public university in Canada.
Chris is an intern at Confederation College, assisting the school in implementing sustainable development goals. They recently earned a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Lakehead, where they served on the board of the student union and mentored international students. Chris has also organized climate action projects and events, developed a workshop to teach high school students about climate activism, and contributed to research on adolescent exposure to cannabis marketing. They are applying to medical school and medical research master's programs.
“As a young person finding their way in the world, taking part in this scholarship was very valuable,” said Chris. “Participating in this process helped me reflect on my experience up to this point and the lessons I learned will undoubtedly help as I move into the next stage of my career!”
Chris placed among the top 95 of more than 700 Canadian applicants this year.
The McCall MacBain Scholarships are the result of a landmark $200 million gift in 2019, then the largest single donation in Canadian history, by John and Marcy McCall MacBain.
Applications will open in June 2024 for September 2025 admission. In addition to 30 fully funded scholarships, up to 100 awards of $5,000 to $20,000 will be offered. More information about the McCall MacBain Scholarships can be found at mccallmacbainscholars.org.
Dear Lakehead employees and families,
Excitement is in the air as our Lakehead Thunderwolves gear up for an electrifying playoff showdown against the Windsor Lancers, tonight at 7 pm at Fort William Gardens!
As a valued member of our Lakehead community, we're thrilled to offer you an exclusive discount for Game 1 of the playoffs. Please purchase your ticket through the link below by 3:30 pm today to have your tickets processed at the Fort William Gardens box office for game time!
Tickets will be available for pickup at the box office after 6 pm tonight.
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What key ethical, legal and professional conundrums are patients, their family, and health care professionals currently grappling with in the field of health care? What is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’ in making decisions about managing the environmental landscape? And what are the roles, responsibilities, strengths and limitations of governments, the private sector and consumers/citizens/communities in ensuring that businesses behave ethically?
Beginning February 14, Third Age Learning Lakehead (TALL) will host "Exploring Ethics in a Complex World", a three-part lecture series that will seek to answer these questions, among others. From the complex world of bioethics to the challenging realities associated with operating a business in the turbulent 2020s, these thought-provoking talks will challenge conventional ways of thinking.
The series will open with Dr Steve Abdool, a Bioethicist at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Ethics. He also works at seven acute care hospitals and regularly presents at professional conferences on pressing ethical issues in both mental health and physical medicine. Dr. Abdool will navigate the intricate ethical, legal, and professional challenges facing patients, their families, and healthcare providers today and will examine some of the serious bioethical quandaries facing society in the near future.
On February 21, David Hawke, a well-known naturalist, author, educator, and former land manager for a local land trust, will take listeners on an exploratory journey through the world of environmental ethics. Using photographs he has taken of the Simcoe County area over the past 50 years, he will discuss the environmental impacts of a burgeoning human population that demands a ‘fair share’ of the available water, soil, wildlife and space.
The series will close on February 28 with a talk by Dr. Kernaghan Webb, a Professor of Law and Business at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and the Director of the TMU Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Professor Webb will be unpacking the ethical, legal, and market "pieces of the puzzle" that together comprise the fast-evolving approach to ensuring that businesses address their environmental, social, and economic impacts. He will examine current societal issues as they relate to the world of business ethics, including social media, pandemics, Amazon, AirBnB, and Uber.
Join Third Age Learning Lakehead on Wednesday mornings to listen, share, and learn about the dynamic world of ethics. This speaker series will be delivered in a hybrid format, allowing you to connect virtually or attend in-person at the St. Paul’s Centre in Orillia. More information, including how to register, can be found at www.lakeheadu.ca/tal.
The Research and Innovation Bulletin is distributed every Tuesday by the Office of Research Services and includes information on research funding opportunities, events and workshops and updates from our funding partners.
Checkout the latest version of our Bulletin, by clicking here.
The Department of History, with support from the faculties of Social Sciences and Humanities and Education, are pleased to partner in the presenting of the 3rd annual Spotlight on Academics Film Festival.
Spotlight on Academics is a film festival dedicated to sharing knowledge through film.
Spotlight on Academics features films from around the world and is live for the first time with 22 documentaries screening in-person at Lakehead University from February 9 to 11. Special guests include, among others, Dr. Michael Brown from the University of South Wales and filmmakers Áine Clark and Michel Van der Veken from Belgium. In addition to the films selected for a live audience, the festival will also present a total of 45 films online via www.researchtv.ca from February 9 to 12.
The festival is free and open to the public.
For more information and a full festival lineup please visit us at www.spotlightonacademics.ca.
The WellU Champions for Mental Health aims to highlight Lakehead staff and faculty members who go above and beyond to support student mental health. Champions were nominated by students for showing compassion, encouraging a sense of belonging, inspiring health-promoting behaviours, and promoting student well-being.
The 2024 WellU Champions are:
Thunder Bay Campus
Orillia Campus
To see what students said about the champions and what the champions had to say about their role in well-being on campus, visit lakeheadu.ca/welluchampion.
The Agora looked incredible in December with everyone's creative contributions to the Festival of Trees. Thank you to everyone who participated in another successful year of stocking the shelves at the LUSU Food Resource Centre. Over 1,700 items were generously donated to help students who are experiencing food insecurity.
The winner of the 2023 Festival of Trees is Student Health & Wellness with 640 votes! Congratulations to their team. In second place was School of Nursing and in third place was Indigenous Initiatives. Thank you to everyone who participated. We look forward to welcoming back the festival again this upcoming December.
