Join us as we celebrate Lakehead's 20th Annual Research & Innovation Week with greetings from local dignitaries. Registration is required.
To register for this event, please click here.
This event will include performing experimental new music for live conventional instruments, presenting works composed using a computer programming language (Max MSP) and a participatory music-making experience that weaves Western approaches and Indigenous ways of knowing and learning.
Panel Presenters: Kassandra Fernandes, Stephanie Hendrickson, Jiaqi (Jessica) Li, & Jessica Wyatt
Moderator: Maydena Remenda
Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion featuring staff from the Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health (CERAH) at Lakehead University! CERAH is recognized for its innovative approach to research and education. This panel discussion will explore how CERAH’s four divisions—Palliative Care, Dementia & Seniors’ Mental Health, Indigenous Peoples’ Health & Aging, and Aging in Place—contribute to knowledge translation and community impact. Panelists will highlight key projects, including community-based research, student engagement, and partnerships that support local and national initiatives. Topics include the evolution of Indigenous palliative care education, the role of students in advancing research, and the Centre’s regional and national reach. Attendees will gain insight into how CERAH continues to evolve, fostering collaboration, supporting health care providers, and expanding research to address aging and health needs in Northwestern Ontario and beyond.
In mathematics, when a class of objects proves to be of interest, the question arises of classifying them somehow. This can mean different things in different cases. The simplest sort of classification is just a complete list of all the objects in the class. This sort of classification may be useful in establishing results on a case by case basis, but it may not provide much information about how the objects are related to each other. A more useful form of classification is to associate to each object a label that captures essential features, while ignoring different guises the same object may appear under. This approach has been extremely successful in the Elliott program to classify certain C*-algebras, and this talk will elaborate on and illustrate it.
Dr. Andrew J. Dean is a professor of Mathematical Sciences at Lakehead University. He is a Lakehead graduate, having completed an HBSc. here before going to the University of Toronto, where he completed a Ph.D. under the supervision of G. A. Elliott. His research deals with C*-algebras and related structures, such as dynamical systems, K-theory, and real structures on C*-algebras. His most recent projects include his collaboration with Dr. Luis Santiago, Classification of real approximate interval C*-algebras, and his work with Lakehead students B. Choi and S.K. Lucky on a range of invariant problems.
The Northwest Climate Gathering brings community together in solution focused solidarity. On October 16 of 2024, over a hundred people Gathered around the theme You Are Not Alone. In partnership with LAIR Galleries, ten Artists in Residence took part. This exhibit is their response to that experience.
Juan G. Sánchez Martínez was born in Bakatá/Bogotá, in the Colombian Andes. He coordinates the online multilingual 
anthology and exhibition Siwar Mayu, A River of Hummingbirds. He has published several books of poetry, including Uranium/Uranio (Japan 2023). He works on the crossroads between Indigenous art, literature, and science. He recently co-edited the open-access volume Abiayalan Pluriverses. Bridging Indigenous Studies and Hispanic Studies with Gloria E. Chacón and Lauren Beck (Amherst College, 2024.) He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Indigenous Learning at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Canada).
Forest Bathing by Nicole Sutherland
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research (CIER) at Lakehead University is hosting the 1st Annual Lakehead Business Research Showcase.
This event is part of the 2025 Lakehead University Research and Innovation Week. This event offers the community an opportunity to learn about research projects, endeavors and opportunities to a diverse array of innovative topics in business and management, relevant to local challenges. Join us and engage with faculty members, researchers, funders and students. Connect with researchers, build strategic partnerships and explore opportunities to leverage research to drive success in your organization.
Food and refreshments will be served.
To RSVP This event is free. Please register here.
Winner of the Alex Award from the ALA, Genderqueer is the most frequently banned and challenged book in the US, and repeatedly subject to challenge at Canadian libraries. What’s going on? Join our panelists as they talk about what Genderqueer is – and isn’t – and why this book is so important.
The Rita Nicholas Undergraduate Research Conference celebrates the contributions of emerging researchers at Lakehead University. This 
conference provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to present a poster or an oral presentation on a research project they are working on or have completed while engaging in scholarly debate with their peers.
Presentations will be peer-judged by the participants. Winners from each Faculty will be invited to lunch with the President.
Event Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Oral Presentations: TBA, Senate Chambers
Poster Presentations: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, University Centre, The Agora
To register for the oral session, please complete the following form by February 14, 2025.
To register for the poster session, please complete the following form by February 14, 2025.
Explore Indigenous languages and cultures through immersive learning technology developed at Georgian College.
Learn more about this teaching tool that can support elementary, high school and postsecondary students. Each VR world provides students with fun and engaging ways to learn and practise Indigenous language comprehension and speaking skills, and spaces to gather and socialize. The worlds also include Indigenous elements, such as the Medicine Wheel, so students can learn about their significance and other key Indigenous teachings.
Open to all students, faculty and staff.
Undergraduate and graduate students from the Faculty of Business Administration will host the first poster presentation during R&I Week.
