Join us in the Agora for a cup of coffee and some snacks and meet members of Lakehead's Research and Innovation team.

Staff from Research Services (ORS), Economic Development and Innovation (EDI) and the Lakehead University Centre for Analytical Services (LUCAS) will join Dr. Andrew Dean (VPRI) and Dr. Batia Stolar (AVPRGS) to answer questions about the services they offer to support Lakehead researchers.

Solve a problem and start a business in 54 hours at DISRUPT IT Weekend January 27-29th.

We are looking for bright, tech-savvy entrepreneurial enthusiasts to create innovative solutions for the telecom industry. Secure up to $75,000 and Tbaytel as your first customer.

For more information please visitwww.disruptit.ca

PIE - Partners in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is the On-Campus Entrepreneurship Activities Program (OCEA) for Lakehead University and Confederation College.

PIE is a collaboration between the University and College and the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre aimed at promoting youth employment through entrepreneurship. The program provides students with skills and resources needed to identify and develop their own business ideas.

Join the Centre for Health Care Ethics for a presentation and discussion on Learning from Mistakes: Commitment or Cliche?

This presentation will discuss:

• Do legislation and regulation support transparent communication to patients in the wake of harmful patient safety incidents?
• To what degree is there a just culture of safety in healthcare?
• How can we optimize healthcare organizations as true learning organizations?
  

Presenter

• Anne Matlow, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Paediatrics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Toronto
  

Panel

• Bobby Chaudhuri, MD - A patient's experience
• Cathy Covino, Senior Director, Quality & Risk Management, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
• Roy Macgillivray, BA, LL.B., White Macgillivray Lester LLP
  

Date: Wednesday, Jan. 25
Time: 7:30-9:30 pm
Location: Confederation College, Shuniah Building (main building), 3rd floor, Room D322, 1450 Nakina Drive, Thunder Bay, ON

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Sociology Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.