Please join us for Vamika Mann's Clinical Practice and Research Exam (CPRE)

Title: State of Measurement-Informed Care Across Canada

Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Scharf

Second Reader: Dr. Fred Schmidt

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

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

Register here: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3826256

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

Register here: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3842195

In this 2-hour workshop we will explore digital collections of original documents. 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 19th and 20th Canadian and American history sources, though with advance notice the workshop can be modified to meet other particular interests. This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about conducting archival research. (A larger screen, rather than a phone or tablet, is recommended if possible.)

By attending this workshop you will:

• understand how archival documents are preserved, digitized, and shared with the public;
• be able to locate digital archival collections relevant to your research;
• have practiced reading and discussing original documents.

Register here: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3826416

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

Register here: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3830792

Farm Lab drop-in sessions are Mondays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Thursdays 3 to 5 p.m. from Sept. 15 to Oct. 31. 

Visit farmlab.lakeheadu.ca for more information. 

Farm Lab drop-in sessions are Mondays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Thursdays 3 to 5 p.m. from Sept. 15 to Oct. 31. 

Visit farmlab.lakeheadu.ca for more information. 

As part of the 2024 Homecoming Weekend festivities, join Lakehead University's Dr. Livio Di Matteo as he presents "Understanding Physician Supply in Canada" with visitors and guests.

His presentation will be followed by a Q&A.

To register: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApf-qrrD8rHt2BnaZjBZncY7Fp4...

Dr. Valerie Pringle will be the special guest speaker for this years' Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of Lakehead University (AALU), being held on Wednesday, September 25th via Zoom.

Lakehead's most recent Honorary Degree recipient, Valerie enjoyed a distinguished career as a broadcaster for 50 years. She covered major stories of the day, from national elections and Royal weddings to space launches and the Olympics. She has championed AIDS research for CANFAR, played a key role in building the Trans Canada Trail across the country, and tirelessly advocated for the treatment of mental illness. In 2006, Valerie was honoured with the Order of Canada for her work in broadcasting and philanthropy.

An audience Q&A will follow, moderated by Yolanda Wanakamik, President, AALU.

All are welcome to join this online event. To register, visit:

https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jkuGbIEiQjyc7bXACatx6A?fbc...

Link to access the AGM Meeting package: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VNybA_6wkvt0_P4GMAyaKs-AmDwSXoYG/view?u...

Speaker: Dr. Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto
Title: “The transport, fate and impacts of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems”
Host: Dr. A. Algar & Dr. M. Rennie

Location: AT 2021 Thunder Bay, or connect via Zoom

All are welcome. Please contact biology@lakeheadu.ca for the meeting ID.