everyone is invited to attend the naming of the new indigenous cultural and resource centre in the chancellor paterson library on wednesday, march 27 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. the ceremony will take place on the fifth floor of the library, li 5007. 

the new name was selected by the indigenous elders council and going forward the centre will be known as nanda gikendan gamik, which means seek to know, seek to learn place. the centre will be a welcoming gathering place for indigenous 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , staff, and faculty. it will also be a place where everyone in the university community, can learn more about indigenous history, culture, and language.

in response to lakehead's wellness strategy to support increased access to locally grown and affordable foods, the lusu food resource centre, student health and wellness, food and conference services, and aramark have collaborated for two upcoming "fresh food markets" in the agora on march 14 and 28 from 11 am to 2 pm.

these two pilot markets will allow us to plan for a regularly scheduled, not-for-profit food market starting in the fall 2024, for our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , staff, and faculty to access fresh produce on campus.

we encourage you all to come and check it out. please bring a bag. debit or credit only. while quantities last.

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

this session will be held online via zoom. a confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

speaker: dr. isabel molina, canada research chair, algoma university
title: “targeting the leaf cuticle to improve drought tolerance in maize”
host: dr. wensheng qin
location: cb 3013 thunder bay, or connect via zoom

all are welcome. please contact biology@lakeheadu.ca for the meeting id and password.

the department of english invites you to our wip talk by dr. max haiven, on tuesday, march 12 at 1pm 
zoom link https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/96041799112

max haiven is a writer and teacher and canada research chair in the radical imagination. his most recent books are palm oil: the grease of empire (2022), revenge capitalism: the ghosts of empire, the demons of capital, and the settling of unpayable debts (2020) and art after money, money after art: creative strategies against financialization (2018). haiven is editor of vagabonds, a series of short, radical books from pluto press. he teaches at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , where he directs the reimagining value action lab  (rival).

the player and the played: financialization, gamification and (anti-)fascism

for most people, life in our moment of neoliberal, financialized capitalism feels like being trapped in an unwinnable but compulsory game. no wonder the popularity of blockbusters like squid game, the hunger games, fortnite and more that depict the battle-royale, the war of all against all. in volatile times, when we have all crafted our selves to speculate and compete in increasingly digital markets, the appeal of fascism takes on a unique 21st century form, mobilized around our infatuation with the cheat. on the one hand, we fear being played and are taught to loathe those who we are told are cheating the system (the poor, migrants, “special interest groups”). on the other, we not only accept but come to admire the players in power (economic, political, etc.) who brag about "breaking the rules" and tell us it is for our own good. today, anti-fascist strategy is crucial for anyone who cares about a peace, democracy, ecological care and social and economic justice. what can games and play teach us about today’s forms of financialized fascism and the struggle against them?

come visit a furry friend for some much needed relaxation in the sas multi use access lounge. every thursday from 2 to 3 pm in the tunnels, sc 0004. all are welcome!

department of sociology
2024 speaker series

through this paper, i think through the issues that are particularly pertinent to the current social context within which antiracist work is occurring. in particular, systemic racism is now firmly on the antiracist agenda across many different factions of identity. thus, i approached this paper with an understanding of racism that is especially attuned to the persistence and yet elusiveness of systemic racism, specificities of racisms against different groups, and intersectionality; that is, the complex ways that various systems of oppressions work together. with this in mind, i examine three sets of conditions or concerns and their impact on antiracist work: 1. whiteness as a barrier to antiracist work (see hughey, 2009; lawrence and dua, 2005; srivastava, 2005; diangelo, 2018); 2. liberal multiculturalist discourse (thobani, 2007; chen, 2019) upholding racism in canada; and 3. the myth of meritocracy (gilmour et al. 2012), the model minority (wu, 2013), and neoliberal interests hindering antiracist work.


kristen kowlessar
ma social justice studies, hba psychology
phd sociology candidate
past president, lu social justice 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛


tuesday, march 19
1 to 2:30 pm, atac 1010

guests may also attend via zoom: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/6730430832?pwd=slvmqnrmczg3n0uvsezjtgvkms8yu...
meeting id: 673 043 0832 passcode: 7777

everyone welcome.

in this exhibit, faculty of education 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 from social studies courses in the professional program will share assignments resulting from research investigating teaching strategies for deep learning in today’s complex social world. topics range from critical cartography, photo essays of living history, climate action through social studies, land relations, and teaching in an era of ai.

projects will be on display in the heritage place commons at the faculty of education on thursday, march 7, and a brief ceremony commencing at noon.