here are some of the great stories featured in this issue.

humanitarian crisis

military vet robin rickards is helping afghans under threat

rock stars and revelry

the man who worked with music legends and rock superstars

changing the stories we tell

alumna karine duhamel is empowering indigenous canadians

healing touch

education alum sarah stevenson’s life takes a surprising turn

the climate clock is ticking

but dr. ellen field believes that kids can save the planet

the outsiders

a late-night restaurant and some inspired entrepreneurs

nursing in the north

dr. kristen jones-bonofiglio wants the best for northern ontarians

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s dr. kathy sanderson is leading a canadian team of researchers examining the diversity and vulnerability of care workers during and after the covid-19 pandemic.

dr. sanderson’s research project is one component of a larger project exploring the work of diverse care workers in finland, canada, united kingdom, and south africa.

this research is part of a successful trans-atlantic platform in the social sciences and humanities application, under the theme of recovery, renewal and resilience. her project is entitled “en route to recovery: diversity and vulnerability in care work during and after the covid-19 pandemic.”

researchers will describe how diverse people (women, lgbti2s people, and migrant status or minority ethnic people) who work in precarious formal and informal care address challenges by collaboratively examining their ideas to ease risks and to deliver and receive care.

the social sciences and humanities research council of canada is awarding dr. sanderson, assistant professor in lakehead’s faculty of business administration, and her team with $200,000 to perform this important research over 30 months.

dr. sanderson and her team are thrilled to receive this funding, which will explore the workplace and personal stressors experienced by ontario’s personal support workers (psws).

“those in covid-facing positions have continued to provide care to the most vulnerable in our society,” dr. sanderson said.

“psws in our province experience low pay and precarious employment, coupled with extremely demanding physical and emotional work. this research project will explore policy and support opportunities for reducing the risks to care workers worldwide.”

 the team will interview 20 psws in ontario to explore their realities throughout the pandemic, focusing on those who are providing services within clients' homes.

“data collection for the project will occur over the next two years, during which we will continue to engage with the psws to document their experiences,” dr. sanderson said.

across the four countries, psws will participate in virtual activities to share their views and make recommendations to improve the working conditions for care workers.

“our research is based on the united nations’ research recovery roadmap, focusing on reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities, and building a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable society.  the covid-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strains on formal and informal care work, worldwide,” dr. sanderson said.

“paradoxically, the pandemic created new jobs and possibilities in care work, but the jobs remain physically and mentally strenuous, low paid, and often with fixed-term, precarious contracts and high turnover rates,” she added.

this project will focus on employees performing vital covid-19 related jobs, providing individual care to vulnerable clients in both organizational and home settings.

“congratulations to dr. sanderson for being awarded this grant and thanks to sshrc for funding this important work,” said dr. andrew p. dean, lakehead’s vice-president, research and innovation.

“having a voice from covid-care providers in northwestern ontario will provide an important and unique perspective on this global research project.”

dr. irfan butt from ryerson university’s school of business management is also a partner on the project.

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阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜  is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead has nine faculties, including business administration, education, engineering, graduate studies, health & behavioural sciences, law, natural resources management, science & environmental studies, and social sciences & humanities. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being ranked, once again, among canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in maclean’s 2021 university rankings; as well as included in the top half of times higher education's 2022 world universities rankings for the third consecutive year, and in the top 100 of 1,115 universities from around the world in the's 2021 impact rankings (which assesses institutions against the united nations’ 17 sustainable development goals). visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

 

march 18, 2022 – thunder bay and orillia, ont.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 has awarded seven research teams with year of climate action awards worth $5,000 each, which they will use to explore various topics related to climate change.

the first team is looking at improving the role and organization of the keewaytinook okimakanak (ko) tribal council in wildfire evacuations, with a focus on supporting and advancing community self-care and self-determination.

the research team is gathering perspectives, experiences, and recommendations from ko service providers and community volunteers who played a role in the wildfire-driven evacuations of several ko communities in the summer of 2019 and 2021.

this will inform emergency management plans and help identify emergency management practices, policies, and systems that prioritize and honour first nations self-care self-determination while fostering research partnerships between 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and keewaytinook okimakanak tribal council.

the research team is comprised of dan duckert, keewaytinook okimakanak tribal council/阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ; dr. lindsay galway, department of health sciences at lakehead thunder bay; anjali mago, luke smyk and josh taylor, all from keewaytinook okimakanak tribal council; and donovan parenteau, a 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 student in the faculty of natural resources management.

dr. francisco ramos-pallares and his research team are looking into developing alternative low-carbon technologies to produce chemicals, which he said is paramount for minimizing the effects of climate change.

for instance, new bioprocesses have emerged to produce bio-based alcohols from biomass that significantly reduce carbon emissions compared to the traditional industrial processes based on the complex conversion of hydrocarbons.

“currently, my research team and i are investigating the salting-out of alcohols from an aqueous solution. the underlying idea of salting-out is to separate alcohol from an aqueous liquid mixture by adding salt,” said dr. ramos-pallares, assistant professor in chemical engineering at lakehead thunder bay.

the goal of this project is to understand the physics and chemistry of salting-out and to map the effect of the amount and type of salt added on the purity of the alcohol produced.

to do so, the research team is combining experimental data collection and simulation to shed light on the salting-out phenomenon. the expected outcome is to produce a physically sound model for salting-out-related calculations suitable for the design and simulation of alcohol purification operations in biorefineries.

dr. ellen field, assistant professor in education at lakehead orillia, is working with dr. muhammad asaduzzaman, assistant professor, computer science, on a research project called benchmarking climate change policies across canadian school boards.

the research project, which will run from january-september 2022, will involve developing a web scraping protocol to collect data on climate change policies from school board websites across canada; quantifying the number of school boards that have developed climate change policies; and publishing a report on climate change policies across canadian school boards.

currently, there is limited data as to how the formal education system is responding to climate change, and dr. field notes that this study will determine existing policies within school boards.

“after analysis, the findings will indicate where gaps in policy exist both quantitatively, in terms of number of school boards with policies, and qualitatively, in terms of content in climate change policies for ensuring education systems are responsive to preparing young people for the rapid change and uncertainty they will face in the next 30 – 70-plus years,” she said.

dr. ahmed elshaer, assistant professor in civil engineering at lakehead thunder bay, and his research team will develop tailored solutions to control the influence of climate change – particularly when it comes to the built environment.

“one of the expected impacts of climate change is strong wind events and harsher cold temperatures, which will affect various sectors of our community, such as the indigenous regions and the mining industry,” dr. elshaer said.

“first, we need to quantify this climate impact and estimate the new demand for the structures, and then, develop innovative techniques and solutions to lessen the elevated climate effect. additionally, existing structures need to be assessed and retrofitted if needed to ensure their resiliency.”

dr. liang cui, assistant professor in civil engineering at lakehead thunder bay, is leading his research team in a project called coupled multiphysics modeling of impure co2 geosequestration in deep saline aquifers, which involves capturing carbon dioxide in aquifers as a way of reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

“this research project will expand our knowledge and establish advanced mathematical tools that enable the reliable and accurate evaluation of the performance of impure carbon dioxide geosequestration technology,” dr. cui said.

dr. robert stewart, associate professor in geography and the environment at lakehead thunder bay, and his team will use the grant to develop a paleo-climatic record of the conditions in lake nipigon to assess climate change impacts in biinjitiwaabik zaaging anishnaabek traditional territory.

members of biinjitiwaabik zaaging anishnaabek (bza rocky bay first nation) have long observed changes in the nipigon lake basin that have been shared through verbal and lived histories.  it is important for the community to correlate these local observations with common scientific data to enhance communication about climate change and cumulative effects in the traditional territory. 

“through a partnership with 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , a paleolimnological analysis will help us understand the history of lake conditions before human development, to present day, in order to understand past climate conditions,” dr. stewart said.

“with this historical climate record, climate modeling and climate scenarios can be applied to current environmental impacts in order to anticipate future cumulative effects from a changing climate.”

dr. elaine wiersma, associate professor in health sciences at lakehead thunder bay, and her research team will interview people who are ecological/native species gardeners in thunder bay, about their gardening practices, motivations, and understanding of beneficial gardening practices. photo essays of participants’ gardens will also be included.

thunder bay city council’s consideration to amend by-laws requiring residents to maintain turf grass of eight inches – limiting the ability of residents to garden with native species and naturalization – prompted this research.

 “the purpose of this research is to explore gardeners’ motivations, perceptions, experiences and practices of ecological/native species gardening in their private gardens,” dr. wiersma said.

she and her team will recruit 12 – 15 participants from the city of thunder bay. they will use the research findings to provide reports and presentations to various environmental organizations and committees in thunder bay, provide information to inform the by-law changes, and develop recommendations to encourage ecological/native species gardening.

“congratulations to each of the yoca award recipients,” said dr. andrew p. dean, lakehead’s vice-president, research and innovation.

“this year is an extremely important and exciting time at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 as we embark on concrete actions with regards to addressing climate change. research, at all levels, will form the basis for us to understand, mitigate, and change our ways with greenhouse gas emissions.”

lakehead announced 2021/2022 as the year of climate action to build the relationships and platforms necessary to support transformative and ongoing climate action at the university.

yoca is an invitation to faculty, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and staff to consider how climate action connects to their work. one of the concrete climate actions that lakehead committed to during yoca is internal research grants that support faculty and student research on climate action.

universities are capable of researching and testing innovative ideas using technology and by exploring theories. this allows professors and 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to gather and analyze data that will help equip society to address climate change.

“climate research necessarily spans across all disciplines, and i am pleased to see how the yoca research awards support a diversity of research projects from various disciplines at the university,” said ledah mckellar, lakehead’s sustainability coordinator.

“i am inspired by our faculty and 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 whose research is devoted to responding to the urgent need for informed climate action, and i am grateful to the office of research and innovation for supporting this research.”

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media: for more information or interviews, please contact brandon walker, media, communications and marketing associate, at (807) 343-8110 ext. 8372 or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜  is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead has 10 faculties, including business administration, education, engineering, graduate studies, health & behavioural sciences, law, natural resources management, the northern ontario school of medicine, science & environmental studies, and social sciences & humanities. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being ranked, once again, among canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in maclean’s 2021 university rankings; as well as included in the top half of times higher education's 2022 world universities rankings for the third consecutive year, and in the top 100 of 1,115 universities from around the world in the's 2021 impact rankings (which assesses institutions against the united nations’ 17 sustainable development goals). visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

march 11, 2022 – thunder bay and orillia, ont.

lakehead is inviting prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to be future forward this march break by attending an open house where they will explore everything about the university – virtually or in person.

from march 14 to 18, lakehead will feature its seven exceptional faculties and two beautiful campuses.

“we’re excited to open our doors on campus and virtually to prospective and future thunderwolves this march break,” said lynn hurrell, director, undergraduate recruitment.  

“join a campus tour, meet with faculty members and current 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and participate in in-person learning and exploration opportunities in our classrooms and labs. if you want to join virtually, we have a number of on-line learning experiences available.”

you will also have the opportunity to hear from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 staff about financial supports and bursaries, residence, co-op experiences, and more.

future forward to lakehead will offer a long awaited on-campus experience for applicants and prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . each day will feature a specific faculty, which will include immersive and interactive experiences. 

future thunderwolves will have an additional opportunity to accept their offer on the spot. 

applicants will need to present their ouac log in information to participate and will receive a congratulations package from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 .

registration for the event is required.  register now by visiting www.hsbcwebinars.com/marchbreak.

please note, anyone who wishes to visit campus must submit proof of full vaccination against covid-19, or proof of an approved exemption and rapid test results, in accordance with 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's mandatory vaccination policy.

to submit proof of vaccination, please use the mobile safety app.

to help protect those on campus, lakehead’s mandatory vaccination policy also includes daily covid screenings using the mobile safety app, adherence to covid protocols such as masking, physical distancing, and hand-washing.

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media: for more information or interviews, please contact brandon walker, media, communications and marketing associate, at (807) 343-8110 ext. 8372 or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜  is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead has 10 faculties, including business administration, education, engineering, graduate studies, health & behavioural sciences, law, natural resources management, the northern ontario school of medicine, science & environmental studies, and social sciences & humanities. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being ranked, once again, among canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in maclean’s 2021 university rankings; as well as included in the top half of times higher education's 2022 world universities rankings for the third consecutive year, and in the top 100 of 1,115 universities from around the world in the's 2021 impact rankings (which assesses institutions against the united nations’ 17 sustainable development goals). visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

march 10, 2022 – thunder bay and orillia, ont.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 held its research and innovation awards of excellence reception virtually on thursday, march 10 to celebrate the exceptional achievements of professors, partners, and 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .

lakehead named dr. monica flegel, dr. pedram fatehi, and dr. michel bédard as the 2022 distinguished researchers for their work in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health sciences, respectively.

dr. flegel is a researcher from the faculty of english who is active in a wide variety of fields. she has made significant contributions within three major areas – victorian studies, child studies, and fan and media studies. she has written three academic books – two of which she is the single author, one which is joint-authored, and one which is a joint-edited collection – which represent her most significant research contributions.

the impact of dr. flegel’s first two single-authored monographs can be measured through their reception in published reviews. conceptualizing cruelty to children in 19^th century england: literature, representation, published in 2009, received favourable reviews in six separate academic journals.

the journal of british studies described it as “a significant contribution to scholarship on the ideological work of childhood in the victorian period.” english studies praised dr. flegel’s “often energetic and accessible text” as “a valuable addition to a broad spectrum of fields, including social history, victorian studies and childhood.” 

her second monograph, pets and domesticity in victorian literature and culture: animality, queer relations, and the victorian family, published in 2015, has also received positive reviews.

victorian studies notes how the book “enhance[s] our understanding of pets in the victorian era and show[s] the exciting scholarly potential of using contemporary animal-studies work to offer alternative visions of social and political practices, human-animal relationships, and history itself.”

teresa mangum, writing for review19, lauded the book as “an important contribution to the growing number of literary studies that triangulate narrative theory, social history, and inter-species engagements.”

according to google scholar, conceptualizing cruelty has been cited over 100 times and pets and domesticity has received 58 citations, which are both considered an exceptional amount of citations in victorian studies.

dr. flegel has consistently published and presented her research throughout her career, as well as being actively engaged in student training: she has one of the highest number of supervisions of master’s 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in her department, due to training and guiding 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in her multiple areas of research.

dr. fatehi is a professor, canada research chair (tier ii) and industrial research chair in chemical engineering who has published over 230 journal articles (more than 25 article publications per year). his contributions to international conferences – as an organizer, plenary speaker, invited speaker, committee member, and regular contributor – have been consistent.

his research specialty is on the generation of advanced functional lignin- and cellulose-based nanomaterials, biorefining, and biocolloid and interface science.

dr. fatehi has consistently been a reviewer for several funding agencies, thesis dissertations, and journal articles worldwide. he is a distinguished professor at qilu university of technology, china. he is ranked among the top national and international researchers working on lignin.

dr. fatehi was among the top two per cent of researchers in the world on both categories of career and annual contributions determined by stanford university in 2020 and 2021.

the outstanding quality of his research output has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of article citations annually. while several of his articles have been selected by acs journals as featured articles, some have been among most cited/accessed. 

dr. fatehi has also been a committee member of the canadian standards association (csa) and the international organization for standardization (iso), working on the development of standard methods for analyzing lignin.

he has significantly contributed to training highly qualified personnel of undergraduate and graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and researchers, having worked with 70 post bsc and more than 30 bsc researchers.

dr. bédard is the director of lakehead’s centre for research on safe driving and a professor in health sciences. he has spent the past 20 years advancing knowledge and developing a research agenda for older drivers by creating new knowledge that other researchers could build on.

he has also informed the debate about driving evaluations and challenged some existing views. dr. bédard and his team have contributed to this debate by informing researchers – using conceptual articles and consensus statements – of the approaches required to identify drivers who should not drive, and guiding researchers to generate valuable knowledge to clinicians and policy-makers.

dr. bédard has validated the use of driving simulator technology, which has the potential to help ease demands for on-road tests. he has helped bring much-needed understanding to the impact of driving cessation and approaches to mitigate it as a developing area of research on his team.

he has helped bring understanding to the importance of the driving environment in supporting older drivers and to the impact of transitioning from driver to non-driver.

dr. bédard has been involved with knowledge translation and the application of knowledge, by working with the media, such as cbc news. he and his team organized five cihr-funded café scientique studies and they have collaborated with the government (transport canada, ministry of transportation of ontario), local organizations such as hospitals, and patient groups including the alzheimer’s society of canada.

he has demonstrated consistency over the last 20 years by contributing to more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, over 250 presentations at scientific conferences, and giving 100 invited presentations. dr. bédard also provides mentorship to several junior members in his faculty.  

dr. andrew p. dean said the awards ceremony is a highlight of the year for research and innovation and he is exceptionally proud of all lakehead award recipients.

“our three distinguished research award recipients have made significant contributions over a number of years at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ,” dr. dean said.

“many of our awards recognize research activities that are important to our communities and work done in partnerships. our award celebration also embraces the achievements of our next generation of researchers – our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .”

award recipients

three-minute thesis

• third place: amin hadizade, phd in biotechnology candidate (supervisors: dr. leila pakzad
• second place: magdy alanani, phd in civil engineering candidate (supervisor: dr. ahmed elshaer)
• first place: nicole lee, master of kinesiology candidate (supervisor: dr. taryn klarner)

three-minute research award

• third place: shakira mohamed, phd in psychology candidate (supervisors: dr. aislin mushquash)
• second place: laurent cheret, master of computer science candidate (supervisor: dr. thiago oliveira)
• first place: george drazenovich, phd in psychology candidate (supervisor: dr. mirella stroink)

graduate studies research excellence awards

natural sciences and engineering category

• behrooz afra, phd in biotechnology candidate (supervisor: dr. ali tarokh) 

social sciences and humanities category

• jillian zitars, masters in clinical psychology candidate (supervisor: dr. deborah scharf)

canadian institutes of health research category

• angela macisaac, phd in clinical psychology candidate (supervisor: dr. aislin mushquash)

graduate student conference poster winners

• winner cihr category: andrew ault, master of economics candidate, (supervisors: dr. livio di matteo)
• winner engineering category: vahid agehi doost, phd in civil engineering candidate (supervisor: dr. muntasir billah) 
• winner nserc category: jessica allingham, phd in chemistry candidate (supervisor: dr. michael campbell)
• winner sshrc category: chelsea noel, master of psychology candidate (supervisor: dr. deborah sharf)
  
  

indigenous partnership research award

award recipients are dr. helle moeller, department of health sciences, and denise taylor, st. joseph’s care group with partners marlene quequish, north caribou lake first nation; robert baxter, eabametoong first nation; wesley nothing, bearskin lake first nation; and joan rae, sandy lake first nation for their research project: “supporting elders living with frailty in remote indigenous communities in northwestern ontario: developing and evaluating the role of a community rehabilitation facilitator training program.”

ingenuity awards

• faculty award - dr. pedram fatehi, department of chemical engineering and director of the biorefining research institute

• student award - silas young, hbcomm in accounting from the faculty of business administration

community-engaged research award

• dr. lana ray, department of indigenous learning in partnership with waasegiizhig nanaandawe’iyewigamig health access centre their project titled “indigenous self-determined research.”

building research capacity award

• dr. amanda diochon, department of geology and director, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 environmental laboratory

senate research committee awards

research support award

• dr. weijue gao, research associate and lab manager at the green processes research centre

 research excellence awards

• cihr – dr. anna kone pefoyo, associate professor in the department of health sciences

• nserc – dr. zubair fadlullah, tbrhri research chair/associate professor in computer science – nserc

• sshrc – dr. olakunle akingbola, associate professor in business administration

 distinguished researcher award

• dr. monica flegel, professor, department of english
  
  
• dr. pedram fatehi, professor, chemical engineering; director, biorefining research institute; canada research chair (tier ii) and industrial research chair in chemical engineering
  
  
• dr. michel bédard, professor, department of health sciences and director, centre for research on safe driving

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media: for more information or interviews, please contact brandon walker, media, communications and marketing associate, at (807) 343-8110 ext. 8372 or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜  is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead has 10 faculties, including business administration, education, engineering, graduate studies, health & behavioural sciences, law, natural resources management, the northern ontario school of medicine, science & environmental studies, and social sciences & humanities. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being ranked, once again, among canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in maclean’s 2021 university rankings; as well as included in the top half of times higher education's 2022 world universities rankings for the third consecutive year, and in the top 100 of 1,115 universities from around the world in the's 2021 impact rankings (which assesses institutions against the united nations’ 17 sustainable development goals). visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

two 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 researchers are receiving more than $100,000 each from the john r. evans leaders fund provided by the canada foundation for innovation.

dr. wilson wang, a professor in mechanical engineering, is receiving $102,671 to develop new techniques and tools for intelligent diagnostics and prognostics of electric vehicles (evs) that are revolutionizing the automotive industry.

 dr. wang and his team will create a gearbox prognostics simulator and a motor test workstation, which focus on the ev powertrain, including mechanical transmission systems, electric motors and batteries.

 “this research program will also provide a unique opportunity to train excellent highly qualified personnel at different levels, who will acquire outstanding knowledge and skills,” dr. wang said.

 “these individuals will be invaluable and are critically needed, not only in the related academic fields, but also in a wide array of canadian industries to improve production quality, productivity and safety,” he said.

this research aims to replace the traditional preventive maintenance strategies, to optimize ev operation in a safer and more reliable manner, and to reduce repair and maintenance costs by preventing periodic machine shutdowns when manual inspections are normally conducted.

dr. maryam ebrahimi, an assistant professor in physical chemistry and nanoscience and tier 2 canada research chair in low-dimensional nanomaterials, and co-applicant, dr. mark gallagher, a professor in condensed matter physics, are receiving $100,080 from cfi-jelf.

their project focuses on the on-surface construction of single-layer molecular-based quantum materials with engineered electronic properties. 

dr. ebrahimi has carried out her research around the world, including at the university of toronto with nobel laureate professor john polanyi. her research lies at the border of chemistry and physics, focusing on the fundamentals of low-dimensional nanomaterials whose properties are determined by their size, structure, and growth dimensions.

with this funding dr. ebrahimi, dr. gallagher, and their team will study the rational design of molecular-based low-dimensional quantum materials, to form novel one- and two-dimensional (1d, 2d) molecular-based structures and spin-based materials. 

owing to their unique electronic properties, these materials can be integrated into a new generation of carbon-based nanoelectronics, and for other technological applications such as energy storage, sensors, memory devices, and quantum computers.

“the scientific outcome of this research offers specific value to the advancement of nanoelectronic and spintronic industries, with the resulting economic and social benefits to canada,” dr. ebrahimi said.

“congratulations to drs. wang and ebrahimi for their successful cfi awards,” said dr. andrew p. dean, lakehead’s vice-president, research and innovation.

“for several years, equipment provided by the cfi program along with the ontario research fund program has facilitated quality research at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 with the purchase of state of the art scientific equipment. we thank the cfi program for their continued support.”

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media: for more information or interviews, please contact brandon walker, media, communications and marketing associate, at (807) 343-8110 ext. 8372 or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜  is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead has 10 faculties, including business administration, education, engineering, graduate studies, health & behavioural sciences, law, natural resources management, the northern ontario school of medicine, science & environmental studies, and social sciences & humanities. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being ranked, once again, among canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in maclean’s 2021 university rankings; as well as included in the top half of times higher education's 2022 world universities rankings for the third consecutive year, and in the top 100 of 1,115 universities from around the world in the's 2021 impact rankings (which assesses institutions against the united nations’ 17 sustainable development goals). visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

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here is the shared link to the folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fxs3dytbluttu-r_iej-ogxppgwfyllh?usp=sharing

the district of thunder bay social services administration board has chosen 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s dr. rebecca schiff, chair/professor of the department of health sciences, to serve on the community homelessness prevention initiative (chpi) advisory table.

the purpose of the chpi advisory table is to review current community homelessness prevention initiative programs and funding commitments, and to identify new opportunities for consideration to assist tbdssab in meeting its strategic priorities, which will broaden engagement and participation of its rural and urban partners and stakeholders.

dr. schiff will serve on the advisory table until december 2023. her research has brought much needed attention to homelessness in rural and remote communities during covid-19.

send us a direct message if you would like to be added to the distribution list.
cerah@lakeheadu.ca

please click the link below to view the cerah-e-blast for april 2022.
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