september 27, 2019 – thunder bay, ont.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 will host its annual homecoming weekend thursday, oct. 3 to saturday, oct. 5.

homecoming celebrates 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s past and present, bringing alumni home to engage with each other and participate in a full weekend of events. guests will enjoy exciting varsity sports and social events held over three days. 

“lakehead has more than 63,000 alum around the globe,” said debra woods, president of the alumni association of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . “during homecoming we look forward to seeing alumni and celebrating their achievements since graduating from lakehead.”

tom warden, lakehead’s director of athletics, is looking forward to recognizing exceptional athletes during saturday’s wall of fame induction ceremony:

“it’s a chance to honour those who have made great contributions to sport and supported the athletics program at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ,” warden said, adding that he also hopes to see many fans cheering on the thunderwolves in basketball games being played over the weekend.

the year 2019 marks the 50^th anniversary of the varsity wrestling program at lakehead.  dozens of former wrestlers and coaches are expected to travel to the city to celebrate the programs legacy at various socials held throughout the weekend.   

the community is welcome to attend events like the celebration of the new alumni house, located at 1294 balmoral st., an evening of foreign films held at the bora laskin faculty of law, a coffee tasting in the study featuring alumni coffee roasters and a selection of brews from local shops. the weekend ends with the alumni honours dinner, celebrating the exceptional achievements of lakehead graduates. 

for information about homecoming, how to register and travel discounts for out-of-town guests, visit lakeheadu.ca/homecoming.

schedule

social events

thursday, oct. 3

• 3 pm – alumni house open house – 1294 balmoral st., ribbon cutting at 3:30 pm.
• 6 pm – women’s basketball vs. manitoba bisons – cj sanders fieldhouse
• 7 pm – foreign film night – bora laskin faculty of law – paci – 401 red river rd.
• 7 pm – wrestling meet and greet – prospector steakhouse

friday, oct. 4

• 12 pm – men’s basketball vs. winnipeg wesmen
• 1 pm – lakehead archives open house – chancellor paterson library – fifth floor

• 2 pm – school of kinesiology open house – cj sanders fieldhouse
• 2 pm – women’s basketball vs. manitoba bisons – cj sanders fieldhouse
• 4 pm – coffee tasting ft. alumni roasters and local coffee houses – the study coffeehouse           
• 7 pm – wrestling 50^th anniversary reception – victoria inn and convention centre

saturday, oct. 5

• 11 am – wall of fame symposium, the hangar
• 11:30 am – wall of fame induction ceremony, the hangar
• 1:30 pm – alumni social, the hangar lounge
• 2 pm – zanatta basketball and volleyball games, cj sanders fieldhouse
• 6 pm – alumni honours dinner, residence cafeteria *sold out event*

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 will celebrate the achievements of the following exceptional alumni at the 2019 alumni honours dinner, which is sold out, on saturday, oct. 5 at 6 pm.

alumni honour award

• dr. donald chow (bsc ‘77) (will be honoured at a future lakehead event)
• dave siciliano (ba ‘69)

outstanding young alumni award

• rosa carlino (hbcomm ’08, msmgt ‘10)

alumni legacy award

• jim eccles (posthumously)
• the paterson family (will be honoured at a future lakehead event)

honorary members

• frances harding
• dr. moira mcpherson
• vince mirabelli
• ross murray
• paul weber*
  
  *paul weber received his honorary membership during the chancellor’s dinner in orillia on june 7th.

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the following story was recently shared on the university of winnipeg's website.

in 1993, the remains of a 25-year-old cree woman who lived 350 years ago were discovered by two residents of south indian lake in northern manitoba. the return of this ancestor to the community inspired renowned storyteller william dumas to re-imagine a week in her life at the age of 13 in the award-winning picture book, pīsim finds her miskanow, published in 2013.

now pīsim gets a fresh lease on life in the first interactive picture book app in a planned series of six picture books and picture book apps to be developed in collaboration with knowledge keepers and elders of the asiniskaw ithiniwak (rocky cree) communities of northern manitoba.

the app features rocky cree and english voiced narrations of the book, text in english, cree and syllabics, songs and soundscape, as well as pop-up notes that add cultural, linguistic, and historical contexts to the story, and participatory games such as “pack the canoe” and “gather a bundle” that encourage reflection on rocky cree culture.

“the story of pīsim is a historical fiction, looking back at the past of the rocky cree in their places, but the story has always been understood by the research team as a gift to the children of today and tomorrow,” said dr. mavis reimer, who is directing the project. “the app form itself exemplifies our future-directed aspirations.”

the app is one outcome of the six seasons of the asiniskaw ithiniwak: reclamation, regeneration, and reconciliation research project, a seven-year project funded by a partnership grant in the amount of $2.5 million by the social sciences and humanities research council of canada (sshrc) in 2017.

directed by reimer, the project aims to support the ongoing, grassroots work of the asiniskaw ithiniwak to reclaim their language, culture, and history, by creating a cycle of stories about the rocky cree people set during the proto-contact period of the mid-1600s. these stories will appear in both picture book and app forms. both versions will be grounded in archaeological and historical research and supplemented by teachers’ guides to enhance their use in classroooms. 

dumas, the storyteller, is the creative heart of the project. in addition to developing the stories, he continues to guide the whole team in the protocols of research with rocky cree communities and in becoming culturally competent researchers and educators.

knowledge keepers and elders who work with the nisichawayasihk nehetho culture and education authority (nncea) in the nisichawayasihk cree nation (ncn) in northern manitoba translated the story into cree for the app. elder carol prince from ncn narrates the story in cree and in english on the app. tactica interactive, a winnipeg company specializing in digital text production, is responsible for the design and technical implementation of the research team’s vision for the app.  

the six season app launches on thursday, october 24, with two events planned for the day.

the design and development of the interactive pīsim app: the limits and affordances of adapting picture books for mobile platforms
naomi hamer, 
2:30 – 3:45 pm, centre for research in young people’s texts and cultures (3c25)

hamer will highlight some of the research in progress by members of the research team in relation to the app project, as well as situating the six seasons project within the broader and theoretical discussions of remediated picture books. she will consider both the possibilities and the limitations of the form for remediating oral stories and land-based practices and knowledges. 

hamer is an assistant professor in child and youth studies at ryerson university. she specializes in the cross-media adaptation of children’s literature, with a focus on books, mobile apps, and children’s museums. she is the co-editor of more words about pictures: current research on picture books and visual/verbal texts for young people (eds. hamer, nodelman and reimer, 2017), and the routledge companion of fairy-tale cultures and media (eds. greenhill, rudy, hamer, and bosc, 2018). her current research project (curating the story museum) has been awarded a sshrc insight development grant. 

official launch with william dumas
4:30 pm, leatherdale hall
members of the audience will have an opportunity to interact with the new app and chat with dumas. 

the six seasons of the asiniskow ithiniwak: reclamation, regeneration, and reconciliation project is housed in the centre for research in young people’s texts and cultures (crytc).  in addition to dumas and reimer, research teams in the six seasons project are led by kevin brownlee of the manitoba museum, scott hamilton of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , warren cariou of the university of manitoba, myra sitchon of the nisichawayasihk nehetho culture and education authority, and doris wolf, roland bohr, and linda deriviere, all from the university of winnipeg.

crytc supports scholarly inquiry into literary, media, and other cultural texts for children and youth. directed by mavis reimer, heather snell, and doris wolf, the centre provides a focus for research in the field at the university of winnipeg, houses the journal jeunesse: young people, texts, cultures, facilitates the development and management of collaborative national and international research projects, hosts visiting speakers and researchers, and maintains links with other research centres in children’s studies internationally.

the lusu food bank needs your help for the biggest annual food drive, trick or eat! this event makes it possible for the food bank to feed hundreds of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 each year.

outreach teams: go out into the community to collect donations on halloween night! sign up as a team to be assigned a specific neighborhood.

volunteer drivers: provide transportation to teams that don't have their own cars.

sorters: hang out in the agora to sort and organize the food that has been brought in from our volunteer teams.

all volunteers are invited to the 4 p.m. campaign kick-off dinner and a costume contest in the agora on thursday, oct. 31.

visit our facebook page or email us at foodbank@lusu.ca to join the lusu food bank team!

the joint phd in educational studies fall newsletter has now been posted online. follow the link for a message from the director, photos, and updates on new graduates. 

september 19, 2019 – thunder bay, ont.

dr. max haiven, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's canada research chair in culture, media and social justice, will deliver three free public lectures at the brodie street library this fall on timely topics that will interest people of all ages.

dr. haiven is the author of several books including "the radical imagination" and "art after money, money after art." in addition to his research and teaching, he also co-directs the reimagining value action lab, which organizes many public events in thunder bay and elsewhere.

“the idea for this lecture series is connected to a class in cultural studies i'm teaching online this fall at lakehead,” dr. haiven said. “i think it's important to link research to teaching and to make this accessible not only to 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 but the broader public as well.”

in the first lecture on saturday, sept. 21 at 2 pm, called the power and poverty of the imagination, dr. haiven will summarize his research into the role of creativity today. once thought of as the property of artists, today creativity has become a key part of the global economy. but that same economy, he said, leaves many so overworked, distracted or impoverished that creativity suffers.

the economy of anxiety, the second lecture on saturday, oct. 26 at 2 pm, was partly inspired by the rising rates of mental illness among youth. the lecture links it to the rise of what dr. haiven called “financialization.”

“financialization is the process where everything in society gets transformed into a private asset, where debt is the norm, and where we're each supposed to imagine ourselves as an ‘investor,’ with one foot in a future that is just the same as today.”

dr. haiven said the final lecture, our age of revenge on saturday, nov. 30 at 2 pm, is the most provocative. presenting the main point from his book on the subject to be published next year, he said the “revenge politics” that seem to be at work around the world today is actually an expression of an underlying “revenge economy” that creates extreme social tensions.

the series is free and open to the public, and will also be webcast here. for more information, please visit rival.lakeheadu.ca/fall-2019-lecture-series.

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media: for more information or interviews, please contact brandon walker, communications and marketing associate, at (807) 343-8177 or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 has approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and 2,000 faculty and staff in 10 faculties at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead is a fully comprehensive university: home to ontario’s newest faculty of law in 44 years, the northern ontario school of medicine, and faculties of engineering, business administration, health & behavioural sciences, social sciences & humanities, science & environmental studies, natural resources management, education, and graduate studies. in 2018, research infosource named lakehead research university of the year in its category for the fourth consecutive year. maclean’s 2019 university rankings place 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 among canada's top 10 primarily undergraduate universities and found that 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ranked 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 as one of the top 10 universities in canada and top three universities in ontario that prepare them for employment. visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's research and innovation week 2019 showcase is now online, featuring images from the lakehead orillia and lakehead thunder bay events held in february and march.

october 11, 2019 – thunder bay, ont.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s centre for education and research on aging & health (cerah) and the north west regional palliative care program at st. joseph’s care group will be hosting a two-day teaming up for whole-person care conference on oct. 24 and 25 in thunder bay.

focused on sharing and strengthening the work of interdisciplinary approaches to palliative care, and identifying the tools and resources available to support a whole-person, team-approach to care, the 2019 northwestern ontario palliative care booster teaming up for whole-person care is for local and regional healthcare professionals, educators, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and palliative care volunteers.

there will be a variety of sessions held throughout the two days, including a keynote address on oct. 24 at 1 p.m. by dr. robert sauls, clinical lead of the ontario palliative care network. dr. sauls will discuss the new palliative care health services delivery framework, and what it means to frontline workers and their leaders.

other presentations include the anishinabek approach to palliative care, the role of allied health in palliative care, and the regional care delivery systems taking place in smaller communities, such as atikokan and geraldton.

“there is a role for everyone in health care to provide primary palliative care, and actually a role for all of us as community members and human beings too,” said stephanie hendrickson, knowledge broker, cerah. “this event is an opportunity for health care providers to learn how to support each other as a regional team, as we work together to meet the needs of those who could benefit from a palliative approach to care.”

the two-day conference will be held oct. 24 and 25 at the delta hotels by marriott in thunder bay.

free public session on oct. 24

there will be a free public session, die-alogues – conversations on life and death, hosted by hospice northwest on thursday, oct. 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. the session will focus on ensuring your wishes for end of life care are documented by engaging in advance care planning.

for further information, please visit cerah.lakeheadu.ca/events or call 807-766-7271.

the registration deadline for both events is friday, oct. 18.

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阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 8,500 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. maclean’s 2020 university rankings, once again, included 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 among canada’s top 10 primarily undergraduate universities, and in 2018, research infosource named lakehead research university of the year in its category for the fourth consecutive year. visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

the fall 2019 edition of the department of health sciences newsletter is now available. click here to read department highlights, news about our programs, as well as student and faculty success stories.

the economics department is happy to announce that the canadian network for economic history successfully wrapped up their meeting in thunder bay, sponsored by 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . the three-day event from september 27th to 29th, 2019 included three days of sessions, two keynote speakers, and also provided professor ann carlos, from the university of colorado-boulder, as the speaker for the faculty of science and environmental studies september 26th science speakers event.

the conference theme was the economic history of indigenous communities, and interactions between indigenous and non-indigenous economies in canada and attracted national and international scholars. generous financial support was provided by the canadian economics association, the alan green memorial fund, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's departments of history and economics, the faculty of science and environmental studies at lakehead and the office of the vice-provost of aboriginal initiatives.

by brandon walker

professor ryan mcveigh believes we can learn a lot about the world by studying monsters.

as an assistant professor in sociology and interdisciplinary studies at lakehead orillia, dr. mcveigh understands how life connects people in various ways, which is why monsters fascinate him.

“since people are so deeply connected to each other, it’s interesting that they hurt other people, which is why i also started to study violence,” he says.

“because monsters in some sense permit or promote you directing violence towards them, i started to wonder what the sociological significance of monsters was.”

dr. mcveigh says civilizations from all recorded periods of history have some semblance of a monstrous “other.” in myth, legend, and folklore, all cultures feature creatures that those societies do not allow to belong.

“these excluded ‘others’ are characterized as evil outsiders that we are supposed to stay away from. they do violence to us and we are allowed to do violence to them, so there’s historical significance to studying monsters, but i’m interested more in the sociological significance.”

the sociological significance hinges upon how the presence of monsters changes the way we act compared to the way we normally act around people who are more like us.

“an easy way to think about this is to pretend there’s a zombie apocalypse. what happens to the everyday norms of society – the rules and regulations we abide by?”

“you pack up your car and your kids, everyone is ready, you’re going to flee, you need to get out of the neighbourhood, and – oh, you come to a red light. are you going to stop at the red light? probably not,” dr. mcveigh says. those regulations and rules “get tossed out the window,” dr. mcveigh says, much like prescriptions against violence.”

“violence is not something people are normally allowed to do,” he says. “but if a zombie walked into your office, what would you do?”

“you would probably ignore the law and do your best to kill it. if you have ever seen the show the walking

dead, you know there’s no question. if you’re faced with a zombie, there’s no, ‘hmmm, is it morally okay?’ in fact, you are morally responsible to attack a zombie. they invite that violence.”

dr. mcveigh defines monsters as humans and non-humans who society does not allow to belong because they disrupt the separation between particular categories.

“a werewolf is monstrous because it calls into question the category of wolf and the category of person. a zombie breaches the line between life and death – now there is something both dead and alive.”

brandon asked dr. mcveigh if the following fictional characters are monsters:

walter white from breaking bad

ruling: monster.

he is a disruption of category. it’s interesting to watch walt become the character that he has created for himself. this tough guy pose that he adopts, he leans in and doubles down to become heisenberg. he’s for sure a monster by the end, so he has to die – it was the only ending that made sense.

the wicked witch of the west from the wizard of oz

ruling: monster.

even her portrayal was designed to be seen as monstrous due to her bright green skin, plus she surrounded herself with flying monkeys – not normally the company you want to keep.

maleficent from sleeping beauty

ruling: monster.

she was a stepmother. step or otherwise, as a mother you’re culturally expected to care for your children, and she turns into a dragon at the end – in case there was any doubt.

edward scissorhands

ruling: monster.

others see him as a monster but he really struggles to be accepted and belong. one of the defining traits of monsters is that they are not allowed to belong even though sometimes they want to. you empathize with him trying not to appear as a monster. he looks monstrous but you want to give him another chance.