In an ever-evolving world, technology is intimately integrated into our personal and professional lives. Many of our livelihoods now depend on machines or smart technology, and our future demands higher technological awareness. There are many benefits to technological advances, but are there also pitfalls? Hand-held devices, artificial intelligence, precision medicine, and the ethics of genetic engineering‌ Is our world improved or hindered by the Rise of the Machines?
Program of Events 2019 THUNDER BAY CAMPUS Friday, February 22
• Research & Innovation Week - Opening Ceremonies • Keynote Luncheon: Kate Hartman, OCAD University, spoke on Bodies and Beyond Exploring Technology and the Human Form
Saturday, February 23 • Lakehead University Research Interactive Displays, Activities and Prizes at Intercity Shopping Centre
Sunday, February 24 • Technology in Literature and Culture
Monday, February 25 • Faculty Research Day – Poster Presentations • Panel: Health Technology Forum: Health and Technology in Rural and Remote Contexts • Health Technology Forum: Technologies Engaging Communities Exhibition: Innovations in Research Dissemination and Knowledge Mobilization • Does History Matter in Forestry? - Dr. Jaana Laine, Chair in Finnish Studies, Department of History • CASES Ingenuity Movie Showing: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Tuesday, February 26 • Graduate Student Conference 2019: Oral Presentations - 3 Minute Thesis • Undergraduate Student Research Conference • Celebrating our Authors • Panel: #Research: Using Social Media in Data Collection and Dissemination • Pure Revival: The Role of Innovation in the Economic Rejuvenation of Michigan’s Cities - Thomas Coke, Argonomo • Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies Speaker Series Presentation: Are My Devices Spying on Me? Living in a World of Ubiquitous Computing Jason Hong, Carnegie Mellon University
Wednesday, February 27 • Graduate Student Conference 2019: Poster Session • Annual Postdoctoral Fellows Poster Displays • Panel: Two-Eyed Seeing: Bringing Indigenous and Western Technologies Together • Distinguished Researcher Panel: Valorizing Process and Progress in Interdisciplinary Research:
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Reflections from the Equity in Birthing Care Program • CASES Ingenuity: “Tear it and Repair It” • Northern IGNITE
Thursday February 28 • Presentation by Christine Macdonald (Mitacs) • Research and Innovation Week 2019 Student Composers and Performers • Gairdner Foundation Presentation: Robots to Assess Brain Dysfunction: Will Sure and Steady Win the Race? - Stephen H Scott, Queen’s University • 14th Annual Research & Innovation Awards Reception
ORILLIA CAMPUS Monday, March 4
• Social Justice Student Poster Presentation • 2019 Opening Ceremonies • Faculty Poster Session • Orillia Native Women’s Group Storytelling Circle Art Show • Innovation in Education • Police use of Body-worn Cameras in Canada: Effects on Public Perceptions of Police Dr. Alana Saulnier
Tuesday, March 5 • Research in Education Student Poster Presentations • Fuzzy Logic as a Contributor to an Ethos of Using Machines - Dr. Kevin Willison • Technology of Snowshoes • Storytelling Research Findings • Science and Sustainability Conference • Using Technology to Fight Human Trafficking - Dr. Natalya Timoshkina • A Hinge Moment for Humanity - Dan Dunsky, Public Inc.
Wednesday, March 6 • Research in Environmental Sustainability • Facilitating Patient Engagement in Medical Service Delivery: Case Studies of Multi-sided Platforms of E-health - Dr. Xue Han • Let’s Talk Engineering
Opening Ceremonies Thunder Bay Campus Opening Ceremonies for R&I Week were celebrated with special guest Kate Hartman. Hartman is based in Toronto at OCAD University.
Keynote Luncheon: Kate Hartman spoke on Bodies and Beyond Exploring Technology and the Human Form.
Orillia Campus Opening Ceremonies for R&I Week
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Intercity Shopping Centre The residents of Thunder Bay viewed and participated in our interactive, educational research displays at Intercity Shopping Centre as they experienced some of the exciting research taking place at Lakehead University.
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Health Technology Forum: Health and Technology in Rural and Remote Contexts This event featured researchers from a broad range of disciplines who are working to develop and utilize new technologies with the goal of improving health care in Canada’s remote and rural regions.
Health Technology Forum: Technologies Engaging Communities Exhibition: Innovations in Research Dissemination and Knowledge Mobilization This exhibition walking tour shared how the arts, as a technology, can engage communities in research to better our lives.
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Guest Speakers: Thunder Bay Campus
The Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies Speaker Series presenter, Dr. Jason Hong, Carnegie Mellon University, answered the following question for his audience, Are My Devices Spying on Me? Living in a World of Ubiquitous Computing.
For his Gairdner Foundation Presentation Dr. Stephen H. Scott, Queen’s University, posed the question: Robots to Assess Brain Dysfunction: Will Sure and Steady Win the Race?
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Thomas Coke, Chief Marketing Officer of Argonomo, offered his insights on Pure Revival: The Role of Innovation in the Economic Rejuvenation of Michigan’s Cities.
Guest Speakers: Orillia Campus
Dr. Alana Saulnier, Interdisciplinary Studies, spoke on the subject of Police Use of Body-worn Cameras in Canada: Effects on Public Perceptions of Police.
Dr. Kevin Willison, Department of Sociology, discussed Fuzzy Logic as a Contributor to an Ethos of Using Machines with his audience.
Dr. Natalya Timoshkina, School of Social Work, presented her talk on Using Technology to Fight Human Trafficking.
Dan Dunsky, Vice President, Engagement at Public Inc., spoke on why now is a Hinge Moment for Humanity.
Facilitating Patient Engagement in Medical Service Delivery: Case Studies of Multi-sided Platforms of E-health was the subject of Dr. Xue Han’s (postdoctoral fellow, Lakehead University) presentation.
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Other Special Events: Thunder Bay
Ingenuity’s Movie Night
Faculty Research Day
Ingenuity’s movie night, featuring Terminator 2: Judgement Day, took place in the Ingenuity Connections Theatre. Pizza, popcorn, and a good time was had by all!
This event was an opportunity to learn more about some of the varied research being undertaken at Lakehead University by our researchers and their teams.
Celebrating our Authors
#Research: Using Social Media in Data Collection and Dissemination
Some of Lakehead’s authors from over the past year were celebrated.
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This panel featured researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds who are using social media in different ways in their research, and touched on the benefits and challenges of using social media as a research tool, as well as ethical considerations.
Research and Innovation Week 2019 student composers and performers.
Two-Eyed Seeing: Bringing Indigenous and Western Technologies Together This panel of researchers and their community partners highlighted the ways that researchers worked in partnership with Indigenous communities, individuals and/or organizations to bring together multiple perspectives and to ensure that the research they undertook was relevant to the communities they are working with.
Distinguished Researcher Panel: Valorizing Process and Progress in Interdisciplinary Research: Reflections from the Equity in Birthing Care Program This panel discussion explored the strengths and challenges of interdisciplinary health research and how using an interdisciplinary framework has shaped our individual thinking as researchers, and the evolution of the Equity in Birthing Care research program over time.
Tear it and Repair It Participants were invited to take apart electronics and see how they work or to use the components to create something new.
Northern IGNITE Northern IGNITE showcased research by allowing speakers to use a photo-only presentation when describing their passion and process throughout their research journey. This event focused on bringing Lakehead research activities to the community and encouraging industry partnerships. Research & Innovation Week 2019
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Other Special Events: Orillia
Faculty Poster Session Researchers and their teams showcased the exciting research, innovation and partnerships occurring at Lakehead Orillia.
Orillia Native Women’s Group Storytelling Circle Art Show Orillia Native Women’s Group showcased their art work in the Orsi Family Learning Commons.
Innovation in Education Panel This year’s Education Panel highlighted research from some of our faculty members. Dr. Gary Pluim spoke about Global Citizenship Education and the need to broaden this curricular focus. Dr. Ellen Field presented her work from a national curriculum analysis on climate change in education. Finally, Steven Secord and Helen DeWaard demonstrated how we humanize while teaching in a technology ridden society.
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Science and Sustainability Conference Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students from environmental sustainability presented research findings on a diverse range of topics.
Storytelling Research Findings In collaboration with Orillia Natives Women’s Group and Lakehead, the storytelling circle project was created to bring together Anishnabee women to discuss their life stories to help each other heal and recover from past trauma through engaging in cultural and traditional projects.
Let’s Talk Engineering A group of high school students took part in a hands-on learning event with Dr. Nasir Uddin, his graduate student, Ifte Amin, and Lakehead Georgian Electrical Engineer students. Dr. Uddin and his students offered hands-on circuit building with the high school students.
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Undergraduate Student Research Conference In order to highlight the large amount of quality research performed by undergraduate students, the annual Undergraduate Research Conference is held each year during Research and Innovation Week.
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Graduate / PDF Conferences
Graduate Student Conference 2019 Lakehead University graduate students from all programs presented their research and competed with their program colleagues in either oral or poster presentation formats. For the oral presentations, this year again followed the format known as the “Three-Minute Thesis.�
Postdoctoral Fellows Poster Competition Postdoctoral fellows currently engaged in research at Lakehead University again participated in the Annual Research and Innovation Week Poster Competition for Postdoctoral Fellows. A panel of reviewers judged and adjudicated all eligible posters for first place in three categories.
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Student Innovation Award winner, Ayyappa Kumar Sista Kameshwar, PhD, Biotechnology.
Senate Research Committee Awards
Contribution to Research Award Dr. Lindsay Galway, Department of Health Sciences Dr. Claudio Pousa, Faculty of Business Administration Dr. Pauline Sameshima, Faculty of Education
Distinguished Researcher Award
Dr. Michel Beaulieu, Department of History
Indigenous Partnership Research Award
Faculty Innovation Award winner: Dr. Sudip Rakshit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Canada Research Chair (with presenters Ellen MacKay, Director, Innovation Development, and Bill Maloney Director, Industry Research Partnerships, Economic Development and Innovation Office).
Dr. Christopher Mushquash, Department of Psychology, Canada Research Chair, and Director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research; and Tina Bobinski, Assistant Director of Mental Health and Addictions, Dilico Anishinabek Family Care. The award recognizes their numerous collaborative projects, which include key roles for Indigenous peoples, mutually beneficial outcomes for the researchers and Indigenous partners, contributing to the education of Indigenous students and unique dissemination of research results that take into account individual/community needs.
Innovation Awards
Student Innovation Award Winner Ayyappa Kumar Sista Kameshwar, PhD, Biotechnology Faculty Innovation Award Dr. Sudip Rakshit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Canada Research Chair
Building Research Capacity Award
Some of the Community-Engaged Research Award winners (Project: “Shelter Access for All Women: Creating a Harm Reduction Framework”) including Dr. Lori Chambers, Department of Women’s Studies, Dr. Angela Hovey, School of Social Work, and Liz Westcott, Executive Director, Green Haven Shelter for Women. The award was presented by Anne Klymenko, Director, Research Services, and Dr. Moira McPherson, President and ViceChancellor, Lakehead University.
Contribution to Research Award winners: From left to right, presenter - Dr. Tamara Varney, Chair, Senate Research Committee, Dr. Pauline Sameshima, Faculty of Education; Dr. Claudio Pousa, Faculty of Business Administration; Dr. Lindsay Galway, Department of Health Sciences.
Dr. Jinan Fiaidhi, Computer Science Dr. Sabah Mohammed, Computer Science
Community-Engaged Research Award
Building Research Capacity Award winners: Drs. Jinan Fiaidhi, and Sabah Mohammed, Computer Science, with presenter, Dr. Andrew P. Dean, Vice-President Research and Innovation.
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Title: “Shelter Access for All Women: Creating a Harm Reduction Framework” Dr. Angela Hovey, School of Social Work Dr. Susan Scott, School of Social Work Dr. Lori Chambers, Department of Women’s Studies Liz Westcott, Executive Director, Green Haven Shelter for Women Silvia Samsa, Executive Director, Women’s Habitat Marlene Ham, Executive Director, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses As well as students Carly Roberts, Kaitlin Wilmshurst, Charlotte Scott, Shelby Thompson, and Sarah Tilley
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Distinguished Researcher Award winner Dr. Michel Beaulieu, Department of History, with Dr. Tamara Varney, Chair, Senate Research Committee and Dr. Moira McPherson, President and ViceChancellor, Lakehead University.
Graduate Student Conference Three-Minute Thesis
Three-Minute Thesis winners: Second Place: Ayyappa Kumar Sista Kameshwar, PhD Biotechnology; First Place: Alexander Bilyk, PhD Forest Sciences; People’s Choice Award: Robert Sanderson, Master of Health Sciences.
People’s Choice Award: Robert Sanderson, Master of Health Sciences (supervisor: Dr. Lindsay Galway) Second Place: Ayyappa Kumar Sista Kameshwar, PhD Biotechnology (supervisor: Dr. Wensheng Qin) First Place: Alexander Bilyk, PhD Forest Sciences (supervisor: Dr. Reino Pulkki)
Graduate Studies Research Excellence Awards Natural Sciences and Engineering Category Mohamed Ahwiadi, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (supervisor: Dr. Wilson Wang) Social Sciences and Humanities Category Elizabeth Boileau, PhD in Educational Studies (supervisor: Dr. Constance Russell) Health Sciences Category Carley Pope, PhD in Clinical Psychology (supervisor: Dr. Dwight Mazmanian)
Graduate Student Conference Poster Winners
One of the Graduate Studies Research Excellence Awards winners (Natural Sciences and Engineering Category): Mohamed Ahwiadi, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Winner Engineering Category: Ashkan Sahari Moghaddam, MSc Civil Engineering (supervisor: Dr. Ehsan Azar) Winner NSERC Category: Armin Eraghi Kazzaz, PhD Biotechnology, (supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi) Winner SSHRC Category: Ema Cristina Ross Caicedo, PhD Forest Sciences, (supervisor: Dr. Brian McLaren) Winner CIHR Category: Jonathon Racine, MSc Kinesiology (supervisor: Dr. Erin Pearson)
Postdoctoral Fellows Poster Award winners from left to right: Health Category: Dr. Guillem Dayer, Department of Biology; Natural Sciences and Engineering Category: Tie: Dr. Shazali Osman, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Samira Gharehkhani, Department of Chemical Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities Category: Dr. Rubén Mur, Faculty of Natural Resources Management (accepted by his supervisor Dr. Brian McLaren).
Postdoctoral Fellows Poster Awards
Graduate Student Conference Poster winners. From left to right: Winner CIHR Category: Jonathon Racine, MSc Kinesiology; Winner SSHRC Category: Ema Cristina Ross Caicedo, PhD Forest Sciences; Dr. Chander Shahi, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies; Winner NSERC Category: Armin Eraghi Kazzaz, PhD Biotechnology; Winner Engineering Category: Ashkan Sahari Moghaddam, MSc Civil Engineering.
Health Category: Dr. Guillem Dayer, Department of Biology (supervisor: Dr. Ingeborg Zehbe) Natural Sciences and Engineering: Tie: Dr. Shazali Osman, Department of Mechanical Engineering (supervisor: Dr. Wilson Wang) and Dr. Samira Gharehkhani, Department of Chemical Engineering (supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi) Social Sciences and Humanities Category: Dr. Rubén Mur, Faculty of Natural Resources Management (supervisor: Dr. Brian McLaren)
Indigenous Partnership Research Award winners: From left to right: presenter: Denise Baxter, Vice-Provost, Aboriginal Initiatives, Dr. Christopher Mushquash, Department of Psychology, Canada Research Chair, and Director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research; and Tina Bobinski, Assistant Director of Mental Health and Addictions, Dilico Anishinabek Family Care.
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