Lakehead University Office of Sustainability
955 Oliver Rd P7B5E1 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

Check out the Lake Superior Living Labs Network and their sustainability stories video series. There are some great videos of sustainability in action in our community.

Have you ever wanted to join one of the sustainability walks we offer? Check out this video to see what it's about! Throughout 2020, members of the Thunder Bay Lake Superior Living Labs Network hub co-created the Sustainability Stories Video Series. Our goal was to use digital storytelling to highlight efforts, share learnings, and synthesize a place-responsive understanding of what Sustainability means here in the community of Thunder Bay and across the watershed as related to projects that our members and partners are engaged in. The videos were crafted to tell stories, prompt reflection and invite community participation. The videos also weave together some of the key themes of the LSLLN: relationships, collaboration, diversity, place, and just sustainabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ5MCTRl5VQ&feature=youtu.be

Panel Discussion: Sustainability Stories: Digital Storytelling across Lake Superior Discussion of four short videos about different sustainability projects around Thunder Bay which are part of the Lake Superior Living Labs Network. Each video prompts discussion about sustainability engagement, and those involved in the projects will be in a panel following the screening. Friday, March 5, 1:45 - 3:15 pm... Panelists - Rachel Portinga, PhD Student, Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University - Dr. Lindsay Galway, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University - Gavin Shields, Student, Lakehead University - Ledah McKellar, Sustainability Coordinator, Office of Sustainability, Lakehead University - Dr. David Greenwood, Professor, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University #lakeheadri https://pheedloop.com/lakeheadri/site/sessions/

Happening at noon today! To register: https://pheedloop.com/lakeheadri/site/home/ #lakeheadri

Another climate-related event for Research and Innovation Week scheduled tonight. The dual crises of climate change and chronic, or non-communicable, disease (NCD) have emerged worldwide as the global economy has industrialized over the past two centuries. In this synthesis I examine humans’ dependence on external (non-metabolic) energy expenditure (e.g., fire, fossil fuels) as a common, root cause in these modern crises. The human lineage has been dependent on external energ...y sources since the control of fire in the Paleolithic, and this reliance has grown with the development of agriculture, the use of wind- and water-power, and the most recently with industrialization and the transition to fossil fuels. Industrialization and mechanization, powered by fossil fuels, have promoted centralization and processing in food production, reduced physical activity, and increased air pollution (including greenhouse gas emissions). These developments have led in turn to NCD and climate change, which are thus connected both to one another and to our species’ deep evolutionary dependence on external energy. With the impending exhaustion of oil, coal, and natural gas reserves, developing replacements for fossil fuels is essential if we are to confront the dual crises of climate change and NCD and maintain our species’ external energy portfolio and way of life. To register: https://pheedloop.com/lakeheadri/site/home/ #lakeheadri

Here is a complete line up of this year’s Research Showcase, which highlights how Lakehead University research projects, innovative collaborations, and initiatives are playing a key role towards the achievement of the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). https://pheedloop.com/lakeheadri/site/home/ #lakeheadri

Check out this great video from EcoSuperior! "Between 2018 and 2020, EcoSuperior installed a series of rain gardens in partnership with Lakehead University, Habitat for Humanity, Castlegreen Co-operative and the City of Thunder Bay to be climate-ready for our collective future. Our climate is changing. Here's how Thunder Bay, Ontario is adapting."... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc7IPHIcAR4

An upcoming R&I Week event March 2, 12:00-1:30pm: The Role of Research as an Agent in Climate Action Initiatives Join Dr. Andrew P. Dean, Vice-President Research and Innovation as he explores how research is being used an agent for Climate Action Initiatives in Canada. He will be joined by Ledah McKellar, Sustainability Coordinator (Lakehead University), Dr. Ellen Field, Faculty of Education (Orillia Campus), Dr. Lindsay Galway, Canada Research Chair in Social-Ecological He...alth (Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences), Dr. Adam Cornwell, Department of Geography, and Summer Stevenson, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Thunder Bay. https://pheedloop.com/lakeheadri/site/sessions/ See more

Lakehead's Research and Innovation week starts in 6 days! The theme this year is Our Changing World, and there are lots of sustainability-related events lined up. "We've all heard the catch-phrases: In these unprecedented times, we are all in this together, to try to flatten the curve, while adjusting to a new normal. Our world is changing, but living through a global pandemic has radically changed so much of our daily lives. We look to scientists, political leaders, artists,... and intellectual thinkers for direction, as they work tirelessly to improve health and well-being, drive us toward social equity, and aid us in discerning fact from fiction. These are uncertain times, but as we pivot in these uncharted waters, we look to research and innovation to help us understand and appreciate this new world." https://pheedloop.com/lakeheadri/site/home/

There is still time to register for Dr. Cheryl Lousley's presentation, Indigenous Environmental Justice On The World Stage: Stories From The Forgotten Public Hearings That Made Sustainable Development, happening tomorrow at noon. https://bit.ly/3mEH5tR

Join us on January 27, 12 pm, for the following presentation: Indigenous Environmental Justice on the World Stage: Stories From the Forgotten Public Hearings That Made Sustainable Development Internationalism appears to be faltering at the same time that its importance for sustainability seems ever more urgent. This talk discusses how sustainability emerged from a liberal-democratic approach to internationalism that aimed to engage a plurality of voicesand why it struggled t...o address calls for environmental justice by Indigenous people. Dr. Cheryl Lousley, Lakehead University Research Chair in Environmental Humanities, shares her archival research on the public hearings and back-room meetings of the World Commission on Environment and Development, whose 1987 report Our Common Future launched sustainable development. Its recommendations were a precursor to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Please register at: https://bit.ly/3mEH5tR.

Lakehead University participates in this program thanks to EcoSuperior’s coordination! Learn what happens to our cigarette waste.

Autumn offers a full colour palette. Support your mental and physical health by going outside and making art from nature. Use only items that have already fallen, leave no impact, and create something beautiful. Then show us!

Lakehead University's Office of Indigenous Initiatives, International and the Department of Indigenous Learning are pleased to be hosting the Virtual Global Ind...igenous Speakers Series. Imagining Possibilities through Indigenous Knowledge Systems Critical issues of our time including climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have challenged the current state of affairs, provoking an inward gaze among our global community on the resiliency and sustainability of our current philosophies, structures and systems. Indigenous knowledge systems which are relational and well-established can offer alternative approaches to contemporary issues and support the re-imagination of our global future. This invitational Speakers Series highlights the theory, research, and practice of international Indigenous scholars, offering students and faculty across disciplines inspiration, creativity and paths forward in uncertain times. Wednesday, Oct. 7 11:30 am to 1 pm EST - Jorge Cocom Pech (Mayan), Mexico Wednesday, Nov. 4, 12:30 -2 pm EST - Dr. Wendy Smythe, University Minnesota Duluth Wednesday, Dec. 2, 11:30- 1 pm EST - Dr. Juan Illicachi Guzñay (Kichwa),Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador Wednesday, Feb. 3, 11:30 - 1 pm EST to be announced. Wednesday, Mar. 3 12:30- 2 pm EST to be announced. Register Here: https://www.lakeheadu.ca//global-indigenous-speakers-series

Join us October 5th for a sustainability walk!

Come and join us at NorWest on Tuesday, September 29 between 10:00am and 3:00pm for Drug Amnesty Day. Bring your unwanted or expired prescription medication, over the counter drugs, cough, cold and flu medications, illicit drugs/paraphernalia, and vitamin and mineral supplements.

Lakehead University Orange Shirt Day Web Event Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - 10 am Join via Zoom https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/92714937345... Meeting ID: 927 1...493 7345 Passcode: 453855 Guest Speaker: Bob Baxter, Martin Falls First Nation Residential School Survivor On September 30th, wear an orange shirt in the spirit of reconciliation and to honour Residential School survivors and all those impacted by Residential Schools. Orange Shirt Day is set aside to honour residential school survivors and all those impacted by Residential Schools. In the spirit of reconciliation, everyone is asked to wear an orange shirt on this day. The idea for this day came from Phyllis (Jack) Webstad’s story of having her new orange shirt taken away from her on her first day of Residential School. Today it’s an opportunity for communities to come together to re-affirm their commitment to reconciliation. To learn more, visit: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/ Resources: Indigenous Learning - Residential School subject guide: \ https://libguides.lakeheadu.ca/c.php?g=705780&p=5021419 #orangeshirtday #everychildmatters #lakeheadu