president's public lecture series (orillia, on + online)

join us as we celebrate lakehead's 21st annual research & innovation week with greetings from local dignitaries. this will be followed by our president's public lecture series talk by dr. sarah olutola, associate professor and a member of the royal society of canada, "talking about racism during turbulent times". 

dr. olutola will lead a frank discussion about how the current political climate necessitates a re-examination of how we think about racism and what we can do about it. presented in partnership with #itstarts and research & innovation week, this event underscores our shared commitment to advancing dialogue, scholarship, and tangible change.

dr. sarah olutola is a public writer, novelist, and academic. as an associate professor and a member of the royal society of canada, her current research concerns black literature and black popular media. as a public intellectual, she has written for publications such as the walrus, cbc, and the washington post.

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