 | Principal’s Notes | We have so much going on at LEC right now! Keep reading to learn all about our Art Auction, Photo Contest, Winter College Weekend and Curry Cookoff. This week I want to take a moment to highlight some visiting speakers who will join us on campus in the coming weeks. The first to share is the annual Morton Lecture which will happen on on Feb. 1, 2024, 4:00 pm Nozhem Theatre, Enwayaang Building. Named in honour of W.L. Morton, the Canadian historian and former Master of Trent's Champlain College, this prestigious lecture invites a leading Canadian scholar to campus to provide a talk. | | This year, Dr. Joana Joachim presents "Between Ought and Could: self-preservation and self-care as spatial acts." Joachim considers care and preservation as radical spatial acts through archival and art historical analyses, tracing the long history of Black care in sites of white colonial domination such as New France/Québec, arguing that it is inscribed in an ongoing effort to protect Black life and achieve Black liberation. |
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| | Next I want to share that the Trent U. Library and Archives and the First Peoples House of Learning (FPHL) are excited to invite you to an upcoming talk featuring Indigenous human rights advocate Jeannette Corbiere Lavell in conversation with her daughter, Dr. Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard (director of the FPHL). They will talk about their work advocating for the legal status rights of Indigenous women in the Indian act, as well as their efforts, research, and writing toward protecting the equality of Indigenous women and children.
| | Following their talk, there will be a virtual tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Former Peterborough Poet Laureate Sarah Lewis will also perform to open this event! Last week I was in Winnipeg and got the chance to visit the museum in person. While difficult at times, it is so important to understand the historical and current injustices so that we can be a part of the change that needs to happen. |
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| | I hope you get a chance to see these great speakers and participate in our amazing line up of LEC events over the next week. As always, please reach out directly to me if I can be of any help.
Christine Freeman-Roth Principal, Lady Eaton College
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| Story Time with Steph | Hello Good Humans of Lady Eaton!
It has been a busy and happening week in your College Office! We have been taking in your art submissions and making big plans for the Annual Lady Eaton Art Auction that starts Tuesday from 12-8pm and opens daily through this week into your LEC Winter College Weekend! Please treat yourself and come for a gander through the LEC Pit transformed into a beautiful art gallery! The art this year has been INCREDIBLE! I am not sure how I will afford buying all the things but I will sure enjoy the bidding! This year we have moved the Auction to Hybrid, as well! This means we are hoping that you will check it out in person or online and then share the link to the people who you KNOW would just LOVE the art you find in the LEC Art Gallery! Or to those in your life who just love art and who want to support students on their academic journeys while the cost of food is so high! Please do spread the word as wide as you are comfortable with- teamwork makes the dreamwork!
Please also consider checking out the super fun and fabulous events your LEC Cabinet has been hard at work planning for your Winter College Weekend! There is a snow person making contest, reframe film festival screenings on our very beautiful new TV in the LEC Pit!, snowshoeing adventures, board games and pool tournaments as well as a mocktail night! So much fun! Please check it out and plan to join in the LEC fun.
Stop into the Art Gallery and say hello! Come by the office and grab a sticker! Where ever you find your joy this week, I am cheering you on! | | Academic Advising |  | At the end of January and early February, Academic Advisors will be hosting a series of Degree Planning Workshops – some general (Humanities, Social Science and Sciences) and some program specific. All of the workshops are posted on our website with links to registration on the Student Experience Portal too: https://www.trentu.ca/advising/planning-your-degree/academic-planning-tools/degree-planning-workshops. | Academic Skills | Academic Skills Tips for Getting Started & Staying on Task Hi LEC! It's Natalie, your friendly Academic Skills instructor. I hope you are settling into the term and finding your groove. Would you like to make a time management plan? Are you curious about procrastination and how to stay motivated? Do you have assignment instructions that you want to talk through? You can book an appointment at www.trentu.ca/sep, visit our website at www.trentu.ca/academicskills, and drop in to a weekly Learning Lab to pick up some tips and tricks! Speaking of tips, here are a few you can try to help you get started on your to-do list! Quick Tips for Getting Started and Staying Focused on Tasks Break tasks down into small steps and make a list Be realistic (& honest!) Start with something small and easy Incentivize yourself Set up your space Eliminate distractions Do your best to block anything that can interrupt your focus. If you're like me, your phone is a big distraction - try turning it off, keeping it in your bag, or timing your phone break before getting back to work.
Find an accountability buddy
Natalie Nelson (She/Her) Academic Skills Instructor Lady Eaton College www.trentu.ca/academicskills | What’s Coming Up at LEC? |  | Attention all Student Artists! The LEC Annual Art Auction will be taking place January 30th - February 2nd. Click here to view the auction once it starts! |  | Calling all Photographers! Do you have photos that you think give off the same vibes as Lady Eaton College? Or have you taken some really beautiful pictures of LEC during your time here? We would love to see them entered into Lady Eaton College’s Annual Photo Contest for a chance for you to win cash prizes! Submissions will be accepted the entire month of February 2024 using a form in your myTrent portal.
Make sure to keep an eye on our instagram (@ladyeatontrentu) for more information and updates as they come. |  | Hey Curry Creators! Lady Eaton College and Trent International are collaborating for our second annual LEC Curry Cook Off! We are excited to welcome clubs, groups, departments, and student/staff teams to register their best curry submission in the competition!
Date: February 6th @ 1-3pm
Location: LEC Pit
Only the first 10 student submissions will be given a $50 grocery subsidy towards their curry, so sign up your best curry fast! Click here to sign up! | LEC Cabinet Corner |  | Winter College Weekend is happening this weekend! We look forward to seeing you at all of our events! For every event you attend and check-in, you will receive an entry to win one of three prize packs including a Boro Gift Card, LEC Merch, and a coveted toad plushie. The more events you attend, the more chances you get to win. All events are FREE and open to all students, no matter their College affiliation. See you this weekend!
Snowperson Making Contest January 29 – February 4 LEC South Field, Quad, Annex Make your own snowperson in the LEC South Field, Quad, or Annex, take a picture, and submit to this form for a chance to win! Submitted snow people will be judged by LEC Cabinet. Visit the LEC College Office to pick up supplies (carrots and colouring).
Cocoa and Mocktails February 2, 4-6 pm LEC JCR Come join LEC Cabinet in drinking some hot chocolate and DIY mocktails in the JCR! We will also have some yummy snacks and food for you to snack on while getting to know each other for our first event of the weekend.
Cookie Decorating February 3, 12-2 pm ECC 208 Decorating food is a yummy way to start off your Saturday. LEC Cabinet wants you to decorate some scrumptious cookies from Black Honey with candies and icing!
Billiards and Board Games February 3, 3-5 pm LEC JCR Want to prove that you know your pool skills, or maybe you’re the champion of board games? Join LEC Cabinet to play some billiards and some of our new board games like Monopoly, Sorry, and Clue!
Coffee House February 3, 7-10 pm LEC JCR Have a talent you want to share to people? Join LEC Cabinet and Trent University Alternative Arts Collective (TUAAC) to see people express themselves, with acts including poetry, music, and more! A signup sheet to perform can be found through this link: https://forms.gle/wbep1u1gph1jYxBj7
Cereal Bar February 4, 10 am – 12 pm ECC 208 Time to relive your childhood when you watch Saturday morning cartoons, but on a Sunday! LEC Cabinet invites you to come enjoy your favourite cereal, including the sugary ones, but also healthy to. Lactose free milk will be available.
Crafternoon February 4, 1-3 pm LEC Pit Want to explore some fun arts and crafts while feeling cozy? Join LEC Cabinet and Trent Visual Arts Network for some artistic creations!
Snowshoeing February 4, 1 pm LEC Drumlin LEC Cabinet and Trent Outdoors invites you to come on an adventure! Come on a snowshoeing adventure in the Drumlin. Meet in the LEC JCR at 1 pm.
Toad Bingo February 4, 4- 6 pm TSC 1.20 Feeling lucky to score yourself a bingo? LEC Cabinet invites you to join us on our last event of the weekend to potentially win some amazing prizes, maybe even a coveted toad plushy.
| Toad-ally Top Three | Hello friends!
I’m happy to report that we are already a quarter way through the term! I think this is the perfect time to establish some good habits and figure out what works best for us, before we get into midterms and big assignments *shivers*. Sooo… it’s a great time to find your ideal study spot! I know from personal experience as a student in residence that it’s nice to just get off campus sometimes, and as an off-campus student, getting to Trent can be a real pain (I’m looking at you Peterborough Transit). All that to say, this week I have compiled the top three off-campus study spots!
Black Honey Bakery- This is such a cute spot downtown with lots of yummy treats to reward yourself ! (Come into the College Office to find out how LEC students can get a discount!) Peterborough Public Library- This is a nice quiet spot if you want to really focus with minimal distractions. This spot has computers, printers, *and* private study rooms available to book. Fleming College A-Wing- I did some reconnaissance work for this one because those who live in South Peterborough deserve easy access to study spots too! This spot is open with lots of windows and I’m told its usually just busy enough to feel lively, if that’s your study vibe.
See you later alligators, Isabelle Lady Eaton College Student Ambassador Lover of Cozy Blankets and Hot Chocolate | Musings on Music | If Guardians of the Galaxy knows how to do something, that is needle drops. Star lord and his funky walk are engraved in my brain, and perhaps I also do a funky walk whenever I listen to “Come and Get Your Love” on the street. Needle drops are not only good because the song itself is good, but because it gives a deeper emotion to the scene, or maybe it just makes it more enjoyable. Either way, needle drops are amazing, and these ones are the best out there (that I can remember)
- Where is my mind?, Pixies (Fight club) - Tiny Dancer, Elton John (Almost Famous) - Paranoid, Black Sabbath (Kong: Skull Island) - There is a light that never goes out, The smiths ((500) days of summer) - Come and Get Your Love, Redbone (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.1) - Be my baby, The Ronettes (Barbarian) - Moonage Daydream, David Bowie (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.1) - Unchained Melody, The righteous brothers (Ghost) - Sunshine of your love, Cream (Godfellas)
Let it rip, AQ Submitted by a student! Send us your ideas to be featured! | Bookish Babbles | Happy Monday LEC!
I hope you have time to check out the LEC Art Auction this week, featuring incredible art made by Trent students! With art on my mind, this week I’m recommending a book with art at the center. This one has been a long time favourite of mine!
Recommendation: Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia! Comics! Fan culture! Anxiety representation! Following teenager Eliza as she writes and draws a popular online comic and faces her anxiety! | Have a great week LEC and remember to stop by the Pit to see some amazing art!
Kaleigh Haughton Lady Eaton College Ambassador Muppets Stan |
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| Upcoming Events Around Campus |  | The Seasoned Spoon welcomes everyone to a Community Meal, by donation. Join us for a delicious, vegetarian meal at 6 pm at the Seasoned Spoon. You are invited to stay for the second portion of the evening for an interactive discussion and workshop on Gender Equality with KWIC (Kawartha World Issues Centre). Time: Tonight! January 29th 6-8:30 pm This meal is pay what you can! |  | Seasons of Summer: A Meditation on Plantation Vocabularies Wednesday, Feb 7th at 3 pm- 4pm Bata Library Film Hall 103 Registration link |  | Do negative emotions sit with you for a long time? Is this having a negative impact on your life? Join us for a 6-week, Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT) informed group, that focuses on learning skills for regulating intense emotions and getting through distressing situations. Dates: Thursdays starting February 1st (6 sessions) Time: 1:30pm - 3pm Location: Morton Reading Room To register: please email counselling@trentu.ca. Limited space available. |  | The W.L. Morton Lecture: Dr. Joana Joachim presents "Between Ought and Could: self-preservation and self-care as spatial acts" Feb. 1, 2024, 4:00 pm Nozhem Theatre, Enwayaang building. Click here to register Description: Joachim considers care and preservation as radical spatial acts through archival and art historical analyses, tracing the long history of Black care in sites of white colonial domination such as New France/Québec, arguing that it is inscribed in an ongoing effort to protect Black life and achieve Black liberation. |  | Join us in making a difference in our community and the first-year experience!
The Office of Student Affairs is looking for enthusiastic students to help prepare various orientation events this summer! This is your chance to make your impact on Trent Orientation, and summer programming in order to welcome prospective students onto campus.
For more information, please visit the job posting on the Student Job Board accessible via the Student Experience Portal. |  | The Trent Library & Archives and the First Peoples House of Learning are delighted to invite you to an event titled, Advocating for Women's Rights in the Indian Act, on Tuesday, February 13, from 3:20 PM to 6:30 PM in Room BL 411 of the Bata Library. We are privileged to have Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, alongside her daughter, Dr. Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard discussing their contributions to advocating for the legal status rights of Indigenous women in the Indian Act, as well as their research and writing aimed at promoting the equality of Indigenous women and children.
The afternoon will start with a presentation by Sarah Lewis, Peterborough's 2021-22 Poet Laureate, who will be sharing two of her poems. Following the featured speakers, attendees will be given a virtual tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Click here to register, for more event information, and to find livestream links for those who can't attend in person. | Careerspace Resources |  | Careerspace is here to help you get a jump start on your career! With practical hands-on experiences, workshops, online resources, and career counseling, our services are available to students all year round! Careerspace services are available over the phone, or virtually; students can book the following appointments through their Student Experience Portal. Visit our office on the 3rd floor of the Student Centre, send us an email, call, or book an appointment on trentu.ca/SEP and start preparing for your future. And remember, don’t wait ‘til you graduate, we’re here to help now! Looking to stay up to date with Careerspace? Connect with our socials: @trentucareerspace on Instagram, @tucareerspace on Twitter, and Trent University Careerspace on Facebook. Book your appointment now! Follow the following links to find some of our helpful resources, including: upcoming workshops, current community research projects, and in-course bursary options! |  | Transfer into Co-op application is now live! Are you a first-year student interested in graduating with 12-months of paid work experience relevant to your academic program? Apply now to transfer-in to a co-op program! Visit the MyTrent Portal under Admissions > Academics and complete the Co-op Transfer-In Application form. Applications close February 2, 2024. There will be a virtual information session on January 23 from 11 -12 for students looking for more information. Register on the Student Experience Portal.
View available co-op programs. | | And that's all for now... Just kidding, you know we can't end without a toad pun! |  | | |
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