Two pianists from the School of Creative Arts are among the featured performers joining the Windsor Symphony Orchestra this weekend for its first Intimate Classics chamber concerts of the season.

Alumna Nadia Santoro (BMus 2016) and fourth-year music student Mary-Valene Daniel were selected via competition to play Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with the orchestra in three performances — including Sunday, October 23, in the Heritage Auditorium, Assumption Hall, ending a four-year hiatus from the venue.

Conductor Robert Franz will lead flutists Liesel Deppe and Jaimie Wagner, violinist Min Xie, oboist Graham Mackenzie, trumpeter Ross Turner and violinist Michèle Dumoulin in a program that also features J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos No. 2 and 4, Wolfgang Mozart’s Divertimento in F, and Suite for Strings by Arthur Foote.

Sunday’s concert begins at 2:30 p.m., with Franz leading a discussion one hour before. Earlier performances are set for Friday at St. Andrew’s United Church in Chatham and Saturday at Leamington United Mennonite Church.

Student and senior discounts are available. For tickets, phone 519-973-1238, buy online at windsorsymphony.com, or visit the WSO Box Office at 121 University Avenue West.

UWindsor students who buy an $8 ticket to any performance of the University Players’ production of the Clean House will receive a free ballot for a chance to win $1,000 in tuition.

The draw will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 30, in the lobby of the Essex Hall Theatre. Patrons may pick up ballots at the box office as they get their tickets. Proof of ticket purchase and student ID required. One ballot per UWin student ticket purchased. Get the details on the School of Dramatic Art website.

The play runs October 21 to 30. Tickets can be purchased at the door, at www.UniversityPlayers.com, or by calling 519-253-3000, ext. 2808.

Students to enjoy post-play reception

A special pizza-and-pop reception will follow the 2 p.m. matinee performance of the Clean House, Saturday, October 22, in Essex Hall Theatre. It’s free for all UWindsor students in attendance.

The Athletics Department is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win gold seat tickets to the Lancer football game against the Laurier Golden Hawks in the final contest of the 2016 season on Saturday, October 22, at 1 p.m.

One lucky fan will receive a package of four tickets in the premium gold section of University of Windsor stadium. The winner will be randomly selected from all correct responses received by 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 20.

To be eligible, submit your best response to each of these trivia questions:

1. What is the name of the trophy awarded to the champion in Canadian Interuniversity Sport football?
   a) Canadian College Bowl
   b) Grey Cup
   c) Queen’s Cup
   d) Vanier Cup
    
2. In Canadian football, how many points are awarded for a rouge?
   a) 1
   b) 2
   c) 3
   d) 7
    
3. Which logo adorns the centre of Alumni Field?
   a) the University of Windsor Alumni Association
   b) the Lancer shield
   c) Wilson Sporting Goods
   d) the UWindsor shield

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.

Free admission for minor football players

Saturday is Minor Football Day; all minor football players receive free admission if they wear their Windsor-Essex County team jersey to the game. Gates open at noon.

For all others, gold seat tickets are $15; adult admission is $12; and youth and seniors get in for $10. UWindsor students are admitted free with valid ID.

Kids find a friendlier type of family fun at the annual Boo at the U event, Thursday, October 27. Little trick-or-treaters can give their costumes a dress rehearsal from 6 to 8 p.m. in Winclare Room, Vanier Hall, where they make the rounds for activities and candy.

Organized by Residence Life staff and the Windsor Inter Residence Council, the event is open to the children of UWindsor faculty and staff.

“We put the emphasis on fun rather than scares,” says Joyceln Lorito, residence life coordinator in Macdonald and Alumni halls. “We get a lot of little ones here and so we try for activities suitable for younger children.”

All children must be accompanied by a parent. Admission is free, but organizers encourage participants to bring a canned good for donation to the student food bank.

With more than 100 students in its graduate programs, enrolment in economics is growing in numbers and diversity, says professor Marcelo Arbex.

“We have been attracting students from all over the world,” says Dr. Arbex, economics graduate director. Besides Canada, master’s students have come from Bangladesh, China, Ghana, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Suriname and United Arab Emirates.

The Master of Arts program offers traditional rigorous training in theory that prepares the students for doctoral study and work in non-academic sectors.

“Small class sizes give our students the opportunity to work closely, in and out of the classroom, with faculty members,” he says.

The second year of the new Master of Applied Economics Policy program has 42 students, with its inaugural class graduating this fall. Bridging theory and practice, it is intended primarily for those who want advanced training in economics to qualify for jobs requiring greater expertise than is provided by an undergraduate degree. It also suits those who wish to study economics as a complement to their work in another field — public health, natural resources, industrial relations or business.

Arbex says the department is also offering a new stream of courses that provide students majoring in other disciplines a non-technical approach to understanding issues in economics. Options include Life Choices and Economics, Games and Behaviour, Microeconomics for the Real World and Macroeconomics for the Real World.

“These exciting elective courses are designed to give students an intuitive way to master and apply concepts they will experience during their careers,” he says. “Economics is important beyond the classroom or lab setting.”

Find more information about the Department of Economics on its website.

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit conferred a platinum-level Healthy Workplace Award on the University of Windsor during a celebratory reception Wednesday, October 19.

The letter of recognition highlights that “award recipients have demonstrated outstanding leadership in providing environments and policies that create and support healthy lifestyles.”

In addition to the work of the Workplace Wellness Committee and the Department of Human Resources, the award recognizes the efforts of many individuals and departments across the University who carry out health promotion initiatives, says Marcela Ciampa, manager of employee engagement and development.

The committee’s next campaign will be in the area of stress management. Slated to be launched in early 2017, it will highlight the root causes of stress as well as various coping strategies.

The committee invites employees to learn more about is activities and submit suggestions of wellness initiatives they would like to see offered.

Student organizers of the Georgie-Odette Leadership Symposium, November 17 at the Odette School of Business, have developed a day-long program boasting keynote speakers from regional and international enterprises:

• Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles;
• Michael Rossi, president, Adidas Group Canada;
• Justine Fedak, senior vice-president brand, advertising and sponsorship, BMO Financial Group;
• Ferio Pugliese, executive vice-president customer care and corporate affairs, Hydro One Networks;
• Alex Maclean, founder, East Coast Lifestyle;
• Marnie McBean, three-time Olympic champion rower, author;
• Thomas O’Brien, president and founder, Coopers Hawk Vineyards.

Attendees will be able to engage with these leaders and hear how they manage to stay ahead in the global marketplace.

This year’s symposium will also integrate a custom app for Apple and Android devices. The myGOLS app will enable participants to stay on top of event announcements, interact with other professionals through social media, and pose questions to presenters.

A multicultural calendar posted by the Office of Human Rights, Equity and Accessibility lists dates of religious observances to help UWindsor faculty and staff in preparing class outlines, exam schedules, meetings, and more.

While the calendar is not a definitive list of eligible events for religious accommodation, it does highlight particular dates that should be taken into consideration for planning purposes. Consult the University of Windsor’s guidelines for observances of religious obligations.

The calendar is available in electronic format on the OHREA website; users will need their UWin ID and passwords to access it. Direct any questions to the Office of Human Rights, Equity and Accessibility at 519-253-3000, ext. 3400, or e-mail ohrea@uwindsor.ca.

Cassandra Wells, a doctoral candidate in kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, will deliver a free public lecture entitled “When Science met Justice: On the Ethics of Gendered Eligibility Policies in Sport” at noon Friday, October 21.

Wells’ PhD project is a scientific and technological history of sex testing in women’s Olympic-style sport. Her previous scholarly projects have investigated topics such as the gendered dimensions of sport concussion, the experiences of Canadian student-athletes with athletic scholarships, and the changing meanings of “fairness” in sport eligibility policies.

Friday’s lecture is set in room 144, Human Kinetics Building, as part of the faculty’s Distinguished Speakers Series.

The Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act (BPSECA), introduced in 2014, authorizes the government to establish compensation frameworks to manage executive compensation in the Broader Public Sector (BPS), and sets out principles that all designated employers must follow. Following consultation with multiple stakeholders in the BPS, the province introduced Ontario Regulation 304/16 in support of the BPSECA, effective September 6, 2016. This regulation lays out the details and implementation timelines for executive compensation for all employers within the BPS.

The regulation states that all BPS employers must have a compensation framework in place for designated executives within a maximum of one year of the regulation coming into effect which is September 5, 2017. The framework must be compliant with the regulation, and have been available for community feedback for a 30-day period.

The requirements of the BPSECA and Ontario Regulation 304/16 have been considered, and a Board of Governors policy developed to ensure that the University of Windsor is compliant with the requirements.

The policy is posted on the University Secretariat website (https://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/13/bylaw-and-policies). Any feedback or comments can be sent to bog@uwindsor.ca no later than November 18.