Alumni Stories

By Kate Hargreaves

Ever wanted to learn about historical burial practices, the Underground Railroad, heritage architecture, labour history, local ecosystems and more, all for free? 

These are only a handful of topics covered by the Windsor-Essex Jane’s Walk Festival, taking place across three weekends: April 23 to 26, April 30 to May 3 and May 9, 2026. 

By Kate Hargreaves 

For kids with entrepreneurial aspirations outside of the lemonade stands of yore, a new summer camp at the University of Windsor offers a unique opportunity for learning and fun. 

Modelled on the popular Shark Tank television show, in which entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of investors, the ImpactPreneurs Shark Tank Summer Camp invites kids six to 13 years old to learn about business and teamwork while having fun.  

By Kate Hargreaves 

Teaching has been part of Gina Marcon’s (BA ’87, BEd ’88) life since she was six years old. 

“I knew then that I was going to be a teacher,” she says. “Every time my cousins would come over, we’d play school, and I was always the teacher.” 

By Sara Meikle

Vivian Ntiri was never defined by a single path.

She was a lawyer, a mentor, a devoted friend, family member, community builder and a woman whose curiosity and compassion shaped every interaction.

Now, through the Vivian Ntiri Memorial Scholarship, her community is ensuring that her legacy continues to open doors for future generations of students at Windsor Law.

By Sara Meikle

When Corina Forai Makore began her PhD at the University of Windsor, she wasn’t just pursuing a long-held personal goal, she was equipping herself to change a system.

As healthcare manager at the South West Detention Centre in Windsor, Makore leads 50 nurses and oversees a 10-bed infirmary providing 24/7 care for incarcerated patients.

At the same time, she is a scholar using her doctoral research to guide policy reform and strengthen correctional nursing in Ontario.

By Victor Romao

Michael Joyce (BComp ’25) still remembers arriving at work as a co-op student, unsure of what questions he was allowed to ask — or whether he belonged in the room.

Now, he is the one making sure students never feel that way.

By Victor Romao

The creative path is rarely linear, often shaped by trial, error and continual reassessment.

For the graduating visual arts students at the University of Windsor, it has been marked by experimentation, reconsideration and change — a journey now brought into focus through their final undergraduate exhibition, Kaleidoscope.

By Sara Meikle

Jamie Holmes sees the law as more than a career choice.

For her, it’s a way to make a real difference.

Her commitment to advance access to justice for Indigenous communities has earned her the inaugural Sidney B. Linden Student Award.

By Kate Hargreaves 

Throughout their high school years, students look for academic and social support from teachers, peers and others in the school community. 

For Black and Afro-descendant students in Francophone high schools — especially recent immigrants to Canada — this support can be all the more critical as they try to navigate a new and unfamiliar social and linguistic environment. 

By Sara Meikle

For first-year law students at the University of Windsor, learning about access to justice often begins in the classroom.

But on March 20, that learning extended beyond campus, onto the lands of Aamjiwnaang First Nation.

Supported by UWindsor’s Article U: Diversity, Indigeneity, and Anti-Racism Professional Development Fund and Windsor Law, students in the Access to Justice course travelled to the community near Sarnia for a day of land-based, experiential learning centred on environmental and treaty rights.

By Sara Meikle

When newborn babies were taken from their parents under Ontario’s controversial Birth Alerts policy, the removals left lasting trauma for families and highlighted systemic discrimination.

The Windsor Law Class Action Clinic has been granted intervener status before the Court of Appeal for Ontario in a landmark class action that seeks compensation for families harmed as a result of that policy.