A PhD student who came to Canada in 1883 was so inspired by how settlers were dealing with Aboriginal peoples in the west that he travelled home to Germany to convince authorities there to use the same methods with Poles who had settled in the eastern part of their country, according to History professor Rob Nelson.
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There’s never been a more important time than now to celebrate the contributions that research makes to improving society, according to Alan Wildeman.
In a climate of funding cuts and increased scrutiny, it’s critical for researchers to share their success stories with a broader audience to convince average Canadians of how it makes their lives better, the University of Windsor president told those who attended the Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Monday.
AfroFest, the African Diaspora Festival, opened yesterday and continues through the week in the CAW Student Centre.
A film screening begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Commons, and Wednesday, February 8, is HIV Awareness Day, with a presentation by the AIDS Committee of Windsor at 11 a.m., a lecture by Nesha Haniff of the University of Michigan at 1 p.m., and a panel discussion at 2:15 p.m.
Find a full list of the week’s events on the AfroFest Facebook page.
The work of renowned Canadian conceptual artist and UWindsor professor emeritus Iain Baxter& is the subject of Iain Baxter&: Works 1958-2011, published this month by Goose Lane Editions.
The book takes a retrospective look at the artist who was called “the Marshall McLuhan of the visual arts,” by the Canada Council Molson Prize committee, and whose pioneering works explore a wide range of media, including the blending of painting and sculpture, conceptually based photography and gallery-transforming art installations.
UWindsor music professor Brent Lee is one of the featured composers at the 16th annual Windsor Canadian Music Festival who will join in a roundtable discussion of their work on Wednesday, February 8.
Besides Lee, the discussion will include David Eagle, Keith Hamel , James Harley and Christien Ledroit. It begins at 4 p.m. in the Music Building’s Recital Hall, room 139. It is free and open to the public.
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As many as 250 of the top science journalists from across the country will be arriving here this June as the University of Windsor hosts the annual conference of the Canadian Science Writers’ Association.
University Players is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two tickets to see the romantic comedy Emma, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel. The play’s run continues through Sunday at Essex Hall Theatre. Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.universityplayers.com.
What does a year in the life of the University of Windsor look like? Photographer Richard Bain is hoping students, faculty and staff will tell him.
Since last fall, he has been taking pictures of campus life for a book to be published by Binea Press. It will be Bain’s sixth project chronicling an Ontario institution of higher learning, following volumes on Western, McMaster, Guelph, Brock, and Fanshawe College.
Even people ineligible to donate blood for any reason can help to increase the vital supply, says Courtney Cail.
The fourth-year biology student is president of the Young Blood Club, which encourages participation in the donor clinics of Canadian Blood Services.
“The need for blood is so high right now,” Cail says. “We’re having problems meeting hospital demand.”
Because she is unable to give blood herself for medical reasons, she says, she recruits. “I want people to donate on my behalf.”
It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. With that can-do attitude, members of the Sigma Chi fraternity dove right into a charitable endeavour last week – soaking in a hot tub outside the CAW Student Centre to raise funds for the fight against ovarian cancer.
“One of our sorority sisters has ovarian cancer, so we want to support research for a cure,” said second-year communications student Josh Harendorf.