While her findings are still very preliminary, a UWindsor biology student has found that newly reconstructed wetlands in the oil sands of Alberta support a greater variety of bird species than their natural, old-growth counterparts.
Masters student Sheeva Nakhaie has been tracking birds in the area of Fort McMurray over the last three summers, counting species in existing boreal forests, as well as in those wetlands that have been mined for bitumen by petroleum companies and then restored to their original conditions.
While government belts may be tightening, there are still plenty of new and untapped sources of research funding, especially for those able to clearly demonstrate their work has relevance for their surrounding community and industries, according to Michael Siu.
Sustaining ecosystems that support fisheries, lakes and wetlands will be the common focus of more 300 scientists coming to Windsor to share their findings from across Canada, the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Those researchers will attend the 66th annual Canadian Conference For Fisheries Research, being held at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in cooperation with the Society of Canadian Limnologists and the Society of Wetland Scientists.
The Educational Development Centre invites staff and faculty to wear “Ask Me” buttons for the first half of January, making it easier for new students to identify people who can provide them with a welcoming smile, directions or basic campus information.
The buttons are white and sport the university’s official logo. To get yours, contact Joanne Gibbs in Student Affairs at buddy@uwindsor.ca.
Windsor Law alumnus Lorne Abony (Dual JD 1994) will be featured on the Emmy Award-winning CBS series Undercover Boss on Friday, January 4, at 8 p.m. ET.
Abony is CEO and chair of Mood Media, a company valued at $1.3 billion. In the episode, the disguised executive of the global experience design company worked hand-in-hand with employees who provide the company’s frontline services.
A video message sent to UWindsor donors Thursday gives students a chance to express their gratitude, says Jody Maskery, director of advancement services.
“We just wanted to send a thank-you note to all the people who have supported the University’s students and programs through the year,” Maskery says. “We hope to show the appreciation of the prime beneficiaries of their generosity—our students who have been given the opportunity to succeed.”
Siyaram Pandey’s Kevin Couvillon Research Project on Anticancer Effects of Dandelion Root Extract, got another boost from the community yesterday when the India Canada Association presented a cheque for $5000 to Dr. Pandey during a ceremony in Essex Hall. The ICA, which has a long history of supporting community initiatives, raised the money at its annual fund-raising dinner in October, which featured India’s consul general to Toronto, Preeti Saran, as its guest of honour.
The recipient of a teaching award from the Canadian Association for Medical Education says she shares the achievement with her instructors in the University Teaching Certificate program offered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning.
“I wish to thank Michael Potter and Pierre Boulos for all the probing introspective questions and feedback,” says Anna Farias, anatomy learning specialist in the Windsor program of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
She completed the first level of the certificate program and is among the first group to start the second level.
The Great Lakes are at risk of “death by a thousand cuts,” according to a University of Windsor biologist who was part of an international team of scientists who spent three years identifying the worst threats to one of the world’s largest supplies of fresh water.
