There were a lot of people caught off guard when Dalton McGuinty announced earlier this week that he was resigning as Ontario’s premier, but Cheryl Collier wasn’t one of them.
Faculty
The University of Windsor’s contributions to the United Way of Windsor-Essex play a critical role in making the community a better place, according to the organization’s CEO.
“The university is a very important partner for us and we’re very grateful for all their contributions,” said Penny Marrett, who along with president Alan Wildeman, was on campus yesterday for a flag-raising ceremony to kick off this year’s annual campaign.
English professor emeritus Eugene McNamara will read from his 16th volume of poetry at a publication launch reception Friday.
Questions of balancing religious and legal rights are the focus of a panel discussion Friday, entitled “Legislating What Women Can Wear: The Niqab in the Courtroom.”
Three panelists will discuss a current case before the Supreme Court of Canada involving a Muslim sexual assault victim who refused to remove her full face veil during courtroom testimony.
Oct 18th, 2012
The campus community is invited to Gina Reichert and Mitch Cope of Detroit’s Power House Productions for a seminar entitled “In the Neighbourhood” at 10 a.m. Friday, October 19, in room 130, Assumption University.
The principals of the Design 99 studio will lead a discussion on the role and responsibility of artists and designers in the community.
The event is part of the Distinguished Speakers Series of the Humanities Research Group, which will sponsor a reception to follow.
Detroiters Gina Reichert and Mitch Cope have spent six years investigating new models of contemporary art and architectural practice. Their design studio situated itself in the public realm offering over-the-counter consultations and marketed $99 house call specials.
The team will discuss their work as visual artists with their Design 99 studio and as faciliators and collaborators with Power House Productions in a free public presentation “Too Much of a Good Thing,” Thursday, October 18, at 7 p.m. in Assumption University’s Freed-Orman Centre.
Oct 16th, 2012
A conference being held in Windsor next month will provide a forum for researchers, graduate students and clinicians on both sides of the border to learn and share basic, clinical, and translational cancer research.
Bridging Research and Hope is a one-day conference being organized by the Windsor Cancer Research Group that will be held on Nov. 17 at the Caesars Windsor Convention Centre.
The Humanities Research Group hosted a reception October 10 to celebrate all professors in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences who have published scholarly books in the past two years.
The works ranged across disciplines, form and subject, and included:
A new faculty member in the Odette School of Business is hoping to build on the department’s existing strengths and make it an even more research-intensive institution.
“There clearly is an intention to change the culture, and I came here with the intent to be a part of that change,” says Alan Richardson an accounting professor and the new Odette Research Chair.
The 1972 movement of Asians expelled by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was the first test of Canada’s “universal” immigration policy as applied to refugees. Former diplomat Michael Molloy will examine the reasons behind Amin’s decision and the Canadian reaction in a free public lecture Monday, October 15, at 7 p.m. in room 105, Memorial Hall.