A ceremony unveiling the statue of Mary Ann Shadd will take place Thursday.
A ceremony unveiling the statue of Mary Ann Shadd will take place Thursday, May 12, at 11 a.m. and will be livestreamed from the downtown campus for the greater community.
Sculpted by local artist Donna Mayne (BA 1982), the artwork portrays the first Black female newspaper publisher and one of the first female journalists in Canada. Shadd founded The Provincial Freeman in 1853; the federal government designated her a Person of National Historic Significance in 1994.
The unveiling event will feature an address by historian Irene Moore Davis (BA 1993), remarks by Shannon Prince representing the Shadd family, a reading by Windsor poet laureate Mary Ann Mulhern (BA 1976, MEd 1984), a presentation by history student Willow Key, and a performance by actor Leslie McCurdy.