The International Wednesdays documentary series presents India Reborn: Manufacturing Dreams, tomorrow at noon in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
India produces an annual output of 1000 films, but obsession with the movies runs beyond watching them. Bollywood—Hindi cinema—has seeped into every aspect of life of people in this vast and diverse nation.
Up to half of all cancers can be either prevented or detected before they become a serious threat to your health. When it comes to cancer, an ounce of prevention and screening is worth more than a pound of cure!
A session for UWindsor employees will focus on general risk factors that individuals have control over and can change. Cancer Care Ontario developed the “Your Health Matters” information session to enhance participants’ understanding of the risks.
Voting for CJAMfm’s annual Jammy Awards will continue through March.
The awards recognize the best programs on the campus-community radio station in 10 categories, as well as local musicians and venues for live acts. CJAM will holds an awards ceremony in early April, says volunteer coordinator Sarah Morris.
“We want to celebrate the contributions of our dedicated volunteer hosts,” she says.
New signage premiered at Friday’s open house won approval from UWindsor faculty and staff and presented a professional image to guests, says assistant provost Dave Bussière.
“We have had phenomenal buy-in from areas across campus,” he says. “So many people have come up to express the pride they feel when they see these materials.”
The new signs included retractable banners for each faculty, used to promote programs at the information fair, and large flags planted around the perimeter of campus and outside key sites for visitors.
The Council of Ontario Universities welcomed an announcement Thursday that the provincial government is extending for one year a cap of five per cent on overall tuition fee increases at its colleges and universities.
COU chair Alastair Summerlee said the move will enable universities to protect the gains that have been made through the government’s major investments in higher education.
Two reports in the last month suggested reforms to Ontario’s social assistance system: a commission created by the 2009 Poverty Reduction Act and the Drummond commission on the reform of public services.
Anti-poverty activist Marion Overholt, a staff lawyer at Legal Assistance of Windsor, will discuss how these reports fit into the reality of the shrinking middle class in Ontario, increasing rates of poverty, assumptions about people living in poverty, and our disappearing social welfare system at noon on Monday, March 12, in the law building’s room G101.
Organizers of Campus Technology Day, May 17 in the CAW Student Centre, have extended its call for proposals to Friday, March 16.
With a theme of “Opening Doors with Technology,” the interactive event brings together faculty, staff and students to discuss the impact technology has in enhancing learning, teaching, research and building community on campus.
Presenters will share their expertise and experiences with colleagues, through:
The closure of the student pub has resulted in the relocation of the Speed Dating for Charity event, Tuesday, March 13.
The event, a benefit for the Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County, will begin with registration at 7 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium. Thanks to sponsorship by the Alumni Association, the Organization of Part-time University Students, and the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance, admission is free for UWindsor students.
Too much money at the top is bad for everyone, says Linda McQuaig.
“Our society tends to regard large fortunes as evidence of great talent or accomplishment,” she says. “Yet the vast new wealth isn't due to an increase in talent or effort at the top, but rather to changing social attitudes legitimizing greed and government policy changes that favour the new elite.”
UWindsor students overwhelmingly turned down a proposed universal bus pass that would have seen them pay for Transit Windsor services through their student fees.
In balloting by University of Windsor Students Alliance members Wednesday and Thursday, “no” votes held more than a 2-1 margin.
