On the first snowy day of the season, hundreds of UWindsor faculty, staff, and students gathered Nov. 11 in front of Memorial Hall to pay tribute to Canadian soldiers who fought and fell in the cause of freedom.

Monday’s Remembrance Day service featured letters from the Canadian Letter and Images Project, an archive of the country’s war experience, read aloud by acting students Abby Craig, Elizabeth Rodenburg, and Mason Sheaves, addresses by UWindsor president Robert Gordon and Canterbury College chaplain Cynthia Connell, and performances:

• songs by the university choirs under the direction of Bruce Kotowich,
• trumpet student Cody Abbruzzese playing of The Last Post and Reveille,
• The Lament by bagpiper Ryan Burchiel, and
• a recitation of the poem In Flanders Fields by drama professor Lionel Walsh.

It concluded with the laying of a wreath below the commemorative plaque in Memorial Hall.

A Nov. 13 event will take you through the history of famous Canadian fiction writers and their stories on Scotland.

Douglas Gibson is a renowned Canadian publisher, editor, writer, and a great storyteller. He is bringing his new 65-minute show “Great Scots: Canadian Fiction Writers with Links to Scotland,” to the University of Windsor.

Gibson moved to Canada in 1967, quickly moving up the ladder to become Macmillan’s publisher in 1974. He started the first editorial imprint in Canada, named Douglas Gibson Books.

He will go through Aubert De Gaspe, Connor, and Gallant, to MacLennan, Mitchell, and other Scottish names. This entertaining show will please literature fanatics, Scottish enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a new book to read as some will be on sale.

The event will be on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. in the Multimedia Studio in the Alan Wildeman Centre for Creative Arts, 360 Freedom Way. This is the third event for the annual Humanities Week, presented by the Humanities Research Group.

—Dana Roe

Campus researchers are invited to take part in Research Data Management Day on Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the Student Research Collaboratory at Leddy Library.

With changes to the Canadian federal granting agencies on the horizon, Leddy Library has teamed up with the Office of Research and Innovation Services, the Office of the Research Ethics Board, and Information Technology Services to offer a half-day information and consultation session on research data management.

“Research data management is becoming a critical component to many scholarly communication initiatives, including requirements to meet funding,” said Heather Pratt, executive director of Research and Innovation Services.

Federal granting agencies such as CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC have been advocating to make publicly-funded research more accessible by developing a policy on research data management. The policy aims to increase the benefits of research investments by creating a co-ordinated national approach to managing publicly-funded data in Canada.

“While the exact date of the policy implementation has yet to be announced, it is important for us a research institution to prepare our campus stakeholders and determine how our services can best support our research community,” said Selinda Berg, associate university librarian.

The UWindsor Research Data Management team is working to build a strategy and infrastructure for research data management practices on campus.

Data librarian Berenica Vejvoda said a commitment to sound data management planning will ensure compliance with the implementation of upcoming Tri-Agency funding policies.

“Good data stewardship demonstrates responsible research and promotes open sharing and re-use of valuable research outputs, which encourage new and innovative discoveries,” she said.

The event will include a series of invited talks on Canadian research data management policy, working with sensitive and restrictive data, data infrastructure and storage, and a panel to discuss the effects of the upcoming Tri-Agency research data management policy on researchers.

Space is limited, lunch provided. Register online: https://ctl2.uwindsor.ca/oris/workshops/12/#wkshp-113.

—Marcie Demmans

Try some Indian food and try on some traditional Indian clothing during a presentation on the cultures of the sub-continent Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the International Student Centre.

The lecture is part of a series hosted by the centre to inform students, staff, and faculty about the traditions of lands that are home to UWindsor students.

International student recruitment co-ordinator Romi Saraswat and Vishnu Sreekala Gopal, a master’s student of engineering, will provide an overview of the country, some well-known and some lesser-known nuances of its culture, demographics of Indo-Canadian immigration, and tips to better understand and communicate with Indian students during the brown bag lunch event, 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. in room 204, Laurier Hall. Advance online registration is encouraged but not required.

The national governing body of Canadian university athletics, U Sports, named Lancer Joshua Martin an all-Canadian in cross country after his seventh place finish at its championship meet, in Kingston on Nov. 9.

The Windsor men placed fifth overall as a team, led by Martin’s time of 31:04.90. On the women’s side, the blue and gold placed 15th in the team standings. Find complete results at goLancers.ca.

Whether a pre-revenue start-up or 20 years in business, a free workshop hosted Nov. 13 by the Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre) offers ways to evaluate the building blocks of a brand story.

Rebecca Stasko, lead strategist at SKO Communications, will discuss using archetypes to infuse personality and emotion into business communications in her presentation “Finding Your Brand Voice and the Importance of Consistency.”

The event will run noon to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday on the second floor of the Joyce Entrepreneurship Centre. Register on the EPICentre website.

The daunting subject of public policy will be discussed in an approachable way for students during a free seminar, “Explore Public Policy Issues,” in Vanier Hall on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The seminar will have presentations from leading policy experts, question-and-answer, and informal discussions with lunch being provided.

The event is hosted by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian public policy think tank that studies, measures, and communicates the effects of governmental policies.

UWindsor political science professor Lydia Miljan will present on: “What Are the Tradeoffs in Electoral Systems?” She will discuss varying electoral systems and what each change would mean for Canadians.

Other presentations include:

• Are We Paving Paradise to put up a Parking Lot?
  Glenn Fox, professor of agricultural economics and business, University of Guelph

• Competing for Capital: How Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector Compares to Its International Competitors
  Ashley Stedman, senior policy analyst, Fraser Institute

• Panic, Privacy and Policy: Is Comprehensive Data Protection Regulation a Good Idea?
  Anne Hobson, program manager for academic and student programs, Mercatus Center

• Dismal Dating: How Economics Can Enlighten Your Personal Life
  Ninos Malek, lecturer at San Jose State University

The goal of the event is to have students think, discuss, and network each public policy topic being discussed. For more information and to register for the event, visit the Fraser Institute’s website.

—Dana Roe

Architect Christopher Borgal will discuss the restoration of historic buildings in his free public presentation, “Lateral Thinking in Heritage Conservation: an experience-based forensics approach to heritage buildings and landscapes,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the SoCA Armouries Performance Hall.

The talk is part of the Archilecture series celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Visual Arts and the Built Environment program.

Borgal is a principal with the architectural firm of Goldsmith Borgal & Company. His work has included designs for the use of museums, federal buildings, churches, multiple and single housing, galleries, theatres, libraries, offices, and a lighthouse.

The SoCA Armouries is located at 37 University Ave. East.

An event next week in the Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre) will launch a competition that challenges accelerate the commercialization process of discoveries coming out of Ontario institutions.

The Proteus Innovation Competition challenges participants to create a commercialization plan for a technology developed by Ontario researchers. Successful teams have the chance to win one of three prizes of $5,000 and the opportunity to be involved in the eventual commercialization, including a possible spin-off company.

The introductory launch is set for 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. Find more details and a registration form on the EPICentre website.

Students preparing to print research papers or anyone hoping to make photographic prints from digital files can pick up a bargain this week at the Campus Bookstore.

The store is offering savings on two Canon inkjet printers through Friday, Nov. 15:

• The wireless Pixma TS3120 can connect to your favourite devices through AirPrint and Google Cloud Print technology, and is compatible with optional extra-large ink cartridges, saving money and extending time between refills for $56.95;
• The all-in-one Pixma MG2525 can produce quality photos as well as crisp documents, combining dye ink for vivid colours and black pigment ink for sharp text for $37.95.

Check them out in the store, located on the lower level of the CAW Student Centre.