Experience the story of Peter Pan from the perspective of that dynamic and spirited fairy, Tinker Bell, in a presentation the whole family will enjoy. The University Players production of Patrick Flynn’s Tinker Bell, opening Nov. 25 at Essex Hall Theatre, tells a tale of friendship and magic with delightful performances and breathtaking special effects.

Director Lee Wilson calls the play joyful and funny.

“We’re bringing in projection and design elements that really bring the magic to life for audiences of any age,” Wilson says. “It’s something people haven’t experienced before with University Players.”

Special family pack pricing is available by calling the box office at 519-253-3000, ext. 2808. The $60 package includes two adult tickets and two youth tickets.

Tinker Bell runs approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes and is recommended for all ages. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at www.universityplayers.com. Kids’ tickets are just $10; regular admission starts at $20.

In a video message released yesterday, UWindsor president Robert Gordon encouraged the campus community to join the Adopt-a-Family effort in collecting gifts for families in need through the holiday program of the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Foundation.

“As the holiday season approaches, the University of Windsor community can look forward to an especially hopeful time as we continue to reconnect on campus and celebrate what means the most to us,” Dr. Gordon said. “This can also be a time of hardship for some families in the Windsor-Essex region who struggle to give their loved ones gifts that bring holiday cheer.”

He noted the long tradition of campus support for the agency’s campaign before concluding: “Please join us in spreading hope by giving families in need a holiday season to remember.”

Sponsors — whether an individual, a department, or a class — can choose the size of family they’d like to support. They will receive a profile of their match and their wishes, along with further instructions about preparing items for delivery to the collection spot on Dec. 5.

To register to adopt a family, contact co-ordinator Sabina Howell at pac@uwindsor.ca.

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The Faculty of Human Kinetics is recruiting doctoral students interested in applied sport science and strength and conditioning.

Candidates will work directly with Lancer varsity football, volleyball, and soccer teams, conducting research within the daily training environment of student athletes.

These three funded positions will work closely with the Centre for Human Performance and Health, the University’s high-performance sport testing and research facility.

The mission of this new focus is to identify, train and develop the next generation of world-class sport scientists, said Andrew Perrotta, one of the faculty members who will supervise the new doctoral students.

“The program will be one-of-a-kind in Canada, offering students the opportunity to be both practitioners and applied researchers,” Dr. Perrotta said.

The deadline to apply is Jan. 1. Learn more about these doctoral positions here.

—Sarah Sacheli

A seminar Thursday, Nov. 24, will look at charitable organizations and community well-being, with an emphasis on Indigenous communities. It is open to the campus community and will run 4 to 5:30 p.m. in room 104, Anthony P. Toldo Health Education Centre.

Hosted by the Department of Economics and presented by Rose Anne Devlin, a professor of economics at the University of Ottawa, “Charitable Activities and Community Well-Being (with an emphasis on Indigenous communities)” is based on an empirical paper that uses GPS technology to match the location of charities to the location of Indigenous communities.

While charitable activities touch a wide range of individuals, Dr. Devlin says, it is remarkably difficult to capture their impact on communities.

“At least three stumbling blocks are in the way: defining the community, measuring ‘benefits’, and tying charitable services to the community,” she says.

“We undertake this task by focusing on charitable services provided in a specific geographical-cultural space, namely that of First Nations’ reserves and Inuit communities.”

Devlin notes that the presence of charities increases the index of community well-being by about 5 to 7.5 percent, although she is quick to point out the inadequacies of this index: “It is an ambitious undertaking, not without pitfalls, that helps inch forward our understanding of the link between charitable services and community well-being.”

—Sara Elliott

Lancer basketball will host competitors from Ontario’s north this weekend at the Toldo Lancer Centre.

The Nipissing Lakers are up first, Friday, Nov. 18. The Laurentian Voyageurs will play Saturday, Nov. 19. Both days will see the women play at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m. Windsor’s men boast an unblemished 4-0 record thus far, while the women’s squad is 2-2 in the season’s early going.

Women’s hockey will meet the Western Mustangs in a home-and-away series, facing off at the Capri Pizzeria Recreation Complex at 7:30 p.m. Friday, then heading up the 401 for the rematch Saturday.

Men’s hockey will be in Toronto for games against the York Lions on Friday and Saturday. Its 9-1-0 record has Windsor ranked fifth in the country by U Sports.

Volleyball will host Toronto Metropolitan University in a double-header Sunday in the Toldo Lancer Centre. The women play at 2 p.m. and the men at 4 p.m.

Cross country runner Cameron Cira earned all-Canadian honours at the national championship meet, finishing 12th overall in a time of 25:06. Read the full story at goLancers.ca.

Necessary upgrades to power lines will require Facility Services to shut down several campus utilities on Sunday, Nov. 27.

To comply with Electrical Safety Authority requirements, the University must upgrade its existing high voltage power line. The work necessitates an outage of campus electrical, compressed air and vacuum, and heating and cooling services.

The electrical outage will disable card access, elevators, lighting, air conditioning, and all power supply and is scheduled for four hours, 8 a.m. to noon. It will affect campus buildings with the exceptions of downtown properties, the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, the Centre for English Language Development, the Centre for Automotive Research and Education, 2629 Riverside Dr. West, and the maintenance and grounds building on Union Street.

The compressed air and vacuum outage will affect labs throughout the campus.

The steam outage will disable hot water and heating and cooling systems. The shutdown will disrupt most campus buildings, with the exceptions of downtown properties, the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, the Centre for English Language Development, and the Centre for Automotive Research and Education.

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