Archivist Sarah Glassford, professor Emmanuelle Richez, and librarian Katharine Ball pose with some of the materials from the local French-language newspaper Le Rempart donated to the University.
How did parish neighbourhoods mapped by the Roman Catholic Church shape the history of Detroit? An urban planning student from the University of Michigan will consider the topic in a lecture Tuesday, Feb. 8.
Students in a Uni-Com course thank professor emeritus Walter Temelini (centre, in cap) for his presentation on his book “The Leamington Italian Community.”
Professor emeritus Walter Temelini spoke with students in a class offered through the Uni-Com Retirement Learning Centre.
Street names are among the vestiges of Wyandot history in the Windsor-Detroit area.
Street names are among the vestiges of Wyandot history in the Windsor-Detroit area.
Professor Guillaume Teasdale chronicles the early French presence in Windsor-Detroit in his book, Fruits of Perseverance, published this month by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
A reading Feb. 27 will launch history professor Guillaume Teasdale’s book on the French founders of Windsor-Detroit.
Ground-penetrating radar used to locate graves and buried buildings is one of the instruments featured at Thursday’s event.
The next event in the Science on Tap series offers the public a chance to hear from professors participating in the WEDigHistory project.
Guillaume Teasdale, Lezlie Wade, and Emmanuelle Richez will discuss the significance of Les Belles Soeurs in a session before its opening Friday, February 2.
Desserts and Discussion will pair sweets with a conversation on the play Les Belles Soeurs, Friday in the Jackman Dramatic Art Centre.
UWindsor history professor Guillaume Teasdale will discuss historic Assumption parish Tuesday in a free public lecture marking its 250th anniversary.
UWindsor history professor Guillaume Teasdale will discuss historic Assumption parish Tuesday in a free public lecture marking its 250th anniversary.
The Center for French Colonial Studies annual meeting will take place on campus and will focus on the French people in the Detroit River region in the 18th century
Online registration is now open for the 2015 meeting of the Center for French Colonial Studies, organized and hosted by UWindsor, October 23 to 25.
According to Guillaume Teasdale, assistant professor in the History department and a member of the organization’s international advisory board of directors, this is the first time in many years that the American-based historical organization’s annual meeting will be held in Canada.
During the New France era, French settlers in the Detroit River region used Belle Isle for pastures, much as their Quebecois ancestors used islands in the St. Lawrence River.
In both regions, these pastures were used collectively and called “commons,” says historian Guillaume Teasdale. As he explains in his free public lecture on Wednesday, their fates diverged after the conquest by the British.
