An event will commemorate UWindsor lives lost in the January 2020 downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. (UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR)
A memorial service is planned to honour the five local victims of Flight PS752.
The campus community is encouraged to attend the event held at Canterbury College (2500 University Ave. W.), Jan. 8 at 3:30 p.m., on the 2nd floor.
Doctoral student of civil engineering Pedram Jadidi; biology research assistant Samira Bashiri and her spouse Hamidreza Setareh Kokab, a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering; and civil engineering doctoral student Zahra Naghibi and her spouse Mohammad Abbaspour Ghadi were among 176 people killed when the plane they were on was shot down 6 years ago during liftoff from Tehran.
The entire UWindsor community is welcomed to participate in online memorial using hashtag #IWillLightACandleToo.