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Research & Innovation
Open Access lock logo over a variety of images of people doing research
Oct 15th, 2025

This October, Leddy Library joins the global academic community in celebrating International Open Access Week (OA Week), Oct. 20 to 26. 

OA Week encourages candid conversations about the ways we can create pathways to more equitable knowledge sharing to address the inequities that shape societies and our response to them.  

Research & Innovation
Nadia Azar and Jeff Burrows (on drums)
Oct 14th, 2025

By Sara Elliott

Drummers’ bodies endure a brutal beating during live shows, but Nadia Azar’s research seeks to alleviate that stress. 

“Professional athletes don’t just go out in the field or onto the ice and play their game. There’s a lot of preparation that comes before that, such as getting in the gym and working on strength and conditioning,” says Dr. Azar, kinesiology professor. 

Research & Innovation
Alexander Daros seated holding a book
Oct 10th, 2025

By Kate Hargreaves 

As demand for mental health care rises in hospitals and private practice, waitlists for these essential services continue to grow. 

That’s why assistant professor of psychology, Alexander Daros, and his research team began investigating innovative interim solutions to support people while they wait. 

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Awards presentations at 2023 OPUS Awards Banquet
Oct 9th, 2025

Tickets are still available for the Organization of Part-Time University Students (OPUS) 33rd Annual Awards Banquet.

The event takes place Oct. 17 in Alumni Auditorium with the program set to begin at 5 p.m. The awards honour the achievements, resilience and leadership of part-time and mature students.

Community & Partnerships
Chris Greig running in the Detroit half marathon with other runners behind him and the Ambassador Bridge in the background
Oct 14th, 2025

By Kate Hargreaves 

Over 20,000 runners will hit the streets Oct. 19 for the Detroit Free Press Marathon and Half-Marathon.  

Among them will be around 2,600 Canadians, including University of Windsor faculty and staff. 

“I really enjoy the racecourse,” says Chris Greig, associate professor in the Faculty of Education.  

“Detroit is a well-organized race, and the atmosphere is wonderful on race day.”  

Teaching & Learning
Head coach Chantal Vallée and guard Chidera Ifearulundu (No. 9) watch the action intently during the Windsor Lancers’ game
Oct 10th, 2025

By Kate Hargreaves

Celebrated Lancers women’s basketball head coach and faculty member Chantal Vallée has added another honour to her long list of accomplishments and awards: being featured alongside top global executives in the Brunswick Review

Her profile appears in the magazine’s August 2025 Navigation issue, which highlights inspirational leaders in business, art and sport navigating uncertain times. 

People, Equity & Inclusion
Alphonse Aquash, a traditional knowledge holder from Aamjiwnaang First Nation, opened the gathering during the Bill C-92 initiative announcement on Thursday, Sept. 27. (DAVE GAUTHIER/University of Windsor)
Oct 8th, 2025

By Victor Romao 

On Thursday, Sept. 27, the University of Windsor Faculty of Law unveiled an important initiative designed to protect and uplift Indigenous children across Ontario. 

By enhancing legal representation in child welfare cases, the project aims to keep children safely within their families and communities—allowing them to grow up surrounded by their culture, identity and support networks. 

Research & Innovation
Female Bunting Rock Gabion
Oct 7th, 2025

By Sara Elliott 

Next summer, a team of scientists will travel across the Arctic tundra in a new mobile research and training lab. 

As they collect data in Iqaluit, they hope to better understand how the rapidly declining snow bunting — an Arctic-breeding songbird that winters in southern Canada — is responding to urban development in the North. 

Teaching & Learning
Amy Maitre playing hockey
Oct 8th, 2025

By Sara Elliott 

Having cultivated her craft since age four, former Lancer hockey star Amy Maitre (BHK ‘20) seemed destined to become a coach. 

Now, the five-year veteran of the women’s hockey team has returned to campus to become a full-time assistant coach of that very team. 

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Students sitting outside Dillon Hall
Oct 7th, 2025

The University of Windsor is ready to welcome Ontario high school students and their families to campus for Fall Open House on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fall Open House is the best opportunity for Future Lancers to explore UWindsor’s campus, connect with professors, chat with current students, and ask questions about programs of interest.