By Victor Romao
Long before Karl Jirgens earned a PhD, founded an international literary journal or stepped into a university classroom, a high school teacher helped him see writing in a different light.
“Writing is just another medium with its own peculiarities,” he says, recalling a lesson from high school teacher Alan Bevan that would help shape a career spanning literature, publishing, visual art and education.
By Victor Romao
Long before stepping into a senior academic leadership role on Canada’s West Coast, Justin Langlois developed the foundations of a multidisciplinary practice at the University of Windsor.
By Kate Hargreaves
At just 24, Mia Kairouz (BA ’25) jokes that she’s already lived many lives.
She’s been a lifeguard, a first responder, an endurance athlete, a personal trainer and a cancer survivor.
In July, she became an entrepreneur, opening VeloFit Performance and Fitness Coaching in Amherstburg, with her partner Simão Santa Barbara.
By Kate Hargreaves
Before the age of 15, 45 per cent of Canadian teens will experience dating violence.
For educators who find themselves on the receiving end of disclosures, knowing how to respond can be daunting.
That’s what motivated a new guide to help teachers respond to sexual violence disclosures in trauma-informed ways.
For students and researchers with ideas to build businesses or not-for-profits, entrepreneurship can feel like a world apart from academic life. A new hub at the University of Windsor aims to bring the two closer together.
For Town of Tecumseh residents, the impact of a new partnership with the University of Windsor could turn up in familiar places — along the trails they walk, in the services they rely on and in the books stacked on their bedside tables.
The five-year partnership will create opportunities for University students and researchers to work alongside the Town on local priorities.
By John-Paul Bonadonna
Andrea Yzeiri was supposed to become a lawyer.
As an undergraduate at the University of Windsor, she was pursuing two degrees with an eventual career in intellectual property or commercial law in mind. Then, somewhere along the way, she discovered statistics, optimization and research — and found herself increasingly drawn away from the career she had imagined.
By Victor Romao
Twenty-one years after crossing the University of Windsor convocation stage as a student and young mother, Nadine Manroe-Wakerell (BA, Hons ’05) returned to the same stage for a moment she never could have imagined: presenting her daughter with her parchment.
By Kate Hargreaves
When Kim Rocheleau (BHK ’95, BEd ’06) finishes her workday as a high school principal with the Greater Essex County District School Board, she often hits the road — or the trail — on two wheels rather than four.
When she’s not supporting students and staff at Vincent Massey Secondary School, she shares the joy of cycling with women across Essex County.
By Kate Hargreaves
When Ty Humphries started hitting the gym with some friends in 2021, he was 16 years old and just looking to get into better shape.
He could not have expected that within five years, he would be representing his country in powerlifting, taking home medals and holding national records.
