Shantelle Browning-Morgan is a high school teacher and Joint PhD student (S. BROWNING-MORGAN/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
Shantelle Browning-Morgan describes her passion for Black Canadian history as “rooted in blood memory, fuelled by a duty to honour the past, present and future.”
A descendant of Underground Railroad freedom seekers, Browning-Morgan has long worked to share that history through her work as a high school teacher and curriculum developer.
— Published on Jan 7th, 2026
Talysha Bujold-Abu has been named TD Curatorial Fellow at Art Windsor-Essex (KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
Art curation, for Talysha Bujold-Abu, is like being a supporting character in a story.
“I’m not stepping into curation asking what it is I can say about their work, but how can I best share their work with others,” she explains.
“What opportunities can I find with the way that work can sit together in a room, to propel the storytelling of the featured artist and also insert an aspect of myself into that narrative?”
— Published on Dec 4th, 2025
A new book on mentorship for teacher candidates has recently been released by Springer (mock-up via Canva/UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
By Kate Hargreaves
Dr. Clayton Smith, professor in the Faculty of Education, makes sure that his research is always in service of the courses he teaches.
“I don’t do research that I don’t use in my classes,” he explains.
With a dearth of material available on mentorship for pre-service teachers, Smith and professor emerita Dr. Geri Salinitri were motivated to co-edit a new collection, Mentoring to Support Teacher Candidate Development, recently published by Springer.
— Published on Dec 1st, 2025
Faculty of Education Dean Dr. Ken Montgomery welcomes students into the teaching profession at the OTF pinning ceremony (MICHAEL WILKINS/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
While September brings the start of the school year, November marks the beginning of practicum placements for teacher candidates in the Faculty of Education.
On Friday, Nov. 14, more than 350 first-year teacher candidates gathered in the Dennis Fairall Field House at the Toldo Lancer Centre to be officially welcomed into the teaching profession during the annual pinning ceremony.
— Published on Nov 24th, 2025
The École Polytechnique memorial event will take place Dec. 4 at 12:10pm at the Memorial of Hope between Dillon and Essex Halls (FILE/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
On Dec. 6, 1989, Charlene Senn was procrastinating finishing her grad school homework when she saw a television news report about a shooting at École Polytechnique in Montreal.
— Published on Nov 24th, 2025
Mona Elkadri teaches hospitality and tourism with the Greater Essex County District School Board (photo: Jeanette Dufour-Amaral)
By Kate Hargreaves
Angela Langlais’s path to becoming a technological education teacher was a journey in more ways than one.
A 2024 graduate of the University of Windsor's Bachelor of Education in Technological Studies Program (BEd Tech), Langlais is now a hairstyling and aesthetics teacher with the Keewatin-Patricia School Board at Dryden High School.
— Published on Nov 28th, 2025
Dr. Bonnie Stewart is a professor in the Faculty of Education (photo courtesy of Bonnie Stewart)
By Kate Hargreaves
From search results to article summaries, image generators and facial recognition, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere.
Bonnie Stewart, a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor, challenges the idea that this AI omnipresence is inevitable or even something higher education should embrace.
Having worked in digital pedagogies since the late 1990s, Dr. Stewart’s research focuses on combining educational and sociological lenses to examine how digital tools are used.
— Published on Nov 19th, 2025
Marc Xu visits Turtle Island Walk during his first trip to the University of Windsor in early 2024 (photo courtesy of Marc Xu)
By Kate Hargreaves
When Marc Zhichang Xu visited Windsor for the first time in early 2024, he found his time at the University to be “impressive and inspirational.”
“I was particularly inspired by the Indigenous Spirit on the Turtle Island Walk on the campus,” he says, referencing the Seven Grandfather Teachings represented along the route.
Having since published on the topic of Indigenizing knowledge, Dr. Xu will return to the University of Windsor in early November for two talks in the Faculty of Education.
— Published on Oct 31st, 2025
George Zhou travelled to Nagoya University in Japan (photo courtesy of George Zhou)
By Kate Hargreaves
When George Zhou visited a high school in Japan as part of a six-week trip to Nagoya University, he was struck by the collaborative approach of the teachers.
“When the school principal led me to a large open room, I was astonished by what I saw,” said Dr. Zhou.
Rather than sitting and working independently, Zhou saw teachers sharing resources and moving around the room to talk to their colleagues.
— Published on Nov 18th, 2025
Chris Greig runs down Riverside Drive during the 2024 Detroit Free Press International Half-Marathon (photo: care of Chris Greig, Detroit Free Press Marathon)
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.”
— Published on Oct 14th, 2025
Shantelle Browning-Morgan is a high school teacher and Joint PhD student (S. BROWNING-MORGAN/University of Windsor)
