Winners of the 2025 GA/TA Awards. Saba Memon (top left), Ronnie Haidar (top right), Mary Strong (bottom left) and Brennen Siemens (bottom right).
The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has announced the recipients of the 2025 GA/TA Awards, honouring four exceptional educators for their commitment to teaching excellence.
Recognized with the GA/TA Award for Educational Leadership are Ronnie Haidar of Argumentation Studies and Brennen Siemens of the Department of History.
— Published on Oct 28th, 2025
Prof. Trevor Pitcher offers members of the UNI-COM: Lifelong Learning Class an opportunity for hands-on learning at UWindsor’s Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre (FREC) in LaSalle. [Photo courtesy of George Plantus]
A group of seniors passionate about lifelong education cast their curiosity into the waters of fish ecology during a recent visit to the University of Windsor’s Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre (FREC) in LaSalle.
The visitors were members of the University-Community (UNI-COM): Lifelong Learning Class, a voluntary organization of adults aged 50 and older who, with support from the University and the community, promote teaching, learning, mentoring, advocacy and research.
— Published on Oct 21st, 2025
School of Computer Science undergraduate students Oluwaseun Samuel-Ipaye (left) and Ewaoluwa Olakunle (right) are on the Dean’s honour roll and attended the reception. [JOEL GUERIN/University of Windsor]
By Sara Elliott
The Faculty of Science hosted a celebration to recognize the latest Dean’s Honour Roll recipients.
Nearly 800 students – less than a third of enrolled science students – made the honour roll for the 2024-2025 academic year.
— Published on Oct 17th, 2025
University of Windsor President J.J. McMurtry, right, presents Prof. David Tanovich with the title of Distinguished University Professor during the Fall 2025 Convocation ceremony on Oct. 16. (JOHN-PAUL BONADONNA/University of Windsor)
By Sara Meikle
David Tanovich, professor and Chair in Criminal Law and Racial Justice in University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law, has been named to the rank of Distinguished University Professor in recognition of his exceptional contributions to legal scholarship and social justice in Canada.
A leading criminal law scholar, Prof. Tanovich has enhanced the reputation and impact of Windsor Law and the University of Windsor for more than 22 years.
— Published on Oct 16th, 2025
Second-year engineering student Masa Damdoum holding her Sonepar Women's Scholarship award with Jen Sagat, marketing specialist at ElectroZad. (Courtesy Masa Damdoum)
By Lindsay Charlton
At just 16, Masa Damdoum started university. Now a second-year electrical engineering student, she has been awarded a national scholarship recognizing women in technical fields.
Damdoum was named one of two recipients of the 2025/2026 Sonepar Women’s Scholarship for her excellence in the electrical field.
— Published on Oct 14th, 2025
Head coach Chantal Vallée and guard Chidera Ifearulundu (No. 9) watch the action intently during the Windsor Lancers’ game vs. the Aquinas Saints on Dec. 28, 2014. (EDWIN TAM/University of Windsor)
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.
— Published on Oct 10th, 2025
Amy Maitre (BHK ‘20) returns to the Lancers as a coach after serving as assistant captain for three seasons. [photo courtesy of Amy Maitre]
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.
— Published on Oct 8th, 2025
Students visit Oxley Estate Winery as part of a series of field trips for a biology course with Prof. Sherah Vanlaerhoven. Winemaker Andrew Wilson talked about real-world integrated pest management practices in viticulture.
By Sara Elliott
What started as a field trip to farms and wineries for a biology course, ended with job offers and a potential new career path for some students.
Prof. Sherah Vanlaerhoven brought the students from BIOL 4008, Integrated Pest Management course, to five agricultural businesses across Essex County to learn about economic pest control practices.
— Published on Oct 6th, 2025
Participants of the Bystander Initiative course. (Courtesy Frances Cachon)
By Lindsay Charlton
We cannot change what we do not acknowledge, says learning specialist Frances Cachon.
As the University of Windsor’s Bystander Initiative marks five years since its campus-wide expansion, Cachon, the program’s coordinator, emphasizes the importance of addressing difficult topics head-on.
“By getting comfortable in the discomfort, that's where the potential for real transformation lies,” she said. “Having public, informed and open conversations that matter is how we create meaningful social change.”
— Published on Sep 29th, 2025
The University of Windsor has signed a five-year Exchange and Study Abroad Agreement with Université Jean Monnet (Saint-Étienne, France), creating new global learning and research opportunities for students and faculty.
— Published on Sep 23rd, 2025
Winners of the 2025 GA/TA Awards. Saba Memon (top left), Ronnie Haidar (top right), Mary Strong (bottom left) and Brennen Siemens (bottom right).
