Campus community gathers to honour those who served
Sailor 1st Class Andrew Micallef-Bustamante, a University of Windsor history student and member of the Royal Canadian Navy, reads the Commitment to Remember during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)
Students, faculty, staff and community members gathered on the front lawn of Memorial Hall on Nov. 11 for the University of Windsor’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony, honouring Canada’s veterans, active service members and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Through musical tributes, moments of reflection and readings of letters written by Canadian service members during wartime, the campus community came together to remember the human cost of war and the enduring importance of peace and freedom.
View photos from the ceremony below.
Bagpiper Ryan Burchiel plays outside Dillon Hall during the University of Windsor’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)University of Windsor students currently serving in the Canadian Armed Forces hold the Canadian Naval Ensign, the official flag of the Royal Canadian Navy, during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)University of Windsor President Dr. J.J. McMurtry delivers remarks honouring veterans, active service members and those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)The University of Windsor Singers, led by interim choir director Nicholas Morvay, perform For the Fallen during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)University of Windsor Students’ Alliance president Victorieuse Sambao reads In Flanders Fields during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)University of Windsor alumna and trumpeter Amanda Hanson performs the Last Post during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)Honorary Colonel Keith Henry, an Army veteran, salutes during the University of Windsor’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)Sgt. David Pitawanakwat, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and sessional instructor at Windsor Law, delivers an Indigenous reflection during the University of Windsor’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)Retired Canadian Armed Forces Cpl. Nicholas Amlin, a University of Windsor international relations student and Army and Air Force veteran, introduces a series of wartime letters read by dramatic art students during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)University of Windsor dramatic art student Hadassah Ward reads a wartime letter written by a Canadian service member during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)University of Windsor dramatic art student Pritham Suresan reads a wartime letter written by a Canadian service member during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)
From left, Lieutenant Commander Marc Levesque of HMCS Hunter, Honorary Colonel Keith Henry and University of Windsor President Dr. J.J. McMurtry lay a wreath inside Memorial Hall to honour Assumption College students and staff who lost their lives during the Second World War, as part of the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)
Sailor 1st Class Andrew Micallef-Bustamante, a University of Windsor history student and member of the Royal Canadian Navy, reads the Commitment to Remember during the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2026. (MIKE WILKINS/University of Windsor)
