Latest Stories

People, Equity & Inclusion
Dr. Wayne Ambrose-Miller
Sep 14th, 2026

As part of the launch of the Turtle Island — Indigenous Student Services Centre's Indigenous Allyship Guide, we are asking allies across campus to reflect on their allyship journeys.

Dr. Wayne Ambrose-Miller is director of the UWindsor School of Social Work.

Research & Innovation
Queen's Dock Cultural Pier
Sep 10th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

At the foot of Mill Street in Windsor’s Sandwich Town, a new pier is giving residents a fresh perspective on the Detroit River.

Within moments after the Bexhigoyaak Pier, also known as the Queen’s Dock Cultural Pier, opened this spring, people were casting lines into the water — something pier and park designer Jason Grossi was happy to see.

Community & Partnerships
Ceremonial cheque presentation
Sep 10th, 2026

By John-Paul Bonadonna

Tanya Leegstra was still processing the news Thursday after her name was announced as the grand prize winner at the University of Windsor’s Welcoming Celebration.

The first-year nursing student from Brantford was awarded $4,000 toward tuition during Welcome Week festivities at the Toldo Lancer Centre.

“I’m shocked. I really didn’t think I was going to get that at all,” said Leegstra, who was all smiles after receiving the news.

Research & Innovation
Grad student teaching
Sep 10th, 2026

By Sara Elliott

In Iqaluit, Nunavut, University of Windsor researchers are helping young people turn the birds around their homes into a gateway to Arctic science, conservation training and community-based wildlife monitoring.

The team received a $172,200 three-year grant for the project through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) PromoScience program.

Research & Innovation
Catherine Febria
Sep 10th, 2026

By Sara Elliott

Catherine Febria’s research begins in the smallest streams, where land, water and people meet. Its impact is now being recognized nationally.

From microbes and mushrooms to watersheds across the Great Lakes Basin, the University of Windsor ecologist uses science to understand and restore freshwater ecosystems while building relationships with the communities that depend on them.

Latest News
GSS Study Commons opens
Sep 9th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

What makes libraries meaningful is what people learn, discover and create within them, says university librarian and dean Selinda Berg. Students at the University of Windsor now have a new space to do just that.

As campus bustled with new students Tuesday, the Leddy Library celebrated the official opening of the Graduate Student Society (GSS) Study Commons with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Research & Innovation
Aaron Fisk and Lydia Paulic
Sep 9th, 2026

By Sara Elliott

For more than two decades, University of Windsor researcher Dr. Aaron T. Fisk has helped change how scientists understand freshwater ecosystems – from how contaminants move through aquatic food webs to where fish travel, feed and spawn across the Great Lakes and the Arctic.

That body of work has now earned Fisk one of Canada’s highest academic honours.

Research & Innovation
Catherine Febria, centre, conducts field research with three University of Windsor students while standing in the Sydenham River.
Sep 9th, 2026

From tracking fish across the Great Lakes to restoring the streams that connect land, water and communities, University of Windsor researchers Dr. Aaron T. Fisk and Dr. Catherine Febria are advancing understanding of how freshwater ecosystems are understood, managed and protected.

Their work has now earned national recognition from the Royal Society of Canada.

Teaching & Learning
Antoinette Seymour
Sep 9th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

Brushing the dust off and sifting through some old boxes during a bit of spring cleaning led one staff member to discover pieces of departmental history tucked away in her new office.

Community & Partnerships
Great Waterfront Adventure Trail takes off from UWindsor
Sep 9th, 2026

Lindsay Charlton

If you build it, they will come.

And so they did.

More than 100 cyclists from across Canada and the United States met at the University of Windsor last month to experience the newest addition to the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail.