Kate Reynolds aka the Lavender Librarian got started with social media storytime in 2020 (PROVIDED BY K. REYNOLDS; TEMPLATE VIA CANVA STOCK/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
With her glitter-covered eyeglasses, Kate Reynolds (BMus ’06) knows that she looks like a children’s librarian. However, part of her goal as the founder of Storytime Solidarity is to shake up assumptions about who leads storytime.
— Published on Sep 1st, 2026
Sandra Ondracka is the campus recreation coordinator (KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor)
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.
Sandra Ondracka is the Campus Recreation Coordinator.
Q: How would you describe what Indigenous allyship means to you?
— Published on Sep 2nd, 2026
A new guide on Indigenous allyship is now available from Turtle Island - Indigenous Student Services Centre (PROVIDED BY F. LOMASCOLO/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
A new guide aims to support non-Indigenous members of the UWindsor community in building their knowledge and strengthening their allyship with Indigenous Peoples and communities.
Developed by Sisco Consulting in collaboration with the Turtle Island — Indigenous Student Services Centre, the document provides guidance to non-Indigenous students, faculty, staff and community members as they work toward allyship.
— Published on Aug 28th, 2026
Alumnus Jo Primeau aka Juice Boxx recently appeared on Canada's Drag Race All Stars (PROVIDED BY J. PRIMEAU/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
On the road from UWindsor's School of Visual Arts to Canada's Drag Race, artistry has always taken centre stage for Jo Primeau (BFA '11).
Better known as drag persona Juice Boxx, Primeau began performing back in 2016 after graduating from UWindsor and moving to Toronto to study makeup and special effects at Complections Makeup Artistry (now CMU College).
Work in television, film and events, followed by a role with MAC Cosmetics, eventually led Primeau to drag.
— Published on Aug 27th, 2026
Anold Mulaisho, Dr. Carlo Handy Charles, drag performers Valentina Rosé and Baddie Brooks and Dr. Camisha Sibblis, Director of the Black Scholars Institute, participated in the Black Queer and Trans Migrants and Racism Conference at the University of Windsor’s Black Scholars Institute in March 2026 (DAVE GAUTHIER/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
Being legally protected on the basis of gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation is not the same thing as belonging.
That is the message of a new report by UWindsor sociology professor Dr. Carlo Handy Charles examining the experiences of Black queer and trans migrants in Windsor-Essex.
— Published on Aug 20th, 2026
UWindsor nursing graduate Aaron Aine now works as a registered nurse in labour and delivery after overcoming the challenges of immigrating to Canada, starting university during the pandemic and earning his Canadian citizenship while completing his degree. (SUBMITTED BY AARON AINE/University of Windsor)
By Sara Meikle
Just a few years ago, Aaron Aine imagined a very different future.
Growing up in Uganda, he studied history, economics and literature with plans to become a lawyer. Nursing was never part of the plan.
Everything changed after immigrating to Canada in 2019. Aine completed his final year of high school in Scarborough before enrolling in the University of Windsor's nursing program at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was adapting to a new country, a new education system and a new way of learning all at once.
— Published on Jul 14th, 2026
Dr. Maddie Brockbank is one of the first cohort of Innovation Fellows in a new program at the University of Windsor (KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
When social work professor Maddie Brockbank first saw the call for applications to UWindsor’s Innovation Fellowship, she wasn’t sure her work would be a good fit.
“I remember thinking, this is not for me,” she recalls.
— Published on Jul 13th, 2026
UWindsor alumnae Eve Uwayesu and Eva Ou turned their experience in the Faculty of Human Kinetics into roles in pro women's sports (PROVIDED BY E. UWAYESU & PWHL/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
The first time Eve Uwayesu walked into the Toronto Tempo's offices, the WNBA's newest team was still being built — and so was a moment in professional women's sport that nobody could have predicted a decade ago.
"Everyone watches women's sports."
— Published on Jul 13th, 2026
Disability Pride Month celebrates disability activism and the culture, identity and contributions of the disability community (CANVA STOCK/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
With its colourful and muted stripes, the Disability Pride flag is itself an example of accessible design.
First created by Ann Magill in 2016, the original flag featured brighter colours in a lightning bolt pattern but inadvertently had a strobing effect for some with migraines and seizures. In true inclusive fashion, Magill listened to the community and redesigned the flag, leading to its current version of muted colours and diagonal stripes.
— Published on Jul 9th, 2026
Education, nursing and social work students spent three weeks on the annual Teach Tanzania service-learning trip (CLINTON BECKFORD/University of WIndsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
When recent nursing graduate Eunice Kungu travelled to Tanzania as part of the University of Windsor’s 2026 Teach Tanzania trip, it was for the second time.
Kungu, who is originally from Kenya, first participated in the 2025 trip when she was a third-year nursing student. When the opportunity arose to return in 2026, she knew she wanted to go back.
“What motivated me to return was the connection we built with the community and seeing the positive impact that comes from being part of this initiative,” Kungu says.
— Published on Aug 7th, 2026
