Research and Creative Activity

By Sara Meikle

What does the future of law look like? Windsor Law students and legal professionals from across Canada will explore that question at the 19th annual Canadian Law Student Conference on March 5 and 6.

This year, Windsor Law’s student-run organization, Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues (WRLSI), is infusing new energy into the landmark event, aiming to reestablish it as a nationally recognized conference.

By Lindsay Charlton

Many insurance companies offer lower rates to drivers who demonstrate safe habits — but what data is actually being collected, and how is it being used?

A new research project led by Dr. Mitra Mirhassani, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Windsor, is examining the privacy implications of the mobile apps insurers ask drivers to install.

By Kate Hargreaves 

With the Milano-Cortina Winter Games officially wrapped and Canadian athletes beginning to arrive home, the support for Team Canada continues at airports across the country. 

Winning 21 medals total — five gold, seven silver and nine bronze, Team Canada took home medals across seven different sports. 

By Kate Hargreaves

Jeanine Watt (BSc ’78, LLB ’88) joined a gym in 2018 to stay active as a semi-retired lawyer. 

“I knew that if I retired, the only thing that would get any exercise was my thumb on the remote control,” she jokes. 

This March, she will take the main stage at the Arnold Sports Festival as a pro competitor in the Arnold Armlifting Championships. 

This April, the University of Windsor will host the Research and Innovation Excellence Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions from across campus. 

Celebrating excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity, as well as initiatives that engage community, industry and government partners to advance the exchange of knowledge, technology and expertise, the event will highlight achievements across disciplines and career stages. 

By Sara Meikle

As Canada faces ongoing health-care worker shortages, internationally educated nurses (IENs) are increasingly relied upon to fill critical roles.

Research by Dr. Edward Cruz, a professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Windsor, suggests many of these nurses continue to encounter systemic barriers that limit their ability to fully integrate into the workforce — even as they are actively recruited to meet demand.

By Lindsay Charlton

After winning their home competition, three University of Windsor engineering students earned a second-place finish in the junior design division at the Ontario Engineering Competition in Ottawa.

At last month’s competition hosted at Carleton University, second-year mechanical engineering students Andrew Raoux, Kai Luong and Owen Lebel earned one of two qualifying spots for the Canadian Engineering Competition with a project that launched and safely landed an egg “astronaut.”

By Sara Elliott

Third-year biomedical sciences student Simona Brezeanu’s undergraduate health-care research turned heads at a national student research conference this winter. 

In January, Queen’s University in Kingston hosted the 21st Canadian Undergraduate Conference on Healthcare (CUCOH). The student-run conference brought together more than 150 students from more than 10 Canadian institutions to present their research. 

By Kate Hargreaves 

The University of Windsor’s Faculty of Education has launched its new strategic plan for 2025-2030. 

Grounded in extensive consultations with faculty, staff, students, alumni, community members and school boards, this plan will help shape teaching, research, partnerships and impact over the next five years. 

“Central to this plan is the Faculty’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization,” says Dr. Ken Montgomery, dean of the Faculty of Education.  

TIME Magazine has listed the University of Windsor as among the World’s Top Universities for 2026. 

In this competitive global ranking, UWindsor was ranked number 22 in all of Canada and in the top eight in Ontario.