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UWindsor community helps bring Indigenous perspectives to waterfront

Queen's Dock Cultural PierUniversity of Windsor Visual Arts and Built Environment program coordinator and architect Jasson Grossi standing at the front at the Queen's Dock Cultural Pier in Windsor, Ont. (PETER MARVAL/ University of Windsor)

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.

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How a one-of-a-kind UWindsor program built a path to creative impact

Jack Lavigne graduate of VABE programGraduate of the VABE program, Jack Lavigne, at the University of Windsor School of Creative Arts. (MIKE WILKINS/The University of Windsor)

By Lindsay Charlton

From a young age, Jack Lavigne was drawn to the spaces that shape our world. 

Tagging along on visits to project sites, he saw how blueprints turned into buildings, taking shape as places people live in and move through every day.  

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