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Cross-border connections hit the road

Great Waterfront Adventure Trail takes off from UWindsorCommunity leaders, including Mayor Drew Dilkens, MP Harb Gill, Mayor Hilda MacDonald and Dr. John Hartig with cyclists at the morning kickoff celebration of the Great Waterfront Trail Adventure at the University of Windsor, Ont. on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Lindsay Charlton/ University of Windsor)

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.

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David Suzuki calls for urgent action and community resilience during UWindsor visit

David Suzuki address an audience in Alumni Auditorium.David Suzuki chronicles his journey from a childhood marked by wartime internment to becoming a globally respected science communicator and environmental advocate in his latest book, latest book titled Lessons from A Lifetime: 90 Years of Inspiration and Activism. (PHOTO BY MICHAEL WILKINS/University of Windsor)

By John-Paul Bonadonna

The University of Windsor welcomed one of Canada’s most influential voices in environmental science and advocacy, Dr. David Suzuki, for a wide-ranging and candid evening that challenged audiences to confront the realities of climate change and their own role in it.

Hosted by the Faculty of Science, the School of the Environment and the Healthy Headwaters Lab, An Evening with Dr. David Suzuki drew a sold-out audience from across campus and Windsor-Essex. 

Events to highlight legacy of Underground Railroad and Windsor-Detroit history

Ambassador Bridge The Detroit River is central to Windsor-Detroit's cross-border relationship (FILE/University of Windsor)

The Windsor-Detroit region has an extensive and rich history of cross-border connection, including as a key gateway in the Underground Railroad. 

A pair of events next week highlight the longstanding international ties across the Detroit River and the role this region played in helping formerly enslaved people escape to freedom.