additional qualification

New additional qualification course helps teachers counter Islamophobia

Asma Ahmed, Naved Bakali and Qaiser Ahmad in front of a projector screen with presentation slide about importance of AQ courseDrs. Asma Ahmed and Naved Bakali alongside TDSB principal Qaiser Ahmad have developed a new AQ course combatting Islamophobia in schools (PROVIDED BY A. AHMED/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

Faith is an important part of how some students understand themselves and the world around them, and they do not leave this part of their identity at the classroom door. 

A new additional qualification (AQ) course offered by the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Education aims to help teachers gain the knowledge and practical tools to better support Muslim students and respond to Islamophobia in educational settings. 

Continuing teacher education course grounds inclusive futures in queer history

Walter Cassidy in the Leddy archivesWalter Cassidy is a local high school teacher and instructor of the Teaching LGTBQ Students additional qualification course for teachers (PETER MARVAL/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

History tells us that the bigots never win. 

That’s what gives Windsor high school teacher and Faculty of Education alumnus Walter Cassidy (BEd ’00) hope in the face of what seems like an uptick in anti-2SLGBTQIA+ sentiment. 

“As long as we know our history and we know that we’ve been through this before, we’ll get through it,” Cassidy says. “We always do.”