Dr. Wayne Ambrose-Miller and the School of Social Work have been working on embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing into the program (MICHAEL WILKINS/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.
Dr. Wayne Ambrose-Miller is director of the UWindsor School of Social Work.
Q: How would you describe what Indigenous allyship means to you?
— Published on Sep 14th, 2026
University 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.
— Published on Sep 10th, 2026
Librarian and archivist Antoinette Seymour looking through archives found in the Philosophy Department at the University of Windsor. (Lindsay Charlton/ University of Windsor)
By Lindsay Charlton
Brushing the dust off and sifting through some old boxes during a bit of spring cleaning led one staff member to discover pieces of departmental history tucked away in her new office.
Monique Ritz took over the role of undergraduate program and student support secretary last October. While cleaning out her new office, she came across boxes filled with books, papers, a CBC Radio-Canada tape and other archival materials connected to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS).
— Published on Sep 9th, 2026
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
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
EUSA co-presidents Maya Roumie and Khloe Rowse (centre) and University of Windsor students who joined a student-planned trip to Stratford, Ont. (Photo courtesy of Maya Roumie/ University of Windsor).
The English Undergraduate Student Association (EUSA) executive team set out three goals for the past term.
They included: launch this year’s zine Generation: Liminality at Biblioasis Bookshop, host two events each month and plan an overnight trip to Stratford to see a Shakespearean play.
“We did not know if the Stratford trip was going to be possible at all,” said EUSA co-president Maya Roumie. “We’re of the generation that experienced the COVID pandemic in high school, and we didn’t really get school trips the way other people did.”
— Published on Aug 19th, 2026
A new Anxiety Canada Speaker series will launch at the University of Windsor on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026.
By Lindsay Charlton
Studies suggest nearly one in three people will experience an anxiety disorder in their lifetime, sometimes beginning early in life and affecting quality of life for years.
— Published on Aug 19th, 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
Dr. Dan Xiao (right) is designing a low-cost magnetic resonance imaging device. (University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
Ten University of Windsor researchers are turning their work into ventures as members of the inaugural Innovation Fellowship cohort.
The fellows aim to bring research-based business ideas to market, from a cybersecurity training program to a low-cost magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device.
— Published on Jul 21st, 2026
Dr. Wayne Ambrose-Miller and the School of Social Work have been working on embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing into the program (MICHAEL WILKINS/University of Windsor)
