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University of Windsor

The University of Windsor is a comprehensive, student-focused university with 16,000 students enrolled in a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional schools such as Law, Business, Science, Engineering, Education, Nursing, Human Kinetics and Social Work. The University has strong student-faculty engagement, exceptional award-winning teachers and researchers, and dedicated staff. With comparatively small class sizes and an array of student services, clubs and associations, UWindsor provides students with a friendly and supportive learning environment. The University overlooks the Detroit River on one of Canada’s most beautiful waterfronts and is minutes away from North America’s biggest international border crossing. This location speaks to UWindsor’s strength as an internationally oriented, multi-disciplinary institution that actively enables a broad diversity of students, faculty, and staff to make a better world through education, scholarship, research, and engagement.

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For students who are learning to speak English, art can empower a shift of focus away from rote memorization to creative and meaningful inquiry. (Shutterstock)

Bringing art into classrooms can benefit students who are learning to speak English

Making and analyzing art helps students learn English on a more personal and emotional level than traditional approaches do.
A flag supporting LGBTQ+ rights decorates a desk during a March 2023 debate, on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

It’s important to protect trans athletes on campuses, and this benefits all students

Some universities’ non-discrimination and gender-based violence policies have been criticized on equality grounds, and this needs to change.
When an employee frequently remains silent at work, it may indicate underlying mental health challenges rather than just disengagement or dissatisfaction with workplace conditions. (Shutterstock)

Silence speaks volumes: How mental health influences employee silence at work

Mental illness symptoms can impair work engagement by causing employees to fixate on the potential negative consequences of speaking up.
Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada are seen during a welcome ceremony at the Supreme Court, in Ottawa, Feb. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

R v. Kloubakov: Supreme Court of Canada ignores sex workers in case on sex work

The Supreme Court has chosen to exclude from intervention the voices of those directly impacted. This exclusion rehearses Canada’s longer history of excluding sex workers.
Coming to parts of a solution around climate change needs to involve the intersection of many disciplines. (Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency/EDUimages)

How classroom learning can help students shape new stories about climate change

The big, interconnected problem of climate change means teachers need to build lessons beginning with big questions. Five steps for designing classes that draw on interdisciplinary approaches.
A pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Toronto, May 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

By clearing protest encampments, universities put property over people

Canadian universities’ requests for court orders and police enforcement to clear Palestine solidarity encampments raise questions about the legal status of encampments and the use of injunctions.
Ice on Lake Erie provides winter light for algae thriving below. Sue Thompson

Losing winter ice is changing the Great Lakes food web – here’s how light is shaping life underwater

In winter 2023-24, the Great Lakes’ ice cover was near record lows, peaking at just 16%. Researchers explain how diminishing ice could have consequences for fisheries, and how species are evolving.
The Dali, right, sits amid the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., on April 1. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner via AP)

Human error may have contributed to the Key Bridge disaster — changing our approach to design can help reduce accidents

Human error may have contributed to the tragic accident in Baltimore harbour on March 26. Designing systems that reduce the potential for human error may help prevent future incidents.
Christopher Nolan accepts the award for Best Director for ‘Oppenheimer’ during the Oscars on March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

As ‘Oppenheimer’ triumphs at the Oscars, we should ask how historical films frame our shared future

The success of ‘Oppenheimer’ at the Academy Awards presents an opportunity to think about critical criteria for viewing historical film — and what we are owed by historical filmmakers.
Norman Jewison (left) and Lynne St. David-Jewison arrive on the red carpet at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

A look back at Norman Jewison’s stellar directing career and commitment to Canadian filmmakers

Jewison had a trailblazing commitment to the development of film in Canada, seen both in his founding of the Canadian Film Centre and when he visited us at the Windsor International Film Festival.

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