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Jul 11th, 2023
UWindsor alumnus John Bitove is the new chair of micromobility company Bird Global.
In the first half of the 20th century, Windsor was home to a dynamic Black community located in the metropolitan core. Situated east of the downtown commercial district, the McDougall Street Corridor was a mostly self-sufficient African Canadian community bounded loosely by Riverside Drive, Goyeau Street, Giles Street, and Howard Avenue.
This historic neighbourhood emerged during the mid-19th century as African American freedom seekers and free people of colour crossed the Detroit River in search of refuge from enslavement and oppression.
Law professor Danardo Jones moderated a March 20 panel discussion on systemic racism in Canada’s bail system.