An online workshop Friday, Aug. 2, will explore the confluence of inspiration, transformation, and copyrights in arts and music.

Hosted by CJAM campus community radio station, “Copyrights for Indie Artists” will feature artists Datsunn and Julie Sando and legal counsel Fraser Turnbull to share their wealth of experience in navigating the world of art, raise awareness of the limits of copying, and offer informational resources available to independent artists.

Datsunn is a beat-maker, producer, and multi-disciplinary artist who runs School of Live Beats, an educational platform that teaches techniques and workflows for creating music using samples.

Sando is a lens-based visual artist. Working with both still and moving images, she uses collage, photography, and re-photographic processes. She is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Creative Arts, where she has taught studio art and visual culture courses for many years.

Turnbull is legal counsel and privacy officer at SOCAN — the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. His work focuses on copyright policy and reform, corporate governance, government advocacy, privacy law, and copyright litigation.

The discussion will be moderated by CJAM live music and events co-ordinator, English student Heloisa Moraes. It begins at 1 p.m. and is free to join, thanks to the CJAM Innovation Fund created by donor and alumnus Karl Mamer (BA 1999).

Register here to attend.

When the Employee Mental Health Strategy was launched in November 2023, faculty and staff highlighted the importance of building trust by being transparent throughout the implementation process, says Marcela Ciampa, director of organizational and leadership development in the Office of the Vice-President, People, Equity & Inclusion.

Members of the EMHS Implementation Working Group prioritized 22 key actions as short-, medium-, and long-term and focused on advancing those that need to be in progress or finalized by August 2024.

“Over the last six months we have been working collectively with campus partners to implement the actions identified as short-term, engaging in ongoing dialogue with faculty, staff, and leaders to ensure diverse perspectives are captured,” says Ciampa, the group’s co-lead.

She says members are committed to providing regular updates and have posted an infographic reporting progress to date on the EMHS website.

The University’s first comprehensive Employee Mental Health Strategy provides a roadmap to promote mental health and well-being, minimize workplace risks to mental health, support employees throughout the mental health continuum, and build a psychologically healthy and safe workplace culture.

Ciampa encourages faculty and staff to visit the Employee Mental Health Strategy website to access mental health resources and other updates. Direct questions and comments to employeementalhealth@uwindsor.ca.

A team of UWindsor students who will represent Bangladesh at a Model United Nations conference in Washington, D.C. this November is seeking guidance from citizens of that country attending or working at the University.

The students, drawn from participants in the UWill Discover Sustainable Futures Project, will join nearly 2,000 delegates from around the world to learn about the United Nations, human development, and diplomacy through mock sessions of the General Assembly, Human Rights Council, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund, and United Nations Environment Assembly.

Tim Brunet, chair of the UWill Discover project, says he is delighted with the 10 talented members of the team.

“Our students have lived experiences in four of six continents and come from faculties across campus,” he notes.

The delegates are:

• Anastasia Kulaga, history and political science
• Eric Joshi, political science
• Faadel Asfari, business
• Femi Soluade, political science
• Jana Jandal Alrifai, environmental studies
• Kennedy Murray, education
• Linda Nguyen, integrative biology
• Malaka Asfari, sociology and criminology
• Sona Regonda, integrative biology
• Yoha Llacza Chavez, business

In portraying the delegation from Bangladesh, the team must represent the positions of that nation’s government in discussions. To that end, members hope to hear the perspectives of local Bangladeshis.

To provide some thoughts, contact Dr. Brunet at tbrunet@uwindsor.ca.

The team will also host an event at the Faculty of Law on Nov. 2. Students who participate in UWill Discover activities can compete to be on the team next year. Registration will begin in September. Find further information about the project on its website.

Biology major Sona Regonda, the 2024 head delegate, also participated in last year’s conference.

“Preparing boils down to researching to understand a country’s values and goals,” Regonda says. “I am excited to engage our diverse UWindsor community and learn from different perspectives and experiences: the real purpose of Model United Nations.”

The Office of Sexual Violence Prevention, Resistance, and Support is making available free to UWindsor staff and faculty a range of materials promoting its services.

“We recognize that staff and faculty are key partners in sexual violence prevention at the University of Windsor,” says sexual violence education assistant Jessica Glazewski.

“With your help, we are able to share important information about sexual violence prevention programming and support services, with the goal of creating a safer and more supportive campus for everyone.”

The advertising kit includes posters and handouts for the Bystander Initiative, Flip the Script with EAAA, and support services. Order resources by Thursday, Aug. 1, using the order form here.

Direct questions to Glazewski at jessica.glazewski@uwindsor.ca.