The Alumni Awards of Excellence, March 15 in Alumni Auditorium, will honour some of the University of Windsor graduates whose contributions span the globe.

The Alumni Award of Merit will recognize Jan Matte-Gasparovic (BHK 1979, B.Ed 1983, MHK 1989) and W. James Weese (BHK 1980, MHK 1983) for distinguished accomplishments which have brought honour to the University of Windsor.

The Alumni Ambassador Award, which recognizes alumni in their mid-career for significant achievements in their professional life and in the community, will be presented to Danielle Breault Stuebing (BA 1992).

Odyssey Awards recognize alumni who are in the early years of their career path, having distinguished themselves through successes in career or personal endeavours. This year’s honourees include Amirali Amirsoleimani (PhD 2018), Sabrina Cicconi (BA 2009, B.Ed 2010), Dillon Richardson (MHK 2015), and Antonio Verbora (BA 2010, MA 2012).

Buy tickets to attend on the event website.

The Black History – Black Futures planning committee has prepared quizzes to run through the month of February, offering as a prize a poster created by alumnus Robert Small (BA 1993) — an Officer of the Order of Canada — from his Legacy Collexion.

To enter today’s contest — the fourth and last in the series — just send your answers to the following trivia questions. A winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28.

1. Detroit’s code name on the Underground Railroad was “Midnight.” What was Windsor’s?
   a) Canaan
   b) Emancipation
   c) Freedom
   d) North Star
    
2. Which university was the first in Canada to divest from South Africa in the apartheid era?
   a) University of Toronto
   b) Western University
   c) University of Windsor
   d) York University
    
3. Prior to the Windsor’s program of urban renewal, the McDougall Street Corridor, the city’s historically Black neighbourhood, was home to which of these establishments?
   a) a Black-owned credit union
   b) offices of Black doctors and dentists
   c) a Black-owned hotel
   d) all of the above

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to AROC@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please.

A policy brief case competition will give student participants experience in the process of policymaking, as well as a chance to share their voices on issues of national concern.

Teams of one to four people will research, brainstorm, and propose a policy addressing one of two topics: the dementia epidemic and the crisis in student housing.

Top submissions will have the chance to publish their work, earn cash prizes, and speak with relevant policymakers in the field.

Organized by the USci Network’s STEMxPolicy in collaboration with UWill Discover, the Policython will run Saturday, March 4.

“No prior experience is needed, just enthusiasm and eagerness to learn,” says lead organizer Aaryan Patel.

Register by March 2 as a team or individual; individuals may ask to be placed on a team. Find more details and register free here.

Editors of a new academic journal exploring the complexity of racial oppression and its intersections with gender, class, sexuality, disability, age, language, and religion invite submissions from scholars in the fields of critical race studies; Black studies; Indigenous studies; women, gender, and sexuality studies; Latin American studies; and diaspora studies.

The Journal of Critical Race, Indigeneity, and Decolonization — sponsored by the UWindsor Office of the Vice-President, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion — is peer-reviewed, open access, and published electronically twice a year.

Editor Naved Bakali, an assistant professor of anti-racism education in the Faculty of Education, and associate editors Rebecca Major, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, and James Oloo, an assistant professor in educational administration, policy, and leadership in the Faculty of Education, aim to provide a catalyst for international research that highlights exemplary praxis and intellectual thought to inform and transform post-secondary education.

Find more information on the journal, its scope and focus, and submission processes on its website.

WE-Spark Health Institute has released its Year 4, third quarter report, highlighting key accomplishments from November 2022 to January 2023:

• added 129 new members to surpass the 1,000-member milestone;
• welcomed Erie Shores HealthCare as a new partner;
• facilitated the collection of 73 patient tissue samples;
• hosted its first in-person international research conference;
• expanded its student research network at St. Clair College and the University of Windsor for a total of 68 student members and four paid internships;
• facilitated five adjunct appointments in the UWindsor Department of Biomedical Sciences; and
• hosted six events focused on networking, medical student research opportunities, and health research innovation.

Read the report here. All WE-Spark quarterly reports can be found on its website.