A meeting Monday, March 6, will provide the campus community with information on the new residence planned for the west side of Sunset Ave. between Wyandotte and Union streets.

Construction is expected to commence on the state-of-the-art building in Spring 2023.

The session will be hosted by Teeple Architects starting at 4 p.m. in Katzman Lounge, Vanier Hall. RSVP to Tracy Huff at huffts@uwindsor.ca if you are interested in attending.

A provincial tuition grant program to increase the number of practising nurses in Windsor and other under-serviced regions will be offered for the 2023-24 academic year at the University of Windsor.

Beginning in the spring, potential students in Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BScN); Master of Science, Nursing (MScN); Masters of Nursing (MN); and graduate diploma in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner programs will be eligible to apply for an Ontario Learn and Stay Grant, which offers upfront funding for tuition, books, and other direct educational costs in return for graduates working and caring for people in the region where they studied for a minimum term of six months for each year of funded education.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for interested students to not only remove the financial burden of funding a nursing education but to contribute to measurable improvements to their community through their nursing practice,” says Chris Busch, the University’s associate vice-president, enrolment management.

The three-year, $61 million program was announced in March 2022 and is intended to connect healthcare workers with more than a dozen underserved and growing communities province-wide.

“The pandemic has demonstrated what we’ve always known to be true — nurses are a vitally important part of keeping our communities healthy and safe,” says Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine, dean of the Faculty of Nursing.

“The Learn and Stay program has the potential to open the nursing field to many more dedicated, talented individuals whom the cost of nursing education may have previously hindered. I encourage anyone interested in pursuing nursing as a professional calling to use this unique opportunity.”

Updates and information on the online application process will be available by spring at Ontario Learn and Stay Grant | ontario.ca.

Additional sections are now open for registration for The Fundamentals of Race and Anti-Black Racism course.

The 18-hour course will focus on issues related to race and its origins, anti-Black racism, and the construct of whiteness. Through case studies and the sharing of experiences, participants explore their own relationships to power, privilege, and oppression to enhance their awareness within their personal and professional interactions.

“The instructor skillfully guided the class through the lens of historical, social, economic, and other perspectives of the topic,” says past participant Kelly Gregoire. “The assigned course materials were in a variety of mediums and were helpful to understand the topic more intensely. Overall, I was very impressed with the content, organization and expertise of the instructor and class.”

Two sections are now available for registration:

• ABRI 7102 - 005: Thursdays, March 30 - May 4 | 9 a.m. – 12 noon
• ABRI 7102 - 007: Thursdays, May 11 - June 22 | 5 – 8 p.m.

Upon completion, learners will receive a Certificate of Completion.

The course is open to all, and active full-time and part-time employees are encouraged to register.

Limited spots remain for active full-time and part-time employees to receive $100 off towards the course fee of $279 + HST, made available through the Department of Human Resources.

The course is offered in collaboration with the Office of the Vice-President, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and supported by the Black Council of Windsor-Essex.

More information and registration can be found on the Continuing Education website.

Enrolled and active University of Windsor students can also register for a free three-hour course, Building the Foundation: Race Literacy.

The Office of Open Learning is celebrating its 10 year anniversary supporting the campus in exploring digital and hybrid teaching and learning, and open educational practices, and is inviting the UWindsor community to join in, Tuesday, March 7, from noon to 4 p.m. in room 1232, Centre for Engineering Innovation.

Director Nick Baker will kick off the celebration by announcing the next round of grants available to support digital and open pedagogies, open educational resource development, and exploring approaches to decolonized and equitable use of technology in teaching. The office will also announce the launch of the new Humanizing Digital Learning Certificate and of course, there will be coffee and cupcakes.

Open Learning is also hosting a series of online and hybrid events showcasing open practices during Open Education Week, March 6 to 10,  including student and faculty perspectives on Open Educational Resources, showcasing some of the incredible work done by UWindsor faculty and students creating open resources, the tools and support available for anyone wanting to build their own or adapt existing resources for their classes, and approaches to open scholarship.

“We are excited to welcome people to join us online or in person to discuss or try out technology or even start creating a digital resource,” says Mark Lubrick, a learning specialist in the Office of Open Learning. “Whether you are interested in creating high quality videos or podcasts, creating interactions, trying out ChatGPT, or just stopping by to chat, we encourage everyone to stop by the first floor of the CEI at 700 California Ave. to see what supports are available.”

Most of the workshops offer both an online or in-person option and some are open to a global audience. Find out more about the workshops and sign up using the links below:

• March 6 – Panel on creating and using open educational resources: Student perspective
• March 6 – Why Should I Consider open educational resources?
• March 7 – Come try our technology
• March 7- The Office of Open Learning 10-year celebration
• March 8 – Create a resource: Live support to create a resource you need
• March 8 – Original and Contemporary Land Acknowledgements
• March 9 – Using Pressbooks for creating open educational resources
• March 9- Open Educational Practices and Resources for accessibility, equity, inclusiveness, and social justice
• Mar 10 – Panel on creating and using open educational resources: Instructor perspective
• Mar 10 – An Introduction to Open Scholarship

Pianist and School of Creative Arts alumnus Derek Chiu (BMus 2001) returns to Windsor with violinist Roberto Cani for a beautiful program of elegant and energetic chamber music on Saturday, March 4. The program includes violin and piano works by Mozart, Ravel, Franck, and Paganini.

The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall, SoCA Armouries, 37 University Ave. East. Click here for more information and tickets.

As a professional pianist and piano pedagogue, Chiu has performed solo and chamber recitals throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. Most recently he has performed at Biola University, California State University – Northridge, Showcase Pianos in Vancouver, Bishop’s University, University of Lethbridge, and the University of Regina.

Chiu is three-time recipient of Steinway & Sons Top Piano Teacher Award in Calgary. He enjoys an international career as a performer, music educator, clinician, adjudicator, and music consultant.

Cani has performed throughout the United States as well as in Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Russia, Croatia, Belgium, Poland, Serbia, France, Taiwan, Japan, and South Africa. He has appeared as soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic, Italy’s RAI Symphony, the Belgrade Philharmonic, Zagreb Soloists, Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano, the American Youth Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, the Missouri Chamber Orchestra, and Symphony of the Americas.

Both artists will then host masterclasses at the Armouries on the afternoon of Sunday, March 5. Cani will work with violin students from the School of Creative Arts and the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra at 1 p.m., while Chiu will work with SoCA pianists at 3 p.m. Both masterclasses are open to the public.

Local poets will read from their works during an event Saturday that will launch Ryan Fitzpatrick’s collection Sunny Ways.

Fitzpatrick is the author of four books of poetry and more than a dozen chapbooks. He is currently the publisher of Model Press, an online-only poetry micropress. In Sunny Ways, Fitzpatrick channels his experiences growing up in the big-sky economic pragmatism of Calgary, where oil pays

Joining him Saturday are MA students Rawand Mustafa, Chloe Burrows-Moore, and Anna Karch; creative writing grad Jade Wallace (MA 2022); and artist-writer-designer-curator Mark Laliberte.

The event will open at 7 p.m. March 4 at Chapter Two Brewing Co., 2345 Edna St.

The University has declared a laser printer and fax machine for sale by bid as Disposal File 1088.

The Canon Faxphone L100 unit consolidates a laser fax machine, laser printer, and digital copier into one. Click here for details.