UWindsor alumna Antonella Ciampa (BA 1989, B.Ed 1990, M.Ed 2008) is among the community leaders who will be recognized by the Windsor and District Labour Council at an awards reception Thursday, June 15.

The Gary L. Parent Labour Activist Awards, named for the council’s former president, honour volunteer work promoting environmental, social justice, human rights, and other causes.

Ciampa, an elementary teacher with the Greater Essex County District School Board, serves as first vice-president of the Greater Essex Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and chaired the council’s organizing committee for local commemoration of the Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job.

“One of my favourite quotes is ‘Inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more’,” Ciampa says. “This holds true for the students I have taught and the teachers that I have guided in their education journey.”

She is being honoured in the category for advocacy for women and will receive her award at a celebratory reception Thursday, June 15.

Also earning recognition is Kevin Johnson, team lead for web communications in Public Affairs and Communications and secretary-treasurer of Local 1393 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, for advocacy in public services.

Have you looked up lately? DailyNews is offering readers a chance to win a prize package by identifying bottoms-up views of campus structures.

Up for grabs are a water bottle, umbrella, lunch box, and reusable carrying bag all donated by the Alumni Association and bearing its logo.

Just match the numbered pictures to the letter-listed buildings. The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by noon Monday, June 12.

1. CAW Student Centre
2. Dillon Hall
3. Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation
4. Leddy Library
5. Toldo Lancer Centre

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

The deadline for the June 2023 disbursement of awards through the University Diversity, Indigeneity, and Anti-Racism Professional Development Funds is looming: applications are due by Thursday, June 15.

Awards of up to $5,000 — and over, depending on availability — are open to UWindsor faculty and librarians. Find more information, including the application form, on the Office of the Vice-President, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion website.

Tracing its origins to Persia, the Baha’i faith emphasizes unity, a common source for all religions, and an elimination of all forms of discrimination, but its adherents have experienced persecution throughout history.

In a public presentation Thursday, June 22, John Cappucci, Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Religion and Conflict at Assumption University, will discuss the results of his survey on how Iranian Canadians in Ontario perceive the treatment of Baha’is in Iran.

The event, “A Minority Affair: The Baha’i Question and Iranian Canadians,” is free and open to all. It begins at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Hall, 4401 Mt. Royal Dr.