The Turtle Island Aboriginal Education Centre has a limited number of spaces available in its summer camp running from Monday to Friday, July 24 to 28.

The camp is free to all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students in Grades 9 through 12, including 2023 graduates. Students will engage in hands-on activities across campus, while exploring different programs offered at the University of Windsor.

Program-based workshops will include activities organized by departments in the faculties of engineering, law, science, and arts, humanities, and social sciences. Participants will strengthen their teamwork skills with an escape room and at the Lancer Leadership Challenge Course.

The camp will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Breakfast and lunch will be served daily. Indigenous youth will receive cash honorariums at the end of the week for attendance.

For more information and to register, click here.

Direct questions to Victoria Hecnar at vhecnar@uwindsor.ca or 519-253-3000, ext. 3465.

Ten new co-op streams in the arts, humanities, and social sciences are now available to students looking to gain hands-on work experience and a competitive edge upon graduation.

Launched in collaboration with Co-operative Education and Workplace Partnerships and the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, the new co-op offerings span a variety of disciplines and fields of study, including:

• Communication, Media, and Film
• Drama
• Drama in Education and Community with a Concentration in Applied Theatre
• English
• French
• History
• Modern Languages and Second Language Education (Spanish Stream)
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology

Enrolment details:

• The inaugural cohort of FAHSS co-op students will be selected from students entering the Fall 2023 intake this September from the eligible Honours Bachelor of Arts disciplines.
• Applications for eligible students open Friday, Dec. 1, and close Monday, Jan. 8, at 4 p.m. Those students will be invited to in-person and virtual information sessions to learn more about how co-op could compliment their degree program.
• After the first intake of FAHSS co-op students, this option will be available from high school (Fall 2024 admissions).

Kristen Morris, manager of co-operative education and workplace partnerships, says the co-op office is excited to build on the success of existing UWindsor co-op and internship programs by offering more students the opportunity to put their skills to work in a variety of sectors.

“With these additional co-op streams, students will be able to explore their career options, build professional connections, and earn 12 months of paid work experience while applying and enhancing their skills,” says Morris.

Cheryl Collier, dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, says she is excited to be able to offer students co-operative education opportunities in many core programs.

We already know that the skills students develop in our programs are essential to the jobs of the future,” Dr. Collier says. “They will now get the opportunity to apply these skills during their university education which will give them an even stronger advantage and head start toward their careers upon graduation.”

For more information about the new FAHSS co-op options, visit uwindsor.ca/coop.

Richard Peddie (BComm 1970, honorary LLD 2001) will lead a conversation about big dreams, lessons learned, and not giving up as the July entry in the Alumni Meet-Ups series of monthly chats on relevant and interesting topics, a partnership between the University of Windsor Alumni Association and Peddie’s River Bookshop.

Based on his 41 years in business and a more recent 10 years of community building, Dr. Peddie will discuss “Life: the Rule of Three” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, in the “Art Alley” behind the bookshop, located at 67 Richmond St. in Amherstburg.

The event promises a catered ice cream bar. Attendance is free but registration in advance is required. Fill in the online form here to save your spot.

Some young adults would rather give up sex or cut 10 years off their life expectancies than give up social media, a team of researchers from UWindsor’s Faculty of Human Kinetics has found.

Paige Coyne, Bailey Csabai, and Sarah Woodruff surveyed 750 Canadians aged 16 to 30 about the sacrifices they’d be willing to make to stay online.

The results, they say, are “quite honestly, scary.”

Nearly 10 per cent of respondents said they would accept being unable to have children, they’d give up sex, or they’d forfeit one year of their life to maintain their social media connections. Five per cent said they’d forfeit five years of life expectancy and three per cent said they’d gladly die a decade earlier. Five per cent also said they’d be willing to contract a sexually transmitted infection or be diagnosed with a life-threatening illness like cancer rather than give up social media.

A greater number of participants were willing to sacrifice lifestyle choices. About 40 per cent of respondents were willing to give up caffeine, alcohol, and video games. Thirty per cent were willing to give up playing sports, watching TV, or eating at their favourite restaurants.

Another 10 to 15 per cent said they’d rather gain 15 pounds, shave their heads, give up their driver’s licence, or live without air conditioning.

The team has written about their findings in The Conversation, an online publication featuring articles from academics and researchers around the world.

Dr. Woodruff, a kinesiology professor and associate dean - academic programs in the Faculty of Human Kinetics, leads the Community Health, Environment and Wellness (CHEW) lab. Coyne, who recently successfully defended her doctoral thesis, and Csabai, who recently successfully defended her Master’s thesis, are researchers in the CHEW lab.

“As researchers who study societal relationships with these technologies, we began to wonder the lengths young adults might go to maintain their connection to social media,” they write.

“We are not the kind of researchers who want to rid the world of social media. Quite the opposite, we use it ourselves. We see the benefits and consequences and want to encourage conversations, reflection and thinking about how and why we use social media.”

Read their full article in The Conversation here.

—Sarah Sacheli

The second entry in the 2023 Summer Concert Series presented by the Office of the President is aligned with the Workplace Wellness Committee’s Get Active! Stay Active! challenge.

On Monday, July 17, challenge participants will leave from the River Commons at 11:45 a.m. for a walk around campus.

On their return, they will join all members of the campus community in enjoying music by DJ R.J. Sivanesan and some summertime treats: lemonade, ice pops, and ice cream, in the paved commons area on the west side of Turtle Island Walk.

“Get up from your desks, join your colleagues at River Commons, and enjoy the summer months with music and treats,” says organizer Mona Sleiman, event and community relations manager in the Office of the President.

Learn more about the Get Active! Stay Active! Workplace Wellness Challenge.

Grade 11 students flocked to campus for the 10th annual Science Academy, July 3 to 7.

The Faculty of Science hosts students each year and opens each department to showcase what they have to offer. Visitors also get the opportunity to engage with peers as well as UWindsor faculty, staff, and students.

Forty-four top-achieving students participated in mini-lectures and labs, toured the faculty, participated in the amazing science race and heard from alumni about possible career paths to take.

Lauren Roberts from Assumption College Catholic High School says it was a fun week.

“I just thought it would be a cool opportunity to check out all the programs at UWindsor especially because I’m so interested in science,” says Roberts. “A highlight for me was during biomed we looked at human anatomy and the cat dissection and bones — I thought it was really cool.”

This year’s academy was co-ordinated by experiential learning specialist Michelle Bondy, interim dean Dora Cavallo-Medved, and fourth-year biology major Josh Mathews. Lauren Pandolfi from biomedical sciences is one of the 35 undergraduate volunteers.

“It is really good. I led a group on chemistry activities, and I’ve seen a lot of passion and enthusiasm from the students, which is awesome,” says Pandolfi.

Students who participated every day are eligible to receive a $1,000 scholarship to any program in the Faculty of Science.

A concert in the Armouries Performance Hall on Friday, July 14, will feature original jazz compositions by trumpeter and UWindsor grad Austin Di Pietro (BMus 2018).

Titled “Borders,” the program explores the influence of residing in a border region and the power of art and music to transcend physical and metaphorical boundaries.

Besides Di Pietro, performers include music faculty member Mike Karloff on piano, drummer Vanessa Harnish (BMus 2008, B.Ed 2009), bassist Alex Leite, saxophonist Ryan Bills, and guitarist Ian Blunden.

The show gets underway at 7:30 p.m. in the Armouries, 353 Freedom Way. Tickets are $15 at the door or $10 in advance, available here.

Students in professor Lindsay Miller-Branovacki’s class “Engineering and Society” will share with interested members of the University community the chance to hear from Cory Jones of Neegan Burnside Indigenous Engineering and Environment consulting company.

Jones will present via MS Teams on “Experiences Delivering Infrastructure to Canadian Indigenous Communities.”

Jones is Anishnaabe from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation and has spent the last 25 years at Neegan Burnside working with Indigenous communities on projects from wastewater treatment to renewable energy.

UWindsor president Robert Gordon will deliver opening remarks starting at 1 p.m. today — Thursday, July 13. Click here to join the session.

The University has declared varied items of office furniture for sale by bid as Disposal File 2006.

Available are a folding metal flip chart stand, a small and a large desktop, desk mounting hardware, and a plexiglass shield. Click here for details.