A team of ambitious UWindsor employees will be climbing the stairs at the WFCU arena later this month to help raise money for after school programs across Windsor and Essex County.
The AUTO21 Accelerators will be taking part in the United Way’s iClimb event at the east side arena on Feb. 22. Their challenge is to climb 1,000 stairs at the facility in the least amount of time as possible.
Canadians are proud of their historical connections with the Underground Railroad but shouldn’t be deluded into thinking that slavery isn’t an important part of our past too, according to Christina Simmons.
It was painter Mara Korkola who first suggested to a less-than-certain Ray Robertson that he should take up writing as a full-time vocation. Six novels, two pieces of non-fiction and more than a few literary accolades to his name later, he’s now grateful that he followed his partner’s advice.
Aspiring filmmakers, storytellers, journalists and social media masters are being called upon to show Canadians how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future prosperity.
Research for a Better Life: The Storytellers is a new competition to promote excellence in research communications and gives students a shot to win $3,000.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents a screening of From C To C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration, February 6 at noon in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
Filmed on location in British Columbia and throughout China’s Guandong province, From C to C is a moving, and cinematic, tapestry of Chinese Canadian stories of migration. These stories outline the injustices faced by Chinese migrants during the last century, and the little-known effects of migration on the families and communities of migrants.
Feminist author and social activist bell hooks once said that she entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for her and every other student to be an active participant, and not just a passive consumer of education.
That’s a sentiment that must certainly resonate with Jamie Sewell, who is studying the author’s works as part of her master’s thesis is philosophy.
Chelsea Alexander was only 15 when she had her first brush with real architecture. Her father was building a new home in Toronto’s Yonge and Eglington neighbourhood, and gave her the chance for some input on the plans, soliciting her opinion on the location of a bathroom and some of the bedrooms.
“I was so excited,” she said. “I’ve always been interested in art, and I had been drawing floor plans ever since I was a little kid, so I was thrilled for the opportunity.”
What does it really mean to have a body? How do we engage with our bodies, and how do our bodies engage with one another within the cultural, spiritual and biological sphere?
These are just a few of the questions performance and visual artist Kira O’Reilly will explore when she takes part 
in a discussion about the subject of bioart on Thursday night.
Lance Armstrong’s recent confession to Oprah Winfrey that he had been using performance enhancing substances for years may have led some more cynical observers to believe that doping among elite athletes has reached epidemic proportions.
Recent research by a human kinetics professor, however, suggests the willingness among elite athletes to cheat at all costs isn’t nearly as common as many might believe.
AIESEC Windsor will hold an orientation session on Tuesday, January 29, for prospective members of the student-run organization.
AIESEC 101 is mandatory for anyone who wishes to join and offers team building activities and speakers on its leadership and exchange opportunities. It is set for room 210, Odette Building, at 4:30 p.m.
