A new curriculum for teachers or other professionals working with First Nations youth aims to reduce the risk of suicide.
Brent Angell
The First Nations Children’s Safety Project distributes child booster seats and helmets for bicycling and skateboarding to Indigenous children and families.
Aug 25th, 2016
The First Nations Children’s Safety Project distributes car seats and helmets for bicycling and skateboarding to Indigenous children and families.
UWindsor PhD student Naomi G. Williams (l.) and research partner Anika Altiman (r.) pose with their poster tailored to incorporate Indigenous languages and art in a campaign to reduce the risk of vehicular injury among Indigenous people in Walpole Island First Nation, as part of their entry in 2015 Auto21 Highly Qualified People competition.
Jun 25th, 2015
A UWindsor PhD student recognized for her work to incorporate Indigenous languages and art in a campaign to reduce the risk of vehicular injury among Indigenous people in Walpole Island First Nation.
Mar 26th, 2015
An event at the Walpole Island Cultural Community Centre showcased artists discussing what can happen when people neglect safety on the road.
Kayla Cadreau straps her three-year-old daughter Silka in to her brand new Clek booster seat.
Jan 22nd, 2014
A collaborative research initiative between the University of Windsor and Walpole Island First Nation is providing children's booster seats.
Apr 22nd, 2013
Seeing the UWindsor School of Social Work prepare to relocate into the former Windsor Star buildings brings back a lot of memories for Francis Turner.
A native of the city, he delivered the newspaper on a route near his boyhood home between Bruce and Janette avenues near Giles Boulevard.
“This was just at the end of the Second World War, so people were very anxious for news,” he recalls. “You really felt you were providing an important service to them.”
Mar 25th, 2013
A seminar next month promises professional development for practising social workers and students of the profession, as Community Partners for Applied Research and Consultation presents “Social Work: What have we done to ourselves?” Wednesday, April 17.
Brent Angell, director of the UWindsor School of Social Work, will act as host for the event, which runs 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Caboto Club, 2175 Parent Avenue.
Scheduled speakers include:
A video recording the November 30 celebration of the University’s takeover of the former Windsor Star buildings is now available for viewing.
The video by Suede Productions captures the historic handover of keys to the complex from Star publisher Marty Beneteau to UWindsor president Alan Wildeman. Hundreds of students, staff, faculty, alumni and assorted well-wishers were on hand to witness the moment.
Ruby Shah has experienced her share of peaks and valleys in life, but would undoubtedly tell you it was those low points that bolstered her resiliency and provided her with the tenacity it would take to pursue her vision of becoming a community-minded social worker one day.