Laurie Freeman-Gibb, a lecturer in nursing, won Wednesday’s DailyNews trivia quiz and the prize of four tickets to see a screening at the Windsor International Film Festival.
Her name was drawn from all those who correctly identified the featured works of UWindsor filmmakers: Josh Mellanby’s No Shelter , Kim Nelson’s Berliner and Owen Eric Wood’s Return.
Students eligible for free film festival passes
The Faculty of Human Kinetics Distinguished Speakers Series presents Jeff Horowitz delivering a free public lecture entitled “Exercise and Dietary Effects on Fat Metabolism that May Improve Metabolic Health,” at noon on Friday, November 11, in room 145, Human Kinetics Building.
Mathematics and music are a match made in heaven, says Jason Brown – and he should know. A guitarist and songwriter, Brown is also a mathematics professor at Dalhousie University.
He will discuss his twin passions in a free public lecture, “A Hard Day’s Math: the connections between mathematics and music,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 10, in Assumption University’s Freed-Orman Centre.
The Lancer men’s and women’s basketball teams will open the 2011-12 season with a pair of home games this weekend at the St. Denis Centre. Windsor will host the Laurentian Voyageurs on Friday and the York Lions on Saturday; the women will play at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m. both nights.
Fans will want to be sure to attend Friday, as the Department of Athletics honours the University of Windsor’s three reigning Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship teams.
The Windsor International Film Festival is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win four free tickets to a screening Friday or Saturday at the Capitol Theatre.
The festival will feature more than 30 films from November 10 to 13. General admission is $12. Find more information, including a full list of film titles and times, on the festival Web site.
The University of Windsor campus community is invited to a special Remembrance Day ceremony Friday, November 11, at 10:45 a.m. in front of Memorial Hall.
UWindsor President Alan Wildeman will preside over the ceremony.
“Remembrance Day is a day of great significance,” Dr. Wildeman said. “It is a day for us to honour those who have died or who have made other profound and lasting sacrifices for what they and our country believe in."
Whether you are thinking about obtaining a smartphone, a new user, an experienced user, a cost-conscious user, or a frequent traveller, Smartphone Day is designed to assist in making your use of the device more effective.
The event – presented by Information Technology Services, in partnership with the Centre for Smart Community Innovation and Windsor-Essex Smart Community, Telus Mobility, and Kelcom – runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, in room 203, Toldo Health Education Centre.
In the colonial context, engaging the legal system as a potential means of redress and the recognition of rights is fraught with a basic contradiction, says Brenna Bhandar: can the legal system be utilized as an arena for social-political struggle without legitimizing the colonial order itself?
The Assumption Heritage Trust Foundation presents an exhibition of pieces preserved by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, Wednesday, November 9, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Art Gallery of Windsor.
Organizers promise “a peek into the past and a look into the future.”
Connie Giglio, the foundation’s director of public affairs, said the teaching order had touched countless lives since its founding in 1843.
Campus Community Police is offering a free self-defence course to female students and employees at the University of Windsor in two six-hour sessions starting at noon on Saturday and Sunday, November 12 and 13.
The Rape Aggression Defence program provides realistic self-defence tactics and techniques for women. The RAD System is a comprehensive, women-only course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defence training.
