Julie Macfarlane has a simple message for all of those who believe that Islam’s proponents are trying to take control of western civilization by following their own set of laws that disregard current governing legislation.
Research Matters
Apr 26th, 2012
Putting down on paper a vivid description of what might happen if terrorists ever launched an attack on the Windsor-Detroit border is akin to thinking the unthinkable, but totally necessary in order to convince people of the necessity of taking a more holistic approach to counter-terrorism, according to Richard Chasdi.
Determining both the causes and the effects of climate change can be tricky business for a scientist, but there’s little doubt in the mind of Arctic researcher Aaron Fisk about whether it’s happening. Climate change is dramatic, 
it’s real and at this point it may be irreversible, he believes.
With the amount of money its takes to stage the Olympics, it might be natural to assume that commercial advertising would be increasingly more apparent at the games as a source of revenue to help sustain them.
Siyaram Pandey was skeptical when he was first approached by a local oncologist who was curious about cancer patients who had been drinking dandelion tea and seemed to be getting better.
Growing up in a region of the world that’s steeped in the ancient traditions of Confucianism, Sung Hyun Yun never gave it a second thought when his mother explained to him that he didn’t need to be in the kitchen helping with the dishes because he was a boy.
“It was very natural to accept gender-based norms and behaviour,” said Dr. Yun, a professor in the School of Social Work, who was born and raised in Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city.
Such well-known Canadians as Alex Trebek, Mike Holmes, Hayley Wickenheiser, Paul Gross, Kristen Kreuk and Howie Mandel have thrown their support behind a Windsor Law project celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
For feminists like Catherine Hundleby, every day is women’s day. However, having a special day to help others recognize how much progress still needs to be made to create a truly equitable society for women is critical, the professor in philosophy and women’s studies says.
Feb 16th, 2012
It took a tin whistle given to her by her mother, 25 years of practice and a lot of time surfing the internet to teach Janice Waldron that there might be more than one way to teach a student how to play a musical instrument.
A PhD student who came to Canada in 1883 was so inspired by how settlers were dealing with Aboriginal peoples in the west that he travelled home to Germany to convince authorities there to use the same methods with Poles who had settled in the eastern part of their country, according to History professor Rob Nelson.