Student News
UWindsor Leaders Want to See 2SLGBTQ+ Activism Grow Past Pride Month
Windsor student leaders want to see 2SLGBTQ+ activism expand past Pride Month.
Inclusivity in the New BFA in Film Production at UWindsor
The new BFA in Film Production launched in Fall 2021 at UWindsor, and inclusivity is at the forefront of the program's design.
The Ambassador Bridge is now open following protests
The Ambassador Bridge is open after a week of protests. The Blockade ‘Dumb and Silent, we are led to slaughter like sheep.’ That’s what one sign read at a protest blocking Huron Church Road in Windsor. For 7-days, protesters blocked the largest international border crossing in North America, the corridor responsible for ¼ of all Canada-US cross-border trade. Huron Church Road and other roads leading to the Ambassador Bridge were partially or fully obstructed by protestors. Windsor police and Campus Community police are present to monitor the situation. They have made themselves at home, several trucks, tents and portable toilets-
Discussing Anti-Black Racism on Campus
By: Donneyha Ellis A series of racially charged incidents, the establishment of an Anti-Black racism task force, the sudden departure of the University of Windsor’s Vice-President of Student Experience. It would appear there’s a problem with racism at UWindsor. This semester I will be taking a look at the systematic and systemic racism at the University of Windsor. My reporting will cover the broad efforts administration is undertaking, such as the work of the Anti-Black Racism task force. I will assess its effectiveness in combating not just overt anti-black racism, but also the microaggressions Black students face on campus. Racism
WindsorWrites @ UWindsor
By Julienne Rousseau They laugh, they cry, they argue and, every year, a group of students at the University of Windsor see the product of their labours literally come off the presses. They are in Marty Gervais’s Publishing Practicum course. This semester I am following the students in the Publishing Practicum as they work with a Canadian author to edit and publish a book of poetry from start to finish. My stories will document this process, with all its trials, tribulations and successes. With COVID-19 restrictions in place, running a practicum course like this is, to say the least, challenging.