June 18, 2020

The Windsor University Faculty Association expresses our unreserved support for the Black Lives Matter movement and for an end to racism, discrimination, and police violence against racialized people everywhere.

Racism in various forms has a long and continuing history in Canada. Since May 25, when the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked global protests, two racialized Canadians, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and Chantel Moore, have died as a result of troubling police action. As Canadians, it is too easy to allow high profile incidents of racism in other countries to distract us from our own failings. Our very existence as a nation has its roots in the European project of genocidal colonization. And although slavery was abolished in Canada in the early nineteenth century, racism and discrimination targeting Black and Indigenous Canadians and other racialized groups in our society persist. Canada as a nation must renounce our colonial past and build a nation that upholds for all the Charter rights to life, liberty, security of the person, and equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination.

It is similarly far too easy to become complacent about racism at the University of Windsor. The remarkable diversity within the student body and within WUFA’s membership of faculty and librarians seems a welcome indicator of racial and ethnic understanding, and yet students and faculty have, for years, raised concerns about incidents with racist elements.

Finally, as a union, and despite our commitment to the struggle for social justice, WUFA has not always succeeded in finding our best ability to support our racialized members. WUFA can and must do better. We want to hear from members about your experiences of racism on campus, and we will continue to review our processes and policies. WUFA welcomes input from all members.

The Faculty Association is proud to announce that Dr. Catherine Hundleby, Department of Philosophy is the 2020 recipient of the "Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award." 

The Windsor University Faculty Association’s Status of Women, Diversity and Equity Action Committee bestows the award to honour individuals who demonstrate leadership through their contributions to creating an equity culture on campus. The award is named after Mary Lou Dietz, a late UWindsor faculty member and head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, in recognition of her contributions to the advancement of women in Canadian universities and colleges.
Read more about Dr. Catherine Hundleby's achievements

Due to the COVID-19 and the potential risk to its attendees, the Association has decided to hold a reception in the Fall 2020 to honour Dr. Hundleby.  Details to be provided at a later date.