Company Profile
University of Windsor
Company Overview
About the University of Windsor (http://www.uwindsor.ca)
The University of Windsor is a medium sized university with a solid reputation in teaching and research. It is large enough to offer a broad range of opportunities and experiences but still small enough to be very supportive and personal. It offers a friendly and supportive environment for both living and learning.
With a long history as a regional collaborative hub, working shoulder-to-shoulder with industry; business; the high-tech sector; and arts, health, community, and environmental, organizations, UWindsor is an ideal location for scholars with a commitment to research and creative activity with both local and far-reaching intellectual, social, economic, and environmental impact. A robust network of instructors engaged with teaching and pedagogical innovation creates a welcoming environment for those committed to excellence and inquiry in teaching and learning. The student body, faculty and staff of UWindsor reflect the diversity of the community and the world at large. This diversity is and will always be a foundation of the University and a key contributor to its global orientation. Both its sustained and deep commitment to the community, and its history of international involvement inform the University’s warm, friendly, and forward-thinking mindset as it engages with the twenty-first century landscape.
The basics:
- student population of 16,000
- graduate population has grown by 50% in the last five years
- 2,500 faculty and staff
- 530 tenured or tenure-track faculty members
- undergraduate and graduate degrees; through nine faculties: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Business; Education; Engineering; Graduate Studies; Human Kinetics; Law; Nursing; and Science
- offers a medical program in partnership with Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
- recently opened Entrepreneurial Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre)
- new Student Co-op, Careers and Employment Centre provides integrated support across all faculties
- Centre for Teaching and Learning is one of Canada’s foremost centres for the development and study of teaching practices in the post-secondary sector
- Office of Open Learning is an emerging leader in the development of online and technology-enabled learning
- located on the US border with Detroit, offering rich potential for the further development of binational study and collaboration.
This is an exciting time to become part of the University of Windsor community. It is a key engine in the evolving creative, economic and cultural transformation of the Windsor-Essex region. Currently underway:
- a major hiring initiative which will see 50 new tenure-track Assistant Professor positions established across a range of academic fields
- expansion of experiential, peer-supported, and research-driven learning;
a dramatic campus transformation plan
the establishment of a downtown campus
Company History
The University of Windsor is proud of its history of more than 140 years. With a solid reputation in teaching, research, and scholarship, the University offers the “degree that works,” an innovative and student-focused approach which prepares its graduates for the challenges of tomorrow.
It is Canada’s southernmost university, situated on a compact and attractive campus on the Detroit River. Its location on the U.S. border allows the 12,132 full-time students and 3,099 part-time students, 500 faculty and 761 staff to enjoy the combined benefits of a small community and the variety of lifestyles and choices available to those living within minutes of a large urban centre of over four million people.
Benefits
The University’s international location provides unique cultural, recreational, and educational opportunities for faculty and students. Major American universities, including the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, and the University of Detroit-Mercy are within a short drive. Several cooperative arrangements between the University of Windsor and major U.S. schools enhance student access to faculty expertise and research resources.
The University has a strong commitment to educational and employment equity, and promotes diversity and respect for all people. It enjoys strong community support and one of the highest levels of participation by alumni in the country. More information about the University is available on the web site at http://www.uwindsor.ca.
About the City of Windsor and nearby Regions (http://www.windsor-essex.info)
The City of Windsor and its suburbs are ethnically diverse and have one of the most community supportive populations in the country. The surrounding area contains some of Canada’s best agricultural lands, and is rich in tourism, heritage, and recreational resources. The only Canadian city situated south of the United States, Windsor boasts a temperate climate with the longest growing season in Canada. This allows for bountiful agriculture and some of Canada’s finest vineyards and wineries. Extensive shores on the Great Lakes system provide ample opportunity for water activities. The world’s busiest inland waterway, the Detroit River, separates the community with a regional population of 365,000 from an urban metropolitan area of more than four million people. At the same time, a short commute by tunnel or bridge connects Windsor to all the amenities of a large city. These include leading professional teams in all sports, a world-renowned art institute and symphony orchestra, and continual world-class performances in pop concerts, classical music, theatre, and other art forms.
About the Future of the University of Windsor
These are very exciting times on campus with a major enrolment boom matched by the unprecedented hiring of more than one-quarter of our faculty complement within a three-year time period. With a very clear sense of direction, four major building projects recently initiated, more and more research success and a growing national profile, the University of Windsor has much to offer new faculty and students. We have revitalized our campus with new buildings, renovated classrooms(http://www.uwindsor.ca/superbuild), and new programs(http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/superbuild/itlp.nsf).
The University of Windsor is a place where you can really make a difference and we are dedicated to providing you with the best possible support. I believe that this campus really does offer "The Best of Both Worlds" (the name of the strategic blueprint adopted in 1998) in that the University of Windsor has developed a first-rate university that both provides an excellent undergraduate education for those in its primary catchment areas and it has also built an increasingly strong international reputation in its major areas of strength.