International engagement

The Leddy Library is proud to welcome Vida Cross, poet and creative writer, as the University of Windsor’s first Fulbright Visiting Scholar. Vida Cross will be in residence from September 1 to December 31, 2025, hosted by the Leddy Library. This Fulbright Visiting Scholarship is made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation; the Vice-President, People, Equity and Inclusion; the Leddy Library; Vice President, Academic (Provost); and the Black Scholars Institute.

The Leddy Library invites patrons to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month in Canada and Hispanic Heritage Month in Ontario with a curated list of resources to recognize these populations’ cultural contributions to Canada.

Demonstrating a commitment to employment equity is something she tries to do every day, says associate university librarian Karen Pillon.

“Equity is not something we just do when we sit down at an employment equity table and we say now we’re going to use it,” she says. “It really has to be life-long.”

Scholarship at UWindsor, the campus institutional repository, marked its 10th-anniversary last month. Launched in November 2012, it collects, preserves, and disseminates intellectual output from UWindsor scholars in digital form.
 

Leddy Library invites the community to join a conversation around climate justice to celebrate International Open Access Week.
 

Leddy Library will conduct its English Conversation Group (ECG) — a weekly workshop that provides students the opportunity to practice their English — online this semester.

The group will discuss topics relevant to life in Canada and at the University of Windsor and will be joined by a few guest speakers over the course of the semester. Students who are interested in practising English in a casual and welcoming environment are encouraged to join.

The sessions will take place online using Blackboard Collaborate from Thursday, Sept. 16, to Dec. 9.

The Leddy Library is celebrating the 20^th Anniversary of the Polonia Collection, a unique cultural collection initiated by the generous funds of the Polish Community in Windsor, with a virtual display.

Michael Chekhov looks on as Ludmila Chirikov and Lucy Singer fit Beatrice Straight for a costume in this photo by Nonny Gardner Cangelosi, used by permission.

International scholars, researchers, and performers will soon be able to access the works and methods of Michael Chekhov through a new digital archive available through the Leddy Library.

Lights, camera, library? A local film headed to the Montreal Independent Film Fest sheds light on the importance of primary resources to capture historic stories.

The North Was Our Canaan is a local documentary that shares the story of those who crossed the Detroit River into Sandwich seeking freedom from slavery. Directed by Anushray Singh (MFA 2020) and produced by local historian Irene Moore Davis and Leddy librarian Heidi Jacobs, it features the voices of descendants residing in historic Sandwich Town.