- Buzz Hargrove
Basil Eldon "Buzz" Hargrove (born March 8, 1944, Bath, New Brunswick, Canada) is the current National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union. He succeeded Bob White as president of the CAW in 1992. He also serves as a Vice-President on the executive committee of the Canadian Labour Congress. In 1998, he co-authored the book "Labour of Love: The Fight to Create a More Humane Canada" with Wayne Skene. - Alistair MacLeod
Alistair MacLeod born 1936 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan is a noted Canadian author and Professor of English at the University of Windsor. His works are considered among the best Canada has produced in the twentieth century. MacLeod's writing career has been remarkable in earning him a critical reputation, just on the basis of two collections of short stories and a novel. His son Lewis MacLeod is a professor of English Literature at Trent University. - Iain Baxter
Iain Baxter (born November 16 1936) (also known as "Iain Baxter&") is a Canadian photographer, painter, sculptor, installation artist and conceptual artist. Baxter is currently teaching (rank Professor Emeritus) at the School of Visual Arts University of Windsor. Recognized internationally as a forerunner of Canadian conceptual art, the Canada Council Molson Prize committee stated in 2005 that his "highly regarded conceptual installations and projects, … - Amanda Tapping
Amanda Tapping was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She began acting when she was 10, launching a television and film career in Canada. During this time, she attended Hillfield Strathallan College, a local private school. Her first continuing series was in the Canadian television program Maniac Mansion, from 1990-1993. She played Tina Edison , the eldest of three children and daughter to Dr. Fred Edison (Joe Flaherty). - Daryl Stephenson
Daryl Stephenson (born October 8, 1985 in London, Ontario) is star running back for the University of Windsor Lancers football team. The London, Ontario native joined the Lancers in 2005 as the top football recruit in Ontario, out of Clarke Road High School. A tailback with 4.4 speed in the 40-yard dash, Stephenson has established himself as one of the premier players in Canadian University Football. In his very first game in the CIS and on his very first carry, … - Sergio Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne began his professional career in Canada. From 1983 to 1985, he worked as a chartered accountant and tax specialist for Deloitte & Touche. From 1985 to 1988, he was group controller and then director of corporate development at the Lawson Mardon Group of Toronto. In 1989 and 1990, he was executive vice president of Glenex Industries. - Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson is an English-born, Canadian-based crime writer. Born in Castleford, Yorkshire in 1950, he studied at the University of Leeds before emigrating to Canada in 1974. He obtained an MA from the University of Windsor and a PhD from York University in Toronto. He is best known for his crime novels set in and around the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale, and featuring the detective Alan Banks. - Rob Nicholson
Robert Douglas (Rob) Nicholson, PC, QC, BA, LL.B, MP (born April 29, 1952 in Niagara Falls, Ontario), the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Niagara Falls for the Conservative Party and the current Minister of Justice after serving for one year as Government House Leader. - Nino Ricci
Nino Ricci is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in 1959 in Leamington, Ontario, into a family of Italian immigrants from the province of Isernia, Molise. In 1981 Ricci graduated in English literature, in 1987 he earned a second degree in creative writing and Canadian literature, both from York University. Ricci has travelled in Europe and Africa, where, in Nigeria, he taught English literature and language in a high school for two years. - Alexander Zonjic
Alexander Zonjic (born 1951) is a professional flutist born in Windsor, Ontario. Zonjic plays both light jazz and some classical compositions. Zonjic initially played guitar at age 9, and by age 15 he was lead guitarist in a local R&B band. At age 21, Zonjic purchased his first flute from a street vendor asking $50. He was impressed with the potential the instrument had, and had pretty much mastered the basics of it by the year's end. - Dave Cooke
Dave Cooke (born August 1, 1952 in Windsor, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was an NDP member of the provincial legislature from 1977 to 1997, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. Cooke was educated at the University of Windsor, and was a social worker at the Essex Children's Aid Society in Windsor before entering politics. He served on the Windsor Planning Board in 1974, … - Vern Stenlund
Dr. Vern Stenlund (born April 11, 1956 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a retired former professional hockey player who has become known in retirement for becoming an author and coach. He played in the NHL for the Cleveland Barons in the 1976-77 NHL season. After retiring, he earned his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1994 and became one of Canada's top amateur coaches. In addition to developing the "Safe and Fun Hockey Program" along with former star Bobby Orr, … - Thomas W. Lasorda
Tom LaSorda, expressed that leveraging from existing technologies like the use of alternative fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel is one way to address safer emissions without placing the North American auto industry in jeopardy. Mr. LaSorda graduated from the University of Windsor in 1977 with both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Commerce undergraduate degree. He then received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) also from the University of Windsor in 1980. - Ed Lumley
Edward C. Lumley, PC (born July 8 1934) is a corporate executive and former Canadian politician. Born in Windsor, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1961 from Assumption University (predecessor of the University of Windsor). Lumley established himself in business in Cornwall in the other end of the province before entering politics. - Nicole Markotic
Nicole Markotic is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Windsor, Ontario. She teaches creative writing at the University of Windsor. - John B. Lee
John B. Lee (born 1951) is a Canadian author and poet who is presently Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry. Born in Southwestern Ontario, Lee was raised on a farm near the village of Highgate. He attended the University of Western Ontario where he received a B.A. in English, and a B.Ed. and M.A. in teaching English. Lee is the author of thirty published books and ten published chapbooks. - Francis Leddy
John Francis Leddy (April 16, 1911 - September 17, 1998) was a Canadian academic and President of the University of Windsor from 1964 to 1978. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he received a B.A. in honours Latin and French from the University of Saskatchewan in 1930 and an M.A. in Latin from the University of Saskatchewan in 1931. After attending the University of Chicago, doing graduate work in Latin and Greek from 1932 to 1933, … - Darren Stanley
Darren Stanley (b. 1969) is a professor of education. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, he began his academic studies at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He continued his studies with a MSc at Simon Fraser University in the areas of the history and philosophy of mathematics under the direction of Dr. Len Berggren. He entered the teaching profession upon completing the Professional Development program at Simon Fraser University. Under the supervision of Dr. - Anna Maria Tremonti
Anna Maria Tremonti (born 1957) is a Canadian radio and television journalist, who has been featured on a variety of programs on the CBC. She has previously been a senior reporter for "The National", and a host of "the fifth estate". Since 2002, she has hosted CBC Radio One's morning news program "The Current". Born in Windsor, Ontario, her journalism career began at the University of Windsor student newspaper, "The Lance". - Daniel David Moses
Daniel David Moses (born 1952) is a First Nations poet and playwright from Canada. Moses, of Delaware descent, was born at Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations of the Grand River. He has an Honours BA from York University and a MFA from the University of British Columbia. Moses was the president of Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario for 7 years. In 2003, Moses joined the department of drama at Queen's University as an assistant professor. - Reno Bertoia
Reno Peter Bertoia (born January 8, 1935 in St. Vito Udine, Italy) is a former Canadian professional baseball player, playing infield for the Detroit Tigers (1953-58 and 1961-62), Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959-61) and Kansas City Athletics (1961). Bertoia moved with his family to Canada from Italy when he was one year old and grew up in Windsor, Ontario. His next-door neighbour and role model was Hank Biasatti. - Gar Knutson
Thomas Garfield "Gar" Knutson, PC, MBA, LL.B (born May 4, 1956) is a lawyer and former member of the Parliament of Canada, as well as a former cabinet minister. Knutson holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Windsor. He attended high school at the Jesuit-run Brebeuf College School in Toronto. - James Lockyer
James Lockyer is a social justice activist in Canada. He is the founding director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC). He has been involved in exposing more than ten wrongful convictions in Canada, including the cases of Guy Paul Morin, David Milgaard, Clayton Johnson and Gregory Parsons. Several of these cases have become the subject of public inquiries. Mr. Lockyer is currently working on behalf of Steven Truscott, … - Joe Comuzzi
Joseph Robert "Joe" Comuzzi, PC, MP (born April 5 1933) is a Canadian politician. Joe Comuzzi was born in Fort William, Ontario. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Windsor in 1954. In 1966 Comuzzi received the University of Windsor Alumni Award of Merit, the Alumni Association's most prestigious award. After twenty-four years in the Thunder Bay business community, he returned to his alma mater, and obtained his law degree in 1980. - J. Paul Reddam
John Paul Reddam B.A. M.A. Ph.D. (born July 28, 1955 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a former professor of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles and a businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner. Known by his middle name, J. Paul Reddam graduated from the University of Windsor with a bachelor's degree in psychology then obtained a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto. - Charles Harnick
Charles A. Harnick, QC (born October 14, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999, and served as a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris. Harnick has a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University, and a law degree from the University of Windsor. He was called to the bar in 1977, … - Jerry Pickard
Jerry Pickard, PC, MP, BA, MEd (born November 14, 1940 in Chatham, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until his retirement in 2005 representing the riding of Chatham-Kent—Essex for the Liberal Party in his later terms in office. Pickard has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education degrees from the University of Windsor, … - Rick Fuschi
Rick Fuschi (born August 16, 1948) is a conservative politician and political activist. He is a three-time candidate for federal office in Windsor, Ontario. Fuschi was born in Rome, Italy, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Windsor. He is an autoworker, and has been employed with what is now the Daimler Chrysler Corporation since 1969. Fuschi has also operated a family metal-production business in Windsor since 1978, … - Patrick Brown
Patrick W. Brown (born May 26, 1978 in Barrie, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician affiliated with the Conservative Party of Canada. In 2006, Brown was elected to serve in the Canadian parliament representing the riding of Barrie. Brown defeated Aileen Carroll, the incumbent Liberal MP and cabinet minister, in a re-match of the 2004 election in which he was defeated. Brown is the Deputy Chairman of the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU). - Fred Longstaffe
Dr. Fred J. Longstaffe Ph.D., FRSC is the Provost and VP Academic at the University of Western Ontario. He is a highly regarded leader in Earth Science research. His current focus is on applying knowledge of stable isotopes to various fields of study. Longstaffe earned a BSc (Hon) from the University of Windsor and a PhD in Geology from McMaster University. In 1978, he attended the University of Alberta as a Killam Post-Doctoral Scholar. - Joe Spina
Joe Spina (born September 1, 1946 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, representing a Brampton-area riding for the Progressive Conservative Party. Spina was educated at the University of Windsor, receiving a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1975. He was the owner and President of Amplexus Communications from 1981 to 1995, … - John Bitove
John I. Bitove, (Jr.) (born 1960, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian businessman and noted sportsman. He is the Chairman and CEO, (chief executive officer), and controlling shareholder through Obelysk Funds, of the Priszm Canadian Income Fund, Scott's Real Estate Investment Trust and Canadian Satellite Radio (which owns XM Satellite Radio in Canada). He is also the founder and driving force behind the S'Cool Life Fund a charitable entity for public schools across Canada. - Walter Tarnopolsky
Justice Walter Surma Tarnopolsky (1932 - 15 September, 1993) was a Canadian judge, legal scholar, and pioneer in the development of human rights law and civil liberties in Canada. He was born in the farming community of Gronlid, Saskatchewan to parents of Ukrainian descent. He studied law at University of Saskatchewan, and later Columbia University as well as the London School of Economics. For a number of years afterwards he taught law at the University of Saskatchewan, … - Mark Macguigan
Mark Rudolph MacGuigan, PC, BA, MA, Ph.D, LL.M, JSD, LL.D (February 17, 1931 - January 12, 1998) was a Canadian academic and politician. Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he was educated at Saint Dunstan's University, the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and Columbia University. He was a professor at Osgoode and the University of Toronto and was dean of law at the University of Windsor. - Wayne Lessard
Wayne Lessard (born January 12, 1956 in Windsor, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1997 to 1999. Lessard was educated at the University of Windsor, and worked as a barrister and solicitor. In 1986, he has operated a private law practice specializing in workplace safety, real estate, criminal defence and other matters. - Stephen Mandel
Stephen Mandel (born July 18, 1945) is a Canadian politician and the current mayor of Edmonton, Alberta. He received an Associate of Arts Degree from Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Miami University, and his Masters in Political Science from University of Windsor. He moved to Edmonton in 1972 from Windsor, Ontario. He was first elected to the Edmonton City Council in 2001 as a Councillor for Ward 1. In 2004, … - Peter Fonseca
Peter Fonseca (born October 5, 1966 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Mississauga East for the Ontario Liberal Party. Fonseca was raised in Toronto, Canada, and attended the University of Oregon on an athletic scholarship. He also has a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Windsor. He represented Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, … - Jeff Leal
Jeff Leal (born 1954 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Peterborough for the Ontario Liberal Party. Leal received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from Trent University in 1978, and a degree in Business Administration from the University of Windsor in 1981. He served as a Peterborough city councillor from 1986 to 2003, … - Vahid Tarokh
Vahid Tarokh is an electrical engineer and mathematician with fundamental contributions to telecommunication, specifically to signal processing for wireless communications. He received the PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1995. - Bruce Meyer
Bruce Meyer (born April 23, 1957) is a Canadian poet and educator. He has been the Director of Writing and Literature at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and has taught at the University of Windsor, McMaster University, Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Seneca College, Humber College, and Skidmore College. He has been Visiting Writer at the Universities of Southern Mississippi and University of Texas at Austin, …
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