Editing University of Windsor (section)

==History==
=== Founding era ===
[[File:Assumption College campus 1928.jpg|alt=An aerial photograph of the Assumption College campus in 1928. A few buildings are visible with lots of empty field space.|left|thumb|The campus of Assumption College in 1928.]]
The university dates to the founding of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)|Assumption College]] in [[Windsor, Ontario]], in 1857.<ref name="ce">{{cite encyclopedia |title=University of Windsor |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university-of-windsor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923213131/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university-of-windsor |archive-date=23 September 2023 |last2=Lewis |first2=L. |first1=Belinda A. |last1=Beaton}}</ref> Assumption College, a primarily theological institution, was founded by the [[Society of Jesus|Society of Jesuits]] in 1857. [[Congregation of St. Basil|The Basilian Fathers]] assumed control of the college in 1870. The college grew steadily, expanding its curriculum and affiliating with several other colleges over the years.<ref name="heritagefdn.on.ca">{{cite web |date=8 December 2016 |title=University of Windsor, The |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/plaques/university-of-windsor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412104246/https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/plaques/university-of-windsor |archive-date=12 April 2023 |access-date=December 28, 2018 |publisher=[[Ontario Heritage Trust]]}}</ref>

In 1919, Assumption College affiliated with the [[University of Western Ontario]].<ref name="ce" /> This affiliation expanded the curriculum at Assumption, including new general and honours programs for Bachelor of Arts degrees, graduate courses in philosophy, and pre-professional programs in engineering, medicine, and law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Devon |title=1910s · Assumption College: Through the Decades · collections |url=https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1910s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230223446/https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1910s |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor - Leddy Library}}</ref>

The school became co-educational in 1934 when it formed and admitted women to attend Holy Names College.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Windsor, The |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/plaques/university-of-windsor |website=Online Plaque Guide |publisher=[[Ontario Heritage Trust]] |access-date=24 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216200722/https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/plaques/university-of-windsor |archive-date=16 December 2023 |location=Toronto, Ontario |date=2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1937, the first class of women graduated from Assumption College, receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Devon |title=1930s · Assumption College: Through the Decades · collections |url=https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1930s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230223447/https://collections.uwindsor.ca/assumption/1930s |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor - Leddy Library}}</ref>

Escalating costs forced Assumption College, a Roman Catholic university, to become a public institution to qualify for public support.<ref name="ce" /> In 1953, through an Act of the Ontario Legislature, Assumption College received its own university powers, and ended its affiliation with the University of Western Ontario.

In 1956, the institution's name was changed to Assumption University of Windsor, by an Act of the Ontario Legislature, with Reverend [[Eugene Carlisle LeBel]], C.S.B. named as its first President. The recently created Essex College, an independent non-denominational college led by [[Frank A. DeMarco]], became an affiliate, with responsibility for the Faculty of Applied Science; the Schools of Business Administration and Nursing; and the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Geography, and Mathematics and Physics.<ref name="AU">{{cite web |title=Assumption University: Heritage |url=http://assumptionu.ca/about-us/history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515154230/http://assumptionu.ca/about-us/history |archive-date=2014-05-15 |access-date=2014-05-18 |publisher=[[Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)|Assumption University]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Leddy Library {{!}} Leddy Library |url=https://leddy.uwindsor.ca/more-info/history-leddy-library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230223449/https://leddy.uwindsor.ca/more-info/history-leddy-library |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor - Leddy Library}}</ref>

=== Mid-twentieth century ===
In the early 1960s, the city of Windsor's growth and demands for higher education led to further restructuring. A petition was made to the province of Ontario for the creation of a non-denominational University of Windsor by the board of governors and regents of Assumption University and the board of directors of Essex College.<ref name="AU" /> The University of Windsor was established as an institution by the ''University of Windsor Act'' on December 19, 1962.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/44/university-act |title=University of Windsor Act, 1962-63 |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] |year=1962 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416115746/https://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/44/university-act |archive-date=16 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> The transition from an historic Roman Catholic university to a non-denominational provincial university was an unprecedented development.<ref name="AU" />

On July 1, 1963, the entire campus with all of its facilities and faculty became known as the University of Windsor. As a 'federated member', Assumption University remained as an integrated institution, granting degrees only in its Faculty of Theology.<ref name=AU /> Father Eugene Carlisle LeBel from Assumption became the inaugural president of the University of Windsor, and Frank A. DeMarco, who had been holding both positions of Principal, as well as Dean of Applied Science at Essex College, became the inaugural Vice President. The university's coats of arms were designed by [[Heraldry|heraldic]] expert [[Alan Beddoe]].<ref>{{cite web |date=1979 |title=Alan B. Beddoe Fonds (MG30-D252) Finding Aid No. 1089 |url=http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000941.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519194758/http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000941.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=March 19, 2019 |publisher=[[National Archives of Canada]]}}</ref>

Six months later, Assumption University of Windsor made affiliation agreements with Holy Redeemer College (now [[Académie Ste. Cécile International School|Académie Sainte-Cécile]]), [[Canterbury College (Windsor, Ontario)|Canterbury College]] and the new [[Iona College (Windsor, Ontario)|Iona College]] (affiliated with the [[United Church of Canada]]). Canterbury College became the first [[Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican]] college in the world to affiliate with a Roman Catholic University.<ref name =AU /><ref>{{cite web |title=History of Canterbury College |url=http://www1.uwindsor.ca/canterbury/history-of-canterbury-college |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529131500/http://www1.uwindsor.ca/canterbury/history-of-canterbury-college |archive-date=2014-05-29 |access-date=2014-05-18 |publisher=[[Canterbury College (Windsor, Ontario)|Canterbury College]]}}</ref>

[[Image:ChryslerBldgUniversity of Windsor.jpg|thumb|right|Lambton Tower on campus.]]
In 1964, when President LeBel retired, [[John Francis Leddy]] was appointed president of the University of Windsor, and presided over a period of significant growth.

President Leddy, "concerned that the University of Windsor should emerge as soon as possible from the status and reputation of a College to that of a University", set out to review the existing departments. Based on the strengths in the social sciences, economics, political science and psychology, Leddy proposed to the university's board of governors that a law school be established. In September 1968, the Faculty of Law opened with its first class of students.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Demers |first=Annette |date=2008 |title=A History of the University of Windsor Faculty of Law |url=https://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library/sites/uwindsor.ca.law.library/files/faculty_bibliography_final_with_appendixes_included_2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231001411/https://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library/sites/uwindsor.ca.law.library/files/faculty_bibliography_final_with_appendixes_included_2.pdf |archive-date=31 December 2023 |access-date=30 December 2023 |publisher=University of Windsor - Faculty of Law}}</ref>

From 1967 to 1977, Windsor grew from approximately 1,500 to 8,000 full-time students.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In the 1980s and early 1990s, this growth continued. Among the new buildings erected were the Odette Business Building and the CAW Student Centre.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The university partnered with [[Chrysler]] in 1996 to establish the Automotive Research and Development Centre, a research lab that focuses on automotive research and education.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paton-Evans |first=Karen |date=31 December 1998 |title=Industry and education embrace R&D |pages=G8 |work=[[Windsor Star]]}}</ref>

=== Twenty-first century ===
Enrolment reached record heights in 2003 with 16,000 students registered, a 15% increase from the year previous. The increase was driven primarily by first-year students due to the elimination of [[Ontario Academic Credit|Grade 13]] in Ontario that year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sacheli |first=Sarah |date=25 September 2003 |title=Enrolments set record |pages=A2 |work=[[Windsor Star]]}}</ref> The university developed a number of partnerships with businesses and industry, such as a partnership in 2013 with [[Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment]] that introduced internships for students and research opportunities.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 May 2013 |title=Strategic partnership |url=http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2013-05-29/strategic-partnership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522015112/https://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2013-05-29/strategic-partnership |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=3 February 2015 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor}}</ref>

In 2008, a satellite campus of the [[Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry]] opened at the University of Windsor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=LaJoie |first=Don |date=8 November 2008 |title=New medical school a 'dream come true' |pages=A6 |work=[[Windsor Star]]}}</ref> The partnership between the University of Windsor and the University of Western Ontario followed several years of community and political organizing, and built upon an existing partnership that started in 2002 that sent Western medical students to Windsor for clinical training.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Herbert |first=Carol |date=12 July 2010 |title=Windsor's success story |pages=A6 |work=[[Windsor Star]]}}</ref> The satellite school initially trained undergraduate medical students in the [[Doctor of Medicine]] program and has since expanded to offer post-graduate residency programs in family medicine and psychiatry. As of 2023, the program has added almost 100 physicians to the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=Schulich School of Medicine Windsor Campus celebrates 15 years |url=https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/schulich-school-of-medicine-windsor-campus-celebrates-15-years-1.6334490 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610120229/https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/schulich-school-of-medicine-windsor-campus-celebrates-15-years-1.6334490 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |access-date=2023-12-30 |publisher=[[CTV News]] |language=en}}</ref>