Events Archive
Students, staff, and faculty are all invited to take part in the Shine Day Kick-off at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 8:30-9:30 am on Saturday, September 6. Discover what Shinerama is about and what UPEI is doing to help!
Immediately following, Shine Day will begin on UPEI campus and in the…
Dr. Cynthia Blanton (Idaho State University) will give a talk entitled "Iron Status and Cognitive Function in College Women" on Friday, September 26th.
Dr. Blanton is a Fulbright Scholar in Nutrisciences & Health and is on campus this fall working with Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon and Dr. Kathy…
"Welcome Back Wednesday" will take place on September 3 from 11:30am-1:30pm, in Meincke Plaza right outside of the W.A Murphy Student Centre.
To celebrate the first day of classes, the UPEI Student Union, in partnership with Orientation Week, will host a BBQ, live music, in addition to a society…
Welcome new and returning students to your first day of classes at UPEI!
Visit the fall timetable to find out when and where your classes take place.
UPEI's Orientation Week Coordinator invites the campus community to laugh, learn and listen to the inspiring words of our world class and TEDx featured speaker Drew Dudley! Drew Dudley creates cultures of leadership by helping organizations and their people "plan to matter."
Students, staff, and…
All UPEI faculty are invited to this year's Let's Talk Teaching Day, Tuesday, September 2. We have no fewer than eight sessions planned -- presentations, workshops, activities -- and, of course, morning coffee and lunch will be provided. There will be sessions on test preparation, Writing Across…
Join Sister Susan Kidd and Paula Campbell (Catholic Student Association) for an Open House on Sunday, August 31 beginning at 6:00pm, with Mass to follow. Enjoy "sundaes on Sunday" following Mass. All are welcome.
UPEI welcomes all new students and their families to campus before classes begin on Saturday, August 30 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. It’s a chance to tour campus, pay for tuition and other services, pick up your ID card, kick-off O-Week, shop at the Bookstore, and meet staff, faculty, your Student Union…
Are you joining the UPEI community this fall? Make sure you sign up for Orientation Week! Join in an energetic week of welcome events for incoming UPEI students that packs in both academic and social activities.
Orientation Week kicks off on Welcome Day, and is said to be the most spirited week…
Kieran J. Hennessey will present his Master of Education thesis defence on Friday, August 29, at 1:00 pm in room AVC 286A N. Thesis title: College Students from the Margins: Journeys of Persistence and Early Leaving. All are welcome to attend.
UPEI's Deirdre Kessler will launch her latest children's book on Thursday afternoon, August 28, 3:00-4:00 pm at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery.
The book is a 48-page story set in 1864. BORN! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation is illustrated by Brenda Jones and published by the Acorn…
The Blue Coat Ceremony marks an important milestone for veterinary students. Faculty and staff mentors, new students and their families come together for a dinner to celebrate the students’ achievement in joining the ranks of veterinarians in training. Following dinner, students are welcomed to AVC…
Kent Stetson, a distinguished Island author, will offer a two-tiered, sixteen-hour workshop at UPEI for writers of drama and prose fiction at various stages of their practice. Stetson is a Member of the Order of Canada, Governor General’s Award laureate, and this year’s recipient of the UPEI Alumni…
UPEI welcomes BBA alumna Shannon MacDonald back to campus as a special guest speaker for the UPEI Executive MBA Summer Speaker Series on Tuesday, August 19, 4:30-6:30 pm, in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Shannon will speak about her personal journey and successes.
Shannon…
The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee will host a Master of Science Defence on Monday, August 18, at 1:00 pm in Health Sciences Building, room 301 by Katie Beck, BSc. She will defend her Master of Science thesis entitled:
“Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Identifying Factors of…
This week-long camp will be held August 13-19, in Prince Edward Island at Centre Goéland (Wellington), the University of Prince Edward Island and Holland College hosted by Lennox Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC).
UPEI will host approximately 70 youth for workshops and…
The campus community is invited to attend the presentations of two candidates for the three-year term position in the Faculty of Education's BEd (français langue seconde) program.
On Wednesday, August 6, Guy Albert will present at 8:30 am and Zain Esseghaier will present at 12:00 noon in Memorial…
Eminent scholar and environmental historian John R. Gillis, a longstanding friend of Island Studies at UPEI, will be delivering a lecture entitled Islands as Wetlands on Friday, August 1 at 7:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 243.
Doctor Gillis is a Professor Emeritus at Rutgers…
Dr. Trung Dung Ngo, a candidate for a tenure track position in Engineering will be giving a public presentation on Thursday, July 31 at 2:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 246. Everyone is welcome to attend. Dr. Ngo's presentation is entitled "A Kangaroo inspired Robotic System as the…
Dr. Adam Fenech, director of UPEI’s Climate Research Lab, is touring Prince Edward Island communities this July to give demonstrations of the CoastaL Impacts Visualization Environment tool, better known as CLIVE. Dr. Fenech will lead discussions about coastal erosion and sea-level rise, and the…
