This week’s UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 4–17 are Brinten Comeau (Women’s Rugby) and Kasper Lasia (Men’s Soccer).

UPEI is a proud partner with the Université Sainte-Anne’s Canada Research Chair in Acadian and Francophone Studies (Chaire de recherche du Canada en études acadiennes et francophones), the Research Institute on Acadian and Francophone Culture in the Contemporary World (Institut de recherche sur les cultures acadiennes et francophones dans le monde contemporain), the Department of French Studies (Département d'études françaises), the Atlantic Consulat Général de France, the Halifax Alliance française, and Mount Allison University to present the conference, “Media and political discourses in the French-speaking world: a look at ‘words of order’” (Discours médiatiques et politiques en francophonie : un regard sur les «mots d'ordre»). 

The Bachelor of Education (français langue seconde) program is recruiting students for the 2022–23 academic year. Applications will be open only until October 31, 2021.

Dr. Linyuan Guo-Brennan and Dr. Josh MacFadyen, faculty members at the University of Prince Edward Island, have been awarded SSHRC Exchange Publication Awards.

Award-winning author Katherine Dewar is launching a new book about women veterans.

Anne Simpson, national award-winning novelist and poet, will read from her new novel and poetry collection on Thursday, October 28, at 7:30 pm in The Carriage House at Beaconsfield Historic House, 2 Kent Street, Charlottetown.

Today, the Honourable Dennis King, Premier of Prince Edward Island, and Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island, announced the expansion of the Faculty of Nursing and UPEI Health and Wellness Centre, as well as the establishment of a new Faculty of Medicine at UPEI.

It’s home-opener weekend for UPEI Women’s and Men’s Hockey! UPEI Women’s Rugby is also looking to improve its 2–2 season record with a home game on MacAdam Field in UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place.

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After providing health care to students at the University of Prince Edward Island for the past 30 years, Dr. David Reid has retired from the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre. Dr. Reid began practising at the health centre at UPEI in 1991, making him one of the longest serving doctors on the campus.