Events Archive

This presentation will provide an overview of the Sustainable Development Goals which are the benchmarks for achieving the 2030 Development Agenda.  Our speaker will explore the implications and challenges that fulfilling the agenda will require.  It is nothing less than "an…
RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 24 Dr. Sarah Galletly, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia, is one of three short-listed candidates for the inaugural Chair in L.M. Montgomery Studies and Communication, Leadership, and Culture. All are welcome to attend her presentation, “'World famed Island novelist…
A campus-wide discussion for students and faculty on the theme of "Dreaming Big: What Should UPEI Be?" will be held on Thursday, March 23, 3:00-5:00, in Lecture Theatre A in the Atlantic Veterinary College. The discussion is sponsored by the Senate Committee for the Enhancement…
Love in the Digital Age Vagabond Productions presents Dead Man’s Cell Phone March 22-25. Would you answer a stranger’s cell phone? Well, Jean does, and so begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, by Sarah Ruhl. The play is a funny take on relationships in the digital age. Jean’s decision to answer the phone…
Dr. Sarah Gallagher, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Western Ontario, will be at UPEI as part of the 2017 Canadian Association of Physicists Lecture Tour. Her talk, “The Biggest Blowhards: Windy Supermassive Black Holes,” is Wednesday, March 22 at 4:30 pm in the…
SPEAKER:  Frederic Chatigny, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Assessing the side-effects of lidocaine used as an analgesic on rainbow trout SPEAKER:  Laura Taylor, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Effects of the Organophosphate Chlorpyrifos on the Survival of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus)
Over the past several months, the Search Committee for the Vice-President Academic and Research (President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Dr. Cathy Ryan, Dr. Kathy Gottschall-Pass, Mr. Scott Harper, Ms. Margo Thompson, Ms. Tara Judson, Mr. John Rix) has received and considered expressions of interest and…
This event is hosted by Food and Nutrition students for their Quantity Food Production lab.  Soups are: Chicken Fajita and Veggie and Rce Don't miss the last Soup for the Soul gathering of the semester
In celebration of the successful labour negotiations achieved in November 2016 and January 2017, Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Nola Etkin, President, UPEI Faculty Association; and Ms. Tracy Carmichael, President, CUPE 1870, invite faculty and staff to come together…
The UPEI Blood Drive will take place in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on March 16, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. Appointments can be made by setting up a profile or downloading the Giveblood App.  Walk-ins will be accepted too! Eligibility questions may be answerd by calling 1-888-2-…
Speaker:  Jordan Poley, Department of Pathology and Microbiology Title:  Towards a model species:  Lessons from salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)
Important Information Session for faculty, staff, and students!   Do you wish you could have someone read your textbook to you? Would you rather "speak" your paper instead of writing it? Are you tired of taking notes in class?   Are you trying to help your students with any of these…
Students in UPEI’s Department of Applied Human Sciences are hosting a panel discussion about food insecurity on Prince Edward Island. “A healthy ‘food Island’ for all? Food insecurity and healthy public policy: a call to action” will be held 7:00 pm, March 13 in the Wanda Wyatt Lecture Theatre in…
The Faculty of Education at UPEI is delighted to host the second Edcamp Charlottetown. Often described as 'un-conferences', democratic, free flowing gatherings with no predetermined speakers or session titles, Edcamps focus on channelling the voice of participants and exploring the themes that are…
Dr. Alana Cattapan, Dalhousie University, will present a public talk entitled "Hands Clean: On Purity and Power in Biomedical Research" on Friday, March 10. Please join us at 4:30 pm, in SDU Main Building, room 213. This event is accessible, free, and everyone is welcome!
All are welcome to this presentation by Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre, Ryerson University, one of three short-listed candidates for the inaugural Chair in L.M. Montgomery Studies and Communication, Leadership, and Culture. This presentation will be held in room 211 of UPEI's SDU Main Building at 3:15 pm.
After the unfortunate postponing of this conference in February, because of a snowstorm, Difficult Dialogues 3 is rescheduled! Everyone is welcome to join us Friday March 10 and Saturday March 11 for this conference featuring students from UPEI and around the Maritimes. The conference begins Friday…
The UPEI Music Department Recital Series 2016-2017 is pleased to present a senior recitals in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI Campus, admission is free. Featuring Johanna Vessey, clarinet, in collaboration with Frances McBurnie, piano, and Karen Graves, violin. Johanna is a student in the studio…
Dr. Peter Foley, Assistant Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College, will give a public workshop on Thursday, March 9, at 7 pm, about end-of-life issues with companion animals. The workshop will take place at AVC in Lecture Theatre A. Dr. Foley will offer information…
Please join us for Theology on Tap with Weronika Janczuk, World Youth Alliance, "The Place of the Heart in Integral Human Formation".   The Pourhouse, Old Triangle Pub.  Doors: 630 pm. Talk: 7 pm.  Free admission.  19+