Events Archive

Have you heard of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) committee at UPEI? We're doing what we can to sponsor student from refugee camps so that they can come study at UPEI, but most of the students who finish high school in the camps are boys. There are FOUR TIMES more boys than girls in…
Career Development Association of PEI and UPEI Career Services are partnering to host a networking event as part of Career Month 2016. A presentation by the PEI Department of Workforce & Advanced Learning with present it's strategic plan for 2016-19, followed by a Q & A session. There will…
Stories of Weathering Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu: Leaf-houses, Flying Foxes and Body Bags Island Studies Lecture by Dr. Jean Mitchell The November Island Studies Lecture will be Tuesday, November 15, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus, featuring Dr. Jean Mitchell…
SPEAKER: Dr. Okey, Igboeli, President, True Spring Pharmaceuticals Inc. TITLE: Use of RNAi in signaling studies and drug target discovery. Dr. Igboeli is a candidate for an adjnuct and graduate faculty position in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
The Island’s “food system” will be the topic of a Public Symposium to be held at UPEI’s Duffy Science Centre Amphitheatre, Room 135, on Monday, November 14, beginning at 7:00 p.m. In particular, the discussion will focus on a move toward a more sustainable agriculture, with a stronger emphasis on…
You are invited to attend a public talk by Dr. Nevin Reda, Ph.D (Candidate for a tenure-track position in Religious Studies at UPEI) Title: "The Poetics of Surat al-Baqara: Understanding the Qur'an's Narrative Structure and Running Themes"
Time to Write faculty writers retreat, November 9-13 If you have difficulty carving out uninterrupted time for writing, if you struggle with motivating yourself to write, or if you would simply like the supportive collaboration of a writing retreat, consider Time to Write, UPEI's faculty writers…
Khalid Alshammari, MSc student will present a seminar on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 12:30 pm.  The presentation is entitled "Series Solutions of the Linear Differential Equation of Second Order".  The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy…
UPEI 103 students and University 303 students will be taking on a co-curricular project. It will be held on Tuesday November 8th and Wednesday November 9th, 10:00-1:00 pm in W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The students are setting up a "Swap for Supplies" yard-sale event to support second-year…
SPEAKER:  Kami Harris, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE:  What's in your gut, leftovers or lunch?  Determining if tick gut contents are blood meal remnants or a result of interrupted feeding.
UPEI 103 students and University 303 students will be taking on a co-curricular project on Tuesday November 8th and Wednesday November 9th, 10:00-1:00 pm in W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The students are setting up a "Swap for Supplies" yard-sale event to support second-year Engineering students who…
You are invited to attend a public talk by Dr. H.C. Hillier, PhD (candidate for a tenure-track position in Religious Studies at UPEI). Title: "Global Citizenship: Towards an Islamic Perspective"
The Catholic Studies programme is pleased to offer RS 388, "Rome: Centre of Christianity," May 6 -27, 2017. Taught in Rome, Italy, the course is supported by the Saint Dunstan's University Institute for Christianity and Culture and its commitment to global and experiential learning. An information…
Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine will be on the UPEI campus to deliver information about the process of apply to their medical school. Any student who has ever considered a career in medicine should attend and learn more about what is required in the application process. Students from all…
Come and join local health professionals to learn more about health careers on Prince Edward Island. There will be a wide range of different health professionals available to meet and talk with students about their specific health based career. Health care professionals have a wide range of…
SPEAKER:  Desmond Hammill, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE:  A next-generation sequencing approach for the simultaneous detection of plant viruses for the purpose of quarantine testing.
President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites members of our campus and Prince Edward Island communities to attend the seventeenth annual Recognition of Founders Ceremony including a very special event, The President's Circle: Indigenizing our Campus in the Spirit of…
Students, Staff, Faculty, and recently graduated students are invited to bring their children, grandchildren, etc. to attend the Halloween Family Friendly Event on Saturday from 2pm to 5pm.  Co-hosted by the Campus Life Program and Let's Talk Science. Everyone is welcome to dress up. Let's…
The Robertson Library partners with the Open Data Book Club to host an event. The Open Data Book Club will introduce their activities related to Open Data. Following that we will have two speakers: Dr Adam Fenech (Director of UPEI Climate Lab) will speak on The Value of Open Data in Research. Mary-…
Please join us for the 2016 Faith and Knowledge Lecture presented by the Saint Dunstan's Institute for Christianity and Culture. Dr. Moira McQueen, Director of the Canadian Catholic Instute on Bioethics and recent appointment of Pope Francis to the International Theological Commission, …