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Media Releases

| Atlantic Veterinary College

A new book by UPEI professor Michelle Evason is helping keep dogs and their owners safe. As the geographic ranges of ticks rapidly expand in Central, Eastern, and Atlantic Canada, it is important to understand the different tick-borne diseases in dogs and how to treat them. Published by Island Studies Press, Tick-borne Disease in Dogs is an invaluable reference for veterinarians and dog owners.

| People

Dr. Jean Mitchell, Chair of the Sociology/Anthropology department at UPEI, shares words of remembrance about her friend and former colleague, Dr, Tom Trenton, who passed away on September 17, 2020.

| Students

Seven universities in Atlantic Canada are co-ordinating efforts to engage and support student entrepreneurs by hosting virtual workshops this fall.

| Research

Students in UPEI’s Kinesiology 3430 class are seeking participants to take part in a four-week exercise training program.

| Athletics

The University of Prince Edward Island and Holland College announced today that they will be co-hosting an inter-provincial varsity soccer league for both their men’s and women’s soccer teams.

| People

UPEI Founder Verner Smitheram pays tribute to his former colleague and dear friend, Dr. Andy Robb, Professor Emeritus of History and Canadian Studies, who passed away on September 4, 2020. The University of Prince Edward Island has lowered the flags to half-mast in his memory.

| University

In this message to the UPEI community, President Abd-El-Aziz welcomes students back to classes for the 2020 Fall Academic Semester.

| University

UPEI’s actuarial science program has been recognized by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) as being a university offering an actuarial program with advanced curriculum. The program is now designated as a UCAP–Advanced Curriculum program (UCAP-AC).

| University

The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment department has issued new guidance for mask-wearing in advance of the beginning of the 2020 Fall Academic Semester.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

AVC students Austin Ebbott and Joey Buzzell gained valuable experience caring for a protected species when they helped care for barn swallow chicks at the AVC Wildlife Service last  month.