Dr. Christina Murray, Associate Professor of Nursing with UPEI’s Faculty of Nursing and Dr. Barb Neis, Project Director for the On the Move Partnership were recently awarded the 2018 Mirabelli-Glossop Award for Distinguished Contribution by The Vanier Institute of the Family.

Nora Spinks, CEO of The Vanier Institute, congratulated Drs. Murray and Neis, lauding both women for their work as leaders, scholars and collaborators.

A new book by Dr. Joshua MacFadyen, an associate professor in the Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program in the Faculty of Arts at UPEI, examines the story of flax, a plant that went in a few decades from a specialty crop to one of the most commercially important farming products in a rapidly industrializing North America. 

Sponsored by the Swedish Embassy in Ottawa and Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare, Sounds of Sweden will be a celebration of Swedish classical music, marking the 100^th anniversary of the Swedish Society of Composers. 

South Shore resident JoDee Samuelson will launch her new book The Cove Journal on Thursday, November 15 at 7:00 pm in Beaconsfield Carriage House. Samuelson will be joined by fiddler Roy Johnstone, accompanied by Margie Carmichael on guitar.

The next Theology on Tap will commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War. 

UPEI Men’s and Women’s Basketball kicks off the 2018–2019 season with a pair of games each against Memorial University, and UPEI Men’s Hockey looks to pick up a win at home against the Université de Moncton.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 14 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building for a symposium presented by the students of MUS 4220—Global Musics.

In a message to the campus community, Vice-President Administration and Finance Jackie Podger announced the University of Prince Edward Island’s latest sustainability initiative—“Back to Tap”.  Read the message

Vice-President Podger wrote, “As a University we are always open to suggestions to reduce our carbon footprint. It is my pleasure to introduce our newest initiative—“Back to Tap”—intended to support a greener campus.”

Congratulations to Alyssa Ferguson and Filip Rydstrom, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 22 to 28.

UPEI Men’s and Women’s Soccer will honour their graduating seniors this weekend as the Panthers wind down the 2018 season.