The Mental Health Week Committee at the University of Prince Edward Island has unveiled its jam-packed, five-day schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018. The program, that takes place March 12–16, continues with the theme, ‘relationships matter’.

The new Heritage Minute features PEI literary icon L.M. Montgomery and was created in consultation with UPEI past-president Dr. Elizabeth “Betsy” Epperly.

Congratulations to Jenna Mae Ellsworth, the UPEI Panther Subway Athlete of the Week for February 27–March 4.

The W.A. Murphy Student Centre lobby was crowded, with lineups well down the hall, as people waited to get a scoop of ice cream and help a good cause: mental health.

The UPEI Faculty of Business will host an information session for those interested in its Executive MBA program. 

The next edition of the 2018 Island Studies Lecture Series features the research of Dr. Nand C. Bardouille on the important role of regional integration in Caribbean island states to overcome the disadvantages associated with their smaller size. 

Dr. Don L. Baker, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, will give the inaugural lecture in UPEI’s new Asian Studies International Seminar and Korean Studies Speaker Series on Thursday, March 8, 2:30 pm, Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building. Dr. Baker will give a presentation called “From the Mountains into the Cities: The Transformation of Korean Buddhism in the Twentieth Century” on Thursday from 2:30 to 3:45 pm. The storm date for the event is Friday, March 9, 2:30 to 3:45 pm, Room 213, SDU Main Building.

The Société Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (SSTA), Collège de l'Île, and the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island are pleased to host the Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec’s Minister responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie at a public lecture on Wednesday, March 7. 

UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz welcomed the investments in science and research that were identified in the federal budget tabled by the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, in the House of Commons on February 27, 2018.