Congratulations to Alysha Corrigan and Brett Strba, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the week for October 8–15!

Professor Anne Warner La Forest, of the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Law, will present the 2017 Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law on Friday, October 20, at 1:30 p.m., at The Guild, 111 Queen St., Charlottetown. Her presentation is entitled “Canada and International Human Rights Law at 150: A Journey in Three Parts.”

The Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU) released today its 2017–18 preliminary survey of enrolments for universities in the Atlantic region. 

In his talk, “Irish and Scottish Gaelic in the US, Canada, Scotland, and Ireland in the Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries,” Dr. Sherling will discuss a new project that Peter Ludlow, a historian in Nova Scotia, and he are working on.

After a successful start in September, Research on Tap returns October 19 at 6:30 pm at The Wave, the UPEI campus pub in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Dr. Janet Bryanton, professor in the Faculty of Nursing at UPEI, will lead a discussion about women who seek planned caesareans due to fear of childbirth.

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is the latest university to join SHAD, an award-winning national enrichment program which brings top high school students to 16 university campuses across the country every July.

The Panther home-schedule is full this weekend, with the home-opener for UPEI Women’s Hockey, the Mickey Place Memorial Basketball Tournament, and games for men’s hockey and both soccer teams. 

The Mickey Place Memorial Basketball Tournament, presented by Rodd Hotels & Resorts, begins on Friday, October 13.

Congratulations to Jenna Mae Ellsworth (women’s basketball) and Kameron Kielly (men’s hockey), the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the week for October 2-8!

Eminent animal welfare scientist Professor David Mellor, University of Massey, New Zealand, will give a public lecture at the Atlantic Veterinary College on Tuesday, October 17, at 7 p.m.