The UPEI Healthy Campus Committee in conjunction with the Fair Treatment Office invites all students, staff, and faculty, and the broader community to wear pink on Wednesday, February 27, to raise bullying awareness and help make our campus a respectful and safe place to learn and work. 'Pink Shirt Day' was started by two Nova Scotia high school students after a bullying...

Despite the weather, the 2013 Subway AUS Swimming Championship wrapped up on Sunday, February 10 at the CARI Complex. UPEI swimmers were among the top, breaking both UPEI and personal best records. UPEI's Zachary Laustsen placed fourth in the 50m butterfly, and fifth in the 100m butterfly. Emma MacKay finished eighth in the 100m freestyle, the women's 400m medley relay team came...

Three UPEI students-Megan Hood, Brett Huestis, and Ben MacDonald-were chosen to take part in this year's Japan-Canada Academic Consortium (JACAC) student forum, February 16-24, hosted by York University in Toronto. The forum provides undergraduate student representatives from member institutions in Japan and Canada with the opportunity to meet and exchange opinions...

As part of the Debut Atlantic tour, pianist Todd Yaniw will perform at UPEI's Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Tuesday, February 12, at 7:30 pm. Todd is a two-time national winner of the Canadian Music Competition, silver medalist at the Eastman International Piano Competition and was a recipient of the 2010 Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award. He received his Associate of the Royal Conservatory...

UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz recently returned from an eight-day UPEI/PEI mission to Egypt and Turkey as part of his student-faculty mobility and international recruitment strategy. The President met with senior higher education government officials and with several universities in both countries. UPEI's focus is on enhancing current, and developing new, partnerships...

It's a busy weekend for UPEI Panthers as they host the AUS swimming championship and regular season basketball and hockey games. The AUS swimming championship takes place February 8-February 10 at the CARI Complex, with swim heats beginning at 10:00 am and finals at 6:00 pm daily. Tickets can be purchased for $10 per day or $15 for the weekend by contacting Carol at heartz@upei....

Dr. Blake Jelley, Associate Professor of Management in UPEI's School of Business, recently achieved the nation's top score on the National Knowledge Exam (NKE) offered by the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations in October 2012. Over 1,650 candidates wrote the NKE-a 150-question, multiple-choice exam that assesses knowledge of professional practice;...

A recognition event was held on Monday, January 28, to honour members of the family of G. Stewart and C. Jean (Ross) MacKay and their contributions to the capital campaign for UPEI's Health Sciences Building which houses the School of Nursing and the Department of Applied Human Sciences. The second floor collaboratory was officially named after the family during the event and a plaque was...

The UPEI student conference-'Difficult Dialogues: Exploring Relationships Between Identities and Power'-takes place February 8 and 9 with registration beginning on Friday, February 8 at 12:30 pm in Main Building, room 520. Over 25 students from UPEI, Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University, St. Thomas University, and the University of New Brunswick will...

As a part of UPEI's Winter's Tales Author Reading Series, Madeleine Thien, author of Certainty and Dogs at the Perimeter, will present her fiction on Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 pm in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. A reception and book signing will follow her reading. Thien was born in Vancouver in 1974, the year her Malaysian-Chinese parents immigrated to Canada. Her novels...