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Current and former UPEI athletes are among the finalists in three categories of Sport PEI’s annual awards.
Plans for the Cleantech Innovation Centre (CIC), which will house the Cleantech Academy, a joint initiative between Holland College and UPEI, were unveiled in Georgetown, PEI on December 12.
The Recognition of Founders Ceremony will take place on Friday, December 15, 2023, at 1:30 pm at the Atlantic Veterinary College (rooms 286A and 287 N). All are welcome to attend!
Dr. Margie Burns, an assistant professor with the UPEI Faculty of Nursing, is conducting a research project about communication between paramedics and the relatives of critically ill patients when the patient is being transferred off-Island for advanced critical care services.
Twenty groups of fourth-year UPEI nursing students in the Nursing and Population Health course worked with agencies across PEI this semester to create innovative projects and programs to promote health and wellness.
On December 6, the UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) held a candlelight vigil in recognition of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which was created in response to the murder of 14 women, most of whom were engineering students, at the École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. The vigil was also an opportunity to remember the 10 women murdered on PEI since 1989 by someone who knew them, and murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
The following message was also distributed by email to students, staff, and faculty on December 11, 2023.
The University of Prince Edward Island invites the nomination of candidates for honorary degrees to be conferred at Convocation in May 2024.
Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for November 27–December 3 are Alaere Peterside (track and field) and Noah Sedore (men’s hockey).
Read President Keefe's message to students, staff, and faculty, as the campus community prepares to observe the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6.