For the past five years, the Institute of Island Studies at UPEI has been partnering with the Social Economy Research Network to support social justice and environmental projects on PEI, plus produce books and research reports related to that work. The partnership is being celebrated this Wednesday, November 17 at the Farm Centre on University Ave in Charlottetown, from 3 to 6:30 pm. All...

President Wade MacLauchlan will present UPEI's University UPDATE 2010 on Thursday, November 18, 2:45 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Don and Marion McDougall Hall (242). UPEI is pleased to invite all students and their families, faculty and staff, retirees, alumni, friends and interested members of the public to attend. A reception for all attending will follow the presentation. Copies of...

Two unique programs at UPEI- the University 100 program and the SHARE program-are offering opportunities to alumni to act as mentors for current students. The University 100 program in the Faculty of Arts introduces students to university-level communication skills, critical-thinking skills, and practical studentship skills. Alumni are being invited to act as mentors, or vocational...

The Faculty of Education invites you to an Open House, 3rd floor, Memorial Hall, Wednesday, November 17, 4:30-7:30 pm. There will be a program presentation at 6:30 pm and displays on the BEd Specializations in Indigenous Education, International Education, French Education, BEd HRD, CAE, MEd and PhD programs. The Open House will include conversation time with students, faculty, and the...

Michael Redmond, head coach of the UPEI Women's Soccer team, has been named the AUS Coach of the Year and was awarded the PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada (PEIANC) Outstanding Individual Award for his and his team's work with the community at the organization's annual general meeting. The PEIANC Outstanding Individual Award recognizes an individual in the community who...

A major contribution from the John and Judy Bragg Family Foundation, made in memory of their lifelong friend and respected P.E.I. business leader David W. Rodd, will support human health research facilities at the University of Prince Edward Island's Atlantic Veterinary College. On this floor, researchers work diligently in world-class laboratories to find solutions to human health conditions...

UPEI congratulates Bobby Thomas Cameron, BA'09, on receiving the 2010 Canadian Red Cross Young Humanitarian Award for Prince Edward Island for his dedication to literacy promotion, international development, volunteerism, and advocacy. The award will be presented to the Hampton native on November 3 at the Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian Awards dinner at the Delta Prince Edward hotel, though...

The Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program at UPEI recently awarded several scholarships at its first annual awards reception. The first McDonald Family MAIS Scholarship was awarded to Colin Allen MacIntyre from Summerside. Colin is studying the environmental history of Prince Edward Island under the academic advisement of Dr. Edward MacDonald. Another award that was...

‘Dad is Sleeping' The UPEI theatre program, in partnership with Tanball Productions, is presenting a one-act play 'Dad is Sleeping' from November 3 to 6 in the Duffy Ampitheatre, nightly at 7:30 pm. Admission is $5. ‘One-Act Play Extravaganza' On November 7, from playwright Stephen Bouey, comes nine one-act plays and three monologues for the stage. The plays, running from...

The second annual fundraising event for 'Light Up Papua New Guinea: The Captain Nichola Goddard Project' takes place Saturday, November 6 at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall on the UPEI campus. The evening gets underway with a reception at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm and features guest speaker, Valerie Fortney, author of Sunray: The Death and Life of Nichola Goddard as well as...