The PEI Business Women's Association (PEIBWA) will kick-start 2010 by hosting a workshop to assist business owners to optimize their companies' financial performance. PEIBWA is partnering with ProfitLearn PEI to offer a workshop called 'Financial Statement Analysis for Small Business.' The session will strengthen the ability of the small business community to understand...

The Tourism Research Centre at U.P.E.I. has released a report profiling visitors by the type of accommodation used in P.E.I. Based on results from the 2007/2008 exit survey, the report profiles visitors by seven accommodation types including hotel, motel, resort; inn, B&B, tourist home; cottage or cabin; camping or trailer park; homes of friends or relatives; other; and a combination...

Steven Galloway, author of the international best-selling novel "The Cellist of Sarajevo," will give a public reading on Tuesday, January 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. His reading is part of the Winter's Tales Authors Series sponsored by the UPEI English Department, with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts. One day during the siege of...

The University of Prince Edward Island has challenged students in residences at other post-secondary institutions in the Maritimes to an energy conservation competition. Holland College, St. Francis Xavier, Mount Allison, Dalhousie and the University of New Brunswick have all confirmed their participation. Students in more than 30 residences will take part. 'We're delighted...

Laura Archer, a nurse with the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), will be the first presenter in a new speakers' series that features three inspiring alumni of the University of Prince Edward Island. The series is organized by the UPEI Student Union. Doctors Without Borders delivers emergency aid to people affected...

Dr. Kim Critchley (left), UPEI Dean of Nursing, presents Leslie Warren, divisional nurse supervisor with the Office of the Attorney General, with the 2009 Bill and Denise Andrew Preceptor Scholarship for her longstanding work as a preceptor with nursing students. Fourth-year students work with preceptors to gain experience in community agencies across the province. Looking on is Simon Pickles who...

The UPEI Faculty of Arts will hold a public book launch to celebrate ten new books by UPEI faculty in the Main Building Faculty Lounge at UPEI on Thursday, January 7, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. "Remote Control: Governance Lessons for and from Small, Insular, and Remote Regions" explores the question: how does one transform small size and relative isolation into a...

Seven nurses from three Island hospitals graduated today from the first-ever critical care and emergency nursing program offered on Prince Edward Island. The graduates just completed a 15-week critical care and emergency nursing pilot program at UPEI's School of Nursing, which involved classroom study, lab simulation and clinical placements. The program manager is Judy Cotton, and...

Heather Russell is the winner of the UPEI Staff Achievement Award for 2009. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to University community life and quality of service across campus. Heather has been a staff member at UPEI for 12 years. Since 2003, she has provided administrative support services to faculty and students in the psychology department, one of the largest departments in the...

When UPEI education students returned from their pre-service training this time last year they held a class discussion about the obvious impact of poverty on students in some local schools, and they talked about actions that might make a difference. Christie Chandler, now in second-year Education, has taken that discussion a step further this year by organizing a holiday campaign to collect good...