Fish health and the evolving role of aquatic animal health management on a global scale will be examined by 150 aquaculture, fish health, and bioscience experts from around the world during the Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting. The meeting will be hosted by the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in Charlottetown, Prince...

The University of Prince Edward island was the site of a news conference on Saturday, July 5, to announce over $7.6 million in funding for Canada Games facilities in the City of Charlottetown, including the new $6.8 million state-of-the-art Athletic Complex now under construction on campus. A number of Charlottetown-area facilities will be upgraded and modernized to host various events during...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at UPEI’s School of Business released a report on July 3 that profiles international visitors to PEI. This is the eighth report released based on data collected during the main season (June 27 to September 30) in 2007. “The Exit Survey was designed so results could be cross-analyzed to provide a depth of data for further analysis. With this in mind, we were...

President Wade MacLauchlan was named a Member of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on Canada Day, July 1. "It's an extra special way to celebrate Canada Day, and an honour that I consider to be shared with everyone at UPEI," says President MacLauchlan. President MacLauchlan is recognized for 'his...

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Ryerson University and Seno Medical Instruments of Texas have teamed up to form an exciting research partnership that has great potential to benefit human and animal health. Through this collaboration, UPEI and Ryerson University will develop new biomedical applications for Seno Medical’s technology called opto-acoustic imaging, with applications...

Sarah MacAulay, of the UPEI women's field hockey and hockey teams, has been named to the senior women's national field hockey team. MacAulay has been awarded a development card and will report for team training on July 3 with the rest of the national squad in British Columbia, the home base for the national team. The players will train until September 5, with a two-week break at the end of July...

The Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island officially opened its state-of-the-art $20 million Research Complex on Friday, June 20. Within the 57,000 square foot (5,300 square meters) research facility, researchers from the Atlantic Veterinary College will further health and wellness research related to both animals and humans. "This Government knows...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at UPEI's School of Business today announced the release of a report on differences between visitors to PEI based on their entry and exit points - the Confederation Bridge, Wood Islands Ferry or a combination of the two. "The results of this report were quite surprising," says Dr. Sean Hennessey, Faculty Director of the TRC. "We expected...

The University of Prince Edward Island will hold a memorial celebration to honour the late Dr. C.W.J. Eliot, President Emeritus, in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Sunday, June 22, at 2 p.m. Dr. Eliot served as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1985 to 1995, and was named President Emeritus in 1996. He was the third person to serve as president since UPEI...

Dr. Ian Holloway, Q.C., Dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario, will be the guest lecturer at the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law on Thursday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m., at the University of Prince Edward Island. The event, which is open to the public, will take place in the new School of Business lecture theatre 242. Holloway’s presentation is entitled “The Canadian...