Corrie Melanson, of OXFAM Canada, will give a presentation called “From Poverty to Power: Women as Active Global Citizens” at The Guild on November 15 at 7 p.m. Melanson’s talk is part of the University of Prince Edward Island’s international women’s speaker series. In conjunction, Resilience and Dreams: Women as Global Citizens, an exhibition of photographs by social documentary photographer...

Remember when you and your friends spent hours debating the “big questions” of the day? Well, here’s your chance to take part in an interactive discussion about a topic that affects many people. The PEI Health Research Institute (PEI HRI) will host its second Café Scientifique on Thursday, November 20, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Confederation Centre’s Studio Theatre. Entitled “Battling Brain...

Anne Simpson, one of Atlantic Canada’s finest poets and novelists, and a popular creative writing teacher, returns to PEI with a new novel, Falling. She will give a reading on Thursday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Confederation Centre Art Galley in Charlottetown. A reception and book signing will follow. Simpson lives in Antigonish, where she teaches part-time and coordinates the Great...

The Environmental Studies program at the University of Prince Edward Island is hosting a public forum called “State of the Island Environment 2008: Looking Back, Looking Ahead” on Thursday, November 13, at 7 p.m. in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242. “The aim of these forums is to bring together a diverse panel of knowledgeable and concerned people from environmental organizations and...

Debra Sandler, worldwide president of McNeil Nutritionals LLC, a Johnson and Johnson company, will speak to students in the Faculty of Education's Global Issues course on Thursday, November 6. Her presentation, "The Global Consumer: Transforming Markets and Brand Communications," will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in McDougall Hall 242, with overflow seating in Kelley 237,...

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) was the top Canadian undergraduate university in research income growth from 2002 to 2007, according to Canada’s Innovation Leaders 2008, a report published by Research Infosource. From 2002 to 2007, research income at UPEI rose from $5.2 million to $13.2 million, an increase of 153.8 per cent, says the report. Research Infosource is Canada’s premier...

The 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) shows that first- and fourth-year students attending the University of Prince Edward Island have a high degree of satisfaction with their experience at the university. Of 1,513 first-year and fourth-year students invited to fill out the survey last spring, 53 per cent responded, well above the Canadian average response rate of 39 per cent....

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is expanding its international connections, with the signing of an agreement with the College of the Bahamas (COB). Delegates from the COB recently visited UPEI and signed the agreement, opening up a world of exciting opportunities for future collaborations. While on P.E.I., they participated in a public forum called “Sharing the Land,” organized...

Ian Dohoo, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, was presented with an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine by The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden on October 11, 2008. The honorary doctorate was awarded as an acknowledgment of Dohoo’s high standard scientific...

Despite regional demographic challenges in post-secondary enrolment, the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) recorded its highest-ever enrolment for full and part-time students for this academic year. Enrolment statistics released by the Association of Atlantic Universities today show that total full and part-time enrolment at UPEI stands at 4,245 this year, an increase of 5.5 per cent...