An Atlantic Canada research project called 'Retention of Aboriginal Students in Atlantic Canada's Post-secondary Institutions: An analysis of the supports available to Aboriginal students' has been initiated by the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in partnership with the Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU). The Canadian Council on Learning will provide $55,000 in...

During a recent visit to PEI, Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and to the Minister of International Trade, toured the new School of Business and Centre for Enterprise & Entrepreneurship at UPEI. Faculty and staff are planning to move into the new building at the end of April. UPEI aims to offer the first classes in the new...

With the recent establishment of the $2,000 George Coles provincial bursary, Prince Edward Island undergraduate students entering first-year full-time studies have more reason than ever to attend UPEI. The new bursary program was announced in the P.E.I. Throne Speech earlier this month. Premier Robert Ghiz announced more details, including the eligibility criteria, on April 17. In addition to...

The University of Prince Edward Island will confer honorary degrees on four outstanding citizens, Wayne D. Gray, Nona Macdonald Heaslip, James Carter and Joe Ng, at two convocations on Saturday, May 10, in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Carter and Gray will receive their honorary degrees during the morning ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. Macdonald Heaslip and Ng will be awarded their...

Starting in January 2009, the University of Prince Edward Island’s School of Nursing will offer an accelerated nursing degree program for people who have university degrees and want to enter the nursing profession. The provincial government announced funding support for the program in the throne speech on Friday, April 4. Dr. Kim Critchley, dean of the UPEI School of Nursing, is thrilled...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at UPEI’s School of Business today announced the release of a report profiling Ontario visitors to P.E.I. during the summer of 2007. Results show more visitors from Ontario than from all markets outside of CanadaOntario take long vacations and spend a significant portion of this time in P.E.I. Although they had the lowest per-person per-night spending of any...

Over the past few months, over 120 third-year marketing students at UPEI’s School of Business have been learning first-hand the business of bioscience. Working with six local bioscience companies, 25 teams of business students have been designing winning marketing strategies for the companies’ products and services, to be used in their national and international promotion and sales activities....

The Centre for Life-Long Learning (CLLL) at UPEI is bringing solutions to a nationwide trend as it offers a workshop entitled “Inspiring a Multi-Generational Workforce” on April 9 on the campus. Designed for those who seek to learn more about managing a multi-generational workforce, this workshop will bring new approaches to working with teams made up of members from all generations. The...

Members of the public are invited to the launch of the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network’s report, “Bridging Public Investment and Social Value: An examination of the supports for the Social Economy on Prince Edward Island,” on Monday, April 7, from 12:30-1:30 p.m., in the UPEI Main Building Faculty Lounge. Communications specialist Barbara Groome-Wynne, who was commissioned...

The University of Prince Edward Island has appointed Dr. J. Tim Goddard, of the University of Calgary, to the position of Dean of Education for a six-year term beginning July 1, 2008. “It’s a real coup for UPEI and for the entire PEI educational system to attract Dr. Tim Goddard as our Dean of Education,” says UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan. “He was selected through a very competitive...