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Media Releases

| Music

A memorial service in honour of F. Alan Reesor, faculty member in the UPEI Department of Music from 1970–1997, will be held at St. Peter's Cathedral on Rochford Street in Charlottetown, on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at 2:30 pm.

| Community

UPEI is partnering with the Canada Games Host Society during the 2023 Canada Winter Games from February 18 to March 5, 2023, and they need volunteers! From scorekeepers and ushers to drivers and bloggers, it will take thousands of people working together to plan and support all the athletic and cultural events during the Games.  

| Athletics

While much has changed regarding roster construction, the UPEI Women’s Basketball Panthers want to prove that they can still be among the AUS elite in 2022–23.

| Prospective Students

The UPEI Recruitment and First Year Advisement team is hosting a Fall Open House on Friday, November 4, 2022, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. High school students interested in pursuing studies UPEI are invited to attend.

| People

A well-known Canadian and PEI entrepreneur with deep Island roots is the subject of Gary MacDougall's latest book, published by RetroMedia Publishing.

In Don McDougall | Business: Get it done, have some fun, the author chronicles the path that led a PEI boy and graduate of Saint Dunstan’s University to become the youngest president of Labatt’s Brewing; build and grow an aerospace company that had ties to the Canadarm; and bring the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club to Canada and F1 moto racing to Montreal.

| Community

In an update to the campus community, President Keefe outlines the progress made on the development of a joint UPEI-Memorial Doctor of Medicine degree and the UPEI Faculty of Medicine.

| Special Event

UPEI’s Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation in St. Peter’s Bay hosted a public Open House on Friday, October 21, 2022. Members of the public were invited to tour the 45,000-square-foot facility, which houses the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, the UPEI Climate Lab, and state-of-the-art research centres of excellence, including the Centre of Excellence in Food Security and Sustainability.

| Athletics

The week of October 24–30 is another busy one for the UPEI Panthers as they take on opponents at home and away. 

| Department Updates

The first-ever interprofessional simulation lab, involving UPEI nursing students and Holland College paramedicine students, took place on September 23, 2022, at the UPEI Faculty of Nursing in the Health Sciences Building. Fourth-year Nursing 4010 Population Health students and second-year Holland College Advanced Care Paramedicine students, as well as faculty and staff, came together for the day to engage in interprofessional simulated learning with the overall goal of increasing understanding and awareness about the scope, roles, and responsibilities of each profession.

| Athletics

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 17–23 are Emily Duffy (women’s rugby) and Kyle Maksimovich (men’s hockey). Both athletes were also named Subway Atlantic University Sport women’s and men’s Athletes of the Week.