UPEI Spotlights

UPEI is a place built on stories, from student success, to faculty and staff honours, to ground-breaking research. In UPEI Spotlights, you can read and watch videos about the important things that make UPEI unique.

Our Stories

dr. kate scarth
| Faculty, Research

Dr. Kate Scarth is Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies and Assistant Professor of Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) at UPEI.

dr. jean mitchell photographed outside holding her book
| Success Story, Research

In the role as UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability, Dr. Mitchell will take a broad perspective on small islands’ sustainability across the intersecting socio-economic, cultural, aesthetic, and environmental domains. 

upei mawi'omi centre student lead emma pickering
| Students

Emma is working hard this year as Mawi'omi Centre student lead, offering academic supports as well as organizing inclusive events and activities to help Indigenous students connect with one another and feel welcome supported at UPEI.

Josh MacFadyen
| Research

Dr. Josh MacFadyen is an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts, and the Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities.

eileen conboy inside the sustainable design engineering building
| UPEI Viewbook

An important part of UPEI's support team, Eileen co-ordinates the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office.