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. ann braithwaite outside in the UPEI quadrangle
| Faculty, Success Story

Dr. Braithwaite was nominated for the prestigious award by UPEI colleagues, who describe her as exceptional and someone who works with "infectious and generative joy to build questioning and inclusive communities."

upei student elinor haldane
| Students

Third-year Bachelor of Science in Applied Climate Change and Adaptation student Elinor Haldane describes why she chose UPEI, and what's great about the program.

upei alumna krystin matters
| Success Story

Krystin Matters, who graduated from UPEI this spring with a major in Religious Studies and a minor in Asian Studies, has accepted a position as an assistant English language teacher with the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program.

upei student anna mallard
| Success Story

The PEI Policy Hackathon, now in its third year, is a case competition that provides Islanders with the chance to work on real, complex challenges facing all three levels of government.

UPEI science student Ivan Yeger
| Students

Fourth-year Bachelor of Environmental Studies student Ivan Yeger talks about his journey to UPEI from his home in the Dominican Republic, and how the program is preparing him for success in his future environmental science career.