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.

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Our Stories

a group of faculty members in session at the UPEI Faculty Development Summer Institute
| Faculty, Campus Spotlight

UPEI’s Teaching and Learning Centre hosted the 33rd Faculty Development Summer Institute (FDSI) from June 6–9, 2023, signalling the return of the successful academic conference after a five-year break.

Nutrition Services Manager and Dietitian Katie Nordby
| Success Story, Alumni

"Becoming a dietitian has been so rewarding... if a student is considering this career path, UPEI can help guide them there."

Dr. Nino Antadze
| Faculty, Profile

Dr. Antadze is an associate professor with UPEI's Bachelor of Environmental Studies program.

Diedre Kelly
| Success Story, Students

Deidre Kelly works as an interpreter on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, providing simultaneous interpretation from French into English at committee meetings, press conferences, caucus meetings and sittings of the Senate and the House of Commons.

Trish Van Bolderen
| Alumni, Success Story, Students

Trish Van Bolderen lives in Dublin, Ireland and works full-time as a freelance translator (from French and Spanish into English) and English-language reviser. She also works as a Translation Studies scholar, having obtained a PhD in that area.