Dr. Trevor Jain has been awarded the 2021 John McCrae Memorial Medal, which recognizes current or former clinical health services personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces for exemplary service. Dr. Jain has had a distinguished career in emergency and disaster medicine in and out of the Canadian Armed Forces. He is the director of UPEI’s BSc in Paramedicine program.

Join us for three days of activities during the first Concussion Awareness Week, September 27 to 29. Concussion Awareness week is organized by the UPEI Concussion Awareness Program (CAP), in collaboration with the PEI Department of Health and Wellness.

Concussion Awareness Week was established in January 2021 to increase concussion awareness by providing information and encouraging action across Canada. Concussion Awareness Week is for everyone with a role in healthy, active living: sport and recreation participants, parents, coaches, organizers, educators, and more.

The Institute of Island Studies (IIS) at UPEI is embarking on a four-year project to better understand and assess the well-being and quality-of-life of Islanders. As one of the first initiatives of the project, the IIS is launching an online survey which explores personal well-being and offers the opportunity to share thoughts on how Island communities could be better places to live, work and play. The survey period continues until October 15.

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and dedication to their respective sports. Paige Chisholm and Nathan Chow are the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for September 13 to 19.

Paige Chisholm is member of the UPEI Cross Country team and a fifth-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student at the Atlantic Veterinary College. The Port Williams, Nova Scotia native finished second in the 6 km race at the St. Francis Xavier University Invitational.

​The following message was also distributed to students, staff, and faculty via their @upei.ca emails on behalf of UPEI Student Affairs.

Dear Members of the UPEI Community,

On Thursday, September 30, UPEI will mark the first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, recently designated by the Government of Canada as a federal statutory holiday. This is a day for all Canadians to remember the tragic history and legacy of residential schools in our country and the intergenerational impacts they have had on First Nations and Indigenous Peoples.

UPEI’s Cross Country team is looking to do more than just participate at meets. They’re looking to make some noise and turn some heads along the way.

Not since 2017 has a UPEI team earned a top-three finish at the AUS championship, but the student-athletes believe that this could be the year they rise in the standings and make a push toward the podium.

To do so, they’ll have to trust in their training and everything they learned over the last 18 months.