UPEI Concert Choir performs The Messiah, Part I (rescheduled)
The UPEI Concert Choir, under the direction of Sung Ha Shin-Bouey will perform The Messiah-Part I (plus the Hallelujah Chorus), in collaboration with the Atlantic String Machine and the UPEI Voice Majors as the soloists. Other ensembles sharing the stage will be the UPEI Chamber Singers, Le Ragazze Girls Vocal Ensemble, and the Ragazzi Jrs Singers in collaboration with pianist Leo Marchildon.
Concert will take place at Dr. Steel Recital Hall
on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM **new date and time**
FSDE to commemorate 30th anniversary of École Polytechnique shooting
On December 6, 1989, at approximately 5 pm, what should have been a joyful celebration of camaraderie and the end of the school semester turned into a tragedy. A man entered a classroom at École Polytechnique de Montréal with an assault weapon. He ordered the men to go to one side of the room and the women to go to the other. He targeted the female engineering students and shot them.
AVC to serve as after-hours primary emergency care clinic for PEI pets
Starting January 6, 2020, the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI will serve as the small animal after-hours primary emergency clinic for most of the private veterinary clinics on Prince Edward Island.
30th Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
December 6th, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the mass shooting of fourteen women (almost all of whom were women engineering students) at École Polytechnique de Montréal (now Polytechnique Montreal).
The campus community is invited to join UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering faculty members, students, staff, women engineers, and others as we mark this event and reflect on inclusion and diversity within engineering and the work that has been done and continues to be needed.
Island Lecture Series December Lecture: Visiting scholar Dr. Dacia Leslie
The Island Lecture Series’ presentation for December features visiting scholar Dr. Dacia Leslie, speaking about the prison system in her home country of Jamaica. Her talk, “Don’t Discard the Utilitarian Aims: Revisiting the UK Prison Offer,” will be held on Tuesday, December 10, at 7 pm, in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. All are welcome.
Festive Coffee and Cookie Break for Students
All UPEI students are invited to enjoy a Festive Coffee and Cookie Break on Thursday, December 5, presented by the Office of the President. Drop by the concourse in the W. A. Murphy Student Centre between 12:30 and 2:00 pm where the team from the Office of the President will serve up cookies, coffee, and hot chocolate and UPEI music students will be carolling! Join in this great stress reliever and spirit booster!
AVC presents 2019 Green Hat Award to PEI’s Apple Valley Farm
The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI presented the 2019 Hon. Eugene F. Whelan Green Hat Award, to Apple Valley Farm, a swine production facility in Pisquid, PEI, on November 14, 2019.
Dr. Dan Hurnik, professor of swine health management at AVC, and Dr. Shawn McKenna, associate professor of ruminant health management and service chief of AVC Farm Service, nominated the farm for the award. Dr. Hurnik read the citation at the ceremony.
AVC lauds VTH clients at reception
The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI held a reception on November 14 to thank clients of its Veterinary Teaching Hospital for their support of the hospital and the College.
Winding down and starting up: Two four-year projects in Kenya
“We sure have come a long way…from being overwhelmed by the bustle and chaos of a Kenyan market day, to knowing our main vendors, bartering prices, and greeting familiar happy faces from the dairy farms along the way. And we really enjoyed working with the Kenyan dairy farmers to make their cows healthy, productive, and happy.”
- Hanna Hone and Chantel Doyle, AVC Class of 2021, after their 2019 Kenyan internship
