Panthers at Home, February 13 to 14

The regular season is done and gone for AUS men’s and women’s hockey. Both UPEI teams have advanced to the playoffs. Both are looking for important first-round wins at home. Here’s your Panthers at Home schedule for February 13 to 14

Thursday

UPEI’s women’s hockey team is coming off a tremendous season. They kick off the 2019–2020 playoffs Thursday evening with a home game against the Université de Moncton.

Public book launch and lecture at UPEI on March 10

The UPEI Diversity and Social Justice Studies program, the Dean of Arts, and the Dean of Education will host a launch of Dr. Darryl Leroux’s book, Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity, on Tuesday, March 10, at 4 pm in Lecture Theatre A, Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI.

Leroux, an associate professor at Saint Mary’s University, will give a lecture at this free public event.

Introducing UPEI’s Open Education Resource Development program

The following is released jointly by the Government of PEI, UPEISU, and UPEI.

UPEI’s Robertson Library, in partnership with the Province of Prince Edward Island, and the UPEI Student Union (UPEISU), has created a program to support the creation, adaptation, or peer review of open education resources (OERs) at UPEI to lower the cost of learning materials for students.

Building plans to be unveiled February 14 at public presentation

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and MP for Cardigan; the Honourable Dennis King, Premier of Prince Edward Island; Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor; and Dr. Adam Fenech, Associate Dean of the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, invite the public to a presentation about the future building plans for UPEI’s Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation. 

Black History Month in Canada

In a message sent earlier this week, President Abd-El-Aziz encouraged the campus community to participate in activities taking place across the province to celebrate Black History Month.
 
Dear Members of the Campus Community,
 
The struggle for a more equal and inclusive society continues as we mark Black History Month this February. Black History Month in Canada was created to provide an opportunity to share and learn about peoples of African ancestry, but there remains w