Our Plastic World: The Breakdown Three informative speakers will give insights into different aspects of plastic waste and the challenges we face. A panel discussion will follow. Speakers: Dr. Nino Antadze, Environmental Studies, UPEI Heather Myers, Disposal Manager, Island Waste Management Corporation Dr. Tony Walker, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University All are welcome!

Featuring visiting professor Dr. Nand Bardouille: Overcoming "small size" in the Caribbean. The March 2018 Island Studies Lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 20, at 7 pm in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus and will feature Dr. Nand C. Bardouille speaking about the important role of regional integration in positioning Caribbean island states to overcome the disadvantages associated with “small size.” “Either we integrate or we perish…” For forty-plus years, this famous aphorism has given impetus to a grouping of mainly small island states in the Caribbean Basin that is endeavouring to advance regional integration. This lecture addresses the question: What role does the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which is one of the oldest regional integration projects in the developing world, play in positioning its members to overcome their “small size” in the international system? CARICOM is a grouping of fifteen member states and five associate members, which span the archipelagic state of The Bahamas in the northern part of the Caribbean Basin to the low-lying coastal states of Suriname and Guyana in South America. Dr. Bardouille will call attention to the vitally important role of collaborative regional governance arrangements in undergirding the viability of Caribbean island states. He will focus on how CARICOM enables co-ordinated regional responses to constraints/vulnerabilities associated with “small size” and the achievement of policy success for its members that face “existential threats,” such as climate change and transnational crime. Dr. Bardouille will trace the key milestones/achievements of and the challenges that confront CARICOM and will reflect on CARICOM’s prospects. Dr. Nand C. Bardouille, a national of Dominica, is currently a visiting professor in the Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program at UPEI. Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend. Watch for another lecture about islands – near and far – April 17. For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.

On March 1, 2018 COWS will donate all of the proceeds of ice cream sales from their Charlottetown locations to the Canadian Mental Health Association, PEI Division in memory of former employee Jason Driscoll. There will be a special pop up shop open at UPEI on March 1st at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre will be open 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm.  Come out and support the mental health!

Attention 2018 graduates, mark your calendars! This is an event not to be missed! Celebrate the last day of classes, de-stress before exams, grab a bite, take a selfie with the 2018 sign, win some awesome door prizes, and enjoy musical entertainment by Ryan Merry. One lucky student will WIN our GRAND PRIZE DRAW* for $1.000 CASH - sponsored by TD Insurance. *Only 2018 Grads are eligible to win and must be present at time of draw* Hosted by your UPEI Alumni AssociationPanthers for Life!

This semester, the UPEI School of Sustainable Desing Engineering is developing and executing a project that will include the launch and recovery of 16 x 350g weather balloons with our first year engineering students. The project aims to allow the students to plan an experiment collecting data from weather balloons, such as temperature, pressure, image and location. This is an exciting proposition for the students who will breathe life into this assignment. You are invited to join us on Monday, March 5, 2:30 pm at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, room 128 B for a pre-launch exhibition of the payloads of our near Space Exploration project.

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Justin Ferrish, masters student, will be defending his thesis entitled "On Adaptation of Salinity Tolerance: A Study of Phenotypic Divergence Between Lacustrine and Marine Populations of Cakile edentula." Everyone welcome!

Free snacks and a free Samuel's 'coffee & muffin' voucher at this screening! Perfume War is an inspiring documentary about two friends and their unstoppable fight for world peace. Captain Trevor Greene’s mission in Afghanistan ends violently with a Taliban axe in his head. Miraculously, he survives to see his best friend Barb Stegemann, a single mom, carry on his peace mission with a new strategy – perfume. In an Art of War maneuver, she takes what the enemy loves most, the poppy crop, by purchasing rose and orange blossom oils, which pay Afghan farmers twice the income over illegal poppy. Scientists marvel at Greene’s recovery as he rebuilds his brain, while Stegemann helps rebuild in Afghanistan and Rwanda. Barb fights a retail war in stores while working to keep her company financially afloat. In a world that monetizes war, Barb needs a cavalry of business to take up her retail activist charge. A global beauty giant shows interest, but is her essential oil good enough? Will she run out of money? Will she win her perfume war? Located in the Campus Life Lounge, which is in Student Affairs (above the bookstore in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre).

The Faculty of Business is pleased to present a candidate for the tenure-track position in Entrepreneurship. Friday, March 2, 11:30 am, in AVC 286A, Dr. Valerie Bell, will be presenting on Serendipity in Effectual Innovation. 

“Death on the Miramichi: Community Responses to Sick Immigrants in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick” Early in the shipping season of 1847, an unanticipated immigrant ship arrived on the Miramichi River, at Chatham. The Looshtauk ought to have gone to Quebec City, but fate intervened in the form of a devastating typhus epidemic. There weren't enough crew left standing to navigate the St. Lawrence by the time the Atlantic had been crossed, so Chatham became the ship's final destination. In this public talk, Dr. Lisa Chilton explores how the people of Chatham and beyond responded to the arrival of a ship carrying death in their midst as an entry point for a discussion about relations between host communities and newcomers in nineteenth-century Canada.  

UPEI is pleased to welcome one of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Award laureates, Dr. Lewis Kay, to present his seminal research. Dr. Kay is a Senior Scientist in Molecular Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and holds the title of University Professor – the highest faculty rank U of T bestows – in the Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. Dr. Kay’s groundbreaking discoveries in molecular biochemistry and medical imaging science have advanced knowledge in protein structure and function, giving a deeper understanding of diseases and potential therapies. He is recognized for his role in developing modern nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy which is used to study the structure and dynamics of large molecules like proteins. His findings have applications for molecular machines and rare protein conformations. UPEI is proud to partner with The Gairdner Foundation as they are an icon in the Canadian scientific community, helping inspire young people to consider a career in science and to increase their awareness of the value of scientific research.