Dr. Jenny Ellison from Mount Allison University will be on campus on Monday, November 26 to present her lecture, "Obesity in Canada: Historical Perspectives" in Main Building's faculty lounge at 12:30 pm.

Dr. Ellison is a historian whose work to date has revolved around "fat activist" women's groups of the 1980s in Canada. She is deeply involved in the emerging interdisciplinary field of Fat Studies. She earned her PhD from York University in Toronto, and is presently the W.P. Bell Postdoctoral Scholar at Mount Alllison University.

All are welcome to attend Dr. Ellison's presentation!

For more information, please contact Dr. Sarah Glassford at sglassford@upei.ca or (902) 566-6039.

The University of Prince Edward Island is excited to announce its participation in Canada's largest virtual post‐secondary fair and student-life expo taking place on November 23, 1:00-3:00 pm, and again on December 1.

The Canada Online University & College Fair Tour, which brings the traditional post-secondary fair experience online, is designed to help students speak to and explore Canadian post‐secondary institutions no matter where they live. The fair is divided into three regional fairs to help students find schools in their region of interest: Atlantic Canada Online Fair, Central Canada Online Fair, and Western Canada Online Fair.

'With today's ever-changing technology, our recruitment team is honing in on this convenient form of connecting with prospective students,' said Jeff MacLean, UPEI recruitment coordinator. 'This virtual fair not only allows us to interact with students in remote areas, but also allows us to better connect with students who prefer to virtually interact with recruiters for a variety of reasons.'

'Through creating a central online destination, we are helping students in rural and remote locations reach post‐secondary institutions in a way they were never able to before,' says Adam Dewar, co-founder of DL Strategic.

With over 60 exhibitors, the Canada Online University & College Fair Tour, Canada's largest and only online student life expo will showcase more than 20 student opportunities including: Canada World Youth, Shad Valley, Youth in Motion's Top 20 Under 20, and the Canada Youth Business Foundation.

The fair features over 40 universities and colleges from across the country and will run until January 15, 2013 with live dates held on November 23 and December 1, 2012.

For information on the Canada Online University & College Fair Tour, visit atlanticfair.ca or contact co-founder Kassandra Linklater at (604) 218-4480 kassandra@dlstrategic.com.

UPEI environmental studies students are organizing Charlottetown's first ever Eco-Economy Expo on Saturday, January 12, 2013, at Murphy's Community Centre from 10:00 am-4:00 pm.

The Expo is intended to be a family-friendly, trade-show environment, where exhibitors can promote sustainable living and environmental awareness. Exhibitors dedicated to sustainability, either through their products, services, innovations, or personal lifestyle choices are invited to take part and share with others interested in making a change to better the environment.

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The UPEI women's basketball team is excited that six-foot PEI high school basketball standout Jessica Patenaude will be joining the Panthers next fall. Patenaude is an all-round athlete, excelling at basketball, volleyball, badminton, and track and field.

For the past two years, Patenaude has been a league all-star in both volleyball and basketball. She represented PEI on the under-17 provincial basketball team this summer, where she was among the top three players in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots.

Patenaude who will finish her high school career with the Charlottetown Rural High School Raiders commented on joining the Green & White next fall. 'I'm excited to be a part of a university team where I can push new boundaries and develop as a varsity level athlete. I grew up watching the UPEI Panthers and now, getting to be a part of its program is surreal.'

'We're thrilled to have Jessica join our program,' said UPEI Head Coach Greg Gould. 'She's a great athlete, an exceptionally hard worker, and a tenacious rebounder who can run the court. I believe Jessica will have an immediate impact on our team.'

Patenaude is also a star in the classroom; the honours student is an avid reader and fiction writer. She plans to put these talents to good use as she pursues an English degree.

The Office of the President invites you to enjoy a festive study break on Wednesday, December 5 from 1:00-2:30 pm, in the lobby of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. There will be free hot cocoa, coffee, and cookies along with holiday music-all to help ease the stress of studying and exams, and to celebrate the holiday season. All students are welcome!

For more information contact, Rebecca gass at rjgass@upei.ca.

Horton High School point guard Candace Smith has committed to the UPEI women's basketball team for the 2013-14 basketball season. Smith is a Nova Scotia native and one of Atlantic Canada's top guards.

UPEI Head Coach Greg Gould is looking forward to adding Smith to the Panther roster. 'I have watched Candace play basketball since she was in grade nine and I've always been impressed by her athleticism and overall skill set,' said Gould. 'She is an explosive scorer who has the offensive tools to make her an outstanding player at the CIS level.'

Gould describes Smith as a fierce competitor who 'hates to lose' which is exactly the type of player the Panthers are looking for to help move the program forward to the top of the AUS.

Smith is excited to join the Panther family and feels UPEI is a perfect fit for her to accomplish both her academic and athletic goals. 'Coach Gould is building an outstanding basketball program and I want to be a part of that process,' she said. 'Coach and the girls were amazing when I visited during the Mickey Place Tournament. They made me feel at home and that they really cared about me and my future. On the academic side, I'm looking forward to the small class sizes and personal attention offered at UPEI.'

Smith is currently a grade 12 student at Horton High and has played for the Nova Scotia under-15 and under-17 teams, including last year's under-17 provincial team who captured the national silver medal. She will pursue an arts degree at UPEI.

UPEI was recently recognized for its environmental savings for the 2011-12 fiscal year with an 'Environmental Calculator' plaque from Quebec's Cascades Fine Papers Group and Wood Wyant.

The plaque details UPEI's reduction in environmental impact based on the University's actual consumption. The University uses Cascades paper towels and bathroom tissue products throughout the campus, which are 100% recycled with varying levels of post-consumer and post-industrial products, in comparison to other industry products made of 100% virgin fiber. By using Cascades products, UPEI was able to save the following:

• 297 trees (20 tennis courts)

• 1,160,858 l of water (3,317 days of water consumption)

• 16,473 kg of waste (1 garbage truck)

• 36,639 kg CO2 (emissions of 12 cars per year)

• 471 GJ (energy consumption of 4 households per year)

• 123 kg NOx (emissions of 1 truck per year)

• 12,469 kg of CO2 avoided (3,415 trees planted)

'This plaque recognizes UPEI's commitment to the environment and in reducing our overall impact,' said David Taylor, UPEI's manager of environmental services. 'It's environmental choices like these, when coupled together with other choices, that create a significant impact on our environment.'

January Welcome Day is UPEI's orientation day for all students beginning at UPEI in the winter 2013 semester. On January 5, you are invited to UPEI campus for welcome orientation, advisement, campus tours, and a free lunch! This half-day program will introduce you to UPEI, administrators, current students, and what you need to know for your first semester at UPEI. Register today through your campus login to secure your spot!

UPEI's visiting professor to Island Studies, Scott Rice-Snow from Ball State University in Indiana, will make a public presentation on a topic that is increasingly relevant to PEI-protecting high-quality groundwater from petroleum development. Dr. Rice-Snow will discuss his research on this topic, gained from studying landscape and aquifer interactions near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

The presentation and discussion will take place on Thursday, December 13, beginning at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. All are welcome to attend.

Dr. Rice-Snow is chair of the department of geological sciences at Ball State University, and is a research associate of the UPEI Institute of Island Studies. His specialties are in geomorphology and hydrology, with research focusing on natural landscapes sculpted by rivers, groundwater, and glaciers. In addition to Prince Edward Island, his field investigations take him to the central and western U.S. and the Caribbean.

Dr. Rice-Snow has published more than 20 research articles on landscape form and process, and has also made contributions in geoscience education, geoarchaeology, and paleoclimatology.