People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go. (@crowsfault)

The annual Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy honours the outstanding contributions of Dr. Shannon Murray, recipient of the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award by STHLE. The lecture series also affirms a central tenet in Shannon’s work: the vital practice of hope in charting the course of modern universities.

As the annual tax season draws to a close, please consider a gift to support this important lecture series. Please identify your gift as directed to the Shannon K. Murray Lecture. 

Ways to donate:

1. Via payroll deduction: https://www.upei.ca/friends/employee-giving 
2. Online by visiting upei.ca/donate (designate your gift to the Shannon K. Murray Lecture
3. Mail: UPEI Annual Fund, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3 
4. Telephone: (902) 894-2888 or toll-free at 1-866-453-4119 
5. In-person: Alumni Hall, 618 University Avenue, Charlottetown 
6. Gifts of Marketable Securities: Process description and form