News

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Media Releases

| Atlantic Veterinary College

Six veterinary students from the Atlantic Veterinary College showcased their skills and knowledge at the 2024 Animal Welfare Assessment Contest in November in Wisconsin, winning three top awards. 

| Research

PEI lobster fisher Marlene Chapman will give a talk titled “How adaptive is the PEI lobster fishery? An exploration of climate change and the social structures influencing the local fishery” on December 10, 2024, at 7 pm, in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, UPEI.

| Community

The UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) will host a candlelight vigil on Friday, December 6, at 10:00 am, at the Academic Staircase in the FDSE building in recognition of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

| Athletics

The ϳԹPanther Athletes of the Week for November 25–December 1, 2024, are Devon Lawlor (women’s basketball) and Kaleb Pearson (men’s hockey).

| Students

The ϳԹNursing Student Society is holding a holiday book drive to collect reading material, puzzles, and board games for clients of the PEI Provincial Addiction Treatment Centre (PATF).

| University

ϳԹstudents Anthonia Bebiem, Obed Oluwakoya, and Luciana Quiroa Paredes are excited to announce—on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities—that they will host an event for the University community on January 13, 2025, called "Access for All UPEI." 

| Academics

An interprofessional simulation involving ϳԹnursing students and Holland College paramedicine students took place on November 18, 2024, at the ϳԹFaculty of Nursing in the Health Sciences Building.

| University

Dr. Wendy Rodgers, UPEI's President and Vice-Chancellor shares a late fall–early winter message and update with the University community.

| Community

ϳԹhonours its rich heritage and traditions by acknowledging members of the campus community who have contributed to its mission in an exceptional way by naming them “Founders.” Read more to learn how to nominate a retired member of faculty or staff.

| Athletics

The ϳԹ congratulates the 101 student-athletes who earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (AAC) status for the 2023–2024 season. This number represents 52 per cent of UPEI’s 194 varsity student-athletes.