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ϳԹhas awarded internal research grants totaling $83,964 in 2025 to 12 faculty members.
Dr. Ling Li, a post-doctoral fellow in the ϳԹFaculty of Education, was awarded a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship for a study to evaluate the “Pyramid to Retention: Supporting Educators to Enhance Social and Emotional Competencies in Infants and Young Children.”
The ϳԹDepartment of Religious Studies will present Theology on Tap on March 4, 2025, at 7:00 pm, at the Salvador Dali Cafe, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown.
The ϳԹOffice of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) held a successful research networking day on Thursday, October 17, in the Performing Arts Centre and Residence.
Four ϳԹresearchers have received funding from PEI’s 2024 Climate Challenge Fund: Dr. Kuljeet Grewal, Dr. Stephanie Shaw, and Dr. Yulin Hu, all of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, and Dr. Xander Wang, School of Climate Change and Adaptation.
Dr. Margie Burns, an assistant professor in the ϳԹFaculty of Nursing, is leading a research study about the experiences of Two-Spirit, transgender, gender-diverse, and non-binary (2STGD+) people seeking and accessing gender-affirming health care on PEI/Epekwitk.
Seventeen ϳԹresearchers are included in the latest edition of the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% of Scientists List, which provides a nuanced picture of scholarly influence, measuring both career-long achievements and single-year impacts.
The ϳԹFaculty of Sustainable Design Engineering—Future Urban and Energy Lab for Sustainability and the PEI Energy Corporation will host a public town hall meeting on September 25 in Georgetown, PEI to discuss the progress of the ongoing net zero assessment project.
UPEI's Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies marked several milestones when it recently hosted its first-ever Indigenous traditional knowledge sharing and learning day, Mawi-lukutimk, which means “gathering and working together."
Ant-inspired robots, the experiences of temporary foreign workers on PEI, and modelling for energy efficiency cost savings for property owners were the focus of prize-winning 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) presentations by ϳԹgraduate students on April 11, 2024.
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