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UPEI is marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence with a Red Flag Green Flag event that involves red and green laminated signs hung across campus.
On Saturday, December 6, a “Girls Get WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) Challenge Day” is being held at UPEI. The day will cover the topics of science, engineering, math, and technology for all female-identifying/two-spirited individuals in grades K-12.
This year, Giving Tuesday is on December 2, and at UPEI, the day is all about supporting our students!
UPEI marked the official opening of its new 138,000-square-foot, $103-million Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Centre on November 28. The leading-edge facility is designed to support interprofessional education and collaboration across multiple health disciplines.
A panel of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) experts made up of three external and one internal reviewer is on the UPEI campus from November 26–28, meeting with key stakeholders and conducting a review of the UPEI Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Rights (EDIHR) department.
We are sharing stories of important progress on the UPEI Action Plan under the “Action Plan IMPACT” banner. Learn about the excellent work of the UPEI SVPRO office to increase education and awareness around issues of sexual and gender-based violence.
A new John Bragg Chair in Entrepreneurship is being established to support the mandate and vision of the Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship at UPEI.
The UPEI Panther Source for Sports Athletes of the Week for November 17–23 are Erin Cabaday (women’s hockey) and Kyree Thompson (men’s basketball).
From November 6 to 15, 48 students took part in “Pitch Battles,” a competition offered by the UPEI Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship (CCCE) that is open to all UPEI and Holland College students.
The UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) will host a candlelight vigil on Friday, December 5, 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.
