Message from the President: UPEI implementing mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
The following message was distributed to faculty and staff to their @upei.ca emails on August 24, 2021.
Dear Faculty and Staff,
Over the past year and a half, we have worked together to overcome tremendous challenges during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. While UPEI has done very well to return to a more in-person educational delivery mode for the fall semester, it has become very apparent that we need to take further measures in order to ensure that our campus continues to be as safe as possible for all members of our community.
UPEI launches $3 million campaign to support performing arts
For Dr. Karem Simon and Dr. Greg Doran, this day has been a long time coming.
UPEI’s new residence building, now under construction, will be home to a new performing arts venue, including a 400-seat theatre. The University is launching a campaign to raise $3 million to enhance and deliver outstanding programming and state-of-the-art equipment for that venue, as well as renovate the beloved and historic Dr. Steel Recital Hall.
UPEI to hold Convocation celebrations for the classes of 2020 and 2021
Gill health project led by AVC faculty member receives $4.7 million in funding
A project to develop an early warning system for identifying complex gill disease on salmon farms, led by Dr. Mark Fast, professor of fish health and immunology, Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, has received $4.7 million in funding through Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP).
UPDATE: In-person activities to resume at UPEI, effective Thursday, March 4, 2021
The following message was distributed to UPEI students, staff, and faculty on March 3, 2021, to their @upei.ca emails and via the UPEI SAFE app.
The University of Prince Edward Island wishes to update students, faculty, and staff following today’s announcement by the PEI Chief Public Health Office (PEI-CPHO).
New COVID-19 measures in place at UPEI, effective immediately
With this weekend’s announcements by the PEI Chief Public Health Office (PEI-CPHO) to introduce circuit breaker restrictions and move to a modified red alert level for a period of 72 hours, UPEI will implement several measures and close the campus, effective immediately.
AVC’s Animal Welfare in Practice Symposium to be held virtually on March 4 and 6
The Atlantic Veterinary College’s Animal Welfare in Practice Symposium, hosted by the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) and the AVC Animal Welfare Club, will be held virtually on March 4 and 6, 2021. The theme of the symposium is animal abuse and neglect, including the link between cruelty to animals and violence against people.
AVC faculty member wins Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada award
Dr. Laurie McDuffee, professor of large animal surgery at the Atlantic Veterinary College, has won the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada’s Dr. Carol Morgan Memorial Award.
Established in memory of Dr. Morgan who passed away in 2015, the award is to be used for continued education and training-related costs in the areas of ethics and/or animal welfare for veterinarians working to increase the application of these subjects within the profession broadly.
87 UPEI student-athletes achieve Academic All-Canadian status
U SPORTS, the national governing body of university sports in Canada, gives special recognition to student-athletes across the country with an academic standing of 80 per cent or better. UPEI is proud to announce 87 of its student athletes in the 2019–2020 season have been named U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians. That’s more than 43 per cent of the student-athlete population, and the highest number of Academic All Canadians at UPEI in a single year.
Irish researcher Rory McCabe to give presentation in Island Lecture Series January 19
The next presentation in the Institute of Island Studies’ Island Lecture Series will feature Irish researcher Rory McCabe, Centre for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway, via Zoom on January 19, at 1 pm AST.