2022 Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law to take place on November 17
Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, executive director and general counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), will present the 2022 Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law on Thursday, November 17, at 12 noon, at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel in Charlottetown.
Mendelsohn Aviv’s lecture is titled “The Icing on the Cake: on tensions between freedom of religion and equality.”
AVC researcher recruiting horses for equine metabolic syndrome study
The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island is recruiting horses for a new study that will investigate equine metabolic syndrome (EMS).
Institute of Island Studies hosts public lecture about tourism on PEI
The Institute of Island Studies at UPEI will host a public lecture titled “Enshrined: Island Tourism and the Confederation Story” on November 15 at 7 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building.
Part of the Institute’s Island Lecture Series, the talk will be presented by Dr. Edward MacDonald, professor of history at UPEI. MacDonald will draw upon research that he and co-author, Dr. Alan MacEachern, undertook for their recently published book, The Summer Trade: A History of Tourism on Prince Edward Island.
Orianna MacNeil and Elijah Miller named UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week
Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for November 1–6 are Orianna MacNeil (women’s hockey) and Elijah Miller (men’s basketball).
An evening with Indigenous poets from Epekwitk
The UPEI Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies (IKERAS), the Faculty of Arts, and the English department, in collaboration with the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, are sponsoring an evening of Indigenous poets from Epekwitk (PEI) reading selections from their poetry and conversing about their work as Indigenous writers. The event will take place at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre on Queen Street at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 22.
Working with Data Series Training: Introduction to Spreadsheets
Knowing how to organize data is a great transferrable skill to have when preparing for your career. As part of Career Month, the Experiential Education Department is pleased to share this training session, offered by ACENET, which will teach participants about working with spreadsheets.
Straight Arrow Truth and Reconciliation Awards presented to UPEI students
A presentation to the 2022–23 recipients of the Straight Arrow Truth and Reconciliation Awards took place in the Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre at Dalton Hall, UPEI, on Tuesday, November 1. This year’s recipients are Nicole Lodge and Will Abbott.
UPEI Women's Rugby team makes history!
UPEI Women’s Rugby made history last month when the team upset St. Francis Xavier in an epic Atlantic University Sport semi-final and beat Acadia to win UPEI's first AUS championship title.
Canadian author, journalist, and historian Gwynne Dyer to speak at UPEI on November 3
Canadian author, journalist, and historian Gwynne Dyer will give a public lecture titled “Planetary Maintenance Engineers: A Last-Ditch Climate Rescue Strategy,” on November 3 at 7 pm in the Duffy Science Centre Amphitheatre (Room 135) at UPEI.
Dyer will discuss challenges facing the world because of climate change and explore the concept of “geoengineering,” or cooling the planet by artificial means. He has interviewed over 50 climate scientists “who must be our reluctant guides in this crisis.”
