PEI writer Marian Bruce has been shortlisted for a 2020 Atlantic Book Award for her book Listening for the Dead Bells. Published by Island Studies Press, this collection of folklore about ghosts, witches, seers, and forerunners is one of three titles shortlisted for the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing. The winners will be announced at the end of June.

The University of Prince Edward Island community shares the dismay felt around the world at the racism that continues to exist in today’s society, and the resulting violence that is occurring while people gather in peaceful protest to try to combat it.

Our University celebrates and embraces diversity, one of our most intrinsic values. The campus is enriched by its inclusivity and we are stronger because of our differences.

Researchers from UPEI’s Health and Wellness Centre and the Department of Applied Human Sciences are looking for 120 to 140 people on Prince Edward Island to participate in a free lifestyle intervention program called CHANGE.

The CHANGE program—Canadian Health Advanced by Nutrition and Graded Exercise—was announced by UPEI in mid-March but had to be delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal investigator Marilyn Barrett, director of the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre, now hopes to begin the program in late June.

Monitoring of the bat population in Atlantic Canada has begun for the 2020 summer season. Members of the public can help by calling 1-833-434-BATS (2287) to report sightings of bats in Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Callers will receive up-to-date and accurate information about bat-related topics, including general bat biology and ecology, bats and human health, bats in buildings, and bat conservation.

This message was distributed to UPEI students, faculty, and staff on May 29, 2020 to their @upei.ca emails. While we will continue to update our COVID-19 website, the latest news will be first shared with the UPEI community by email and on UPEI SAFE, the University’s safety app (available on The App Store and Google Play). View UPEI's Operational Ease-Back Plan for information about the University's plan to gradually return to campus.

In the spring of 2018, Mike Hannah became one of UPEI's first ever graduates with a BSc in Paramedicine. The Kensington, PEI native had worked for more than a decade as a paramedic and advanced-care paramedic in PEI, Alberta, and New Zealand. This spring, he was accepted to Dalhousie University Medical School.

UPEI Marketing and Communications discussed the role UPEI played in helping him get there.

Researchers at the University of Prince Edward Island are seeking volunteers to participate in an interactive mapping project about rural land use change on PEI over the past 50 years. The Back 50 project will track how members of the agricultural and other rural communities value the land and how they have seen it change over the past half century.

Participants will be presented with maps from 1968 and the present, and asked to compare land use over time. They will be asked to describe why they believe land use changed and whether they observed any effects of these changes.