Relay for Life at UPEI

UPEI will be hosting its Relay for Life event on Friday, January 20, from 6:00 pm to midnight in the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Relay For Life is a party with a purpose where we come together to fight cancer and save lives. It’s a fun and active event with live music, DJs, games, sports, and other activities to keep fellow students engaged and active throughout the event. But most importantly, students form relay teams to fundraise and take turns walking or running around the track, passing the baton to teammates to achieve personal or team distance goals and connect with others in this emotionally inspiring event. Every dollar UPEI raises through Relay For Life helps the Canadian Cancer Society have more impact against more cancers than any other cancer charity in Canada. Go to relayforlife.ca and follow the instructions to register a new team or re-start an old one! For more information, please contact Christian Gallant, Relay For Life Coordinator at cgallant@pei.cancer.ca or 902-566-1713, Extension 2222.

Island Lectures Series January Lecture: Focus on Ireland

The January Island Studies Lecture is Tuesday, January 17, at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building, featuring graduate student Erin Rowan speaking about her research on “islandness” in Ireland. She will be joined by Eoin O'Beaglaoich, a visiting lecturer in Irish culture and language at UPEI and musician in residence at Holland College. Last spring, Rowan travelled to County Kerry in southwest Ireland for a six-week research trip. While there, she conducted interviews in Cahersiveen and Valentia Island, as well as visited libraries and archives around the county and country. Her research explores a dark time in Irish history, the Great Potato Famine (1845-1852), and how this period was felt and experienced by the people of Valentia Island and Cahersiveen. The subtle differences in famine experience between these two places demonstrate the effects of islandness and peripherality on this important period in Ireland's history. O'Beaglaoich is from the Dingle Peninsula in West Kerry. This area was also deeply affected by the hardships of the Famine. He will share a story or two from the folklore of the region. Rowan is a Master of Arts in Island Studies student at UPEI. Her interests include history, islandness, and travel. Her research is sponsored by the Ireland Canada University Foundation's James M. Flaherty Scholarship, an organization committed to fostering connections between Ireland and Canada.  O'Beaglaoich is an Irish scholar and musician. His time on the Island is also sponsored by the Irish Canada University Foundation. Watch for details for another lecture about islands–near and far–February 23! For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.

International Student Orientation

The staff of the International Relations Office (IRO) would like to invite all new international and exchange students to take part in a special International Student Orientation on Saturday, January 7th, 2017. This one-day orientation is tailored specifically to meet the needs of our international student body. ISO is a fantastic opportunity to make new friends, meet the IRO staff and receive important information. Topics covered at the orientation include: the weather, social events, health insurance, study and work permits, finances, academic help, and the bus system. Plus, there is food and fun! Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday! International Relations Office

Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys Feast Day Mass

She has been called "The First Public School Teacher in Canada". Marguerite Bourgeoys taught European and First Nations children together beginning in 1658 in Ville Marie. She died on January 12, 1700 and was made a saint by Pope John Paul II on October 31, 1982. Her spirit continues in the many schools across the country named Saint Marguerite Bouregoys, in teachers and in her sisters and associates in The Congregation of Notre Dame, Sister Sue's religious community. A simple snack will follow.

UPEI Health Careers Conference

Ever consider a career is health care? Not sure what role you want to play or want to learn more about a specific area? Come join the UPEI Pre-Med Society on January 28 for a Health Careers Conference and learn about a variety of different health career opportunities. Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions to our panels of health care professionals and hear from a few guest speakers! There is a $5 registration fee and lunch will be included! For more information or to pre-register please email upeipremed@gmail.com. Tentative Schedule: 9:30 – Registration Opens10:00 – “Global Health” Guest Speaker 10:30 – Physician Panel Discussion 11:45 – Methadone Program Presentation 12:15 – Lunch  1:00 – Nursing Panel Discussion 2:00 – Exercise Guest Speaker 2:40 – Allied Health Professionals Panel Discussion 3:40 – Closing Remarks Check out our Facebook Event Page for updates! 

Open Pages Returns for 2017 with Jane Ledwell

This month’s edition of “Open Pages” at UPEI’s Robertson Library happens Wednesday evening, January 18, at 7 pm and highlights the book Bird Calls, featuring poems by Jane Ledwell in response to a travel essay by Isabella Lucy Bird - "The Englishwoman on an Island" - published in 1856. Open Pages features local authors speaking about their books: what inspired them, what they learned, what they shared. The public is warmly invited to this evening, which takes place in the common area on the second floor of UPEI. Light refreshments will be served, and books will be for sale, and signing by the author.

Men's Hockey Alumni Night

UPEI Men's Hockey Alumni Panthers will return to the ice for a friendly 4 team scrimmage on January 21st prior to the Men's Hockey game against SMU later that night.  There will be a pre-game presentation of the alumni and a ceremonial puck drop as well as a VIP area in the MacLauchlan Area lobby reserved for these special UPEI alumni and their guests.
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