UPEI Global Village and Gala brings together students from various ethno-cultural groups in an effort to build a more comprehensive working model of the area's cultural mosaic. The event will be an opportunity to bring together domestic and international students to collaborate, promote, explore and learn about each other's cultural backgrounds in an interactive and engaging way. The Global Village and Gala will also be an opportunity to celebrate and have fun. Activities include: talent show, cultural presentations, games, raffle prizes, fashion show, musical performances and dance.

The Island Studies Lecture Series continues Tuesday, March 22, with a lecture by Jim Randall entitled "Learning About Islands: Writing an Undergraduate Textbook in Island Studies." The talk gets under way at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus. Islands have been incredibly important in how we understand the world around us. From our knowledge of evolution, biodiversity, the impacts of climate change, world music, and how adventure novels have influenced our tourist destination choices, islands and islanders have been front and centre. This talk is about one mainlander’s journey to discover the importance of islands, and his attempt in the form of a new textbook to convey his new-found love of our world of islands to others.  Dr. Jim Randall is the Coordinator of the MA Island Studies program at UPEI and the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Institute of Island Studies. His background is as a geographer, a field like island studies where it is important to have a passion for place and interdisciplinarity. Although he has had the pleasure of calling an island his home for only a few years, he looks forward to reaching the age of 106 so he can celebrate having lived on islands longer than on the mainland. Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.  

All are welcome to the PEI History of Medicine Society's March talk by Dr. James Moran (History).  James will speak about the history of medical experimentation. Coffee, tea and snacks provided.

Mr. Dwight Ingersoll will speak on "The Psychology of Faith: Faith and its Effect on Personhood." Theology on Tap is held at the Pourhouse, Old Triangle Pub, at 89 Great George Street. Gatherings are aimed at offering a forum to discuss theological issues, broadly understood, in an informal environment and amidst warm fellowship. The St. Dunstan's University Institute for Christianity and Culture sponsors this event in collaboration with the Department of Religious Studies.

Janet MacIntyre will defend her PhD dissertation Thursday, March 10 at 11:30 am. It will now take place in Memorial Hall, room 417. Her dissertation is entitled “Newly-Graduated Baccalaureate Registered Nurses, the 21st Century Health Care Environment and Mapping the Landscape for Curricular Change”. All are welcome to attend.

Dr. Sheri Price will present “Creativity in Knowledge Translation Methods: Using Videos, Live Theatre and Social Media in Research Dissemination” on Thursday, March 10 at 3:00 pm in AVC 286A N. All are welcome to attend.

Speaker: Laura Taylor, Biomedical Sciences Title: Does the Agricultural Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Impact the Survival of American Lobster? Speaker:  Philippa Blackburn, Biomedical Sciences Title: The effects of the aquaculture pesticide Salmon (azamethiphos) on Stage 4 American lobster larvae.

Hsiao Yu (Kate) Liu will defend her MEd Thesis on March 14, 12 noon – 2 pm. It will take place in Memorial Hall, room 417. The thesis is entitled “Economic Immigrant-Parents’ Educational Involvement in Prince Edward Island”. All are welcome to attend.

Kris Barnes will defend his MEd Thesis on March 16, 9:00 – 11:00 am. It will take place in Memorial Hall, room 308. The thesis is entitled “The Perceptions of Korean Parents in a Canadian Elementary Offshore School”. All are welcome to attend. 

Randy Campbell will defend his MEd Thesis Defense on March 24, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, at The Guild. The thesis is entitled “Environmental Education for Nature Connection: An Animist Arts-based Exploration.” There will also be a collection of art displayed at the Guild from April 17 – April 26. You can find out more information on the Guild website.