Do You See What I See? Can You?: Contemporary World-View and Perspective Through the Eyes of an Indigenous Poet and Scholar The UPEI Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference presents Rebecca Thomas, Indigenous scholar and poet, as our keynote speaker.  This event is open to the public.  Rebecca Thomas is a Mi'kmaw woman living in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. She is the daughter of a residential school survivor whose family is rooted in Lennox Island First Nation, Prince Edward Island. Rebecca is outspoken when it comes to confronting Aboriginal stereotypes, as well as educating her colleagues and the general public about cultural safety and integrity. Through her work as coordinator for Aboriginal Student Services at the Nova Scotia Community College, and also as a Slam Poet, Rebecca encourages people to think before they speak. Having Captained the Nova Scotia Slam poetry team for the third year in a row she was able to bring her voice, along with three other Nova Scotians, to the national stage. Having been named HRM's most recent Poet Laureate, most of her work focuses on the relationships between Canada's First Peoples, their relationship with the federal government, and how First Nations' people are perceived publicly. Rebecca is on a life long journey to promote understanding and empathy for Indigenous people and marginalized communities.  

Graduate students from across Canada, at all stages of their research, will present both oral and poster presentations. Our theme this year is “Different Ways of Knowing.” Our keynote speaker, workshops, and presentations will reflect our theme.

The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI will celebrate the achievements of its graduate students and researchers at its 24th annual Graduate Studies and Research Days (GS&R Days) event on Thursday, May 12, and Friday, May 13, in Lecture Theatre A. During the two-day celebration, 20 graduate students and six post-doctoral fellows at AVC will present their research findings. New students will present their research plans. Their presentations cover research topics ranging from terrestrial and aquatic animal health to environmental health and biomedical sciences. Read more about GS & R Days and the Zoetis Lecturer Dr. J McClure, who will speak at 9:00 am on Friday, May 13.

Prometheus Reconsiders Fire, a new book of poetry by Dr. Brent MacLaine, will be launched at a public event on Wednesday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m., in the North River Fire Hall’s Ember Room. A native of PEI, MacLaine is professor emeritus and a 3M Teaching Fellow in the Department of English at UPEI. In addition to numerous academic articles on modern literature, he has published four volumes of poetry. His awards for poetry include a League of Canadian Poets prize, the Prince Edward Island Book Award, and the Atlantic Poetry Prize. In Prometheus Reconsiders Fire, MacLaine undertakes an exploration of fire. The title poem establishes Prometheus as the poet’s persona, a voice that is dedicated to the reconsideration of fire in both its benevolent and malevolent aspects. Formal and elegant, Prometheus plots a trajectory between the classical and the local, a bearing that will be familiar to readers of MacLaine’s earlier work, Athena Becomes a Swallow. Wide-ranging in its geography, the new book is wrapped ’round by “The Fire Hall Suite,” which begins and ends the book. The poems in the collection respond to the “drive-by wisdom” created by the anonymous “Sign Person” who speaks to the local community by way of the fire hall’s roadside sign. Framed by the “Suite,” the poems of Prometheus move between city and country. A naturalist in the city, MacLaine brings to the urban environment the acutely observing eye that has always characterized his Island nature poems. The book is published by Nimbus Publishing. Everyone is invited to attend the launch of Dr. MacLaine’s newest book. The Ember Room is upstairs in the North River Fire Hall, Trans Canada Highway, North River, PEI.

You are cordially invited to join Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island, and invited guests for a project announcement aimed at improving infrastructure within the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:00 pm at the Upstairs Lobby, Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on campus of the University of Prince Edward Island

Registration for the 2016-2017 academic year begins on May 31, 2016. Students with fourth-year standing may register for classes beginning on Tuesday, May 31; third-year students on Wednesday, June 1; second-year students on Thursday, June 2; and, all UPEI students on Friday, June 3.  Registration can be completed via Campus Login or in person at the Registrar's Office from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Students' year of study will be updated under 'Registration Status' on their Campus Login before registration begins. *Note: Some professional programs follow different registration dates. Please check with individual program for more information.

Students with fourth-year standing may register for classes beginning on Tuesday, May 31; third-year students on Wednesday, June 1; second-year students on Thursday, June 2; and, all UPEI students on Friday, June 3. Registration can be completed via Campus Login or in person at the Registrar's Office from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Students' year of study will be updated under 'Registration Status' on their Campus Login before registration begins. *Note: Some professional programs follow different registration dates. Please check with individual program for more information.

Registration for the 2016-2017 academic year begins on May 31, 2016. Students with fourth-year standing may register for classes beginning on Tuesday, May 31; third-year students on Wednesday, June 1; second-year students on Thursday, June 2; and, all UPEI students on Friday, June 3.  Registration can be completed via Campus Login or in person at the Registrar's Office from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Students' year of study will be updated under 'Registration Status' on their Campus Login before registration begins. *Note: Some professional programs follow different registration dates. Please check with individual program for more information.

The UPEI Faculty of Education cordially invites you to attend the PhD proposal presentation of Olive Bryanton entitled “Pioneers in Aging: Voices of Community Dwelling Women Age 85 and Older in Rural Prince Edward Island” on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 1:00 pm in Memorial Hall 308.

Spatial Analytics for Health Research using ArcGIS This two-day workshop will introduce participants to key concepts, data types, and basic methods of spatial analysis in ArcGIS. Participants are not expected to have any experience working with GIS. Location Details: Monday, June 20 & Tuesday, June 21 Room 218 S - Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown 9 am - 4 pm To Register: (Free training but registration is required in advance) Please visit:   bit.ly/pei-gis Organized by:  Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit and CHBMR