Mehregan Celebration

Mehregan or Jashn-e Mehr (Mehr Festival) is a Zoroastrian and Persian (Iranian) festival to honor the Yazata of "Mehr", which is responsible for friendship, affection and love. It is also widely referred to as Persian Festival of Autumn. There will be music, dance, and more! Light refreshments will be served. Tickets will be available to purchase on Monday, September 23 at Brits Fish and Chips (41 University Avenue), PEI Photo Lab (55 Queen Street) or you can email us at iraniansociety@upeisu.ca. Tickets are $6 in advance and $9 at the door (upon availability).

Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture

The Land of the Rising Sun has long been associated with ancient culture and rich traditions. Yet beyond tea ceremonies, Zen gardens, and the bushido spirit, there exists a modern world filled with manga, anime, video games and innumerable aspects of Japanese pop culture that cater to the taste of today’s youth. Join Mr. Tatsuo Arai, Consul General of Japan at Montreal, for a special public talk on “Japanese Pop Culture." It is this unbelievably popular trend that Consul General Arai aims to explore during his lecture; everything from the birth of Japanese manga and the masterpieces of Studio Ghibli to the colourful combinations of cute boxed lunches, the latest fashion trends, and beyond. By examining the various characteristics and peculiarities that have breathed life into this globalized cultural phenomenon, long-time fans and newcomers alike will be fascinated by Japanese pop culture’s undeniable charm. This event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

2013-2014 Trudeau Lecture Series: Picking Up the Pieces

In the first Trudeau Lecture to come to the University of Prince Edward Island, beloved Métis author and playwright Maria Campbell, 2012 visiting Trudeau Fellow, talks about the connection between her volunteering, her academic career, and her work in literature, theatre, and video to end violence against women in her lecture entitled: "Picking Up The Pieces - Seeking Out The Roots Of Violence Against Indigenous Women." Growing up in a Road Allowance Métis community in northern Saskatchewan, Dr. Campbell witnessed the power that women in her community exercised, as well as the violence they experienced. A lifelong student of Indigenous oral history, she will speak to what she has learned of traditional ways that fostered respect and authority for Aboriginal women, and on how colonization disrupted those ways and introduced gendered violence. Dr. Campbell will also describe how she is using her Trudeau Foundation fellowship to explore archival and secondary source material to support what she knows about the roots of violence against Aboriginal women. Her lecture will cover how she came to look for these “pieces of ourselves left behind” in documentary sources, and how observations about Aboriginal women from a Euro/Western lens can be re-visited to assist Aboriginal women’s activism today. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

AVC Fall Awards and Recognition Night

The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI will hold its annual Fall Awards and Recognition Night ceremony on Wednesday, October 2 at 7:00 pm in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons. AVC’s Fall Awards and Recognition Night provides the opportunity to recognize the hard work of the College’s doctor of veterinary medicine students to succeed in their demanding studies. It also acknowledges donors, award presenters and supporters of AVC who have come from throughout Atlantic Canada to celebrate and recognize student and faculty achievement.
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