The Atlantic Research Group on Economics of Immigration, Aging and Diversity, Saint Mary’s University will host a community forum on “Immigration, Mobility and Economy,” in the UPEI W.A. Murphy Student Centre’s McMillan Hall, on Friday, March 15, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. The forum is presented in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island, the PEI Newcomers Association, and the PEI Immigration Partnership. Attendance is free, and lunch is provided. All are welcome. RSVPS are required. For information or to RSVP, please contact Wimal Rankaduwa at (902) 449-0727 or wrankaduwa@upei.ca

Congratulations to Jessica D’Amico, AVC Class of 2020, for winning a 2019 Jack Walther Leadership Award at the Western Veterinary Conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late February.

This annual award recognizes veterinary students who portray leadership and promote a lifelong service to the profession. This year, the award was bestowed upon 37 DVM students from Canada and the United States for their leadership skills at their schools and service to the veterinary profession.

Jessica has taken on a number of leadership roles at AVC, including vice-president of the Society of Atlantic Veterinary Students; treasurer of her class; president of the AVC Animal Welfare Club; Peer Helper, AVC Wellness Committee; wildlife representative and volunteer for the AVC Wildlife Service; and DVM student representative on the UPEI Animal Care Committee. She has been a piping plover guardian for the Island Nature Trust for several summers, and she has written several animal care articles that have been published in The Guardian’s Animal Talk column.

“In reading about Dr. Walther’s life, I was most impressed about a foundational principle guiding his life: the belief that to better help animals we must not only promote and improve the science of animal care, but we must also empower individuals involved in animal care. Receiving this award is special to me because it confirms that I am on the right path to improving myself and empowering others as we all work together towards helping animals and each other. Thank you to the Western Veterinary Conference and to Dr. Jack Walther and family for this honor. I will take the WVC experience and Dr. Jack Walther’s influence with me throughout my career as I aim to support my colleagues, clients, and the veterinary community with leadership roles and especially by example.”

UPEI’s Faculty of Business will hold an information session for those interested in its Executive MBA program. The event will be Thursday, March 14 at 5:00 pm at The Gallery in The Guild in Charlottetown.

UPEI’s EMBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work, in a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.

Learn more about the program and application process, have your questions answered, and meet with staff from the Faculty of Business.

To reserve a seat, contact 902 566-6474 or mba@upei.ca.

For more information about UPEI’s Executive MBA program, please visit upei.ca/business/emba or contact the MBA Coordinator at 902-566-6474.

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

We are proud to announce Dr. Tim Goddard, a professor in the Faculty of Education, is the 2019 recipient of the UPEI Faculty of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Mentorship. Dr. Goddard has been an active and successful mentor for many graduate students since joining UPEI in 2008.

The nomination letter written by several of his current and past graduate students describe him in glowing terms.

“Dr. Goddard has a natural ability to make his students feel capable and heard while challenging assumptions and providing a different perspective,” wrote one nominator. “Students leave Dr. Goddard’s office and classes feeling focused and prepared, and most importantly, ready to tackle their research projects with confidence.”

As part of this award, Dr. Goddard becomes the UPEI nominee to the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Mentorship. Dr. Goddard will also be featured as a keynote speaker at the UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference in May.

Congratulations, Tim, from all of your colleagues and students on this well-deserved recognition!

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and dedication to their respective sports. Congratulations to Bailey Smith and Damon MacDonald, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for February 18 to 24!

Bailey Smith is a third-year nursing student from Mount Stewart, PEI and a sprinter on the UPEI Track & Field team. Smith won the 60-metre dash at the AUS Track & Field Championship over the weekend, setting a new personal best and breaking the AUS record with a time of 7.58 seconds. “Bailey Smith won her third consecutive AUS 60-metre title, her second consecutive AUS female track athlete of the year, and put an exclamation mark on her season by setting an AUS record in the 60-metre,” said coach Colin MacAdam. “The 60-metre competition was complicated by a timing error, meaning she ran three races in under three hours and managed the record on the final race. Next stop is the U SPORTS championship in Winnipeg, where she enters as the number-two 60-metre runner in the country.”

Damon MacDonald is a fourth-year business student from Stratford, PEI and a sprinter on the UPEI Track & Field team. MacDonald finished fifth in the men’s 60-metre dash at the AUS Track & Field Championship over the weekend with a time of 7.19 seconds. He also finished fifth in the 300-metre race with a time of 37.18 seconds. “Damon MacDonald has had a great season, and he capped it by qualifying for both the 60-metre and 300-metre finals at the AUS championships,” said coach MacAdam. “Damon finished fifth in the 60-metre race, which featured three of the top 15 runners in the country.”

Go Panthers Go!

The Honourable Wade MacLauchlan, premier of Prince Edward Island, recently presented Dr. Susan Dawson, professor of anatomy at AVC, with a certificate in recognition of her 2019 3M National Teaching Award. Dr. Dawson is the seventh faculty member at UPEI to be named a 3M National Teaching Fellow. Other 3M National Teaching Fellows are Dr. Shannon Murray and Dr. Brent MacLaine, Department of English; Dr. Brian Wagner, Department of Chemistry; Dr. Philip Smith, Department of Psychology; Dr. Fiona Walton, Faculty of Education; and Dr. Etienne Côté, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. 

AVC’s Broad Spectrum Student Chapter has been awarded a 2018 Veterinary Medical Student Leadership Grant from the Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC).

PrideVMC, formerly LGVMA, awards $1,000 leadership grants to Broad Spectrum veterinary student chapters for leadership activities and programs that are aligned with its organizational mission and vision.

AVC’s Broad Spectrum Chapter plans to get students and faculty more involved and to bring inclusivity with the LGBTQIA+ members of the AVC community, said chapter president Natalie Tocco, Class of 2020. The chapter plans to use the funding to hold a Colour Run in the fall of this year; have a round-table discussion with faculty and students about being LGBTQIA+ in veterinary medicine; and host a lecture on homosexuality in the animal kingdom.

PrideVMC (formerly LGVMA) is the oldest professional organization that fosters acceptance, inclusivity and leadership for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students, of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and their allies, through community development, professional advocacy, and personal empowerment.
 

The UPEI Music Department Recital Series presents “Compelling Works for the Contemporary Saxophone Duo,” featuring duo Nicole Strum and Tristan De Borba on Friday, March 1, at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall of UPEI’s Steel Building. Saxophonists Nicole Strum and Tristan De Borba will perform works by Monnakgotla, Stockhausen, Lauba, Labadie, Scelsi, Fournier, and Lemay using soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones.

Tristan De Borba, an applied saxophone instructor at Acadia University, is one of Canada’s preeminent classical and contemporary saxophonists and is quickly gaining a reputation as an innovative and engaging musician with versatility and sensitive musicianship, orchestral saxophonist, and pedagogue across Canada. De Borba is a founding member of the Brogue Saxophone Quartet and half of the recently founded Strum-De Borba duo with fellow saxophonist Nicole Strum. He has a strong interest in the music of our time.

Canadian saxophonist Nicole Strum was awarded the Diplôme Professionel de Perfectionnement Musical from the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, where she studied with Marie-Bernadette Charrier. While in Bordeaux, she collaborated with composer José-Luis Campana on a premiere for saxophone quartet and percussion, which was featured in the September 2005 edition of the Association des Saxophonistes Les Cahiers du Saxophone. She is a graduate of the Université Européenne de Saxophone in Gap, France, where she studied with Claude Delangle, Jean-Denis Michat, Arno Bornkamp, and Vincent David. In North America, she studied with Stan Fisher, Jeremy Brown, and Steven Stusek, earning a DMA from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, in 2012.

Tickets are $25 or $10 for students and are available at the door.

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Charlie Pye, veterinary dermatologist at AVC, will give a public workshop on Tuesday, March 19, at 7 pm, on common medical conditions that can cause excessive scratching in our canine companions and explain what treatments can be used to help them. The workshop will take place at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI in Lecture Theatre A. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For information, contact (902) 566-6786.

The Master in Global Affairs cohort, which started at UPEI in September, 2018, is now taking classes at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. The students were received in the Spanish Parliament this month for a discussion with former Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Member of Parliament María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos. In this enriching meeting, the MGA students were able to discuss with MP Rodríguez about the geopolitical implications of Brexit, Catalonia, the upcoming European elections, and how to address the challenges of globalization by promoting multilateralism and sustainability.

The University of Prince Edward Island prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions—Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan’s University—UPEI has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. UPEI is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.