News

A chronological list of UPEI media releases. Enter keywords in the "search" box to find applicable releases.

Media Releases

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC), Atlantic Veterinary College, will offer its 2021 Fall Webinar Series on September 14 and 28, and October 12. Each webinar will take place from 4 to 5 pm. Atlantic Daylight Time.

| People

The Faculty of Education pays tribute and congratulates Dr. Tim Goddard on being appointed Professor Emeritus.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The entire UPEI campus community was saddened to hear the news that Robert Doiron, retired porter at the Atlantic Veterinary College, passed away at the age of 70 on August, 6, 2021.

| University

For Dr. Karem Simon and Dr. Greg Doran, this day has been a long time coming.

 

| Community

The University of Prince Edward Island has partnered with the Charlottetown Islanders and Western University’s Hockey Fans In Training (FIT) program to help hockey fans eat better and improve their physical fitness.

| Students

On July 26, 2021, the Associate Vice-President of Students and Registrar issued a message with important information for students who plan to travel to PEI for the Fall 2021 semester.

| Research

The Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Exploration competition recently awarded support to 117 research projects across Canada. Among the list is a project led by Dr. Xiuquan (Xander) Wang, an associate professor in UPEI’s School of Climate Change and Adaptation.

| Community

In celebration of the PEI Pride Festival, July 18–25, UPEI has joined the PEI government, municipalities, and other organizations across PEI in flying the Pride flag for the week at the flag plaza near Kelley Memorial Building and at UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place.

| University

UPEI has formed a partnership with 10 other Atlantic Canadian universities and Atlantic Business Magazine with a goal of making the region’s business schools and business community more inclusive.

| University

UPEI Vice-President Administration and Finance Jackie Podger issued a message to the campus community about mask-wearing guidance following an update from the PEI Chief Public Health Office.