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| Events

The UPEI Faculty of Business will host an information session for those interested in its Executive MBA program. 

 
| Events

The next edition of the 2018 Island Studies Lecture Series features the research of Dr. Nand C. Bardouille on the important role of regional integration in Caribbean island states to overcome the disadvantages associated with their smaller size. 

 
| Special Event

Dr. Don L. Baker, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, will give the inaugural lecture in UPEI’s new Asian Studies International Seminar and Korean Studies Speaker Series on Thursday, March 8, 2:30 pm, Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building. Dr. Baker will give a presentation called “From the Mountains into the Cities: The Transformation of Korean Buddhism in the Twentieth Century” on Thursday from 2:30 to 3:45 pm. The storm date for the event is Friday, March 9, 2:30 to 3:45 pm, Room 213, SDU Main Building.

 
| Speakers

The Société Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (SSTA), Collège de l'Île, and the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island are pleased to host the Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec’s Minister responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie at a public lecture on Wednesday, March 7. 

 
| University

UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz welcomed the investments in science and research that were identified in the federal budget tabled by the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, in the House of Commons on February 27, 2018.

 
| Athletics

Despite capturing a handful of individual awards Wednesday afternoon, UPEI Women’s Basketball still has some unfinished business.

 
| Research

Students and faculty with UPEI’s Environmental Studies program are hosting an information symposium entitled “Our Plastic World: The Breakdown.”

| University

UPEI will open multi-user all-gender washrooms on the main levels of the Robertson Library and SDU Main Building on March 5, Vice-President Administration and Finance Jackie Podger announced in a memo to students, faculty, and staff.

 
| Students

Each year, Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year provides scholarships to ten exceptional students to further their education ambitions. 

 
| Events

The Winter’s Tales Authors Reading Series is proud to present a public reading and presentation from Liz Howard on Thursday, March 15 at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. All are welcome.