The Government of Canada has made a more than $51 million investment in research equipment across the country through the most recent round of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). Among the projects supported is one led by Dr. Adam Johnston, an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at UPEI. 

The next featured author in the Winter’s Tales Reading Series is Meags Fitzgerald.

UPDATE: This lecture has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building.

The next Island Studies Lecture is Tuesday, March 14, at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. Dr. Peter Buker will speak about scale and governance, including its effects on small islands such as Prince Edward Island.

UPEI will soon be home to a Chair in L.M. Montgomery Studies and Communication, Leadership, and Culture.

Two UPEI students are attending the Daughters of the Vote National Leadership Forum that will mark the 100th anniversary of the first Canadian women attaining the right to vote. One young woman from every federal constituency in Canada was selected to represent her community and share her vision for Canada.

Dean Man’s Cell Phone runs March 22 to March 25 in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. The doors open at 7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm start.

Congratulations to Kiera Rigby (Women’s Basketball), the UPEI Panther Subway Athlete of the week for February 21-26!

Erin O’Halloran, a fourth-year student in UPEI’s Faculty of Business, is a member of one of two national finalist teams in the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) Breakthru competition.

The next lecture presented by The PEI History of Medicine Society features Dr. Jean Mitchell, associate professor of anthropology at UPEI. 

Students in UPEI’s Department of Applied Human Sciences are hosting a panel discussion about food insecurity on Prince Edward Island. “A healthy ‘food Island’ for all? Food insecurity and healthy public policy: a call to action” will be held 7:00 pm, March 13 in the Wanda Wyatt Lecture Theatre in UPEI’s K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre. All are welcome.