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Media Releases

| Events

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience.

| Events

The University of Prince Edward Island’s Winter’s Tales Reading Series and Charlottetown’s independent bookstore, The Bookmark, are pleased to present an evening with Nova Scotia writer Ami McKay, discussing her new book, Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate.

| Athletics

Congratulations to Sophie Vandale and Sam Smiley, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 28 to November 3.

| Speakers

The University of Prince Edward Island will host Dr. Francisco Dallmeier, director of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation and Sustainability, when he visits Prince Edward Island next week to give a talk on Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity.  

| Athletics

Congratulations to Tatiana Kelly and Dan Maguire, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 21 to 27.

| University

As part of UPEI’s commitment to crisis preparedness and response, the University has launched a new, free safety app called UPEI SAFE.

| Upcoming Events

The UPEI 50th Anniversary Alumni Speakers Series and the UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering are pleased to present a presentation by Jim Carter (Dip. Eng ’71, LLD ’08), retired CEO of Syncrude Canada Ltd.

| University

Every spring, the University of Prince Edward Island holds Convocation ceremonies to celebrate and award degrees and diplomas to its graduating students. UPEI strives to make Convocation a special time for graduates as well as their families and friends.

| Upcoming Events

The UPEI 50th Anniversary Alumni Speakers Series and the UPEI Faculty of Arts are pleased to present an evening with the Honourable Percy Downe (BA, ’77), the first graduate of the University of Prince Edward Island to serve in the Senate of Canada.

| Events

Join us for a workshop on “Talking to the Media” with Bruce Rainnie, president and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in Halifax and former host of CBC PEI’s supper-hour news program, Compass.