Fourteen AVC students spent the summer tackling research questions with real-world implications for animal health and veterinary medicine through the Summer Research and Leadership Program. Working alongside faculty supervisors and peer mentors, students gained hands-on research experience and presented their findings during a poster competition held in September. 

UPEI and the Atlantic Veterinary College held an event on September 28 to celebrate the establishment of the Dr. Etienne Côté Endowed Chair in Veterinary Cardiology, made possible through a generous gift from Sandra Irving, Sarah Irving, the Arthur and Sandra Irving Foundation, and the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation. 

The Government of Canada has announced more than $3.1 million in funding for the Canadian Pork Council to enhance swine health surveillance across Canada. Based at Atlantic Veterinary College, the project will strengthen disease detection and monitoring capabilities, helping protect animal health, support producers, and improve the resilience of Canada's pork sector.

The Atlantic Veterinary College’s (AVC) Class of 2026 has raised approximately $7,000 to support the purchase of new audiovisual equipment for surgical facilities in the College’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. 

The clinical exam rooms in the UPEI Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Centre were designed to feel authentic, and AVC students using the rooms for the first time were blown away by the realism.

Dr. Caroline Ritter, assistant professor in the UPEI Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, has been renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) for five years ending June 30, 2030. 

Two researchers from UPEI are working with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Neurodyn Life Sciences Inc. to develop a novel therapy to slow, or potentially functionally stabilize, the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, PC, KC, Minister responsible for ACOA, was on campus on October 17 to announce close to $1M in non-repayable support for three projects to strengthen the shellfish industry, including two projects at the University. 

Researchers at the University of Prince Edward Island have been awarded over $1.7 million in federal funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

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