Events Archive

Join PEI's Poet Laureate and the Bookmark for a celebration of National Poetry Month featuring a social hour, readings by four Island poets (Deirdre Kessler, Jane Ledwell, John MacKenzie and David Hickey), a Q&A moderated by John Flood, and an open mic.
The monthly meeting of the UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday Arpil 13, 2018 from 3-4 pm in the "fishbowl" of the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre (NRC). All neuroscience research students as well as faculty, scientists and staff with an interest in neuroscience…
Dr. Matthew Pauley, Entrepreneurship Faculty Candidate for the Faculty of Business, will give his public presentation on Friday, April 13 at 10:00 am, in MCDH 243. The title of the presentation is Entrepreneurial Exit: Evidence of the Entrepreneur's Exit Process from Micro and Small Businesses'.…
The Faculty of Science wishes to announce KIMBERLY MACDONALD, masters student, will be defending her thesis entitled "Barriers and Enablers to Implementing and Adhering to the Healthy Eating Guidelines for PEI Early Years Centres." The defense will take place on April 12, 2018 from 12:30 to 4:30…
The inaugural meeting of the UPEI Sociology and Anthropology Society will take place on April 10, 3:00 to 4:00 in Dawson Lounge, SDU Main Building. The committee will introduce themselves and their vision for the society. This is an opportunity for faculty and students to give input and ideas…
The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Bsmah Thabet, masters student, will be defending her thesis entitled "Design and Properties of Iron-Containing Dendrimers Capped with Pyrene Moieties"
Calling all girls in grades 7-10! Go CODE Girl Day is a hands-on opportunity for girls in Grades 7 to 10 to learn about the exciting world of computer programming and software development. We will introduce and inspire girls with the skills needed to pursue interests in the fastest growing…
Attention 2018 graduates, mark your calendars! This is an event not to be missed! Celebrate the last day of classes, de-stress before exams, grab a bite, take a selfie with the 2018 sign, win some awesome door prizes, and enjoy musical entertainment by Ryan Merry. One lucky student will WIN our…
The AVC Wildlife Service and Wildlife Club are celebrating National Wildlife Week with a public lecture in Lecture Theatre A, Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at 7 p.m. National Wildlife Week, which takes place from April 8–14 this year, is a program of the Canadian…
Retirement Reception for Cheryl Gaudet Cheryl Gaudet will officially retire from UPEI on April 3 after 30 years of service to the University, most recently with the SSDE. The engineering faculty and staff would like to invite you to a retirement get-together for Cheryl on Wednesday, April 4, 3:30-…
Department of Companion Animals, AVC, Candidate – Dr. Adam Ogilvie Dr. Adam Ogilvie (AVC Class of 2010) will be on-campus next week interviewing for the open, tenure-track faculty position in small animal surgery in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Ogilvie…
The Faculty of Arts, Island Studies wishes to announce that Janice Pettit, a Master’s student, will be defending her thesis entitled, “Crossing the Strait: What happens to islandness when the ferry becomes a bridge?” It will take place on Tuesday, April 3rd, 1:30-3:30 pm in Rm. 286C North AVC Bldg…
Join us for our 2018 Good Friday service. All are welcome!
**RE-SCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER** Free snacks and free Samuel's coffee & muffin voucher at this screening! Perfume War is an inspiring documentary about two friends and their unstoppable fight for world peace. Captain Trevor Greene’s mission in Afghanistan ends violently with a Taliban axe in his…
Speaker: Haifaa Mahjoub, Pathology and Microbiology Title: Metastrongyloid infections-molecular identification
The UPEI Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Presentation Series presents: Dr. Martin Mueller, Professor, University of Alberta Title: Computer Go: from the Beginnings to AlphaGo Zero
 Note: Dr. Martin Mueller is the grandfather of AlphaGo in the sense that AlphaGo is created by Dr. David…
Island filmmaker John Hopkins will be on the Island to introduce his multi-award-winning film, Bluefin, at UPEI on on March 25. Filmed in the “tuna capital of the world”, North Lake, PEI, the documentary explores the baffling mystery of a sudden abundance of tuna off the shores of eastern Prince…
The UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Karem J. Simon, will perform their annual spring concert and final recital of the season at Park Royal United Church, 11 Christie Drive, Charlottetown.  Admission: Adults $15 / Students $10 Read the full story  
Join students from HIS4050, Crusades and Crusading in a student conference as they present their research. Topics include: crusading logistics; Christian-Muslim interaction in Spain and the Holy Land; the role of the Italian merchant city states; the children's crusade; the Assassins.
The Faculty of Business is pleased to present a candidate for a tenure track position in Marketing. On Friday, March 23rd, at 11:30am in MCDH329 Qian Deng will be presenting on 'What Makes Products Weird? Antecedent to and Underlying Mechanism of Weirdness'. All are welcome to attend. Please…