The 2024 U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship, hosted by UPEI Athletics and Recreation from October 30 to November 3, was an exceptional national tournament experience and a huge success.

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for October 28 to November 3, 2024, are Lauren Rainford (women’s basketball) and Sam Chisholm (men’s basketball).

The UPEI Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) held a successful research networking day on Thursday, October 17, in the Performing Arts Centre and Residence.

On Sunday, October 27, UPEI residence students took part in a door-to-door food drive, Trick or Eat®, in support of the UPEI food bank. Led by Residence Life Advisor (RLA) Shelby Dyment, the UPEI residence team organized the event and collected non-perishable food items along a collection route in Charlottetown. The event, which is part of a national initiative, was deemed a success by everyone involved.

Members of the public are invited to attend the 2024 Harry Baglole Memorial Public Symposium in Island Studies, titled “Homelessness and Food Insecurity on Canada’s Food Island,” on November 7, 2024, at 6:00 pm, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, at UPEI.

If the preseason is any indication, then UPEI Men’s Basketball Panthers fans have plenty to be excited about in 2024–25. Posting an impressive 7-1 record in exhibition play, the Panthers took down top-tier opponents, including perennial contenders like the St. Francis Xavier University X-Men and reigning U SPORTS champions, Laval Rouge et Or. With momentum on their side and a roster packed with potential, the Panthers are ready to make a statement this season.

The UPEI Department of Music is thrilled to present the New Orford String Quartet in concert on Friday, November 1. 

The University of Prince Edward Island invites community members across PEI to join in a conversation and share their thoughts as the provincial university builds its next five-year strategic plan.  

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a big week of competition at home and away. 

The Bookmark and UPEI’s Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies (IKERAS) will host a book launch for Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga’s new book, The Knowing, on Thursday, November 7, at 7 pm, in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre amphitheatre (Room 121S).