Dr. Don L. Baker, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, will give the inaugural lecture in UPEI’s new Asian Studies International Seminar and Korean Studies Speaker Series on Thursday, March 8, 2:30 pm, Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building. Dr. Baker will give a presentation called “From the Mountains into the Cities: The Transformation of Korean Buddhism in the Twentieth Century” on Thursday from 2:30 to 3:45 pm. The storm date for the event is Friday, March 9, 2:30 to 3:45 pm, Room 213, SDU Main Building.

The Société Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (SSTA), Collège de l'Île, and the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island are pleased to host the Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec’s Minister responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie at a public lecture on Wednesday, March 7. 

UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz welcomed the investments in science and research that were identified in the federal budget tabled by the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, in the House of Commons on February 27, 2018.

Despite capturing a handful of individual awards Wednesday afternoon, UPEI Women’s Basketball still has some unfinished business.

Students and faculty with UPEI’s Environmental Studies program are hosting an information symposium entitled “Our Plastic World: The Breakdown.”

UPEI will open multi-user all-gender washrooms on the main levels of the Robertson Library and SDU Main Building on March 5, Vice-President Administration and Finance Jackie Podger announced in a memo to students, faculty, and staff.

Each year, Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year provides scholarships to ten exceptional students to further their education ambitions. 

The Winter’s Tales Authors Reading Series is proud to present a public reading and presentation from Liz Howard on Thursday, March 15 at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. All are welcome.

UPEI will host a public lecture by Dr. Mark Tremblay, chair of Canada’s Physical Activity Guideless Committee, on Canada’s 24-hour movement guidelines for young children.

Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Prince Edward Island, announced today that four exceptional leaders in their respective fields will be awarded honorary Doctor of Laws degrees at the University’s Convocation ceremonies on May 12, 2018. Honorary degrees will be conferred upon William (Bill) LeClair, Anne Love (née Michael), J. Weston (Wes) MacAleer, and E. Anne Smith.