Atlantic University Sport (AUS) is pleased to announce the return of the Tim Hortons AUS men's hockey all-star game. Returning for the first time since 1999, this year's event will be held Friday, November 8 at the new Grant-Harvey Arena in Fredericton, NB on STU's home ice, with the puck set to drop at 7:00 pm. All proceeds from the game will help fund Canada's men's...

UPEI defensive field hockey player Katherine Koughan was selected to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Field Hockey All-Canadian Team on Wednesday, October 30 at the All-Canadian Awards Banquet in Victoria, BC. Koughan is a second-year business student from Stratford, PEI. Read the full CIS release here. Congratulations, Katherine!

On Wednesday, October 30, the University of Prince Edward Island hosted a public meeting to release the report of an external panel that was commissioned to review the Institute of Island Studies. The review, initiated by Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies Robert Gilmour and interim Vice-President Academic Christian Lacroix in June, examined the role and governance of the...

UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced the UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of October 21-27. UPEI Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports throughout the season. UPEI Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Sport for possible...

The UPEI Wind Symphony under the direction of Dr. Karem J. Simon, will be performing on Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 pm at Three Oaks High School in Summerside. This recital is done collaboratively with the TOSH Band program, which will also be featured. For this performance, the Wind Symphony has taken on some very ambitious repertoire. Among the featured works is 'Endurance' by the...

UPEI students are going door to door in surrounding neighborhoods to collect non-perishable food items on Thursday, October 31 from 4:15-7:00 pm in support of UPEI's food bank. 'Trick or Eat' is a national Halloween food drive organized by Meal Exchange, a registered charity that empowers student leaders to address hunger in their communities. Since 1993, the charity...

UPEI will host a public meeting to release the findings and recommendations of the external review that was conducted to examine the Institute of Island Studies and its interconnectivity with other UPEI and community programs. Mike Randall of Engage Atlantic will lead a moderated discussion on each of the six categories of recommendations. The terms of reference and membership of the Island...

The Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute (LMMI) extends congratulations to Alice Munro, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature. Munro is the first Literature laureate to base her writing career in Canada, and has cited Lucy Maud Montgomery's work as an important influence in her early life, from which she would later draw so much of the inspiration for her own peerless short fiction....

UPEI's second 'Difficult Dialogues' student conference series event on transgender topics takes place on Friday, October 25, 5:30-7:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A. The event features a transgender 101 presentation to introduce people to the idea of transgender, and what it means to be a transgendered individual. There will also be a presentation from the PEI Human Rights...

Canadian pianist Everett Hopfner, first-prize winner of the 36th Eckhardt-Gramatté (E-Gré) National Music Competition, will be performing at UPEI's Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Tuesday, October 29 at 7:30 pm. Hopfner is a proud native of Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, celebrated for his passionate and inventive performances of contemporary repertoire. He has been based in Germany...