UPEI Human Resources welcomed 25 Grade 9 students from schools across the province for Take Our Kids to Work Day on November 5, 2025.

Take Our Kids to Work Day is an annual event that introduces Grade 9 students to the world of work and provides a day of exploration and inspiration. At UPEI, the day offered a special opportunity for students to explore the University, learn about different career paths, and imagine the kind of future they want to build.

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

Dr. Ritter’s chair, valued at $500,000, was included in an announcement of more than $690 million to support science and research made by the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, on October 22. 

A collaboration between UPEI’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) and Bait Masters, a growing Prince Edward Island company, has resulted in a creative, cost-effective, and sustainable solution that is helping the company expand its lobster storage capacity threefold.

With information from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Canada’s shellfish industry is a vital part of Atlantic communities, supporting jobs and contributing to local economies. Recent challenges, including the impacts of Hurricane Fiona and the MSX shellfish disease, have underscored the need for strong collaboration between government, industry and academia to enhance the sector’s resilience.

UPEI’s new research magazine, InView, was officially launched at a celebration event held on the campus on Friday, September 26.

The full-colour magazine features the innovative and exciting research taking place at UPEI. The inaugural issue focuses on research projects in 2024–2025, ranging from a gene mutation linked with Parkinson’s disease to the impacts of working remotely on employees.

UPEI held a well-attended TRC Mawi’omi in the Quadrangle between Kelley Memorial Building and the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, from 10:00 am–2:00 pm, on Friday, October 3.

The TRC Mawi’omi—the word for “gathering” in the Mi’kmaw language—was held to mark the 10th anniversary of the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Reports along with 94 Calls to Action that guide Canada’s path toward reconciliation. 

As David Varis, assistant professor in the Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies (IKERAS), put it, “Tipi season is coming to an end.” 

Dr. Andrew Zinck, a professor in the UPEI Department of Music, was presented with the Association of Atlantic Universities’ (AAU) 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award at the AAU’s fall meeting held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 23.

The University of Prince Edward Island is excited to be approaching completion of the new 140,000 square-foot building, which supports the UPEI Faculty of Medicine and medical learners in the regional campus of Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine, as well as UPEI students in nursing, psychology, nutrition and dietetics, kinesiology, paramedicine, and other programs.

The University of Prince Edward Island is proud to announce that former men’s basketball star Sherone Edwards will be inducted into the UPEI Sports Hall of Fame. One of the most dynamic players in program history, Edwards is being recognized for his outstanding career and lasting contributions to Panther basketball from 2002 to 2007.