Laura Simms, award-winning performer, writer, and educator, advocating storytelling as compassionate action for personal and community transformation, will highlight the 2014 International Development Week at UPEI. This year's theme is 'International Storytelling.' Simms received the Brimstone Award for Engaged Storytelling, the CHOICE award for best story collection, and...

At the next Graduate Research on Tap, join two UPEI graduate students for discussions about education and the environment. The event begins at 7 pm, Tuesday, January 21 in the Wave in the W. A. Murphy Student Centre at UPEI. The first discussion will be led by Laura Phalen, an MSc student in Biology. The title of her discussion is "Do the oil sands make fish sick?" Gabriela Arias de...

The following was distributed by Prince Edward Island 2014 Inc. on Wednesday, January 15, 2014: Two conferences coming to PEI in 2014 will benefit from a PEI 2014 Fund grant. The 2014 Heritage Canada Annual National Conference and Guardians of Confederation: Leaders of Tomorrow - a special segment of the 2014 Conference on Teaching Canada's History being hosted by the University of...

The German Olympic women's hockey program announced today that UPEI defensemen Anja Weisser has been selected to Team Germany's roster for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Games will take place February 7-23. The fourth-year UPEI business student from Kaufbeuren, Germany is no stranger to international competition, as she has represented her home country at two U-18 and two...

The UPEI Men's Hockey Panthers will soon have a new face in the lineup with the addition of right-winger Nick Czinder from West Bloomfield, Michigan. At 6'5" and 235lb, Czinder says his game is at its best when he is using his size and strength to create traffic in front of the net, as well as being strong on the puck along the boards in both ends of the rink. 'The strength of my...

The PEI Urban Red Fox Research Project needs Islanders to keep reporting their sightings of red foxes to upei.ca/redfox. Each reported sighting helps us better understand our red fox population, and how it interacts with humans on Prince Edward Island. Since the launch of upei.ca/redfox in the fall of 2012, Islanders have reported more than 1600 sightings of red foxes. With this valuable data,...

UPEI's Winter's Tales Authors' Reading Series kicks off the 2014 season with a public reading on February 6 at 7:30 pm in the Confederation Centre Public Library by UPEI writer-in-residence Don Gayton. An ecologist and award-winning nature and science writer, Gayton will be at UPEI from February 3-8, with his residence hosted by the Department of English and the Environmental...

UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced the UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of December 30-January 5. 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...

At the next Research on Tap, join us for a discussion about gender, sex, and equality. Dr. Ann Braithwaite, associate professor and coordinator of Women's Studies, will lead a discussion titled 'What is equality anyways?' The event discussion begins at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 7 at The Pourhouse, above The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse in Charlottetown. Sound interesting? Join us...

Over 400 guests were welcomed by a large group of international students and treated to some food from different countries at the University of Prince Edward Island's New Year's Day levee, reflecting UPEI's growing multicultural campus. UPEI Alumni Association President Bruce Davison, UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, and UPEI Board of Governors Chair...