Past Projects

Some highlights of the interesting work that the Institute of Island Studies has undertaken in the past five years is listed here and can be found by clicking on the year highlighted in the text below.

Past Projects from 2007 include:

  • PEI Writer Deirdre Kessler Heads off to Writer-in-Residency in Tasmania!
  • The Small Island Cultures Research Initiative Conference
  • Institute of Island Studies is Pleased to Announce "A World of Islands": An Island Studies Reader
  • Island Studies Director Moderates Public Forum on Water Quality and Health
  • Institute of Island Studies Releases Museums Report, March 2007
  • David Suzuki and the Dreamers’ Symposium
  • The First Chiloe Internship
  • Northumberland Strait Ecosystem Initiative
  • CCEDNet Conference
  • Southern Gulf of St Lawrence Coalition for Sustainability Annual Conference

Past Projects from 2006 include:

  • Institute of Island Studies Working with the Northumberland Strait Ecosystem Initaiative Working Group
  • Island Studies Journal Now Availabe Online
  • Pacific Voices: Equality & Sustainability in Pacific Island Fisheries
  • Southern Islands Symposia
  • Virginia Tech University Environmental Issues Tour of PEI
  • Public Forum on Cruise ship Tourism
  • Island Studies hits Hawai’i
  • Retreat to Advance!
  • Learning from Research fellows and Associates
  • Chinese Islanders Book Launches and Art Exhibit
  • Tasmanian Writer Danielle Wood’s Residency at UPEI
  • The Social Economy Research Network events

Past Projects from 2005 include:

  • IIS Co-ordinates New Studies on the Atlantic Social Economy
  • Community Forest Dialogues
  • Memorandum of Understanding and Association Signed Between The Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI, IIS, And UPEI
  • Institute of Island Studies Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
  • Online Library Resources Expanded
  • Prince Edward Island Forest Policy Announced
  • GMO Report Presented to Standing Committee

Past Projects from 2002-2004 include:

  • Notes From a Public Lecture on University Avenue
  • Panel on Coastal Communities
  • Database of Islands VII Conference Papers

Past Projects from 1998-2002 include:

  • Islands of the world VII: New Horizons in Island Studies
  • Knowledge Assessment Methodology (KAM)
  • Community Capacity Building
  • Message in a Bottle: the Literature of Small Islands
  • Island Sustainability, Livelihood and Equity Program (ISLE)
  • Local Knowledge / Global Challenge: Smart Community Development
  • The Employment Summit and the Population Strategy