Faculty of Arts Spotlights

UPEI's Faculty of Arts provide the skills you need to succeed in your chosen career and become an engaged citizen. 

Read more about some of our talented students, graduates, and faculty members!

SDU Main Building
| Students
"My Honours thesis in History was the most important part of my undergrad."

Vera Kirk is a UPEI Class of 2025 graduate (Honours in History) and current Master's degree student at McGill University.

UPEI Master of Arts in Island Studies student Jack Weeks
| Students, Graduate Students
"The MAIS program is steeped in a philosophy that 'to love is to learn'.”

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Jack Weeks is a student in the thesis stream of UPEI's Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program.

UPEI History student Riley Drake in the History student lounge
| Students
"UPEI offered everything I wanted out of a university program."

Meet Riley Drake, fourth-year History student (Honours).

Kate VanGerven holding a megaphone on a flatbed truck
| UPEI Viewbook 2026, Alumni, Students
"My experiences and relationships at UPEI gave me everything."

Meet Kate VanGerven, Director of Tour and International Visits for the Prime Minister of Canada and Bachelor of Arts in English graduate (Class of 2013).

UPEI student Brennan McDuffee interviewing another student during a podcast
| UPEI Viewbook 2026, Students
"As a smaller university, support is central to the culture of UPEI."

Meet Brennan McDuffee, Bachelor of Arts in Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture student (Class of 2025).

MAIS student Hexi Wang working in a student lounge
| UPEI Viewbook 2026, Graduate Students, Students
"PEI has given me so much, I’d love to give something back."

Meet Hexi Wang, second-year student in the Master of Arts in Island Studies program

UPEI student Annika Masters
| Students
"Knowing the history of our country is essential, and UPEI has begun a long journey to reconciliation."

Annika Masters is a fourth-year Sociology and Anthropology major and Indigenous Studies minor at UPEI.

UPEI instructor Ryan Drew
| Faculty, Alumni
"UPEI is a bustling community of scholarship and extraordinary teaching."

Ryan Drew is an artist, researcher, UPEI alumnus, and sessional instructor in the Faculty of Arts.

Dr. Max Schaefer outside the Charlottetown Library
| Faculty, Profile
"UPEI has the potential to grow still more, and to help students do the same."

Meet Dr. Max Schaefer, professor of philosophy in the UPEI Faculty of Arts.

Dr. Magdalena von Eccher outside Steel Recital Hall at UPEI
| Faculty, Profile
"My work is endlessly fascinating, and I love it."

Meet Dr. Magdalena von Eccher, performing artist and assistant professor in UPEI's Music department.

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