Campus Notices
The Office of Recruitment and First-Year Advisement is excited to share that the UPEI Virtual Tour is now live! The tour provides an interactive way for prospective students and visitors to explore our campus, facilities, and student spaces from anywhere.
Feel free to share this resource with prospective students, families, and anyone interested in learning more about UPEI.
Explore the tour: tour.upei.ca
Celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day with the Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship on Thursday, November 19, at 3:00 pm in Schurman Market Square!
Join us as we bring together three inspiring women entrepreneurs from across PEI to share their stories, experiences, and journeys in entrepreneurship.
This year, we’re highlighting the power of mentorship and guidance. Hear from our panelists as they share how mentorship has shaped their entrepreneurial journeys, the lessons they’ve learned, and the role guidance has played in their success.
Sign up today: https://lnkd.in/gWb4359R
The Faculty of Science Environmental Sciences / Human Biology Seminar Series invites the campus community to a presentation by Dr. Ashley Powell, AVC Diagnostic services entitled "Aquatic wildlife stranding response and postmortem examination"
Everyone is welcome.
UPEI and the Faculty of Nursing takes immense pride in its role in shaping the future of nursing on PEI. From November 8 to November 14, Canada celebrates Nurse Practitioner Week.
Many of the province's practicing NPs are proud graduates of the UPEI Master of Nursing (MN) program's Nurse Practitioner stream. With admissions open every two years to a cohort of approximately 12 dedicated students, our rigorous program prepares advanced practice nurses to successfully challenge the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Licensure Exam and enter the workforce as fully licensed Nurse Practitioners.
To our UPEI alumni, current students, and every Nurse Practitioner delivering care across Prince Edward Island and beyond: thank you. Your leadership, clinical skill, and unwavering commitment to patient well-being make a lasting difference in the lives of individuals and families every day.
Happy Nurse Practitioner Week!
The Robertson Library is hosting library tours from November 9 to 20, and we would love for you to join us. The tour is an excellent opportunity to explore the library spaces and learn more about what the library has to offer.
Use this link to book your tour.
We can't wait to welcome you and show you around!
The University of Prince Edward Island invites the nomination of candidates for honorary degrees to be conferred at Convocation in May 2027.
Honorary degrees are conferred honoris causa, “for the sake of honour,” and are intended to recognize outstanding provincial, national, and international contributions in any field of endeavour. Contributions should reflect extraordinary intellectual or artistic achievements, or significant service to society at a standard of excellence that merits the University’s highest honour.
A list of all those who have received honorary degrees from UPEI, Saint Dunstan's University, and Prince of Wales College during past convocations can be viewed on the UPEI website.
Nominations can be made online, or a form can be downloaded at upei.ca/nominatehdr. While nominations are accepted all year round, the deadline for nominations for 2027 candidates is Friday, December 18, 2026, by 11:59 pm. For more information, email senate@upei.ca.
Dr. Mark McGowan will give a campus lecture titled "Kindred Spirits of the North: Indigenous Aid to Irish Famine Relief, 1847" on Thursday, 19 November 2026 at 3:30 pm in the SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge.
Dr. McGowan is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, a distinguished Canadian historian, educator, and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and he recently concluded a 34-year tenure at the U of T, where he served in several major administrative leadership roles, including Principal of the University of St. Michael’s College. He is also the 2026 Newman Fellow and the keynote speaker at the 8th annual St. John Henry Newman Dinner on Friday, November 20, 2026, hosted by UPEI students in the Faculty of Arts’ Catholic Studies program.
Dr. Mark McGowan will deliver a Theology on Tap lecture, in partnership with the Benevolent Irish Society, on "Making History Come Alive: The Global Irish Way and Canada" on Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 7:00 pm at the Irish Cultural Centre at 582 North River Road in Charlottetown.
Dr. McGowan is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, a distinguished Canadian historian, educator, and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and he recently concluded a 34-year tenure at the U of T, where he served in several major administrative leadership roles, including Principal of the University of St. Michael’s College. He is also the 2026 Newman Fellow and the keynote speaker at the 8th annual St. John Henry Newman Dinner on Friday, November 20, 2026, hosted by UPEI students in the Faculty of Arts’ Catholic Studies program.
One of the goals identified in Year 3 of the UPEI Action Plan is to optimize recognition processes across the University. To support this work, we are launching our second Pulse Survey, focused on employee recognition. The survey will help us better understand what recognition means to employees, how they prefer to be recognized, and how well current practices acknowledge their contributions. Employee feedback will play an important role in informing future improvements and strengthening recognition across UPEI.
Survey Details
- The survey takes approximately 5–7 minutes to complete.
- The survey is completed via the TalentMap survey platform we have used in the previous employee engagement and pulse surveys.
- The survey can only be completed once and must be completed in one sitting.
- Responses are anonymous. No personal information is collected, and individual responses cannot be connected to any employee.
- The deadline to complete is Thursday, November 19, 2026, by 4 pm AST.
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Your input will help us strengthen how we recognize contributions and celebrate successes across UPEI.
The UPEI Healthy Campus Committee is pleased to announce Wellness Week: Together We Thrive, running from November 17 to November 20, 2026. Designed to cultivate physical, mental, and social well-being of students, staff, and faculty across campus, the week presents a series of themed days that encourage connection, healthy nutrition, active movement, and school spirit!
The festivities kick off on Tuesday, November 17, with “Make n’ Mingle,” a day centred on creative expression, stress relief, and social bonding.
On Wednesday, November 18, the focus shifts to body nourishment and wellness education with “Nourish,” held in McMillan Hall from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
The momentum continues Thursday, November 19, with “Move,” an initiative dedicated to physical vitality, active motion, and functional wellness.
Wellness Week concludes on Friday, November 20, with “Connect and Unwind Panther Pride,” a day dedicated to fostering school spirit, relaxation, and campus community celebration. Campus departments are invited to participate in an Office Decorating Contest to show off their Panther Pride, with free morning coffee delivered by Panther athletes to participating offices (registration due by 12:00 pm on Monday, November 16) and a grand prize of a $150 Fox and Crow gift card. Office Decorating Contest Sign Up: Show Your Panther Pride! – Fill out form
Plus MORE! FOR FULL DETAILS, VISIT THIS LINK!
Join the International Relations Office at their annual Global Village Celebration. One of UPEI's biggest Celebrations of Culture, Community, and Diversity!
All UPEI students, staff and faculty are invited to attend the celebration on Saturday November 14, 2026 at McMillan Hall in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Doors open at 1 pm for cultural booth displays. There will be a brief change over around 5 pm before the fashion show and evening performances begin. Food and refreshments will be provided. There will also be an after party hosted by DJ SP-I until 9:00pm.
This is a student led event hosted by the UPEI International Relations Office. Feel free to stop by with your family and friends. We can't wait to see you there!
The Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law will feature a presentation titled “After First Nations children won: the struggle to remedy Canada’s systemic discrimination” on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall (Room 248). The lecture will be delivered by Cindy Blackstock, PhD, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.
Admission to the lecture is free.
Presented by the Faculty of Arts and the Law Foundation of PEI.
The Faculty of Nursing and Graduate Studies, invites all to attend the public presentation of Tracy Diamond’s Master of Nursing Thesis Defense, titled: "Understanding what influences patient satisfaction levels when visiting the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Orthopedic Clinic in Prince Edward Island.”
Date and Time: Friday, November 13, 2026, 1:30 pm
Location: Health Sciences Building (HSB), Room 103
Everyone is welcome.
Faculty members and post-docs who supervise, mentor, and/or instruct graduate students are invited to join the upcoming Community of Practice on Excellence in Graduate Supervision session:
Receiving feedback is essential for graduate students in their development as scholars and researchers. Delivering effective feedback as a supervisor should be a thoughtful process of considering what, when, where, why & how.
Join Dr. Rachelle Gauthier, Faculty of Education and Dr. Paul Bernard, Biomedical Sciences, at AVC for a conversation of peers on preparing for and holding feedback conversations with graduate students under your supervision.
What: CoP: Feedback Conversations in Graduate Supervision: Supporting Students’ Growth
When: 3:00-4:30 pm, Thursday, November 12
Where: Café side, The Fox & Crow – W.A. Murphy Student Centre
*In response to participant interest, this session is part of a pilot exploring a more casual meeting format. Feedback is welcome.
To help us plan for catering and seating, please let us know if you plan to attend: Nov 12 CoP on Graduate Supervision - Feedback Conversations – Fill out form
For questions or comments about the CoP, please contact:
Kendra Mellish - Graduate Programs Officer at kmellish@upei.ca; or Charlene VanLeeuwen - Manager, TLC at cvanleeuwen@upei.ca
The Island Lecture Series presents a talk by Dr. Nick Mercer, “Can large-scale wind energy development transform Newfoundland?” on November 17, 2026, at 7 pm, in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building Room 201, University of Prince Edward Island.
Recent technological innovation, particularly advances in renewable-energy-powered electrolyzers, has transformed prospects for wind energy development on Newfoundland—enabling bulk energy exports from the isolated island. Since 2022, six multinational corporations have proposed building 25 gigawatts [GW] of wind capacity to power hydrogen exports, which is 460 times greater than the island’s current installed wind capacity.
While some contend that wind-to-hydrogen (W2H) projects will drive economic transformation in the province, others have warned that renewable energies themselves destroy habitat, disrupt Indigenous and rural lifeways, and are intended primarily for the benefit of distant stakeholders. This presentation posits that energy justice analysis, or investigating fairness and equity across project lifecycles, can further understanding of this tension and help reconcile polarized views.
Dr. Nicholas Mercer is an Assistant Professor cross-appointed in UPEI’s Environmental Studies and Island Studies programs. He is an interdisciplinary and community-engaged scholar interested in the investigation, pursuit and intersections of energy transitions and environmental justice. He utilizes community-based participatory action research protocols to ensure that partner organizations lead, direct, and benefit from co-produced scholarship.
The lecture is free, and all are welcome. For more information, contact Bren Simmers at 902-566-0386 or ispstaff@upei.ca.
The Animal Care Committee does not meet in December. The deadline for Animal Care protocol submissions-new, renewal, or amendment, is Friday, January 8, 2027 for the January meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select ‘applications’ and for renewal or amendment protocols select ‘events’.
To view any UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx.
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to scramble your way through a presentation you have no control over? It’s more fun than you think, and you can experience it yourself (or just come to watch!) at the Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship in 201 Robertson Library this Fall! No pre-registration required! See the Fall schedule below
- Thursday, November 12, 3:00-5:00 pm
- Thursday, December 3, 3:00-5:00 pm
Note: If you would like to participate, please bring a phone or computer that can access wi-fi or cellular data.
Remembrance Day and Veterans' Week is a special time to honour and remember the legacy of fallen Canadians, Veterans, and current service members who have served and sacrificed so much for their country. UPEI lowered the flags to half mast on November 8 to mark Indigenous Veterans’ Day and will again lower them on November 11 in recognition of Remembrance Day. Visit the Remembrance pages on the Veterans Affairs Canada website for more information.
Learn more about the many other ways throughout the year to remember the sacrifices and achievements of the men and women who have served with the Canadian Armed Forces and the more than 118,000 men and women who died so that we may live in peace and freedom today.
Remembrance Day and Veterans' Week is a special time to honour and remember the legacy of fallen Canadians, Veterans, and current service members who have served and sacrificed so much for their country. UPEI lowered the flags to half mast on November 8 to mark Indigenous Veterans’ Day and will again lower them on November 11 in recognition of Remembrance Day. Visit the Remembrance pages on the Veterans Affairs Canada website for more information.
Learn more about the many other ways throughout the year to remember the sacrifices and achievements of the men and women who have served with the Canadian Armed Forces and the more than 118,000 men and women who died so that we may live in peace and freedom today.
