The Tourism Research Centre in the School of Business at UPEI has released research results concerning culinary tourism on behalf of Tourism and Culture PEI. The report provides information about visitors' attitudes, motivations and travel behaviour as it relates to culinary experiences when travelling. The report shows that visitors to PEI enjoy a wide variety of food and food-related...

The UPEI School of Business and the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) signed an agreement June17 that enables LSBF diploma graduates to continue their studies at UPEI in a post-diploma degree program of Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS). Beginning this September, students who have completed the two-year Diploma in Management Sciences at LSBF will be eligible to enter the...

A group of 22 English teachers from Finland recently visited Prince Edward Island to meet with members of UPEI's Faculty of Education, the Webster Centre for Teaching & Learning and the Department of Modern Languages as part of a Canadian study and professional development tour. Each year, the Association of English Teachers in Finland organizes a trip to a foreign land to learn best...

The Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research (CHBMR) and Three Oaks Innovation Inc. will present Dr. Peter Smith of Millennium Pharmaceuticals on June 18, as the first instalment of the Innovation PEI Premier's Speaker Series. As Senior Vice President, Drug Safety & Disposition and Comparative Medicine for Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Smith will provide insight into modern...

The UPEI School of Business and the PEI BioAlliance invite you to a free, public session on 'Corporate Governance', presented by Professor Stephen Letza, PhD, Director of the European Centre for Corporate Governance. Dr. Letza, a leading advisor to large, medium, and small profit and non-profit corporations as well as a wide range of UK crown corporations and departments, will...

Young scholars from institutions around the globe will converge in Charlottetown June 23 - 27 at the 2010 International L.M. Montgomery Conference, 'L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature', to share their research on the province's best-known writer. For Alicia McDonald, an Islander, UPEI alumna and graduate student at the University of Western Ontario, Montgomery'...

The Pan-Canadian Team for Research in the Early Years met recently in Charlottetown, hosted by members from the University of Prince Edward Island. The team is a group of researchers from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Western Ontario, Trent University, the University of New Brunswick, and UPEI whose projects and thinking are coalescing around...

UPEI Athletics Director Ron Annear is pleased to announce that Shannon Atkins has been named head coach for the UPEI Panthers women's rugby team. 'We are pleased to have Shannon on board for the fall,' commented Annear. 'As a former UPEI women's rugby student-athlete, an assistant coach with former head coach Mary Jane Webster, and her success coaching at the high...

The UPEI Department of Athletics has partnered with nine NGOs and not-for-profit groups and the Department of Community Services, Seniors and Labour on a six-week pilot project that creates inclusion opportunities for people who, due to financial or societal reasons, are not always able to access wellness facilities and programs. The collaborative initiative that began in March, opens up UPEI...

Dr. Juergen Krause, Associate Professor at UPEI's School of Business and Director for the Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research (CHBMR), has been selected to organize and promote the Innovation PEI Premier's Speaker Series. The series, aimed at enhancing knowledge in bioscience and forging international relationships for Island companies, will feature...