Over the past several months UPEI has developed an infectious disease policy and a draft pandemic plan to guide the university in dealing with situations like the recent outbreak of mumps and the current challenge related to the H1N1 virus. As outlined in the draft pandemic plan, UPEI has a working group that will meet regularly over the coming months to ensure the university is well-prepared to...

The Canada Games PEI Women's Soccer Team and the UPEI Women's Soccer Team will hold a charity co-ed tournament on Saturday, August 1, on the UPEI soccer field to raise funds to help buy myoelectric hands for Mohamed Mara, a refugee from Sierra Leone now living on P.E.I. During the civil war in Sierra Leone, rebel forces massacred Mara's mother, father and siblings. Mohamed escaped...

Alumni from the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), St. Dunstan's University (SDU) and Prince of Wales College (PWC) will gather at UPEI from July 30 to August 2 for their annual fun-filled Reunion Weekend. 'Reunion Weekend is a great opportunity for alumni from UPEI and its founding institutions, SDU and PWC, to reconnect with each other, take a trip down memory lane and see the...

Everyone is invited to a free public reading by Bill Richardson at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Thursday, July 30, 7:00 p.m., an event co-hosted by the P.E.I. Writers' Guild, the Friends of the Confederation Centre Public Library, the UPEI Department of English, and the Indian River Festival. Bill Richardson is a writer and broadcaster. He has contributed to CBC Radio since 1984, and...

The Tourism Research Centre in the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce the release of a new report profiling motor coach visitors to P.E.I. This report is the result of surveys collected from motor coach visitors between July and December 2007. 'Although assumptions have been made about the motor coach industry in the past, this report...

Fifteen students from the University of Prince Edward Island will spend the next month learning about the history and culture of the Middle East at Misr International University (MIU) in Cairo, Egypt. Led by Sherilyn Acorn-LeClair, coordinator of international student exchanges at UPEI, the students are participating in a Middle East Studies Program offered at MIU from July 24 to August 21. The...

Dr. Ian Whicher, head of the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba, will give a free public lecture called 'The Meaning and Integrity of Yoga' at the Confederation Centre Public Library on Tuesday, July 28, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Whicher says that classically envisioned yoga does not lead to the condemnation, abandonment or transcendence of life in the world but rather...

As a marine ecologist, Dr. Pedro Quijon, of the UPEI Biology Department, is keenly aware of the importance of conserving the world's oceans especially now at a time when they are under more stress than ever. He represents UPEI on the recently established Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council's Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe). The network brings together 65...

The Centre for Life-Long Learning at UPEI will hold information sessions next week for people who are interested in learning about educational opportunities for adult learners. The three information sessions take place from 7 to 8 p.m. as follows: · Monday, July 20, Montague Curling Club; · ...

UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place will be the competition venue for some of the best young track and field athletes in Canada this weekend. From July 17 to 19, close to 600 athletes and 120 coaches from across the country will gather at the University of Prince Edward Island to take part in the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships. UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place officially opened on July 13...