The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) was the top Canadian undergraduate university in research income growth from 2002 to 2007, according to Canada’s Innovation Leaders 2008, a report published by Research Infosource. From 2002 to 2007, research income at UPEI rose from $5.2 million to $13.2 million, an increase of 153.8 per cent, says the report. Research Infosource is Canada’s premier...

The 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) shows that first- and fourth-year students attending the University of Prince Edward Island have a high degree of satisfaction with their experience at the university. Of 1,513 first-year and fourth-year students invited to fill out the survey last spring, 53 per cent responded, well above the Canadian average response rate of 39 per cent....

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is expanding its international connections, with the signing of an agreement with the College of the Bahamas (COB). Delegates from the COB recently visited UPEI and signed the agreement, opening up a world of exciting opportunities for future collaborations. While on P.E.I., they participated in a public forum called “Sharing the Land,” organized...

Ian Dohoo, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, was presented with an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine by The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden on October 11, 2008. The honorary doctorate was awarded as an acknowledgment of Dohoo’s high standard scientific...

Despite regional demographic challenges in post-secondary enrolment, the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) recorded its highest-ever enrolment for full and part-time students for this academic year. Enrolment statistics released by the Association of Atlantic Universities today show that total full and part-time enrolment at UPEI stands at 4,245 this year, an increase of 5.5 per cent...

Jay Ingram, host of Discovery Channel Canada’s popular show Daily Planet, will speak about climate change to students at the University of Prince Edward Island on Thursday, October 16, and Friday, October 17. Ingram will give a presentation called “Cool Ideas for Global Warming” to the students taking the university’s new Global Issues course during his visit. Dr Tim Goddard, UPEI Dean of...

Distinguished Australian poet and poetry publisher Tim Thorne is the 2008 UPEI Writer-in-Residence from Tasmania this month. His visit is part of the annual exchange of writers-in-residence between Tasmania and Prince Edward Island. His residency is co-hosted by the UPEI Dean of Arts, Department of English and Institute of Island Studies, and the P.E.I. Writers' Guild. Throne will hold...

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is adding to its celebrated pool of research talent with the awarding of two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and the renewal of an existing CRC appointment. Dr. Kate Tilleczek comes from Laurentian University to UPEI as CRC in Youth Cultures and Transitions. Dr. Crawford Revie, from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, joins UPEI as CRC in Epi...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce the hiring of five new staff members. Monica MacDonald holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from York University. Before beginning her doctorate, she spent 10 years in Ottawa working at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Library and Archives Canada and the CBC. Most recently, she was a...

The University of Prince Edward Island has been awarded a Sustainability Innovator Award from the U.S.-based Sustainable Endowments Institute for its advancement of sustainability initiatives. UPEI won the award for its work to create an academic environmental studies program and to implement “greening the campus” initiatives across all sectors of the university. It was only the second...