UPEI Spotlights

UPEI is a place built on stories—from student success, to faculty and staff honours, to ground-breaking research. In UPEI Spotlights, you can read and watch videos about the important things that make UPEI unique.

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UPEI Engineering students Myah Van't Veld and Emma Ledgerwood
UPEI Engineering students Myah Van't Veld and Emma Ledgerwood
| Students, Success Story
UPEI Engineering students achieve amazing results at national competition

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four engineering students in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building
| Students, Success Story
UPEI Engineering students achieve amazing results at national competition

Richard Hetherington and team win gold in the Innovative Design category of the Canadian Engineering Competition.

UPEI engineering students Syed Imran Ali and Syed Daniyal Ali
| Students, Success Story
UPEI Engineering students achieve amazing results at national competition

Teammates and brothers Syed Imran Ali and Syed Daniyal Ali win gold in the Re-Engineering category of the Canadian Engineering Competition.

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 assistant professor Ashton Dougan
| Faculty
UPEI Faculty Spotlight: Ashton Dougan

Ashton Dougan is an assistant professor in the UPEI Faculty of Nursing and a PhD candidate whose research explores simulation and creative pedagogy in nursing education.

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