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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Peter Blanchard sitting on a bench in UPEI's quad
Peter Blanchard sitting on a bench in UPEI's quad
| Alumni
"UPEI is where I built the foundation for everything that came next."

Our Stories

UPEI paramedicine student Bibin Peter
| Students
"UPEI is equipping me to make a greater impact in patient care."

Bibin Peter is a paramedic with Island EMS, and graduate of UPEI's Paramedicine degree program.

UPEI Master of Arts in Island Studies student Ayana Arnaud on the Charlottetown waterfront
| Students, Graduate Students
"UPEI and the MAIS program taught me being small is a strength."

Meet Ayana Arnaud, Master of Arts in Island Studies student (Sustainable Island Communities focus area).

UPEI Paramedicine student Jamie Jenkins
| Students
"By completing my Paramedicine degree, I have so many more opportunities."

Jamie Jenkins is starting her second year of UPEI's Paramedicine program in Fall 2026.

UPEI Master of Arts student Aneilla Dennis on the Charlottetown waterfront
| Students, Graduate Students
"UPEI's MAIS program encourages independence, critical thinking, and self-reflection."

Aneilla Dennis is a student in the International Relations (Island Studies) and Island Public Policy stream of the Master of Arts in Island Studies program.

UPEI Paramedicine graduate Kellie MacLeod
| Students, Graduate Students
"This degree opens doors you may not even realize exist."

Kellie MacLeod is putting her UPEI degree in Paramedicine to work as an Advanced Care Paramedic and a graduate student.

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