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 Master of Arts in Island Studies student Ayana Arnaud on the Charlottetown waterfront
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."

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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.

UPEI nursing student Andrea Gallant
| Students
"The Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre has been crucial to my success at UPEI."

Fourth-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing student Andrea Gallant shares her experiences in UPEI's supportive student community.

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

Myah Van't Veld and Emma Ledgerwood earn first-place award in the Engineering Communications category at the Canadian Engineering Competition.

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