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 Jack Weeks reading a book
UPEI Master of Arts in Island Studies student Jack Weeks reading a book
| Students, Graduate Students
"The MAIS program is steeped in a philosophy that 'to love is to learn'.”

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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.

UPEI graduate student Aadesh Nunkoo
| Graduate Students
"Graduate studies at UPEI have given me the confidence to approach my work."

Meet Aadesh Nunkoo, Master of Science in Mathematical and Computational Sciences graduate student and UPEI alumni.

UPEI History student Riley Drake in the History student lounge
| Students
"UPEI offered everything I wanted out of a university program."

Meet Riley Drake, fourth-year History student (Honours).

UPEI simulation coordinator Kerie Murphy
| Faculty
"Being at UPEI means joining a close-knit, student-focused learning community"

Meet Kerie Murphy, Simulation Coordinator with the Faculty of Nursing and UPEI Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Nursing alumna.

UPEI clinical instructor Valerie Reddin
| Faculty
"Being an educator is not just a role—it's a privilege and responsibility I deeply cherish."

Valerie Reddin is an experienced clinical instructor with UPEI's Faculty of Nursing and Faculty of Medicine.

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