Sandra and Arthur Irving awarded AVC’s 2025 Green Hat Award
The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at University of Prince Edward Island is proud to name Sandra Irving and the late Arthur Irving as the recipients of the 2025 Honourable Eugene F. Whelan Green Hat Award, the highest recognition bestowed by the College.
IKERAS Orange Shirt Day Program
Join us as we honour the Survivors of Indian Residential Schools and remember the children who never returned home.
Wear your orange shirt to show your support for Truth and Reconciliation!
1:00 PM | The Tipi
Smudging Ceremony
1:15 PM | UPEI Campus
Smudge Walk
2:00 PM | McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre
Phyllis Webstad's Orange Shirt Story
Community Lunch
UPEI student-athlete Rachel Richards selected for Hockey Canada Creating Coaches Program
Rachel Richards, a standout defender for the UPEI Women’s Hockey Panthers, has been selected as one of 22 student-athletes nationwide for the 2026–27 cohort of the Hockey Canada Creating Coaches Program.
UPEI Visits North & Central New Brunswick!
UPEI will be in the North & Central New Brunswick regions from September 21-25 as part of the AARAO Post-Secondary Opportunities Fairs. We look forward to meeting you! If you have any questions in the meantime, please reach out to Becca at rscann@upei.ca.
TLC Lunch & Learn: Cracking the Code: Escape Rooms as Active Learning Activities
Join Marissa Clapson (Chemistry) and Ashton Dougan (Nursing) for an interactive lunch-and-learn where you won’t just hear about escape rooms, you’ll experience one. In this session, participants will take part in a mini educational escape room, explore the tactile and digital materials we use to design them, and learn how escape rooms can promote engagement, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving across disciplines.
UPEI student team headed to global competition in Brazil with community support
A team of UPEI engineering students has developed an innovative device called LimbRise that could transform recovery for people with knee injuries. After advancing their venture from the classroom to regional and national competitions, Richard Hetherington and Noor Abdelhamid recently won the Enactus Canada Early-Stage Summer Sprint National Final, earning the opportunity to compete internationally at the 2026 Enactus World Cup in São Paulo, Brazil, this November.
Courageous Conversation about Consent
Join SVPRO, the Student Union, and the Chaplaincy Centre for a courageous conversation about consent! Let's discuss what consent means, how it applies in our daily lives, and how we can build the campus community we want with a culture of consent as our foundation. Monday, October 5 at 12:00pm in the Chaplaincy Centre. Pizza and drinks provided! This discussion is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
UPEI Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Scott Cassidy
Dr. Scott Cassidy combines research with years of real-world practice. He holds a PhD in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Guelph and a diploma in information technology from Conestoga College. Before joining UPEI, he worked as a consultant for clients in healthcare, education, first response, financial services, agriculture and immigration services. Most recently, he worked in the high-stakes professional testing industry, building competency models, entry-to-practice exams and employee selection tests.
