Atlantic Veterinary College Blue Coat Ceremony and Dinner

The Atlantic Veterinary College's Blue Coat Ceremony and Dinner is a special event to officially welcome our incoming class to AVC and celebrate the beginning of their veterinary education. The ceremony includes dinner, speeches, and the presentation of blue coats to our incoming students by the people they have selected for this special tradition. If you have any questions about this event, please contact avcspecialevents@upei.ca.

Academy for New Faculty and Sessional Instructors

Are you new to teaching at UPEI? Then this one-day workshop is for you. Join us for a day filled with ideas and practical suggestions to help get your fall semester off to a smooth start. Sessional instructors, new faculty, and colleagues with a term contract are encouraged to attend and bring a friend! We'll be in the Teaching and Learning Centre, Robertson Library Annex, Room 230. For more information, email TLC@upei.ca.

 

New Faculty Orientation

This university-level orientation is meant for all newly hired faculty of all ranks and tracks. This event complements the orientation sessions organized by Human Resources and any orientation programming offered by your unit. Our event will feature a large cast of senior administrators and colleagues from a variety of teaching, research, and support units as well as the UPEIFA, our faculty union.

Message from the President: August 1 is Emancipation Day

The following message was issued to members of the UPEI community on behalf of the Office of the President.

Dear Members of the Campus Community,

August 1 was unanimously designated as Emancipation Day by the House of Commons in 2021 to mark the enactment of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 on August 1, 1834, across the British Empire. On March 23, 2022, the Prince Edward Island Legislature followed by unanimously passing a bill to recognize Emancipation Day on PEI.

Emancipation Day

In 1833, the British Empire introduced the Slavery Abolition Act and on August 1, 1834, slavery was abolished. Despite that, racial discrimination continued and continues today in Canada and on Prince Edward Island. It is important to acknowledge that slavery was present in Atlantic Canada, including PEI. 

On March 23, 2022, the Prince Edward Island Legislature unanimously passed a bill to recognize August 1 as Emancipation Day.

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