The UPEI Women’s Soccer program has a gem on its hands.

Head coach Lewis Page has recruited local standout Ria Johnston, hoping to build a strong foundation that can help end the team’s seven-year playoff drought.

Page was drawn to Johnston’s ability to break down defences and create scoring opportunities for herself and her teammates. And after a season in which the Panthers scored fewer than a goal per game, the winger’s inclusion could be vital to the team’s success moving forward.

The UPEI Panther family and broader University community were saddened to learn of the passing of UPEI Sports Hall of Fame member John (Jack) Kane on July 3, 2022.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017, along with other Saint Dunstan’s University (SDU) hockey icons including his father, Jack Kane Sr. (posthumously), Billy MacMillan, and Vince Mulligan, Jack Kane Jr. was an avid and gifted athlete who loved his family, friends, and those he coached, taught, and worked with.

Dr. Shannon Murray, a professor of English at the University of Prince Edward Island, has been awarded the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE).

STLHE created the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 to honour individuals who have made significant contributions to teaching, learning, and educational development in Canadian higher education. Murray received the award at the STLHE annual conference held in June.

On Wednesday, June 22, the University of Prince Edward Island had the honour of participating in an interactive online event with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who delivered a live video address from Ukraine to students across Canada. UPEI was one of nine universities on the Zoom call with President Zelenskyy, with approximately 50 students, alumni, faculty, and staff gathering in Lecture Theatre A at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Along with the in-person events across Canada, more than 6,800 people tuned into the live stream on YouTube. 

As a partner, a sports venue, and the Athletes' Village for the 2023 Canada Winter Games, UPEI is excited, along with the Canada Winter Games Host Society, to promote the 2023 Canada Winter Games Torch Relay.

Prior to every Canada Games, a Torch Relay takes place that sees the Roly McLenahan Canada Games Torch travel part of the country as it makes its way to the host city/province for the opening ceremony. Ceremoniously lit from the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill, the Roly McLenahan Torch will ignite the official Games flame during the opening ceremony.

New research out of the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island suggests a high prevalence of canine leptospirosis regionally within Canada.

The UPEI Co-operative Education Program recently recognized its exceptional students and employers with its annual awards, which included a new Arts Co-op Student of the Year Award. Students were nominated by their work-term employers, and employers were nominated by students who worked for them in 2021.

The recipients are Rahmat Buraimoh, Arts Co-op Student of the Year; MacKenzie Wright, Business Co-op Student of the Year; Elizabeth Toop, Science Co-op Student of the Year; and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Co-op Employer of the Year. 

The UPEI men’s soccer team is well known for fielding a strong contingent of homegrown talent, and this upcoming season will be no exception.