Versatile big Jonas Kessler poised to make immediate impact with Panthers
As basketball continues to trend towards a positionless game, versatile players have become more and more appealing to coaches.
UPEI Panthers head coach Darrell Glenn may have found one of those game-changing prospects in international standout Jonas Kessler.
At six-foot-seven, Kessler brings an exciting combination of size and skill that will fit perfectly in Glenn’s lineup—one that could see the 19-year-old playing in the post or out on the perimeter at any given moment.
Career Month Event: Analyzing and Understanding Social Justice and Diversity in the Workplace
This workshop will address the systemic and structural barriers that result in workplace discrimination. Social justice theories will be used to analyze how to address these barriers in order to understand the ways in which they can be deconstructed.
Career Month Event: Careers in Insurance Virtual Industry Day
This is your chance to connect with the industry's top employers!
Think insurance is boring? Think again. We’re at the forefront of today’s game changers – big data, the sharing economy, cannabis, autonomous vehicles, cyber security, and, yes... even global pandemics!
Learn more and register on Eventbrite.
Career Month Event: Registered Nursing Virtual Job Fair
Join Health PEI at our Virtual Job Fair on Monday, November 1 at 4pm or 8pm (AST) to learn about registered nursing opportunities on Prince Edward Island. RSVP to healthrecruiter@gov.pe.ca.
Learn more on the online event page.
Brinten Comeau and Kasper Lasia named Panther Subway Athletes of the Week
Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and dedication to their respective sports. This week’s UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 4–17 are Brinten Comeau (Women’s Rugby) and Kasper Lasia (Men’s Soccer).
November is Career Month!
November is Career Month in Canada!
To celebrate, the UPEI Career Services Office offers several events every November designed to help UPEI students and alumni with employment skills, career preparation and development.
View this year's Career Month calendar of events on the UPEI Experiential Education website.
Executive Functions: Tips for Student Success
Free for all UPEI students, staff, and faculty
1:00 - 2:30 pm (ADT)
Executive Functions are a set of mental skills that enable us to plan, focus attention, and achieve our goals. In post-secondary, we use our executive functions to focus during a lecture, take notes, complete assignments on time, study for tests and much more. In this session, Jaclyn Borden, Learning Strategist from the Accessibility Services team will introduce you to executive functions and will provide you with strategies to support your executive functioning.
UPEI student takes Top Female Runner in 2021 PEI Marathon
Congratulations to UPEI student Rachel Barich, Top Female Runner in the 2021 PEI Marathon! Rachel crossed the finish line in 2 hours 56 minutes and 55 seconds. Rachel is an experienced runner but had never run in a marathon before. She finished tenth overall, raising $1,300 in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association, PEI Division. She is a third-year student in the foods and nutrition program at UPEI with the goal of becoming a registered dietician.
UPEI is proud to be a sponsor of a conference in French on October 19 on Facebook Live
UPEI is a proud partner with the Université Sainte-Anne’s Canada Research Chair in Acadian and Francophone Studies (Chaire de recherche du Canada en études acadiennes et francophones), the Research Institute on Acadian and Francophone Culture in the Contemporary World (Institut de recherche sur les cultures acadiennes et francophones dans le monde contemporain), the Department of French Studies (Département d'études françaises), the Atlantic Consulat Général de France, the Halifax Alliance française, and Mount Allison University to present the conference, “Media and pol
