UPEI’s first annual Korean speech contest a success!
UPEI’s Asian Studies Programme and Korean Studies Seed Project successfully hosted the first annual Korean speech contest on November 22 in the Faculty Lounge in SDU Main Building. This speech contest was the very first of its kind at UPEI for Asian or international languages. A good number of students participated, and their friends and classmates attended to cheer them on. In collaboration with the Department of Modern Languages, our four judges were Dr. Edward Chung, Prof. Reiko Dolan, Dr. Scott Lee, and Dr. Jeong-eun Park. Congratulations to the winners!
UPEI’s third annual Korean Movie Evening
UPEI’s Asian Studies Programme and Korean Studies Seed Project hosted the third annual UPEI Korean Movie Evening on October 21. The featured movie was Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds, South Korea’s most popular movie in 2017. Many international students attended and enjoyed the movie. We look forward to hosting more Asian movie events in 2020. Merry Christmas and happy holidays—Dao!
Submitted by Dr. Edward Chung
AVC faculty member co-authors textbook
Dr. Michelle Evason, an associate professor of small animal internal medicine at AVC, has co-authored a new textbook, Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat: A Color Handbook, with Dr. Scott Weese, an infectious disease researcher and a professor in the Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College. Dr. Evason recently presented AVC Dean Greg Keefe (centre) with a copy of the book. Looking on are contributors Dr. Gary Conboy (far left), Pathology and Microbiology; Rob DeWolfe (second from left), Veterinary Teaching Hospital; Dr.
AVC seeks nominations for 2019 Atlantic Award of Excellence
The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI is seeking nominations for its 2019 Atlantic Award of Excellence in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care. This annual award recognizes veterinarians who have made significant contributions to animal health and welfare in Atlantic Canada. The award will be presented at the Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference in April.
UPEI health researchers seeking participants with cancer for exercise training program
Researchers from UPEI’s Active Living Lab are seeking people with cancer, or who have previously had cancer, to participate in exercise programs in Montague and Charlottetown. In Charlottetown, the exercise program is open to participants who have been previously diagnosed with any type of cancer. In Montague, the program is open to anyone who has been previously diagnosed with breast cancer.
Visiting Killam Fellow maps 50 years of farm history on PEI
A visiting Killam Fellow from Arizona is helping UPEI’s GeoREACH LAB with a mapping project for agricultural land use on Prince Edward Island. The Back 50 Project is led by Alexandra Neumann, Killam Fellow and undergraduate student from Arizona State University’s Barrett, the Honors College. She is supervised by Dr. Josh MacFadyen, UPEI’s Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities.
Dr. Amy Hsiao named a Fellow of Engineers Canada
UPEI’s Dr. Amy Hsiao was recently named a Fellow of Engineers Canada. Dr. Hsiao is an associate professor in UPEI’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE). The fellowship is a national honour for individuals who have given noteworthy service to the engineering profession through their work with Engineers Canada or its provincial and territorial engineering regulators.
Hsiao was nominated for the honour by Engineers PEI. The fellowship was bestowed at the recent annual general meeting of Engineers PEI.
Island Lecture Series: Beyond the Asylum with Dr. Tina Pranger
The Island Lecture Series January lecture features Dr. Tina Pranger speaking about her new book, Beyond the Asylum: The Evolution of Mental Health Care in Prince Edward Island, 1846-2017. The lecture will be held Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus.
AVC founding faculty member Dr. Bob Curtis passes away
The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI is saddened by the loss of a founding faculty member, Dr. Bob Curtis, who passed away on December 8.
The Insight Approach to Communication and Conflict
Members of the UPEI community are invited to a workshop on practical approaches to communication and conflict with Dr. Cheryl Picard, a member of the Applied Communication, Leadership & Culture faculty, from 24 January at 6pm to 25 January at 5pm. The workshop is free, but participants are asked to commit to the entire event. Dr. Picard is a leading scholar and practitioner in the skills of mediation and conflict resolution. She is the founder of the insight approach, a learning-centered method of mediation which will be the subject of the workshop.
