Dr. Gail Macartney receives University Teaching Excellence Award

UPEI held its annual Celebration of Colleagues on May 29, 2025, to recognize the achievements of faculty, librarians, clinical veterinary professionals, clinical nursing instructors, sessional instructors, and staff members. Over the coming weeks, UPEI Communications will include profiles of the winners of the University Awards of Excellence in editions of the Campus Connector.

"The MAHSR program balances academic learning with real-world experience."

What brought you to UPEI? Why did you choose to study (undergraduate and current graduate program) here?

I was born and raised in Klang, a city in Selangor, Malaysia. Malaysia is known for its vibrant multicultural environment, and I'm proud to come from a place where people from all walks of life come together to share food, stories, and laughter as part of everyday life.

UPEI business students recommend transportation and parking improvements on campus

Four student teams from the McDougall Faculty of Business presented options and strategies for transportation and parking improvements on campus to UPEI’s Facilities Management and Transportation and Parking Advisory Committee, and representatives from the City of Charlottetown and the provincial government recently at Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, UPEI.

Dr. Jean Mitchell renewed as UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at UPEI

Dr. Jean Mitchell, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, has been renewed as the UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at the University of Prince Edward Island until December 2028.

First appointed as UNESCO Chair in 2021, Mitchell works closely with the Institute of Island Studies, the Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program, the School of Climate Change and Adaptation, and the L.M. Montgomery Institute. She has extensive research and project experience in Indonesia, India, and the South Pacific nations of Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.