In this, the International Year of Chemistry, please join the Chemistry Department to celebrate the contributions of the founding, former and current faculty to 42 years of chemistry at UPEI. The celebrations will be taking place this Friday, April 1 from 3:00-4:30 pm in the KC Irving Chemistry Centre foyer. Everyone is welcome!

The Institute of Island Studies presents a guest lecture by Alison McCleery, professor of Social and Cultural Geography, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland: "The Politics of Peripherality: the Absolute Limit?" This lecture explores aspects of developmental theory and practice on the Atlantic periphery in the era of globalisation and new and not-so-new information and communication technologies. All welcome! Light refreshments will be served.

SPEAKER: Brad Scott, Department of Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) as a model species for endocrine disruption by Pulp and Paper mill effluents.

Internal Medicine web lab to practice steering endoscope and performing biopsies/FNA on organs (blind and V/S guided) with Dr. Stojanovic and Dr. Pack. Limited to 10 seats per section. Club dues must be paid.

Internal Medicine wet lab to practice steering endoscope and performing biopsies/FNA on organs (blind and V/S guided) with Dr. Stojanovic and Dr. Pack. Limited to 10 seats. Club dues must be paid.

Please join us during the Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference for food and drinks on Saturday, April 16 from 6:30-7:30 pm in Acadian Room A at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront.

Why is the bond between cats and their owners so complex and intense? Hosted by AVC Community Practice veterinarian, Dr. Anne Marie Carey, this session will explore the relationship between cats and those who love them. It will also look at some solutions when things aren't quite "purr-fect." Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

AVC's White Coat Ceremony & Awards Night will take place on Friday, May 6, 2011 in the Homburg Theatre, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI, beginning at 4:30 p.m. AVC's White Coat Ceremony is truly memorable and moving, and is the highlight of the academic year. During the ceremony, members of the AVC Class of 2011 will make the official and public passage from veterinary students to Doctors of Veterinary Medicine.

Please join Dr. Don Reynolds, Dean of Atlantic Veterinary College, AVC faculty and staff, and family and friends of AVC's Class of 2011 for a reception after the morning Convocation at approximately 12:00 pm in AVC's Learning Commons. This is a wonderful opportunity to congratulate our most recent Doctors of Veterinary Medicine. Everyone is welcome.

Matt Funk - Master of Arts In Island Studies Thesis Defense #2 "The Principles of Economics & Evolution: A Survival Guide for the Inhabitants of Small Islands, Including the Inhabitants of the Small Island Earth"