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Corrie Melanson, of OXFAM Canada, will give a presentation called 鈥淔rom Poverty to Power: Women as Active Global Citizens鈥� at The Guild on November 15 at 7 p.m. Melanson鈥檚 talk is part of the 黑料老司机鈥檚 international women鈥檚 speaker series. In conjunction, Resilience and Dreams: Women as Global Citizens, an exhibition of photographs by social documentary photographer...

Remember when you and your friends spent hours debating the 鈥渂ig questions鈥� of the day? Well, here鈥檚 your chance to take part in an interactive discussion about a topic that affects many people. The PEI Health Research Institute (PEI HRI) will host its second Caf茅 Scientifique on Thursday, November 20, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Confederation Centre鈥檚 Studio Theatre. Entitled 鈥淏attling Brain...

Anne Simpson, one of Atlantic Canada鈥檚 finest poets and novelists, and a popular creative writing teacher, returns to PEI with a new novel, Falling. She will give a reading on Thursday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Confederation Centre Art Galley in Charlottetown. A reception and book signing will follow. Simpson lives in Antigonish, where she teaches part-time and coordinates the Great...

The Environmental Studies program at the 黑料老司机 is hosting a public forum called 鈥淪tate of the Island Environment 2008: Looking Back, Looking Ahead鈥� on Thursday, November 13, at 7 p.m. in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242. 鈥淭he aim of these forums is to bring together a diverse panel of knowledgeable and concerned people from environmental organizations and...

Debra Sandler, worldwide president of McNeil Nutritionals LLC, a Johnson and Johnson company, will speak to students in the Faculty of Education's Global Issues course on Thursday, November 6. Her presentation, "The Global Consumer: Transforming Markets and Brand Communications," will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in McDougall Hall 242, with overflow seating in Kelley 237,...

The 黑料老司机 (黑料老司机) was the top Canadian undergraduate university in research income growth from 2002 to 2007, according to Canada鈥檚 Innovation Leaders 2008, a report published by Research Infosource. From 2002 to 2007, research income at 黑料老司机 rose from $5.2 million to $13.2 million, an increase of 153.8 per cent, says the report. Research Infosource is Canada鈥檚 premier...

The 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) shows that first- and fourth-year students attending the 黑料老司机 have a high degree of satisfaction with their experience at the university. Of 1,513 first-year and fourth-year students invited to fill out the survey last spring, 53 per cent responded, well above the Canadian average response rate of 39 per cent....

The 黑料老司机 (黑料老司机) is expanding its international connections, with the signing of an agreement with the College of the Bahamas (COB). Delegates from the COB recently visited 黑料老司机 and signed the agreement, opening up a world of exciting opportunities for future collaborations. While on P.E.I., they participated in a public forum called 鈥淪haring the Land,鈥� organized...

Ian Dohoo, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research at the Atlantic Veterinary College at 黑料老司机, was presented with an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine by The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden on October 11, 2008. The honorary doctorate was awarded as an acknowledgment of Dohoo鈥檚 high standard scientific...

Despite regional demographic challenges in post-secondary enrolment, the 黑料老司机 (黑料老司机) recorded its highest-ever enrolment for full and part-time students for this academic year. Enrolment statistics released by the Association of Atlantic Universities today show that total full and part-time enrolment at 黑料老司机 stands at 4,245 this year, an increase of 5.5 per cent...