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The Bookmark and the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Faculty of Arts and English department will host a celebration of author J.J. Steinfeld’s literary achievements and contributions to the culture of PEI, Canada, and beyond on Thursday, March 9, at 7:00 pm. The celebration will take place in The Carriage House at Beaconsfield, 2 Kent Street, Charlottetown.

Earlier this month—Black History Month—the Canadian Broadcasting Company named five people 2023 Black Changemakers for Prince Edward Island. Four of the five have connections to the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú community.

Students in the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) got the chance to meet with potential employers at the faculty’s inaugural Industry and Career Day held on February 2. 

The ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Faculty of Nursing in collaboration with the PEI Department of Health and Wellness held its inaugural Scrub Coat Ceremony on February 9, 2023, at the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Performing Arts Centre in the University’s new residence building. The ceremony was a celebration and welcoming of 71 first-year undergraduate nursing students and 15 first-year accelerated nursing students.

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú physics student Liam MacNevin received a first-place Tindall/Steinitz Award in Research during the 2023 Atlantic Universities Physics and Astronomy Conference (AUPAC). The conference was hosted by Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia from February 3–5.

We understand that students and employees continue to have questions and concerns about a potential job action by ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Faculty Association (ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú FA) members and we wanted to update you as the week starts with the information available at this time.

Recently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) conducted a Q&A piece with Dr. Carmencita Lake, doctor of veterinary medicine alumna, Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú, and CFIA veterinarian. 

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú (ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú) was a buzz of activity this morning as a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner was lifted by crane into the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú and Health PEI are inviting consultants to submit proposals to assess and analyze PEI’s health system capacity to integrate medical learners from the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú’s Faculty of Medicine. The new Faculty will be offering a joint doctor of medicine degree with partner Memorial University.

The ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Women’s Curling Panthers captured a silver medal at the Subway AUS Curling Championships hosted by the University of New Brunswick at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton, New Brunswick from February 2-5. The team has also qualified for the U SPORTS Curling Championships being held in Sudbury, Ontario from March 15-19.