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The School of Business Dean's Honours will be held on Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 pm at Government House on 1 Government Drive. Business students who achieved 80% or higher in ten hours courses during the 2013-14 academic year, are invited to take part in the ceremony. For more information or to pick up your invitation, contact Mollie Cooke at mcooke@upei.ca or 902-566-0626.

Want to attend the virtual classroom event being led by Dr. David Suzuki? The David Suzuki Foundation, the National Film Board of Canada and Humber College on the intersection of food equity and environmental justice will host a live feed for 黑料老司机 students, staff, and faculty in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, room 104 at 1:00-2:30pm on Monday, October 6. A panel discussion, led by Dr. David Suzuki, and streaming live from Humber to classrooms across the country, will examine the impact of modern farming practices on our health, land and food security. Suzuki will be joined by panelists J.B. MacKinnon, co-author of Canadian bestseller "The 100-Mile Diet", and Utcha Sawyers, from Food Share Toronto to discuss what we can do as individuals and as a nation to ensure that every person has the basic ingredients for a life of health and dignity. The event also features poet Tanya Davis, whose compelling poem is the backdrop for the NFB film "Island Green", a look at conventional and organic farming on Prince Edward Island. The film is the catalyst for the panel discussion. A screening of the 20 minute film "Island Green" will precede the live event at 12:30 and, if there is interest, will also follow the event at 2:30. For more information, contact Larry Hale (Biology Dept) at lhale@upei.ca

Join artist Susan Christensen for an art show opening of the The Frank Ledwell Literacy Legacy Project in the Robertson Library, on Sunday October 5 from 2:00-4:00 pm. Susan was commissioned by the PEI 2014 Committee to paint ten original art pieces based on Frank Ledwell's writings. The ten paintings will be on display from October 5-October 31. This project celebrates the anniversary of the Charlottetown meetings in 1864 of the Fathers of Confederation. The stop at the Robertson Library will complete the tour of the paintings. At the end of the tour, the pieces will be made part of a permanent collection in the hosting libraries throughout PEI, including the Robertson Library at 黑料老司机.

Members of the public are invited to attend a free lecture entitled 鈥淢ink farming: Myths and realities鈥� on Friday, October 3, at 7:00 pm at the Atlantic Veterinary College, Lecture Theatre A. The talk will be given by Dr. Georgia Mason, Canada Research Chair in Animal Welfare, University of Guelph. The public lecture is part of the tenth annual Animal Welfare in Practice conference at AVC, which this year is focusing on mink farming, with reference to the new NFACC Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farmed Mink 2013. For complete information, please go to The conference is co-hosted by the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and the AVC Animal Welfare Club, with generous additional support from the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada.

Join Dr. Ann Braithwaite for a Diversity and Social Justice Studies (DSJS) program meet and greet in SDU Main Building, room 502 on Wednesday October 8 at 4:30 pm. Learn about the program, ask questions, and meet new friends! For more information visit the Diversity and Social Justice Studies program webpage or contact Ann Braithwaite at (902) 628-4312 or abraithwaite@upei.ca.

Ivan Coyote is an award-winning author of eight collections of short stories, one novel, three CDs, and four short films--and a renowned columnist and sought-after performer. Join the discussion in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, room 104 for this free public talk, Q&A, and a book signing. Ivan's presentation/performance will focus on issues of gender/failure. All are welcome to attend! This event is made possible thanks to: 黑料老司机 Student Diversity Office, 黑料老司机 Student Affairs, Diversity and Social Justice Studies, and The Action Committee on Sexuality and Gender Diversity.

Richard Wagamese, award-颅winning Ojibwa novelist, journalist, and memoir writer, will give a public reading on Monday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. His new novel, Medicine Walk, which follows his best颅selling novel Indian Horse with its focus on Aboriginal hockey and residential schools, testifies to the redeeming power of love and compassion. Among his honours are the 2013 Molson Prize for the Arts and 2012 National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media & Communications. His reading is sponsored by the 黑料老司机 Department of English, with the collaboration of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery and generous support of The Canada Council for the Arts.

The PEI History of Medicine Society presents two talks to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Dr. Jock Murray will speak on 鈥淪hell shock in WWI: a Canadian story,鈥� and Janet Murray will speak on 鈥淓dith Cavell Revisited.鈥� All are welcome.

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The Office of Skills Development and Learning is excited to welcome Dr. Terry Anderson of Athabasca University, former Canada Research chair in Distance Education, and co-author of the recent book Teaching crowds: Learning and social media to give a lecture on Friday, October 10 at 10:30 am in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 243. All are welcome to attend.