Richard Haines will present his Master of Education thesis defence on Tuesday, May 16 at 7:00 pm at Charlottetown Rural High School (cafeteria stage). Thesis Title: "Treading the Boards: Examining Teacher Identity and Engagement in Drama Education”. All are welcome to attend.

The University of Prince Edward Island and Health PEI welcomes participants from across the Island to its 13th annual nursing research conference held on the UPEI campus. This year, the conference keynote speaker is Dr. Tara Sampalli, Director of Research and Innovation, Primary Health Care and Chronic Disease Management at the Nova Scotia Health Authority and assistant professor of Medical Informatics at Dalhousie University.  The conference theme this year is "Innovative Practice: Improving the Patient and Family Experience.  Visit the event website for more information.

Join us for the keynote presentation from Christina Bosch and a reception at the Second pan-Canadian Conference on UDL, May 31 at 6 pm in the W.A. Murphy Centre at UPEI. Bosch employs User Experience Design methods to investigate instruction and learning in juvenile corrections, and to co-design, with users, inquiry-based UDL curricula to meet the unique learning needs of incarcerated youth. Through a shared focus on removing barriers to the achievement of goals, UDL and UX in education implicitly recognize a ubiquitous international value in education systems: transferability of experience. Inclusive education adopts this value but rejects the idea of “disposable populations” and aims to facilitate high-quality participation amongst all learners in the interactions and relationships that constitute learning environments. Bosch will examine how the UDL and UX frameworks begin to bridge the well-known gaps in education—between research versus practice, static versus transferable learning, learners versus teachers—by offering accessible, collaborative methods of designing with, rather than just for, learners. More information or to register for the conference, visit event website. 

Everyone is invited to a public presentation by Dr. Lynne Seibert, as part of the Animal Welfare in Practice: Feline Behaviour conference (September 22-23) co-hosted by the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and the AVC Animal Welfare and Feline Clubs, with support from the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada.  Dr. Lynne Seibert is Diplomate with the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and is owner of Veterinary Behavior Consultants, Roswell, Georgia. The Friday evening presentation is free and open to the public; to register for Saturday sessions, visit upei.ca/awc or contact: animalwelfare@upei.ca  

Join your classmates from 1961 and 1962 for this annual Reunion Weekend event at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino, Kensington Road, Charlottetown. Visit the Reunion Weekend webpage for more information and the full schedule.

UPEI, SDU, and PWC alumni will join their classmates and come “home” to PEI July 27–30, 2017 to celebrate on the beautiful and vibrant UPEI campus. We look forward to welcoming you! A variety of receptions, ceremonies and class milestone reunion gatherings are sure to be special and memorable events. A significant highlight will include the Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute featuring a virtual reality display of the wreck of the Marco Polo and the 50th milestone reunion celebration for the SDU Class of 1967. Check back often for further additions to the schedule of events!

Everyone is welcome to attend SDU's annual celebration of the Roman Catholic Mass as part of Reunion Weekend.  For the full schedule, visit the Reunion Weekend webpage.  

This summer school is intended for graduate students and promising undergraduates. Each participant is expected to register for at least two of the three courses. Each course consists of three hour-lecture sessions per day for two weeks. AARMS and UPEI will provide a certificate indicating course completion and facilitate transfer of credit to students' home university. To apply: https://aarms.math.ca/affiliated/summer2017/ For further information contact: Dr. Alexander Alvarez (alalvarez@upei.ca); Dr. Gordon MacDonald (gmacdonald@upei.ca); or Dr. Nasser Saad (nsaad@upei.ca) Registration and Accommodation are free. Deadline to apply is May 15, 2017.

Jay Naidoo, political and social activist, has been a leader in the anti-apartheid movement and served as the founding General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions.  Mr. Naidoo is author of the book Change: organising tomorrow, today which warns, “Unless there is significant change, the world is heading to an explosion. The growing gap between rich and poor is dangerous and unsustainable.” Naidoo's discussion explores why people are poor when we walk on gold, diamonds, and resources that fuel the global economy; the extent to which the technological revolution has changed the way we live, organize ourselves, and work; and what the future may hold for education, training and jobs. All are welcome to attend.  For more information, contact Dr. Ron MacDonald at rjmacdonald@upei.ca or Dr. Neb Kujundzic at nkujundzic@upei.ca

The School of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI is launching its first ProGRES Summer Program to promote engineering research interest and involvement among young women in high school. Through the ProGRES Program, high-school students will have the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research projects with world-class researchers in state-of-the-art facilities. The selected students will work directly with a female faculty researcher and mentor on an independent research project, and they will have opportunities to meet and work with female engineers and engineering students. Young women of PEI going into grades 11 and 12 are encouraged to apply for the ProGRES Summer Program. Please click here  for complete program information and application. Application deadline is 5:00 pm on June 7, 2017.