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The PEI Food Security Network (with campus members Leo Cheverie and Jennifer Taylor) is hosting a "Kitchen Table Talk" on Tuesday, October 26 beginning at 4 pm in the Dalton Hall Dining Room in association with World Food Day. World Food Day is observed across Canada and is an initiative of the Peoples Food Policy Project. The PEI Food Security...
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The ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï will host the best female student-soccer athletes in the country when the 2010 CIS Women's Soccer Championship takes place November 11-14 in Charlottetown.
Ron Annear, Athletics director at ºÚÁϳԹÏ, says, 'We are thrilled to be welcoming the top soccer players in the country to our world-class facilities at ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï for what will be a very...
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Via Canada NewsWire
Duncan Shaw earns top spot as Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year
Ernst & Young recognizes innovative Canadian entrepreneurial leaders
HALIFAX, October 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Duncan Shaw of Cogsdale has been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 for the Atlantic region.
"The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Atlantic Canada, as our...
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The ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï was named number one today in two major categories in Re$earch Infosource's annual report on research activity at Canadian Universities. The report, which included a special look back on the past decade of research, named ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï the top university in Research Income Growth from 1999 to 2009 and for Research Intensity Growth over the same period. ...
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In light of the recent deaths of gay youth in the United States due to bullying, the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Diversity Office, the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Rainbow Alliance, the PEI Abegweit Rainbow Collective, and AIDS-PEI are hosting an open Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday, October 20 at 7:00 pm in front of Main Building (the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Quad).
This event is part of the "Day of Purple", inspired by the recent suicide of...
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The portraits of ºÚÁϳԹÏ's first four presidents were unveiled in chronological order of the presidents' service and leadership at a well-attended ceremony on Thursday, October 14 in the Robertson Library:
Dr. Ronald J. Baker, 1969-1978
Dr. Peter P.M. Meincke, 1978-1985
Dr. C. W. J. Eliot, 1985-1995
Dr. Elizabeth R. Epperly, 1995-1998
Painted by Saint John,...
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Canadian journalist and author Gwynne Dyer will speak at ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï on Tuesday, October 19 as part of his cross-Canada university and college tour. The event will take place in the Learning Commons at the Atlantic Veterinary College starting at 7 pm.
Sponsored by the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Faculty of Arts, Dyer's lecture will focus on his new book, out this fall, 'Crawling from the Wreckage'...
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Charlottetown, PEI (October 14, 2010)- ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Men's Hockey coach Forbie MacPherson will have a chance to see how his team responds when the Panthers host their season opener October 15 against the UNB Varsity Reds-the number one-ranked university team in Canada by Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). Game time is 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena.
'UNB is the best CIS team in...
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Charlottetown, PEI (October 14, 2010) - Enrolment has hit an all-time high at the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï (ºÚÁϳԹÏ), following a number of years of steady increases.
The latest report from the Registrar's Office indicates that there are 4,600 full-time and part-time students at the Island's only university, compared to 4,435 last year and representing a 3.7 per cent...
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Panther Basketball is pleased to bring back the Mickey Place Memorial Basketball Tournament and with it, an added women's division.
After a two-year hiatus, the event has been given new life through the support of the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Panther Basketball program. Being held at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre October 15 to 17, the tournament features twelve games over the three days and includes nine...