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The campus community was advised today that ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ President and Vice-Chancellor Greg Keefe has written a letter to the Hon. Bloyce Thompson, Minister of Economic Growth and Tourism, in response to the ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ Faculty Association filing for conciliation.

In a message to the ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ community, President Keefe encouraged everyone to participate in Emancipation Day activities on PEI and renew their commitment to learning, reflection, and action.

ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ faculty and staff members have received grants ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 from the open education resource development program at ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½.

In a campus message, President Keefe expressed condolences on behalf of the University to the family, friends, colleagues, and students of Dr. Benet Davetian, associate professor of Sociology, who passed away on June 25, 2022.

Three ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ faculty members have recently been awarded funding by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). 

ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ Women’s Basketball is bringing back a fan-favourite player. Guard Karla Yepez will rejoin the Panthers this fall after two years away from U SPORTS competition, hoping to recapture the magic of the team’s successful 2019–20 season.

In a message to the campus community, President Keefe announced that the Electoral Board for the Chancellor unanimously approved the reappointment of the Honourable Catherine Callbeck for an additional one-year term.

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ and the Prince Edward Island Humane Society (PEIHS) have partnered on a new study that will examine how early adoption age impacts kitten health and behaviour.

Over the past two years, researchers at ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ have garnered more than $1.6 million in discovery and discovery development grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 
 

In an update that was emailed on July 19, 2022, faculty and staff were advised that University negotiating teams have been collective bargaining over the last ten weeks with the ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ Faculty Association (ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½FA), IBEW 1928, and CUPE 1870.