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Award-winning poet Anne Compton returns to her native P.E.I. to read from her new book, Asking Questions Indoors and Out, on Tuesday, February 16, at 7:30 in the ºÚÁÏÍø Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Her reading is part of the Winter's Tales Authors Series sponsored by the ºÚÁÏÍø English Department, with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts. Born and raised in the farming community of...

Fourth-year nursing students from the ºÚÁÏÍø are spending two months developing and applying their clinical skills in communities across PEI, in Nova Scotia and Alberta, and even as far afield as Florida, the Cayman Islands, and Kenya. Forty-three students are enhancing their learning at the Queen Elizabeth, Prince County, Western, Hillsborough, Eastern Kings and...

Students and graduates from the Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program at the ºÚÁÏÍø are making their mark in islands research around the world. Dolores LeVangie, Laurie Brinklow, and Kathleen Stuart have each received prestigious scholarships to study in the southern Chilean island of Chiloé, Tasmania, and Australia, respectively. Master's...

In recognition of February as Psychology Month, faculty members from ºÚÁÏÍø's psychology department will participate in a free public lecture series organized by the department and the Psychological Association of Prince Edward Island. On February 9, Dr. Stacey MacKinnon will talk about the pros and cons of revenge and forgiveness, and the hard-to-pin-down definition of forgiveness. Her...

Vagabond Productions is back in action, and it is offering a Valentine's Day gift to its audience: a free show. Yes, you read it correctly: admission will not be charged for Vagabond's production of 'The Path of True Love,' February 10 to 13. Many of you will now be wondering about the catch. According to Greg Doran, coordinator of Theatre Studies and director of the show...

Forgiveness and revenge. Each of us has, in the past, had to choose between one or the other. Choose forgiveness, and we face the possibility of appearing weak. Seek revenge, and we come across as mean and spiteful. ºÚÁÏÍø psychology professor Stacey MacKinnon will talk about forgiveness and revenge on Tuesday, February 9, at this month's Research on Tap. The discussion begins at 7 p.m. in...

ºÚÁÏÍø alumnus Dr. Greg Fleming will talk about his work as a veterinarian with Disney's Animal Kingdom on Tuesday, February 9, at 7:30 p.m., at ºÚÁÏÍø. The second in the ºÚÁÏÍø Student Union's new inspiring speakers series, Fleming's presentation will take place in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (Room 242), McDougall Hall. A reception will follow in Schurman Market Square, also in...

From February 8 to 12, the ºÚÁÏÍø will celebrate International Development Week, a national event held annually to increase Canadians' awareness of their country's role in international development and to educate them about life in developing countries. ºÚÁÏÍø has chosen the development of closer relationships between cultures as the theme for its celebration...

The faculty and staff of the ºÚÁÏÍø are saddened to learn of the death on January 20, 2010, of Dr. Frances M. Frazer, a long-time faculty member at ºÚÁÏÍø and wife of Dr. Ronald Baker, ºÚÁÏÍø's first president. Dr. Frazer taught in the ºÚÁÏÍø English department from 1969 to 1992, serving as Chair from 1988 to 1991. She was acting Dean of Arts from 1989 to 1990. She...

Students in the ºÚÁÏÍø's executive-style Master of Business Administration program will explore the topic of local food during a public event in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, McDougall Hall, on Saturday, February 6. At 9:30 a.m., a panel of experts will present a local food challenge to the MBA students, who will be asked to come up with solutions, using the...