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In a message to the 51ÊÓƵ community, President Keefe encouraged everyone to participate in Emancipation Day activities on PEI and renew their commitment to learning, reflection, and action.

51ÊÓƵ faculty and staff members have received grants ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 from the open education resource development program at 51ÊÓƵ.

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 51ÊÓƵ faculty members have recently been awarded funding by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). 

51ÊÓƵ 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 51ÊÓƵ 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 51ÊÓƵ 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 51ÊÓƵ Faculty Association (51ÊÓƵFA), IBEW 1928, and CUPE 1870.

In his message to the campus community, President Keefe encouraged students, faculty, and staff to celebrate Pride by embracing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and all that makes each of us unique, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.