Dr. Jean Mitchell renewed as UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at º£½ÇÉçÇø

Dr. Jean Mitchell, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, has been renewed as the UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at the º£½ÇÉçÇø until December 2028.

First appointed as UNESCO Chair in 2021, Mitchell works closely with the Institute of Island Studies, the Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program, the School of Climate Change and Adaptation, and the L.M. Montgomery Institute. She has extensive research and project experience in Indonesia, India, and the South Pacific nations of Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

Atlantic Veterinary College Blue Coat Ceremony

The Atlantic Veterinary College's Blue Coat Ceremony is a special event to officially welcome our incoming class to AVC and celebrate the beginning of their veterinary education. The ceremony includes speeches and the presentation of blue coats to our incoming students by the people they have selected for this special tradition.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact avcspecialevents@upei.ca.

º£½ÇÉçÇø campus volunteers help Saint Dunstan’s Gardens grow again

The º£½ÇÉçÇø Chaplaincy Centre, with the help of º£½ÇÉçÇø Experiential Education, recently recruited a volunteer coordinator and a team of student volunteers to take care of Saint Dunstan’s Gardens through the summer months and into early fall. Thanks to the efforts of these volunteers and others, the gardens have now been renewed and planted with a variety of vegetables.

The Chaplaincy Centre manages Saint Dunstan’s Gardens, which comprises raised vegetable garden beds located behind Memorial Hall with the goal to provide vegetables to Soup for the Soul each fall.

Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Senior Vet Camp Week 2, July 28-August 1

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is pleased to welcome participants to our award-winning Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camps, taking place July 7 to August 1.

The four one-week camps offer junior and senior high school students a behind-the-scenes peek into the world of veterinary medicine—from doing physical examinations on dogs and horses to learning how to dress like a surgeon and suturing on a silicon suture pad. You will be amazed at what you will see, learn, and do!

Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Senior Vet Camp Week 1, July 21-25

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is pleased to welcome participants to our award-winning Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camps, taking place July 7 to August 1.

The four one-week camps offer junior and senior high school students a behind-the-scenes peek into the world of veterinary medicine—from doing physical examinations on dogs and horses to learning how to dress like a surgeon and suturing on a silicon suture pad. You will be amazed at what you will see, learn, and do!

Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Junior Vet Camp Week 2, July 14-18

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is pleased to welcome participants to our award-winning Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camps, taking place July 7 to August 1.

The four one-week camps offer junior and senior high school students a behind-the-scenes peek into the world of veterinary medicine—from doing physical examinations on dogs and horses to learning how to dress like a surgeon and suturing on a silicon suture pad. You will be amazed at what you will see, learn, and do!