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Alumni from the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ (ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ), St. Dunstan's University (SDU) and Prince of Wales College (PWC) will gather at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ from July 30 to August 2 for their annual fun-filled Reunion Weekend. 'Reunion Weekend is a great opportunity for alumni from ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ and its founding institutions, SDU and PWC, to reconnect with each other, take a trip down memory lane and see the...

Everyone is invited to a free public reading by Bill Richardson at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Thursday, July 30, 7:00 p.m., an event co-hosted by the P.E.I. Writers' Guild, the Friends of the Confederation Centre Public Library, the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Department of English, and the Indian River Festival. Bill Richardson is a writer and broadcaster. He has contributed to CBC Radio since 1984, and...

The Tourism Research Centre in the School of Business at the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ is pleased to announce the release of a new report profiling motor coach visitors to P.E.I. This report is the result of surveys collected from motor coach visitors between July and December 2007. 'Although assumptions have been made about the motor coach industry in the past, this report...

Fifteen students from the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will spend the next month learning about the history and culture of the Middle East at Misr International University (MIU) in Cairo, Egypt. Led by Sherilyn Acorn-LeClair, coordinator of international student exchanges at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ, the students are participating in a Middle East Studies Program offered at MIU from July 24 to August 21. The...

Dr. Ian Whicher, head of the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba, will give a free public lecture called 'The Meaning and Integrity of Yoga' at the Confederation Centre Public Library on Tuesday, July 28, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Whicher says that classically envisioned yoga does not lead to the condemnation, abandonment or transcendence of life in the world but rather...

As a marine ecologist, Dr. Pedro Quijon, of the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Biology Department, is keenly aware of the importance of conserving the world's oceans especially now at a time when they are under more stress than ever. He represents ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ on the recently established Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council's Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe). The network brings together 65...

The Centre for Life-Long Learning at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will hold information sessions next week for people who are interested in learning about educational opportunities for adult learners. The three information sessions take place from 7 to 8 p.m. as follows: · Monday, July 20, Montague Curling Club; · ...

ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Alumni Canada Games Place will be the competition venue for some of the best young track and field athletes in Canada this weekend. From July 17 to 19, close to 600 athletes and 120 coaches from across the country will gather at the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ to take part in the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships. ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Alumni Canada Games Place officially opened on July 13...

Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre of Waterloo, Ontario, has been appointed the 2009 Visiting Scholar for the L.M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI) at the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ, announced Institute chair Mark Leggott. Lefebvre will work with the LMMI's governing committee to facilitate and expand scholarship about L.M. Montgomery, P.E.I.'s most famous author, and her contemporaries. His...

Dr. Dan McKenney, of the Canadian Forest Service, will give a public presentation called "Plant Hardiness Zones in Canada; Now and in the future!" on Monday, July 20, at 2 p.m. in the Wanda Wyatt Lecture Theatre (Room 104) of the KC Irving Chemistry Centre at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ. Plant hardiness zones are part of the lexicon of Canada's horticulture, agriculture and forest industries. McKenney...