News

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Media Releases

| Academics

Dr. Shannon Murray, a professor of English at the 17³Ô¹Ï, has been awarded the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award by the (STLHE).

| Special Event

As a partner of the 2023 Canada Winter Games, 17³Ô¹Ï is excited, along with the Canada Winter Games Host Society, to promote the 2023 Canada Winter Games Torch Relay.

| University

On Wednesday, June 22, the 17³Ô¹Ï had the honour of participating in an interactive online event with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who delivered a live video address from Ukraine to students across Canada. 17³Ô¹Ï was one of nine universities on the Zoom call with President Zelenskyy.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

New research out of the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the 17³Ô¹Ï suggests a high prevalence of canine leptospirosis regionally within Canada.

| Students

The 17³Ô¹Ï Co-operative Education Program recently recognized its exceptional students and employers with its annual awards, which included a new Arts Co-op Student of the Year Award. Students were nominated by their work-term employers, and employers were nominated by students who worked for them in 2021.

| Athletics

The 17³Ô¹Ï men’s soccer team is well known for fielding a strong contingent of homegrown talent, and this upcoming season will be no exception with Jacob Tweel, Will Campbell, and Lachlan MacEachern joining the squad.

| Academics

Island Studies Press is pleased to announce that two 17³Ô¹Ï authors recently won PEI Book Awards. My island’s the house I sleep in at night by Dr. Laurie Brinklow won the poetry category, and Home Is Where the Water Is by the late Dr. Hung-Min Chiang received the award for non-fiction. The awards were announced on May 29 at the Trailside Café in Charlottetown. 

| Special Event

On Wednesday, June 22, at 11:00 am AT, the 17³Ô¹Ï will take part in an interactive online event with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will deliver a live video address from Ukraine to students across Canada. 

| Community

This month, 17³Ô¹Ï is proud to commemorate in recognition of the rich history, heritage, resilience, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Canada. Canada has officially celebrated National Indigenous History Month for the month of June since 2009.

| Athletics

17³Ô¹Ï Women’s Soccer head coach Lewis Page wants his team to score more, and he’s hoping his latest recruit, Katie Trifos, can help facilitate the offence.