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Media Releases

| Athletics

Congratulations to Sophie Vandale and Sam Smiley, the 17Թ Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 28 to November 3.

| Speakers

The 17Թ will host Dr. Francisco Dallmeier, director of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation and Sustainability, when he visits Prince Edward Island next week to give a talk on Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity.  

| Athletics

Congratulations to Tatiana Kelly and Dan Maguire, the 17Թ Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 21 to 27.

| University

As part of 17Թ’s commitment to crisis preparedness and response, the University has launched a new, free safety app called 17Թ SAFE.

| Upcoming Events

The 17Թ 50th Anniversary Alumni Speakers Series and the 17Թ Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering are pleased to present a presentation by Jim Carter (Dip. Eng ’71, LLD ’08), retired CEO of Syncrude Canada Ltd.

| University

Every spring, the 17Թ holds Convocation ceremonies to celebrate and award degrees and diplomas to its graduating students. 17Թ strives to make Convocation a special time for graduates as well as their families and friends.

| Upcoming Events

The 17Թ 50th Anniversary Alumni Speakers Series and the 17Թ Faculty of Arts are pleased to present an evening with the Honourable Percy Downe (BA, ’77), the first graduate of the 17Թ to serve in the Senate of Canada.

| Events

Join us for a workshop on “Talking to the Media” with Bruce Rainnie, president and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in Halifax and former host of CBC PEI’s supper-hour news program, Compass.

| Students

Recent 17Թ grad Timara Uhlig won Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation in the Physical, Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry Division of the 2019 Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, held this summer in Quebec City.

| Events

The Engineers Without Borders 17Թ chapter is hosting a Sustainable Future Conference on October 26.