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Media Releases

| Upcoming Events

International graduates from post-secondary institutions on PEI who wish to settle in the province are invited to a celebration and information meeting on Thursday, June 13, 5:30–7:30 pm, in the Florence Simmons Performance Hall, Holland College, 140 Weymouth St., Charlottetown.

 
| Events

PEI writer Marian Bruce will present “The Lion of Prince of Wales: Alexander Anderson—An Unsung Hero of Prince Edward Island’s Education System.”

 
| Athletics

The 17Թ’s Men’s Hockey team has recruited Jesse Sutton to play for the Panthers in the 2019–2020 season.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

Alyson Brown, a student at the Atlantic Veterinary College, will spend the summer working on a research project investigating the impact of accelerated climate change on Atlantic salmon aquaculture in Atlantic Canada.

| Research

The L.M. Montgomery Institute and 17Թ’s Robertson Library has launched the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

 
| Research

L. M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s), a book co-edited by 17Թ’s Dr. Jean Mitchell, has won the 2018 Association of Canadian and Quebec Literatures’ (AQCL) Gabrielle Roy Prize. 

| Research

At an event on May 28, the 17Թ and Janssen Inc. officially announced their partnership that aims to understand and improve the PEI health system and patient outcomes.

 
 
| University

The 17Թ Board of Governors is pleased to announce that Donald Moses has been appointed to the position of University Librarian, effective immediately. Mr. Moses served as Interim University Librarian from February 2016 to the time of his appointment. 

| Students

Students in the 17Թ’s inaugural one-year Master in Global Affairs (MGA) program held a conference on refugee resettlement on April 23, 2019, at the Council of Europe (CoE) in Strasbourg, France, in collaboration with the European Student Thinktank.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

After a ten-month recovery from injury, a bald eagle was released by the AVC Wildlife Service on May 17, 2019, at the Eagle’s View Golf Course in Murray River, PEI.