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The Insider’s Guide to Writing and Publishing for Young Readers is just a month away! Join us July 13-15 on beautiful Prince Edward Island for a workshop filled with practical suggestions and writing inspiration. 

17³Ô¹Ï Women’s Hockey coach Bruce Donaldson is pleased to announce Leah Byrne, a forward from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, has committed to play for the Panthers.

Join for a presentation and dialogue with Pablo Aránguiz Mesías, a visiting research fellow of 17³Ô¹Ï’s Young Lives Research Laboratory (YLRL). The presentation is us Thursday, June 8 at 10 am in room 246 of 17³Ô¹Ï’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall. 

Two 17³Ô¹Ï students will be studying this summer in Ireland, thanks to the support of the Benevolent Irish Society of PEI (BIS) and the Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF).

The 17³Ô¹Ï Office of Recruitment and International Relations is seeking volunteers to serve as conversational partners at its summer programs. 

Innovation and Canadians will be better equipped for the well-paying middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow as a result of a $2.2 million investment in the 17³Ô¹Ï. This joint federal-provincial investment was announced today by Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and by the Honourable Sonny Gallant, Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning, on behalf of the Government of Prince Edward Island.

The 17³Ô¹Ï Board of Governors approved a balanced budget at their May meeting last evening for the 2017–18 fiscal year. The annual operating budget, which is $113.9 million, outlines how 17³Ô¹Ï funds important campus resources like student and ancillary services, faculties and schools, academic support, administration, and property maintenance.

The thirteenth annual PEI Nursing Research to Practice Conference is being held May 26 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall at the 17³Ô¹Ï.

National Police Week is being celebrated across Canada, May 15–21. The week began in 1970 as a way for police to connect with their communities and increase awareness about the services they provide.

The 17³Ô¹Ï’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, was named a Top 50 CEO by Atlantic Business Magazine at a formal red-carpet reception, dinner, and awards gala in St. John’s, NL last night.