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The Tourism Research Centre at 17³Ô¹Ï has released a report that categorizes pleasure visitors based on the primary reasons for their trip to P.E.I. Based on results from the 2007/2008 exit survey, the report profiles visitors by six reasons for travel, including holidays/vacations; short getaways; visiting friends and/or relatives; visiting second home, cottage, condo; attending events,...

The public is invited to attend the launch of a documentary video and the opening of a photography exhibition about 17³Ô¹Ï's Master of Education in Leadership in Learning program in Nunavut. The event takes place on Friday, December 4, at 4 p.m., in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium and Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. During a special Convocation in Iqaluit...

The cold wind blows. The long winter night creeps in. What better way to chase away the winter doldrums than an evening of ideas, discussion, and good cheer? When: Tuesday, December 1, 7 p.m. Where: Mavor's, Confederation Centre of the Arts Who: Dr. Joe Velaidum, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Director of the Centre for Christianity in Culture ...

The 17³Ô¹Ï, through its community and institutional partnerships across PEI, throughout Atlantic Canada, and around the world, is building a strong foundation for a 21st-century success story. 17³Ô¹Ï President Wade MacLauchlan delivered that message during his annual update, on November 26, to the campus community and members of the public. Through an...

The 17³Ô¹Ï expanded its expertise in the areas of education and epidemiology with the addition of two Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Dr. Crawford Revie, CRC in Population Health: Epi-informatics, uses tools of informatics - hardware, software, databases, and other methods of storing large and complex sets of data - to help answer questions about how...

The public is invited to attend a research symposium about Prince Edward Island and the Chiloe Islands, off the coast of Chile, in the Main Building Faculty Lounge at 17³Ô¹Ï on Monday, November 30, from 2-4:30 p.m. Entitled 'We are People of the Island,' the symposium is hosted by the Institute of Island Studies at 17³Ô¹Ï. The featured speaker is anthropologist Manuel Munoz,...

17³Ô¹Ï recently received an accessibility award from the City of Charlottetown for improvements to the campus that benefit people who have disabilities. Displaying the award are President Wade MacLauchlan; student Paul Cudmore, a member of the university's Access-Ability Committee; and Joanne McCabe, chair of the committee. 17³Ô¹Ï is among five organizations that received accessibility...

Three 17³Ô¹Ï students are bringing the English language and a taste of Canadian culture to elementary, secondary and language students in Spain and France in 2009-2010. 17³Ô¹Ï student Darrah Richardson of Hunter River won a highly sought after lectorship last spring from the Spanish Embassy to work in Andalucía, Spain, as a language and culture assistant. She is teaching English to...

The Tourism Research Centre at 17³Ô¹Ï has released its latest report using exit survey results collected from July 2007 to June 2008. The report provides a summary of comments from visitors to P.E.I. The comments were solicited through two open-ended questions. The first asked if the visitor experienced any problems that would impact their decision to return to P.E.I. or to recommend it to...

Well-known scientist and public speaker Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a.k.a 'Dr. Joe,' will give a presentation called Hey! There Are Cockroaches in My Chocolate Ice Cream! at the 17³Ô¹Ï on Wednesday, November 18, and again on Thursday, November 19. The presentation on November 18 will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Steel Recital Hall, and the one...