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Media Releases

| Research

17Թ’s Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) in St. Peter’s Bay, PEI, is hosting Climate Forum 2024 from August 12 to 16. 

| University

Shannon MacDonald, Chair of the 17Թ Board of Governors, issued a message to the campus community on July 31, sharing a report on the recent Board governance review completed by external consultant Cheryl Foy, of Strategic Governance Consulting Services Ltd.

| Special Event

The 17Թ Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA), in St. Peter’s Bay, PEI, is hosting an exhibition titled “Mowing the Lawn” by Climate Artist-in-Residence Carrie Allison.

| Students

Sixty-four students, aged 16 to 17, from across Canada spent the month of July at 17Թ, participating in a wide variety of STEAM and entrepreneurship sessions through the 2024 program. 

| Community

Emancipation Day celebrates the strength, courage, and perseverance of people of African descent in Canada, recognizes their struggles to end enslavement, and acknowledges their contributions towards Canadian society. 

| University

17Թ Board of Governors Chair Shannon MacDonald and President and Vice-Chancellor Wendy Rodgers issued a joint message to the campus community announcing that the implementation plans for Year 0 and Year 1 for the 17Թ Action Plan are available on upei.ca.

| University

The Honourable Catherine Callbeck, OC, OPEI, LLD, Chancellor Emerita, businesswoman and former member of the Senate of Canada, Premier of Prince Edward Island, Member of Parliament, and Member of the Legislature, has created an endowment to support women studying in the McDougall Faculty of Business at the 17Թ.

| Athletics

The 17Թ congratulates alumna Alysha Corrigan, a former 17Թ Women’s Rugby student-athlete, who has been named to Team Canada’s Women’s Rugby Sevens team that will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 27-year-old Charlottetown native is the only player east of Ontario to be named to the Olympic team. 

| University

In follow up to two recent campus town halls, President Rodgers sent a message to the 17Թ community outlining the themes that emerged from the events.

| Academics

Ten 17Թ students learned about the distinctions and commonalities among Indigenous peoples worldwide by comparing their language and knowledge with that of the Māori people during the Maymester course, “Global Indigenous Language and Cultural Ways of Knowing,” which took place at 17Թ and in New Zealand from May 6 to June 13.