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Media Releases

| Academics

17Թ’s Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) is establishing a new fellowship program for incoming and existing graduate students in research thesis-based graduate programs.

| International

Representatives of 17Թ’s Island Studies program recently exchanged ideas, expertise, and research with delegates attending islands-related conferences in Ireland and Indonesia.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at 17Թ is proud to announce that Dr. Darcy Shaw, professor emeritus, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Member Award awarded by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA). 

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC), Atlantic Region at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), 17Թ (17Թ), is working with the Government of Prince Edward Island’s (PEI) Fish and Wildlife Division to help monitor one of our elusive resident bat species: the Northern Myotis. 

| Events

While Pride Month is celebrated in June in many areas of Canada, Pride is recognized on PEI and at 17Թ in July as part of the national summer-long “Pride season.” Pride PEI—a not-for-profit organization that celebrates and promotes inclusion and diversity and educates and advocates on behalf of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community—organizes the , which this year runs from July 12–21.

| Athletics

The 17Թ is proud to announce that Shannon Gillis-Atkins will be the first Panther rugby representative to be inducted into the 17Թ Sports Hall of Fame. This prestigious honour recognizes Gillis-Atkins for her outstanding contributions to the sport during her time from 1992–2015.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the 17Թ (17Թ) will welcome future veterinarians for the next month at the 2024 Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camp

| Athletics

After 25 seasons with the 17Թ Panthers, men’s and women’s soccer coach Lewis Page is set to begin a new chapter with the Halifax Tides FC. The soccer team is a founding club in the Northern Super League, which is committed to excellence in women’s professional soccer in Canada.

| People

Three people connected to 17Թ have been named to the Order of PEI, the province’s highest civilian honour. Kathryn Dau-Schmidt, Dr. Edward MacDonald and Reginald “Dutch” Thompson were selected for the Order of PEI from a field of 49 nominees. They will receive the insignia from Her Honour, Lieutenant-Government Antoinette Perry during a ceremony at Government House this fall. 

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the 17Թ (17Թ) celebrated staff members during its annual Ice Cream Social and honoured a retiree for their years of service.