17吃瓜

The 17吃瓜 continued its tradition of hosting the community to a New Year's Day Levee at Don and Marion McDougall Hall.

17吃瓜 Alumni Association President Alicia Bremner, Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors Tracey Cutcliffe, President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, and Valerie Abd-El-Aziz greeted upwards of 400 guests between 11:30 am and 1 pm. A group of students provided a helpful hand as they welcomed attendees and helped to collect and hang up coats.

17吃瓜 Alumni and Friends were also out in strong force on the levee circuit this year, and were highly visible around town sporting the popular argyle-knit 17吃瓜 Alumni scarf.
 

17吃瓜鈥檚 Environmental Studies program is hosting an evening symposium entitled "Currents: Regional Perspectives on Water." The symposium will be held Thursday, January 14, 2016, 6:30鈥�8:30 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Centre on the 17吃瓜 campus. 

鈥淎s Prince Edward Island is developing a Water Act, three informative speakers will explore different aspects of protection of our water.鈥� said Dr. Carolyn Peach Brown, director of 17吃瓜鈥檚 Environmental Studies program.

, Mawita鈥檍ik (鈥淕athering Together鈥�) Activities Coordinator with the Prince Edward Island Aboriginal Women鈥檚 Association, will speak about Aboriginal women鈥檚 responsibility for protecting water. 

, Director of the Canadian Rivers Institute and former Canada Research Chair in Watershed Ecological Integrity at 17吃瓜, will speak about some of the current issues related to PEI water.

, Freshwater Coordinator of the Ecology Action Centre, will speak about her involvement with the development of a water policy in Nova Scotia, and lessons that might be applicable to Prince Edward Island. 

Each speaker will present for 15鈥�20 minutes. After a short break for refreshments, the speakers will reassemble for a panel discussion related to water issues on Prince Edward Island as it develops a Water Act. Questions will be taken from the audience.

Donations will be taken for , a non-governmental organization which works with communities in the developing world to provide clean water and improved sanitation.

A basket of local products is available as a door prize.

The symposium is supported by the Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty and the 17吃瓜.

The 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of January 4-10 are Katie Donahoe, Women鈥檚 Basketball, and Mason Wilgosh, Men鈥檚 Hockey.

17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation recognize student-athletes on a weekly basis for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. The 17吃瓜 Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Sport for possible recognition in the region and/or country.

Who:  Katie Donahoe, Women鈥檚 Basketball; and Mason Wilgosh, Men鈥檚 Hockey

What: 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week

When: Week of January 4鈥�10, 2016

Where: 17吃瓜

Why:  Donahoe, a fifth-year guard and Kinesiology student from Riverview, New Brunswick, scored 7 points on 50% shooting in the Panthers 67-53 loss to the CIS #4 ranked Saint Mary鈥檚 Huskies on Saturday night. Donahoe also had 8 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals in 40 minutes of playing time while providing outstanding defence.

Wilgosh, a fourth-year forward Bachelor of Arts student from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the consummate team leader on the weekend. During Friday鈥檚 5-4 overtime loss to St.FX, the team captain led a third period comeback with 3 assists to tie the game after being down 4-0. On Saturday night, Wilgosh scored the winning goal in overtime to give the Panthers a 2-1 win over Dalhousie. Wilgosh played more than 60 minutes between the weekend鈥檚 two games, helping the Panthers earn an important 3 points in the standings.

About 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation

• Nine varsity sports and six club team programs
• Proud member of the AUS and CIS
• Athletic facilities include: Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre, 17吃瓜 Alumni Canada Games Place and 17吃瓜 Turf
• Home of Panther Sports Medicine
• Other facilities available to students and the community at large include: fitness centre, squash and racquetball courts, competition and leisure pool with hot tub, and two ice arenas

17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation will host the ninth annual Shoot for the Cure fundraiser this Friday, January 15 when the Women鈥檚 Basketball Panthers take on the Acadia Axewomen. The tip-off time is 6:00 pm.

Shoot for the Cure is a fundraising initiative of the CIS Women鈥檚 Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) that raises money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and other related charities. The national campaign, launched in 2007, has collected over $886,000 in donations.

The entire Panther team is involved in the local 17吃瓜 effort, led by captains Tamara Tompkins, Katie Donahoe, and Anne Kiberd.

鈥淲e鈥檙e so excited to be hosting this fundraiser as we all know someone who has been affected by breast cancer,鈥� says Tompkins.

鈥淥n behalf of 17吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Basketball, I invite everyone to come out to watch great basketball action and help us with this worthy cause,鈥� she adds. 鈥淭here are numerous ways to give at the game鈥攜ou can buy Shoot for the Cure t-shirts, pick up a treat at our bake sale, or bid on some terrific donated prizes at our silent auction.鈥�

For the fifth year in a row, all 47 CIS women's basketball schools are participating in the program. This year's edition of Shoot for the Cure could prove the most special to date, thanks to the fast approaching $1,000,000 benchmark and the launch of a new coast-to-coast project, the Pink Ball Journey.
At the 2015 CIS women鈥檚 basketball championship in Quebec City last March, the WBCA presented a cheque for $102,312.05 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. An additional $23,049.71 was amassed by universities that elected to donate their fundraised money to local or provincial organizations, bringing the overall Shoot for the Cure total for the 2014-15 season to $125,361.76.

Everyone is encouraged and welcome to attend!

 

17吃瓜 alumna Monica Elaine Campbell, Class of 鈥�78, was invested into the Order of Ontario yesterday by the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Chancellor of the Order of Ontario.

Campbell, who lives in Ottawa, grew up on PEI and moved to Ontario after graduating with her Bachelor of Science, Honours in Mathematics (Minor in Biology). It is believed that Campbell was the first profoundly Deaf student to graduate from 17吃瓜, a remarkable feat at a time when technological supports were limited. She took all her notes through lip reading.

The Order of Ontario recognized Campbell as 鈥渁 pioneer in the development of palliative care services for the Deaf in Ontario. She has worked tirelessly to break down communication, cultural, and institutional barriers that have long limited Deaf people's access to end-of-life care.鈥�

17吃瓜 President and Vice Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz said, 鈥淥n behalf of all of the entire 17吃瓜 family and friends network, I congratulate our alumna, Ms. Campbell, on her investiture to the Order of Ontario. We are so very proud of her success and contributions to society.鈥�
 

The 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of January 11-17 are Marie-Soleil Deschenes, Women鈥檚 Hockey and Dut Dut, Men鈥檚 Basketball.

On a weekly basis, 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation recognizes these talented student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. 17吃瓜 Athletes of the Week are then nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Sport for possible recognition in the region and/or country.

Who:  Marie-Soleil Deschenes, Women鈥檚 Hockey, and Dut Dut, Men鈥檚 Basketball

What: 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week

When: Week of January 11鈥�17, 2016

Where: 17吃瓜

Why: Deschenes, a fourth-year Bachelor of Science student from 脦le-Perrot, Quebec, backstopped the Women鈥檚 Hockey Panthers to two huge victories on the weekend. The Panthers broke a 12-game losing streak and are back in the hunt for a playoff position. During the Panthers 1-0 win over Dalhousie and 2-1 win over CIS sixth-seed Saint Mary鈥檚, Deschenes was selected 1st Star and stopped 53 of 54 shots with a 98.2 save percentage.

Dut, a fourth-year Bachelor of Arts student from Ottawa, Ontario, led the Panthers to two important victories over the Acadia Axemen on the weekend. During the Panthers鈥� 101-83 and 92-90 wins, Dut recorded 46 points on 16/25 shooting from the field, 27 rebounds, and 2 blocked shots. He was 3/6 from three point range and 11/12 from the foul line.

About 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation

• Nine varsity sports and six club team programs
• Proud member of the AUS and CIS
• Athletic facilities include: Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre, 17吃瓜 Alumni Canada Games Place and 17吃瓜 Turf
• Home of Panther Sports Medicine
• Other facilities available to students and the community at large include: fitness centre, squash and racquetball courts, competition and leisure pool with hot tub, and two ice arenas 

The current dynamics of population change in Prince Edward Island will be the subject of a public symposium at 17吃瓜. The event begins at 7:00 pm, January 21 in the Alex H. MacKinnon Lecture Theatre, Room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall.  The storm date is January 22.

Population change has always been at the core of the development of small islands, and it is no different on Prince Edward Island. Every day, the public media deliver news about some aspect of population: youth outmigration, rural depopulation, an aging workforce, temporary foreign workers, refugees, wealthy immigrant investors, or numerous other trends. The symposium will provide an opportunity for the public to hear about and contribute to the debate on several of the population issues that are crucial to the future of Prince Edward Island.

This event is sponsored by 17吃瓜鈥檚 Institute of Island Studies, in conjunction with 17吃瓜 Research Services.

Speakers:

Dr. Jim Randall is a geographer by training and a professor in the Island Studies program at 17吃瓜. He is also Chair of the Institute of Island Studies and Co-ordinator of the Master of Arts in Island Studies. Dr. Randall will provide an overview of the major population changes taking place on PEI from a 鈥渟mall islands鈥� perspective.

Katie Mazer is a PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Toronto. She researches the movement of workers between the Maritimes and natural resource industries 'out west.' Ms. Mazer鈥檚 presentation will focus on Islanders going west and migrant workers coming into the province through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Looking at government policies and economic forces that pressure people to leave home for work, her presentation asks: Why do so many workers have to go so far to make a living?

Tony Wallbank is a retired business owner and draft-horse enthusiast who has spearheaded the upcoming migration of two communities of Amish farmers from southern Ontario to eastern Prince Edward Island. The first Amish settlers will arrive next spring. He will tell us about the Amish, explain why they find rural PEI attractive, and review some of the challenges in this process of community resettlement.

Members of the public are cordially invited to attend. Admission is free. Following the presentations, there will be ample time for discussion and questions from the floor.

For further information, contact Laurie Brinklow, Co-ordinator, Institute of Island Studies at brinklow@upei.ca or 902-894-2881.

Water is a precious necessity that shapes and sustains our lives, yet current and potential watershed problems are a serious challenge on PEI and globally. The Island is the only Canadian province to rely solely on groundwater for drinking water. To ensure the continual sustainability and potability of our water, province-wide hearings are currently being held for the Water Act.

In a timely visit to PEI, Dr. Rita Wong鈥攑rofessor, watershed researcher, activist,  and poet鈥攚ill deliver the inaugural 17吃瓜 Don Mazer Arts and Science Lecture February 4 at 7:00 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242, of 17吃瓜鈥檚 Don and Marion McDougall.

Dr. Wong鈥檚 talk, entitled 鈥淗umble Autonomy: Renewing Culture through Participatory Water Ethics,鈥� will focus on Vancouver, with ample time afterward for the audience to discuss parallels with PEI. A reception with refreshments will follow.

In addition to research presentations on watershed issues, Dr. Wong uses poetry to reflect on human relations with water. Her poetry book Undercurrent reminds humanity that 鈥渨e are water bodies,鈥� and that we need to honour this reality.

17吃瓜 is also honoured to to be host Dr. Wong on February 5 at 7:30 pm for a public reading of her poetry, in the Dawson Lounge (Room 520) in SDU Main Building. The reading is sponsored by the 17吃瓜 faculties of Arts and Science, with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Dr. Wong grew up in Calgary. She is currently an associate professor in Critical and Cultural Studies at Emily Carr University in Vancouver. Living and working in Vancouver, she became interested in water ethics because she learned how many salmon streams have been buried and lost to urban development. She lives on the path of a buried salmon stream that she and her neighbours aim to reconnect with and bring back to memory and daylight.

In the earlier part of her career, she was known for her work in Asian Canadian studies and her inter-disciplinary research. For this work, Dr. Wong received a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanity Research Council of Canada. As her focus has shifted more on water issues as a cultural nexus, she has also received a major SSHRC research-creation grant for this collaborative work with filmmaker Dorothy Christian.

She has won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Asian Canadian Writer鈥檚 Workshop Emerging Writer Award, and is renowned for examining relationships among contemporary poetics, social justice, ecology, and decolonization.

Dr. Wong鈥檚 water talk and poetry reading come at a vital time for development of PEI鈥檚 understanding of water ethics and sustainability. As many Islanders work to modernize our water laws, those who want to gain new perspectives on water鈥檚 value will have the opportunity to listen to one of Canada鈥檚 important investigators of participatory water ethics and watershed issues.

The 17吃瓜 Don Mazer Arts and Science Lecture is presented by the 17吃瓜 faculties of Arts and Science.

Join members of your alma mater by attending the various exciting events throughout reunion weekend on our beautiful and vibrant 17吃瓜 campus. The Alumni Association will be releasing a full schedule of events in the very near future. Nominations for the Distinguished Alumni and Inspiring Young Alumni Awards, which will be presented during Reunion Weekend and must be received by May 30, 2016. To nominate an individual, visit upei.ca/alumni.

Accommodations on campus are available at a preferred alumni rate of $85 per night for an Andrew Hall double suite. Book today by calling 902-566-0952.

For more information on Reunion Weekend 2016, visit the alumni webpage or contact Kathy Weatherbie in the 17吃瓜 Alumni Office at 902-566-0687. 

Atlantic University Sport (AUS) and Bell Aliant have joined forces for the sixth annual Bell Let鈥檚 Talk Day on January 27. Everyone is invited to join the conversation with 2,200 student-athletes from 11 Atlantic universities to help end the stigma around mental illness.

鈥淏y partnering with Atlantic University Sport, Bell Let鈥檚 Talk is reaching student-athletes all across Atlantic Canada to encourage conversations about mental health,鈥� said Dan McKeen, Bell Senior Vice President and Vice Chair, Atlantic. 鈥淚ncreasing awareness and improving attitudes about mental health is the key to reducing the stigma around mental illness that keeps so many from seeking the help they need.鈥�

This sentiment is shared by 17吃瓜 Panthers men鈥檚 soccer coach, Lewis Page: 鈥淪tepping out of the silence and talking about mental health is so important in fighting stigma. The Bell Let鈥檚 Talk campaign lets student-athletes and coaches know that it鈥檚 ok to reach out and talk, it鈥檚 ok to ask for help, and it鈥檚 ok to help others.鈥�

鈥淲hile competition and rivalry is the nature of sport, Bell Let鈥檚 Talk Day is a great opportunity for all our schools and teams to come together in support of mental health,鈥� said AUS executive director Phil Currie. 鈥淭he slogan we developed with Bell Aliant for this partnership is 鈥極ne Team For Mental Health鈥� and that really encompasses what we鈥檙e doing.鈥�

Mental illness is an issue that hits home for many students and their peers with suicide accounting for 24% of all deaths among 15-24 year olds.

Bell Let鈥檚 Talk Day AUS men鈥檚 hockey games

With 4 AUS men鈥檚 hockey games taking place in 3 provinces on Bell Let鈥檚 Talk Day, fans around the conference are invited to come out and show their support on January 27.

The first few hundred fans at each game will receive a Bell Let鈥檚 Talk toque. Stations will be set up at each venue where fans can participate by creating personalized speech bubbles, taking photos to share on social media and signing banners to show their support.

Bell Let鈥檚 Talk spokesperson and well-known entertainer Mary Walsh will take part in a ceremonial puck drop at the Saint Mary鈥檚 and Dalhousie game hosted at the Halifax Forum.

• Saint Mary鈥檚 Huskies visit the Dalhousie Tigers at the Halifax Forum at 7 pm.
• The StFX X-Men visit the Acadia Axemen in Wolfville at 7 pm.
• Moncton Aigles Bleus visit the 17吃瓜 Panthers in Charlottetown at 7 pm.
• The St. Thomas Tommies visit the UNB Varsity Reds in Fredericton at 7 pm.

鈥淭he hockey games on Bell Let鈥檚 Talk Day will let all students who struggle with mental illness hear loud and clear that they have our support and can always ask for help,鈥� said Luke Madill, captain of the Dalhousie Tigers men's hockey team.

AUS mental health video

Student-athletes from all 11 campuses have stepped forward to share their personal experiences with mental illness in a video which will be viewed conference-wide starting January 18 on the Bell Aliant FibreOP YouTube page.

鈥淭he AUS video delivers a powerful message that athletes experience mental health issues like anxiety and depression like everyone else,鈥� said Hannah Currie, member of the UNB Varsity Reds women鈥檚 basketball team. 鈥淗opefully hearing athletes speak out about mental health will give others courage to open up and reach out for help without fear.鈥�

Dr. Karen Murphy, Memorial University athletic director, agrees: 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic to see student鈥揳thletes come together to support all students on our respective campuses. This initiative is starting important conversations about mental health in classrooms, residences and sport facilities on campuses across the Atlantic provinces.鈥�

Join the conversation to drive mental health funding

On Bell Let's Talk Day, for every text message, wireless and long distance call made by Bell Aliant and Bell Canada customers, every tweet using #BellLetsTalk, and every Facebook share of the Bell Let's Talk Day image at Facebook.com/BellLetsTalk, Bell will donate 5 cents more to mental health programs. After the first 5 Bell Let鈥檚 Talk Days, Bell has committed a total of $73,623,413.80 to support mental health initiatives across the country.

Bell Let's Talk promotes Canadian mental health with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns, like Clara's Big Ride for Bell Let's Talk and Bell Let's Talk Day, and significant Bell funding of care and access, research, and workplace initiatives. To learn more, please visit .

About Bell Aliant
Part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company, Halifax-based Bell Aliant provides residential, business and government customers across Atlantic Canada with advanced communications services including FibreOP TV and Internet, satellite TV, wireless, home phone, data, video and value-added business services. For more information, please visit

About Atlantic University Sport
Atlantic University Sport is responsible for governing interuniversity sport in Atlantic Canada. The conference is comprised of 11 member institutions and over 2,000 student-athletes who compete annually for 18 conference championships in 10 different sports, including basketball, cross country, football, hockey, rugby, soccer, swimming, track & field, volleyball & curling. It is the mission of Atlantic University Sport to enhance the educational experience of students in university through sport programs offered by member institutions working in partnership. Learn more at .

Media Contacts:

Phil Currie
Executive Director
Atlantic University Sport
902-425-4235
pcurrie@atlanticuniversitysport.com

Katie Burgess
Bell Aliant
902-487-6198
katie.burgess@bellaliant.ca