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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, visited the 17吃瓜 campus on Monday, June 25 as part of her official visit to Prince Edward Island.

Her Excellency met with researchers and their teams from the 17吃瓜 Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering including Dr. Ali Ahmadi, assistant professor of engineering who is leading a team focusing on the 3D (bio-) printing of natural polymers such as amylum and chitin for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications, adding value to waste streams coming from PEI potato and shellfish industries.

Dr. Bishnu Acharya, assistant professor of engineering, along with his student researchers demonstrated the process they are undertaking to construct equipment that extracts tunicate cellulose in large amounts to turn the shellfish pest into something valuable to shellfish harvesters.

Dr. Nadja Johnson Bressan, assistant professor of engineering, along with Dr. Cate Creighton, assistant professor anaesthesiology, from the Atlantic Veterinary College, and their team of students are working on a project that utilizes fabric sensors to access physiological variables such as the heart rate and respiratory rate of large and small animals non-invasively. The Smart Mat is the first non-invasive physiological monitor of its kind. Dr. Bressan also demonstrated another project that assesses the accuracy of perineurial anesthesia performed using a 3D-holographic image generated by HoloLens, a mixed reality tool that performs local blocks on dogs and cats.

After touring FSDE, Her Excellency met with Dr. Adam Fenech and his research team at the 17吃瓜 Climate Lab and discussed CLIVE, the CoastaL Impacts Visualization Environment. Her Excellency completed her 17吃瓜 stop by participating in a roundtable at the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre with the Honourable Wade MacLauchlan, Premier of Prince Edward Island and members of the bioscience community including, chair of the PEI BioAlliance, 17吃瓜's Dr. Russ Kerr.

Dr. Larry Hammell, Associate Dean (Grad Studies & Research) at the Atlantic Veterinary College and interim dean of 17吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate Studies, has been appointed to an independent expert panel on aquaculture science, led by Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada鈥檚 Chief Science Advisor.

Dr. Nemer was asked in February 2018 by the federal government to lead the, which will make recommendations on the appropriate use and consideration of scientific evidence in decision-making about aquaculture. The will also provide advice on the communication of the science, and associated decisions, to Canadians.
 

Dr. Greg Keefe, dean of AVC, has been appointed to the 鈥� (AAVMC) board of governors as At-Large Director for Region II (Canada). The AAVMC works to protect and improve the health and welfare of animals, people, and the environment around the world by advancing academic veterinary medicine. Members include 49 accredited veterinary medical colleges in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Atlantic Veterinary College at 17吃瓜 will hold a community workshop on Wednesday, July 11, about strangles, a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the upper respiratory system of the horse. The presentation will take place in AVC鈥檚 Lecture Theatre A at 7 p.m.

Dr. Kathleen MacMillan, AVC Equine Ambulatory Service, will talk about the symptoms of strangles, diagnosis and treatment, and ways to reduce the risk of infection. Last month, several cases of strangles were diagnosed in horses in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI. The bacteria causing the illness is easily transmitted by nose-to-nose contact between horses or from things that come in contact with nasal discharge from a sick horse, such as clothing, hands, or equipment.

Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call (902) 566-0589.

The following is release on behalf of : an award-winning enrichment and entrepreneurship program and network that empowers exceptional high school students 鈥� at a pivotal point in their education 鈥� to recognize their own capabilities and envision their extraordinary potential as tomorrow鈥檚 leaders and change makers.

Grade 11 student Amy Mebesius of Chilliwack, British Columbia, knows all about overcoming adversity. Her father passed away when she was just 12 years old and she has experienced severe anxiety ever since. Her family also faces financial barriers but she doesn鈥檛 let that hold her back. 

Not only is she heavily involved in her school, participating in things like Student Council, but she has achieved an exceptional academic standing. Being a dancer, Mebesius participated in a group dance where she opened up about these experiences. She danced to an audio recording of herself walking the audience through her difficult journey of losing her father. 

She said she gains motivation from her father鈥檚 death, seeking high grades to make him proud, as well as from her mother, who taught her to never give up when times are tough but to instead let her passions 鈥渂e her guiding light.鈥� 

鈥淭hrough these obstacles, I have learned that I am strong, resilient and determined and that no matter what the world throws at me, I will persevere and succeed,鈥� Mebesius said. 鈥淚 have learned that even though times get hard, that things WILL get better even though it may take years of feeling defeated, that nothing will ever go right, it will if you always put your best foot forward.鈥� 

Mebesius is one of 48 students from across Canada heading to the 17吃瓜 for the award-winning program SHAD, which takes place at 16 host universities from coast to coast. 17吃瓜 is one of three new host campuses to join SHAD in 2018, along with Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, and McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. To celebrate the launch of SHAD-17吃瓜, Premier Wade MacLauchlan will address the first graduating class of SHAD Fellows from the SHAD 17吃瓜 program on July 26. 

Founded in 1980 to help youth reach their full potential, students in grades 10 to 12 are immersed in a one month enrichment program focused on STEAM: science, technology, engineering, arts and math. The students interact with renowned university faculty and visionary corporate leaders. In a unique element of the program, the students are challenged to come up with an original solution to a societal problem they learn about in the first week. It teaches them about entrepreneurship and innovation and leaves the students seeing how they can make an immediate impact. 

鈥淭hese exceptional students from all parts of Canada spend the month of July together with their peers and mentors. We hope they end the month not only dreaming big, but empowered with the tools and passion they need to take risks, roll up their sleeves and get going,鈥� said SHAD President and CEO Tim Jackson. 

Mebesius hopes to one day use her experiences to help others in need, just like she once was. She believes SHAD will help her reach that goal. 

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鈥淚 am incredibly excited to meet such amazing and hardworking youth like me. I know I will be inspired by my peers and I hope to inspire them too. I am enthusiastic to be surrounded by people with drive, aspirations, and dreams,鈥� she said. 

This sentiment was echoed by grade 10 student Jessica Guo of Toronto, Ontario, who will join Mebesius at the 17吃瓜 this July. 

Guo is heavily involved in athletics. She is a gold medalist in competitive synchronized swimming and is an amateur boxer. She uses her athletic strengths to teach children needing special assistance how to swim. Before she excelled in sports, however, she had to overcome both chronic joint pain and her fears. 

鈥淚 had been living around physical restrictions and activities that I thought I couldn鈥檛 do. Pushing past those barriers made me rethink my life and it had a big impact on me,鈥� Guo said. 

Proving she excels in more than one way, for a science project Guo designed a bracelet for patients with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease that allows their caregiver to locate them to monitor their health and to get them the help they need. Guo wants to pursue a career in medicine. 

鈥淢y doctors, from specialists to physical therapists, have greatly helped me and the way I live my life so I have always looked up to them,鈥� said Guo. 鈥淚 want more people to have access to good healthcare. So many people could be saved or wouldn鈥檛 be sick if they had the same healthcare that people in wealthier countries do.鈥� 

鈥淚 am proud and honored to have been chosen and I am very grateful to be able to spend the summer at SHAD. I think any person who is given such a unique and meaningful opportunity should feel this way,鈥� said Guo. 

SHAD 2018 commences July 1 and wraps up on July 27, after which both Mebesius and Guo will join other change makers and top innovators in an impressive network of nearly 17,000 SHAD Fellows, including an NHL hockey executive, a serial entrepreneur on CBC鈥檚 Dragons鈥� Den, a NASA researcher, and a best-selling author. 

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SHAD produces leaders for Canada through its award-winning, life-changing, pan-Canadian enrichment platform for high school students. Every year, SHAD helps almost 1,000 young Canadians tap into their full potential through an innovative month-long program at one of 16 partner university campuses. There, students apply STEAM (science-tech-engineering-arts-math) disciplines to real-life public policy and entrepreneurial challenges, forging insights and valuable relationships for life. Among its thriving global network of close to 17,000 SHAD Fellows and innovators are 32 Rhodes Scholars, 88 Loran Scholars, and 55 Schulich Leaders. For more information, visit . 

For more information or to set up an interview, please contact: 

Teddy Katz, Vice President, Media Relations | SHAD 

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Participants of the 13^th biennial conference of the recently planted a tree on 17吃瓜 campus in recognition of the relationship between Japan and Prince Edward Island. The flowering cherry tree is reminiscent of two trees in Montgomery鈥檚 classic, Anne of Green Gables: one, which greets her at the train station at Bright River when Anne Shirley first arrives on the Island; and, one outside her window at Green Gables.

A plaque set near the tree reads: In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the L.M. Montgomery Institute & the kindred spirits of Japan and PEI. June 23, 2018.

Standing: Yoshika Akamatsa, Hiromi Ochi, Yuka Kajihari-Nolan, Philip Smith, Elizabeth 鈥淏etsy鈥� Epperly, Cathy Gillan, Keiko Karube. Sitting: Yukari Yoshihara.

The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

The 13^th biennial conference of the (LMMI) established three new awards to honour special contributions to the mission of the institute.

The L.M. Montgomery Institute Legacy Award is presented for outstanding lifetime contributions in building Montgomery scholarship and/or public engagement. The inaugural recipient of this awards are Dr. Elizabeth Waterson, Dr. Mary Rubio, Jennie Macneill and the late John Macneill. The Reverend Dr. Francis W.P. Bolger Award recognizes outstanding contributions to our appreciation of Montgomery and place in Prince Edward Island, through scholarship, education, preservation, creative works, or by other means. The award went this year to the Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace Trust. The Dr. Elizabeth R. Epperly Award for Outstanding Early Career Paper was presented to Bonnie Tulloch for her paper 鈥淐anadian Anne-girls: Literary Descendants of Montgomery鈥檚 Redheaded Heroine.鈥�

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The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

The 17吃瓜 Active Living Lab and 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation are seeking women with breast cancer, or who have previously had breast cancer, to participate in a free eight-week walking program in July and August. The program will take place on Thursday nights from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the 17吃瓜 Alumni Canada Games Place track, from July 5-August 23. The program is for all ages and abilities. Family members are welcome to attend.

Parking is free. For more information, or to sign up, contact Travis Saunders at ExerciseRx@upei.ca.

The 17吃瓜 prides itself on people, excellence, and impact and is committed to assisting students reach their full potential in both the classroom and community. With roots stemming from two founding institutions鈥擯rince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University鈥�17吃瓜 has a reputation for academic excellence, research innovation, and creating positive impacts locally, nationally, and internationally. 17吃瓜 is the only degree granting institution in the province and is proud to be a key contributor to the growth and prosperity of Prince Edward Island.

The Faculty of Nursing at the 17吃瓜 has been granted the maximum seven-year accreditation from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN), the national accrediting body for nursing education in Canada.

Accreditation promotes excellence and is recognized worldwide as an important, objective method to assess professional education programs. As part of the CASN accreditation process, the Faculty of Nursing prepared self-study reports and underwent a rigorous on-site visit by members of the CASN Accreditation Bureau Review Team.

鈥淚 am so delighted that the Faculty of Nursing has received seven-year accreditation,鈥� said Dr. Gulrose Jiwani, Dean of Nursing. 鈥淚t is a result of the exemplary leadership of our faculty and staff in influencing nursing education, practice, research, and policy on Prince Edward Island and beyond.鈥�

Dr. Jiwani added, 鈥淚t takes a community to build strong programs, and our team has created just that for the Faculty of Nursing.鈥�

Suzie Durocher-Hendriks, chair of the CASN Accreditation Bureau, wrote to Dr. Jiwani indicating that after a meeting on May 8, and, based on an on-site accreditation visit in March, 17吃瓜 had been granted accreditation for its Faculty of Nursing Educational Unit and its five undergraduate programs: Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Bachelor of Science in Nursing, advanced standing; Bachelor of Science in Nursing, first-year entry from Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN); and Bachelor of Science in Nursing, second-year entry from LPN.

Durocher-Hendriks added, 鈥淭he CASN Accreditation Bureau recognizes the strengths of your educational unit and nursing education programs.鈥�

Earlier this year, what was formerly known as the 鈥�17吃瓜 School of Nursing鈥� to the 鈥�17吃瓜 Faculty of Nursing,鈥� recognizing the expansion of nursing programs, stellar research and scholarship, and curriculum grounded in the philosophy of primary health care as reasons for the change.

With yearly enrolment exceeding 300 students, the Faculty is now home to 45 professionals, including tenure-track faculty, adjunct graduate faculty, clinical and sessional instructors, coordinators, and administrative assistants dedicated to advancing the Faculty of Nursing鈥檚 mission and vision.

鈥淚 am very pleased to hear the wonderful news regarding the seven-year accreditation received by the Faculty of Nursing,鈥� said Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, 17吃瓜 President and Vice-Chancellor. 鈥淐ongratulations to Dr. Jiwani as well as all of the faculty and staff who worked so diligently and contributed to this important process. I am so proud of my colleagues as this success is a testament to the quality of the Faculty of Nursing鈥檚 educational unit and programs, and its tremendous growth.鈥�

Dr. Kathleen MacMillan, AVC Equine Ambulatory Service, will give a community workshop on Wednesday, July 11, about strangles in AVC鈥檚 Lecture Theatre A at 7 p.m.

She will talk about the symptoms of strangles, diagnosis and treatment, and ways to reduce the risk of infection.

Recently several cases of strangles were diagnosed in horses in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI. The bacteria causing the illness is easily transmitted by nose-to-nose contact between horses or from things that come in contact with nasal discharge from a sick horse, such as clothing, hands, or equipment.

Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call (902) 566-0589.