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Every week, 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation recognizes a student-athletes for their hard work and achievements and dedication to their respective sports. Congratulations to Ali Muise and Jake Deighan, the 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for September 3鈥�9.

Ali Muise is a second-year science major from Charlottetown and a keeper on the 17吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Soccer team. The Panthers opened their season on the road this past weekend with a 1鈥�1 tie and a 1鈥�0 loss to Memorial University in St. John鈥檚, NL. 鈥淎li had two solid performances in goal and pulled off several outstanding saves to help us come back with a point from MUN,鈥� said coach Graeme McDonald.

Jake Deighan is a fourth- year business administration major from Stratford and a centre-back on the 17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Soccer team. The Panthers played a pair of scoreless draws with Memorial University over the weekend. 鈥淛ake was strong at the centre-back position to help with two shutouts,鈥� said coach Lewis Page. 鈥淛ake鈥檚 speed and tactical awareness limited MUN to very few goal chances.鈥�

There are just a few days left for our Panther early bird specials!

The Panther Package is on sale now for only $90. The Panther Package gets you into every home game for Women鈥檚 and Men鈥檚 Soccer, Women鈥檚 Rugby, Women鈥檚 and Men鈥檚 Basketball, and Women鈥檚 Hockey! This offer expires Friday, September 14. Buy it now and receive a limited edition Panther ball cap.

Picture yourself at all 48 Panther home games this season! The Panther All-Access Pass gives you everything in the Panther Package, but also includes tickets to every Men鈥檚 Hockey home game. This amazing deal is only $250 and expires Friday, September 14.

Visit  to take advantage of these special offers.

Go Panthers Go!

17吃瓜 will host an evening of Japanese cinema to mark 90 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and Japan. The Japanese Film Festival will be Friday, September 14, beginning at 6:00 pm in room 104 of 17吃瓜鈥檚 K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre.

The evening, presented by the Japanese Consulate, will include two feature films. The screening of 鈥淐hihayafuru: Musubi鈥� will begin at 6:00 pm. 鈥淐lose-Knit鈥� (Karera ga honki de amu toki wa will screen at 8:00 pm. Both will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles.

All are welcome.

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 Class of 2022 officially started their veterinary education on August 24 at their 2018 AVC-CVMA Blue Coat Ceremony. The new students were presented with blue lab coats, signifying the beginning of their four-year journey toward their doctor of veterinary medicine degrees.

Welcoming them were Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of 17吃瓜; Dr. Greg Keefe, Dean of AVC; and Dr. Kathleen MacMillan, the CVMA鈥檚 council member for Prince Edward Island and a faculty member at AVC.

"It is really invigorating to see the enthusiasm and passion for the veterinary profession shown by our new students,鈥� says Dr. Keefe. 鈥淚t certainly reminds us of why we are all here!鈥�

He thanked the Class of 2021 for the welcome they gave to the students and their families, particularly orientation organizers Kelly Yoo, Cody Bourque, Liz LeGay, and Emily Rose, as well as staff in the Office of the Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, and the Dean鈥檚 Office.

On Monday, August 27, the new students dove right into their program, attending their first lecture of the year. We thank the CVMA for supporting our incoming students at their Blue Coat Ceremony.

Welcome and congratulations, Class of 2022!

AVC is embarking on an exciting project that will celebrate its long-standing relationship with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and recognize the remarkable career of renowned wildlife pathologist Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust, Professor Emeritus, who retired from AVC in 2018.

We plan to have a fully articulated minke whale skeleton installed in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons. The installation will be complemented by artwork with an Indigenous theme, paying tribute to the deep cultural and spiritual connection between Canada鈥檚 Indigenous people and the animals that live in the marine environment.

Artists with an Indigenous background who are interested in submitting a proposal for the art installation should contact Janice MacWilliam, special events coordinator at AVC, at jmacwilliam@upei.ca or (902) 566-0589, by the end of September.

Our goal is to raise a minimum of $25,000 by December 31, 2018, to have the skeleton and the artwork completed and installed in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons. To support this project, please click . Your contribution is greatly appreciated.

The Atlantic Veterinary College鈥檚 2018 Animal Welfare in Practice conference shines a spotlight on the timely topic of whale stranding. The conference will take place at 17吃瓜 and AVC from September 14 to 15.

Keynote speaker Dr. Michael Moore, Director, Marine Mammal Center at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Cape Cod, will give a public lecture called 鈥淔ood for Thought: How we all kill whales鈥� on Friday, September 14, at 7 p.m., in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, 17吃瓜.

Human activity in the marine environment is increasingly having an impact on cetaceans鈥攚hales, dolphins, and porpoises鈥攕ometimes resulting in the unintentional entanglement and death of animals. Dr. Moore will discuss these pressing issues, which concern Canada and other nations that have substantial fishing and shipping industries in marine environments.

There is no charge to attend Dr. Moore鈥檚 lecture. All are welcome to attend.

All presentations on Saturday, September 15, will take place at AVC. Registration is required for these presentations, which are open to veterinarians, veterinary students, animal health technicians, and people involved in marine mammal rescue organizations.

On Saturday, Drs. Pierre-Yves Daoust and Art Ortenburger, Atlantic Veterinary College, will give a session about clinical management of live cetaceans on the beach. Tonya Wimmer, Marine Animal Response Society, will speak about the complexities and logistics of dealing with live cetaceans.

Dr. Moore will give two presentations on the Saturday, one on relatively new information on sedation of whales at sea to enhance disentanglement operations, and the other on trauma in cetaceans caused by human activity, and diagnosis of, and solutions to, this problem.

The conference wraps up with a staged stranded whale response workshop in the AVC Large Animal Hospital arena, using an inflatable whale. Blue tarps will be used to simulate the sea, while the sand in the arena will be the shore.

The Animal Welfare in Practice conference is co-hosted by the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and the AVC Animal Welfare, Exotics, Lab Animal and Wildlife, and Aquatics Clubs, with support from the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada.

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The Panthers are back for the 2018鈥�2019 season! The 17吃瓜 has home games aplenty this weekend with three home openers and the first ever 17吃瓜 cross-country invitational meet in Victoria Park.

The weekend starts with the home opener for 17吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Soccer. The Panthers take on Mount Allison at 5:00 pm at the 17吃瓜 turf field. 鈥淲e need to be patient in possession and creative up against an organized Mount A team,鈥� said coach Graeme McDonald.

The men鈥檚 soccer team takes on the Mounties at 7:15 pm. 鈥�17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Soccer are excited to be hosting Mount Allison, our closest rival on Friday night and the defending national champions Cape Breton Capers on Sunday,鈥� said coach Lewis Page. 鈥淲e have an exciting young team that are eager to show Panthers fans what they can do.鈥�

17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Hockey hosts the Universit茅 de Moncton for a preseason game at 7:00 pm.

Saturday, 17吃瓜 hosts the first ever 17吃瓜 Cross-Country Invitational Meet. The meet begins at noon at Charlottetown鈥檚 beautiful Victoria Park. 鈥淭he cross country and track and field teams have been somewhat invisible鈥攕trong results, but the home fans never got to see the athletes compete,鈥� said coach Colin MacAdam. 鈥淭he course will be fast and the competition will be strong so we are looking for some good performances.鈥�

17吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Rugby has its home opener Saturday at 2:00 pm against St. Francis Xavier University. 鈥淗ome openers are always a good time,鈥� said coach John LaBoyne. 鈥淕etting the chance to play in front of family, friends and the 17吃瓜 students is special. Playing the multi-time national champions is always a tough row to hoe. St. FX has a great program that has been the epitome of success in the AUS for many years. The Panthers always rise to any challenge and will play their best and hardest no matter who it is.鈥�

After a Saturday鈥檚 rest, both soccer teams return to the 17吃瓜 turf to take on Cape Breton University. The women play at 1:00 pm. The men take to the field at 3:15 pm.

The Panther Package is on sale now for only $90. The Panther Package gets you into every home game for Women鈥檚 and Men鈥檚 Soccer, Women鈥檚 Rugby, Women鈥檚 and Men鈥檚 Basketball, and Women鈥檚 Hockey! This offer expires Friday, September 14. Buy it now and receive a limited edition Panther ball cap.

Picture yourself at all 48 Panther home games this season! The Panther All-Access Pass gives you everything in the Panther Pass, but includes tickets to Men鈥檚 Hockey home games. This amazing deal is just $250 and expires Friday, September 14.

Visit  to grab these specials.

Go Panthers Go!

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The 17吃瓜 Department of Modern Languages is proud to welcome its first ever French Writer-in-Residence Dominic Langlois, poet and young-adult novelist. He will lead a writing workshop on Saturday, September 22 at 1:00 pm (in 17吃瓜 Dawson Lounge, SDMB 520), and give a public reading on Thursday, September 27 at 7:30 pm (in the 17吃瓜 Faculty Lounge, SDMB 201). He will also meet with Dr. Sanda Badescu鈥檚 and Dr. Scott Lee鈥檚 students to discuss various topics related to poetry and the use of slang in French.

Raised in Qu茅bec City, Langlois has been living in the Maritimes for more than 20 years where he is involved in the cultural and artistic scene. Published by Les 脡ditions Perce-Neige, his poetry includes Mener du train (2010), La rue en eaux troubles (2012) and Les sentiments barbares (2016). He is also well known in New Brunswick and in Ontario for his young-adult novel published by Bouton d鈥檕r Acadie, Le Tr茅sor de Memramcook (2014), for which he was a finalist in the Ontario Library Association鈥檚 prize Tamarac and in the Children鈥檚 Choice Book Award Hackmatack. He has also published poems in Ancrages and contributed to the Franco-Ontarian journal Liaisons.

His public workshop on Saturday, September 22 will examine how city streets, their noise, smells, landscape, and sidewalks can open up the imagination and be a source of inspiration. He will also team up with 17吃瓜 Professor Carlo Lavoie as writing coach for any participant aged between 15 and 25 interested in submitting texts in French (poetry or short stories) to the 2019 Prix Volet Jeunesse Richelieu of the Antonine-Maillet-Acadie-Vie Book Award.

The workshop is free but participants should register by emailing Dr. Lavoie at clavoie@upei.ca. Refreshments and snacks will be provided.

The public reading on Thursday September 27 will feature poetry from his three books and some unpublished poems. An open mic will also invite the audience to share their favorite poems, either written by themselves or by others. Admission is free.

Dominic Langlois鈥� visit and the 17吃瓜 French Writer-in-Residency program are sponsored by the 17吃瓜 Department of Modern Languages, the Dean of Arts, the Dean of Education, the Vice-President Academic/Research, with generous support from Arts NB.

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.

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Le po猫te et auteur de litt茅rature de jeunesse animera un atelier d鈥櫭ヽriture public, une soir茅e de po茅sie et des ateliers d鈥櫭ヽriture pour les 茅tudiants du Programme de fran莽ais de 17吃瓜 en septembre

Le D茅partement de langues modernes de 17吃瓜 est fier d鈥檃ccueillir son premier auteur en r茅sidence francophone, Dominic Langlois, po猫te et auteur de litt茅rature jeunesse. Il animera un atelier d鈥櫭ヽriture ouvert au public le samedi 22 septembre 脿 13h (Salon Dawson de 17吃瓜, SDMB 520) ainsi qu鈥檜ne soir茅e de po茅sie le jeudi 27 septembre 脿 19h30 (Salon des professeurs de 17吃瓜, SDMB 201). Il rencontrera aussi les 茅tudiantes et les 茅tudiants de la professeure Sanda Badescu et du professeur Scott Lee pour aborder diff茅rents aspects li茅s 脿 l鈥櫭ヽriture de la po茅sie et 脿 l鈥檜tilisation de la langue parl茅e.

N茅 脿 Qu茅bec, Langlois vit dans les provinces maritimes depuis maintenant plus de 20 ans et est un membre tr猫s actif de la sc猫ne artistique et culturelle. Publi茅s aux 脡ditions Perce-Neige, ses recueils de po猫mes incluent Mener du train (2010), La rue en eaux troubles (2012) and Les sentiments barbares (2016). Il est aussi bien connu au Nouveau-Brunswick et en Ontario pour son roman jeunesse publi茅 par les 茅ditions Bouton d鈥檕r Acadie, Le Tr茅sor de Memramcook (2014), pour lequel il a 茅t茅 finaliste au Prix Tamarac de l鈥橝ssociation des biblioth猫ques de l鈥橭ntario ainsi que pour le Prix litt茅raire Le Choix des Jeunes Hackmatack. Il publie aussi des po猫mes dans la revue Ancrages et a activement collabor茅 脿 la d茅funte revue franco-ontarienne Liaisons.

Dans son atelier d鈥櫭ヽriture public (le samedi 22 septembre, 13h), il propose d鈥檜tiliser les rues de la ville, leurs bruits, les odeurs, leurs paysages, leur trottoirs comme source d鈥檌nspiration servant d鈥櫭﹙eil 脿 l鈥檌magination. Il propose aussi pour cet atelier de venir en aide 脿 tout participant 芒g茅 entre 15 et 25 ans qui voudrait soumettre ses textes (po茅sie ou nouvelles) au Prix Volet Jeunesse du Prix litt茅raire Antonine-Maillet-Acadie 2019 en faisant le suivi du processus d鈥櫭ヽriture en compagnie du professeur Carlo Lavoie jusqu鈥櫭� la remise des textes en d茅cembre.

Cet atelier d鈥櫭ヽriture est gratuit mais les participants doivent s鈥檌nscrire 脿 l鈥檃vance en contactant le professeur Carlo Lavoie par courriel 脿 clavoie@upei.ca. Des rafraichissements et une l茅g猫re collation seront servis.

La soir茅e de po茅sie (le jeudi 27 septembre, 19h30) mettra en vedette des po猫mes tir茅s de ses trois recueils ainsi que des po猫mes in茅dits. Nous invitons 茅galement les membres de l鈥檃uditoire 脿 nous faire la lecture de po猫mes qu鈥檌ls ont eux-m锚mes 茅crits ou de po猫mes de leurs auteurs pr茅f茅r茅s. L鈥檈ntr茅e est gratuite.

La visite de Dominic Langlois et le programme d鈥檃uteur en r茅sidence francophone de 17吃瓜 sont rendus possibles gr芒ce 脿 la contribution du D茅partement de langues modernes, du Bureau du Doyen de la Facult茅 des arts, du Bureau du Doyen de la Facult茅 d鈥櫭ヾucation, du Bureau du Vice-Pr茅sident 脿 l鈥檈nseignement et 脿 la recherche de 17吃瓜 ainsi qu鈥櫭� la participation financi猫re de Arts NB.

17吃瓜鈥檚 Institute of Island Studies and the UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability hosted a weekend of meetings with representatives and researchers from a dozen islands around the world. This unprecedented gathering of scholars in the field of Island Studies is made possible by a partnership development grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The project will build relationships between researchers and will fund up to twelve graduate students.

鈥淭he Institute of Island Studies and the UNESCO Chairs in Island Studies and Sustainability are to be commended for organizing this very important initiative, which will bring together representatives of small island states to develop strategies to address their unique issues regarding sustainability and sovereignty,鈥� said Dr. Robert Gilmour, 17吃瓜鈥檚 Vice-President Academic and Research.

Island jurisdictions are often viewed as vulnerable, poverty-stricken, and destitute, but research shows many of these islands are better described as innovative and entrepreneurial. This meeting brought together six representatives of small island states (Iceland, New Zealand, Mauritius, Palau, Cyprus, St. Lucia, and Grenada) and six representatives from non-sovereign, sub-national island jurisdictions (Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, La R茅union, Lesbos, Guam, and Tobago). These groups will compare experiences, to see whether statehood is a boon or hindrance when implementing sustainable practices in social-political, cultural-artistic, economic, and environmental areas.

鈥淭ake an island鈥檚 ability to respond to a natural crisis, such as a hurricane,鈥� said Dr. James Randall, co-holder of the UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability. 鈥淚f that island is a sub-national jurisdiction, is it a benefit to know the larger government will be there to help them respond, or will an independent island state be better equipped to determine what is needed and implement that plan.鈥�

The project will develop a set of measures of sustainability and sovereignty by undertaking household and focus group surveys using comparisons of six pairs of islands. The Institute of Island Studies and the UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability will coordinate these activities, bringing together island researchers and solving issues using a local-to-global integrated approach.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and research training in the humanities and social sciences. By focusing on developing , generating  and forging  across campuses and communities, SSHRC strategically supports world-leading initiatives that reflect a commitment to ensuring a better future for Canada and the world.

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.

Every week, 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation recognizes student-athletes for their achievements and dedication to their respective sports. Congratulations to Emma Moore and Nick Robertson, the 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for September 10-16.

Emma Moore is a fourth-year science major from Charlottetown and a member of the 17吃瓜 Cross-Country team. Moore finished 20^th of 68 runners in the 5 km race at the inaugural 17吃瓜 Cross-Country Invitational meet at Victoria Park in Charlottetown. 鈥�Emma had a great summer of training, and she had her best finish ever as a Panther,鈥� said coach Colin MacAdam. 鈥淕reat running by Emma and the rest of the Panthers.鈥�

Nick Robertson is a first-year science student from Charlottetown and another member of the Panther cross-country team. Robertson kicked off his university sport career this weekend with an impressive 13^th place finish out of 57 runners at the 17吃瓜 invitational meet. 鈥�We expected Nick to be an impact athlete for our program, and he certainly showed that he has the ability to run with the elite runners in the AUS,鈥� said MacAdam.

Go Panthers Go!

Students from 17吃瓜鈥檚 Kinesiology 3430 class are seeking participants to take part in a six-week exercise-training program. Students will create personalized exercise-training programs for each participant, based on their fitness, skill level, and personal interests.

Participants must be between 30 and 65 years of age. The program runs Tuesday and Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm from the week of October 1 to the week of November 12. Volunteers will receive a fitness test the first and last week of the program, separated by four weeks of supervised aerobic and strength training.

All exercise will take place in the Kinesiology Teaching Lab in 17吃瓜鈥檚 Steel Building. Parking is free. No previous experience is necessary.

For more information, or to sign up, contact Dr. Travis Saunders, trsaunders@upei.ca, 902-566-0641.

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