17吃瓜 aligns mask-wearing guidance with CPHO update
The following message was distributed by email on July 9, 2021, to students, staff, and faculty on behalf of the Office of the Vice-President Administration and Finance.
Dear Members of the University Community,
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
On Thursday, September 30, 17吃瓜 will mark the first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, recently designated by the Government of Canada as a federal statutory holiday. This is a day for all Canadians to remember the tragic history and legacy of residential schools in our country and the intergenerational impacts they have had on First Nations and Indigenous Peoples.
Labour Day
The University will be closed for regular operations on Monday, September 6, 2021, in observance of Labour Day.
Classes begin
Classes for the 2021 Fall Academic Semester begin on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.
Gold Cup Day
The University will be closed for regular operations on Friday, August 20, 2021, in observance of .
PEI Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 July concert features 17吃瓜 faculty
The PEI Symphony is presenting a unique concert called The Orchestra Deconstructed on Sunday, July 11, at 3 pm, during the Indian River Festival.
Tireless 17吃瓜 Panther supporter Billy Mulligan passes away
The 17吃瓜 community was saddened to hear about the passing of SDU alumnus William 鈥淏illy鈥� Mulligan, who died on June 25 at the age of 81 in Saint John, NB, after suffering heart complications.
Mulligan was an instrumental supporter of the 17吃瓜 Panthers, in particular the men鈥檚 hockey team, and had been a star athlete himself when he played for the Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University Saints. In 1962鈥�63, Mulligan led the team to a fourth-place finish in the nine-team Maritime Intercollegiate League. He played centre on the line that led in scoring, and was selected as the league all-star.
The Back 50 Project comes to Orwell Corner Historic Village July 3
17吃瓜鈥檚 Back 50 Project is hitting the road! The project will visit Orwell Corner Historic Village Community Hall on July 3, at 1 pm, when Dr. Josh MacFadyen, 17吃瓜鈥檚 Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities, will give a presentation entitled 鈥淭he Great Transformation: PEI Rural Land Use in the Past, Present, and Future.鈥�
PEI Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 July concert features 17吃瓜 faculty
The PEI Symphony is presenting a unique concert called The Orchestra Deconstructed on Sunday, July 11, at 3 pm, during the Indian River Festival.
Dr. Greg Keefe reappointed as 17吃瓜鈥檚 Dean of Veterinary Medicine聽
The 17吃瓜 Board of Governors recently accepted the recommendation of the review committee for the Dean of Veterinary Medicine to extend the decanal appointment of the current dean, Dr. Greg Keefe, for a three-year term effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.
