The Back 50 Project comes to Orwell Corner Historic Village July 3

17³Ô¹Ï’s 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, 17³Ô¹Ï’s Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities, will give a presentation entitled “The Great Transformation: PEI Rural Land Use in the Past, Present, and Future.â€

17³Ô¹Ï closed for regular operations

The University will be closed for regular operations on Friday, July 2, 2021.

The schedule for specific departments on July 2, 2021 is as follows:

  • Security Services will continue throughout July 2, 2021.  
  • Veterinary Teaching Hospital will be available for emergency service only on July 2, 2021.
  • Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre will be open regular operating hours on July 2, 2021.
  • Diagnostic Services will be open regular operating hours with reduced staffing on July 2, 2021.  

Summer Orientation 2021


Saturday, July 10
10:00–10:30 am (ADT)

Students coming to 17³Ô¹Ï in the fall of 2021 are invited to learn more about:

  • the first-year experience
  • New Student Orientation (NSO) in late-August
  • academic and personal support services
  • scholarships and awards
  • residence life

... and so much more! Our first-year advisers will answer questions during the presentation.

17³Ô¹Ï Senate appoints five Professors Emeriti

Earlier this year, 17³Ô¹Ï faculty and librarians were invited to nominate colleagues for appointments to the rank of Professor Emeritus. The Professor Emeritus Evaluation Committee considered all nominees and forwarded its recommendations to the University Senate.

The University Senate is pleased to announce that the following faculty members have been appointed as Professors Emeriti for 2021:

Dr. Janet Bryanton – Faculty of Nursing

Dr. Gary Conboy – Faculty of Veterinary Medicine