AAU releases survey of 2025-2026 preliminary enrolments

The Association of Atlantic Universities has released its 2025-2026 Preliminary Survey of Enrolments, which show the full-time and part-time enrolments at each university in Atlantic provinces as of October 2025. The association celebrated the 4% rise in full-time first-year students. However, AAU pointed to the heavy impact of the federal government’s international student cap: International […]

The University of Prince Edward Island has officially opened its Faculty of Medicine and interdisciplinary health education facility. This $103M facility includes a variety of new learning spaces—including a simulation centre—and a provincial collaborative care center. It will host a provincial adult ADHD clinic and the expanded Doctor of Psychology program. UPEI Faculty of Medicine […]

Holland College has formed an Indigenous Advisory Committee, which held its inaugural meeting this month. The committee will be responsible for ensuring Indigenous perspectives, knowledge, and teachings are integrated into the college’s decision-making processes. In addition to representatives from the college, the committee involves representatives from Abegweit First Nation, Native Council of PEI, and Lennox […]

Holland College’s student union has surrendered its charter and a new governing body called the Student Association of Holland College has been brought in, reports The Guardian. Students will be represented by this new organization, which will offer them the same services without fee changes, and the change will have no impact on student affairs. […]

In Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the first cohorts of new medical school programs have embarked on their education. Meanwhile, the new Cape Breton Medical Campus—operated through a partnership between Cape Breton University and Dalhousie University—welcomed 30 Nova Scotians for the inaugural class of its medicine program. The classes are being held at a […]

As part of a broader federal investment into French-language health services, several postsecondary institutions in Atlantic Canada have received funds to support health care training. The Government of Canada says that the broader investment is intended to help improve access to healthcare in French outside of Québec. Postsecondary institutions will receive a combined $32M to […]

Students and faculty at Sault College, the University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College, and the University of Saskatchewan are engaged in a variety of initiatives this summer to help the birds. Sault aviation students Ben Appleton and Lucas Newman were recently asked to transport an orphaned barred owl to a rehabilitation facility in […]

The investigation into a staff member at Holland College’s Canes’ Camp has concluded without charges, reports CBC. The Canes’ Camp is a dedicated camp for students in K-6 that is held during holidays in the public school system. Earlier this year, a staff member from the camp was suspended following a complaint. “The investigations concluded […]

Several postsecondary institutions have announced new program pathways that will create new opportunities for students. Holland College and Humber Polytechnic came together to create a direct pathway from Holland College’s Music Performance program into a Humber Bachelor of Music Degree. Humber has also renewed a pathway agreement with Northeastern University in Toronto that enables polytechnic […]