UPEI Medicine receives $1M from Hewitt Foundation

The University of Prince Edward Island’s Faculty of Medicine has received a $1M gift from the Hewitt Foundation. The funds will support the faculty’s efforts to advance key priorities related to learner experiences, training and simulation-based education, and community-based medical training opportunities. “We are deeply grateful to the Hewitt Foundation for this transformative investment,” said […]

Institutions across the country are holding events in the upcoming weeks to celebrate Black History Month. Institutions are inviting their communities to participate in interactive activities including Brock University’s Afro-Caribbean Night, Red Deer Polytechnic’s Button Making and Hair Braiding events, SMU’s Paint Your Flag 2.0 event, the University of Guelph’s African Street Eats cooking class, […]

Institutions from Ontario to Newfoundland and Labrador closed or adjusted operations in response to a significant winter storm on Monday. Several of Ontario’s postsecondary institutions were closed for the day in response to the storm. The same was true in the Atlantic region, where most institutions closed for the day. Some, such as Holland College, […]

Several Canadian postsecondary institutions have appeared among the leaders of Forbes’s list of Canada’s Best Employers in 2026. This publication ranks organizations with 500 or more workers in Canada based on surveys of employees. The top organization overall was Université Laval. Other postsecondary institutions to rank in the top 50 included Université de Sherbrooke (#3), […]

The University of Prince Edward Island has celebrated the official opening of its newly named $103M Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Centre. The facility hosts several clinics, learning spaces, and a provincial collaborative care centre. “This facility will serve our students in many areas, including nursing, kinesiology, paramedicine, psychology, as well as other first […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Postsecondary institutions such as the College of the Rockies, Selkirk College, the University of Prince Edward Island, and University of Toronto are preparing for camps this summer. COTR and UPEI are each hosting youth for STEAM and STEM-themed activities that are focused on technology. COTR is offering STEAM Camps for children of different ages, including […]

The University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College will be increasing the number of seats available to Canadian students by reclassifying 19 international seats. Beginning in the 2025-2026 admissions cycle, the 19 seats that were previously designated as international will now be reclassified as “unsubsidized seats.” International students will still be able to access […]