Two UPEI physics students took home honours from the Science Atlantic Undergraduate Physics & Astronomy Conference held recently at the Université de Moncton. Logan Montgomery won the Science Atlantic Science Communication Award, and Taylor Dunn won the ACEmat Award in Computational Modeling of Materials. Dunn’s award is for his project, titled Polymer translocation dynamics through a nanopore, wh

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“Mr. Bernard was an outstanding individual who contributed greatly to the Island’s Acadian and francophone community and to his province as a former member of the Legislative Assembly, Cabinet Minister and Lieutenant Governor,” said Premier Ghiz.

Mr. Bernard was first elected to the Legislative

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Mayor Clifford Lee was recognized by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) as the recipient of its 2013 CSTA President’s Award during its annual Sport Events Congress. The Award recognizes outstanding achievements of those who have helped profile and build sport tourism in Canada. Managed by the City’s Events Development Officer, Wayne Long, SCORE!, Charlottetown’s sport tourism brand, attracts and a

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Valerie E. Docherty, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, recently announced the names of 6 Island organizations that received funding through the Interministerial Women’s Secretariat Grants. Grant recipients included the  Women’s Network PEI, The Aboriginal Women’s Association, PEI People First, PEI Family Violence Prevention Services, PEI Association for Community Living, and the East Princ

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Councillor Mitchell Tweel, who represents Ward 4 in Charlottetown, was presented with the 2013 Harold MacLean Memorial Trophy at the association’s recent annual convention. The recognition came as part of the City’s efforts to assist in the cleanup of the Charlottetown Harbour. Councillor Tweel was presented with the award for his role in working with the association to keep the issue in the forefront.

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Spring Park School, a new 66 thousand square-foot facility, was officially opened in April. Planning and design for the new $10 million school was completed by W.D. Lawrence Architecture, and Brighton Construction was the construction manager for the project. The school features a learning centre, resource centre, literacy centre, health services room, project-based learning studio, multipurpose room,

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Peter Doucette of Montague and Sandra Gaudet of Charlottetown have been appointed to the Health PEI Board. Peter Doucette was educated at Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts and has had a varied and extensive career. Sandra Gaudet is the Executive Director of the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Prince Edward Island and a Bachelor of Social W

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A recent study published in the scientific journal, PLOS ONE, states that in the first 5 years after the introduction of PEI’s Smoke Free Places Act, there was an estimated reduction of 350 hospital admissions for heart attack. The study compares hospital admissions April 1, 1995 to May 31, 2003, to post-ban period June 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2008.

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056102

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Chef Ross Munro, an Island-based chef and Atlantic Canada’s Chef of the Year 2012, has launched a hands-on culinary adventure company. Prince Edward Island Culinary Adventures Ltd. will begin providing experiential culinary adventures as of April 30, 2013 to coincide with the lobster fishery’s official “setting day.” Chef Ross, the owner/operator of the new PEI culinary adventure company, describes his bus

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UPEI’s Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) recently recognized 2 professors as Island Studies Teaching Fellows—Dr. Palanisamy Nagarajan and Dr. Barry Bartmann. Both have been instrumental to the program in the public eye and behind the scenes. Dr. Nagarajan is a long-time member of the economics department at UPEI and is an emeritus professor. Dr. Bartmann is known for aiding in the development of

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