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Dr. Richard Lemm, one of PEI鈥檚 best-known authors and a UPEI English professor for many years, will launch his new poetry book, Jeopardy, on Friday, June 29, at 7:00 pm in the Carriage House of Beaconsfield Historic House, located at 2 Kent Street in Charlottetown. Acorn Press, the publisher, will host the launch and reception. Jeopardy opens with 鈥淧rofane and Sacred鈥� poems conjuring myths and journeys鈥擜dam and Eve鈥檚 Edenic choice; a Jewish surgeon鈥檚 pilgrimage to Assisi; the poet鈥檚 grandfather leaving the family farm for America鈥檚 first imperialist war. 鈥淪keletal Blues鈥� explores a couple鈥檚 struggle with mental illness and the quest for healing. 鈥淗istory Lessons鈥� takes readers to the British penal colony in Tasmania, reveals pre- and post- Revolution experiences in Cairo teaching Egyptian students, and encounters an ancient civilization wrestling with cross-currents of modernity and tradition. 鈥淭he Future Hurtling Toward Us鈥� evokes with humour and urgency our ecological reality and environmental crises. Dr. Lemm has published five poetry collections, including Burning House, Four Ways of Dealing with Bullies, and Prelude to the Bacchanal, which won the Canadian Authors鈥� Association Award. He has won poetry prizes in the CBC Literary Competition, and a PEI Book Award for Shape of Things to Come. Dr. Lemm鈥檚 biography of PEI鈥檚 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Poet of Canada,鈥� Milton Acorn: In Love and Anger, received the PEI Heritage and Museum Foundation Award. He edited two anthologies of Island writing: Riptides: New Island Fiction, which won a PEI Book Award and was a finalist for an Atlantic Book Award, and the best-selling Snow Softly Falling: Holiday Stories from PEI. At UPEI, Dr. Lemm teaches creative writing, Canadian literature, and environmental literature.

The Faculty of Nursing welcomes the campus community to a tenure-track faculty candidate presentation by Dr. Christine Cassidy, titled "Evidence to Action: Linking Research, Teaching and Learning at the Faculty of Nursing". The presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. in the Health Sciences Building, Room 104.

Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, will be giving a presentation on "Development of Smart Technologies to Improve Agriculture Productivity and Mitigate Environmental Risks: A Sustainable Approach". All are welcome to attend!  

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the UPEI community to the presentation and defence of Wafa Alfaifi's MSc-MMS thesis entitled "Design and Studies of Fluorescence Emitter Dendrimers and Star-Shaped Macromolecules Capped with Pyrene".

The 13th biennial L.M. Montgomery Institute's International Conference, L.M. Montgomery and Reading, takes place June 21-24, 2018 on the campus of the 91福利在线你懂的. The 2018 conference welcomes research that considers L.M. Montgomery and Reading in all its forms and possibilities. The allusions in Montgomery鈥檚 novels and the richness of her own reading life raise a host of questions about the politics, history, culture, technologies, and practice of reading. In turn, fans and scholars explore what it means to read Montgomery as they continue to visit and revisit her novels and autobiographical work. Her enduring popularity continues to inspire translations and transformations that offer readers new ways to experience Montgomery鈥檚 texts.  This conference also marks the 25th anniversary of the L.M. Montgomery Institute, providing an important opportunity to (re)read and reflect on the past and future of Montgomery scholarship and to explore how the presenters see themselves in a community of international, interdisciplinary, and interrelated readers.  With an exciting line-up of keynote speakers, including Margaret Mackey, Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta (One Child Reading: My Auto-Bibliography), Montgomery scholar and former UPEI president, Elizabeth Epperly (Through Lover鈥檚 Lane; The Fragrance of Sweet Grass; Power Notes), Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Professor Emerita and former Dean of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western, (Reading Still Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community; The Pleasures of Reading: A Booklover's Alphabet), and Emily Woster, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and Visiting Scholar at the L.M. Montgomery Institute, this conference promises to foster research excellence and innovative directions in Montgomery scholarship from around the world. Please read the registration information carefully before registering. 

The 13th biennial L.M. Montgomery Institute's International Conference, L.M. Montgomery and Reading, takes place June 21-24, 2018 on the campus of the 91福利在线你懂的. The 2018 conference welcomes research that considers L.M. Montgomery and Reading in all its forms and possibilities. The allusions in Montgomery鈥檚 novels and the richness of her own reading life raise a host of questions about the politics, history, culture, technologies, and practice of reading. In turn, fans and scholars explore what it means to read Montgomery as they continue to visit and revisit her novels and autobiographical work. Her enduring popularity continues to inspire translations and transformations that offer readers new ways to experience Montgomery鈥檚 texts.  This conference also marks the 25th anniversary of the L.M. Montgomery Institute, providing an important opportunity to (re)read and reflect on the past and future of Montgomery scholarship and to explore how the presenters see themselves in a community of international, interdisciplinary, and interrelated readers.  With an exciting line-up of keynote speakers, including Margaret Mackey, Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta (One Child Reading: My Auto-Bibliography), Montgomery scholar and former UPEI president, Elizabeth Epperly (Through Lover鈥檚 Lane; The Fragrance of Sweet Grass; Power Notes), Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Professor Emerita and former Dean of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western, (Reading Still Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community; The Pleasures of Reading: A Booklover's Alphabet), and Emily Woster, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and Visiting Scholar at the L.M. Montgomery Institute, this conference promises to foster research excellence and innovative directions in Montgomery scholarship from around the world. Please read the registration information carefully before registering. 

The 13th biennial L.M. Montgomery Institute's International Conference, L.M. Montgomery and Reading, takes place June 21-24, 2018 on the campus of the 91福利在线你懂的. The 2018 conference welcomes research that considers L.M. Montgomery and Reading in all its forms and possibilities. The allusions in Montgomery鈥檚 novels and the richness of her own reading life raise a host of questions about the politics, history, culture, technologies, and practice of reading. In turn, fans and scholars explore what it means to read Montgomery as they continue to visit and revisit her novels and autobiographical work. Her enduring popularity continues to inspire translations and transformations that offer readers new ways to experience Montgomery鈥檚 texts.  This conference also marks the 25th anniversary of the L.M. Montgomery Institute, providing an important opportunity to (re)read and reflect on the past and future of Montgomery scholarship and to explore how the presenters see themselves in a community of international, interdisciplinary, and interrelated readers.  With an exciting line-up of keynote speakers, including Margaret Mackey, Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta (One Child Reading: My Auto-Bibliography), Montgomery scholar and former UPEI president, Elizabeth Epperly (Through Lover鈥檚 Lane; The Fragrance of Sweet Grass; Power Notes), Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Professor Emerita and former Dean of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western, (Reading Still Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community; The Pleasures of Reading: A Booklover's Alphabet), and Emily Woster, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and Visiting Scholar at the L.M. Montgomery Institute, this conference promises to foster research excellence and innovative directions in Montgomery scholarship from around the world. Please read the registration information carefully before registering. 

The 13th biennial L.M. Montgomery Institute's International Conference, L.M. Montgomery and Reading, takes place June 21-24, 2018 on the campus of the 91福利在线你懂的. The 2018 conference welcomes research that considers L.M. Montgomery and Reading in all its forms and possibilities. The allusions in Montgomery鈥檚 novels and the richness of her own reading life raise a host of questions about the politics, history, culture, technologies, and practice of reading. In turn, fans and scholars explore what it means to read Montgomery as they continue to visit and revisit her novels and autobiographical work. Her enduring popularity continues to inspire translations and transformations that offer readers new ways to experience Montgomery鈥檚 texts.  This conference also marks the 25th anniversary of the L.M. Montgomery Institute, providing an important opportunity to (re)read and reflect on the past and future of Montgomery scholarship and to explore how the presenters see themselves in a community of international, interdisciplinary, and interrelated readers.  With an exciting line-up of keynote speakers, including Margaret Mackey, Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta (One Child Reading: My Auto-Bibliography), Montgomery scholar and former UPEI president, Elizabeth Epperly (Through Lover鈥檚 Lane; The Fragrance of Sweet Grass; Power Notes), Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Professor Emerita and former Dean of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western, (Reading Still Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community; The Pleasures of Reading: A Booklover's Alphabet), and Emily Woster, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and Visiting Scholar at the L.M. Montgomery Institute, this conference promises to foster research excellence and innovative directions in Montgomery scholarship from around the world. Please read the registration information carefully before registering. 

The thirteenth biennial L.M. Montgomery Institute Conference will feature a free public concert by Canadian women鈥檚 musical oral historian Rosalee Peppard. Peppard will perform her song portrait of the Island鈥檚 literary icon Lucy Maud Montgomery on Friday, June 22, at 7:30 pm in the Holland College鈥檚 Florence Simmons Hall. The evening will begin with a reading by Prince Edward Island鈥檚 poet laureate, Deirdre Kessler. All are welcome to this free event. Details for the full conference, including the schedule and instructions on how to register, can be found at lmmontgomery.ca. The conference runs June 21 through 24 in Charlottetown, PEI.

The Ocean Frontier Institute鈥檚 mandate includes knowledge mobilization and as part of that effort, we鈥檙e hosting a conference. Our inaugural event 鈥� called 鈥淥cean Frontier 2018: North Atlantic Opportunities鈥� 鈥� will be held Oct. 9-12, in St. John鈥檚, NL.  The conference will examine the ocean of opportunity that OFI research is helping to discover in the North Atlantic. Learning about the ocean helps us understand our connections to the sea. It also identifies what鈥檚 required to responsibly develop our ocean resources while we take steps to protect marine ecosystems, reduce pollution and combat climate change.