Faculty of Education News Blog

So this edition of the Faculty of Education News Blog is brought to you to share all of the great things we’ve had to celebrate this month!

First up, on November 3 and 4, the lovely Zi, Erin and Elizabeth attended the PEI Teacher’s Federation Conference and had a successful booth meeting with teachers to discuss our programs and potential practicum placements. Great work!!!

Then on November 18th the Faculty had a hat-trick of celebrations…

First, Ashley Clark was awarded a MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing in recognition of the incredible work she does in developing writing skills (and all around mentoring) with the international students in our Masters and PhD program. Congratulations Ashley!

Next, the Literacy and Numeracy Outreach Project held their official launch in our ELC. Funded by a generous $750,000 donation from Master Packaging, further funding from the PEI Department of Education, and the support of the PEI Public Schools Branch and Island schools, the Faculty is very excited about the possibilities ahead supporting literacy and numeracy education in the province. (You can read about it here!)

And, while not exactly trophy worthy, someone in the office celebrated the milestone of 60 trips around the sun, and they were just as excited about that as they were when they were two.

But why stop the festive feeling there? As December looms on the horizon we encourage everyone to keep the joy going by getting into the holiday spirit in their spaces.

Guest judge, Jennifer Taylor, has roamed the Faculty halls to determine the esteemed winner of the Halloween Door Contest 2022.

Based on merit points for effort, creativity, and curb appeal, our winners are…

Coming in at 3rd place is the spooktaular “House of Halloween” by Zi and Jo (Memorial 402)…

Coming in second, with Scooby Doo Central, is Karen-Anne (Memorial 410)

And in first place, with a Halloween move and multiple door efforts, is Erin Reid (Memorial 304 then Memorial 408)…

And taking the lead on holiday costume spirt is Pirate Rachelle!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

In this newsletter:

• Call for Nominations – Hessian Merit Award for Teaching Excellence
• Hallowe’en Door Contest
• Call for Internal Research Grants (IRG) and SSHRC Explore Research Grants
• Call for Internal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Grants

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – HESSIAN MERIT AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE

The UPEI Faculty Association’s Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching Committee is currently calling for nominations for awards for both Sessional and Full-time Instructors. These awards publicly acknowledge individuals whose work has contributed to instructional excellence at UPEI.

Nominees for these award should:

• exhibit a comprehensive knowledge of the subject
• be habitually well prepared for teaching sessions
• have energy and enthusiasm for the subject and the capacity to arouse students’ interest in it
• encourage student participation in the teaching and learning process
• set a high standard and motivate students to attain that standard
• communicate effectively at levels appropriate to students’ capacity
• emphasize understanding of the subject over mere memorization (as appropriate) in evaluating student performance
• be accessible to students outside the classroom
• demonstrate excellence in teaching, including innovative teaching techniques

Sessional nominees must be teaching during the current semester, must have taught at least nine credit hours at UPEI before the term in which they are nominated, and must not have received a Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Sessional Instructor within the past five years.

Full-time instructor nominees must be full-time instructors at UPEI who are teaching during the current semester, must have taught at least nine credit hours at UPEI before the term in which they are nominated, and must not have received a Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Full-time Instructor within t he past five years.

The UPEIFA’s Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching Committee is currently calling for nominations for these awards.  Students are welcome to nominate for this award and the process involves a simple form and letters of support.

Information about the award and nomination forms are available on the FA website  and from the Faculty Association Office (Duffy Science Centre, Room #415).

The deadline for nominations is noon, Friday, 18-Nov-2022

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HALLOWE’EN DOOR CONTEST

Just a reminder that Hallowe’en is getting closer and the Faculty of Education is currently running a Best Dressed Door competition. We still don’t know how doors will be judged, but our team has been bringing spooky festiveness to Memorial Hall! Showcase your Halloween spirit and join the fun!

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CALL FOR UPEI INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS (IRG) AND SSHRC EXPLORE RESEARCH GRANTS (SERG)

The UPEI Internal Research Grants (IRG) and SSHRC Explore Research Grants (SERG) programs support stand-alone projects through the funding of fully developed research proposals.

VALUE: up to $5000 for a one-year term

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15-Dec-22, by 4pm

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, Business, Education, IKERAS, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award.  Faculty members in Veterinary Medicine may participate as co-applicant but cannot be the Principal Investigator.  A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with a tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Program guidelines and application instructions can be found here: https://www.upei.ca/research-services/resources-and-tools/internal-funding.

Apply using the UPEI Romeo Researcher Portal.

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CALL FOR INTERNAL SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING RESEARCH GRANTS

The Internal SoTL Research Grant (ISRG) program supports research pursuits in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) through the funding of fully developed research proposals. Grants of up to $1,500 for a two-year term will be awarded for SoTL research initiatives at UPEI. Researchers are encouraged to propose collaborations with colleagues from different, but complementary, disciplines which can also provide high-quality student training opportunities.

The application for deadline is 13-Dec-2022 by 4pm.  

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:  Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, AVC, Business, Education, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering, Librarians, and Lab Instructors who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award. A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with a tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member. Please review general information in the Guidelines for other eligibility considerations. 

Support in developing a SoTL proposal for this grant program is available through the Teaching and Learning Centre. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Program guidelines and application instructions can be found here: https://www.upei.ca/research-services/resources-and-tools/internal-funding.

Apply using the UPEI Romeo Researcher Portal.

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In this newsletter:

• Call for UPEI Internal Research Grants and SSHRC Explore Research Grants
• Opportunities in the Faculty of Education
• Hurrahs!!!

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CALL FOR UPEI INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS AND SSHRC EXPLORE RESEARCH GRANTS

The IRG and SERG competitions provide research grants of up to $5000 for a one-year term to support stand-alone projects through the funding of fully developed research proposals.

Eligible Applicants: Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, Business, Education, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award.  A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with an eligible tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member. 

Program guidelines and application forms can be found here.  The competition deadline is 13-Dec-2021 by 4pm.

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OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

The Faculty of Education has a number of sessional opportunities available for the Winter 2022 semester. You can find the posting here.

Additionally, we are currently seeking a Coordinator of Bachelor of Education and Practice Teaching.

Please feel free to share these opportunities with those you know who would be interested!

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HURRAHS!!!

Drs. Jane P. Preston and Tim Claypool have published their latest article, “Analyzing Assessment Practices for Indigenous Students” in Frontiers in Education.  The article is a document analysis describing common assessment practices for Indigenous students. You can read the article here. Congratulations, Jane!

Dr. Tim Goddard, professor emeritus, is delighted to announce that his first novel has been published! This mystery/thriller, set in western Canada, is called TRACES. Both print and ebook are now available here. Congratulations Tim!!!

In this newsletter:

• New Interim Dean
• Faculty Council Meeting Dates 2021-2022
• TE[A+]CH Symposium
• Hurrahs!!!

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NEW INTERIM DEAN

Effective August 1, 2021, Dr. Tess Miller will be Interim Dean of Education. After almost eight years as Dean, Dr. Ron MacDonald will be taking a leave until November 2022, then returning to teaching and research. The Faculty extends sincere gratitude for Dr. MacDonald’s dedication and service during his time as Dean.

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FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING DATES 2021-2022

Faculty Council meeting dates for 2021-2022 have been posted to the Important Dates link. For the near future, at least, these meetings will continue to be held via Zoom.

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TE[A+]CH SYMPOSIUM

A free virtual technology focused professional learning opportunity, TE[A+}CH Symposium, will be held 24-Aug-2021. The idea of the Symposim is to share tools that have made an impact on teaching and explore new platforms, approaches and thinking. The TE[A+]CH Symposium includes a presentation by Dr. Linuyan Guo-Brennan on Global Education. For more information, or to register, please visit their website.

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HURRAHS!!!

Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Tim Goddard, who has been appointed Professor Emeritus at UPEI. This caps an outstanding career for Tim, who has received the Papua New Guinea 30th Anniversary of Independence Medal for Services to Education in that country (2006), was made Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Calgary (2008), won the Distinguished Service Award from the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (2010), and was the inaugural recipient of the UPEI Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship (2019).  Also in 2019, of course, both Tim and Sally received the Meritorious Service Medal from the Government of Canada for their services to charity, specifically the Captain Nichola Goddard Foundation.

Under the supervison of Dr. Anne Marie Fitzgerald, PhD student Beth Robichaud was awarded a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship of $40,000 over two years (2021-2023) in support of her research “Realizing children’s rights: Early childhood educators’ perceptions and integration of children’s rights.”  Congratulations!!!

Dr. Gabriela Arias de Sanchez, Dr. Alaina Roach O’Keefe, and Bethany Robichaud (one of our Ph.D. students) have published their paper, In-between spaces of policy and practice: Voices from Prince Edward Island Early Childhood Educators. The paper stresses how after 10 years of the PEI preschool excellence initiative (PEIPEI) educators remain in this liminal space where they continue to navigate unravelling transitions as they search for their professional identity. The paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.37291/2717638X.202122102. Congratulations!!!

In this newsletter:

• In the News
• Call for Chapters
• Hurrahs!!!

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IN THE NEWS

CBC recently featured a story on a partnership which came from an initiative of Julie Gagnon, sessional instructor with our Faculty. Julie’s vision on reconciliation centred on relationship building has resulted in a collaboration with members of the Lennox Island First Nation on a series of activities to engage students in active cultural learning. You can read the entire article here.

Also, today CBC reports on an Arts Smarts program which includes a project in partnership with Dr. John Doran, which teaches Indigenous history through the arts. The Arts Smarts unit highlighted in this article was delivered BEd student, Colleen Maquiling, in partnership with Dr. Doran. Their project teaches students at Summerside Intermediate School about Mi’kmaw traditions through culinary arts. You can read this wonderful story here, or you can listen to the CBC interview with John here!

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS

A Call for Chapters has been issued for the book: Implementing Transformative Student-Centred Pedagogies in the Neoliberal Academy: Constraints and Opportunities, edited by Dr. Frederic Fovet. The book is part of the Educational Innovations Series and seeks to include quality works putting light on the contemporary advances in the fields of theory and practice of educational pedagogies. Chapter abstract submissions are due 01-June-2021, full chapters on 15-Aug-2021, with publication in Fall of 2021. Further details on the book and the submission process can be found here.

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HURRAHS!!!

UPEI recently awarded four SSHRC Explore Research grants (SERG), TWO of which went to research projects from the Faculty of Education! Dr. Rachelle Gauthier was awarded a SERG for her project “Linguistic Self-Confidence Among Pre-Service Teachers in a French-as-a-Second-Language BEd Program.” As well, Dr. Lyndsay Moffatt received a SERG for her project “The Social Construction of Language Proficiency and Learning.” Congratulations Rachelle and Lyndsay!

MEd Student, Diane Montgomery, Supervised by Dr. Kathy Snow, is one of two winners for a Mitacs Research Training Award. Both award winners will present their research on 11-May-2021 at 9:00am. Congratulations!!! (To view Diane present her research, visit this Zoom link, Meeting ID 661 2921 8571, Passcode 522654)

Child Education International (CEI) has recently appointed Dr. Gabriela Arias de Sanchez as a Regional Director for South America. CEI has actively engaged with the United Nations as a non-governmental organization for decades to support worldwide practices that focus on leadership, child health and well-being and education. The leadership team for CEI can be found here.  

In this newsletter:

• Summer Sessional Opportunities
• Summer Book Orders
• In the News
• Hurrahs!!!

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SUMMER SESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

There are a number of sessional teaching opportunities currently posted for Summer 2021. You can find the advertisements here:

02SI21 – closes 15-Mar-2021

10SI21 – closes 23-Mar-2021

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SUMMER BOOK ORDERS

The UPEI bookstore is requesting textbook orders for the Spring/Summer 2021 sessions before
26-Mar-2021.  Book orders for the semester can be submitted by email or through the on-line order form.

Please ensure the following information is on your order: Course Number, Title, Author Name, correct ISBN, Publisher, and Quantity.

Please include the ISBN for any access codes/e-books that your course offers in your order. Please indicate if the access code is a requirement for the students to pass the course, or if it would be recommended for studying.

Many students take advantage of charging to their student accounts, so they can have course materials on the first day. This also allows the students to purchase supplies with the text.

The Faculty encourages all instructors to utilize the service of the bookstore as much as possible.

Your cooperation is much appreciated.

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IN THE NEWS

Darlene Nuqingaq, sessional instructor in the Faculty’s Certificate in Educational Leadership in Nunavut program, has won the Arctic Inspiration Prize. Her proposal, Imaa, Like This: Children and Youth Expressing Themselves Through Music, earned the $1-million prize. The three-year project is designed to create social change through music. You can read more about this inspiring project in the CBC News article linked here.

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HURRAHS!!!

First, lets just start by acknowledging that there is a lot to celebrate since we last blogged, so I’m just going to leave this here…

Graduate Excellence in Teaching Award: Congratulations to Dr. Alaina Roach O’Keefe, who was recently awarded a “Graduate Excellence in Teaching Award” (for the second year in a row!) from the University of Western Ontario for her teaching of “Understanding the Early Childhood Educator” online in the summer of 2020!

Publication: Michael Ampong, one of our Ph.D. students, has recently had a paper accepted as a Roundtable-Poster Presentation at the Rosa Bruno-Jofré Symposium in Education to be held on March 25 & 26, 2021, at Queens University. His paper is titled “Enhancing assessment practices in online education in Atlantic Canada and Ghana: Key factors and their implication for higher education” and he will speak on commonalities and differences in Canada and Ghana’s online learning and assessment practices and how his study would bridge these contexts and contribute uniquely to both. Congratulations, Michael!

Exemplary Mentorship: In January, UPEI Campus Events shared the journey of Han Xu, a graduate of our MEd program, now pursuing her PhD at Queens University. The article is a testament to how Han’s hard work and Dr. Tess Miller’s guidance were a model instructor-student relationship. We look forward to hearing about Han’s continued success.

Spin-Time DJ: Congratulations to Charlie Sark, who recently did a great job as the host spin-time DJ on the Mainstreet PEI segment on CBC Radio. If you missed the episode live, you can listen to it here!

Grant Awarded: Congratulations to Dr. Rachelle Gauthier, Elizabeth Blake and Dr. Tess Miller, who have been awarded a 2021 SSHRC Explore Research Grant (SERG) to help advance their ongoing research entitled “Linguistic Self-confidence Among Pre-Service Teachers in French as a Second Language BEd Programs.” The aim of this research is to understand challenges related to linguistic self-confidence experienced by second language French speakers as they train to become second language French teachers. This study has garnered interest from other Faculties of Education across the country, as it has the potential to influence recruitment and programming for FSL teacher education. This project is also connected to the Building Confidence Through Community project. 

Grant Awarded: Congratulations to Lyndsay Moffatt and Masters student Ross Reid, who have been awarded a SERG for their inquiry entitled “The Social Construction of Language Proficiency and Learning.” This study is designed to address some of the current challenges faced by post-secondary international students and their instructors. In addition, this study will help illustrate how specific tools of discourse analysis might be applied to focus group interview data.  

Grant Awarded: Incoming pre-service teachers to our BEd (français langue seconde) program are in for a real treat!  Thanks to a wonderful idea from Tess to create a “French Language Ambassador” position within the Faculty of Education, and a generous grant of $10,000 from the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association for their project “Building Confidence Through Community: Creating authentic opportunites for language engagement within a BEd (FSL) program,” our students will have various opportunities to speak French and become meaningfully involved in the French-speaking community outside the classroom. Rachelle and Elizabeth will soon be hiring our “ambassador”, who will organize social events and help forge connections between pre-service teachers, students in the Modern Language Department, and the Acadian and francophone community.  Thank you Tess, Rachelle and Elizabeth for this wonderful partnership!

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In this newsletter:

• Winter Sessional Opportunitites
• Dr. Kathy Snow Delivers the Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies Annual Lecture
• Call for UPEI Internal Research Grants and SSHRC Explore Research Grants
• Hurrahs!!!

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WINTER SESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

The Faculty of Education has a number of sessional opportunities available for the Winter 2021 semester. You can find the posting here.

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DR. KATHY SNOW DELIVERS THE FULBRIGHT CANADA CHAIR IN ARCTIC STUDIES ANNUAL LECTURE

Dr. Kathy Snow, 2019-2020 Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies and faculty member in Education, recently developed a panel presentation for the 2020 University of Washington Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies annual lecture. The presentation, titled “Profiles of Perseverance and Success in Inuit Education: Focus Nunatsiavut,” used a collaborative format and invited participants from across Canada and the United states joined in a dialogue about Inuit education. You can view the presentation here.

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CALL FOR UPEI INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS AND SSHRC EXPLORE RESEARCH GRANTS

The IRG and SERG competitions provide research grants of up to $5000 for a one-year term to support stand-alone projects through the funding of fully developed research proposals.

Eligible Applicants: Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, Business, Education, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award.  A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with an eligible tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member. 

Program guidelines and application forms can be found here.  The competition deadline is 04-Dec-2020.

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HURRAHS!!!

Dr. Linuyan Guo-Brennan has shared news on two recent publications. With Charlene Vanleeuwen, Mary MacPhee and Michael Guo-Brennan, “Community-Based Learning for International Graduate Students, was published in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. (You can read the article here). As well, the article “Understanding the context of community-based learning in Kenya: Sociocultural, diversity and linguistic issues”, which was co-written with Charlene VanLeeuwen and Lori Weeks, was published in the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. (You can read the abstract here). Congratulations to all involved in these projects!

A new book on International Education as Public Policy in Canada is now available from McGill-Queen’s University Press. Edited by Merli Tamtik, Roopa Desai Trilokekor and Glen Jones, this book “provides a comprehensive analysis of international education policy in Canada, tracing the complex history of when, how, and why it emerged as a policy area of strategic importance.” Another reviewer, Michael Owen of Brock University, wrote:  “Engaging a wide range of policy theories and taking historical, federal, regional/provincial, intersectoral, and multi-actor perspectives, International Education as Public Policy in Canada provides a comprehensive look at Canada’s broader policy context. The book is a serious advance in state-of-the-art research on Canadian international education, and the authors tell the Canadian story of international education as policy as a highly nuanced narrative.” The chapter related to Prince Edward Island was written by our colleague Dr. Tim Goddard. (Congratulations, Tim!)

In this newsletter:

• We’re Back!
• What Did I Miss?
• In the News
• Orange Shirt Day is September 30
• Faculty of Education Council Meetings 2020-2021
• #ScholarStrikeCanada

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WE’RE BACK!

On 03-Aug-2020, the University of Prince Edward Island entered it’s final stage in expanding its return to work, teaching, learning and research on campus. While the operational plans are continually evolving based on direction of the University under the guidance of the Chief Public Health Officer. We are happy to welcome so many more people back to campus (in a socially distanced and face masked way)!

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WHAT DID I MISS?

We haven’t updated the blog in a while, so here is a quick synopsis of some highlights since we last brought you Faculty of Education news:

• Hellos & Goodbyes: This past summer we were sad to see two long-time faces from the fourth floor move on to other adventures. Dr. Sandy McAuley retired from teaching and Sylvain Gagné returned to the French School Board. While we are excited for them to begin new chapters, we really miss them both.
  
  The Faculty also welcomed some new faces this year! We have recently been joined by Elizabeth Blake, Dr. Rachelle Gauthier, and Dr. Gabriela Sanchez! All three instructors have offices on the 4th floor of Memorial, and we are really happy to have them on board!
  
• A book co-written by Dr. Sean Wiebe, Dr. Pauline Sameshima and Dr. Patricia Maarhuis, titled Parallaxic Praxis: Multimodal Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Research Design, has been awarded a 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award!
  
• July 15th marked five years that Ashley Clark has worked with our Faculty as Academic Coach.
  
• Yolanda Hood, the liaison/subject librarian for Education has returned to UPEI and is looking forward to working with our Faculty again.

Did we miss any of your updates over the summer? Let us know so we can share in our next blog post!

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IN THE NEWS

CBC recently interviewed Dr. Omeasoo Wāhpāsiw regarding the toppling of Sir John A. MacDonald’s statue in Montreal. You can hear the interview here.

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ORANGE SHIRT DAY IS SEPTEMBER 30

On 30-Sept-2020, the Faculty of Education is encouraging all students, staff, and faculty to wear orange as an annual opportunity to discuss aspects of residential schools, and to continue discussions year-round. Thank you for your support in bringing awareness to Orange Shirt Day we hope that many of you will participate in wearing orange! More information on this day can be found online at www.orangeshirtday.org.

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FACULTY OF EDUCATION COUNCIL MEETINGS 2020-2021

The new schedule of Faculty of Education Council meetings gets back underway later this week for the 2020-2021 academic year.

If you haven’t marked your calendars yet, you can find a list of meeting dates on the Dates to Remember page of this website.

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#SCHOLARSTRIKECANADA

The Arts and Sciences Equity and Inclusion committee invites the campus community to recognize and participate in what is being called “Scholar Strike Canada” (https://scholarstrikecanada.ca/)—an initiative being organized for September 9 and 10. As the name suggests, faculty across Canada will be joining thousands of academics in higher education to protest anti-Black, racist, and colonial police brutality and violence in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere. (There’s a large Scholar Strike action being organized in the U.S. also). For these two days, faculty are invited to use teaching and administrative time as much as they are able to raise awareness of how systemic racism impacts the daily lives of Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in Canada—including in academia. Colleagues at other universities have organized a series of digital teach-ins; the program is available on the website, and freely available to everyone. The A&S Equity and Inclusion committee will also be organizing discussions of some of the issues raised by those sessions as part of our ongoing reading group series.

For more information, contact the committee co-chairs: Ann Braithwaite, abraithwaite@upei.ca and Chris Power, cdspower@upei.ca

In this newsletter:

• Jan. 29 is Bell Let’s Talk Day
• In the News
• Hurrahs!!!

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JAN. 29 IS BELL LET’S TALK DAY

Bell Let’s Talk Day happens annually to reduce the stigma around mental health issues.  This January 29th, UPEI was happy to join that conversation.

Faculty, students and staff could drop by an information booth, post words of encouragement, and partake in Soup for the Soul.  Proceeds from the UPEI Women’s Hockey game in the evening will also go toward the Canadian Mental Health Association PEI Division in honour of Bell Let’s Talk.

On Bell Let’s Talk Day, for every text, mobile, and long-distance call made on the Bell network; tweet using #BellLetsTalk, social media video view; or use of the Facebook frame or Snapchat filter, Bell will contribute 5 cents more to Canadian mental health programs. Join in as we work together to improve the lives of Canadians living with mental health issues and help create positive change.

Just Keep Swimming!  #BellLetsTalk

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IN THE NEWS!

This week, Dr. Ron MacDonald, Dean of Education, was interviewed by CBC regarding the a literacy and numeracy survey being conducted across the province.

You can hear the interview with Matt Rainnie here (Click “Developing a PEI Literacy Strategy”), or you can read about UPEI’s call for a strategy here.

If you would like to share your views on views on literacy and numeracy in Prince Edward Island, please visit the survey currently being conducted.  It will take about 10 minutes, and you can find it here:  https://www.upei.ca/literacy

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HURRAHS!!!

Congratulations to Dr. Alaina Roach O’Keefe, who was recently awarded a “Graduate Excellence in Teaching Award” from the University of Western Ontario for her teaching of “Understanding the Early Childhood Educator” online in the summer of 2019.