Faculty of Arts at UPEI

10/06/2026

📢 Learn Paris's history through the stuff it's made of, from limestone and plastic to e-waste and ch*****ne. Whether you study business, psychology, the sciences, history or the arts, your discipline will shape what you notice, and the course is designed with that range in mind. No prerequisites and no French required. Travel bursaries are available. Space is limited.

Information session:
Thursday, October 8, 7–8 p.m.
EDT on Teams.
Save it to your calendar: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDQ0ZTFiMjYtNmU4My00ZTdiLWE1MWItYzYwZDQ1Zjk4YmYy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22781ea5f4-7d4f-4695-9718-668283cd5bbe%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%226028e4ff-631e-414e-821b-db6c1ca0124b%22%7d

Registration details are still being finalized, so the interest form is the best way to hear first. Add your email now and you'll get the application details as soon as they're available: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/KAw0cVJ0Le

Contact [email protected] for any questions.

09/29/2026

📢Wondering if Graduate School is Right For You ?
Come to the Panel Discussion on Graduate School to gain some insists on what's right for you on Wednesday October 28th 2026 from 10am to 12pm at Faculty Lounge 201 SDU Main Building.

09/03/2026

2026 SHANNON K. MURRAY LECTURE ON HOPE AND THE ACADEMY
Tuesday, September 22 | 3:30 p.m.
SDU Main Building, Room 201
Hope for Humans
Please join us for this year’s Shannon K. Murray Lecture featuring Dr. Kevin Gannon, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence and Professor of History at Queens University of Charlotte.
Dr. Gannon writes:
We live in times where it's hard to embrace hope; so much of what we see and hear around us is both inhuman and inhumane. Higher education seems no different; callous leaders and the consultant class, fraught cultural conflicts, dizzying changes wrought by AI tools can--if we let them--portend a pretty bleak future. But that future is not inevitable! The future that tech lords and authoritarians want does not have to be destiny. In higher education, we have the opportunity--the obligation--to not just imagine, but create models of other possible futures, hopeful futures which are just and sustainable. To be meaningfully hopeful, though, means that hope must be accompanied by a sense of agency--and the primary way we can cultivate that agency is through (re)centering the essential human-ness at the core of our work. This talk will explore that possibility space, and suggest practical ways to create those hopeful models for and with students--humans teaching humans, humanely.
The Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy was established in 2023 to honour the achievements of Dr. Shannon Murray, an award-winning professor of English and a 3M National Teaching Fellow. In 2022, Dr. Murray received the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the highest honours awarded in Canada for teaching and learning in higher education.
All are welcome. We hope you’ll join us.

01/28/2025

A public forum titled “The Future of Professional Journalism and Public Broadcasting” will take place in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre Amphitheatre (121S) on Wednesday, February 5, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

12/18/2024

https://www.upei.ca/communications/spotlight/2024/12/ryan-drew?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR33iGNiNIoI4FQne2DbvIw38B-zj2M7luC08UGmSfqI62T1paiXS7-vy6w_aem_n8BBMnJzxHF4n_sMeAmOzQ

Ryan Drew is an artist, researcher, UPEI alumnus, and sessional instructor in the Faculty of Arts.

12/13/2024

12/10/2024

On Friday, December 6, the Faculty of Arts hosted a Student Showcase, which saw thirteen groups of students present their work on a variety of topics.

One group of students shared their presentation on the formation of the University of Prince Edward Island. Sienna Beers, Jayce Clarkin, Andraya Gallant, and Lucy MacPhee spent a lot of time in the university archives and special collections undertaking research for this assignment, which was completed for Inge Dorsey’s UPEI 1030 course.

University of Prince Edward Island
UPEI Alumni

12/07/2024

CALLING ALL STUDENTS! SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO THE UPEI ARTS REVIEW!

The UPEI Arts Review is a student-led writing publication that highlights and publishes student work every year. This year's edition is currently calling for submissions.

UPEI students can submit academic or creative writing, as well as visual art that could appear on the cover or within the book. We highly encourage any student who has an interest in getting their art published to submit. Multiple submissions are allowed!

To submit, email your work to [email protected]. Submissions close on December 20, 2024. Feel free to email or contact us on our Instagram page, .artsreview, if you have any questions or concerns.

11/16/2024

Homelessness and Food Insecurity on Canada's Food -- Island Harry Baglole Memorial Public Symposium-HD 720p

11/11/2024

A book of poetry, titled The Work, by Bren Simmers, managing editor of the Institute of Island Studies’ Island Studies Press, has been nominated for the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry.