University of Prince Edward Island
Former names | Prince of Wales College (1860); Saint Dunstan's University (1855) |
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Motto | Faith, Knowledge, Service |
Type | Public |
Established | 1969 |
Affiliation | non-denominational |
Endowment | $20 million |
Chancellor | Don McDougall |
President | Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz |
Academic staff | 252 permanent, 51 term faculty (includes 5 3M Teaching Award winners & 15 funded research chairs) |
Students | 4,555[1] |
Undergraduates | 4,251 |
Postgraduates | 304 |
Location |
550 University Avenue Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4P3 Telephone: 902-566-0439 Fax: 902-566-0795 |
Campus | mixed rural / urban |
Sport Teams | UPEI Panthers |
Colours | Green & Red |
Nickname | Panthers |
Mascot | Pride the Panther |
Affiliations | ACU; CIS; AUCC; AUS; CBIE |
Website | http://upei.ca/ |
The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public liberal arts university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the sole university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000. [2]
History
The university traces its roots back to 1804, when Lt. Governor Edmund Fanning and the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island called for the establishment of Kent College. By 1820, the first Kent College building, known as "the National School", or James Breading's School was erected. Later succeeded by Central Academy, which received a Royal Charter in 1834. The Colleges were renamed for the Prince of Wales in honour of the future King Edward VII in 1860.[3] The University of Prince Edward Island also traces its roots back to its two earlier predecessor organizations, St. Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales College, founded in 1855 and 1860 respectively.[4] The two institutions were merged in 1969 by the government of Alex Campbell as part of a campaign to integrate the Island's Roman Catholic and Protestant communities, which had previously maintained the two separate institutions of higher learning. Holland College was later created to fill the void left by the merger of Prince of Wales College into the university. The University of Prince Edward Island is a non-denominational university established in 1969 by the amalgamation of Prince of Wales College (PWC) founded in 1834, and St. Dunstan's University (SDU) founded in 1855.[4] Its predecessor institutions ceased to operate although St. Dunstan's still retains its charter and the lands that were home to Prince of Wales became the campus for Holland College. UPEI is located on the former St. Dunstan's campus.
Legacy
On 8 May 2004 Canada Post issued 'University of Prince Edward Island, 1804-2004' as part of the Canadian Universities series. The stamp was based on a design by Denis L'Allier and on a photograph by Guy Lavigueur. The 49¢ stamps are perforated 13.5 and were printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited.[3]
Campus
UPEI's campus, located at the corner of Belvedere and University Avenues in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island's capital city, is built on 134 acres (54 hectares) of land. The Confederation Trail runs alongside its eastern boundary.
Original SDU buildings in the central quadrangle have been renovated to retain integrity of their exterior aesthetic design while meeting modern standards. Main Building, built in 1854, and Dalton Hall, built between 1917 and 1919, are on the registry of Historic Places of Canada.[5][6]
The War Memorial Hall (more generally known as Memorial Hall) is a landmark building on the campus of UPEI. Built as a men’s residence building in 1946, Memorial Hall honours alumni who had enlisted and died in the First World War, and in the Second World War.[7]
Over the past three decades, UPEI has experienced significant growth with many new buildings integrated into the campus, including Central Utility Building (1973), Duffy Science Centre, Blanchard Hall (1973), Bernardine Hall, Robertson Library (1975), Atlantic Veterinary College (1986), Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre (1990), Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall (1990), Food Technology Centre, K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre (1997), W.A. Murphy Student Centre (2002), MacLauchlan Arena (2004), Bill and Denise Andrew Hall residence facility (2006), expansions to the Atlantic Veterinary College (2007 and 2009), Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre (2007), a research and development laboratory which is home to the National Research Council of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and other partners, and Don and Marion McDougall Hall (2008). The most recent addition is the Health Sciences Building, home to the School of Nursing and Applied Human Sciences programs.[8]
In October 2004, the UPEI administration undertook an official campus plan to improve the aesthetics of modern buildings constructed since the amalgamation which do not enhance the original SDU design, and to take overall campus aesthetics into account for future developments on and adjacent to the campus.
Organization
The current President is Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, installed July 1, 2011. The current chancellor is Dr. Don MacDougall.[9]
Academics
UPEI offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in four faculties — Arts, Science, Education, and Veterinary Medicine — and two schools — Business and Nursing.[8] Bachelor's degree programs, in many cases including "honours" options, are available in Arts, Science, Business Administration, Education, and Nursing. Co-op programs have been established in Business Administration, Computer Science, Physics, and Dietetics. One new faculty, Veterinary Medicine, and two schools, Business Administration and Nursing, were added as the university expanded.
Master's and Doctoral degree programs were first introduced through the Atlantic Veterinary College and, beginning in 1999, a Master of Science degree was offered through the Faculty of Science. In that same year the first students were admitted to the university's new Master of Education program. As of 2010, in addition to the MEd graduate program, the Faculty of Education offered a PhD in Educational Studies. The university also now offers a Master of Arts in Island Studies. Recently the School of Business Administration began offering an Executive Master of Business Administration degree. Since 1998, The Centre for Conflict Resolution Studies has been offering courses leading to a Certificate in Conflict Resolution Studies. The Master of Applied Health Services Research (MAHSR) program is coordinated by the Atlantic Research Training Centre (ARTC).
The Faculty of Education offers one-year post-degree bachelor's degrees with specializations in international, adult, and indigenous education, French immersion and human resources development, a Master of Education (MEd) in leadership in learning, and a PhD in Educational Studies.
The Department of Applied Human Sciences has an accredited dietitian program. The university is accredited by a professional organization such as the Dietitians of Canada and the university's graduates may subsequently become registered dieticians.
The Office of Skills Development and Learning provides professional development courses applicable to many sectors and industries, including development programs for administrative assistants and new managers; collaboration, conflict, and communication training; and, financial management courses.[10]
Rankings
In Macleans magazine's University Rankings 2015, UPEI was ranked with Laurentian University in 10th place among all Canadian universities for offering primarily undergraduate education.[11]
Research
UPEI manages over $17 million in annual research expenditures.[12] The on-campus biosciences and health research facility is used by researchers from UPEI, National Research Council (Canada), and Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada.[8]
UPEI houses the L.M. Montgomery Institute, founded in 1993, which promotes scholarly inquiry into the life, works, culture, and influence of the Canadian writer, L.M. Montgomery. The collection of novels, manuscripts, texts, letters, photographs, sound recordings and artifacts and other Montgomery ephemera.[13]
Student life
Athletics
The UPEI Panthers have nine teams playing in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) and the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), including men's and women's ice hockey, soccer, basketball, as well as women's field hockey and rugby union and co-ed swimming.
The UPEI campus provides its students with many athletics amenities typically found on university campuses. The CARI Complex is a public recreation facility located on the campus and includes two hockey rinks (the MacLauchlan Arena as well as a practice rink) as well as two 25-metre swimming pools (a shallow recreational wading pool, and an eight-lane competitive pool with diving boards).[14][15] In 2009 UPEI inaugurated the UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place[16] which was built in part to host the 2009 Canada Games. It consists of a "class 2" eight-lane 400-metre running track and rugby field that has spectator seating for 1,335.
Residence
UPEI accommodates 434 students in three residences, Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Blanchard Hall, and Bernardine Hall. Bill and Denise Andrew Hall has two-room suites with single bedrooms.[17] In Blanchard Hall, each suite has two single bedrooms with a kitchenette and a living room.[18] Bernardine Hall (known as "Bernie" to the students) offers suites with two double bedrooms. Although the hall is co-ed, one floor is female-only.[19]
UPEI/SDU/PWC notable people
- James Charles McGuigan - Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto
- Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan - Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario
- James Morrison (bishop) - Archbishop, Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Angus Bernard MacEachern - 1st Bishop of Charlottetown (incl Magdalen Islands)
- Bernard Donald Macdonald - 2nd Bishop of Charlottetown; founder Saint Andrew's College
- James Charles McDonald - 4th Bishop of Charlottetown
- William Edwin Cameron - first Saint Dunstan's Rhodes Scholar, SDU Class of 1904
- Frank Zakem - LLD, B.A., B.Ed., B.Com, OPEI. Businessman, Politician Educator, Author
- Harold Lloyd Henderson - Presbyterian Minister, Mayor Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
- Jacob Gould Schurman - US Ambassador to Germany, President Cornell University
- James U. Campbell - 25th Chief Justice Oregon USA Supreme Court
- James Jeffrey Roche - Writer, American Consul in Switzerland
- Cyrus S. Ching - U.S. federal administrator, US Department of Labor Hall of Honor
- Jacques Hebert (Canadian politician) - Quebec Senator to Parliament; Author Deux innocents en Chine rouge (with Pierre Trudeau)
- Jean-Louis Levesque - Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Racehorse Owner (part owner of Triple Crown winner Secretariat)
- John Angus Weir - 4th President of Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
- William Christopher Macdonald - 4th Chancellor of McGill University; founder MacDonald & Brothers tobacco company
- Willibald Joseph MacDonald - 19th Lieutenant Governor of PEI
- Marion Reid - CM, OPEI, 21st Lieutenant Governor of PEI (and first woman Lt. Gov)
- Alexander Warburton - PEI Member of Parliament, 7th Premier of Prince Edward Island
- George William Howlan - 6th Lieutenant Governor of PEI
- William Wilfred Sullivan - 4th Premier of PEI
- Louis Henry Davies - 3rd Premier of PEI, Member of Parliament, 12th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 6th Chief Justice of Canada
- Donald Alexander MacKinnon - 8th Lieutenant Governor of PEI
- Herbert James Palmer - 11th Premier of PEI
- Aubin-Edmond Arsenault - 13th Premier of Prince Edward Island, PEI Supreme Court
- Thane Campbell - 19th Premier of PEI, Rhodes Scholar
- James Lee - 26th Premier of PEI
- Keith Milligan - 29th Premier of PEI
- Wayne Cheverie - PEI Supreme Court Judge
- James Hyndman - Alberta Supreme Court Judge
- Mark MacGuigan - Attorney General of Canada, PC (Queen's Privy Council for Canada)
- David Laird - 1st Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories, Canada
- Charles St. Clair Trainor - Chief Justice PEI Supreme Court, King's Counsel
- Mike Duffy - PEI Senator to Parliament of Canada
- Percy Downe - PEI Senator to Parliament of Canada
- Lorne Bonnell - PEI Senator to Parliament of Canada
- Melvin McQuaid - PEI Member of Parliament of Canada
- Alfred Lefurgey - PEI Member of Parliament of Canada
- Thomas Joseph Kickham - PEI Senator to Parliament of Canada
- James McIsaac - PEI Member of Parliament of Canada
- Angus Alexander McLean - PEI Member of Parliament of Canada
- Robert Deschamps - Member National Assembly of Quebec
- Bob MacQuarrie - Ontario MLA
- John Salmon Lamont - PWC and Princeton University, Reeve of Assinibola, Manitoba
- George Washington McPhee - Saskatchewan Member of Parliament of Canada
- Joe McGuire - PEI Member of Parliament of Canada
- Al MacAdam - NHL Hockey Player, Stanley Cup Champion 1974, NHL All-Star 1976 & 1977
- Bill MacMillan - NHL Hockey Player, Bronze Medal 1976 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France
- Joel Ward - NHL Hockey Player, Team Canada 2014 World Championship in Minsk, Belarus
- Dave Cameron - NHL Coach and Player
- Jim Foley - CFL Football Player, Grey Cup Champion 1973 & 1976, Most Outstanding Canadian Player
- Vernon Pahl - CFL Football Player, Grey Cup Champion 1984 & 1988
- Erin Carmody - Curler, MVP 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- Paul Craig - NASL Soccer Player
- Kara Grant - Modern Pentathlon Athens Olympics 2004 and Beijing Olympics 2008
- Ryan Anstey - soccer player Toronto Lynx USL First Division, Crown Prosecutor in Alberta
- Don McDougall (baseball) - President Labatt Brewing Co., principal in establishment of Toronto Blue Jays
- Cletus Dunn - MLA, Civil Servant
- Paul Connolly - Educator, Politician
- Jamie Ballem - MLA, Businessman
- Herb Dickieson - MLA, Physician, Educator
- Sir Andrew Macphail - Physician, Author, Soldier. Knighted in 1918 for literary and military work.
- John Joseph Alban Gillis - Surgeon, British Columbia Political Figure
- F.H. Auld - Agricultural Scientist, Saskatchewan Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 1916–46
- Eddie Gardner - Elder-in-Residence University of the Fraser Valley; founder Open-Net Salmon Boycott
- Ian MacDonald (politician) - 43rd Mayor of Charlottetown; known as Tex MacDonald
- Doug Currie - MLA
- Carolyn Bertram - MLA
- Paula Biggar - MLA
- Alan Buchanan - MLA, Educational Administrator
- Lucy Maud Montgomery - Author: Anne of Green Gables, Avonlea
- Gordon Pinsent - Screenwriter, Actor: Wind at My Back, Red Green Show, Old Man and the Sea {1999} voice
- Irene Gammel - Literary Historian: Baroness Elsa, Looking for Anne of Green Gables
- Sandra M. Macdonald - Chairperson National Film Board of Canada
- John Smith (Canadian poet) - Poet Laureate of PEI
- Rachna Gilmore - Children's Book Writer; 1999 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature
- Anne Compton - Poet; 2005 Governor General's Award for Poetry
- Tyler Shaw - Singer, MuchMusic Award Winner
- Shawn Murphy - Politician, Attorney
- Kevin MacAdam - Politician, Political Advisor
- Henry Callbeck - Ship Builder, Businessman, Sheriff of Queens County, Governor of Prince of Wales College
- William E. Andrew - Chancellor UPEI
- Wade MacLauchlan - 32nd Premier of PEI, President UPEI
- Ronald James Baker - OC, 1st President of UPEI
- Ralph McInerney - WWI Pilot in Royal Flying Corps; New Brunswick MLA
- Roger Soloman - Lieutenant Royal Canadian Navy; Educator
See also
References
- ↑ "Full-time plus Part-time Enrollment" (PDF). Association of Atlantic Universities. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ↑ http://www.gov.pe.ca/law/statutes/pdf/u-04.pdf University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000
- 1 2 Postage Stamp
- 1 2 "University of Prince Edward Island". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ↑ http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=5897 Main Building Registry of Historic Places of Canada
- ↑ http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=5898 Dalton Hall Registry of Historic Places of Canada
- ↑ http://www.upei.ca/facilities/campus/memorial-hall War Memorial Hall
- 1 2 3 "UPEI".
- ↑ http://home.upei.ca/about-upei/governance-and-structure/chancellor
- ↑ http://www.upei.ca/skillsdevelopmentandlearning/professional-development
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.upei.ca/research/about-us
- ↑ L.M. Montgomery Institute
- ↑ "Aquatics Facility Description". Capital Area Recreation Inc. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ↑ "Hosting History" (PDF). Capital Area Recreation Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ↑ "UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place". University of Prince Edward Island. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ↑ Residence | Student Life
- ↑ Residence | Student Life
- ↑ Residence | Student Life
Histories of the University
- Bruce, Marian. A Century of Excellence: Prince of Wales College, 1860-1969. Charlottetown: Prince of Wales Alumni Association/Island Studies Press, 2005.
- Bruce, Marian. Pets, Professors, and Politicians: The Founding and Early Years of the Atlantic Veterinary College. Charlottetown: Atlantic Veterinary College/Island Studies Press, 2004.
- MacEachern, Alan. Utopian U: The Founding of the University of Prince Edward Island, 1968-1970. Charlottetown: University of Prince Edward Island, 2005.
- Moase, Lorne Robert. "The Development of the University of Prince Edward Island, 1964-1972." M.Ed., University of New Brunswick, 1972.
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