By The Cadre Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. The grade and explanation of each executive report card is the collective opinion of The Cadre team. Malak Nassar Grade: B+ Vice President Academic and External (VPAX) […]
The team of executives elected and hired for this school year have been keen on improving student’s experience and maintaining a positive environment throughout many difficult challenges. This year has been different than any other before so judging the executive […]
By: Tony Davis UPEI President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz announced yesterday that the INSPIRE! Campaign has exceeded its $50 million fundraising goal. (Photo by Tony Davis) UPEI announced yesterday that the INSPIRE! Campaign, through the support of alumni, friends, foundations, companies, and […]
By: Samuel Midkiff On January 17, the Ontario government announced changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), including providing grants to students whose household income falls below a $50,000 threshold. (Government of Ontario) The UPEI student Union has recently come […]
By: Chelsea Perry Campus media is often times the only voice holding colleges and universities accountable for their actions. (Mitrija/Adobe Stock) “Journalism is a dying industry.†Every student journalist has had this drilled into their brains from the start. From […]
By: Samuel Midkiff The Confederation Bridge opened to the public on May 31, 1997 and cost $1.6 billion in public money. (Getty Images) Allow me to tell you the tale of two separate bridges, one in Quebec and the other […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: President (here), Vice President Finance (here), and Vice President Student Life (here). Emma Drake Grade: A This year’s […]
In mid-March, a new crop of executives were elected and hired, keen to improve the lives of students at UPEI. The executives are now more than halfway through their term, so the editorial board of The Cadre sat down with […]
On Remembrance Day, many people remember the fallen soldiers of World War I and World War II. However, the days of having family, friends, and neighbors who had served, lived, and died during these wars are on the verge of […]
The issue of violence against women was once again thrusted into the spotlight in October, a month that featured allegations of impropriety laid against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein and the subsequent popularization of the #MeToo campaign, which encouraged people […]
Since the Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada first adopted the red poppy as the official symbol of remembrance in 1921, Canada, along with other countries have worn the poppy to honour their fallen soldiers. The red poppy is a native plant along much […]
The Cadre met with UPEI business students Evan Hawley, the founder of Odyssey Virtual and co-founder Michael Thompson to chat about their entrepreneurial venture. The Cadre: Tell us a little bit about yourselves. Hawley: “I moved to UPEI and […]
The UPEISU Council met on October 29th for their fourth regularly scheduled meeting of the semester. The meeting saw prolonged discussion on executive evaluations (which occupied half of the meeting time), as well as motions on rape culture, land acknowledgments, […]
Isaiah Presley is a music producer, songwriter, and singer from Bayelsa, Nigeria. He is popularly known as 2’Izzy. He started out as a rapper; his grade school crush (name withheld) asked him to sing her a Drake song. He spent […]
By: Lorelei Kenny If you are wrapping up the first or last year of your undergraduate degree, you may have received an invitation in your UPEI inbox to participate in “The National Survey of Student Engagement†(NSSE). NSSE collects information […]
By: Drew MacEachern This article was originally published Oct. 30th 2014. Some minor edits have been made. Most Canadians do not think about the monarchy. For most it’s a non-entity, not worth discussing. This lack of debate on the monarchy […]
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