By: Tony Davis Rejoice. It’s legal. After nearly 100 years of prohibition, you can legally light up, suck in a cloud of funky-named weed and relax. But before you do, there are a few things you should know about UPEI’s new […]
By: Tony Davis Rejoice. It’s legal. After nearly 100 years of prohibition, you can legally light up, suck in a cloud of funky-named weed and relax. But before you do, there are a few things you should know about UPEI’s new […]
By: Tony Davis Kent Bruyneel knows something about marijuana having grown up in the suburbs of Vancouver. “The first dispensaries were in Vancouver. There was policy there. Even if it was an ad hoc, policy is still policy,” he said. […]
By: Nathan Hood The February 25th meeting of Council saw the reading of a letter criticizing Love & Sex Week, an in-camera discussion of executive evaluations, an update on FOIPP Act work, and the consideration of bylaw and policy amendments. […]
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, […]
Vice President Academic and External Taya Nabuurs and Policy and Research Coordinator Colin Trewin presented the UPEISU’s policy priorities to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island’s Standing Committee on Education and Economic Development on October 18th. The first policy […]
UPEI has been given a D+ for its efforts to prevent sexual violence in a recently released report by national sexual violence prevention group Our Turn. The report evaluated the policies of fourteen Canadian universities, focusing on areas like complaint […]
By: Drew MacEachern Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:01pm. Before the agenda for the meeting was approved. VPSL (Student Life) Nathan Hood moved a motion to add new society ratifications to the agenda. President Dana […]
By: Fallon Mawhinney International students comprise a significant proportion of students at UPEI. For those who arrive not fluent in English, their first experience of UPEI usually comes through the English Academic Placement program, or EAP. We have already reported on […]
By: Drew MacEachern UPEI’s Student Council met for the first time this year last Sunday evening. The meeting started a little before six and began with an overview of technical issues led by Chair of Council Bob Deziel. These focused […]