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. Jose Gonzalez Grade: A+ Throughout this first semester, Jose’s efforts […]
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. Ayomikun Oguntola Grade: B+ Despite the challenges this semester, Ayomikun […]
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 Fairouz Gaballa (All photos via Spotify) Vampires by Wishing 777 by Joji If Blue Could be Happiness by Florist Saviour Complex by Phoebe Bridgers High to Death (2018 version) by Car Seat Headrest Falling by Harry Styles Sunlight by […]
By John Ployer UPEI (Photo by UPEI) If you’re a new student to UPEI, congratulations! That means you’re an adult member of the most mocked generation in human history: millennials. Every day millennials are bombarded with examples of our own […]
By Sam Arseneau Princess Takamado arrives at Charlottetown Airport (Photo by Ken Linton/CBC). For the first time since 2004, Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan has visited Prince Edward Island. While on Prince Edward Island, Princess Takamado was received […]
By John Ployer Recently, Instagram rolled out a pilot which saw some users lose the ability to see how many likes individual posts receive. Instagram wants to see how users would react to the change before they make it platform-wide. […]
A red maple from the Macphail Homestead (Photo by Gary Schneider) By: John Ployer A free upcoming course promises to teach participants how to use plants native to PEI to beautify their homes and improve wildlife habitat. The free course, […]
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 […]
âš ï¸ Content warning: This article contains graphic images which may be upsetting to some readers.âš ï¸ By: Allison O’Brien Iqaluit native and UPEI Master of Science student Enooyaq Sudlovenick sits in her office at the Atlantic Veterinary College where she is […]
By: Yakosu Umana UPEI student Alex MacDonald is conducting a study to find reasons why fewer men attend parenting seminars. MacDonald helps organize Triple P parenting seminars with UPEI psychology professor Philip Smith. (Photo by Yakosu Umana) Alex MacDonald wonders […]
By: Tony Davis Gerard Mitchell, P.E.I.’s referendum commissioner stopped off at UPEI for an info session to break down the options for the upcoming referendum. (Photo by Tony Davis) P.E.I.’s referendum commissioner, Gerard Mitchell was happy to see a good […]
By: Tony Davis Hannah Frizzell started attending UPEI in 2015 to obtain her bachelor’s degree in sociology and anthropology. She attended classes on campus in all her previous years, but this September just as school was kicking off, she gave […]
By: Semi Usiade The director of UPEI’s new doctor of psychology program, Stephen Butler, sits inside his new office in Memorial Hall, UPEI. (Semi Usiade) Without a place for students to train in psychology at the doctorate level, many students […]
By: Tony Davis Alex Montgomery is a fourth year engineering student at UPEI and is one of the students working on a cube shaped optical satellite in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency. (Tony Davis) Alex Montgomery has been working […]
By: Kai Vere The UPEI Cheerleading team practices their routine at the North Shore Community Centre in York. The routine will be performed at upcoming CheerExpo national championships in Halifax, where they broke provincial records last year with their second […]
By: Chelsea Perry Students will be voting today and tomorrow on whether or not to create a $4.20 levy, charged to students per academic year, to continue the Aspiria program. (UPEI photo) Today and tomorrow, the UPEISU will be holding […]
By: Allison O’Brien The UPEISU Council meets every second Sunday evening in the Don and Marion MacDougall Hall building at UPEI to discuss SU services and how to better represent the interests of students. (Allison O’Brien) The UPEISU Council met […]
By: Colin Doran John Ployer is the VP Finance of the UPEISU. A recently leaked memo has revealed that Ployer spent $25,000 on character outfits for the game Fortnite. The purchase was hidden from council under the guise of a […]
By: Sylvanna Jackson Many of us black students felt that sometimes we do not belong or have had direct encounters with racism. (Photo by Edutopia) For a student at UPEI, the highlights for the month of February are the widely anticipated […]
By: Thomas Becker The Panthers have had their most successful regular season in more than two decades. This weekend they are heading to Halifax for the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Championships.  (Photo by Janessa Hogan) On the 21st anniversary of their […]
By: Chelsea Perry Alpha Psi Nu, an independent fraternity at UPEI, was denied society ratification by the UPEISU on February 10, 2019, citing concerns with party culture and hazing. (Photo by Mike Needham/UPEI) At February 10th’s UPEISU council meeting, news broke […]
By: Allison O’Brien Master of Science student Laura Young weighs an ingredient that will aide in detecting senescent cells in skeletal muscle cross-sections at the Health Sciences Building at UPEI on February 7, 2019. (Allison O’Brien) Laura Young says two […]
By: Tony Davis UPEI Theatre Studies coordinator Greg Doran (standing, left) works on a scene with Vagabond Productions players Guy Brun and Charlotte Robertson. Vagabond will present A Most Pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus March 12 to 16. (Submitted photo) It […]
By: Thomas Becker Fourth-year nursing student Bailey Smith has been making a name for herself as one of UPEI’s greatest athletes. (Thomas Becker) She’s accomplished more in eight seconds than most student-athletes can only dream of. In just two seasons […]
By: Allison O’Brien CHARLOTTETOWN — The 2019 worldwide NIBS case competition will be hosted at the University of Prince Edward Island during the reading week break, the university confirmed Thursday. The prestigious competition will bring 16 undergraduate students from around the […]
By: Tony Davis Professor Nola Etkin poses outside her office in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre at UPEI. Etkin has been part of advancing LGBTQ2S+ rights in P.E.I. since her arrival in 1997. (Tony Davis) Nola Etkin is part of […]
By: Chelsea Perry It felt like a rush to post photos of myself in a bra and underwear on Instagram and see immediate positive reactions. (Get Your Guide) Let’s have an honest chat about sex work. How many times have […]
Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket. (Popaukropa/Adobe Stock) Sometimes I struggle to get in the mood for sex. I was wondering if aphrodisiacs actually work, and if so, what should I try? It’s true that certain […]
By: Yakosu Umana Daniel Ohaegbu from Overtime Entertainment works on a project for the events and entertainment management group on Jan. 31. (Yakosu Umana) Daniel Ohaegbu and his friends sat around thinking about what they could do to make P.E.I. feel more […]
By: Allison O’Brien The UPEISU Council meets every second Sunday evening in the Don and Marion MacDougall Hall building at UPEI to discuss SU services and how to better represent the interests of students. (File Photo/Allison O’Brien) The UPEISU Council […]
By: Allison O’Brien Master of Science student Tarteela Alkayyali looks down at a microfluidics system at the Sustainable Design Engineering building at UPEI on Thursday, February 7, 2019. (Allison O’Brien) Tarteela Alkayyali is searching for a new way to extract […]
By: Tony Davis Brian Affouan stands outside Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, the campus residence where he is staying for his first year at UPEI. Next year he hopes to move off campus. (Tony Davis) Brian Affouan moved to P.E.I. […]
By: Allison O’Brien UPEI students signed letters and hearts this week about why mental health matters. The letters and hearts will be sent to Canada’s Minister of Health to underline the urgent need for action on student mental health. (Allison O’Brien) […]
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: Allison O’Brien Are you in favour of the proposed changes to the UPEI Student Union Constitution? (Good Studio/Adobe Stock) Tomorrow and on Wednesday students will login to MyUPEI’s Simply Voting platform to elect three new executives to lead the […]
By: Tony Davis Growing up on P.E.I., it isn’t weird to hear Holland College referred to as Holiday College. Some believe college is much easier than university. So, The Cadre hit both campuses to ask the hard-hitting question. The Cadre went […]
Please note: This article was updated at 3:08 pm AST on January 20, 2019 to reflect the most recent list of candidates for the UPEISU executive election. By: Allison O’Brien The candidates for the UPEISU’s executive election have been announced. All […]
By: Tony Davis A Toyota truck makes its way down Queen Street during Wednesday’s snowstorm, which shut down educational institutions across the province. (Tony Davis) Sara MacDonald is a first year Holland College student. She said she enjoys snow days because she […]
By: Chelsea Perry Aspiria is a student assistance program that provides a 24/7 support call centre, online resources, self-help tools, and options for referral to community-based professionals. (Harvard Business Review) Back in September, the UPEISU launched their partnership with Aspiria, […]
By: Allison O’Brien The food bank opened yesterday in the former Mickey’s Place coffee kiosk. (Allison O’Brien) University students are not typically considered to be high priority when it comes to hunger relief resources in Canada. However, a 2014 Food […]
By: Chelsea Perry December 6 will be the 29th anniversary of the Montreal massacre. (Paradigm Publishing) In honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women […]
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 Academic and External (here), and Vice President Finance (here). Sarah MacEachern Grade: A There […]
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 Academic and External (here), and Vice President Student Life (here). John Ployer Grade: C […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: Vice President Academic and External (here), Vice President Finance (here), and Vice President Student Life (here). William McGuigan […]
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 […]
By: The Cadre Editorial Board From left to right: Vice-President Academic and External Emma Drake, Vice-President Student Life Sarah MacEachern, Vice-President Finance John Ployer, President William McGuigan. (UPEI) In mid-March, a new crop of executives were elected and hired, keen […]
By: Allison O’Brien The Fox and Crow’s peppermint mocha versus Tim Horton’s candy cane mocha. (Allison O’Brien) It feels like just days since I reviewed the Tim Hortons and Fox and Crow PSL. That was back in October, when I […]
By: Tony Davis Needles found last week off a Kent Street sidewalk in Charlottetown. (Tony Davis) There is a new place between Holland College and Hunter’s Ale House off a side street connecting to Kent Street. It is a walk college […]
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