By Luke Ignace The following release was submitted to The Cadre The Bahamas have been devastated by Hurricane Dorian and are in desperate need of assistance. Two Islands in particular, Grand Bahama and Abaco have been hit the hardest. PEI […]
By Luke Ignace The following release was submitted to The Cadre The Bahamas have been devastated by Hurricane Dorian and are in desperate need of assistance. Two Islands in particular, Grand Bahama and Abaco have been hit the hardest. PEI […]
By Sam Arseneau Design of the future UPEI residence (photo credits: Coles Associates Limited) Students are faced with many challenges they must overcome when first coming to university, but one of which should not be if they will find a […]
By Sam Arseneau Students raising money for Bahamas relief efforts at Welcome Fair (Phot credits: Sam Arseneau) Tragedy struck the Bahamas on September 1, 2019 when Dorian, a category five hurricane, hit the island nation with winds of up to […]
By John Ployer Student council on Sunday voted unanimously in favour of giving councillors compensation for their work. With the passage of the “Councillor Compensation†policy, councillors will now be entitled to up to $200 in compensation at the end […]
By Amy Pascher Heathrow Airport (photo credits: Glamox) Heathrow Airport is a jungle gym. Compared to the sleepy, pleasant, quietness of the Charlottetown Airport or even the jumping hustle and bustle of Trudeau International Airport, Heathrow is a beast of […]
By: The Cadre Are you new to campus? Are you returning, but still trying to find your way around campus? The Cadre has some tips and tricks to help you thrive this year at UPEI! All these suggestions come from […]
By Sam Arseneau Students gather at the Welcome Fair (Photo credits: Sam Arseneau/The Cadre) Clubs, societies, and goats all came together yesterday to greet students returning to UPEI for another semester. The fair was a way for clubs and societies […]
By Ben MacIntosh Students observe Mawi’omi performers (photo credits: Ben MacIntosh) New UPEI students were able to participate in a unique first-time addition to the new student orientation (NSO) proceedings Tuesday. First-year students were welcomed to watch and participate in […]
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: 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: 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: Allison O’Brien The International Student Office (ISO) says that there are still students, domestic and international, who are struggling to find a place to live in Charlottetown. While it’s not unusual that some students may still be searching, the […]
By: Dan Timen The University of Prince Edward Island has been selected to host the U SPORTS national event for women’s hockey in 2019 and 2020. This will be the first time UPEI has hosted U SPORTS nationals for women’s […]
By: Adi Vella Dalton Hall is the second oldest building on the UPEI campus. Its origins date back to 1917 when it was built to serve as a residence. The building was constructed with the financial support of Sir Charles […]
By: Adi Vella UPEI has come under fire for its handling of its storm closure decision on January 23rd. While PEI’s public school board had announced its decision to close schools three hours early and Holland College announced it would […]
By: Nathan Hood CHARLOTTETOWN – Two chimpanzees have been fired by UPEI after it received criticism for its delayed decision to close the university on January 23rd, The Cadre has learned. The chimpanzees were brought in from the Atlantic Veterinary […]
By: Allison O’Brien Last week, a number of UPEI students reported seeing white nationalist posters around Charlottetown. The posters read, “Stop the ethnocide of old-stock Canadians†along “Defend Your Freedom†and “Defend Your Identity.†The posters were placed at a […]
Growing up, I was always preached to about eating the daily intake of fresh fruits that was prescribed to me not only by Canada’s Food Guide but also by my parents. They told me tall tales of princesses who gained […]
By: Dan Timen “And the winning team is…†These words captured the attention of the UPEI students in Downtown Charlottetown’s Next Door Lounge on Friday evening. The large crowd in suits and blazers eagerly anticipated the announcement of the winners […]
The UPEI Student Union found itself in a controversy after a UPEI Confessions post accused UPEISU President Hammad Ahmed of taking credit for the work of others, particularly regarding the sexual assault policy currently under development by UPEI. The accusation […]
The UPEISU Council met for its final meeting of 2017 and discussed the Student Centre Refresh, the creation of a new SU award, a proposal for a clubs mentorship program, and the SU’s 2016-17 audited financial statements (okay – these […]
Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: President (here), Vice President Academic & External (here), and Vice President Student Life (here). William McGuigan Grade: B- Vice President Finance William McGuigan […]
Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: President (here), Vice President Academic & External (here), and Vice President Finance (here). Megan Rix Grade: C Of all the executives this year, […]
Before reading our report cards, check out our rubric here. Looking for another report card? Find them here: Vice President Academic & External (here), Vice President Student Life (here), and Vice President Finance (here). Hammad Ahmed Grade: D+ Hammad Ahmed was the […]
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 […]
The UPEISU Council met on November 19th for an extended meeting to hear a presentation from The Wave, review financial reports for Mickey’s Place, The Wave, and Halloween Pub, and vote on the amended budget for the SU. #SaveTheWave Presentation […]
Humour is really, really difficult to manage in a classroom context. Teachers who have reputations for being funny are typically people who are funny (or who exploit humour, or value wit) more generally. To a certain extent, they can’t help […]
As much as it scares me to say and for you to hear, finals are drawing near. Like the darkness that spreads across the sky at 5 pm, the end of the semester is an ineliminable outcome. As you sit […]
The Arts Review is a student-led print publication that strives to promote excellence in student writing at UPEI. Last year, the Review published its sixth volume: White Water. This volume contains a wide variety of both creative and academic pieces that […]
The court was filled with the screeching of basketball shoes struggling to grip the surface as the players wearing them ran around the court completing complicated drills. The team’s coach issued instructions in his typical booming voice; his language consisting […]
With final exams just around the corner, making plans to go home, and the Christmas holidays fast-approaching, we as students are swamped with things to do. How are we to cram classes, studying, work and personal commitments in the time we […]
One of the effects of being beaten with the STEM stick so often is that I sound like an anti-tech Luddite. However, nothing could be further from the truth. My problem resides with the technozealots, who believe that all of […]
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 […]
dtimen@upei.ca The Ted Rogers Management Conference (TRMC) is one of the largest undergraduate business conferences in Canada, hosted by the Ted Rogers School of Management. This conference is intended to gather the brightest students from across North America for an […]
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 […]
The Baha’i faith has recently celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of its founder Bahá’u’lláh. Although it is a relatively younger faith tradition compared to its peers, Baha’ism has spirited followers all over the world. Baha’ism as a faith is […]
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 […]
Photo: taken by a UPEI student on a field trip to Basin Head Yes, you should attend your classes and take every opportunity to participate and learn in the context of your courses, but … there is more! When […]
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, […]
How to host a rad party you ask? Well, you need good music for starters, you could bring some mad flipping lights and if you’re feeling really ambitious, add a few smoke machines. You’d be amazed how these things can […]
Left to right: Patti Kibenge and Anna Frankfurt This year’s Maths, Statistics & Computer Science conference of Science Atlantic was held at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, in mid-October. Students from many member universities were sent to […]
If you’ve printed anything at UPEI this year, you might have noticed that it didn’t cost you anything. Well, it hasn’t always been free, and it won’t be free for much longer. UPEI used to charge ten cents per page […]
The Organizational Behaviour Case Competition (OBCC) is the largest student-run competition in Canada. OBCC is organized by the Human Resources Student Association of the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM). This year the OBCC will be based out of the […]
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 […]
The Atlantic Canada Career Week (ACCW) is a five-day event that focuses on helping students prepare for their future careers. This year ACCW will take place between October 30th and November 3rd. ACCW travels to public schools and postsecondary institutions […]
You probably know this by now, but to conclude our SU election series, we bring you the official results. These were ratified by the Student Council on Sunday, the 12th of March, 2017. Hammad Ahmed garnered 757 votes to become […]
There are two days in the year when students are actually excited to log into their Campus Login: regular semester registration day (which happens at the end of May) and summer semester registration day (which is at the end of […]
By: Morin Mawhinney When The Cadre walked into the newly renovated Department of Development and Alumni Involvement building at 618 University Drive, the bright atmosphere of the space perfectly reflected each staff member’s enthusiasm. The Cadre sat down with Executive […]