The following message is being distributed by the UPEI Faculty Association, CUPE-1870, and CUPE-501. On Wednesday, July 19, union representatives from the UPEI Faculty Association, CUPE-1870 and CUPE-501 met with Interim President Greg Keefe and Interim Vice President People and Culture Sue Connolly to discuss the steps that UPEI Administration is taking to implement the recommendations…

The following reflections were submitted by Dr. Ian Dowbiggin, Professor of History and Classics. My earliest memories of Richard Kurial, who passed away on June 30, 2023, date back to the time in 1993 when he moved into the history department office across the hall from me in SDMB. As most of the UPEI community…

The UPEI Faculty Association (UPEIFA) joins the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and other faculty associations across Canada in condemning yesterday’s attack on a colleague and two students in a “Gender Issues” class at the University of Waterloo. At a time of rising harassment and hate, both online and in person, targeting gender, sexuality, and race,…

A week after the UPEI Board of Governors released a redacted copy of the Rubin Thomlinson report into our toxic working environment, we are still left with more questions than answers. To be clear, responsibility for answering most of these questions rests squarely with the Board and UPEI Administration. However, there are some questions that we believe…