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鈥淚 was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton,鈥� jokes Eden Robinson, the next featured author in the Winter鈥檚 Tales Author Reading. 鈥淚 am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.鈥�

Robinson is a powerful fiction writer of Haisla heritage born on the northern coast of British Columbia. She will bring her sense of humour and her visceral, impassioned, and deeply empathic new novel, Son of a Trickster, to the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown on Monday, March 13 at 7:30 pm.

The website notes that 鈥淩obinson has become one of Canada鈥檚 first female Native writers to gain international attention, making her an important role model.鈥� She has been an advocate for Indigenous health care, housing, access to jobs, and land rights, and a critic of detrimental government policies. Her fiction has contributed significantly to the renaissance of Indigenous culture.

Robinson鈥檚 first book, a collection of stories, Traplines (1998), won the Winifred Holtby Prize for the best work of fiction in the Commonwealth. Traplines, which grew out of her Indigenous heritage, was a New York Times Editor鈥檚 Choice.

Her second book, the immensely popular novel Monkey Beach (2000), 鈥渋s a mesmerizing tale of a young native woman coming of age while dealing with the demons that haunt her dreams, her family, and her heritage鈥� (Peg Hill, Northern Star Magazine). Monkey Beach was nominated for the 2000 Governor General鈥檚 Award for fiction and the 2000 Giller Prize.

Son of a Trickster is a coming-of-age novel. Jared is a burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted. He smokes and drinks too much, but also has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age. He puzzles over why his maternal grandmother has never liked him and says he's the son of a trickster, that he isn't human. But ravens do speak to him鈥攅ven when he's not stoned.

Eden received the 2016 Writers鈥� Trust of Canada Engel/Findley Award for a writer in mid-career with a remarkable body of work. The jury wrote, 鈥淚n a world where the legacies of colonial violence are alive and present every day, Robinson鈥檚 work resonates with crucial political and ethical questions that everyone needs to consider. This is vital, engaged, and artful writing that sticks in the memory and makes us think about who, and where, we are.鈥�

Eden Robinson鈥檚 reading is sponsored by the 精童欲女 Faculty of Arts, the Department of English, and the Canada Council of the Arts. A book signing will follow. The public is invited and admission is free. For further information phone 902-566-0389.

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Join 精童欲女鈥檚 Environmental Studies program for a public symposium on carbon pricing. 鈥淧utting a Price on Carbon: A PEI Perspective鈥� runs Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (room 242) of 精童欲女鈥檚 Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All are welcome. The speakers for the evening include , an environmental economist and assistant professor of economics at 精童欲女; and , director of the federal policy program for the Pembina Institute.

Flanagan is the co-author of more than 10 publications. She researches and promotes public policy solutions that reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel development and that support Canada's transition to clean energy. Her technical and opinion work has been published in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and PostMedia newspapers across Canada. She appears regularly on national current affairs television programs, including CBC鈥檚 Power and Politics.

Flanagan holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering with a minor in public policy from the University of New Brunswick. Her contributions to technical and humanitarian issues have been highlighted by organizations including the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick, and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. In 2016 she was named one of Canada鈥檚 top 30 under 30 in sustainability by Corporate Knights magazine, and has twice been named one of Ottawa鈥檚 鈥淭op 100 lobbyists鈥� by The Hill Times.

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A portion of the donation will bring in special guest speaker . Nyuurnibe is a noted public speaker and mental health advocate. He is a Bell Let鈥檚 Talk spokesperson, a former TedX speaker, and was one of the 2016 Faces of Mental Illness for the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health.

The donation also supports mental health programming throughout the year. 鈥淪tudent Affairs is thrilled to receive this generous gift,鈥� said Anne Bartlett, coordinator of the Pathways to Academic Success at 精童欲女. 鈥淲hether it's exam anxiety workshops, a stress-reducing night of games and crafts, or the purchasing of stress kits, this money allows us to support the student community during the stressful busy times of the year.鈥�

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The 2017 精童欲女 Don Mazer Arts and Science Lecture by Dr. Catherine Morley, cancelled on February 10 because of a snowstorm, has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 2, 7:00 pm, in the Dining Room (third floor, room 301) of the 精童欲女 Health Sciences Building, located next to the Student Union Building and Sports Centre.

Dr. Catherine Morley, a film-maker, textile artist, and professor in the School of Nutrition and Dietetics at Acadia University, will present 鈥淭he Arts and the Health/Helping Professions.鈥� Her talk will focus on arts-informed teaching strategies for working with students who are preparing for health and human services careers. She will also draw on her expertise and experience in using arts-based approaches for research in health and human services.

Dr. Morley holds a PhD in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies/Educational Research (Calgary), an MA in Adult Education (UBC), and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Nutrition (Guelph). She completed a dietetic internship at Vancouver General Hospital.

After twenty-five years working as a dietitian practitioner-researcher, she completed a documentary film certificate and textile arts diploma at Capilano University in North Vancouver, both to develop artistically and to learn about expanding the reach of research findings through the use of the arts. She then founded the Canadian Institute for Studies and Art in Nutrition Education.

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The next presentation in the University 100 Vern Smitheram and Andy Robb Leadership Development Series 2017 features Elyse Cottrell. Cottrell will present 鈥淒is-Abling Challenges, Redefining Success鈥� on Wednesday, March 1 at 1:30 pm in 精童欲女鈥檚 Chaplaincy Centre.

Elyse Cottrell is the first 精童欲女 student to be awarded a prestigious 3M National Student Fellowship through the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). The 3M National Student Fellowship honours up to ten full-time students at Canadian post-secondary institutions who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their lives and their post-secondary institutions. These students embrace a vision of education that enhances their academic experience and beyond.

Cottrell鈥檚 talk will touch on her work as a disability rights advocate and the importance of access to services, and inclusion, for all. She will also discuss the 3M National Student Fellowship program.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Every week, 精童欲女 Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. Congratulations to Bailey Smith (Track and Field) and Dut Dut (Men鈥檚 Basketball), the 精童欲女 Panther Subway Athletes of the week for February 21-26!

Bailey Smith is a Nursing student from Mount Stewart, PEI and a member of the 精童欲女 Track and Field team. She won gold in the 60-meter race at the AUS Track and Field Championship. 鈥淏ailey won a very close 60m championship by three hundredths of a second over some very strong AUS competition,鈥� said coach Colin MacAdam. 鈥淗er hard work has paid off with this win鈥攁 very deserving 精童欲女 athlete of the week!鈥�

Dut Dut is a fifth-year Bachelor of Arts student from Ottawa, Ontario and a forward on the 精童欲女 Men鈥檚 Basketball team. The Panthers lost their final two games of the season, but Dut Dut shone in both weekend games, scoring 57 points and grabbing 22 rebounds. He is ranked number one in the country for rebounds in the regular season, averaging 11.9 per game. 鈥淒ut Dut is very deserving of the Athlete of the Week award,鈥� said coach Tim Kendrick. 鈥淗e had a great weekend for us and broke the single season AUS rebound record here at 精童欲女 in the process! A very fitting way for him to end his university basketball career!鈥�

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The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, visited the 精童欲女 campus on Monday, as part of a whirlwind tour through the Maritime Provinces.

Minister Duncan first met with President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz and Interim Dean of Science Kathy Gottschall-Pass and discussed several topics including climate change, women in science, and growth in science programming at 精童欲女.

鈥淲e were so pleased to welcome Minister Duncan to our campus to advise her of the tremendous work we are doing to create unique programming, such as with the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences and the School of Sustainable Design Engineering,鈥� said President Abd-El-Aziz. 鈥淚t was a great opportunity to highlight our recent successes as well as introduce some plans for the future.鈥�

President Abd-El-Aziz and Dr. Gottschall-Pass were then joined by Vice-President Academic and Research Robert Gilmour who accompanied the Minister to the 精童欲女 Climate Research Lab.

Dr. Adam Fenech, associate professor and director of the 精童欲女 Climate Research Lab, introduced the Minister to several of his graduate students and outlined some of the Lab鈥檚 initiatives including CLIVE (Coastal Impacts Visualization Environment) and climate change monitoring programs. Dr. Fenech worked previously with Minister Duncan as part of the Nobel Peace Prize award-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a scientific body established under the auspices of the United Nations.

The brief visit also included a presentation by Dr. Amy Hsiao, associate professor in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. Dr. Hsiao explained how the four-year degree program is set up like an engineering consulting firm where students serve as junior engineers working on real-world challenges for their real-world clients. She described the distinctive features found in the 76,000 square-foot facility that houses both the sustainable design engineering program and 精童欲女 Department of Physics, and invited the Minister to come again for a tour. The building opened a month earlier than scheduled in August 2016. Dr. Hsaio also serves on the board of the Wind Energy Institute of Canada and is currently working on a research project with Dr. Fenech examining the effects of climate conditions on windmill efficiency and designing solutions to minimize those effects.

Minister Duncan left the Island mid-afternoon for Moncton, and then will travel to Halifax for an announcement on Wednesday that involves the 精童欲女 Climate Research Lab.

On Tuesday, March 7, the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre will hold the final webinar in its 2017 winter webinar series, New Approaches to Old Diseases, from 1:00鈥�2:00 pm AST.

Speakers Dr. Caroline Hewson and Dr. Christine Savidge will tie together the concepts illustrated in the first two webinars, using diverse clinical cases from their practice and submitted by webinar participants. As with the previous two webinars, this webinar gives participants one hour of CE.

In the first webinar, Dr. Hewson reviewed three core communication tools for delivering terminal diagnoses and creating workable clinical care plans with clients. She also introduced three other tools that provide a framework to help attendees and their clients to anticipate and respond with greater peace of mind, as the animal鈥檚 condition deteriorates, and to identify the right time to start talking about euthanasia and the animal鈥檚 end-of-life.

In the second webinar, Dr. Savidge used feline and canine cases of renal disease to illustrate different disease trajectories and how they can help veterinarians and clients anticipate and respond to an animal鈥檚 changing condition, as renal insufficiency progresses, and decide when or if intensive rescue treatment is desirable in uremic crises.

For more information, please visit . Registrants who are unable to attend a webinar at the scheduled time will be sent the link to view it after it has taken place.

When Dr. Mike West, DVM, was growing up, he had pets but no inkling that he would become a veterinarian鈥攗ntil his third year at Dalhousie University.

Born in England, Dr. West moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1982, with his family. After he graduated from high school, he attended Dalhousie University where he earned a BSc in biology, with a minor in English literature. While at Dalhousie, he saw a poster promoting an information session about AVC鈥檚 doctor of veterinary medicine program, which caught his eye. He went to the session and was hooked! After four years at Dalhousie and one at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro, he applied to AVC and was 鈥渓ucky enough to get in on my first try.鈥�

鈥淚 really enjoyed my time at AVC as a student鈥攖he atmosphere, the intensity, the learning, the camaraderie,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t was a very exciting time in my life, and it confirmed that veterinary medicine was the career I wanted.鈥�

After graduating with his DVM degree in 1994, Dr. West worked in private practice in Atlantic Canada for a year, gaining experience in various areas of veterinary medicine. In the fall of 1995, he and his wife, Jennifer King, moved to England with the intention of staying six months. He practiced veterinary medicine in and around Oxford, earning a certificate in veterinary dermatology in the process. Eight years later, he and Jennifer came back to Halifax, with two children, Maddie, now 16, and Evan, now 14, and two cats. He worked at the Fairview Animal Hospital until recently when he decided he wanted a new challenge. He applied for and won a position at AVC as a community practice veterinarian, teaching DVM students and providing veterinary care to companion animals.

Welcome back, Dr. West!

Dr. Peter Foley, Assistant Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College, will give a public workshop on Thursday, March 9, at 7 pm, about end-of-life issues with companion animals. The workshop will take place at AVC in Lecture Theatre A. Dr. Foley will offer information to help people act on behalf of their beloved pets as the end of life draws near. He will discuss palliative care options, assessing quality of life, deciding when euthanasia is right, the euthanasia procedure itself, and coping strategies for dealing with the loss of a pet.

Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For information, contact (902) 566-0589.