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                                                 CANADIAN CENTRE
                                                  for   Climate Cha nge
                                                        and Adaptation

                                                        UPEI will build new Canadian Centre
                                                        for Climate Change and Adaptation
                                                                           in St. Peter’s Bay
                                                                                      page   16

Inside
Celebrating 50 Years of UPEI           page 6
Lifelong Learning—Dr. Olive Bryanton   page 20
INSPIRE! Campaign tops goal            page 29
UPEI will build new Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation in St. Peter's Bay
CLASS OF 2019

CONGRATULATIONS!          On behalf of the 25,000+
alumni of Prince of Wales College, Saint Dunstan’s
University, and the University of Prince Edward Island, the
UPEI Alumni Association is proud to welcome members of
the Class of 2019 to our supportive global network.
UPEI will build new Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation in St. Peter's Bay
In this issue...
                                        FEATURES
                                        2           Message from the President

                                        3           Convocation

                                        4           AVC White Coat Ceremony

                                        5           UPEI hosts HIH Princess Takamado

                                        6           Celebrating 50 years of UPEI

                                        8           Library at the heart of UPEI

                                        10          UPEI hosts 2019 U SPORTS Women’s Championship

                                        11          World’s case study elite converge at UPEI

                                        12          AVC faculty member named 3M Teaching Fellow

                                        13          UPEI participates in Vanier Institute conference

                                        14          UPEI Health and Wellness Centre: More than a health centre

                                        15          Alumna profile: Thespian Brittany Banks

                                        16          UPEI establishes Canadian Centre for Climate Change
                                                    and Adaptation

                                        17          New student housing announced for UPEI

                                        18          Student profiles

                                        20          Learning—A lifelong journey for Dr. Olive Bryanton

                                        22          Plenty of highs and lows for UPEI Panthers in 2018–19

                                        24          From UPEI to the NBA: A conversation with Scott Morrison

                                        25          People, Excellence, Impact

                                        29          The INSPIRE! Campaign tops goal

                                        ON OUR COVER
                                        PhD student Stephanie Arnold, centre, stands with Andy MacDonald, left,
                                        and Luke Meloche, right, both drone pilots and research assistants with the
                                        UPEI Climate Lab. As part of her research, Arnold is providing precision
                                        agriculture data from the air, thanks to the UPEI Climate Lab’s fleet of drones,
                                        so that Island farmers can make evidence-based decisions.

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Message from
                                                                                   the President
                                                     2019 was an amazing year for the University of Prince
                                                     Edward Island. We continue to have so much to celebrate!

                                                     Our University continues to grow and thrive, building our
                                                     capacity to offer our students a high-quality experiential
                                                     educational experience. At 4,926, our student population is
                                                     the largest it has ever been—an increase of 5.5 per cent
                                                     over 2018. Of that number, 1,423 are international students
                                                     from 93 countries around the world—an increase of 18.3 per
                                                     cent over last year. UPEI’s popularity at home and abroad
                                                     bears testament to our strong reputation as an institution
                                                     of higher learning.

     With this increase in students comes a challenge—where are they going to live? Knowing that housing is
     very scarce, we worked hard to find a solution. In September, we announced construction of a new 277-bed
     residence that will increase our housing capacity to 15 per cent of the student body. The new residence
     will be more than a place for students to study, socialize, and sleep. It will include 22,000 square feet for
     lecture halls and multi-purpose space—additions that will enhance the educational experience for students
     and staff alike, and attract conferences and major events to Prince Edward Island. We are grateful to the
     Government of PEI for working with us to make this new facility a reality, and we look forward to its opening
     in 2022.

     Our students are our future leaders, and it is incumbent upon us to prepare them with the knowledge
     and skills they need to work toward solutions for major issues affecting our world, like climate change. Last
     summer, I was proud to participate in the announcement of the UPEI Canadian Centre for Climate Change
     and Adaptation, which will be built at St. Peter’s Bay in eastern PEI. The Centre will be a destination for world-
     class research and learning, incorporating a collaborative, multi-disciplinary model that will allow students,
     postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to work with industry, community, and government partners on solutions
     to this very serious problem. It will house state-of-the-art research centres, including our internationally
     renowned UPEI Climate Lab, and support our Bachelor of Science in Applied Climate Change and Adaptation,
     and proposed master’s program in climate change and adaptation. We thank the Governments of Canada
     and PEI for their investment in this very important project.

     With projects like these—they are just two examples—you can see why I am so excited about UPEI, the work
     we do here, and our future. I know that there are many more great advancements to come.

     While celebrating our present and looking eagerly toward a bright future, we are not neglecting our past.
     During our 50th anniversary year as PEI’s university, we acknowledged and paid tribute to our two founding
     institutions: Saint Dunstan’s University and Prince of Wales College. They laid a strong foundation for the
     development and advancement of post-secondary education on Prince Edward Island. We, the faculty,
     students, and staff at UPEI, are proud to build on that foundation.

                                                                                               Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz
                                                                                           President and Vice-Chancellor

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UPEI
     Convocation 2019
     The campus of the University            Doctor of Laws degrees: Roger
     of Prince Edward Island was             W. Warren, Albert P. Fogarty, and
     abuzz with energy last spring           the Honourable Diane Campbell.
     as staff, students, faculty, family,    Dr. Debbie MacLellan, professor                  L-R: The Honourable Antoinette Perry
     graduates, and friends celebrated       of applied human sciences and                    and Stephanie Cairns
     Convocation 2019. The University        former dean of science who
     conferred degrees, diplomas, and        retired in 2018 from UPEI, was
     certificates to over 900 graduates      awarded with the distinction
     in the 2018–2019 academic year.        “professor emerita.”
     For the first time, UPEI added         The Friday valedictorian was
     a third Convocation ceremony            Marie Antoinette Pangan
     to accommodate the growing              (Bachelor of Science – Nursing)
     number of graduates and limited         while Halen Sky (Bachelor
     seating capacity in the UPEI            of Business Administration)
                                             addressed the Saturday morning        Friday Valedictorian—Marie Antoinette Pangan
     Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.
     The additional ceremony took            ceremony and Hannah Creaser
     place on Friday, May 10, at 1:30        (Bachelor of Science Honours
     pm, along with ceremonies on           – Foods and Nutrition) the
     Saturday, May 11, at 10:00 am           Saturday afternoon ceremony.
     and at 2:30 pm.                        The Governor General’s academic
     The 2019 cohort included degrees       medals were presented by the
     from all eight faculties at UPEI.      Honourable Antoinette Perry,
     Proving that learning can happen       lieutenant governor of Prince
     at any age was Dr. Olive Bryanton,     Edward Island. The Governor            Saturday morning Valedictorian—Halen Sky
     who was awarded her PhD from           General’s Gold Medal (graduate
     the UPEI Faculty of Education at       level) was awarded to Dr. Dennis
     the age of 82.                         Makau (Doctor of Philosophy –
                                            Faculty of Veterinary Medicine). The
     UPEI Chancellor Catherine
                                            Governor General’s Silver Medal
     Callbeck led the ceremonies;
                                            (undergraduate level) was awarded
     President and Vice-Chancellor
                                            to Stephanie Cairns (Bachelor of
     Alaa Abd-El-Aziz addressed the
                                            Science Honours – Mathematics).
     Class of 2019 as a newly minted
     group of global citizens.              A number of other academic and
                                                                                   Saturday afternoon Valedictorian—Hannah Creaser
                                            student prizes were presented at
     Three outstanding individuals
                                            the Senior Class Awards Ceremony
     were conferred with honorary
                                            on Thursday, May 9.

L-R:
Roger W. Warren,
the Honourable
Diane Campbell,                                                                    L-R: Professor Emerita Debbie MacLellan and UPEI
Albert P. Fogarty                                                                  Chancellor Catherine Callbeck

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AVC WHITE COAT CEREMONY and AWARDS PRESENTATION

AVC Class of 2019

                                                         AVC’s Class of 2019 celebrated their entry into the
                                                         profession of veterinary medicine on Friday, May 10. The
                                                         graduates were presented with their Doctor of Veterinary
                                                         Medicine degrees at a UPEI Convocation ceremony in the
                                                         afternoon—the first of three ceremonies held during that
                                                         weekend. Later that day, they were presented with white lab
                                                         coats, symbolizing their transition from students to veterinary
                                                         professionals, at AVC’s 2019 White Coat Ceremony and
                                                         Awards Presentation. The event included the presentation of
                                                         student and faculty awards.

                                                         During the Convocation ceremony, the Honourable Antoinette
                                                         Perry, lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island, presented
                                                         Dr. Brian Blanchard with the R.G. Thomson Academic
                                                         Achievement Medal, given to the AVC graduate with the
                                                         highest cumulative grade average over the four-year program
The Honourable Antoinette Perry (left) presented Dr.     in both pre-clinical and clinical disciplines.
Brian Blanchard (right) with the R.G. Thomson Academic
Achievement Medal

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For a complete list of 2017 graduates, visit
                                    upei.ca/programsandcourses/convocation/past-graduate-lists

UPEI hosts Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan
The UPEI community was proud          from Vivian Macdonald and Kate        L.M. Montgomery and the Matter
to host Her Imperial Highness         Macdonald, granddaughter-in-          of Nature(s), co-edited by UPEI’s
Princess Takamado of Japan            law and granddaughter of L.M.         Dr. Jean Mitchell; Imagining
on August 28 when she visited         Montgomery respectively. That gift    Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of
Prince Edward Island during a         was a platter from the Canadian-      L.M. Montgomery, compiled and
tour of Canada to mark 90 years       built ship, Marco Polo, known in      edited by Dr. Elizabeth Epperly,
of formal diplomatic relations        its day as “the fastest ship in the   a past-president of UPEI and
between the two countries.            world.” When the ship ran aground     founder of the LMMI; and a
Her Imperial Highness Princess        off the coast of PEI in 1883, the     children’s book, Summer in the
Takamado’s connection with UPEI       captain stayed with Montgomery’s      Land of Anne, authored by Dr.
goes back to 2004. That year she      grandparents, Alexander and Lucy      Epperly, and illustrated by her
was granted an honorary Doctor        Macneill, in Cavendish for a time.    sister, Carolyn Epperly.
of Law degree from the University     When he left, he presented her        Mie and Eri Muraoka, the
at a special convocation. At that     grandmother with the platter and      granddaughters of Hanako
time, she was appointed honorary      a pewter tankard. Then eight years    Muraoka who translated the
international patron of the L.M.      old, Montgomery witnessed the         novel into the Japanese language
Montgomery Institute (LMMI) at        shipwreck; at age 15, she wrote       in 1952, donated a copy of
UPEI; she graciously renewed her      a prize-winning essay about it,       the original translation to the
appointment during her visit this     published in the Montreal Gazette     LMMI and presented it to the
summer.                               in 1891.                              princess. The princess also spoke
On this occasion, Princess            During the reception, the             with undergraduate students
Takamado was welcomed at a            Honourable Catherine Callbeck,        from Tsukuba University and
very well-attended reception in       chancellor of UPEI, presented         Meiji Gakuin University, here on
the Robertson Library, where          Princess Takamado with recent         exchange for the fall semester,
the LMMI is housed. On behalf         publications on behalf of the         and representatives from the UPEI
of the LMMI, she accepted a gift      University, including 		              Japanese Student Society.

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Celebrating
50 years of UPEI
The University of Prince Edward Island is
celebrating 50 years as PEI’s only university!

Our party started on January 1 at    from Development and Alumni         2019, featuring well-known
our annual New Year’s Levee,         Engagement, visited chapters        alumni performers Meaghan
where many well-wishers              in Ottawa, Toronto, Hong Kong,      Blanchard, Rachel Beck, The Rude
exchanged greetings with             and Moncton.                        Mechanicals, and Lenny Gallant,
University leaders, students,                                            who received an honorary degree
                                     Last summer, we showed
faculty, and staff, despite a                                            from the University in 2015.
                                     our pride in our University by
snowstorm that shut down most
                                     participating in major festival     Other events included Founders
of Prince Edward Island.
                                     parades across PEI, including       Day, our donor picnic, AVC
Following this event was the         Tyne Valley, Georgetown, St.        Open House, Distinguished
Robertson Library’s Franklin         Peter’s Bay, Summerside,            and Inspiring Alumni Awards,
Pigot Lecture Series. Dr. Edward     and Charlottetown. Our float        the Alumni Speaker Series, and
MacDonald, professor of              depicted our iconic quadrangle      numerous sports events.
history, gave the first lecture      and historic SDU Main Building.
in March, with a presentation                                            Those looking for a keepsake
                                     The campus itself was a busy        of the 50th celebration are in
titled “The School of Experience:
                                     place, with celebratory events      luck. The UPEI Student Union
A Patchwork Quilt of Informal
                                     during Reunion Weekend, July        published a special yearbook,
Island Education, 1825–1965.”
                                     24–27, and Homecoming 2019,         looking back at classes from
That was followed by PEI
                                     September 25–28.                    1969 to the present. The
historian and folklorist John
Cousins who gave a talk              During Reunion Weekend, the         Robertson Library will soon
called “Stand for Your Lessons:      University community paid           unveil a series of videos
Educational Change and Cultural      tribute to the Honourable Alex B.   called “50 Years, 50 Voices,”
Reaction.” Historian Georges         Campbell, former premier of PEI,    featuring faculty, students, and
Arsenault presented the third        by unveiling a new terrace near     staff reflecting on their time
lecture of the series in May         the W.A. Murphy Student Centre      at the University. As well, a
with a talk titled “Société Saint-   and announcing the creation of      commemorative publication
Thomas d’Aquin and French            an endowment fund for entrance      highlighting UPEI’s 50th
Education on the Island.”            scholarships in his name. It was    anniversary will be inserted in
                                     Campbell’s bold vision for post-    The Guardian and Journal-Pioneer
Our celebration extended                                                 in early 2020.
                                     secondary education on PEI that
across Canada and to parts of
                                     led to the formation of UPEI 50
the globe with events at our 10                                          For a full list of celebratory
                                     years ago.
alumni chapters. UPEI President                                          events and activities, please visit
and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-        UPEI hosted an amazing              upei.ca/50
El-Aziz, accompanied by staff        concert during Homecoming

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Library at the heart
  of UPEI’s last 50 years
  and its future
                                                                                have the best possible access
     Renewal project will improve the                                           to the academic resources they
     Robertson Library as an asset for                                          need. But where decades ago we
                                                                                had a card catalogue, today we
     UPEI community                                                             have a variety of discovery layers.
                                                                                And we now offer tools that allow
    “It’s not an accident the library       previous library—had been           them to create, collaborate, and
     was one of the first major capital     standing for less than ten          share their work with the world—
     construction projects after UPEI       years,” said Simon Lloyd, UPEI’s    from a digital collection, to an
     came into being,” said University      archivist and special collections   online collaboration space, to the
     Librarian Donald Moses, sitting at     librarian. “But it paid off in      printing of monographs.”
     his desk in the Robertson Library.     spades. The Robertson Library
     A broad window overlooks a             has consistently punched above      The Robertson Library was
     courtyard where students come          its weight as a library for an      at the forefront of the open-
     and go.                                institution of this size.”          access and open-source
                                                                                movements. Islandora, the
    “It was a huge priority for our first   The role of the library may not     open-source software created
     president, Ron Baker, because          have changed much in that time,     by the library, has spawned a
     he knew the library is the heart       but the tools it uses certainly     vibrant international community,
     of any university. It was true 50      have.                               which continues to develop and
     years ago, and it’s true today.”                                           improve it. The library hosts two
                                            “In a way, the library does what    scholarly journal publications, the
    “It was a bold move because the          it has always done,” said Moses.   Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies
     Kelley Memorial Building—the           “We ensure faculty and students     and the Island Studies Journal—
                                                                                both of which are open source.
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years,” said Lloyd, picking up       because we have the resources.
          “The seeds of the library’s   the thread. “The conference is       We have them because we built
              success were planted      international in scope but locally   them ourselves.”
                 early on,” explained   delivered. We were contacted
                   Lloyd. “The PEI      after the last conference by a       Even as the University celebrates
Collection was established in           scholar in Nebraska who was          its history, Moses and Lloyd are
1971 by then-university librarian       looking for material which           looking forward. The Robertson
Frank Pigot. Nearly 50 years            doesn’t exist elsewhere. And we      Library was awarded a CANARIE
later, it’s as relevant as ever. The    were able to provide her with        grant to develop the next version
library is hosting a lecture series,    book chapters and texts from         of Islandora. Fundraising is also
named after Frank Pigot, in             KindredSpaces she couldn’t have      underway for renovations that
honour of UPEI’s 50th anniversary,      found anywhere else.”                will transform the building for
and each speaker has cited the                                               the future.
importance of this collection           The Robertson Library is able to
to their research. That’s               provide these services by design.    “It just further entrenches the
extraordinary.”                         Moses grinned as he recalled          Robertson Library as the heart
                                        former university librarian Mark      of the University,” said Moses. “If
“We’re the only university library      Leggott’s rule: “We eat our own       graduates remember the library
 in this entire province, which         dog food.”                            for the hundreds of hours they
 means we hold a special niche                                                spent here studying for an exam
 as a source for both seeking           “It just means if we create a
                                                                              or preparing a paper, I think
 knowledge and for archiving our         tool, we use it ourselves in the
                                                                              that’s great. But I also hope
 history,” said Moses. “We’re also       library,” he said. “We use the
                                                                              they remember the expertise
 just successful because of the          software we develop. We utilize
                                                                              we provided. I hope they
 awesome relationships we have           the digitization lab we built. We
                                                                              remember the tools we created
 with the community.”                    organize and share information
                                                                              to make their jobs easier and
                                         on the platforms we built. And
                                                                              more exciting. And I hope they
“I look at the L.M. Montgomery           now we host content for our
                                                                              remember the people.”
 conference we host every two            colleagues around the region

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UPEI hosts
     Canada’s best at the                                   2019 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey
     It was a bittersweet ending to
     her university hockey career
                                                            Championship
     for Emma Weatherbie, a fifth-
     year forward and captain of the
     UPEI Women’s Hockey team
     from Frenchfort, PEI. In March
     2019, she was diagnosed with
     a pulmonary embolism, a few
     days before UPEI was set to
     host the U SPORTS Women’s
     Hockey Championship.

     In an earlier interview on           Sport (AUS), Réseau du sport         while the convenor of the event
     CBC Radio’s Island Morning,          étudiant de Québec (RSEQ), Ontario   on behalf of UPEI was Chris
     Weatherbie had said, “It’s pretty    University Athletics (OUA), and      Huggan, director of athletics
     surreal to get to play my last       Canada West (CW).                    and recreation. The committee
     game in the rink I grew up                                                secured many local sponsors, and
     playing in.” She just didn’t know    In 2018, UPEI won the rights to      both the Government of Prince
     at the time that her last game       host the U SPORTS Women’s            Edward Island and the City of
     had already taken place during       Hockey Championship for both         Charlottetown were partners.
     the regular season. Although         2019 and 2020. While 2019
     she couldn’t compete on the          marked the first time the national   The 2019 event was a huge
     ice during the championship,         women’s hockey tournament            success! The UPEI Panthers gave
     she still led and rallied her        had been held in Charlottetown,      their best effort on home ice but
     teammates, inspiring them to         UPEI has a proven track record       fell to the Manitoba Bison in the
     play their hearts out.               in successfully hosting three U      consolation round semi-final. The
                                          SPORTS national championships:       Guelph Gryphons took home the
     Coach Bruce Donaldson said,          men’s soccer in 2005 and 2014,       championship with a win against
    “Her leadership on the ice, her       and women’s soccer in 2010.          the McGill Martlets.
     leadership on the bench, her
     leadership off the ice was           As host, UPEI was one of the         The Panthers will have a shot
     invaluable.”                         two AUS teams participating          again next year when UPEI hosts
                                          in the championship. The             the 2020 championship March
     From March 14–17, the top eight      organizing committee for the         12–15 at the MacLauchlan Arena.
     university women’s hockey teams      2019 championship included           Visit the UPEI Panthers website
     in the country came to UPEI to vie   members of the community and         gopanthergo.ca for details!
     for the championship. Two teams      University staff. The honorary
     represented each conference
     across Canada: Atlantic University

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                                          co-chairs were Kathleen Casey,
                                          Della Sweet, and Lorna O’Donnell,    Go Panthers Go!
World’s case study elite converge at
UPEI for NIBS 2019
Students from 16 of the world’s
top international business
schools converged on UPEI
in February 2019 for the 24th
Network of International
Business Schools (NIBS)
Worldwide Case Competition
Championship. Over a week of
intense competition, students
drew on every ounce of skill,
training, and teamwork they had
to prove they are the best of the
best.

Following a qualifying round that
took place in November 2018,
the top 16 teams advanced to        UPEI’s NIBS team: Olivia Lantz, Hani Mayaleh, Alec Brown, and Taylor Meek
the championship round at UPEI.     (Louise Vessey, Light and Vision Photography)
Teams competed in a series of
head-to-head matches, with as
little as three hours between the
time they received their cases
and the moment they presented
their solutions to expert judges.

UPEI’s NIBS team, made up of
Faculty of Business students
Hani Mayaleh, Taylor Meek, Alec
Brown, and Olivia Lantz, gave
a spectacular effort, but the
championship this time went to
worthy competitors from the
University of Guelph-Humber.

“NIBS was perhaps the most
 challenging week of my
 university career, but also the
 most rewarding in terms of the
 international friendships that
 were made and the learning
 experiences,” said Mayaleh, a
 native of Syria in his fourth
 year of the BBA program, who
 is specializing in finance and
 accounting.
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AVC faculty member named
    2019 3M National Teaching Fellow
     Dr. Sue Dawson, professor of          AVC and a 3M National Teaching         Dawson has influenced teachers
     anatomy at the Atlantic Veterinary    Fellow himself. In his nomination      at UPEI and other institutions
     College (AVC), loves what she does,   letter, Côté wrote that Dawson         through presentation of her
     and it shows!                         believes in allowing students to       work on teaching and learning
                                           develop their own aptitudes and        at 14 regional, national, and
    “I have the best job ever,” she said
                                           skills within a framework she          international pedagogical
     with a smile.
                                           provides as their professor rather     conferences; creation of a
     Earlier this year, Dawson was         than prescribing the path they         mentorship platform for new
     named a 2019 3M National              follow. She empowers students          faculty across UPEI; and peer
     Teaching Fellow by the Society        to drive their own education,          review of manuscripts submitted
     for Teaching and Learning in          providing guidance when needed.        for publication in the Journal of
     Higher Education (STLHE) and 3M                                              Veterinary Medical Education. She
     Canada, joining six others at PEI’s   “… Sue is a deeply respected,          has won numerous teaching and
     only university. The STLHE and 3M      outstanding teacher of veterinary     educational leadership awards.
     Canada began the 3M National           anatomy. However, it is Sue’s
                                                                                  When asked what drives her to
     Teaching Fellowship program            courageous and innovative work
                                                                                  excel in teaching, Dawson said
     in 1986 to recognize university        outside the anatomy classroom
                                                                                  her students are her primary
     and college faculty in Canada          that explains her outsize impact
                                                                                  motivation.
     who have made exceptional              on UPEI’s Faculty of Veterinary
     contributions to teaching and          Medicine—the Atlantic Veterinary      “Learning is uncomfortable,” she
     learning in post-secondary             College—the broader UPEI               said, “and helping students get
     education. There are now over          community, and the world at large.”    beyond that discomfort to that
     300 3M National Teaching Fellows                                             ‘Ah ha!’ moment—when they
     at more than 80 Canadian post-        She is well known for innovation        realize that a difficult concept
     secondary institutions. New           and leadership in the classroom         is within their grasp—is the
     fellows continue to support           and beyond. In 1997 she                 ultimate reward.”
     teaching and learning at their own    helped lead the creation and
                                           implementation of a course             She emphasized the importance
     institutions and through larger,
                                           called “Veterinary Integration         of working with good colleagues.
     collaborative initiatives supported
     by the Council of 3M Fellows and      of Structure and Function” at          “Teaching happens in
     the STLHE.                            AVC; this case-based learning           collaboration—at the level of
                                           approach is now the norm in             individual courses and of the
    ”This award speaks to the culture      most veterinary colleges. She           overall program. Some of the
     of teaching that we have at UPEI,”    uses innovative methods and             best things I’ve done have been
     she said. “I have joined a cohort     tools to teach her students and         working with my colleagues as a
     of six teaching fellows at UPEI;      has championed the importance           team. It’s incredibly rewarding.”
     for an institution of this size, it   of teaching communication,
     is remarkable. They have done         ethics, interpersonal skills, and      Along with Dawson and Côté, the
     much to shape the culture of          wellness in veterinary education.      3M National Teaching Fellows at
     teaching on campus, and I have        She is AVC’s inaugural director        UPEI are Dr. Shannon Murray, Dr.
     benefitted from that.”                of instructional design and            Brent MacLaine, and Dr. Phillip
                                           teaching innovation, and an ex-        Smith, Faculty of Arts; Dr. Brian
     Dawson was nominated for the          officio member of the College’s        Wagner, Faculty of Science; and Dr.
     prestigious award by Dr. Étienne      curriculum committee.                  Fiona Walton, Faculty of Education.
     Côté, professor of cardiology at
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UPEI participates in
                  Vanier Institute of the
                  Family’s Families in
                  Canada Conference 2019
                  On March 27 and 28, 2019, UPEI hosted
                  an event called “Think BIG! Exploring
                  Issues and Opportunities to Promote
                  Family Well-being on Prince Edward
                  Island” in the W.A. Murphy Student
                  Centre’s McMillan Hall.

                  This event was part of the Vanier Institute
                  of the Family’s pan-Canadian Families in
                  Canada Conference 2019, held in Ottawa
                  and simultaneously at seven university
                  partners across the country. UPEI was
                  one of those university partners.

                  At the UPEI event, panelists explored six
                  themes: early childhood development-
                  the first five years; the importance of
                  strong families in the development of
                  youth; evolution in forms of families;
                  changes in family structures; the impact
                  of socioeconomic and cultural changes
                  on families; and challenges facing
                  family members when a family ends or
                  experiences significant loss. Participants
                  also gained understanding of issues
                  impacting families in Canada from a
                  national perspective by viewing the
                  national conference via a livestream.

                  A unique aspect of the UPEI event was
                  a post-symposium on March 29 about
                  grandparents raising their grandchildren.

                  The Families in Canada Conference
                  2019 brought together people and
                  organizations in multiple disciplines
                  and fields to work toward formation
                  of resource networks and knowledge,

I have the best   collaborate to share research and
                  cross-cultural insights on families in

    job ever      Canada, and create and cultivate a family
                  well-being index, family researchers’
                  network, social policy monitor, and
                  more. The conference was funded in part
                  by the Government of Canada’s social
                  development partnerships program.
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More than a health centre
     UPEI Health and Wellness Centre expands
     focus to wellness and health promotion

     The UPEI Health and Wellness            The health centre has also            Barrett noted that part of this
     Centre is on a mission to improve       added more services from              health-care model includes a
     the overall well-being of students,     specialists, particularly in          strong commitment from clients
     faculty, staff, and their families      mental health. A psychiatrist is      to take ownership of their own
     through enhanced services and           now available for students bi-        health.
     a renewed focus on wellness and         weekly, and a pediatrician with a
     health promotion.                       specialty in adult ADHD is taking     “We’re here to guide you, provide
                                             appointments monthly.                  you with the tools you need, and
     Over the past year, the health                                                 help get you on the right path
     centre has made multiple                The health centre is co-located        to health. But our patients also
     changes to improve access to its        with the clinical services             need to take responsibility for
     services and, in turn, the health       component of the University’s          their own health and pursue
     of the UPEI community. The clinic       new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)        healthy living and healthy choices
     was expanded to provide year-           program in the W.A. Murphy             if they are going to truly reap the
     round service, five days a week, to     Student Centre. The clinic             benefits of their relationship with
     faculty, staff, and their families as   physician or nurse practitioner        the health centre.”
     well as students. Staffing the clinic   can refer clients who need a
     is a team that includes a doctor,       psychologist to this service, which   Barrett said that the health
     a nurse practitioner, a registered      is staffed by PsyD students and       centre is working towards
     nurse, a licensed practical nurse,      licensed psychologists who also       achieving accreditation through
     and two receptionists.                  teach in the program.                 Accreditation Canada, a national
                                                                                   organization that works with
     New services include                    In switching to a more                patients, policy makers, and the
     immunizations, tuberculosis             preventative and health               public to improve the quality of
     testing, mass flu clinics, health       promotion-based model, the            health and social services. She
     promotion, and cryotherapy              centre has also worked on several     and her team are also completing
     (wart treatment).                       health campaigns, including           a strategic plan to guide the
                                             efforts to increase sun safety        centre forward. As the clinic
    “The expansion has provided              on campus, promote hepatitis          grows, she hopes to implement
     our clients with access to health       screening, HPV clinics, cancer        electronic medical records, which
     care services that they may not         screening, and hypertension           should help manage patient
     have had before,” said director         awareness. The centre even            information and provide better
     Marilyn Barrett. “For students, the     offered a biometrics clinic with a    statistics for planning.
     services allow them to get the care     variety of tests and checks that
     they need from a physician right        clients can use to better gauge
     on campus. Meanwhile, faculty,          their health and make changes.
     staff, and their families who may
     not have had a primary care             “It all comes down to helping
     practitioner or timely access to         people protect their health by
     one, as well as students, can see        preventing illness and injury and,
     the nurse practitioner for episodic      when that isn’t possible, getting
     care, or on a continuing care basis.”    treatment as early as possible,”
                                              said Barrett.
                                                                                    Marilyn Barrett, director of UPEI’s Health
Winter 2020 | upei.ca page 14                                                       and Wellness Centre
‘UPEI was so
 important in making
 me who I am’

Thespian Brittany Banks cites University
as a crucial part of her career

“My earliest memories of theatre          typical at all. There are a handful    Despite her history with The
 are on the mainstage of the              of schools in the Toronto area         Festival, including performing at
 Homburg Theatre,” said Brittany          you tend to expect people to           the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
 Banks. “I was seven years old            rhyme off. But I went to UPEI. I’m     as a member of the Young
 and a Child of Avonlea. Anne of          proud of that! I majored in vocal      Company, Banks had to audition
 Green Gables—The Musical™ was            music and minored in theatre.”         the same as everyone else. And
 my very first show. It feels really                                             when she received the call, she
 natural to be home.”                     Banks knew she wanted a career         was elated.
                                          in musical theatre. She specifically
Banks came home to that same              chose UPEI because she needed          “I’m so grateful for the
stage—and that same show—                 to work on her singing.                 opportunity,” she said. “It was
at the Confederation Centre                                                       a happy surprise. It’s such a
of the Arts in the summer of              “I’m forever grateful to Professor      busy season. We go from show
2018 in the role of Josie Pye. It          Sung Ha Shin-Bouey in music and        to show. I got to do some
was a sensational season to                Dr. Greg Doran in theatre studies.     choreography and flex some of
be a company member of The                 They adapted to my interests, so       my creative muscles.”
Charlottetown Festival. The                I could apply classical techniques
Festival workshopped two new               to musical theatre.”                  Through it all, Banks remembers
musicals and staged hit after hit,                                               her formative years at university.
including Jesus Christ Superstar          After graduating in 2012, she
and, of course, Anne™.                    started a two-year musical             “UPEI was so important in making
                                          theatre program at Randolph             me who I am. My critical eye
“It’s a lot of work. I think I’m in the   College in Toronto. She left early      comes from UPEI. My view of the
 best shape of my life,” she said         to work as choreographer at the         world comes from UPEI. That
 with a laugh. “Jumping rope in           National Arts Centre in Ottawa.         psych 101 course—I think about
 period clothes certainly helps.”         And from there, her career              it every day,” she jokes.
                                          took off. She has starred in
Banks, by any measure, is a               productions across the country         Banks returned to PEI last summer
success in the musical theatre            and now calls Toronto home.            for a second season with The
world, and she credits much of                                                   Charlottetown Festival. She was
that to her education at UPEI.            “I think, on PEI, we maybe take The    thrilled to play Josie Pye in Anne™
                                           Charlottetown Festival for granted,   once more, perform in Mamma
“I love when people ask me where           but it really is the dream for many   Mia and The Hamlet Rock Musical,
 I went to school. My journey isn’t        performers across the country.”       and choreograph Atlantic Blue.

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UPEI finds ‘perfect setting’ to establish the Canadian
    Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
     UPEI Climate Lab director Adam Fenech to lead research and academic programming

    “I remember the first time I visited                                        The centre was a long time              in St. Peter’s Bay. The facility
     Greenwich in the Prince Edward                                             coming, and Fenech was                  will house state-of-the-art
     Island National Park,” said Dr.                                            there from the beginning. He            research centres, including the
     Adam Fenech, director of the                                               remembers taking a call several         internationally recognized UPEI
     UPEI Climate Lab and interim                                               years ago from Karen Jans, field        Climate Lab. It will also serve as
     associate dean of science for                                              unit superintendent of the              a living laboratory that allows
     climate change and adaptation.                                             PEI National Park. “She saw             for unlimited access to nearby
    “It’s a stunning place, and is                                              there was an opportunity for            wetlands, forests, and coastal
     home to multiple protected                                                 collaboration between the park          habitats directly affected by
     ecosystems. You really couldn’t                                            and the University, and of course       climate change.
     have a more perfect setting to                                             she was 100 per cent correct.”
     study and learn about the impact                                                                                   “The centre has three main
     of climate change.”                                                        It was an idea that wouldn’t go          pillars,” explained Fenech. “First,
                                                                                away. As Fenech worked on his            the school. UPEI offers the only
                                                                                groundbreaking and headline-             Bachelor of Science degree in
                                                                                grabbing research examining              Applied Climate Change and
                                                                                climate change and coastal               Adaptation in the world. Students
                                                                                erosion on Prince Edward                 will spend the last two years
                                                                                Island, plans kept moving ahead          of their degree studying at the
                                       Photo credit: Wendy Malley Photography

                                                                                for collaboration with Parks             centre in St. Peter’s. We’ll also be
                                                                                Canada. President Abd-El-Aziz            adding graduate-level programs.”
                                                                                and Fenech were establishing
                                                                                relationships and getting more          “Second,” continued Fenech, “it’s
                                                                                people on board for the idea of a        a professional training centre.
                                                                                national centre that would make          There’s great demand from all
                                                                                an impact at home and around             sectors for training in climate
                                                                                the world.                               change and adaptation, from
                                                                                                                         government, to contractors, to
     Last July, Fenech was in the                                               “It was a nice feeling,” said Fenech,    educators. We’ll be developing
     front row of a community hall                                              “knowing I had the support of the        and delivering training programs
     in St. Peter’s Bay, PEI, as Dr.                                             University. This wasn’t an easy         at the centre.”
     Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, president                                                 process, but I always knew, in
     and vice-chancellor of UPEI;                                                the back of my mind, we’d make         “And finally, there’s research. UPEI
     the Honourable Dennis                                                       it happen. There was just too           is already on the front edge of
     King, premier of PEI; and the                                               much excitement. I’d walk into          research in these areas, but we’ll
     Honourable Lawrence MacAulay,                                               someone’s office in Ottawa, and         be diving even deeper in the
     minister of veterans affairs                                                they’d say ‘why haven’t we built        areas of costal integrity, food
     and member of parliament                                                    this yet?’”                             safety and sustainability, and
     for Cardigan, announced the                                                                                         animal and human health.”
     Canadian Centre for Climate                                                The project consists of a 45,000
                                                                                square-foot research facility           The first cohort of students in
     Change and Adaptation.
                                                                                                                        the bachelor’s program will begin
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Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, UPEI president and vice-chancellor; the
                                                                                     Honourable Dennis King, premier of PEI; and Emma Drake,
                                                                                     president of the UPEI Student Union

                                                                                     New student housing for
                                                                                     the UPEI campus
                                                                                     A new residence building that will create dedicated
      their third year in September 2020—a full year before                          year-round housing for post-secondary students
      the centre will be finished.                                                   was announced for the University of Prince Edward
     “They won’t be missing out, believe me,” said Fenech                            Island campus by Premier Dennis King and UPEI
      with a laugh. “We’ll be working out of the national park’s                     President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz on
      interpretive centre in Greenwich. It’s a spectacular                           September 6, 2019.
      facility. I’m really excited about this. We’re designing
      an experiential delivery method of teaching. Those                             With 277 new beds, the new residence will alleviate
      students are going to be in the field; they’re going to                        pressure on the current housing market, improve
      be monitoring real environments; they’re going to be                           the student experience, and increase the University’s
      flying drones; and they’ll be working with cutting-edge                        housing capacity from 9.4 per cent to 15 per cent of
      technology. And, even better, they’ll be working in the                        the current student body.
      park with Parks Canada staff.”
                                                                                     “With UPEI’s record growth in the number of
      Students will also do two placements with Parks                                 students, and many of these students interested
      Canada, learning, working, and studying at parks                                in experiencing on-campus residence life, we have
      across the country.                                                             seen increased demand for our existing residences,”
      Dr. Adam Fenech has worked extensively in climate change since 1988,            said President Abd-El-Aziz. “The new residence
      including as a member of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on         facility will also feature a number of classrooms
      Climate Change. In addition to his duties at UPEI where he leads the UPEI
                                                                                      to alleviate some of the pressure on our academic
      School of Climate Change and Adaptation and the UPEI Climate Lab, Fenech
      teaches at the University of Toronto and the Smithsonian Institution and        space. We are extremely grateful and excited to
      lectures regularly at universities across Canada and around the world.          work with the Government of PEI to offer new
                                                                                      housing options for our students that will help us
                                                                                      achieve our vision of a vibrant, sustainable University
                         CANADIAN CENTRE                                              community.”
                            for   Climate Cha nge
                                  and Adaptation
                                                                                     The new housing facility will also include 22,000
                                                                                     square feet for lecture halls and multi-purpose
                           Top Five Facts                                            space, including a theatre.

1. UPEI and the governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island are each              “Students are facing the same housing challenges as
   investing over $4.8 million in this project through the New Building Canada        many Islanders,” said Premier King. “This is a good
   Fund – Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component.Total budget is
   expected to come in at $18.5 million.                                              step forward to help students focus on what matters
                                                                                      most to them. The stability of knowing they have a
2. Construction of the 45,000 square-foot facility will begin in early 2020 and
   be completed by September 2021.                                                    place to call home all year long will positively add to
3. The Centre will feature a residence component for students and visiting            their student experience and academic success.”
   faculty and researchers.
4. The land where the facility will be built was donated by UPEI alumni and          The $60-million infrastructure project is expected
   friends, and is located on Route 2 in St. Peter’s Bay, just east of the bridge.   to be completed by 2022 in advance of the Canada
5. The Centre will be home to the largest collection of research drones at a         Games being hosted on PEI in 2023.
   Canadian university.
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student profiles

                       Making UPEI a home far away from home
                      Elmira Moghimi is a fourth-year    Moghimi said her professors in      “As the president of UPEI
                      sociology student with a minor     the Faculty of Arts always assist    Iranian Society, I am getting the
                      in applied communication,          students both in the classroom       members ready to take on more
                      leadership, and culture.           and during their office hours.       responsibilities and become
                      Moghimi’s first bachelor’s degree                                       more involved in our campus
                      was in mass communication         “In my opinion, the UPEI campus       life,” she said. “I have learned
                      specializing in marketing and      has a supportive and diverse         to share power among the
                      advertising in Malaysia.           environment. Indeed, along           members and trust their abilities
                                                         with academic excellence,            in order to play a significant role
                      Coming from Iran to study         ‘community’ and ‘caring’ are two      in their student life.”
                      at UPEI, Moghimi has               other principles at UPEI,” she
                      accomplished her academic          said. “Since I have been here       Moghimi said she is enjoying
                      goals and become actively          as an international student, I      her life as an international
                      engaged in campus life.            have never felt homesick, as        student on Prince Edward
                      She says UPEI is an excellent fit  our campus offers various           Island.
                      for her.                           activities, and it hosts many
                                                         social gatherings for us. It is a   “I believe in my university. The
                     “There are a couple of reasons      wonderful opportunity to meet        University of Prince Edward
                      that I chose to study at UPEI.     new people, make friends, and        Island is my second home.”
                      I love to live and study in a      learn about different cultures.”
                      place where people do care
                      about each other, and they         Moghimi has had the
                      are warm and close. Living on      opportunity to advance her
                      this beautiful and peaceful        leadership and organizational         UPEI is an institution
                      Island allows us to experience     skills while studying at UPEI.        built on stories of student
                      new things that we might           She is president of the
                                                                                               success. Read and watch
                      not in our home countries,”        UPEI Iranian Society, which
                                                                                               videos about other UPEI
                      she said. “Moreover, I found       increased its numbers from
                      the UPEI staff professional,       fewer than 10 members to 35           students and their post-
                      friendly, and supportive.”         in the 2018–19 academic year.         secondary journey at
                                                                                               upei.ca/communications/
                                                                                               spotlight.

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Good things grow:                                                      Through the eyes
Collaboration creates a                                                of a former
unique learning environment                                            Cadre editor
“When I first arrived at UPEI,     “If I was just on an engineering
                                                                       UPEI is a big enough place that
 I was purely an engineer,”         team, it would be a simple
                                                                       it’s hard for any one person
 said Tartela Alkayyali, a          design project,” she said. “But
                                                                       to see the whole picture. As
 master’s student in UPEI’s         I needed to understand how
                                                                       former editor-in-chief of The
 Faculty of Sustainable             bacteria grow. I needed to
                                                                       Cadre, UPEI’s student newspaper,
 Design Engineering. “I’m now       experience microbiology lab
                                                                       Allison O’Brien might have had
 completely at home in a            protocol. The collaboration
                                                                       the best view of anyone.
 microbiology lab. It wouldn’t      made this possible.” Her work
 have happened without              resulted in multiple articles in   “It’s a funny job,” said O’Brien.
 the collaboration between          high-calibre academic journals.    “You’re constantly looking for
 engineering and chemistry.”                                            stories, so you start looking in
                                   Alkayyali also found a home in       places you wouldn’t normally.
Alkayyali came to UPEI from        UPEI’s growing community of          You see things going on you
the United Arab Emirates,          graduate students. She served        didn’t know were happening.”
where she completed her            as the international student        O’Brien, who graduated in May
undergraduate degree at the        representative on UPEI’s            2019 with a Bachelor of Arts
American University of Sharjah.    Graduate Students’ Association,     degree, never had much reason to
At UPEI, she became a member       which gave her an opportunity       take a look at the exciting research
of a unique collaboration          to meet and work with students      in engineering, or the struggles of
between the labs of Dr. Ali        outside of her discipline.          low-income students in the midst
Ahmadi (engineering) and Dr.                                           of the Charlottetown housing
Russell Kerr (chemistry). As       “What a group of amazing,           crisis, or the day-to-day lives of
Dr. Kerr’s team seeks novel         hard-working people,” said         international students on campus.
chemical compounds from             Alkayyali about her fellow         But she did, and her view of UPEI
natural sources, they need          graduate students. “I’m the kind   changed because of it.
technology to isolate, preserve,    of person who doesn’t want
                                                                       “UPEI is a different place than
and grow these compounds            to be involved in academics
                                                                        when I started six years ago,” she
in their natural environments.      only. Through the association,
                                                                        said. “We’re bigger in so many
That’s where Alkayyali’s work       I’ve made good friends, and
                                                                        ways. It was huge for the staff at
came in.                            we made real differences for
                                                                        the paper to put ourselves out
                                    the graduate community on-
                                                                        there every day. It was hard, but
                                    campus.”
                                                                        it felt good too.”

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Learning­­—A lifelong journey
 for Dr. Olive Bryanton
                                Dr. Olive Bryanton, well-known Island advocate
                                for senior citizens, believes that people can do
                                anything they want if they have the desire and the
                                drive, no matter what age they are. And she lives
                                up to her words!

                                On Friday, May 10, 2019, Bryanton, age 82, was
                                presented with her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
                                degree at the first of three UPEI Convocation
                                ceremonies held that weekend, making her the
                                oldest person to ever receive a PhD from the
                                University.

                                Learning has been a lifelong adventure for Bryanton.
                                She grew up in rural PEI, graduated from high
                                school (grade 10 at that time), married at 19, and
                                had five children. After several years as a stay-at-
                                home mother, she worked in retail and then went
                                back to school to become a licensed practical nurse.
                                She started out in obstetrics but soon turned her
                                attention to the needs of older people.

                                In the late 1970s, she owned and operated a small
                                community care facility. But furthering her education
                                was always on her mind, so in 1980 she was
                                accepted at UPEI. While working toward her degree,
                                she continued to operate her business until 1983
                                when she sold it. In 1984 she graduated—at the age
                                of 47—with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in
                                sociology and minoring in Canadian studies. While
                                a student, she established MAPUS, an association
                                specifically for mature and part-time students.

                                After working for St. John Ambulance for three years,
                                she began to work on issues facing seniors. Over
                                the years, she has led or been involved in many
                                projects related to the unique needs of seniors,
                                including the PEI Seniors Federation, Voice for Island
                                Seniors newspaper, Seniors College of PEI, and the
                                PEI Seniors Active Living Centre. She also worked for
                                the PEI Gerontology Association and the PEI Centre
                                on Health and Aging at UPEI. In May 2000, she
                                received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from
                                UPEI in recognition of her work on behalf of seniors.

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While working at the PEI Centre        inspired her to announce in late       on her laurels. She is working
on Health and Aging, Bryanton          2017 an independence initiative        with co-investigators Dr. Bill
embarked on a master’s degree,         program to help seniors remain         Montelpare, professor and
graduating in 2009. Her thesis         in their own homes.                    Margaret and Wallace McCain
dealt with the challenges faced                                               Chair in Human Development
by women over 70 years of age          Bryanton is excited about the          and Health at UPEI, and Dr. Janet
who lived in rural PEI and had         outcome of her research—that           MacIntyre, assistant professor,
to give up driving—a traumatic         the women involved in the study        Faculty of Nursing, focusing
experience for them. Her               were as much supporters of their       on a new patient-centered,
work illustrated the need for a        families and communities as they       community-based program,
transportation system for people       were supported by them. “The           developed and tested by
living in the Island’s countryside.    women clearly demonstrated             McMaster University, to improve
                                       that older adults are contributors     the delivery and outcomes of
 In 2013 Bryanton already had          to society rather than burdens,        care for older adults with Type
 two earned degrees and an             which is often the perception.”        2 diabetes and other chronic
 honorary degree, but she didn’t                                              conditions.
 stop there. At the age of 76, she      Bryanton said that going back
 decided to pursue a PhD, again         to school is the best thing she
 focusing on the needs of senior        ever did. When asked if she
 women living in rural PEI. This        would do it over again, she said,
 time her participants were ten        “I really believe I would. I learned
 women aged 85 and older. She           so much, and it has opened so
 wanted to know what helped             many doors.”
 and what hindered their ability to
“age in place.”                        She has been invited to
                                       international conferences and
Using a research method called         has met many experts who are
photovoice, Bryanton trained the       doing research on aging. She
women to use digital cameras           has been asked to contribute
to take pictures of things that        to a book because of her
supported or limited their ability     work with Age-Well, a national
to continue living in their location   organization that aims to help
of choice. They could take as          older Canadians maintain their
many photos as they wished, but        independence, health, and
in the end, they were asked to         quality of life through technology     Bryanton is the subject of a
select the four pictures that best     and services. Last summer she          documentary entitled “Never
illustrated their reality of what      mentored students in Age-Well’s        Too Old”, which premiered
supported or limited their ability     week-long summer institute             on CBC Docs POV on August
to age in place. The participants      as they looked for solutions to        22. The documentary features
presented their photos at an           social isolation and loneliness        Bryanton and some of the
open house event attended by           among seniors.                         women who were part of her
family, friends, UPEI community                                               research. It was directed by
members, and policymakers,             She credited her supervising
                                                                              Marcia Connolly and produced
including Tina Mundy, then-            committee—“Team Olive”—and
                                                                              by Dream Street Pictures of
minister of family and human           her family for helping her succeed
                                                                              Halifax, Nova Scotia. It can be
services with responsibility for       in achieving her PhD. “They were
                                                                              watched on CBC’s streaming
seniors. Mundy was impressed           as invested as I was,” she said.
                                                                              service, Gem, at gem.cbc.ca
by Bryanton’s research and
                                       Even with this latest educational
the opportunity to talk with
                                       success, Bryanton is not resting
the participants, which partly
                                                                                             page 21 Winter 2020 | upei.ca
Plenty of highs and lows                                                               Women’s Soccer faces
                                                                                              difficult 2019 season;
       for the Panthers in 2018–19                                                            Men’s Soccer returns to
       By Thomas Becker                  Special to UPEI Magazine                             playoff action

      Sport has a unique way of evoking an array of emotions, and it
      was no different for the UPEI Panthers and their fans during the
      2018-19 season and the 2019 fall season.

                                                                                              With a 3–9 record in the regular
                                                                                              season, the women’s soccer squad
                                                                                              struggled to gain traction and again
                                                                                              missed out on post-season play.

                                                                                              After a power outage hit the men’s
                                                                                              soccer team in 2018, the veteran-
     Women’s Rugby inches closer to counterparts,                                             laden squad redeemed themselves
                                                                                              and returned to post-season play
     After a rebuilding year in 2018, the            scare in the Axewomen tying late         after cruising to victory over the
     Panthers hit the pitch in 2019 with             in the final game of the regular         Mount Allison Mounties at the end
     high hopes of better competing                  season, but they ended up losing         of the 2019 regular season. Under
                                                                                              the guidance of head coach Lewis
     with perennial powerhouse and                   the close battle 15–10, and finishing
                                                                                              Page, the Panthers left it all on the
     conference rivals St. Francis                   with a 2–4 record. Fourth-year           field at the AUS Championship in
     Xavier X-Women and the Acadia                   Panther Frances MacWilliam, who          Sydney, beating nationally ranked
     Axewomen. With 2018 AUS Rookie                  plays front row/prop, and rookie         UNB 2–1 in a thrilling quarterfinal
     of the Year Brinten Comeau now                  winger Mackenzie                         match that went into overtime.
     in her sophomore year, the UPEI                 Hale were both                           Despite best efforts, the men’s
                                                                                              squad succumbed 3–1 in semifinal
     women kicked their 2019 season                  named to the
                                                                                              play to St. FX. UPEI fifth-year
     off with an aggressive, but mindful,            2019 AUS                                 midfielder Sam Smiley was named
     style of play. Led by the strength of           Women’s Rugby                            an AUS First-Team All-Star for his
     their dominant scrums, UPEI put a               All-Star team.                           stellar play.
                                                                           Brinten Comeau

                                                     UPEI SPORTS
                                                    HALL OF FAME                   50 YEARS            50 MEMBERS

        UPEI Sports Hall of Fame inducts its 48th, 49th, and 50th members
        Hall now boasts 50 members after 50 years of Panther Sport
        The UPEI Sports Hall of Fame inducted three new members at its UPEI Sports Legacy Celebration
        on November 14, 2019. Soccer great Tessa Roche, football star Vernon Pahl, and the title-winning
        1984–85 UPEI Men’s Hockey team were the 48th, 49th, and 50th inductees, respectively, bringing the total
        membership of the Hall of Fame to 50, in honour of the University’s 50th anniversary.
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