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Graduating students are highly satisfied (87%) with the overall quality of post-secondary education (PSE) they have received across the region’s universities and community colleges.

The L.M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI) at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú has launched an exciting tool for scholars researching the life and legacy of Lucy Maud Montgomery. 

The Climate Research Lab at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú has begun its summer field season by flying its fleet of drones over Prince Edward Island. 

Sixteen distinguished individuals, including ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú’s very own chancellor, Dr. Don McDougall, received honorary degrees when Western University hosted its Convocation this spring.

Chancellor McDougall received a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) at the June 14, 2016 ceremony.  (Western University has 16 convocation ceremonies.)

The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú named two of its distinguished faculty members as the recipients of the Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professorships in Nutrisciences and Health.

Two distinguished faculty members from ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú’s Department of History were honoured with national awards at the recent Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities conference in Calgary. 

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Women’s Soccer Coach Graeme McDonald is pleased to announce that Sydney River, Nova Scotia native Andrea Mahoney has committed to the Panthers for 2016–17.

Mahoney played high school soccer for the Riverview Reds, the 2015 provincial champions. She has been part of the Nova Scotia provincial program from 2014–16 and currently plays with Cape Breton FC.

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Director of Athletics and Recreation Chris Huggan announced today that British Columbia native John LaBoyne will be the new head coach for the varsity ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Women’s Rugby team. The position became available earlier this year when Coach Shannon Atkins advised ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú that she is moving, ironically, to British Columbia to pursue a new career opportunity.

The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú and the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Faculty Association are pleased to announce their joint commitment to return to the negotiating table. 

Have you started–or completed—a manuscript and you’re not sure what your next steps should be? Cynthia Good is a former president, publisher, and editorial director of Penguin Books Canada, and currently the Director of Student and Industry Initiatives for the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College in Toronto.