Dear UPEI students, As you might be aware, the UPEI Faculty Association (UPEIFA) and UPEI administration are currently engaged in negotiations over a number of issues. Since some of you may be confused, the UPEI Student Union (UPEISU) would like to give you some background and explain what this entails for...
In an email sent by Dr. Greg Naterer, Vice-President Academic and Research on the 7th of March, 2023, there was a proposed 4% increase in UPEI general tuition and a 6% increase for UPEI Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students. The UPEI Student Union would like to publicly condemn this proposition. As...
President Michael Arfken University of Prince Edward Island Faculty Association 550 University Ave. Charlottetown, PE President Greg Keefe University of Prince Edward Island 550 University Ave. Charlottetown, PE We write to you today concerning the Student Opinion of Teaching Surveys (SOTS). As you know, the SOTS are part of the tenure-track application process when faculty members apply for...
16 February 2022 – Charlottetown, PE UPEI Students, This past Monday and Tuesday, the UPEI Faculty Association (UPEIFA) voted in favour of a strike. This news is discouraging for many students. As previously stated, the UPEI Student Union would like to see the UPEIFA and the University return to the table to...
1 February 2022 – Charlottetown, PE UPEI Students, As most of you are aware via an email sent by Vice-President Academic & Research, Greg Naterer, sent January 31 evening, the UPEI Faculty Association (UPEIFA) has the power to host a strike vote henceforth from Tuesday, February 7, 2023. The UPEI Student Union would...
The UPEI Student Union 2022 Fall By-Election Results were approved by UPEISU Council at the meeting held on October 23, 2022. This election saw the voting in of representatives to sit on the 2022-2023 UPEI Student Union Council. The results are as follows: Arts Rep Mallory Travis: 76 Lucy Oyikwu Carew: 20 Total: 118 Abstain: 22 Elected:...
The UPEI Student Union 2022 Winter Election Results were approved by UPEISU Council at the Extraordinary Meeting held on March 18, 2022. This election saw the voting in of representatives to sit on the 2022-2023 Student Union Council, and for their 2022-2023 Executive Committee. The results are as follows: Executive Positions President Adam...
March 4, 2022 – Charlottetown, PE At the February 24, 2022 sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, the provincial operating budget was tabled. This operating budget outlines how the Provincial Government will be allocating Islanders’ tax dollars for the upcoming year. Although funding was allocated to increasing funding to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31-January 2022 - Charlottetown, PE At the January 16th, 2022 UPEISU Council meeting, a motion was moved requesting the ombudsperson launch an investigation into workplace dynamics at the UPEISU. As per the UPEISU’s Council Bylaw, Section 11, Subsection 5 (b), “At the conclusion of an investigation, the Ombudsperson shall present...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24-January 2022 - Charlottetown, PE On Monday January 17th, 2022 a statement was released stating that the UPEISU President Riley MacKay had been impeached (you can view the original statement here). It was later determined that there had been an error in due process, which stemmed from an interpretation...