March 22, 2018 The UPEI Student Union has sought advice from our legal counsel in regards to the resignation and notice of impeachment for Ms. Chelsea Perry. As such, we have determined that Council no longer has the authority to impeach Ms. Perry, given that she has already resigned from her...
On March 14, 2018, William McGuigan, the UPEISU Vice-President of Finance and Administration, was appointed interim president of the UPEISU. Interim-President McGuigan will remain in the interim for the rest of the 2017-2018 year, and will continue into his presidential term of the 2018-2019 year beginning May 1, 2018. The minutes...
UPDATE: Statement Regarding Vote of Non-Confidence for President Perry, Resignation of President Perry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 March 2018 - Charlottetown, PE On March 12, 2018, a group of UPEI Student Union councillors put forward an official notice of a motion of non-confidence for President Chelsea Perry. The motion of non-confidence reads as follows:...
RESULTS President Will McGuigan - 460 Justin Clory - 331 Abstain - 104 Total - 895 VPAX Emma Drake - 541 Sweta Daboo - 271 Abstain - 83 Total - 895 VPSL Sarah MacEachern - 545 Caroline Simoes Correa - 246 Abstain - 104 Total - 895 Board of Governors Owen Shaw - 479 ...
The Government of Prince Edward Island announced in 2017 that it would be launching a review of the provincial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Given that the UPEI Student Union has been actively advocating since 2014 that post-secondary institutions in Prince Edward Island be included as public bodies under FOIPP legislation,...
The UPEI Student Union would like to sincerely apologize for any hurt or offense that has been caused by our “Love and Sex Week” campaign during the week of February 12-16, 2018. Although we intended the campaign to be inclusive and fun for all students, clearly some events fell short...
From February 6 - February 8, 2018, the UPEI Student Union is coordinating a letter-writing campaign advocating for better mental health resources on campus. We want to flood the offices of our provincial MLAs with letters from students explaining why these resources are important and why they are needed on...
The following results are not official until the UPEISU council approves them on January 28, 2018. Chelsea Perry: 432 Justin Clory: 377 Abstentions: 59 Total votes: 868...
At the December 3, 2017 University of Prince Edward Island Student Union (UPEISU) council meeting, council voted to move forward with renovations to the UPEISU campus pub, The Wave. Since 2002, The Wave has occupied a large restaurant-style space in the W. A. Murphy Student Centre. The renovations, which were...
It has come to the attention of the UPEI Student Union that a person or group has been putting up posters in public spaces around Charlottetown, including in very close proximity to the UPEI campus. These posters utilize racist tones, and include statements such as “Stop the ethnocide of ‘old...