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Excavate and educate: Exhibit showcases Mi’kmaq and Acadian archaeological artifacts

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/excavate-and-educate-exhibit-showcases-mikmaq-and-acadian-archaeological-artifacts
2022-06-15
You never know what you can learn until you go digging. Literally. “Archaeology isn’t about what you find. It’s about what you find out,” says Matthew McRae, Executive Director of PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation (PEIMHF). This week, PEIMHF will officially launch its exhibit ‘Unearthing the Past...
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Education and empathy: Teaching the truth of Canada’s Indigenous peoples

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/education-and-empathy-teaching-the-truth-of-canadas-indigenous-peoples
2022-05-20
For many, learning is a lifelong process – even for educators. That’s just one reason government established the Indigenous Education Advisory Committee – or IEAC – last year.  “Teachers have to learn how to teach students about Indigenous issues,” says Jack Headley, a Social Studies and Innovation...
Linda Lowther (left) and Georges Arsenault, co-authors of the book L’Acadie de l Île-du-Prince-Édouard: 300 ans d’histoire, stand with students from École St-Augustin at the book's recent launch

New curriculum aims to ‘enrich the identity’ of PEI’s young Acadians and Francophones

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/new-curriculum-aims-to-enrich-the-identity-of-peis-young-acadians-and-francophones
2022-05-12
Students in PEI’s French schools and French immersion classes will be learning more about the history and stories of the Island’s Acadians when they return to school this fall. About 300 years’ worth of stories, in fact – thanks to the introduction of a new social studies book titled L’Acadie de l...
Crystal Ogden pictured with her daughter Cadence

Organ Donation: Giving - and receiving - the gift of life

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/organ-donation-giving-and-receiving-the-gift-of-life
2022-04-26
The gift of life is something most parents give their child only once. But not Crystal Ogden. “People tell me I gave her life twice.” In 2013, Ogden donated part of her liver to her daughter Cadence, who was just five years old when she learned she needed a liver transplant. At age two, Cadence was...
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Climate Challenge Fund: Supporting PEI’s environmental innovators

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/climate-challenge-fund-supporting-peis-environmental-innovators
2022-04-22
The impact of storm surges and coastal erosion is an issue PEI has always faced. But the work of some innovative Islanders, coupled with financial support from government, has helped cushion that impact—literally. “This is a soft approach,” says Kalyee Busniuk, watershed coordinator for the...
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PEI Arts Grants: Bringing Island artists’ ideas to life

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/pei-arts-grants-bringing-island-artists-ideas-to-life-5
2022-04-08
Reequal Smith held her breath, opened her email, and hoped for the best. “I was very nervous. But when I read the good news, I was ecstatic,” says the 28-year-old who moved from the Bahamas to PEI in 2016 to study dance at Holland College. Smith’s application for a PEI Arts Grant had been approved...
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Rural transit delivers benefits to Islanders - and environment

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/rural-transit-delivers-benefits-to-islanders-and-environment
2022-03-25
He may be only 13 years old, but Brady Chaisson already has plans for his future. “My goal is to play major junior hockey or university hockey.” And when government introduced rural public transit for Islanders, Chaisson got closer to making those plans a reality. Last fall Chaisson and his parents...
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Program helps caregivers strengthen connections with children - and each other

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/program-helps-caregivers-strengthen-connections-with-children-and-each-other
2022-03-18
Mental wellness and self-care are two things that often fall to the bottom of the ‘to-do’ list for many parents and childcare providers. But a program offered by the Early Childhood Development Association of PEI is helping Island caregivers make the time they need to nurture the well-being of not...
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Building confidence through dance

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/building-confidence-through-dance
2022-03-11
Some people might describe themselves as having two left feet, but Stephanie Calberry insists that dance is for everyone.   Calberry is a social worker and has also taught dance for several years.   “I love watching people discover their love of dance and seeing how happy it makes them.”  That’s...
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Social work student offers support - and receives it - in job placement

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/social-work-student-offers-support-and-receives-it-in-job-placement
2022-03-04
When Mark Wiebe finished his on-the-job training in social work last fall, he didn’t have to go far to find a place that would hire him.  He was already there.  “I finished my job placement and that transitioned straight into work,” says the 24-year-old who graduated in January with a master’s...
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