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Meet Teresa Tu, Employer Outreach Officer with the Office of Immigration
2022-07-22
Teresa Tu provides support to Island business owners by connecting them with global talent when they are having trouble filling job vacancies locally.
“We help businesses grow and succeed by connecting employers with international recruits who have unique skills to help Island businesses thrive...
Meet Molly Doyle, the Government of Prince Edward Island’s Net Zero Ambassador
2022-07-19
Meet Molly Doyle! She is back again for a second year as the Government of Prince Edward Island’s Net Zero Ambassador.
A graduate of Charlottetown Rural High School, Molly is entering Dalhousie University in the fall where she will be taking medical sciences.
But for the summer she will be...
Building kids’ connections – and confidence – through outdoor play
2022-07-08
A nearby beach where you always swam.
That favourite tree you used to climb.
The woods you explored behind your childhood home.
“Most people can remember someplace in nature that felt special to them,” says Hannah Gehrels, project coordinator for Wild Child PEI.
“They have memories of that...
Excavate and educate: Exhibit showcases Mi’kmaq 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...
Education and empathy: Teaching the truth of Canada’s 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...
New curriculum aims to ‘enrich the identity’ of PEI’s 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...
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...
Climate Challenge Fund: Supporting PEI’s 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...
PEI Arts Grants: Bringing Island artists’ ideas to life
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...
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...