A career spent working for social justice has brought Randell Duguid back home to Prince Edward Island. After 16 years gathering information and experience - Duguid worked with victims of sexualized violence in Vancouver’s lower east side and helped provide university education...
The Government of PEI has adopted the Government of Canada’s Open Data principles based on the Sunlight Foundation's " Ten Principles for Opening up Government Information." 1. Completeness Datasets should be as complete as possible, reflecting the entirety of what is recorded...
The Community Service Bursary is awarded to post-secondary students who volunteer at least 30 hours at a registered charity while they attend high school in PEI. Once you enter high school, you may register anytime and accumulate volunteer hours until June 30 in the year you graduate Grade 12. You must submit the online registration and your volunteer organization(s) must submit a record of your hours served before September 30th of the year the bursary is issued. What do I need to complete the online form? Your complete contact information Your Social Insurance Number ( required by Canada...
Lynn Loftus first volunteered with the Alzheimer Society of PEI because of her father’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis – but even 30 years spent getting involved and learning about the illness couldn't fully prepare her to be diagnosed herself. “I started with the Alzheimer...
The Chief Public Health Officer is alerting Islanders of the presence of a highly potent opioid, fentanyl, in the province of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown Police Services has confirmed the presence of fentanyl in cocaine seized in Prince Edward Island. Fentanyl is a...
Supporting Island families - If you have diabetes and live on Prince Edward Island, you’re not alone – and the provincial government has experts committed to helping you enjoy a healthy life. An estimated 14,000 Islanders live with diabetes, which can be more than just a shocking...
A new strategy has been developed to help create a suicide-safer Prince Edward Island and reduce the painful, long-term effects of suicide on loved ones and communities. The Department of Health and Wellness -- in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association -- has...
Islanders living with diabetes are invited to a series of important conversations next month that will shape Prince Edward Island’s renewed diabetes strategy. Health PEI will hold four focus group sessions across the province from June 5 to 13 to help inform the new multi-year...
Cybelle Rieber knows that meeting the needs of Prince Edward Island’s most marginalized residents is essential to building a compassionate, equitable place for all Islanders. Her organization – the PEERS Alliance – is one of five community partners supported in 2018 through...
This is a statistical report on Lung Cancer in Prince Edward Island. It is one report in a series that is being developed to provide a meaningful look at the four most frequently diagnosed cancers in PEI (lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers).