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Dr. Russell Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Marine Natural Products, speaks with a reporter
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Contact Person:
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Recent news articles featuring UPEI researchers
"Should your aging parent live alone?" Canadian Living magazine speaks with Dr. Lori Weeks, Associate Professor of Applied Health Sciences
"Consumers will take $80M hit with HST" CBC story quotes Associate Professor and Chair of Economics, Dr. Jim Sentance
"Playground singing" Listen to the CBC Radio feature on Dr. June Countryman's research on the songs and chants kids sing on the playground
"Budget a simplistic cure for complex illness" Dr. Palanisamy Nagarajan, Professor Emeritus of Economics, writes in the PEI Guardian
Dr. George Jia, Assistant Professor of Economics, has his monthly check-in on the CBC.ca site on PEI's jobless rate
"Let's just say no to the war on drugs" Dr. Peter McKenna writes in the Halifax Chronicle Herald
"Reducing Chances of Stroke" Dr. Barbara Campbell (and daughter Maria) on CBC Radio's Island Morning
"Crashing bat population likely to hit P.E.I." CBC News speaks with UPEI/AVC wildlife pathologist Dr. Scott McBurney
"Understanding a devastating salmon disease" CBC Radio Halifax speaks with Dr. Larry Hammell, UPEI's Innovation PEI Industry Research Chair
"Harper missed opportunity on Cuba" UPEI's Dr. Peter McKenna writing in the Winnipeg Free Press
"P.E.I. National Park gets ready to celebrate 75th anniversary" (Charlottetown Guardian)
"Supermarket salmon test positive for virus found in Europe" (Globe and Mail)
"Hunting for the hunters" St. John's Telegram story on groups monitoring the seal hunt quotes AVC's Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust
"Forget the business case, open online courses are about learning" UPEI Education PhD candidate Bonnie Stewart writes in the Manchester Guardian about a new trend in education
"A chilling distress call" The Charlottetown Guardian speaks with UPEI's Dr. Ed MacDonald, Associate Professor of History, about the Marconi wireless station which heard the Titanic's final cry for help
"The signs of springs" The Charlottetown Guardian profiles the research of UPEI masters student Kyle Knysh
"Follow the Money: Why Relationships May Soon Be Psychiatric Diseases" UPEI's Dr. Ian Dowbiggin pens a blog post for the Huffington Post
"Sackville high school student selected into national gene research program" Sackville Tribune follows the story of a student's week working with Dr. Sunny Hartwig
"Premier: Elected Senators would aid N.B." Chronicle Herald/Telegraph Journal article quotes Dr. Don Desserud
"P.E.I. has a history of wanting a strong senate" Halifax Chronicle Herald speaks with Dr. Ed MacDonald
Dr. George Jia, Assistant Professor of Economics, discusses recent PEI employment numbers (CBC)
Getting up close and personal with some 500+ year old books; CBC Radio's Island Morning chats with UPEI's Dr. Richard Raiswell
CBC Radio's Maritime Magazine interviews Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie about recent developments in the access-to-abortion debate on Prince Edward Island
Dr. Don Desserud, Professor of Political Science and Dean of Arts, discusses the idea of electing the Governor General on a recent edition of CBC Radio's Mainstreet
"Looking for unicorn horns" The Chronicle of Higher Education features the new journal co-edited by UPEI's Dr. Richard Raiswell
"Italian pig disease a threat to Canadian exports", CBC report features AVC's Dr. Dan Hurnik
"Addressing some myths about the HST" Op-ed by Dr. Jim Sentance in the Guardian
"Tasers a ‘new urban terrorism’ against ‘downtrodden’: Canadian study" National Post article on study co-authored by UPEI's Dr. Charles Adeyanju's
"Salmon virus testing ban suggested" CBC
"Cohen Commission hears explosive testimony on salmon disease" (The Tyee)
"Federal agency accused of intimidation over salmon disease" (Globe and Mail)
"Feds accused of intimidation in fish virus scare: hearing" (CTV)
"Virus present in B.C. salmon for decades, inquiry told" (Globe and Mail)
"Canada Holds Hearing on Suspected Virus in Salmon" New York Times
"A healing light: how lasers can diagnose and treat disease" Globe and Mail story features the research on Dr. William Whelan, UPEI's Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Optics
"Research could allow doctors to hear tumours" CBC PEI story featuring Dr. Bill Whelan, UPEI's Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Optics
"Research = innovation = success" Hamilton Spectator column highlights UPEI research
"Women turning to desperate measures due to lack of abortion services" Charlottetown Guardian speaks with Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie
"Access to abortions in PEI" CBC Radio's The Current speaks with UPEI's Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie
Debating the province's financial challenges
A few more questions for Mr. Sheridan
Economists say P.E.I. not on brink of financial ruin
Crane’s PST cut “voodoo economics” charges UPEI economics professor
"Lethal virus found in B.C. sockeye ‘threat’ to producers" Globe and Mail article featuring the research of UPEI's Dr. Fred Kibenge
"ANALYSIS | All in all, a good year for incumbents" CBC News article quotes Dr. Peter McKenna
"Politics: Alward says he'd like to have provincial legislation in place by time next New Brunswick vacancy comes up" Telegraph Journal article quotes Dr. Don Desserud
"PEI rushed to approve thousands of immigrants" Globe and Mail story quotes Dr. Ian Dowbiggin
"P.E.I. Tory leader boycotts TV debate on principle" CTV story quotes Dr. Peter McKenna
"UPEI prof says effect of PNP investigation unclear" The Guardian interviews Dr. Peter McKenna
"Pesticide use on farms is political hot potato on Prince Edward Island", Canadian Press story featuring UPEI's Dr. Peter McKenna
"The lasting impact of the Iran-Iraq war" (Jewish Tribune)
"Shifting political landscape?" Postmedia News story featuring UPEI's Dr. Ian Dowbiggin
"Robert Ghiz tries to build on family dynasty in Prince Edward Island election" Canadian Press report featuring UPEI's Dr. Peter McKenna
"National historic plaque to shipbuilding unveiled" Dr. Ed MacDonald quote in the Guardian
"PM brings soft power and firepower to bear in the North" Dr. Peter McKenna quoted in the Globe and Mail
"Look out for ladybugs, researchers ask" (CBC)
"Battlegrounds Canada: Liberals seem safe in P.E.I., but momentum could shift" National Post article quotes Dr. Peter McKenna
"UPEI professor joining Arctic sovereignty operation" (Guardian)
"Norwegians Concede a Role in Chilean Salmon Virus" UPEI/AVC's Dr. Fred Kibenge's research cited in New York Times article
"Silicon Valley alum makes ad breakthrough in PEI" UPEI's Mark Hemphill and his ScreenScapes Networks profiled in the Globe and Mail
"Islanders by Choice" Dr.Ed MacDonald and Dr. Jean Mitchell feature in a CBC Radio Maritime Magazine documentary
"Deadly finch parasite studied at AVC"
"Why do we seek revenge?" CBC Radio's Strange Animal speaks with Dr. Stacey MacKinnon (begins 13:50)
"Should women change their last name when they get married?" (CBC Maritime Noon phone-in)
Helping Kenyan women breathe better (CBC Island Morning podcast)
PEI's Ghiz breezing to re-election (Globe and Mail)
PHOTO GALLERY: Whale beaching a learning opportunity (CBC)
Beloved Anne of Green Gables beckons the Duchess (Globe and Mail)
Canadian program investigates dairy cattle disease (JAVMA news)
Anne of Green Gables lures royal couple to P.E.I. (CTV)
Atlantic provinces launch strategy against Johne's (Alberta Farm Express)
Studies show teachers buried in admin work, have less time for students (National Post)
Teachers near 'breaking point': UPEI researcher (Guardian)
Teachers, principals and their paper-work burdens (Vancouver Sun)
Political donations: How parties pay the rent
Unite-the-left idea good -- in theory
N.S. brown bats endangered by fungus
