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UPEI's board chair says the seventh president and vice-chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island has shown a deep commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigenization at the post-secondary level.

Some students at the University of Prince Edward Island say a five per cent tuition hike next year will mean they'll have to take on more part-time work and rethink their budgets.

UPEI interim president Dr. Greg Keefe and the provincial government say that P.E.I.'s allocation of international students was lower than expected. Both are trying to get the federal government to raise the cap and allow more international students to attend schools on the Island.

UPEI officials are warning MLAs that the university may need more provincial funding if the federal government’s cap on new international students leads to lower enrolment at the Charlottetown campus. 

Two letters from the university's faculty lay out a range of concerns around transparency, funding, and how the school — slated to open in fall 2025 — could affect P.E.I.’s health-care system. 

UPEI’s five-year action plan contains hundreds of proposed changes to address everything from discrimination to sexual harassment to bullying, but the university’s faculty association says more could be done immediately to change the culture on campus.

The University of Prince Edward Island has released a draft of the five-year action plan it will use to follow through on the recommendations from the Rubin Thomlinson report, which identified a toxic environment on campus, where bullying and harassment were widespread and condoned at an institutional level.

The University of Prince Edward Island is seeking community input on its five-year action plan.

The University of Prince Edward Island is seeking community input on the preliminary draft of its action plan.

UPEI says it's taking steps to make its campus safer and more inclusive, and has created seven new positions, with a focus on student support, equity and sexual violence prevention.