Posted: Feb 11, 2021 9:09 AM AT | Last Updated: February 11 Daryl Guignion spent his life teaching about and protecting P.E.I. wilderness.(CBC) comments Daryl Guignion, a retired UPEI biology professor and environmental champion, died in Charlottetown on Monday. Born in 1942 in Rosebridge, in the Gaspé region of Quebec, Guignion had to leave home for Halifax to finish high school, which was not available in his home town. He became the first member of his family to earn a university degree. He did not stop there. Guignion earned a masters degree and was offered a position in the biology department at St. Dunstan's University, which became the University of Prince Edward Island following an an amalgamation with Prince of Wales College in 1969.