A Mi’kmaw elder weaving handmade baskets is the latest climate artist-in-residence at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation in St. Peter’s Bay, P.E.I. Francis Jadis has been making baskets since his childhood on Lennox Island. Now his baskets — made of wisqoq, or black ash — are the focus of an exhibit called Read more…
Lisa Theriault incorporates objects into her works that provide a concrete illustration of the effects of climate change. Visual artist Lisa Theriault PHOTO: RADIO-CANADA / GABRIELLE DRUMOND An exhibition by a French-speaking artist from Prince Edward Island is trying to raise awareness of the challenges of climate change through art. Read more…
The numbers are in for 2022, and Prince Edward Island lost a record amount of shoreline, according to researchers at UPEI’s School of Climate Change and Adaptation. The loss in some places was so extreme that the measuring pegs a coastal monitoring research project had been using for seven years were clawed Read more…
With the belief that art has a critical role to play in climate change adaptation awareness and well-being, Creative PEI in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation is proud to launch the Climate Artist-in-Residence Program (CAIR). This iteration of CAIR consists of four Artists-in-Residence, Lisa Theriault, Read more…
The UPEI funding was included in an announcement of federal investment in science and engineering research made on August 29 by the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Read more…
Left to right: Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Interim Dean, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation; Dr. Greg Keefe, UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor (interim); Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Heath MacDonald, MP for Malpeque; Andrea McKenna, Executive Director, East Prince Agri-Environment Association; Bobby Morrissey, MP for Egmont Read more…
American and Canadian climate change researchers are on P.E.I. this week to consider some of the complex issues raised by the impact of post-tropical storm Fiona on the Island. UPEI’s Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation is hosting a climate forum Friday in St. Peter’s Bay. Forum participants will discuss the Read more…
Climate Forum 2023 Canadian Centre for Climate Change and AdaptationUniversity of Prince Edward Island August 16-18, 2023St. Peter’s Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada For more information, please visit: https://sigma.academy/climate2023
Mr. Md. Foezullah Talukder, Head of the Climate Change Program, Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), will visit Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI, St. Peters Bay campus on 4th July 2023 (9:30 – 11:00 AM). He will speak about “Living labs for climate change education and research Read more…
We are excited to invite everyone to visit the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation for an Open House on Thursday, July 13th from 9:00am – 12 noon at the new facility in St.Peters Bay. Open to the public, students, community members, and anyone interested in learning about the Read more…
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