Dolores LeVangie is a Master of Arts (Island Studies) student who has travelled to Chiloe Island, Chile. This island is roughly the same size as PEI with a population of around 150,000. Dolores travelled to the remote Williche community of Tweo, which is located on the southern tip of Chiloe and only accessible by boat. In March 2010, she returned to the island to do ethnographic field work for her Master's degree, working at the Williche Health Centre and travelling with the health team doing interviews in various communities.

Dolores plans to examine how “islandness” influences the effects that modernity has on illnesses and treatment in island populations. This research will explore how living on an island impacts the effects that post-colonialism, modernity, and capitalism have on types of illnesses of island populations and how this impacts the medical systems of islands...

Remote Control: Governance Lessons for and from Small, Insular, and Remote Regions, edited by Godfrey Baldacchino (Island Studies), Rob Greenwood, and Lawrence Felt. How does one transform small size and relative isolation into a powerful combination for sustainable growth and prosperity? By using tools and strategies that demonstrate a creative “resourcefulness of jurisdiction”—proactive, creative, and assertive approaches to governance that achieve remote control. (ISER Press)

"Pulling Strings: Policy Insights for Prince Edward Island from other Sub-National Island Jurisdictions" is based on research emerging from a UPEI research project on sub-national island jurisdictions. Edited by Godfrey Baldacchino and Kathleen Stuart (Island Studies), it includes chapters by Baldacchino, Stuart, Hans Connor, Crystal Fall, Barbara Groome Wynne, and Lawrence Liao, with an Introduction by John Eldon Green and Conclusion by Jean Mitchell (Anthropology). (Island Studies Press)

Godfrey Baldacchino (Canada Research Chair in Island Studies) edited and wrote the introduction to Bridging Islands: The Impact of Fixed Links. Internationally recognized scholars review the socio-cultural, economic and political impacts of fixed links on small island communities, including PEI's Confederation Bridge, Cape Breton's Canso Causeway, and other islands in Canada and abroad. (Acorn Press)

Island Studies Journal (ISJ) is a scholarly journal dedicated to the inter-disciplinary study of our “world of islands.” Published twice a year (May and November), the first issue appeared in May 2006. Editor-in-chief is Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, Canada Research Chair in Island Studies, based at the Institute of Island Studies, UPEI. The international Editorial Board is made up of island studies scholars from over 50 universities and institutions.