The Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) at the University of Prince Edward Island is a unique, interdisciplinary, and policy-driven graduate course that critiques islands on their own terms.

The program is open to students from around the world. They come out of undergraduate programs from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and diverse degrees, or with professional workplace experience in the public, private, or resource sectors, and they study a myriad of islands.

Faculty in the MAIS program come from a wide range of departments, ranging from Environmental and Political Studies to English, Education, and Economics.

Search "Master of Arts in Island Studies" to find out what some of our students and professors are doing.

Students are required to take six courses and write a thesis. The three Compulsory Courses, offered annually, are

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UPEI researchers are partnering with the PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada on an innovative program called Connecting Families through Community to increase the literacy levels of new Canadians. They are working closely with immigrant families in Charlottetown to develop and introduce a flexible literacy program that is transferable to other newcomer families in PEI and across the country. Their findings will strengthen the capacity of service providers to support immigrants by providing information, training, and resources on family literacy.



The faculty co-ordinator is Dr. Barbara Campbell, Director of the Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning.The lead researcher is Dr. Vianne Timmons, former V.P. Academic Development at UPEI, and now President of the University of Regina. Timmons’ UPEI-based research team will work in tandem with her researchers in Regina.