Date: June 16 – 20, 2025
Location: University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown
Co-Hosted by: University of Prince Edward Island, The University of Aruba, Sophia University
Please visit the drop-down menus below to learn more about the conference. We look forward to seeing you in June!
Registration
More information coming soon!
Travel & Accommodations
Getting to PEI
Visa & electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)
Conference attendees traveling internationally may need a Visa or electronic Travel Authorization in order to enter Canada. Please visit the link below to determine what you need in order to travel to Canada.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/business/visitors-events-conferences.html
Air
You can fly non-stop to Charlottetown Airport (YYG) from Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa year round, and seasonally from Calgary and Edmonton. For more flight options, consider flying into Nova Scotia’s Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) and renting a car to complete the three hour drive from Halifax airport to PEI over the 12.9km long Confederation Bridge.
Alternatively, Maritime Bus can take you to Charlottetown from Halifax airport or from other destinations in Nova Scotia and neighboring New Brunswick.
Land
Visitors travelling from Canada’s other maritime provinces (New Brunswick or Nova Scotia) can reach PEI by travelling over the Island’s 12.9 km long Confederation Bridge.
Visitors will have to pay when leaving the island. Toll prices are listed below.
| Vehicles | |
| First 2 axles | $50.25 |
| Each additional axle | $8.50 |
| Motorcycle | $20.00 |
Water
Another classic island option is to take the Northumberland Ferry from Caribou, Nova Scotia to Wood Islands, PEI. The ferry ride is approximately 75 minutes long. Once you have arrived in Wood Islands, PEI, it is another 45 minute drive to Charlottetown.
Visit ferries.ca for details on schedule, fares, amenities and to book online.
Staying in PEI
On-Campus Residence
We are working to provide conference attendees the option of staying in on-campus residences at UPEI. We will provide more information about this option as it becomes available.
Hotels
There are many hotel options in the Charlottetown area, all within a 10 minute drive of the University. See below for popular options:
Hampton Inn & Suites
The Holman Grand Hotel
The Arts Hotel
Delta Hotels
The Hotel on Pownal
Rodd Charlottetown
Rodd Royalty
Holiday Inn Express
Airbnb
Airbnb operates as an online marketplace for short-and-long-term homestays and experiences in various countries and regions. It acts as a broker and charges a commission from each booking.
VRBO
Similar to Airbnb, VRBO is an online marketplace for vacation rentals.
Getting Around PEI
Car Rentals
In order to experience all that PEI has to offer, we recommend renting a vehicle for the duration of your stay in PEI. Below is a list of all on-site car rentals available at the Charlottetown Airport (YYG). We recommend booking in advance.
Another option for car rentals is Turo, a carsharing company that offers a variety of pickup options.
Public Transportation
T3 Transit provides bus services regularly within Charlottetown, and between Charlottetown, Stratford and Cornwall. Bus fare is $2.00 CAD per person, ticket booklets (10 tickets for $18.00 CAD) can also be purchased at the UPEI bookstore.
Please visit https://www.t3transit.ca/ for more information on bus fares and schedules.
Below is a map showing all available bus routes within Charlottetown.
Taxis
Yellow Cab
Local Phone: 1-902-566-6666
Website: www.peiyellowcab.com
Email: info@yellowcabpei.com
Co-op Taxi
Local Phone: 1-902-628-8200
Website: www.cooptaxiline.com
Email: taxi@cooptaxiline.com
City Taxi
Local Phone: 1-902-892-6567
Website: www.citytaxipei.com
Email: contact@citytaxipei.com
GrabbaCab
Local Phone: 1-902-892-6000
Website: www.grabbacab.ca
Email: grabbacab@bellaliant.net
PEI Online Taxi
Website: www.peionlinetaxi.ca
Email: info@peionlinetaxi.ca
Speakers
Dr. Therese Ferguson
Therese Ferguson, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the School of Education (SOE) at The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica).
Dr. Ferguson serves as the Programme Leader for Change from Within, a school-based initiative in Jamaica that addresses violence and indiscipline through school culture change, which is implemented by the SOE. She is also the Coordinator of the ESD Working Group within the SOE, and serves as Programme Coordinator for the Master of Education Degree Programme in Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship and Peace within the SOE. Her research interests lie in ESD, peace education, climate change education, qualitative research, and early-career researcher development.
Her publications include two co-authored books: Education for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: Pedagogy, Processes and Practices and SDG4 – Quality Education: Inclusivity, Equity and Lifelong Learning for All. She also served as a Guest Editor for a Special Issue of Environmental Education Research on Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) in the English-speaking Caribbean. Additionally, her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Environmental Education Research, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Geography Compass, Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, The Qualitative Report, Caribbean Journal of Education, Social and Economic Studies, and the Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean. Dr. Ferguson currently serves as a member of the Advisory Group for the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP).
Schedule & Book of Abstracts
More information coming soon!
Call for Abstracts (Closed)
Our call for abstracts is now closed!
Download the call for abstracts here, or read below
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and communities across disciplines to explore island imaginaries and interdisciplinarities in the context of climate change. Recognizing that climate change is profoundly cultural and that island imaginaries wield discursive power and material effects, we seek insights from different perspectives such as arts, humanities, social sciences, and climate (and other) sciences.
Islands have long evoked imaginative responses that informed the ways they have been conceptualized, researched, represented, colonized, and deployed by Western-scientific-economic interests. With climate change, new island imaginaries are being produced, for example, via data, computer models, visualizations, and dystopic predictions, all of which have material dynamics that forge realities. Islanders have been resisting and critically responding to past and current island imaginaries through research, art, stories, and Indigenous epistemologies. Diverse, decolonizing, and interdisciplinary collaborations that challenge and reconsider how imaginaries and knowledge(s) about islands are produced, valued, disseminated, utilized, and resisted are vital in creating transformative possibilities. Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work at this vibrant and collaborative forum, bringing together island scholars from around the world and across various disciplines. Submit an abstract related to one or more of the sub-themes:
- Food sovereignty in an era of climate change
- Ocean health and climate change (ecosystem functionality, terrestrial, ocean, ecotone)
- Incorporating diverse knowledges in climate change adaptation strategies
- The importance of health and well-being
- Material culture: lived experiences of the everyday
- Climate and social justice
- Gender and intergenerational framing
- Environmental law and governance
- Migration and urbanization
- Nature-based solutions
- Climate change communications
- Climate change education
This conference aims to share stories. We therefore encourage academic papers, panels, roundtables, posters, and non-traditional presentations (e.g., storytelling, interactive sessions, creative) from all disciplines. In addition to scholarly papers, we also invite submissions for:
- Artist in residence / Poet in residence
- Creative pieces that engage with the themes
- Workshops on sharing creative practices (e.g., poetry, art, photography, storytelling)
- Indigenous practices and workshops
- Experiential learning activities
We welcome submissions that look at the dynamics of climate change, island imaginaries and the imperative of interdisciplinary research on a case-by-case, island-by-island, or regional basis. All disciplinary perspectives are welcomed, but they must engage with notions of the lived experience of islandness. We are also keen to engage with presentations that adopt a more comparative framework or methodology in their critical analysis.
Abstracts of around 150-200 words each are invited on any of the above themes. Although this is primarily an in-person event, we will accommodate those who choose not to travel with a parallel stream made available to participants online. Please indicate in the Abstract Submission Form if you prefer this mode of delivery. Registration fees will be adjusted accordingly.
Partners & Sponsors
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Volunteer
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Contact Us
For more information, please email: turningthetide2025@gmail.com
Contacts:
Ms. Pooja Kumar, Coordinator, Institute of Island Studies/UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at the University of Prince Edward Island
Tristan Atkins, Conference Assistant, Institute of Island Studies.
