Tag Archives: University of Prince Edward Island

My New Role at the University of Prince Edward Island (or How to Beat the Summer Heat in the Land of Anne of Green Gables)

Posted on August 12, 2025 by

Hello, dear readers! My wife and I are escaping a beautiful but intensely hot high afternoon in a tourist cafe in the Land of Anne of Green Gables (Cavendish, PEI). We are camping on our Island’s magical North Shore (read … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Narnia, Prince Edward Island, Teaching, University of Prince Edward Island, UPEI | 14 Comments

My Teaching Philosophy and a Prof of the Year Award

Posted on July 22, 2025 by

I am at one of these professional moments where I am thinking about what I believe are, for me, the essential values, methods, and attitudes of an educator. My Teaching and Research Dossier is dozens of pages, but it is … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reflections | Tagged Inquiry-based Learning, Pedagogy, Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Teaching, Teaching Award, University of Prince Edward Island, UPEI | 13 Comments

A Quick Note on the Death of Dreams and Private Career College Corruption

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Most readers of A Pilgrim In Narnia will not know that I spent a number of years working as a Researcher and Writer for the Prince Edward Island Government, especially in areas of Higher Education, advanced learning, career training, workforce … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged higher education, Prince Edward Island, private training schools, public policy, Regent College, Signum University, University, University of Prince Edward Island, vocation | 3 Comments

A Garden Gate Summer Note on Teaching and the First Days of School

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Summertime has come and passed–at least here in Prince Edward Island. Island folk wisdom has it that summers break on the weekend of the Gold Cup & Saucer race in mid-August. How global weather patterns know about a two-minute horserace … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged ACLC, Autumn, C.S. Lewis, Digital Literacy, L.M. Montgomery, leadership, liberal arts, Prince Edward Island, Regent College, Signum University, Soulcraft, The King's College, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, University, University of Prince Edward Island, UPEI | 16 Comments

Dour and Daft Reflections of a Prince Edward Islander Speaking in a Nuclear Age, or Words I Don’t Use on Youtube or in Speeches

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I was giving a talk at the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 15th Biennial International Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island. I was speaking on what I called Montgomery’s “iconography of the spiritual imagination.” The talk was less … Continue reading →