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2013 Order of Prince Edward Island awarded
Order of PEI
The Order of Prince Edward Island is the highest honour the Province can bestow, recognizing remarkable contributions by individual Islanders to the social, economic and cultural life of Prince Edward Island.

Three distinguished Islanders - the Honourable Alexander B. Campbell of Stanley Bridge; Dr. Joyce Madigane of Bideford; and Vera Elizabeth Dewar of Stratford - have been named as the 2013 recipients of the the Order of Prince Edward Island.

A growing financial services sector
Invesco
(L-R)Invesco Enterprise Services Vice President Adam Runge; Premier Robert Ghiz; Senior Managing Director and Chief Admin Officer Colin Meadows; Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning Allen Roach;and Global Head of Transfer Agency Bill Galvin.

Premier Robert Ghiz is congratulating Invesco, a leading independent global investment management firm, on the growth of its Island operations. Invesco employs 250 Islanders at its global enterprise centre in Charlottetown which opened in 2007.

Celebrating diversity
Diversity Award
(l-r)Public Health nurses Michele Vloet-Miller and Lauretta Taylor; Community Services and Seniors Minister Valerie E. Docherty; Rona Smith,Department of Community Services and Seniors and Public Service Commission Diversity Consultant Thilak Tennekone.

The Premier's Award for Diversity Leadership in the Public Service honours public servants demonstrating leadership, promotion and management of diversity and inclusiveness. The 2013 award winners include public health nurses Lauretta Taylor and Michelle Vloet-Miller and the Child and Family Services Division of the Department of Community Services and Seniors.

Islanders to benefit from enhanced provincial Electronic Health Record
Electronic Health Record
Benefits of the process will include real-time patient information delivery, reduced errors, and improved patient safety.

Island hospitals are implementing a new electronic ordering process that will see hand-written physician orders replaced by electronic orders, further enhancing the province’s Electronic Health Record (EHR)system.

Major investment will increase use of technology in education
Premier Robert Ghiz speaking at a news conference announcing a major investment in the use of technology in Island schools.

A new $8 million investment in education technology will benefit student learning in schools across the province. The Government of Prince Edward Island has entered into a partnership agreement with Eastlink that will see all 65 school sites upgraded to equivalent standards.

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