The UPEI Faculty of Arts established the Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy in 2023 to honour the achievements of Dr. Shannon Murray, an award-winning professor of English and a 3M National Teaching Fellow. In 2022, Dr. Murray was awarded the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, one of the highest honours awarded in Canada for teaching and learning in higher education.
2023, Inaugural lecture, Dr. Shannon K. Murray: Dickson, Lisa, Shannon Murray, and Jessica Riddell. Shakespeare's guide to hope, life, and learning. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022. Library has print: SPEC-ARCH PR2976.D53S53 2023
2024 lecture, Dr. Jessica Riddell, "The Times Are Urgent: We Must Slow Down. Building hope circuits for ourselves and in community": Riddell, Jessica. Hope circuits: rewiring universities and other organizations for human flourishing. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024. Library has ebook: research.ebsco.com/plink/e5adb2ef-2ade-3947-96f6-cd4da237ff1e. Library has print: LA417.5 R53 2024
2025 lecture, Dr. Kari Grain, “Water as Teacher: What water can teach us about hope in hard times”: Grain, Kari. Critical hope : how to grapple with complexity, lead with purpose, and cultivate transformative social change. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2022. Library has no copies.
2026 lecture, Kevin M. Gannon, "Hope for Humans": Gannon, Kevin M. Radical hope : a teaching manifesto. First edition. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2020. Library has ebook: research.ebsco.com/plink/7bc58fba-f641-3fd1-8e75-8ceb3163bfb9.