It won a JHM Award for humour writing at the 2018 NASH Conference in Toronto, hosted by the Canadian University Press.

The Editor in Chief was replaced, and from that point on, the UPEI Student Union took a more active role in the paper, as they were liable for the content printed as publishers of The Cadre.

The paper drew harsh criticism[citation needed] when it became the first North American publication to print the offensive Muhammad cartoons from the Jyllands-Posten.

In January 2007, the UPEI Student Union acknowledged that The Cadre needed renewal, and established a committee to address this issue.

Others have claimed that The Cadre has suffered from the proliferation of citizen journalism through personal channels and social networking websites such as Facebook, and must increase its relevance by using new mediums to communicate, as UPEI ISM has through services such as ECMA Interactive.