Join UPEI President Wendy Rodgers for casual "coffee chats" at Tim Horton's in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on Monday, April 14 from 8:00-8:45 am.

These coffee chats offer a relaxed setting where any member of the UPEI community can drop by, grab a drink, and chat with Wendy about anything on your mind. Whether you want to share ideas, ask questions or simply say hello, these chats are a great way to connect with the president in a comfortable and informal environment.

The Faculty of Nursing would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Tanya MacInnis’ Master of Nursing Thesis Defense, titled: "Interventions Used in Nursing Education that Change Nursing Students' Behaviour Related to Bullying and Incivility in Nursing Practice: A Scoping Review."   

Monday, April 14, 2025, 9:30 am

Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 246

 Everyone is welcome.  

CALLING UPEI EDUCATORS 

The Department of Diversity and Social Justice Studies, the Dean of Arts, and the Teaching and Learning Centre invite you to a half-day workshop on Friday, April 25 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (location TBA): Strengthening Interdisciplinary Culture Through Faculty Collaboration

The workshop invites UPEI instructors from across the university to help pilot a new model for enhancing interdisciplinary culture through collaborative curriculum design. The session is divided into two parts:

9:00–10:30 am | From DIRT to LUST: Lessons from a Decade of Interdisciplinary Innovation
Dr. Renée Valiquette (UPEI) and Dr. Sal Renshaw (Nipissing University) will share insights gleaned from a decade of delivering interdisciplinary concept courses. Their presentation will introduce a suite of strategies for crafting transformative interdisciplinary curricula. 

11:00 am–1:00 pm | Experiment in Co-Design
In the second segment, Renée and Sal will invite participants to help pilot an innovative model—adapted from their interdisciplinary undergraduate work—of collaborative curriculum design aimed at cultivating a deeper interdisciplinary culture among faculty. 

Everyone interested in building interdisciplinary cultures on campus in welcome to join! 

For more information and to register, please contact Renée Valiquette (DSJS) at rvaliquette@upei.ca. 

This 2-day workshop is designed to immerse participants in the world of AI. It is aimed at students and professionals interested in discovering and applying Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) techniques. Day 1 dives into the fundamentals of ML. In Day 2, we explore advanced DL techniques. Understand the key concepts and algorithms of ML, participate in practical sessions to strengthen your skills, and obtain a globally recognized NVIDIA certification for Fundamentals of Deep Learning. Prerequisites: Basic computer skills, statistics, basic programming in Python.

This two-day virtual workshop will be held on April 23 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and April 24, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. To register, go to https://www.acenet.training/courses

Master of Arts in Island Studies student Tristan Atkins will defend his thesis entitled "Embracing community values and culture in academia: A community-based evaluation of a high-efficiency woodstove pilot project on the Island of Ponds, Nunatukavut," on Friday, April 11, 10:00 am-noon, in SDU Main Building, Room 211. Supervisor is Dr. Nick Mercer (Island Studies/Environmental Studies), with committee members Dr. Jean Mitchell (Anthropology) and Dr. Debbie Martin (Dalhousie University). The external examiner is Dr. Stephen Hill (Trent University). Everyone is invited! If you'd like to join online please email Laurie at brinklow@upei.ca for the link.

As finals approach, the Robertson Library is adjusting our spaces to better meet the study needs of our patrons. The following study zone designations will be in effect from April 9 to 22:

Silent Study Zones (Upper Floor)

For quiet spaces and uninterrupted focus, visit the: 

• Upstairs sunroom
• Upstairs study carrels
• Single-person study rooms (book online via this link).

Quiet Collaboration Zones (Main Floor & Upstairs Reading Room)

For non-silent areas and group work, visit the:

• Upstairs reading room
• Group study rooms: bookable for groups of 2-8 people (book online via this link).
• Entire main floor, including the Library Commons

Reminder: Even in collaboration zones, please keep noise levels respectful for others.

Questions? Visit our service desk, use our online AskUs Chat, or check our website for room reservations and hours.

Iryna Kalynychenko, a candidate for the Management (Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management) tenure-track position in the McDougall Faculty of Business, will give a presentation titled "Outcomes of Interpersonal Felt Distrust in the Workplace: An Identity Threat Perspective" on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 1:00pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 329.

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Rahula Samaranayake's public presentation of his MEd research titled: "Exploring the Use of Digital Technology to Support Mathematics Learning in Pre-service Teacher Education" 

Please join us on April 14 at 9:00 am in person at Memorial Hall, Room 417 or through the Zoom link below

https://upei.zoom.us/j/63312298077?pwd=9P6uSE02XMCtXb0vqucaEY0fI8eTSV.1

Meeting ID: 633 1229 8077
Passcode: 605283

What is with all of this casting of pods lately? From the edges of the blogosphere in the days before the ubiquity of YouTube, podcasting became a thing. Its shape and scope have changed, but it remains a complex tableau of digitally dynamic, microphone-centred, for-you-by-you content design. When explaining the phenomenon, we can apply “multi-,” “inter-,” and “trans-” to all of our descriptors. Podcasting is multicultural, interdisciplinary, and transmedial (and all of the other combinations). Podcasting embraces digital-age culture with a kind of technophobic charm. Podcasting is rigorously research-based and terrifyingly casual with the truth. Podcasting is elitist and thus committed to accessibility. Podcasting is carefully designed and completely spontaneous.

Podcasting is becoming an emergent, dynamic, and transformative part of scholarly life. Increasingly, employers, grad school recruiters, start-ups, and nonprofit managers are looking for students with podcasting experience.

Using a collaborative, student-centred, inquiry-based pedagogical approach—all important parts of podcasting culture—Brenton Dickieson taught the inaugural podcasting course in Applied Communications, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) in Winter 2025. As an interdisciplinary applied arts program with a communications and cultural engagement focus, a workshop-styled course on podcasting makes a lot of sense. 

While Brenton is the host and co-producer of the MaudCast: The Podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute, and has some experience teaching, he is not an expert in podcasting. In this lunch and learn, Brenton reflects upon an intense, beautiful, and learning-filled semester guiding students through the 5 stages of podcast design—from concept to product launch.

April 16, 12:00 pm, Teaching and Learning Centre, Robertson Library Annex, Room 230 

Join UPEI President Wendy Rodgers for casual "coffee chats" at Tim Horton's in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on Monday, April 14 from 8:00-8:45 am.

These coffee chats offer a relaxed setting where any member of the UPEI community can drop by, grab a drink, and chat with Wendy about anything on your mind. Whether you want to share ideas, ask questions or simply say hello, these chats are a great way to connect with the president in a comfortable and informal environment.

UPEI's fiscal year ends on April 30, 2025.

Preparation for fiscal year end on April 30, 2025.

All departments are required to look at their outstanding purchase order list to see if there are any purchase orders that need to be cancelled. This functionality can be accessed through the myUPEI Self-Service Menu under "Financial Information" and the “Receive Goods and Services” selection.

If the items have been backordered for some time you will need to check with the supplier to see if they are still on their records as back ordered. If they are not backordered, then please email procurement@upei.ca to cancel your purchase order.

If you are in receipt of vendor invoices, forward these to invoices@upei.ca ASAP. Please contact apadmin@upei.ca with questions or concerns regarding billing and invoicing.

Purchasing deadline for 2024-2025

Requisition/purchase order:

The last day to create a requisition/purchase order for the 2024-2025 fiscal year will be on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at noon with guaranteed delivery date on or before April 30, 2025. 

Requisitions/purchase orders created after April 17, 2025, will have the requisition date changed to May 1, 2025, and the goods and services must be delivered on or after May 1, 2025. If you are unable to change the requisitions date to May 1, 2025, please put a note in the comment section of requisition indicating it is a new year order.

Receiving Goods/Services Cut-Off: April 30, 2025

Goods and Services must be received on campus by April 30, 2025. Only the goods that have been physically received or completed services should be accepted at this time. This will ensure that these goods and services are paid in the 2024-2025 fiscal year.  Any items received in myUPEI after April 30, 2025, will be considered new fiscal year goods and services and will be deducted from your new fiscal year budget (2025-26).

Need assistance? 

Please look at the “Financial Tools Reference Guide” under the "Self-Service Help" tab on myUPEI. 

The Faculty of Nursing would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Tanya MacInnis’ Master of Nursing Thesis Defense, titled: "Interventions Used in Nursing Education that Change Nursing Students' Behaviour Related to Bullying and Incivility in Nursing Practice: A Scoping Review."   

Monday, April 14, 2025, 9:30 am

Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 246

 Everyone is welcome.  

On May 1, 2025, the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being is hosting PEI’s first-ever Reverse Science Fair on mental well-being in partnership with the UPEI Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building.

This event is designed to build connections and share knowledge between community and researchers by swapping the roles that each play in a traditional science fair. Community organizations are invited to host a booth where they’ll share their insights, observations, and challenges from practice. Researchers and students are invited to learn from the community, share insights about the research process, and explore collaborative opportunities to find evidence-based answers to the community’s questions.

The main goal of the Reverse Science Fair is to provide organizations and researchers with the opportunity to connect, learn from one another, and start thinking about how they can work together to improve mental well-being outcomes on PEI. 

To learn more about the Reverse Science Fair, click here.

To register for the event, sign up through Eventbrite.

The deadline for Animal Care protocol submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, May 2, for the May meeting. 

Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/

For new protocols, select "applications," and for renewal or amendment protocols, select "events."

UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx. 

Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.

CALLING UPEI EDUCATORS 

The Department of Diversity and Social Justice Studies, the Dean of Arts, and the Teaching and Learning Centre invite you to a half-day workshop on Friday, April 25 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (location TBA): Strengthening Interdisciplinary Culture Through Faculty Collaboration

The workshop invites UPEI instructors from across the university to help pilot a new model for enhancing interdisciplinary culture through collaborative curriculum design. The session is divided into two parts:

9:00–10:30 am | From DIRT to LUST: Lessons from a Decade of Interdisciplinary Innovation
Dr. Renée Valiquette (UPEI) and Dr. Sal Renshaw (Nipissing University) will share insights gleaned from a decade of delivering interdisciplinary concept courses. Their presentation will introduce a suite of strategies for crafting transformative interdisciplinary curricula. 

11:00 am–1:00 pm | Experiment in Co-Design
In the second segment, Renée and Sal will invite participants to help pilot an innovative model—adapted from their interdisciplinary undergraduate work—of collaborative curriculum design aimed at cultivating a deeper interdisciplinary culture among faculty. 

Everyone interested in building interdisciplinary cultures on campus in welcome to join! 

For more information and to register, please contact Renée Valiquette (DSJS) at rvaliquette@upei.ca. 

Thank you to more than 240 students who completed the CPADs survey. Because so many students came forward and completed the survey, UPEI will be able to have its own results which can assist us to understand alcohol and drug use on our campus and plan for interventions. 

The winners of the 2 draws for $50 gift certificates at the UPEI Bookstore are J. Taylor and K Paudel. Congratulations and thank you for completing the survey!!

UPEI Procurement Services is currently taking bids on a used Steinway 6ft grand piano. 

Bids are being accepted in the University's e-tendering portal Bonfire until April 23, 2025, at 2:00 pm. This portal requires you to register by creating a username and password as your UPEI credentials are not connected to this system. When registering for the Bonfire portal, please put your name in the vendor name and contact name fields. You can access the information about this opportunity at https://upei.bonfirehub.ca/projects/91908/details

If you require assistance, please email tenders@upei.ca

Master of Arts in Island Studies student Eliza MacLauchlan will defend her thesis entitled "'You earn less and you work more': A political economy of temporary foreign workers in Prince Edward Island" on Tuesday, April 15, from 10:00 am-12:00 pm, in SDU Main Building, Room 211. Thesis co-supervisors are Drs. Jean Mitchell and Udo Krautwurst (Soc/Anth), and committee member is Dr. Pamela Courtenay-Hall (Philosophy). External examiner is Dr. Ryan Gibson (University of Guelph). 

Everyone is welcome to attend. If you'd like to join online, please email Laurie at brinklow@upei.ca for a link.

Master of Arts in Island Studies student Tristan Atkins will defend his thesis entitled "Embracing community values and culture in academia: A community-based evaluation of a high-efficiency woodstove pilot project on the Island of Ponds, Nunatukavut," on Friday, April 11, 10:00 am-noon, in SDU Main Building, Room 211. Supervisor is Dr. Nick Mercer (Island Studies/Environmental Studies), with committee members Dr. Jean Mitchell (Anthropology) and Dr. Debbie Martin (Dalhousie University). The external examiner is Dr. Stephen Hill (Trent University). Everyone is invited! If you'd like to join online please email Laurie at brinklow@upei.ca for the link.

Donations to the UPEI and AVC Annual Fund Campaigns help enhance student experiences inside and outside the classroom.

In recent years, contributions have been used for important investments in cutting edge technology, for the purchase of laboratory supplies, to refurbish study spaces, and to provide funding for experiential learning opportunities.

The postal strike last fall delayed both campaigns and as the end of fiscal year approaches, both remain slightly lower than previous years. Big thanks go out to all the faculty, staff and retirees who have already donated, your contributions represent a significant portion of funds raised to date. If you haven’t contributed yet, there is still time to help us reach our 2024-25 campaign goals.

Employees of UPEI can support the Annual Fund by giving through payroll deduction. To learn more, please visit: https://www.upei.ca/friends/employee-giving.