Campus Notices
We're thrilled to invite you to participate in this year's Giving Tuesday campaign—on Tuesday, November 28—which is dedicated to supporting UPEI Athletics and Recreation.
This fundraising effort seeks to elevate the experiences of our student-athletes and recreation enthusiasts in our community, while also nurturing a vibrant Panther spirit. UPEI Athletics and Recreation serves as a focal point for our campus community. It brings together students, faculty, staff, alumni, and residents, fostering a sense of camaraderie and PRIDE.
Your support on Giving Tuesday will help us enhance varsity academic support programs, nutrition programs, athletic financial awards, high-performance training, recruitment, schedule enhancements as well as various community engagement, club sport, and recreation activities. These initiatives will not only strengthen the student experience, but also inspire and mentor the next generation of leaders and athletes.
Every donation made before or on Giving Tuesday designated to “UPEI Athletics and Recreation” will be MATCHED by a dedicated group of incredibly generous donors—John Horrelt, Donnie MacFadyen, Bruce Donaldson, and the UPEI Alumni Association—up to $15,000, making your gift that much more impactful!
By supporting us, you directly empower our student-athletes to reach their full potential, both academically and athletically, and create club sport and recreation opportunities for our community.
Donate on Giving Tuesday, and let's make a lasting difference! upei.ca/donate or call 902-894-2888
For more information visit the Giving Tuesday page.
Giving Tuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. As the “opening day of the giving season,” it is a time when charities, companies, and individuals join together and rally for favourite causes. To learn more about Giving Tuesday, you can visit givingtuesday.ca.
The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering is interviewing candidate Dr. Gaoliang Fang for a tenure-track position.
Dr. Gaoliang Fang, postdoctoral fellow, McMaster University, candidate for the tenure-track faculty position with the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, will present a research talk titled, "The Next Generation Sustainable and Resilient Powertrain Technology."
Dr. Fang will be making their public presentation on Wednesday, November 1, from 9:30–10:30 am in FSDE 205.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Entitled "Songs and Dances", this concert on Thursday, November 2, will feature music spanning five centuries, including music by Renaissance composer Anthony Holborne, Victor Ewald's Brass Quintet No. 1, an arrangement of Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F (originally for wind ensemble), Canadian composer Morley Calvert's Three Dance Impressions, Björk's Overture from "Dancer in the Dark" and more!
The Maritime Brass Quintet brings the highest caliber chamber music to venues across the Maritimes, and is comprised of five of Canada’s finest brass players: Curtis Dietz and Richard Simoneau (trumpet), Gina Patterson (horn), and two UPEI Music Alumni: Dale Sorensen (trombone) and Bob Nicholson (tuba & bass trombone).
The Office of Study Abroad and International Partnerships is hosting an information session for ANY students interested in learning more about Study Abroad opportunities that are available to them! Pizza will be provided. Please RSVP! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/study-abroad-info-session-tickets-748479912567
Dear UPEI community members,
I want to invite you to the following seminars:
Seminar 1: Presenter: Maja Lykke Brinch; When: Thursday, November 2, 12 pm AT; Format: Online
To attend, please register here
Title: "Source Tracking of Sporadic Infections—Exemplified with Salmonella and Campylobacter"
Bio: Maja Lykke Brinch is a PhD student at the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, working with Professor Tine Hald. She is a visiting scholar at the University of Guelph and University of Prince Edward Island. Her PhD focuses on strategies to reduce the burden of antimicrobial resistance. She is working with different source attribution methodologies and compartmental models to investigate the transmission of resistance between animals and humans and to assess the impact of prevention strategies, such as vaccines.
Seminar 2: Presenter: Dr. Ian Gardner; When: Monday, November 6 ,10 am; Format: In-person, Room AVC*286C N, AVC*286B N
Title: "Simulation modelling of waterborne spread of pathogens among Atlantic salmon sites in Nova Scotia"
Bio: Ian A. Gardner holds a PhD and master’s degree in preventive veterinary medicine from the Davis School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California. Ian is internationally recognized for developing methods to assess disease risk in terrestrial and aquatic food animals. Ian was the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology at UPEI. As a Chair, he developed a strong research network in aquatic epidemiology in Canada and worldwide.
Javier Sanchez
Professor Epidemiology
Director CVER
For the science educators across campus...We know that reflecting on failure in science courses has many benefits ranging from the development of evaluative and creative capacities of students, improvement in science process skills including research, analysis, and experimental design and implementation as well as promoting resilience, and positive impacts on student wellbeing. Here's something for your teaching toolkit --- Science “Fails”: A Bank of Historical Examples for Learning From Failure in Science
The office of UPEI Accessibility Services (first floor Dalton Hall) will close at 2:00 pm on Monday, October 30, for a staff meeting. Tests scheduled with Accessibility Services during this time will continue as scheduled.
The office will re-open on Tuesday, October 31, at 8:00 am.
To submit an inquiry, please email accessibility@upei.ca or astesting@upei.ca (testing inquiries only). Messages received during the closure will be replied to as soon as possible.
Thank you.
This beginner-level session is the first in our Humanities and Social Sciences data organization and analysis series. To use tools that make computation and analysis more efficient, such as programming languages like R or Python, we need to structure our data the way that computers need the data. In this workshop, you will learn good data entry practices, how to avoid common formatting mistakes, approaches for handling dates in spreadsheets, basic quality control and data manipulation, and exporting data from spreadsheets. We will focus on examples and challenges from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and library research fields and use librarycarpentry.org materials. There are no prerequisites.
October is breast cancer awareness month and the UPEI Health and Wellness wishes to share the following information.
Every year, an estimated 27,900 Canadians are diagnosed with breast cancer and thousands more are living with the disease. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, while tremendous progress has been made, breast cancer is still the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Canadian women, with 1 in 8 expected to be diagnosed in their lifetime. This year's theme, “No one should face breast cancer alone,” serves as a reminder for providers to consider the many ways they can partner with patients and families in the prevention, detection, and treatment of breast cancer.
According to the Siteman Cancer Centre, some ways to prevent breast cancer include:
- Keep Weight in Check.
- Be Physically Active.
- Eat Your Fruits & Vegetables – and Limit Alcohol (Zero is Best)
- Don't Smoke.
- Breastfeed, If Possible.
- Avoid Birth Control Pills, Particularly After Age 35 or If You Smoke.
- Avoid Hormone Therapy for Menopause.
- Tamoxifen and Raloxifene for Women at High Risk.
According to the CDC, some of the symptoms of Breast Cancer include:
- New lump in the breast or underarm (armpit).
- Thickening or swelling of part of the breast.
- Irritation or dimpling of breast skin.
- Redness or flaky skin in the nipple area or the breast.
- Pulling in of the nipple or pain in the nipple area.
Women 40+ on PEI can self refer to the PEI Breast Screening Program; also, if you have a first-degree relative with Breast Cancer you can request imaging 10 years earlier than the age of your relative who was diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
To request an appointment for breast screening, visit Skip the Waiting Room or call 1-888-592-9888 (toll-free). For other questions, call the mammography department at: Queen Elizabeth Hospital: 902-894-2915 or 902-894-2924. Prince County Hospital: 902-438-4570.
Breast imaging is the examination of the breast to demonstrate any changes and abnormalities using mammography and/or ultrasound.
A mammogram is an x-ray test of the breast tissue. It can provide information about lumps, calcifications and other abnormalities that may be present in the breast. It is also available for screening purposes for women without any breast problems.
Breast ultrasound uses sound waves – not radiation – to show breast tissue. A breast ultrasound can show areas of the breast, including the areas closest to the chest wall that are difficult to see in a mammogram. Breast ultrasound is used to check any abnormalities in the breast and provide further information.
The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre salutes faculty, staff, and students for their uptake of flu vaccines and the COVID-19 boosters this year. Over three days, we vaccinated 607 individuals for influenza and 533 COVID-19 boosters were provided for a total of 1,140 vaccines delivered. The team actually ran out of flu vaccines prior to the end of the third clinic.
If you have not had a chance to obtain flu vaccine or COVID-10 boosters, please contact public health nursing in your area or a local pharmacy to obtain them. The Health Centre will not be ordering additional flu/COVID-19 vaccines for 2023.
A big thank you to the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre staff as well as our volunteers who assisted to make the clinics so successful and work so hard to protect the campus community.
The Office of Research is seeking feedback from researchers at UPEI on the draft Institutional Research Data Management Strategy.
Research data management (RDM) refers to the processes applied through the lifecycle of a research project to guide the collection, documentation, storage, sharing and preservation of research data.
As a requirement of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy, all institutions eligible to administer CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC funds must have an institutional RDM strategy and publish it publicly. In addition, the policy also includes guidelines related to data management plans and data deposit. Researchers needing to create a data management plan or deposit their research data can utilize the https://data.upei.ca site. For guidance and support regarding RDM, you can reach out to Kim Mears (kmears@upei.ca).
Stay tuned for upcoming RDM learning opportunities.
–Marva Sweeney-Nixon, Associate Vice-President Research and Dean of Graduate Studies.
The UPEI Student Affairs office will close at 2:00 pm on Monday, October 30, for a staff meeting. The office will re-open on Tuesday, October 31, at 8:30 am.
To submit an inquiry or to book an appointment with Student Affairs, please email studentserv@upei.ca. Messages received during the closure will be responded to as soon as possible.
A quick reminder to faculty and graduate students of the Show Up & Write sessions hosted in the Teaching and Learning Centre (RL230) every Tuesday and Friday morning from 9:30 to 10:30: grab a friend and bring along any writing project and join us for an hour of focused writing. You don't need to RSVP, just show up and write.
The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering is interviewing candidate Dr. Gaoliang Fang for a tenure-track position.
Dr. Gaoliang Fang, postdoctoral fellow, McMaster University, candidate for the tenure-track faculty position with the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, will present a research talk titled, "The Next Generation Sustainable and Resilient Powertrain Technology."
Dr. Fang will be making their public presentation on Wednesday, November 1, from 9:30–10:30 am in FSDE 205.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Entitled "Songs and Dances", this concert on Thursday, November 2, will feature music spanning five centuries, including music by Renaissance composer Anthony Holborne, Victor Ewald's Brass Quintet No. 1, an arrangement of Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F (originally for wind ensemble), Canadian composer Morley Calvert's Three Dance Impressions, Björk's Overture from "Dancer in the Dark" and more!
The Maritime Brass Quintet brings the highest caliber chamber music to venues across the Maritimes, and is comprised of five of Canada’s finest brass players: Curtis Dietz and Richard Simoneau (trumpet), Gina Patterson (horn), and two UPEI Music Alumni: Dale Sorensen (trombone) and Bob Nicholson (tuba & bass trombone).
The UPEI Department of Music is pleased to present a Lecture Recital with works by Helmut Lachenmann, George Crumb, and Tan Dun on October 30 at 7:30 pm. This lecture-recital aims to demonstrate some ways in which contemporary pieces can be heard and organized. The presenters, Megaria Halim and Lena Heng, will guide the audience on a journey of discovering different aspects of interpreting the music based on an understanding of the listeners' perceptual processes.
Megaria Halim is a collaborative pianist currently based in London, Ontario. Having an interest in both traditional and contemporary, solo, and chamber repertoires, she has been exploring various repertoires from across different periods and styles. She is especially keen on works by contemporary composers and has regularly collaborated with and performed works by living composers.
Lena Heng is currently a post-doctoral fellow in the Music Cognition lab at UPEI. Their research interests revolve around music perception and communication, and timbre and psychoacoustics.
Bringing your child to work can be a meaningful way to expose our youth to future job possibilities and to teach the value of education and the rewards of hard work.
UPEI values their employees and recognizes the importance of programming such as "Bring Your Kid to Work Day." To ensure the safety of all, the following criteria must be met before your child may be permitted to participate in the program at UPEI.
a) Permission from your supervisor.
b) Appropriate precautionary measures are taken, and hazards have been considered or removed during the visit.
c) Supervision of children is required at all times.
d) Supervisors may require additional safety measures prior to such visits and may require written parental consent authorizing the site visit.
Examples of high-risk safety areas include, but are not limited to
- Shops, mechanical rooms, confined spaces, food preparation areas.
- Any areas, indoors or out, containing power tools or machinery with exposed moving parts or rotating equipment.
- Areas with excessive noise, temperatures, inadequate ventilation, or potential for exposure to chemicals or hazardous biological material.
- University vehicles, heavy duty, or other motorized equipment.
- Any other high-risk areas such as rooftops, construction zones, etc.
- Laboratories or specialized work areas that include chemicals, biological hazards, radioactive hazards, flammables, explosives, compressed gasses, sharp objects, lasers, research animals, hazardous wastes, or other environmental hazards. Refer to the UPEI Laboratory Safety Manual for specific laboratory visitor guidance at https://files.upei.ca/healthandsafety/upei_laboratory_safety_manual.pdf.
Supervisors must email HSE@upei.ca prior to November 1, to notify that a child will be at the workplace and to include date, workplace location(s), and activity.
For any questions or concerns please contact your supervisor.
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Rachel Kerzner's public dissertation defense presentation of her PsyD research titled Examining Cognitive Differences and Posttraumatic Growth in Older Adults. Please join us on Tuesday, October 31, from 1:30-3:30 pm ADT, through the Zoom link below:
https://upei-ca-healthcare.zoom.us/j/65002643700?pwd=T09CRG1tc0RiNko0UjJWdmtYTXZhUT09
Meeting ID: 650 0264 3700
Passcode: 254035
Overview: Communication is critical to success in every field, especially in business and the workplace. In the Certificate in Professional Communications, participants will gain knowledge and practical experience in all key areas of communication, including proper workplace writing, public speaking and presentation skills, blog posts, websites, social media, and other forms of communication essential to functioning and growth in the professional world, as well as in-depth communication plans. This certificate is hybrid in nature; some content is online and asynchronous and some is in-person.
*Please note: If you already have completed the Intro to Workplace Writing course, you can take the rest of the certificate, and the price of the Intro to Workplace Writing course will be subtracted from the cost.
Designed for: People who deal with communication in businesses/organizations and in the workplace, from administrative professionals to communication officers, entrepreneurs, and executives.
Duration: Three (3) courses for a total of approximately twenty-eight (28) hours.
Facilitators: Christine Gordon Manley, Jennifer Paynter, Ann Worth
Courses:
- Intro to Workplace Writing
- Public Speaking Fundamentals
- Event Communication
The office of UPEI Accessibility Services (first floor Dalton Hall) will close at 2:00 pm on Monday, October 30, for a staff meeting. Tests scheduled with Accessibility Services during this time will continue as scheduled.
The office will re-open on Tuesday, October 31, at 8:00 am.
To submit an inquiry, please email accessibility@upei.ca or astesting@upei.ca (testing inquiries only). Messages received during the closure will be replied to as soon as possible.
Thank you.
