The City of Charlottetown and Towns of Stratford and Cornwall are developing a new Regional Transit Plan to guide the growth, development, and operations of public transit over the next 10 years, and they want to hear from you. To this end, a Public Transit Survey is currently active. The survey will help planners understand current challenges and opportunities, as well as address gaps in the current transit system so that future transit can better respond to the needs of residents. The survey closes at the end of the day on October 29.

For questions or any further information, please contact Evan Brown, Transit Innovator, Left Turn Right Turn

e: evan@ltrt.ca

p: 902-393-9080

w: www.ltrt.ca

The Internal Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) and Assessment Research Grant supports research pursuits that explore innovative approaches to the use of Gen AI in the assessment of student learning at UPEI. Researchers are encouraged to provide high-quality student training opportunities if possible.

VALUE: The successful applicant will receive one course release in the Winter 2024 semester and a budget of $2,000 to carry out the work of the project.

 APPLICATION DEADLINE AND COMPETITION RESULTS:

Deadline: November 13, 2023, by 4 pm

Notification: December 1, 2023

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:

Tenured, tenure track, and term UPEI faculty in Arts, AVC, Business, Education, IKERAS, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering; librarians; and lab instructors who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award. A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with a tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member. Successful applicants must adhere to the Spending Authority Policy.  Please review the general information below for other eligibility considerations.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The grant supports one teaching release and the direct costs of research, e.g., research assistance, operating expenses, research travel/subsistence, manuscript preparation, materials, and supplies, etc.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Complete the application form (fillable-PDF form) and relevant attachments, which are available through the UPEI Romeo Researcher Portal, and submit all information through the portal.

Late and/or incomplete applications will not be considered for funding. If you have questions regarding the required components of your application, please contact the Teaching and Learning Centre Coordinator at 902.620.5217 or cvanleeuwen@upei.ca or the Research Grants Coordinator at 902-566-0709 or lcudmore@upei.ca. However, it is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete.

The search committee for the Associate Vice-President (Students) and Registrar has arranged for the online viewing of the video presentations for finalists Frances Billingsley and Shawna Garrett. Chris McGrath has withdrawn from the competition.

Frances Billingsley’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6rPMAaVCH2Sal--dUcYnJhehcRZs97j/view?usp=sharing

Shawna Garrett’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrVYIRR4HEj262I2af1k2YYL-D11hc8Q/view?usp=sharing

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Monday, October 23, 2023. Thank you for your valuable input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

Central Printing will be closed from November 1--10 inclusive. Please wait until Central Printing has re-opened to submit files. Jobs submitted before closure will be completed if time allows.  Please contact Wendy Henderson at whenderson@upei.ca or cpo@upei.ca or 902-566-0558.
 

Please join the Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) on October 25, between 2:00 and 4:00 pm, at the Research Services Office in Room 112 of Kelley Memorial Building.

OCII offers knowledge and expertise on research collaborations to UPEI faculty, students, and staff.

We provide support in many areas such as developing research partnerships, safeguarding intellectual property (IP), and guidance through the process of commercializing products, ideas, and inventions that have the potential to generate tangible social and economic benefits.

This will be an excellent opportunity to meet with our OCII team and engage in conversations about how we can support and enhance the success of your research programs.

**Light refreshments will be provided.**

The Internal Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) and Assessment Research Grant supports research pursuits that explore innovative approaches to the use of Gen AI in the assessment of student learning at UPEI. Researchers are encouraged to provide high-quality student training opportunities if possible.

VALUE: The successful applicant will receive one course release in the Winter 2024 semester and a budget of $2,000 to carry out the work of the project.

 APPLICATION DEADLINE AND COMPETITION RESULTS:

Deadline: November 13, 2023, by 4 pm

Notification: December 1, 2023

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:

Tenured, tenure track, and term UPEI faculty in Arts, AVC, Business, Education, IKERAS, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering; librarians; and lab instructors who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award. A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with a tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member. Successful applicants must adhere to the Spending Authority Policy.  Please review the general information below for other eligibility considerations.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The grant supports one teaching release and the direct costs of research, e.g., research assistance, operating expenses, research travel/subsistence, manuscript preparation, materials, and supplies, etc.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Complete the application form (fillable-PDF form) and relevant attachments, which are available through the UPEI Romeo Researcher Portal, and submit all information through the portal.

Late and/or incomplete applications will not be considered for funding. If you have questions regarding the required components of your application, please contact the Teaching and Learning Centre Coordinator at 902.620.5217 or cvanleeuwen@upei.ca or the Research Grants Coordinator at 902-566-0709 or lcudmore@upei.ca. However, it is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete.

The UPEI Department of Economics is hosting the Atlantic Canada Economic Association meeting this year. We welcome the campus community to our two public talks today (Friday, October 20):

1:15--2:45 pm, Performing Arts Centre 121

Graham Lecture: The Proposed PEI Guaranteed Income Project

Professor Herbert Emery, University of New Brunswick

3:15--4:30 pm,  Performing Arts Centre 121

The Rise of Remote Work Arrangements: Opportunities and Challenges for Atlantic Canada

Dr. George Jia, University of Prince Edward Island

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2023-24 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, October 20, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 237. 

Dr. Travis Saunders, UPEI Department of Applied Human Sciences, will present “Sedentary behaviour and health across the lifespan.”  

All are welcome.

The search committee for the Associate Vice-President (Students) and Registrar has arranged for the online viewing of the video presentations for finalists Frances Billingsley and Shawna Garrett. Chris McGrath has withdrawn from the competition.

Frances Billingsley’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6rPMAaVCH2Sal--dUcYnJhehcRZs97j/view?usp=sharing

Shawna Garrett’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrVYIRR4HEj262I2af1k2YYL-D11hc8Q/view?usp=sharing

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Monday, October 23, 2023. Thank you for your valuable input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, October 27, 2023. These applications will be reviewed at the November 16 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the UPEI  Researcher Portal. Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full UPEI REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, October 27, 2023, for review at the November 27 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve more than minimal risk, renewals, and amendments, may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for the REB, must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal (https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/). Instructions for using the site are available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.

 Ph.D Candidacy Exam Public Presentation--Environmental Sciences

Presenter: Bruno Carneiro de Mendonca

Title: "Factors influencing facultative anadromy in east and west coast salmonids"

Friday, October 20, 2023, 2:30 pm, via web conference

If you wish to attend the public presentation, please contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator at gsc@upei.ca to receive the link.

Everyone is welcome. 

The OER Development Program through the the Robertson Library and the Teaching and Learning Centre is accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs). The grant types include:

Open Educational Resource or Textbook Grant: Two grants of up to $6000

•  the development of a new open educational resource or textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open resource or textbook 

 Open Textbook Adaptation Grant: up to $4,000

•  the adaptation of one or more open textbooks to create a new version or edition of an open textbook (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook)

 Supplementary Resources Grant: up to $2,000

• the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, or interactive media, etc.

Applications that support first-year courses will be given priority as they reach the largest number of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered. The deadline for applications is Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, with work expected to begin during Spring or Summer 2024. 

More information is available at https://library.upei.ca/OERProgram/grants.

Questions about your grant idea? Contact TLC@upei.ca. 

Questions about OERs? Read more at http://opencontent.org/definition/.

Overview: Project management is a core competency in our rapidly changing environment.

The Project Management Certificate discusses and evaluates what is a project, what defines success, management of stakeholders, communication, leadership, project lifecycles, risk, budgets, and schedules. The program emphasizes agile and change management skills which are important in today’s project environment. At the Certificate completion, participants will have the confidence and ability to plan, manage and complete almost any project size.

Designed for: Professionals who are responsible for managing projects, programs and portfolios; project team leads, managers whose resources are allocated to projects or who support project work, business analysts, project sponsors

Duration: Six (6) courses for a total of forty-two (42) hours; “Foundations of Project Management” course is two (2) days, and all other courses are one (1)day.

Facilitator: David Boyce

Courses

• Foundations of Project Management
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Project Communication
• Introduction to Agile Project Management
• Project Start-Up, Planning and Completion

For More Information/Register

Drop-ins are welcome to join the fall reading group in discussing Reigniting Curiosity and Inquiry in Higher Education: A Realist’s Guide to Getting Started with Inquiry-Based Learning. Get the e-book through the Robertson Library. Reading group meetings will be in the TLC (RL 230) on

• Wednesday, November 8, 10:30 am  
• Wednesday, November 22, 10:30 am

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2023-24 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, October 20, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 237. 

Dr. Travis Saunders, UPEI Department of Applied Human Sciences, will present “Sedentary behaviour and health across the lifespan.”  

All are welcome.

The search committee for the Associate Vice-President (Students) and Registrar has arranged for the online viewing of the video presentations for finalists Frances Billingsley and Shawna Garrett. Chris McGrath has withdrawn from the competition.

Frances Billingsley’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6rPMAaVCH2Sal--dUcYnJhehcRZs97j/view?usp=sharing

Shawna Garrett’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrVYIRR4HEj262I2af1k2YYL-D11hc8Q/view?usp=sharing

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Monday, October 23, 2023. Thank you for your valuable input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, October 27, 2023. These applications will be reviewed at the November 16 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the UPEI  Researcher Portal. Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full UPEI REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, October 27, 2023, for review at the November 27 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve more than minimal risk, renewals, and amendments, may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for the REB, must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal (https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/). Instructions for using the site are available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.