Campus Notices
We came across this short blog post about incorporating sustainability into a survey course that is designed for students from a variety of programs. The instructor also worked with a student as part of the course redesign process to get initial feedback on changes. Here's a link to Building sustainability into an ecological agriculture course: From general to specific.
With no winners in the last NINE draws, the total pot has grown to more than $31,310 and is the LARGEST Gold Rush pot to date, with half going to the winner of the draw!
Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI’s athletic and recreation programs. You can now select a specific team, club, or program to direct your proceeds from each of your tickets.
Play today and every week for a chance to win! The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.
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.
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 2023 Fall exam schedule has been posted. You can find the time and location of your exams on your schedule in MyUPEI as well as a full posting of the exam schedule in both the Student and Faculty Toolbox.
Exams are scheduled for the 2023 Fall term from December 9-19.
In the event of a storm day during the exam period, in-person exams held on that day will be rescheduled. Rescheduled exams are typically moved to the last day of the exam period (i.e., December 19). Communication regarding storm days and exam rescheduling will be communicated via UPEI Communications directly. Please keep an eye on your @upei.ca email and the UPEI Safe App.
Best wishes for the upcoming exam season!
- Office of the Registrar
The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is providing flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics for all students as well as faculty, staff, and their families in October. (Please note that children aged 12 and under have to go to Public Health for the COVID-19 booster, and children aged 2 and under have to get their flu shots at Public Health.) These are mass clinics (appointments are not required), and the vaccines are provided free. Please bring a provincial health card or student ID. You can receive both the flu shot and the COVID-19 booster at the same time, but it will require two injections.
October 18: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
October 19: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
October 25: The McCain Foundation Learning Commons Atrium, AVC, 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Island Coastal Services has been awarded the contract to complete the construction of a new 82-stall parking lot on the south side of Blanchard Hall. The construction will consist of the development of the new parking lot along with an access road from parking lot A. The construction is expected to take approximately six (6) weeks to complete, beginning the week of October 23, 2023.
While the contractors have been instructed that the work be executed with the least possible interference or disturbance to the campus community, a certain amount of disruption is inevitable.
Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we proceed with this exciting project, which will enhance the campus. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
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.
With no winners in the last NINE draws, the total pot has grown to more than $31,310 and is the LARGEST Gold Rush pot to date, with half going to the winner of the draw!
Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI’s athletic and recreation programs. You can now select a specific team, club, or program to direct your proceeds from each of your tickets.
Play today and every week for a chance to win! The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.
This Tea(ching) break connects you to a series of personal stories written by neurodivergent researchers navigating academia. Check out the intro to the series, Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Why Sparks of Change is publishing stories from neurodivergent researchers. Two of the stories published so far are Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Nothing wrong with me and Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The meaning of self-acceptance. The series also includes a list of tips, resources, and tools collated by neurodivergent scientists.
The 2023 Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The keynote speaker will be David Newhouse, Professor of Indigenous Studies, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies. Professor Newhouse was the first principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, since 1993. For more details about the full day of session and to register, go to the AAU Teaching Showcase website.
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.
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.**
Colleagues interested in pursuing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project should check out the Internal SoTL Research Grant (ISRG) program, which provides funding for SoTL research. Here’s a chance to provide high-quality student training opportunities and collaborate with colleagues from different but complementary disciplines. Note that this call is open to all faculty, sessionals, lab instructors, CNIs, etc. in all faculties at UPEI.
VALUE: up to $2,000 for a two-year term.
Applications are due by December 13, 2023, by 4 pm. Please review the general information in the guidelines for eligibility considerations. Support in developing a SoTL proposal for this grant program is available through the UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre.
Program guidelines and application instructions can be found on the UPEI Internal Funding webpage.
The second meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, October 20, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 128B of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building. All meetings of Senate are open to members of the University community, although for certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees), only senators may be present. While Senate is an in-person meeting, to facilitate inclusion, under special circumstances members of the University community may request a Zoom connection when they are unable to attend in person. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the Chair.
The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is providing flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics for all students as well as faculty, staff, and their families in October. (Please note that children aged 12 and under have to go to Public Health for the COVID-19 booster, and children aged 2 and under have to get their flu shots at Public Health.) These are mass clinics (appointments are not required), and the vaccines are provided free. Please bring a provincial health card or student ID. You can receive both the flu shot and the COVID-19 booster at the same time, but it will require two injections.
October 18: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
October 19: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
October 25: The McCain Foundation Learning Commons Atrium, AVC, 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
With the release of the UPEI Review Report, the University has coordinated two confidential processes to support faculty and staff who have experienced harm from harassment, sexual violence, or discrimination at UPEI.
Confidential third-party personal counselling:
The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre has engaged a psychologist to meet individually with faculty and staff, by appointment. Employees may email Caylin Jenkins at cbjenkins@upei.ca, indicating “Appointment required” in the subject line. Caylin will coordinate with the psychologist and confirm the time and location of the appointment with the employee.
Making a confidential disclosure:
People have asked about the process for making disclosures of incidents of harassment or discrimination by senior executive members of the University. The University has established an independent third-party process to address any such issues with Resonance Inc., a multidisciplinary human resources firm, based in Saint John, NB, that specializes in workplace assessments. The contact person at Resonance is Trisha Perry, who may be reached at tperry@resonanceinc.ca or (506)799-0412.
For more information, go to https://www.upei.ca/response-to-independent-review/community-support
