Campus Notices
There are some exciting developments at UPEI as PEI aims to become net zero by 2040. Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon, Associate Vice-President of Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, invites the UPEI campus community to an information session to find out more about the province of PEI's net-zero framework, the Cleantech Academy, UPEI's proposed role, and our next steps. Representatives from the province and the Cleantech Academy will be presenting. You will also have an opportunity to ask any questions and give feedback and suggestions for the new interdisciplinary graduate program in cleantech leadership.
Registration is not required. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided. For questions, contact Susie Zavala at szavala@upei.ca. See you there!
The University of Prince Edward Island is delighted to invite you to the Official Grand Opening of the new Performing Arts Centre and the revitalized Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Friday, Sepetember 22, 2023, from 1:30–3:30 pm.
Event schedule:
1:30 pm – Meet at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall (in the Steel Building) for the first ceremony
2:15 pm – Proceed to the Performing Arts Centre (in the new residence building) for a 2:30 pm ceremony start
The event will feature guest speakers, performances, and light refreshments. We look forward to celebrating with you.
Please RSVP by September 19, 2023, to Kathy Weatherbie at krweatherbie@upei.ca or 902-626-6791.
The UPEI Biology Department invites the campus community to a research seminar on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 4:00 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.
Dr. Suzanne Gray, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, will present “Using sensory ecology to understand how fish respond to anthropogenic environmental change.”
Dr. Gray is a candidate for a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology.
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
Overview: Does your organization/department need social media marketing but don’t know where to start? The Certificate in Social Media Marketing will teach participants the skills needed to successfully manage social media campaigns and create a space to ask as many questions as needed. This interactive certificate strives to give the tools needed for participants to manage social media channels with a confident brand voice. This certificate will focus on:
- Identifying needs within social media platforms
- Creating a unique brand voice
- Creating a plan that incorporates brand voice
- Assistance in the creation of a social media/marketing plan
- Assistance in the creation of content
This certificate is spread over two days to give time to create content and have real-time feedback from the facilitator and other participants.
Designed for: Anybody who operates the social media platforms of an organization/department, and is looking to grow their ability to market through social media.
Duration: One course for eight (8) hours, over two (2) days.
Facilitator: Jenny Richard
The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering is interviewing a candidate for a tenure-track position. The candidate will be making a public presentation, and everyone is welcome to attend.
Dr. Mohamed Alzayed, Monday, September 18, 2023, 2:30–3:30 pm, FSDE 205
Dr. Mohamad Alzayed, Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate at The Intelligent Robotic and Energy Systems (IRES) Research Group, candidate for the tenure-track faculty position with the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, will present a research talk titled, "Emerging Techniques for Integrating Machine Learning, Electric Machine Drives, Renewable Resources, and Inverter-Based Power Systems for Next-Generation Smart Grid."
The excitement for this Saturday's Gold Rush draw is growing as big as the pot! With no winners in the last FOUR draws, the total pot has grown to more than $10,275, 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! Download the UPEI Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or play from your computer. The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.
Every post-secondary institution in the Atlantic region (also known as the Wabanaki Confederacy) with an Indigenous centre will sew a ribbon skirt or shirt together. Participants are welcome to join in person or virtually. The program is meant to create a sense of nationhood while sharing important teachings about the ribbon skirt/shirt. Held on September 22 and 23, the workshop will be hosted by the Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre in Room 240, Bernardine Hall, and begins at 3:00 pm and concludes at 7:00 pm on both days. All are welcome to take part (UPEI community and greater PEI community). There will be light refreshments and an opportunity to connect with others. Two sewing machines will be available as will be some material to make the skirts and shirts. Please contact the Mawi' Omi Centre (mawiomi@upei.ca) or Jasmine Pauze (jpauze@upei.ca) to register so we can ensure you have all you need during the workshop.
Hosted in the Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre (515 Dalton Hall), this program is meant to introduce students, new staff, and faculty to Elder Judy Clark, UPEI Elder in Residence. The session will take place from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on September 19. The Centre will offer a smudge, snacks and a chance for people to ask Elder Judy questions and hear about what she has been up to this summer. All are welcome.
The first meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, September 15, 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.
For more information, visit https://www.upei.ca/about-upei/governance/senate or email senate@upei.ca.
Are you a chief warden, floor warden, or guardian for your building? Do you know what to do if there is a building evacuation? Do you have questions about your role as a warden or guardian or the evacuation procedures for your building?
UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment will hold a building emergency plan session for chief wardens, floor wardens, and guardians on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 1:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre (DSC) Room 135.
Please let hse@upei.ca know if you are interested in attending.
UPEI Research Services is relaunching Research on Tap, and we'd like your help.
Research on Tap provides an opportunity to talk about research and network with the public in a casual setting. The first session will take place at the Fox and Crow on Wednesday, October 11, at 7:00 pm for an evening of informal discussion and dialogue.
Each session is led by one or two faculty researchers from UPEI who present the central theme/topic in about 10-15 minutes in a way that is accessible, insightful, and exciting to the lay audience. The rest of the time is for questions and discussion. The conversation is interesting, engaging, and lively.
A second Research on Tap session is planned for Wednesday, November 15 (location TBD, likely off campus).
Are you and/or a colleague interested in leading one of these discussions? If so, please provide a short abstract to Research Services (researchservices@upei.ca) describing your topic and emphasizing how it would be of interest now to the PEI public. Please also indicate your preferred session (October or November). The deadline for expressions of interest for both fall sessions of Research on Tap is September 25, 2023.
For questions, please contact Maria Steele, Manager, Research Services, at mlsteele@upei.ca or 902-566-6479.
Island Lecture Series Double Feature:
“Sami Educational Viewpoints From the Past and Present” and “The Use of Yoik, Traditional Sami Singing, in Education”
September 19, 2023, 7:00 pm, Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building
Kicking off this season's Island Lecture Series on Tuesday, September 12, are two guests who are NOT talking about islands, but rather about something that resonates with islands and islanders from the North: Sami culture from Lapland.
Pigga Keskitalo will present “Sami Educational Viewpoints From the Past and Present.” In this presentation, Keskitalo will review Sámi education history and current practices. Currently, there is a need for innovative solutions so that everyone can reach education in their Indigenous languages. Endangered Sami languages have developed distance education since the 1990s so that children and language learners – despite their location – can learn Sami languages. In Finland, there is a Sami language distance education project. The Academy of Finland-funded research project, ADVOST, concentrated on developing this distance education in a small children’s context. The research project also implemented land-based education, storytelling, and playful learning into distance education. Keskitalo will present this project and core results in addition to the new research project LINCOSY (funded by the Finnish Research Council, former Academy of Finland), which concentrates on Sami language teaching in the Nordic level.
Laila Nutti will present her PhD project about the pedagogical use of yoik with the title: “The Use of Yoik, Traditional Sami Singing, in Education.”
Pigga Keskitalo and Laila Nutti are on Prince Edward Island as part of the ConnectED Scholar Exchange, which aims to create connections between early-career scholars and researchers across the Arctic. Hosted by Dr. Kathy Snow (Education), David Varis (Education/IKERAS), and Dr. Laurie Brinklow (Island Studies), our guests will meet with graduate students and educators across the Island from September 18-21, 2023.
Find more information at https://islandstudies.com/events/upcoming-events/
Welcome to the new school year!
The UPEI Health Research Network is looking for full/part-time undergraduate students for the Connections program starting the last week of September 2023!
Would you like to meet new friends and be involved in an inclusive and non-judgmental environment to learn about food, health, stress, coping, and physical activity?
The staff at the Health Research Network is offering a free eight-session program to help connect undergraduate students to provide an environment for learning on a variety of topics around health and well-being and connecting to the student community. Snacks will be provided at each session!
This free program will include a total of eight weekly group education sessions which include 1 hour with a registered dietitian and 1-2 hours of exercise sessions with a kinesiologist (plus open gym times) located in the lower level of the Steel Building. These sessions will be student-centered so we welcome any level of knowledge and ability.
If you are interested in registering, please email Gemma and Laurie at connections@upei.ca for more information or to register. We look forward to seeing you there!
The UPEI Biology Department invites the campus community to a research seminar on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 4:00 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.
Dr. Suzanne Gray, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, will present “Using sensory ecology to understand how fish respond to anthropogenic environmental change.”
Dr. Gray is a candidate for a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology.
Overview: All Canadians are called to learn about Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and how we can move forward in reconciliation and restitution. In the Indigenous Cultural Awareness course, facilitator Julie Pellissier-Lush will highlight and explain in-depth the traditional knowledge of the Mi’kmaq (the Indigenous peoples of Mi’kma’ki, and specifically Epetwitk), their life before contact with Europeans, the role of colonization on the Mi’kmaq, and how all Canadians move forward positively with Indigenous peoples. This will be done in a fun way that will focus on participants feeling safe in the learning circle provided and ensure all taking part in the course will leave with a greater knowledge of traditional Mi’kmaq teachings, history and how to engage and grow through truth, reconciliation, and restitution.
Designed for: Anybody, from employees to executives, to managers and entrepreneurs, who wish to learn about the traditional ways and knowledge of Indigenous – specifically Mi’kmaq – people, their journey, and how all Canadians can move forward positively in terms of truth, reconciliation, and restitution with Indigenous peoples
Duration: Six (6) hours over two (2) afternoons.
Facilitator: Julie Pellissier-Lush
The excitement for this Saturday's Gold Rush draw is growing as big as the pot! With no winners in the last FOUR draws, the total pot has grown to more than $10,275, 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! Download the UPEI Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or play from your computer. The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.
Hosted in the Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre (515 Dalton Hall), this program is meant to introduce students, new staff, and faculty to Elder Judy Clark, UPEI Elder in Residence. The session will take place from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on September 19. The Centre will offer a smudge, snacks and a chance for people to ask Elder Judy questions and hear about what she has been up to this summer. All are welcome.
OCII is pleased to invite you to our info sessions on Intellectual Property for Researchers, presented by André Gallant, IP Advisor for Atlantic Canada from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). Learn more about intellectual property (IP) as it relates to your research innovations, inventions, and entrepreneurial activities.
All faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend!
They are taking place today, Thursday, September 14, in Don and Marion McDougall Hall 329:
Session 1: 9:30--10:15 am, Patents, Trade Secrets & Industrial Designs
Session 2: 10:30--11:15 am, Copyrights & Trademarks
Please come to both or either, based on your research and commercialization interests.
We hope to see you there!
-- Office of Commercialization, Industry & Innovation Team
Any questions, reach out at ocii@upei.ca or follow us on LinkedIn
The first meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, September 15, 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.
For more information, visit https://www.upei.ca/about-upei/governance/senate or email senate@upei.ca.
