Campus Notices
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Janet Payne's PhD dissertation defense, "Woven Threads of Synchronicity within the Stories of Wise Women: A Narrative Inquiry." Please join us in person in MH 417 (Memorial Hall UPEI Campus) or through Zoom at the link below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/69652088609?pwd=NU1wV3J6MUh1Yi9Jcm9pZmdnQjlQUT09
Meeting ID: 696 5208 8609
Passcode: 409534
The Healthy Campus Committee provides two FREE Meditation and Yoga classes per week for UPEI faculty and staff. The 45-minute class offers meditation and gentle yoga stretches. The meditation segment of the class creates more calm, inner peace, and balance that benefits your emotional well-being and overall health. Yoga instructor Pam Harris Stewart leads the 12:10--12:55 pm class on Thursdays, and yoga instructor Colleen Gallant leads the 4:15--5:00 pm class on Tuesdays.
Preregistration is required.
1. Go to recreation.upei.ca.
2. UPEI faculty/staff – click on green "UPEI LOGIN" button. Sign in with your UPEI email address and password.
3. Go to Wellness (UPEI Faculty/Staff) icon and follow the prompts
Please contact Angela Marchbank, coordinator of Fitness & Wellness, at amarchbank@upei.ca with any questions.
On Tuesday, May 2, Dr. Jin Y. Park, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at American University, Washington DC, will give a lecture titled “Women in Contemporary Buddhism: Reflections on Korean Zen Master Kim Iryŏp.” The lecture will take place in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, starting at 2:15 pm.
Dr. Park is the founding director of the Asian Studies Program at American University. She is the author, editor, or translator of 10 books and has published more than 60 articles in Buddhist studies and comparative religion. She is currently president-elect of the American Academy of Religion, the largest and most prestigious scholarly organization in religious studies. She is the first East Asian scholar to hold this position. She concurrently serves as president of the North American Korean Philosophy Association and has also been president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy. She also held a visiting scholar’s position in Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, and Japan, and has delivered more than 200 talks around the world.
The 2023 Korean Studies International Speaker Series is supported by the global Seed Program for Korean Studies and Laboratory Program for Korean Studies grants through the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea, and the Korean Studies Promotion Service, Academy of Korean Studies.
Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information, contact Dr. Edward Chung, director of Asian studies and professor of religious studies, at chung@upei.ca or 902-566-0324.
Spring has sprung, and so have our hours! The Fox & Crow is excited to announce that we're staying open for the ENTIRE month of May! Stop in for a hot cup of coffee or grab a delicious lunch. We've got you covered from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday. The kitchen closes at 2:00 pm.
Join the Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) for a Research Networking Day focused on building industry and UPEI partnerships in Biotech, Manufacturing, and Clean Tech.
This exciting event will feature short presentations from companies, UPEI faculty, and funding agencies, along with networking sessions.
- For industry: Come learn about the expertise at UPEI and connect with professors with relevant research programs.
- For UPEI faculty: Come learn about the research aims of local industry and connect with companies with shared interests.
Hear about the partnered government funding opportunities available from NRC, Mitacs, and NSERC for facilitating your research collaborations.
Speak with UPEI business development officers at OCII to understand how we can best support your academic-industry partnerships.
Please follow OCII on LinkedIn or Twitter to stay up-to-date with this event and upcoming research opportunities!
5 May, 1000-1200hrs Atlantic / 1030-1230hrs NL
Most of us have experience using a computer, whether for school, work, or entertainment, but how many of us have actually had an expert teach us how to use it? This talk won't teach you how to troubleshoot everything, but will give you insight to how media, programs, and data are encoded and used by computers, so you can make more sense of why computers behave the ways they do, and solve some of your problems with greater efficiency and less frustration. We will provide an approachable overview of how a computer works, by both looking at their history and breaking one down to explain individual components, before highlighting some of the trade-offs to consider when buying a computer. We will provide practical, simple, and actionable advice on digital security and show you a few "pro tips" on how to make the most of your workstation, phone, or whatever device you happen to use. Whether you have a lot or a little experience using your digital technology, if you want to learn how to use your devices more effectively, this workshop is for you!
DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-basics-of-computers-tickets-607585112427
4, 11, 18, 25 May, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic / 1330-1700hrs NL
This is a beginner-level series that is hands-on, covering the fundamentals of Unix Shell, Version Control with Git and R. It covers the fundamentals of R, including data types, functions, importing, manipulating and analyzing data and data visualization as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging and using R in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience but intermediate-level experience with a computer is highly recommended.
DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-introductory-programming-unix-shell-git-and-r-tickets-607622373877
4, 11, 17, 24 May, 1300-1630 hrs Atlantic / 1330-1700hrs NL
This is a beginner-level, hands-on series based on Software Carpentry materials (https://software-carpentry.org/). It covers the fundamentals of Python including data types, conditional statements, loops and functions, as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging, and using Python in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience but intermediate-level experience with a computer is highly recommended.
DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-introductory-programming-unix-shell-git-and-python-tickets-607596416237
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Kate Saez's public presentation of her MEd research titled "Problematizing Workplace Learning for the Work-from-Home and Hybrid Workforce Following COVID-19." Please join us in person in Memorial Hall 417 at UPEI or through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/66325626488?pwd=R2Myd2V4dUcrbkdmckZ1QUpsUjhqUT09
Meeting ID: 663 2562 6488
Passcode: 255938
In order to accommodate UPEI computer classroom and lab software adds, drops, or modifications for the 2023 fall semester, we have set a firm deadline of JUNE 01, 2023.
It is critical that you email requests to smahar@upei.ca by the date above indicating the following:
- New software requirements (licensed or freeware) providing the software name and vendor
- Version upgrades to existing software (Are multiple versions required? If yes, provide specifics.)
- Software that can be decommissioned.
More information is available here
The University of Prince Edward Island will host an information session for students interested in pursuing a career in medicine or learning more about the new Faculty of Medicine and joint Doctor of Medicine (MD) program at UPEI in partnership with Memorial University of Newfoundland. The session will take place on Thursday, May 4, 2023, from 6:00–7:00 pm in the Kelley Memorial Building, Room 211.
There will be a general presentation and overview of the new Faculty of Medicine, followed by a Q&A session with UPEI representatives including Dr. Greg Naterer, Vice-President Academic and Research; Dr. Cathy Vardy, Executive Director, Medical Program Development; Jeff MacLean, Manager of Admissions; and Paul Young, Chief Operating Officer, UPEI Faculty of Medicine.
Pre-registration is not required for this session.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Janet Payne's PhD dissertation defense, "Woven Threads of Synchronicity within the Stories of Wise Women: A Narrative Inquiry." Please join us in person in MH 417 (Memorial Hall UPEI Campus) or through Zoom at the link below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/69652088609?pwd=NU1wV3J6MUh1Yi9Jcm9pZmdnQjlQUT09
Meeting ID: 696 5208 8609
Passcode: 409534
From May 1 to September 5, 2023, the hours for the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre hours will be 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Mondays to Fridays, and 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays.
4, 11, 18, 25 May, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic / 1330-1700hrs NL
This is a beginner-level series that is hands-on, covering the fundamentals of Unix Shell, Version Control with Git and R. It covers the fundamentals of R, including data types, functions, importing, manipulating and analyzing data and data visualization as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging and using R in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience but intermediate-level experience with a computer is highly recommended.
DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-introductory-programming-unix-shell-git-and-r-tickets-607622373877
4, 11, 17, 24 May, 1300-1630 hrs Atlantic / 1330-1700hrs NL
This is a beginner-level, hands-on series based on Software Carpentry materials (https://software-carpentry.org/). It covers the fundamentals of Python including data types, conditional statements, loops and functions, as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging, and using Python in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience but intermediate-level experience with a computer is highly recommended.
DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-introductory-programming-unix-shell-git-and-python-tickets-607596416237
Connect with Colleagues, Get Inspired, Thrive in your teaching!
The UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre has organized a special presentation by Dr. Natasha Kenny, director of the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, on "Supporting Change in Teaching and Learning Cultures, Communities, and Practices." Colleagues from UPEI and other universities and colleges in the Atlantic region are invited to attend. Part of the Teaching Matters! series, this presentation will be a hyflex offering. Click here for more details about the talk. We hope to see you online or in-person. Email questions to TLC@upei.ca.
- To register for the Zoom link
- To register in-person (so that we can order lunch)
Marked annually in Canada on April 28, the National Day of Mourning is dedicated to remembering those who have lost their lives or suffered injury or illness on the job or due to a work-related tragedy.
The National Day of Mourning is not only a day to remember and honour those lives lost or injured due to a workplace tragedy, but also a day to collectively renew our commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace and prevent further injuries, illnesses, and deaths.
At UPEI, the Health, Safety, and Environment department promotes an internal responsibility system that expects all workplace parties to collaborate on identifying, assessing, and managing all workplace hazards/risks. UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment provides oversight and guidance to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety legislation on PEI.
The University of Prince Edward Island will observe the National Day of Mourning by flying the flags near Kelley Memorial Building and at UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place at half-mast.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Kate Saez's public presentation of her MEd research titled "Problematizing Workplace Learning for the Work-from-Home and Hybrid Workforce Following COVID-19." Please join us in person in Memorial Hall 417 at UPEI or through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/66325626488?pwd=R2Myd2V4dUcrbkdmckZ1QUpsUjhqUT09
Meeting ID: 663 2562 6488
Passcode: 255938
The University of Prince Edward Island will host an information session for students interested in pursuing a career in medicine or learning more about the new Faculty of Medicine and joint Doctor of Medicine (MD) program at UPEI in partnership with Memorial University of Newfoundland. The session will take place on Thursday, May 4, 2023, from 6:00–7:00 pm in the Kelley Memorial Building, Room 211.
There will be a general presentation and overview of the new Faculty of Medicine, followed by a Q&A session with UPEI representatives including Dr. Greg Naterer, Vice-President Academic and Research; Dr. Cathy Vardy, Executive Director, Medical Program Development; Jeff MacLean, Manager of Admissions; and Paul Young, Chief Operating Officer, UPEI Faculty of Medicine.
Pre-registration is not required for this session.
Ten Thousand Coffees, with funding from RBC Future Launch, is accepting applications from both mentees and mentors for their Impact Mentoring program. It is a six-month mentorship program to support the career development of BIPOC-identifying youth from across Canada. For more information about the program and eligibility, go to https://hs.tenthousandcoffees.com/10kc-impact-mentoring-hub
