Campus Notices
The UPEI Chaplaincy Centre is crocheting a blanket in support of the 67 Blankets initiative, in memory of Nelson Mandela. Blankets are donated to people in need in South Africa.
We will gather to crochet together 11:30 am–12:30 pm on Tuesdays, beginning on October 18. Don't know how to crochet? No problem. There will be people to help get you started. All levels are welcome to join.
We are also gathering yarn and hooks to use in the project, if you have a few extras in your stash.
For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca
NEW! The Healthy Campus Committee is pleased to announce their support of UPEI faculty and staff accessing the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre indoor track from November 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023, at no cost. To register, please log into recreation.upei.ca, click on the Wellness (UPEI Faculty/Staff) icon and then on Indoor Track. Please review the information and follow the registration process.
Meditation and Gentle Yoga, Thursdays at noon: UPEI faculty and staff can sign up weekly for a Meditation and Gentle Yoga class. Individuals must register weekly. The class begins September 15 and will go until December 8.
The Healthy Campus Committee coordinates these initiatives through the UPEI Employee Wellness Strategy supported by the Joints Benefits and Advisory Committee.
For questions about these programs, please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, at amarchbank@upei.ca
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, October 28, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the November 17, 2022, meeting.
All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms. Contact researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.
Please note that the IBC has instituted a new category of protocol amendment: biosafety permit minor amendment. This event form is included in the Researcher Portal. Minor amendments that are strictly limited to changes in personnel and/or funding can be submitted at any time but require up to a two-week review period. They are normally reviewed by the IBC chair or designate and the BSO or designate. If the amendment is approved, then an approval notification will be sent to the PI. Submissions via this route may be sent for full committee review at the discretion of the IBC chair and the BSO.
For more information about the IBC review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca
Ethics protocols that involve "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board (REB). The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, October 28, 2022, for review at the November 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 forms are received.
All research compliance applications, including Research Ethics Board application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. This online system is paired with electronic approvals to replace the hard-copy signatures process. For more information about the REB review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca.
Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms. Contact researcherportal@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.
Canadian author, journalist, and historian Gwynne Dyer will give a public lecture titled “Planetary Maintenance Engineers: A Last-Ditch Climate Rescue Strategy,” on November 3 at 7 pm in the Duffy Science Centre Amphitheatre (Room 135) at UPEI. He will discuss challenges facing the world because of climate change and explore the concept of “geoengineering,” or cooling the planet by artificial means.
Mr. Dyer is a respected London-based independent Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist, and military historian. In 2010 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. His lecture is presented by the Saint Dunstan’s University Board of Governors, in cooperation with the University of Prince Edward Island.
All are welcome to attend. Please note that masks are required.
The Micro Market in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building will open on Monday, October 17! Operating hours are Monday to Friday, 8 am-3 pm. Come by and grab coffee, soft drinks, on-the-go, baked goods, or confectionary!
COVID-19 test kits can now be picked up at the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre, 2nd floor North, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, from 8:30 am--12:00 pm and 1:00--4:00 pm Monday to Friday. On weekends and holidays, you can pick up test kits at Panther Central in the Chi Wan Young Sports Centre. Students in residence, please talk with your RLA.
The former pick-up location next to Tim Horton's is closed, effective October 14, 2022.
The Search Committee for the Associate Vice-President, Research, and Dean of Graduate Studies has arranged the video presentations for candidates Dr. Kathy Snow and Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon.
Dr. Snow’s presentation can be viewed at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LMIWOrSAxz6DG3fh9vFRGlwNclvDKL5F/view?usp=sharing
Dr. Sweeney-Nixon’s presentation can be viewed at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RZUrcFN9ilNKZCJRKydPNfnU7lPkzy69/view?usp=sharing
The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
All feedback remains confidential.
The UPEI Chaplaincy Centre is crocheting a blanket in support of the 67 Blankets initiative, in memory of Nelson Mandela. Blankets are donated to people in need in South Africa.
We will gather to crochet together 11:30 am–12:30 pm on Tuesdays, beginning on October 18. Don't know how to crochet? No problem. There will be people to help get you started. All levels are welcome to join.
We are also gathering yarn and hooks to use in the project, if you have a few extras in your stash.
For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca
UPEI faculty and students are invited to register for a free online ACENET training session, "Cloud from A to Z," which will be held on October 18, 20, 25, and 27, from 1 to 4 pm.
This is an intermediate-level series. Cloud computing provides great flexibility, allowing complete control of the computing environment. In addition, the environment can be copied, backed up, created and recreated in an automated way. In these lessons, we will start you on the path toward making use of the great flexibility and power of cloud computing. We will be using the popular static website generator Jekyll. This is an in-depth workshop for those with no prior cloud experience, at the end of which you will have a virtual machine and a Jekyll website. Prerequisite: Completion of Software Carpentry's Unix Shell, or similar experience. This workshop will have two options: an instructor-led option and a self-study option. We recommend that should you choose the self-study option, you have some prior knowledge of the topics to be successful.
DETAILS & REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-cloud-from-a-to-z-tickets-413049541297
The UPEI Health & Wellness Centre will offer free flu vaccines on October 19 and 20. The clinics will be held in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The vaccines are for all students, faculty, staff, and their families. The clinics will be held on Wednesday, October 19, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, and Thursday, October 20, 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The clinics will be first come, first served. Please bring a provincial health card. For international students who do not have a PEI health card, please bring your student ID.
COVID-19 test kits can now be picked up at the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre, 2nd floor North, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, from 8:30 am--12:00 pm and 1:00--4:00 pm Monday to Friday. On weekends and holidays, you can pick up test kits at Panther Central in the Chi Wan Young Sports Centre. Students in residence, please talk with your RLA.
The former pick-up location next to Tim Horton's is closed, effective October 14, 2022.
COVID-19 test kits can now be picked up at the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre, 2nd floor North, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, from 8:30 am--12:00 pm and 1:00--4:00 pm Monday to Friday. On weekends and holidays, you can pick up test kits at Panther Central in the Chi Wan Young Sports Centre. Students in residence, please talk with your RLA.
The former pick-up location next to Tim Horton's is closed, effective October 14, 2022.
The Micro Market in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building will open on Monday, October 17! Operating hours are Monday to Friday, 8 am-3 pm. Come by and grab coffee, soft drinks, on-the-go, baked goods, or confectionary!
Do you have a question or two about teaching behaviours, practices, attitudes, or values that you would like to explore in order to improve student learning? SoTL Canada is once again offering a series of virtual roadshow sessions to introduce the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and how you might undertake SoTL research. The first session will be on Friday, October 14, at 1:00 pm Atlantic. SoTL Canada Roadshows are free and are facilitated by SoTL Scholars from across Canada. If you are thinking about a project that you are planning to submit to the internal SoTL research grant competition (coming soon), then this session is for you!
To register, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcuGsrzMvH9VN83FMyq0qGG0cGiICXo-n.
The 2022 Fall exam schedule has been published for students and faculty to view. You can find the schedule posted on MyUPEI as well as your scheduled exams reflected on the calendar in your course plan.
Please note that the exam schedule runs from Sunday, December 11, until Tuesday, December 20.
As per current UPEI COVID-19 protocols, masks will be mandatory during the writing of in-person exams and in all in-door spaces on campus during the exam period.
Best wishes to all students during the exam period!
Office of the Registrar
The Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation in St. Peter's Bay will host a public Open House on Friday, October 21, from 9 am to 4 pm.
From 9:30 to 11:30 am, there will presentations by industry, government, and NGO leaders regarding the effects of climate change on their sectors. Tours of the facility and graduate student poster presentations will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
A light lunch will be provided, and public transport is available through the T3 transit network. Please RSVP to climatechangeadmin@upei.ca
The Search Committee for the Associate Vice-President, Research, and Dean of Graduate Studies has arranged the video presentations for candidates Dr. Kathy Snow and Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon.
Dr. Snow’s presentation can be viewed at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LMIWOrSAxz6DG3fh9vFRGlwNclvDKL5F/view?usp=sharing
Dr. Sweeney-Nixon’s presentation can be viewed at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RZUrcFN9ilNKZCJRKydPNfnU7lPkzy69/view?usp=sharing
The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
All feedback remains confidential.
The Health, Safety, and Environment department has moved to Kelley Memorial Building (KMB) 115-118 (previously Procurement Services). When you come in the east entrance of KMB, you can find us down the stairs to the right.
All contact info for HSE remains the same so you may continue to email HSE@upei.ca or call the staff (check out the UPEI HSE website for individual contacts).
Drop by and visit anytime!
Schedule and registration information for the Atlantic Association of Universities 2022 Teaching Showcase, Celebrating Success and Excellence in Times of Change, is now available. This year's showcase has a new format. Check out the showcase sessions here and here followed by a panel, Teaching with Impact, which includes UPEI colleague Dr. Andrew Zinck and two sessions with concurrent presentations.
Each year, the AAU Teaching Showcase brings together faculty, academic librarians, graduate students, educational developers, and other professional staff interested in the quality of teaching and learning at universities in the Atlantic region. The showcase provides a forum to reflect on and critically examine teaching practice, share methods and strategies, and discuss issues related to university teaching and learning.
