You may have heard a few things about Chat GPT in recent weeks that have piqued your curiosity about artificial intelligence. Join panelists Chris Power, Inge Dorsey, Wendy Shilton, Richard Raiswell, and Andrew Godbout in a discussion of artificial intelligence in university learning on Friday, January 27, at 12:00 pm in the Teaching and Learning Centre, RL 230. This will be a hybrid Lunch and Learn session. Please register here to attend online.  

125 bursaries valued at $1,000 each have been created for students who are taking part in work-integrated learning as part of their UPEI coursework during the 2023 winter semester. Applications are due on Sunday, February 5, by 11:59 pm (AST). For more information or to apply, visit https://www.upei.ca/exed/students/wil-bursary.

Do you struggle to deal with a deluge of student emails? Dr. Elizabeth Wells will join us for a virtual Lunch and Learn session on Thursday, January 26, at 12:00 noon, with strategies to manage student emails and navigate boundaries. To register, click here.

NEW! In January 2023, the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, on behalf of the presidents of Canada’s three research funding agencies (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC), announced the latest update to the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2, 2022), which includes new guidance on streamlining multi-jurisdictional ethics review for minimal risk research. A summary of this and other changes to the TCPS 2 in the new release can be found HERE.

The UPEI REB will be reviewing its policy and procedures in light of this new guidance and looks forward to communicating related changes soon. Please contact the REB and Research Compliance Coordinator, Dr. Stephanie Palmer, at scpalmer@upei.ca, with any questions or to discuss ethics related to your research.

Members of the campus community are invited to the launch of the online exhibition, "The Anne of Green Gables Manuscript: L.M. Montgomery and the Creation of Anne," on Thursday, January 19, at 1 p.m. AST, at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Studio 1. The event will also be livestreamed at https://youtube.com/live/EZKetwmDRTU?feature=share.

Following remarks, the exhibition curator and Montgomery scholar, Dr. Emily Woster, will demonstrate the website, which features the newly digitized manuscript and rarely seen material about Montgomery’s life and legacy. 

The exhibition is a project of Confederation Centre of the Arts, L.M. Montgomery Institute, and Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island, with funding from Digital Museums Canada.

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020. About 90 percent of the new cases and deaths worldwide in 2020 occurred in low- and middle-income countries.

According to the World Health Organization (2023),  a large majority of cervical cancer (more than 95 per cent) is due to the human papillomavirus (HPV). Two human papillomavirus (HPV) types (16 and 18) are responsible for nearly 50 per cent of high-grade cervical pre-cancers. 

HPV is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract. Most sexually active women and men will be infected at some point in their lives, and some may be repeatedly infected. More than 90 per cent of the infected populations eventually clear the infection.

Although most HPV infections clear up on their own and most pre-cancerous lesions resolve spontaneously, there is a risk for all women that HPV infection may become chronic, and pre-cancerous lesions progress to invasive cervical cancer.

It takes 15 to 20 years for cervical cancer to develop in women with normal immune systems. It can take only 5 to 10 years in women with weakened immune systems, such as those with untreated HIV infection.

Using condoms and HPV vaccination are two of the ways you can prevent cervical cancer from HPV.  Having regular pap screens once you become sexually active can help to detect pre-cancerous cells in the cervix.  If cervical cancer is detected, it is curable if detected early.

For more information on HPV vaccines and other sexual health questions, contact the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre at healthcentre@upei.ca or 902-566-0616)to make an appointment and talk to a health care provider.

On Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023, ITSS will be conducting routine maintenance from 8 pm to 12 midnight. During this time, Colleague and myUPEI might be offline.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca

Overview: The Adult Learner - Course Design and Facilitation Certificate offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of adult learning for individuals who want to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to design and deliver effective and engaging adult training programs. Participants will develop new insights and techniques that will strengthen their training content and approach, learn about designing curriculum to match diverse learning styles (including in-person and online facilitation), organize engaging experiential activities that ensure the achievement of learning objectives, and deliver peer-reviewed interactive training content and facilitation sessions.

Designed for: People who are interested in becoming or improving as facilitators, trainers, consultants, subject matter experts, adult educators, human resource personnel, contract workers, tutors, or similar positions

Type of Delivery: In-person

Duration: Six modules for a total of 48 hours; four modules last one day (six hours each), and two modules last two days (twelve hours each)

Facilitator: Laura Johnson

For more information, check out https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/certificate-in-design-and-facilitation. 

Embrace your love of reading! Visit our new book displays and discover your next great book!

POP-UP PUB @ Robertson Library

Check out the POP-UP PUB in Robertson Library!

Thanks to a collaboration with the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, you now have more choices in what you read! Although the books come from the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, you check them out and return them to the Service Desk in Robertson Library. Use your UPEI Campus Card to sign out books. Books may be borrowed for 28 days. Every two months, there will be a new selection of approximately 75 current, popular reading materials.

2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) and Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists and Winners

The Library has award-winning Canadian books for you to discover, whatever genre of books you want to read. The display includes the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) finalists and winners in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.

The Canada Council for the Arts is responsible for administering and promoting the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The awards recognize Canada’s best English-language and French-language books in seven categories and encourage Canadians to read Canadian literature. 

Lists of finalists and winning books from previous years are available on the Canada Council for the Arts website: https://ggbooks.ca/about

Also included in the book display are the longlist, shortlist, and winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. Check out the Scotiabank Giller Prize website for further information: https://scotiabankgillerprize.ca/

Discover your next best author! Read award-winning Canadian literature!

Happy reading!

Members of the campus community are invited to the launch of the online exhibition, "The Anne of Green Gables Manuscript: L.M. Montgomery and the Creation of Anne," on Thursday, January 19, at 1 p.m. AST, at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Studio 1. The event will also be livestreamed at https://youtube.com/live/EZKetwmDRTU?feature=share.

Following remarks, the exhibition curator and Montgomery scholar, Dr. Emily Woster, will demonstrate the website, which features the newly digitized manuscript and rarely seen material about Montgomery’s life and legacy. 

The exhibition is a project of Confederation Centre of the Arts, L.M. Montgomery Institute, and Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island, with funding from Digital Museums Canada.

Plugins enable you to add additional features and functionality to Moodle, such as new activities, new quiz question types, new reports, integrations with other systems, and many more. UPEI's Moodle has had a number of new plugins added over the fall that you may not be aware of. In this 60-minute workshop, the Teaching and Learning Centre will take you through all those new toys. From sticky notes to mind maps to adaptive quizzes, there are lots of new ways to enhance your Moodle course page for your participants.

Date: Tuesday, January 31

Time: 10:00 to 11:00 am

Location: In person at the Teaching and Learning Centre or join us online

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The UPEI Writing Centre (RL 274) will open for tutoring appointments on Monday, January 16. See our schedule and book your appointment at https://upei.mywconline.com/ Both in-person and online appointments are available.  

Our friendly tutors can help you understand assignment instructions and expectations, get started with your research, organize and revise your work, identify and fix language errors, document your research correctly, and much more. We provide support with any writing assignment from any subject area.

New term, fresh start! Give us a try. Make an appointment. Even the strongest writers benefit from having a second pair of eyes review and provide feedback on a paper.

If you're an instructor, please remind your students about this valuable support. If you would like to arrange a short class visit from Writing Centre staff, send Jarmo a note at jjpuiras@upei.ca.

Meditation and gentle yoga classes:  A new free class is offered for UPEI faculty and staff starting Monday, January 16. You'll be guided through a 45-minute class that offers mediation and gentle yoga stretches. Registration weekly is required.

Mondays, 4:30--5:15 pm, with Colleen Gallant

Thursdays, 12:10--12:55 pm, with Pam Harris

Walking track access: UPEI faculty and staff can have free access to the indoor walking track until April 30, 2023. Registration is required.

To register for wellness programs, visit recreation.upei.ca. Log in by clicking on the green UPEI LOGIN button. Then enter your UPEI email and user name to access your account. Click on the wellness (UPEI Faculty/Staff) icon and follow the prompts for the programs you would like to register for. Please take some time to review the information provided under each program.

These programs are coordinated through the UPEI Healthy Campus Committee.

On Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023, ITSS will be conducting routine maintenance from 8 pm to 12 midnight. During this time, Colleague and myUPEI might be offline.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca

Newfoundland and Labrador is a global leader in the development of renewable energy. However, the electricity-generation mix differs dramatically in remote and Indigenous communities throughout the province, which remain almost exclusively reliant on diesel fuel, resulting in numerous energy inequities. While sustainable energies are often promoted for these isolated villages, emerging research demonstrates detrimental socio-economic and livelihood implications which emerge when development is led by outsiders or corporate interests.

This presentation will focus on an 8+ year community-based research partnership between Dr. Nick Mercer and the NunatuKavut Inuit community of Black Tickle, located on the subarctic tundra Island of Ponds, in southern Labrador. The research focuses on identifying and addressing community needs, integrating local knowledge and sustainability values, and mobilizing community-led initiatives to enhance island energy resilience.

The Scholarships and Awards Office is accepting applications for the 2nd Semester (Winter) Award Cycle!

Students can now apply for numerous awards with a deadline of February 1, 2023, through the Scholarship and Award Application portal. Students are encouraged to review the webpage, click the link provided, or find it listed on their MyUPEI account in the UPEI Forms section. Additional awards with a separate application process are conveniently listed on the 2nd Semester (Winter) Award Cycle webpage. Deadlines for the separate application awards vary across January and February. Be sure to click the links, review the criteria, and submit in time for the deadline!

If you have questions about the application processes, award criteria, or deadlines, please contact scholarships@upei.ca or visit us in Dalton Hall, Room 202. Best of luck to all who apply!

Members of the campus community are invited to the launch of the online exhibition, "The Anne of Green Gables Manuscript: L.M. Montgomery and the Creation of Anne," on Thursday, January 19, at 1 p.m. AST, at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Studio 1. The event will also be livestreamed at https://youtube.com/live/EZKetwmDRTU?feature=share.

Following remarks, the exhibition curator and Montgomery scholar, Dr. Emily Woster, will demonstrate the website, which features the newly digitized manuscript and rarely seen material about Montgomery’s life and legacy. 

The exhibition is a project of Confederation Centre of the Arts, L.M. Montgomery Institute, and Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island, with funding from Digital Museums Canada.

The UPEI Writing Centre (RL 274) will open for tutoring appointments on Monday, January 16. See our schedule and book your appointment at https://upei.mywconline.com/ Both in-person and online appointments are available.  

Our friendly tutors can help you understand assignment instructions and expectations, get started with your research, organize and revise your work, identify and fix language errors, document your research correctly, and much more. We provide support with any writing assignment from any subject area.

New term, fresh start! Give us a try. Make an appointment. Even the strongest writers benefit from having a second pair of eyes review and provide feedback on a paper.

If you're an instructor, please remind your students about this valuable support. If you would like to arrange a short class visit from Writing Centre staff, send Jarmo a note at jjpuiras@upei.ca.

On Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023, ITSS will be conducting routine maintenance from 8 pm to 12 midnight. During this time, Colleague and myUPEI might be offline.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca

Newfoundland and Labrador is a global leader in the development of renewable energy. However, the electricity-generation mix differs dramatically in remote and Indigenous communities throughout the province, which remain almost exclusively reliant on diesel fuel, resulting in numerous energy inequities. While sustainable energies are often promoted for these isolated villages, emerging research demonstrates detrimental socio-economic and livelihood implications which emerge when development is led by outsiders or corporate interests.

This presentation will focus on an 8+ year community-based research partnership between Dr. Nick Mercer and the NunatuKavut Inuit community of Black Tickle, located on the subarctic tundra Island of Ponds, in southern Labrador. The research focuses on identifying and addressing community needs, integrating local knowledge and sustainability values, and mobilizing community-led initiatives to enhance island energy resilience.