Campus Notices
The UPEI School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS) is organizing the AARMS CRG Conference (online) from July 8 to 9, 2022. The discussion will be on the topic "Computational Aspects in Finance and Actuarial Science" in the SMCS at UPEI.
Here is the webpage of the conference: http://smcs.upei.ca/cafas2022/
Anybody who is interested in are welcome to join the conference using the link below. (Please see the zoom link below)
Topic: AARMS CRG CONFERENCE
Time: July 8–9, 2022
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The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Calgary recently developed resources to support Indigenous pedagogy and course design. These Creative Commons materials can be found as part of the Academic Instructional Skills Program—Introduction to Course (Re) Design
Join your fellow colleagues for the 2nd annual meeting of the UPEI Plant Pals on Tuesday, July 12, from noon to 1 pm in the campus quad. Trade plants and trimmings with other staff and faculty, finally repot that office plant outgrowing its container, or offer up slips/cuttings to folks looking to spruce up their new office spaces!
Please bring what supplies you can, and even better if you have enough to share. Let's take care of our office greenery while enjoying a little visit with our coworkers!
Rain date will be Thursday, July 14, same time and place.
Email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca or Jenna Gaudet at jengaudet@upei.ca with any questions.
Taking a course during July and August? Teaching a course?
The UPEI Writing Centre can provide friendly, knowledgeable support with your assignments at every stage, including getting started, planning, researching/documenting research, drafting, revising, and proofreading.
We will be open during the Second Summer Session (July 4–August 10) with a limited schedule offering both online and in-person appointments. (Off-schedule appointments can also be arranged.)
To make an appointment, go to https://upei.mywconline.com. For additional information and links to writing resources, visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/UPEIWC.
Best wishes for a terrific summer!
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, August 5, for the August meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols, select "applications," and for renewal or amendment protocols, select "events."
To view any UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, go to https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx.
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
The St. Dunstan's University Garden has been planted for the 2022 growing season. We are looking for gardeners of all levels to help us care for the garden boxes.
- You can sign up to water the plants here (instructions are included at the end of the document).
- Join us for a garden party on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm, beginning July 5. No experience is necessary. Bring your gardening gloves if you have them.
You can follow along on the SDU Garden Facebook Page. Vegetables grown through this initiative support the Campus Food Bank and Soup for the Soul. The garden boxes are located behind Memorial Building, facing the Robertson Library. For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca.
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Calgary recently developed resources to support Indigenous pedagogy and course design. These Creative Commons materials can be found as part of the Academic Instructional Skills Program—Introduction to Course (Re) Design
Join your fellow colleagues for the 2nd annual meeting of the UPEI Plant Pals on Tuesday, July 12, from noon to 1 pm in the campus quad. Trade plants and trimmings with other staff and faculty, finally repot that office plant outgrowing its container, or offer up slips/cuttings to folks looking to spruce up their new office spaces!
Please bring what supplies you can, and even better if you have enough to share. Let's take care of our office greenery while enjoying a little visit with our coworkers!
Rain date will be Thursday, July 14, same time and place.
Email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca or Jenna Gaudet at jengaudet@upei.ca with any questions.
Taking a course during July and August? Teaching a course?
The UPEI Writing Centre can provide friendly, knowledgeable support with your assignments at every stage, including getting started, planning, researching/documenting research, drafting, revising, and proofreading.
We will be open during the Second Summer Session (July 4–August 10) with a limited schedule offering both online and in-person appointments. (Off-schedule appointments can also be arranged.)
To make an appointment, go to https://upei.mywconline.com. For additional information and links to writing resources, visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/UPEIWC.
Best wishes for a terrific summer!
In recognition of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Michele Audette will share her First Nations experience and deliver her reflections on communities, cultural and biological mixing, language, culture, identity, and self-vision.
Date and time: Tuesday, August 9, 2:00 pm AST
UPEI recognizes its outstanding alumni through various events and awards, and today is the last day to submit nominations for the 2022 Distinguished and Inspiring Young Alumni Awards.
• The DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD is presented to a graduate for outstanding contributions to the arts, community, university, knowledge, or humanity.
• The INSPIRING YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD is presented to a graduate, under the age of 40, who has shown outstanding determination in achieving success at a young age.
If you would like to nominate a member of our alumni for the Distinguished Alumni Award or the Inspiring Young Alumni Award, please submit a completed nomination form.
The UPEI Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development will offer four one-day courses this July and August as a part of our new “Summer Sessions.”
Lee Gallant, CEO of IDEA Consulting, will be the facilitator for the Summer Sessions. The Summer Sessions are in-person courses, held in Room 208, Robertson Library, UPEI. Each course will start at 9 am and last until 3:30 pm. Coffee, tea, snacks, and a light lunch will be provided to all participants, as well as a bonus takeaway that each participant can take upon completion of the course.
Courses:
• Marketing and Promotion for Beginners (July 26)
• Board Member Basics (July 27)
• Dealing with Difficult People (August 10)
• Successful Fundraising and Sponsorship Attainment (August 24)
Prices:
• Marketing and Promotion for Beginners: $349 + tax
• Board Member Basics: $299 + tax
• Dealing with Difficult People: $349 + tax
• Successful Fundraising and Sponsorship Attainment: $349 + tax
For more information about the Summer Sessions, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/summer-sessions
To register, go to https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=9KUeeE99lUaXGGaCg81bvklWR9Mgd-VIsEECR0kosIBUOE9MTjVDRTNLVzBaMFdSME9OOVRISUFUMi4u
Spots are limited for each course, so register today to avoid disappointment.
The St. Dunstan's University Garden has been planted for the 2022 growing season. We are looking for gardeners of all levels to help us care for the garden boxes.
- You can sign up to water the plants here (instructions are included at the end of the document).
- Join us for a garden party on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm, beginning July 5. No experience is necessary. Bring your gardening gloves if you have them.
You can follow along on the SDU Garden Facebook Page. Vegetables grown through this initiative support the Campus Food Bank and Soup for the Soul. The garden boxes are located behind Memorial Building, facing the Robertson Library. For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca.
Notice from Facilities Management
Troy Life & Fire Safety is performing the annual fire alarm inspections throughout campus. As part of these inspections, there will be testing of alarms. There will be an audible notification stating that "this is a test" at the beginning and completion of testing. The building occupants are not required to evacuate during the testing period. The ringing of alarms is required to test their function and to ensure the speakers work throughout the building. This will be a small portion (up to 2 hours) of the total time they are in the building.
Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre – June 22
Cass Science Hall – June 22
Don and Marion McDougall Hall – June 23
SDU Main Building – June 24
Dalton Hall – June 28
Memorial Hall – June 28
Steel Building – June 29
Duffy Science Centre – June 29 and June 30
Central Utility Building – July 4 and July 5
Robertson Library - July 5 and July 6
Kelley Memorial Building – July 6
Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering – July 7
Atlantic Veterinary College – August 15 - 19
Bill and Denise Andrew Hall – August 22 and 23
Bernardine Hall – August 24
Blanchard Hall – August 25
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall – August 26
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
This handy site gives a good overview on "how to" do lots of stuff from creating and maintaining strong passwords to destroying sensitive information: https://securityinabox.org/en/
The St. Dunstan's University Garden has been planted for the 2022 growing season. We are looking for gardeners of all levels to help us care for the garden boxes.
- You can sign up to water the plants here (instructions are included at the end of the document).
- Join us for a garden party on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm, beginning July 5. No experience is necessary. Bring your gardening gloves if you have them.
You can follow along on the SDU Garden Facebook Page. Vegetables grown through this initiative support the Campus Food Bank and Soup for the Soul. The garden boxes are located behind Memorial Building, facing the Robertson Library. For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Kate Robert's public dissertation proposal presentation of her PhD research titled "Far from the Madding Campus: A Fiction-Based Research Exploration of Psychiatric Disability and Gender in Low-Residency Graduate Writing Education." Please join us in person in HSB 106 or through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/68140609653?pwd=WXdIUkxvWnhESit3Yytta2F0MFRJZz09
Meeting ID: 681 4060 9653
Passcode: 281558
Due to critical electrical maintenance being conducted at the Atlantic Veterinary College, IT Systems and Services will be shutting down the UPEI network and campus IT systems on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from 6 am to 10 am, and again from 3 pm to 7 pm. During these times, the following systems will be off-line:
- Wired and wi-fi networks on campus
- Printing, departmental shared drives, Campus Card, Papercut
- Moodle, myUPEI, Colleague, RxWorks, Recruit, Raiser’s Edge
- AVC LIMS, Cubex, Fusion, Library systems
If you are off campus, many services such as Microsoft solutions (including email), Google, Zoom, upei.ca, etc., that are in the cloud will not be impacted. If you are on campus, you will not have access to these systems as there will be no network available.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding while these necessary repairs are completed.
The PEOPLE 2022 International Conference on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment – Challenges and Solutions under Climate Change will be hosted at UPEI on August 23-26, 2022. This is a hybrid event co-organized by
- PEOPLE Network (Memorial University)
- Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (University of Prince Edward Island)
- Sigma Academy
- Center for Catastrophic Risk Management (University of California, Berkeley)
and partnered with
- Canadian Association on Water Quality Atlantic Region
- International Water Association Young Water Professionals (IWA YWP) Canada
- Network of reference laboratories, research centres, and related organizations for monitoring emerging environmental substances (NORMAN Network)
- Journal of Environmental Systems Research (Springer)
This is an annual conference of the Network on the Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment (PEOPLE Network), funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This conference is also jointly held as the Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ) Atlantic Symposium.
Conference Website: https://sigma.academy/people2022/
Conference Speakers: https://sigma.academy/people2022/keynote-speakers
Conference Agenda: https://sigma.academy/people2022/conference-agenda
Conference Registration: https://sigma.academy/people2022/conference-registration
The St. Dunstan's University Garden has been planted for the 2022 growing season. We are looking for gardeners of all levels to help us care for the garden boxes.
- You can sign up to water the plants here (instructions are included at the end of the document).
- Join us for a garden party on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm, beginning July 5. No experience is necessary. Bring your gardening gloves if you have them.
You can follow along on the SDU Garden Facebook Page. Vegetables grown through this initiative support the Campus Food Bank and Soup for the Soul. The garden boxes are located behind Memorial Building, facing the Robertson Library. For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca.
