Campus Notices
Description of course: Learn how to write for the twenty-first-century workplace. In this five-week Intro to Workplace Writing course, you’ll learn tools and techniques for professional communication. As we navigate work in a digital age, with many operating in a work-from-home culture, you’ll learn updated strategies for enhancing communication. Learn new team communication tools such as Slack, Asana, and Google Docs. Ensuring your message is heard and understood is critical for a smooth workflow. Take your emails into the digital age and learn updated email etiquette strategies—what was acceptable ten years ago no longer is! Learn how to craft a message for an external audience vs an internal one, and employ effective content creation tools such as content calendars and style guides. Brush up on some basic grammar, learn how to recognize your own bias when crafting messages, and educate yourself with inclusive language best practices.
This course is virtual and can be completed independently on your own time over five sessions. Course material will be released weekly each Wednesday. There are videos and short assignments.
Upon successful completion of the course material and all assignments, submitted on time to your facilitator, you will receive a digital badge and will have the beginnings of a portfolio of your work.
Designed for: People who want to be or are involved with administrative work or work that involves a great deal of communication within the workplace.
Type of Delivery: Virtual
Duration: One asynchronous virtual session per week for five weeks along with independent readings and assignments
Facilitator: Christine Gordon Manley
Cost: $599.00 plus tax
To register, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/professional-communications-certificate.
Yoga instructor Pam Harris will guide you through a 45-minute class of meditation and gentle yoga stretches. The meditation segment of the class creates calmness, inner peace, and balance, which benefits your emotional well-being and overall health. The class is free. Participants can sign up on a weekly basis by logging into recreation.upei.ca, click on the wellness (UPEI Faculty/Staff) icon. The class will take place on Thursdays, 12:10--12:55 pm, from May 9 to June 23.
The yoga class is for UPEI faculty and staff only and is offered by the Healthy Campus Committee, with support from the UPEI Employee Wellness Strategy. If you have questions, contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, at amarchbank@upei.ca.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Yi-Wen (Eva) Liao's public presentation of her MEd research titled "Narrative Research on Asian Students' Interpretations and Integrations of Their Worldviews Studying in the Master of Education (MEd) program in Canada." Please join us in person in the UPEI HSB (Health Science Building) Room 106 or through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/66759887742?pwd=Zmp4RmdVTWQxWnZDajZhTEp1MGg4UT09
Time: June 10, 2022, 1:00 pm
Meeting ID: 667 5988 7742
Passcode: 336800
Please join us for the last webinar in the "Resistance, Change and Survival: Mi'kmaq'ik to the Mayan Nation" series. Presented by Dr. Lorgio Cobá Noh (UADY), the webinar is titled The Mayan language in history: From instrument of colonization to means of modernization / La lengua maya en la historia: de instrumento de colonización a medio de modernización.
The Mayan language is one of the most important cultural evidence of Mexico. The vision that has been held about it has varied over time, and in this webinar, we will take a tour of its history and its uses from power. // La lengua maya es una de las mas importantes evidencias culturales de México. La visión que se ha tenido sobre ella ha variado en el tiempo, y en esta ponencia haremos un recorrido por su historia y por sus usos desde el poder.
Register for the webinar at https://tinyurl.com/y5p4dr7t, or attend on the day via Zoom here: https://upei.zoom.us/j/69764405985?pwd=QllTTXZXVnpmQ1BlcGhIaFdmZTJyQT09
The "Resistance, Change and Survival: Mi'kmaq'ik to the Mayan Nation" webinar series is coordinated by Dr. John Doran, University of Prince Edward Island, and Dr. Víctor Hugo Medina Suarez, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatán.
We would like to thank our sponsors, The Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE) and the UPEI Faculty of Education, for their help in making this event possible.
Overview: The Certificate in Customer and Client Service is designed to give the knowledge, skills, and tools for individuals to improve customer and client service within their organization. Not only are the benefits of improved customer and client service positive feelings and loyalty, but it also improves the workplace morale, which in turn leads to better production and results.
At the end of this certificate, participants will be able to elevate customer and client service both internally and externally within their organization, turn customer and client service failures into learning opportunities—which will lead to positives—and create a culture that will make great customer and client service consistent and a priority among all members of an organization.
Designed for: All people involved with customer and client service, both in a retail and a multi-level organizational sense. Especially relevant for all executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals who deal with other people within their workplace.
Type of Delivery: In-person.
Duration: One course for a total of six (6) hours.
Facilitator: Tracy Stretch
For More Information: https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/customer-and-client-service
There has been extensive media coverage regarding the presence of avian influenza in wild birds in Atlantic Canada. It has also been discovered that avian influenza is affecting foxes, with symptoms that may look like distemper or rabies.
The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment office is advising members of the campus community to not handle any dead, injured, or sick wildlife on campus or elsewhere.
If you find an injured, sick, or dead wild animal, please contact either PEI Fish and Wildlife (902-368-4683) or the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (902-628-4314).
The UPEI WUSC Committee is seeking a member of the UPEI faculty to join our committee. WUSC is a unique national body that combines settlement services and post-secondary education. The committee is drawn from UPEI faculty, staff, and students. If you have an interest in youth empowerment, refugee resettlement, and poverty eradication, this is a wonderful committee to join. WUSC has been on the UPEI campus for over 30 years. Please contact Nouhad Mourad at nmourad@upei.ca or Richelle Greathouse at rgreathouse@upei.ca for more information.
Award-winning author Leonard Cusack will launch a new book about the history of St. Dunstan’s University (SDU) from 1950–1969 on June 8, 2022, at 3:30 pm, SDU Lecture Hall, Faculty of Sustainable Design and Engineering Building, UPEI.
Published by Island Studies Press, Caught in a Changing Society: St. Dunstan’s University 1950–1969 chronicles the golden years of expansion at an esteemed Catholic university and what led to the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island.
As Cusack (SDU’69) writes, campus life was tight knit, with students participating in sports teams, drama and music performances, social activities, and mandatory classes and religious services under the watchful eyes of the priests and sisters. With increased enrolment, more resources were needed to build new campus buildings and hire more lay teaching staff. As social mores changed and mini-skirts appeared on campus in the mid-1960s, students demanded freedoms and direct representation, while the administration fought for much needed government subsidies and faced the challenges of an uncertain future.
With Prince of Wales College becoming a university, the province faced the daunting prospect of supporting two post-secondary institutions. To solve the financial crisis, Premier Alex Campbell mandated the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island. Caught in a Changing Society captures the ensuing debate that led to the closure of the 114-year-old St. Dunstan’s University and the resolve that allowed the institution to evolve into a charitable foundation that has invested more than $32 million into education, infrastructure, and the diocese.
During his career, Cusack was a high school teacher and principal, a public servant, and a sessional lecturer in history at UPEI. He is the author of three previous books, including Owen Connolly: The Making of a Legacy 1820–2016. Now retired, he and his wife, Catherine, reside in the beautiful community of Emyvale.
At the launch, books will be available for purchase and signing. Masks are mandatory on campus. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information about the book or the launch, please contact Bren Simmers at 902-566-0386 or ispstaff@upei.ca.
The Lab2Market Program is a 16-week program to help researchers validate their ideas with the purpose of finding business/commercial value.
Lab2Market has partnered with NSERC to pilot an adaptation of their Idea to Innovation (I2I) Market Assessment Grant. The program offers participants the tools and support needed to complete their own market assessment and, with their findings, help them prepare for the NSERC I2I Phase I proposal.
If you're a primary investigator, post-doc, or graduate student looking to learn about the entrepreneurial potential of your research, please reach out to the Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation for assistance with assessment of your idea and proposal prior to starting the application. Email: OCII@upei.ca or call 902-566-6095
More information on the L2M NSERC program is available here: https://t.co/oT0L9L9VBn If you would like additional information, register here for an info session: https://bit.ly/3usYkoe
UPEI deadlines:
Submission of all application documents in the Romeo Researcher Portal: June 20, 2022
Submission via NSERC’s online system: June 23, 2022
There has been extensive media coverage regarding the presence of avian influenza in wild birds in Atlantic Canada. It has also been discovered that avian influenza is affecting foxes, with symptoms that may look like distemper or rabies.
The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment office is advising members of the campus community to not handle any dead, injured, or sick wildlife on campus or elsewhere.
If you find an injured, sick, or dead wild animal, please contact either PEI Fish and Wildlife (902-368-4683) or the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (902-628-4314).
It can be so nice to go out for a walk on a sunny day in June and listen to a teaching and learning podcast. There are lots to choose from. Here are a few favourites from the Teaching and Learning Centre and the E-Learning Team.
Podcasts for Instructors on the Go
Our next Lunch and Learn is an information session presenting the most common and relevant contracts that researchers at UPEI might encounter. Join Neil LeBlanc from Research Services to learn about contracts such as MTAs, RSAs, or MOUs. Come to the Teaching and Learning Space RL 230 on June 2, 2022, at 12:00 noon Atlantic.
Overview: The Certificate in Mental Health and Well-Being is designed for individuals who endeavour to maintain a strong sense of well-being and good mental health among colleagues and themselves throughout these challenging times. The Mental Health Awareness course will examine topics such as signs and symptoms of weakening mental health, strengthening mental health and well-being, supporting others struggling with mental health and well-being, building resilience, psychological health and safety in the workplace, preventing and managing burnout, and managing time and productivity in order to reduce stress. At the end of the course, participants will be able to improve mental health and well-being for themselves and others around them.
Designed for: People who are looking to monitor and/or improve mental health and well-being at home and at the workplace, among themselves, and with co-workers and colleagues.
Type of Delivery: Virtual.
Duration: Monday, June 20, 2022, from 9 am–3:30 pm
Facilitator(s): Jodi LeBlanc
Cost: $449.00
To register, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificate/certificate-in-mental-health-and-well-being.
The meditation/yoga class for UPEI staff and faculty is cancelled on Thursday, June 2. Class will resume the following week.
Corinne Chappell, Advisor to the Vice-President Academic and Research on Indigenous Affairs, is offering information sessions to answer questions related to the 4 Seasons Reconciliation training. The first session will be Tuesday, June 7. at 1:00 pm, in the Robertson Library Annex, Room 230.
Our next Lunch and Learn is an information session presenting the most common and relevant contracts that researchers at UPEI might encounter. Join Neil LeBlanc from Research Services to learn about contracts such as MTAs, RSAs, or MOUs. Come to the Teaching and Learning Space RL 230 on June 2, 2022, at 12:00 noon Atlantic.
Wendy Mendez, plaintiff and witness in the emblematic Military Diary case (Caso Diario Militar), will join the Maritimes-Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) for a tour of the Maritimes provinces during the spring of 2022. This will be the first speaking tour that BTS has held since the beginning of the pandemic, and we are so excited to welcome you!
Come learn about the state of transitional justice and what is at stake for families seeking truth and justice decades after the crimes were committed and the peace accords were signed. We will also explore the connections and implications this has for us here in Canada.
Who is Wendy Mendez?
Wendy is the daughter of Luz Haydee Mendez Calderon who was forcibly disappeared by the Guatemalan Army on March 8, 1984. Wendy is a human rights activist, popular educator, co-founder of HIJOS Guatemala, petitioner before the Inter-American Human Rights Court in the Military Diary case (Gudiel Alvarez vs. Guatemala), and plaintiff in the Military Diary case in the national courts of Guatemala.
What is the Military Diary Case?
The Military Diary is a document that was stored in the Guatemalan Military Archives that details the forced disappearance, torture, and murder of 183 people, including details such as the date and location of their kidnapping by state security forces. The diary contains photos and government intelligence on individuals, including children, who were considered "internal enemies" of the state during the Guatemalan Internal Armed Conflict (IAC). Many of the 183 individuals in this document remain missing to this day.
This case is emblematic of the human rights abuses and mechanisms used by the state in Guatemala during the IAC against civilians. The families bringing the face forward are seeking justice from 13 high-level military and police figures.
For more information, read daily reports from the court room (https://breakingthesilenceblog.com/military-diary-case.../), or an impactful article from Wendy and the CBC (https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/.../guatemala-civil-war...).
The Study & Stay PEI Program is offering another free rural bus tour to eastern PEI on Friday, June 10, for international students from the University of Prince Edward Island, Holland College, and Collège de l'Île!
On June 10, we will see what life is like in rural PEI in terms of employment opportunities and recreational activities. We will also take time to enjoy nature and the scenery as well.
If you're interested in this bus tour to eastern PEI, please fill out this form ASAP to reserve your seat: https://lnkd.in/guxQn_KN. Maximum is 55 people. Lunch is provided. Pick up and drop off locations are at Holland College and UPEI. We will close the form as soon as the seats are filled.
Please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca if you have any questions.
App notifications on your phone driving you crazy? It just takes a few seconds to turn them all (or most of them) off. Go to Settings and then Notifications where you will see all your apps and their permissions. Go through the list, set which notifications you would like to keep, and turn off the annoying ones.
Corinne Chappell, Advisor to the Vice-President Academic and Research on Indigenous Affairs, is offering information sessions to answer questions related to the 4 Seasons Reconciliation training. The first session will be Tuesday, June 7. at 1:00 pm, in the Robertson Library Annex, Room 230.
