Campus Notices
A video recording of Canadian author, journalist, and historian Gwynne Dyer's recent lecture at UPEI is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwpYUeeZm4w.
Dyer gave a public lecture titled “Planetary Maintenance Engineers: A Last-Ditch Climate Rescue Strategy” on November 3 in the UPEI Duffy Science Centre. He discussed challenges facing the world because of climate change and explored the concept of “geoengineering,” or cooling the planet by artificial means.
This event was presented by the Saint Dunstan’s University Board of Governors, in cooperation with the University of Prince Edward Island.
This 24-year-old mare enjoys a good scratch, treats, and outdoor life. Happy’s mantra is eat, sleep, treats, repeat. Because of her outlook on life, Happy is well-conditioned and has never had an issue staying this way. Happy gets along well with other horses and doesn’t put up much of a fuss over new friends. She would be a fantastic companion horse. Her hind limb lameness prevents her from being ridden or expending too much energy. However, she looks fantastic in a field. Her lovely personality and willingness to be handled and spoiled by humans make her an excellent candidate for someone who wants a horse to spoil and be loved by.
If you are interested in this lovely lady or would like more information, please contact Kindra at kinstewart@upei.ca
UPEI honours its rich heritage and traditions by acknowledging members of the campus community who have contributed to its mission in an exceptional way by naming them “Founders,” an initiative established by President Emeritus Wade MacLauchlan in 2000.
Recognizing our Founders is an opportunity to honour those who have worked diligently and passionately to build the University into the highly regarded institution of higher education it is today. The award is presented to members of the campus community who have played a direct role in supporting the vision, reputation, and continued success of the University and/or creating a new era of educational, research, and/or service excellence at the University.
Typically, two nominees are selected each year. Nominations are limited to one page (500 words) in length and must address the following three areas:
- Why do think this nominee is a worthy recipient of this award?
- How has the nominee met the criteria of the award?
- Please include any further information you feel is important about the nominee.
If you wish to submit a nomination for this award, please email your submission to communications@upei.ca, including your name, business telephone number, email address, and relationship to the nominee along with the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the person you wish to nominate. Completed nominations must be received by November 21, 2022, at 11:59 pm.
If you are interested in learning more about this award and past award winners, please visit our UPEI Founders web page.
For more information, contact: Nicole Phillips, Director of Communications and University Relations @ nphillips@upei.ca or 902-566-0947.
This Library Carpentry [https://librarycarpentry.org/lc-open-refine/] adapted lesson introduces people working in Humanities, Social Sciences, and library- and information-related roles to working with data in OpenRefine. OpenRefine can be used to standardize and clean data across your file, and is most useful when working with a comma separated values file (csv) or a tab delimited file (tsv). It can help you get an overview of a data set; resolve inconsistencies in a data set; help you split data up into more granular parts; and more. At the conclusion of the lesson you will understand what the OpenRefine software does and how to use the OpenRefine software to work with data files. This lesson will be co-facilitated by an academic librarian who will give real life examples of using OpenRefine in their work. No previous experience with the software is required.
For details and registration, go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-hss-working-with-data-series-openrefine-tickets-427321549257
Register now for a live orientation webinar.
Our EFAP provider, LifeWorks, is holding orientation webinars for all employees, faculty members, and their dependents who want to know more about how their UPEI EFAP benefits work.
2022 dates offered: January 27, February 17, March 24, April 14, May 26, June 23, July 14, August 25, September 22, October 13, and November 17.
To register:
- Click this link to view the brochure.
- Choose the best date (please note the time zone is listed in EST).
- Click the date to open the registration window.
- You will receive an email confirmation that has the log-in and call-in details.
EFAP offers a short-term, solution-focused approach to professional counselling to assist you in resolving your concerns and issues. EFAP provides counselling that best suits your needs and busy schedules, whether it is in person, by telephone, or online [e-counselling], as well as immediate help with crises.
In addition to professional counselling, employees and their eligible family members can access a wide range of programs that provide telephonic consultation with qualified advisors who can help answer questions and clarify concerns that affect us all. Services include legal, financial, family, and nutritional.
For EFAP counselling, work-life programs, and information services 24 hours a day/7 days a week/365 days a year, call (English) 1-844-880-9142. Or visit: www.workhealthlife.com
More information on the UPEI EFAP benefit can be found on MyUPEI STAFF or FACULTY.
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, November 25, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the December 15, 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. Forms can be submitted at any time but require up to a two-week review period. The forms 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, November 25, 2022, for review at the December 21 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.
Hillcrest United Church, 50 Wood Islands Rd, Montague, PE, is pleased to host a recital featuring a number of the UPEI Department of Music's outstanding young performers on brass, woodwinds, guitar, piano, and voice.
On the program will be works by well-known composers such as Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart, along with less familiar works by a diverse range of highly respected composers such as French composer Fernande Decruck, British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
There is no admission, but donations to help offset costs will be much appreciated.
If you're a working professional and passionate about sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience with international students in PEI, this opportunity is for you!
The Study & Stay PEI program provides international students with enhanced one-on-one and group support throughout their final year of study at a post-secondary institution in PEI. The program also includes a managed mentorship component, providing opportunities for students to apply what they’ve learned, build connections, and gain a deeper understanding of PEI’s workplace culture. As a mentor, you can be a part of this support system and share your valuable knowledge, skills, and experience with students.
To sign up as a mentor, please visit studypei.ca. Please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca if you have any questions. Thank you.
Over the coming weeks, IT Systems and Services will be pushing out a required update to the ESET Endpoint Security software installed on UPEI computers. After the update is installed on your workstation, you will be prompted to restart your computer within five hours. This prompt will provide you with the opportunity to postpone the required restart if necessary. However, we urge you to please restart your computer at the earliest possible time available to you.
If you have any questions about this change, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at helpdesk@upei.ca for more information.
The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2022-23 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, November 18, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.
Dr. Joel Ross, Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Coordinator will present “Orientation to Graduate Studies: Resources and Processes.”
All are welcome.
November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), which is used to honour the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence that year. The week (November 13-20th) leading up to TDOR serves to raise awareness of/increase visibility of transgender issues, particularly intimate partner violence (IPV). Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community.
For more information, check out the following links:
PEI Transgender Network: https://www.peitn.com/
P.E.E.R.S. Alliance: https://www.peersalliance.ca/
The Academic Instructional Skills Program is looking for participants to take part in one of its courses. The course focuses on facilitating class discussions, group work, and student-to-student interactions. We need participants who are interested to sign up for one or both of the course's synchronous workshops. Once we have a critical mass, we can organize a date for the delivery of each workshop. The focus of these workshops is to provide participants with the opportunity to practice their delivery in facilitating discussion, group work and peer-to-peer interaction in an online or an in-person teaching environment. Interested participants can sign up for one or both workshops. There is also an online asynchronous component to the course that must be completed prior to the synchronous workshops.
Sign up for the workshop that focuses on practicing teaching online (delivered online).
Sign up for the workshop that focuses on practicing teaching in person (delivered in person).
The UPEI Faculty of Arts invites students and faculty to join us on Thursday, November 17 at 3:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, when Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, executive director and general counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, will discuss the association's work.
The UPEI Arts Review (Vol. XII) is now accepting visual artwork and written submissions! The Arts Review offers students from all faculties the opportunity to have their work published during their time at UPEI. Our goal is to see excellent student work strengthened, published, and celebrated.
We accept any form of writing including academic essays, poems, short stories, science papers, scripts, etc., and any form of visual artwork including photography, drawings, paintings, digital art, sketches, etc. Multiple submissions are allowed. The deadline to submit is December 21, 2022. Please send all submissions to artsreview@upei.ca with a 200-word abstract to introduce your piece.
Be sure to check out the UPEI Arts Review page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/UPEIArtsReview) or @upei.artsreview on Instagram for more information and reminders!
This 24-year-old mare enjoys a good scratch, treats, and outdoor life. Happy’s mantra is eat, sleep, treats, repeat. Because of her outlook on life, Happy is well-conditioned and has never had an issue staying this way. Happy gets along well with other horses and doesn’t put up much of a fuss over new friends. She would be a fantastic companion horse. Her hind limb lameness prevents her from being ridden or expending too much energy. However, she looks fantastic in a field. Her lovely personality and willingness to be handled and spoiled by humans make her an excellent candidate for someone who wants a horse to spoil and be loved by.
If you are interested in this lovely lady or would like more information, please contact Kindra at kinstewart@upei.ca
IT Systems and Services will be performing network maintenance on our campus network on November 20 from 8 to 11 am. During this time, there will be intermittent connectivity on the campus network. If you are off campus, many services such as Microsoft solutions (including email), Google, Zoom, upei.ca, Moodle, etc., that are in the cloud will not be impacted.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.
The Office of the President cordially invites you to attend the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration.
Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest speaker Gary MacDougall, and the UPEI community in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, to celebrate the achievements of UPEI students.
For more information, please contact Donna Lawless at dlawless@upei.ca or 902-566-0637.
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 day (six hours)
Facilitator: Tracy Stretch
For more information and to register, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/customer-and-client-service.
NOTE: an earlier version of this notice listed the price as $99. The actual cost is $499. Sorry for any confusion.
Version control is the practice of managing and sharing changes to documents, programming code, websites, or any other files to keep track of what’s been changed, by whom, when, and why. All previous versions of files are saved, and you can even revert to a previous version. Git-portal sites, like GitHub or GitLab, offer many useful features to facilitate collaborative development. In this beginner-level session, we will show you how to create a repository, record changes to files, explore and restore from the recorded history, and how to resolve conflicts (when one member overwrites another’s changes).
For details and registration, go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/using-git-tools-to-manage-file-changes-and-collaborate-version-control-tickets-427310927487
