Join the Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) for a Research Networking Day focused on building industry and UPEI partnerships in Biotech, Manufacturing, and Clean Tech.

This exciting event will feature short presentations from companies, UPEI faculty, and funding agencies, along with networking sessions.

Register for the event here

• For industry: Come learn about the expertise at UPEI and connect with professors with relevant research programs.
• For UPEI faculty: Come learn about the research aims of local industry and connect with companies with shared interests.

Hear about the partnered government funding opportunities available from NRC, Mitacs, and NSERC for facilitating your research collaborations.

Speak with UPEI business development officers at OCII to understand how we can best support your academic-industry partnerships.

Please follow OCII on LinkedIn or Twitter to stay up-to-date with this event and upcoming research opportunities!

10 May, 1000-1130hrs Atlantic / 1030-1200hrs NL

Linux is the terminal interface used to enable you to use supercomputing clusters from your desktop. It's the tool you need to get your data on the clusters, run your programs, and get your data back. In this session, learn how to get started with Linux, how to create and navigate directories for your data, load files, manage your storage, run programs on the compute clusters, and set file permissions. This workshop is designed for those with no prior experience in working with a terminal interface.  

DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-basics-introduction-to-linux-tickets-607567269057 

Connect with Colleagues, Get Inspired, Thrive in your teaching!

The UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre has organized a  special presentation by Dr. Natasha Kenny, director of the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, on "Supporting Change in Teaching and Learning Cultures, Communities, and Practices." Colleagues from UPEI and other universities and colleges in the Atlantic region are invited to attend. Part of the Teaching Matters! series, this presentation will be a hyflex offering. Click here for more details about the talk. We hope to see you online or in-person. Email questions to TLC@upei.ca.

• To register for the Zoom link
• To register in-person (so that we can order lunch) 

This week, we welcome our new food service provider, Dana Hospitality, to campus. We want to give you a chance to try their yummy, made-from-scratch, home-cooked food, so lunch all week will be half-price. 

All You Care to Eat Breakfast made to order from 7:30 to 9:30 am for $8.95 + tax  

All You Care to Eat Lunch from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm for $11.95 + tax (discounted to $5.95 + tax) 

Bon Appetit!

Effective Tuesday, May 9, 2023, IT Systems and Services (ITSS) will be moving to a new location on a temporary basis while our current space is being renovated to better serve the campus community. 

The ITSS Helpdesk will still be available from 8 am–4 pm, Monday to Friday, by calling 902-566-0465 or emailing helpdesk@upei.ca, but its physical location will now be AVC 218S.

If you need to contact an ITSS team member, please email them or leave them a voicemail, and they will get back to you as soon as possible.

We hope to see you in our renovated space soon, and we thank you in advance for your patience!

The ITSS Team

UPEI Procurement Services is currently taking bids on some used equipment.

Bids are being accepted in the University's e-tendering portal, Bonfire, until May 12, 2023, at 2:00 pm.

This portal requires you to register by creating a username and password as your UPEI credentials are not connected to this system. When registering for the Bonfire portal, please put your name in the Vendor Name and Contact Name fields. You can access the information on this opportunity at https://upei.bonfirehub.ca/projects/66207/details

The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment department (HSE) is offering Standard and Emergency First Aid/CPR training sessions:

Standard First Aid/CPR
June 12 and 13, 2023
8:30 am–4:00 pm
Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 142

This comprehensive two-day course offers first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for those who need enhanced training as a work requirement (high-risk areas such as labs).

Emergency First Aid/CPR
June 15, 2023
8:30 am–4:00 pm
Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 142

This basic one-day course offers lifesaving first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills. 

The cost of registration will be covered by HSE for all UPEI faculty and staff, including students who require training for on-campus employment. Students who do not require training for on-campus employment are welcome to attend; however, the cost of registration will not be covered. Please note that lunch will not be provided.

As space is limited, please pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day Thursday, June 1, 2023, via email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).

PEI Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) would like to share planned activities for Emergency Preparedness Week, May 7-13, 2023.  This year’s theme is “Be prepared. Know your risks.”

Activities for the week include

• Follow PEI Public Safety social media feeds at PEI Public Safety | Facebook and PEI Public Safety (@PEIPublicSafety) / Twitter all week.
• There will be a week-long Like & Share contest focusing on your at-home emergency preparedness kits. Prize draw will be on May 13. PEI Public Safety | Facebook and PEI Public Safety (@PEIPublicSafety) / Twitter
• On May 8 at 12:55 pm, PEI EMO will conduct a test of the Alert Ready system. For more information on the Alert Ready system, please check out the following link: Home - Alert Ready Emergency Alert System (Pelmorex Corp). 
• There will be personal emergency preparedness presentations by EMO staff. All are welcome to attend!  
  • May 9, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Credit Union Place, 511 Notre Dame St, Summerside, PEI
  • May 11, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Charlottetown Public Library, 97 Queen St, Charlottetown, PEI 

Do you have a student co-presenting at the Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education conference in June 2023? There is one travel bursary available for up to $1000 for an undergraduate student who is co-presenting with a UPEI instructor. To apply, send a letter to the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC@upei.ca) by May 15, 2023. The letter of application should include the following:

• accepted abstract
• the name and program of the undergraduate student
• a brief explanation of the student's role in the presentation 
• a detailed budget. 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, June 2, for the June 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."

UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through myUPEI at 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.

Note:  All investigators are reminded that any deviations in animal use, including unexpected mortality, must be reported to the ACC and University Veterinarian Jonathan Spears at 902-620-5026.

NEW small group training and specialty fitness classes begin in May. To view prices and offerings, please log into recreation.upei.ca. UPEI students, staff, and faculty: When logging in, DO NOT enter your email in the space that says community. Click on the green UPEI LOGIN button, and enter your UPEI email and password. Then click on the Fitness Programming icon and then on either small group training or specialty fitness classes. Follow the prompts for the programs you wish to register in. 

On Wednesday, May 10, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the Moodle application and related services from 9 pm to 12 midnight. During this time, there will be intermittent access to and performance issues.

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

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

The search committee for the Dean, Faculty of Education, announces upcoming public presentations by each of the finalist candidates. Since the search process began last summer, the committee has undertaken a comprehensive search and selected the following finalists for a series of stakeholder meetings on campus. Presentations are scheduled on the following dates/times: 

Dr. Miles Turnbull, Professor of Education, and Vice-Principal, Academic and Research, Bishop's University:

• Public Presentation: Monday, May 8, 2023, 2:00 to 3:00 pm, AVC, Room 205N 

Dr. Douglas Gosse, Professor of Education, and Associate Dean, Faculty of Education and Professional Studies, Nipissing University: 

• Public Presentation: Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 2:00 to 3:00 pm, AVC 205N

 All are welcome to attend. For any who are unable to attend, the presentation will be recorded and available afterward for viewing from a secure site. Paper copies of each candidate's CV will be available for viewing in the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research. Following each presentation, you are invited to provide feedback on the candidate’s suitability for the role to vpar@upei.ca.

16 May-13 June, Tuesdays, 930-1130 and 1300-1500 hrs Atlantic / 1000-1200 and 1330-1530 NL

This course will educate participants in common tools and techniques used in high-performance computing and scientific computation. Over 5 weeks with 20 hours of teaching time, we will cover general parallel computing, Dask, OpenMP programming, GPU accelerator programming, and Message Passing Interface (MPI) programming. Each session will include lectures and learning exercises. These will be oriented to those learners seeking a more advanced experience. There will be online office hours each week so participants can ask questions about the course content and exercises. Participants must have familiarity with the Unix command line, at the level expected after completion of the ACENET Basics Series, along with some programming experience.

DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-parallel-computing-school-2023-tickets-607639204217 

16 May, 1300-1500hrs Atlantic / 1330-1530hrs NL

Through live demonstrations and examples, you will learn how MATLAB can be used to visualize and analyze data, perform numerical computations, and develop algorithms. Topics include: accessing data from many sources (files, other software, hardware, etc.); using interactive tools for iterative exploration, design, and problem-solving; automating and capturing your work in easy-to-write scripts and programs; and sharing your results with others by automatically creating reports.

DETAILS & REGISTER: 
https://mathworksmeeting.webex.com/weblink/register/r2994fa43badbeffd5b4a8cfea0b7930b 

12 May, 1000-1130hrs Atlantic / 1030-1200hrs NL

The national systems use a job scheduler called “Slurm”. In this session, you will learn how Slurm works and how it allocates jobs, helping you to: minimize wait time by framing reasonable requests; ask for only the resources you need, to improve efficiency; increase throughput; run more jobs simultaneously; and troubleshoot and address crashes. This workshop is designed for new HPC users, or for experienced users either transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler. Prerequisites: Completion of Introduction to Linux and Introduction to Shell Scripting, or prior experience with both.

DETAILS & REGISTER: 
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-basics-job-scheduling-with-slurm-tickets-607579465537

11 May, 1000-1130hrs Atlantic / 1030-1200hrs NL

Shell scripting helps you save time, automate file management tasks, and better use the power of Linux. You’ll learn how to use the command line to carry out repetitive tasks, extract information from files quickly, combine commands in powerful ways, learn about job scripts, shell variables, and looping commands, and capture a workflow so you can re-use it easily. Save time, reduce errors, and use Linux more effectively. This workshop is designed for either new High Performance Computing (HPC) users who are familiar with working in a Linux environment, or for experienced users seeking to get more out of shell scripting. It is one of the core courses to help users get up and running on ACENET and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada systems. Prerequisite: ACENET Basic Series Introduction to Linux, or previous experience with Linux.  

DETAILS & REGISTER: 
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-basics-introduction-to-shell-scripting-tickets-607593868617

10 May, 1000-1130hrs Atlantic / 1030-1200hrs NL

Linux is the terminal interface used to enable you to use supercomputing clusters from your desktop. It's the tool you need to get your data on the clusters, run your programs, and get your data back. In this session, learn how to get started with Linux, how to create and navigate directories for your data, load files, manage your storage, run programs on the compute clusters, and set file permissions. This workshop is designed for those with no prior experience in working with a terminal interface.  

DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-basics-introduction-to-linux-tickets-607567269057 

In order to accommodate UPEI computer classroom and lab software adds, drops, or modifications for the 2023 fall semester, we have set a firm deadline of JUNE 01, 2023.

It is critical that you email requests to smahar@upei.ca by the date above indicating the following:

• New software requirements (licensed or freeware) providing the software name and vendor
• Version upgrades to existing software (Are multiple versions required? If yes, provide specifics.)
• Software that can be decommissioned.

More information is available here

On May 5, UPEI marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, also known as Red Dress Day. The use of red dresses was originated by Métis artist Jaime Black in 2010 as a representation of the women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people lost to violent crime. Red dresses continue to be hung across Canada in May, including on the UPEI campus, to honour those lost and to serve as a call for action to prevent future violence.