The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, March 25, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the April 2022 meeting.

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 can be submitted at any time but require up to a two-week review period. They are normally reviewed by the IBC chair or designate, the BSO or designate, and one other voting member of the IBC. 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.  

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.

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, March 25, 2022.

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.

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.

For more information about the REB review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca

Please join us for the second webinar in the "Resistance, Change and Survival: Mi'kmaq'ik to the Mayan Nation" series, presented by Dra. Vera Tiesler. The webinar is titled "What we know about the first nations of Mesoamerica by studying their human remains"/"Lo que sabemos de los pueblos originarios de Mesoamérica a través del estudio de sus restos humanos".

The physical anthropology of the native peoples of Mesoamerica has been revealing deep and interesting data that allow us to delve into the ancestral past. This webinar will bring us closer to much new knowledge obtained through bone analysis of men and women who lived in pre-Columbian cultures. // La antropología  fìsica de los pueblos originarios de Mesoamérica ha ido revelando profundos e interesantes datos que nos permiten adentrarnos en el pasado ancestral. Esta conferencia nos acercará a muchos nuevos conocimientos obtenidos a traves del análisis oseo, de hombres y mujeres que vivieron en las culturas precolombinas. 

Please register for the webinar at https://tinyurl.com/y5p4dr7t

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.

Additional webinars coming up in the series include:

• April 8, 2022, at 2 pm AST: “Intercultural Education of the Mexican State: An autopsy”/“Educación Intercultural del Estado Mexicano: una autopsia” - Dr. Juan Carlos Mijangos (UADY) 
• May 13, 2022, at 2 pm AST: "Mayan feminism in the literary works of Ana Patricia Martínez Huchim"/“El feminismo maya en las obras literarias de Ana Patricia Martínez Huchim” - Dra. Cristina Leirana (UADY)
• June 10, 2022, at 2 pm AST: “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” - Dr. Lorgio Cobá Noh (UADY)

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.

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, April 1, for the April 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.

The E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant is being offered for the fourth time as an opportunity for faculty and staff members to create a multimedia course resource with the help of the E-Learning Instructional Multimedia Specialist. Find out more about the grant here. The closing date for applications is March 11, 2022.

If you have questions related to your multimedia project ideas, please contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca. 

SoTL Canada is presenting a webinar with Brett McCollum, editor-in-chief of CJSoTL, on the "Ins and Outs of Participating in Peer Review," discussing the roles of authors, editors, and reviewers on Friday, March 11, 2022 at 1:00 pm Atlantic. Faculty and students are welcome. Click here to RSVP.

PhD Defense, Faculty of Science--Emad Naseri

"Development of controlled-release drug-eluting wound dressing"

If you wish to attend the public presentation, please contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator at gsc@upei.ca to receive the link.

Everyone is welcome.

The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community – students, faculty and staff – to attend a virtual research presentation by Dr. Reuben Domike for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with a focus on entrepreneurship.

Candidate Bio:

Dr. Reuben Domike is a Teaching Professor of Technology and Information Management (T.I.M.) at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). He specializes in entrepreneurship/innovation. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (joint engineering and management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) awarded in 2004 and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Prior to joining UCSC, he was an associate professor at the Brigham Young University and an associate professor at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in the Faculty of Business where he was the founding director of the university-wide Hostetter Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining UPEI in 2009, Dr. Domike was the founding director of a university-wide Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Wooster in Ohio (funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation).

Over the past twenty years, Dr. Domike has been involved in developing start-up companies in the areas of software; management consulting; industrial water filters; and essential oil extraction. Four of these companies (two on PEI) are now significant with millions of dollars in revenue and dozens of employees each. On PEI, he has worked with dozens of small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs to advance their plans and operations. His current research activities are primarily in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI) in the MIT Engineering Systems Division, focused on quantitative assessment of new technologies in pharmaceutical products and manufacturing.

Abstract:

“Dr. Domike recently led a workshop on risk assessment for technology innovation in biomanufacturing. The workshop involved thirty-one colleagues from industry representing nineteen different biopharmaceutical companies (including Pfizer, Amgen, Biogen, Merck) engaged through MIT's Center for Biomedical Innovation.  The workshop was focused on identifying, quantifying, and mitigating risks associated with operating both human and non-human host cell systems in an open manufacturing facility.

The quality risk management (QRM) approach utilized in the workshop aligned with that of the International Council for Harmonisation. It also built upon prior research publications authored by Dr. Domike focused on practically implementing QRM consistent with the FDA’s 21st-century quality initiative. The workflow that was designed and enacted was aligned with best practices in innovation utilized for risky endeavours in high-technology industries (e.g., aerospace, automobile automation). The workflow utilized mapping the manufacturing process, defining the risk question, risk evaluation, and risk control. The workshop outcomes included a completed failure mode and effects analysis that can be used as a guideline during practical implementation of the technology innovation. 

These approaches to QRM and innovation management are relevant to bio-tech companies on PEI, and Dr. Domike has enacted these approaches in some of those PEI companies.

The research presentation will take place on Wednesday, March 9, from 12:45 to 2 pm.

https://upei.zoom.us/j/61549675658?pwd=cXFKdXQ0UlJ6RGxoK1Flb21vamZ1QT09

Meeting ID: 615 4967 5658

Passcode: 294555

For further information, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at businessfac@upei.ca.

The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community – students, faculty and staff – to attend a virtual lecture (teaching demonstration) by Dr. Reuben Domike for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with a focus on entrepreneurship.

Candidate Bio:

Dr. Reuben Domike is a Teaching Professor of Technology and Information Management (T.I.M.) at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). He specializes in entrepreneurship/innovation. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (joint engineering and management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) awarded in 2004 and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.  Prior to joining UCSC, he was an associate professor at the Brigham Young University and an associate professor at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in the Faculty of Business where he was the founding director of the university-wide Hostetter Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining UPEI in 2009, Dr. Domike was the founding director of a university-wide Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Wooster in Ohio (funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation).

Over the past twenty years, Dr. Domike has been involved in developing start-up companies in the areas of software; management consulting; industrial water filters; and essential oil extraction. Four of these companies (two on PEI) are now significant with millions of dollars in revenue and dozens of employees each. On PEI, he has worked with dozens of small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs to advance their plans and operations.  His current research activities are primarily in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI) in the MIT Engineering Systems Division focused on quantitative assessment of new technologies in pharmaceutical products and manufacturing.

The lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 9, from 10:00-11:00 am (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/61366672134?pwd=blJZelF2U3g3ditKS1pndjFnMG04Zz09

Meeting ID: 613 6667 2134

Passcode: 705669

For further information, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at businessfac@upei.ca.

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, April 1, for the April 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.

Washing your hands properly is one of the most important things you can do to help prevent and control the spread of many illnesses. Good hand hygiene will reduce the risk of things like flu, COVID-19, food poisoning, and healthcare-associated infections being passed from person to person.

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is conducting hand hygiene audits on March 8, 9, and 10. We are asking any patients who visit us on these days to provide us direct observational feedback on our hand hygiene. This helps us to identify gaps or moments where we may not be doing as well as we should so that we can make improvements.  

If you have feedback on our hand hygiene or anything else at the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre, please do not hesitate to contact us at healthcentre@upei.ca or visit our website: https://www.upei.ca/health-centre, and click on "We'd love to hear from you" in the right-hand menu or complete a compliments/complaints card located in the waiting room.

Liturgy of the Word and Communion will take place each Monday and Thursday at 12:05 pm in the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre. Sister Sue will lead prayers and reflection. 

SoTL Canada is presenting a webinar with Brett McCollum, editor-in-chief of CJSoTL, on the "Ins and Outs of Participating in Peer Review," discussing the roles of authors, editors, and reviewers on Friday, March 11, 2022 at 1:00 pm Atlantic. Faculty and students are welcome. Click here to RSVP.

Following the success of our initial allocation, NRC-IRAP has increased UPEI's allocation for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The Office of Commercialization, Industry & Innovation is therefore seeking additional interested researchers. Please contact OCII with any questions.

Program summary: To provide technical advice to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to assist in advancing SME-specific applied research and development challenges that may lead to future collaborations.

Eligible applicants: UPEI Faculty

Available funding: A maximum of $5,000 per project

Guidelines:

1. Project must initiate a new relationship with an industry partner and have a reasonable potential to lead to future collaborations.
2. Project must provide scientific and technical advice to an industry aprtner to solve an industry-specific challenge.
3. Industry partner must be a for-profit SME within Canada that can further develop or implement the technical advice into their operations.
4. Typically, one project is allowed per faculty member and only one project per industry partner – with the expanded allocation, these limits may be increased to encourage additional partnerships.*

Project Information:

1. Project duration is a maximum of two months.
2. Type of activities may include, but are not limited to, prototype testing, laboratory testing, or computer testing.
3. Eligible expenses are professional fees only.

Application:

1. Two-page application form must be completed by the industry partner and the faculty member. Faculty members should contact Dr. Herminio Foloni Neto (hfolonineto@upei.ca) to obtain an application.
2. The completed application form should be emailed to Dr. Neto.
3. OCII and NRC IRAP will review the application, and the decision on funding will be provided within two weeks. Prior to making any funding decision, NRC-IRAP will contact the industry partner to confirm that the project assists with an industry-specific challenge.
4. Applications will be accepted until February 28, 2022, or until the funds have been used.
5. All projects must be completed by March 31, 2022.

Reporting Requirements:

• A final report is due at end of the project.
• A copy of the final report should be provided to the industry partner and Synapse.
• Funding will be issued after the final report has been submitted and funds received from NRC-IRAP.

For more information contact:

Herminio Foloni Neto, PhD

Business Development Officer, OCII

University of Prince Edward Island, Kelley Memorial Building, 110

T: 902-620-5032 E: hfolonineto@upei.ca

*Exceptions may apply and are subject to evaluation and approval by OCII. If existing funds are under utilized or additional funds are granted, faculty/industry partners may be eligible for additional projects.

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PhD Defense, Faculty of Science--Emad Naseri

"Development of controlled-release drug-eluting wound dressing"

If you wish to attend the public presentation, please contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator at gsc@upei.ca to receive the link.

Everyone is welcome.

The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community – students, faculty and staff – to attend a virtual research presentation by Dr. Reuben Domike for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with a focus on entrepreneurship.

Candidate Bio:

Dr. Reuben Domike is a Teaching Professor of Technology and Information Management (T.I.M.) at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). He specializes in entrepreneurship/innovation. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (joint engineering and management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) awarded in 2004 and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Prior to joining UCSC, he was an associate professor at the Brigham Young University and an associate professor at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in the Faculty of Business where he was the founding director of the university-wide Hostetter Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining UPEI in 2009, Dr. Domike was the founding director of a university-wide Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Wooster in Ohio (funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation).

Over the past twenty years, Dr. Domike has been involved in developing start-up companies in the areas of software; management consulting; industrial water filters; and essential oil extraction. Four of these companies (two on PEI) are now significant with millions of dollars in revenue and dozens of employees each. On PEI, he has worked with dozens of small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs to advance their plans and operations. His current research activities are primarily in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI) in the MIT Engineering Systems Division, focused on quantitative assessment of new technologies in pharmaceutical products and manufacturing.

Abstract:

“Dr. Domike recently led a workshop on risk assessment for technology innovation in biomanufacturing. The workshop involved thirty-one colleagues from industry representing nineteen different biopharmaceutical companies (including Pfizer, Amgen, Biogen, Merck) engaged through MIT's Center for Biomedical Innovation.  The workshop was focused on identifying, quantifying, and mitigating risks associated with operating both human and non-human host cell systems in an open manufacturing facility.

The quality risk management (QRM) approach utilized in the workshop aligned with that of the International Council for Harmonisation. It also built upon prior research publications authored by Dr. Domike focused on practically implementing QRM consistent with the FDA’s 21st-century quality initiative. The workflow that was designed and enacted was aligned with best practices in innovation utilized for risky endeavours in high-technology industries (e.g., aerospace, automobile automation). The workflow utilized mapping the manufacturing process, defining the risk question, risk evaluation, and risk control. The workshop outcomes included a completed failure mode and effects analysis that can be used as a guideline during practical implementation of the technology innovation. 

These approaches to QRM and innovation management are relevant to bio-tech companies on PEI, and Dr. Domike has enacted these approaches in some of those PEI companies.

The research presentation will take place on Wednesday, March 9, from 12:45 to 2 pm.

https://upei.zoom.us/j/61549675658?pwd=cXFKdXQ0UlJ6RGxoK1Flb21vamZ1QT09

Meeting ID: 615 4967 5658

Passcode: 294555

For further information, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at businessfac@upei.ca.

The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community – students, faculty and staff – to attend a virtual lecture (teaching demonstration) by Dr. Reuben Domike for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with a focus on entrepreneurship.

Candidate Bio:

Dr. Reuben Domike is a Teaching Professor of Technology and Information Management (T.I.M.) at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). He specializes in entrepreneurship/innovation. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (joint engineering and management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) awarded in 2004 and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.  Prior to joining UCSC, he was an associate professor at the Brigham Young University and an associate professor at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in the Faculty of Business where he was the founding director of the university-wide Hostetter Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining UPEI in 2009, Dr. Domike was the founding director of a university-wide Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Wooster in Ohio (funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation).

Over the past twenty years, Dr. Domike has been involved in developing start-up companies in the areas of software; management consulting; industrial water filters; and essential oil extraction. Four of these companies (two on PEI) are now significant with millions of dollars in revenue and dozens of employees each. On PEI, he has worked with dozens of small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs to advance their plans and operations.  His current research activities are primarily in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI) in the MIT Engineering Systems Division focused on quantitative assessment of new technologies in pharmaceutical products and manufacturing.

The lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 9, from 10:00-11:00 am (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/61366672134?pwd=blJZelF2U3g3ditKS1pndjFnMG04Zz09

Meeting ID: 613 6667 2134

Passcode: 705669

For further information, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at businessfac@upei.ca.

Please join us for the second webinar in the "Resistance, Change and Survival: Mi'kmaq'ik to the Mayan Nation" series, presented by Dra. Vera Tiesler. The webinar is titled "What we know about the first nations of Mesoamerica by studying their human remains"/"Lo que sabemos de los pueblos originarios de Mesoamérica a través del estudio de sus restos humanos".

The physical anthropology of the native peoples of Mesoamerica has been revealing deep and interesting data that allow us to delve into the ancestral past. This webinar will bring us closer to much new knowledge obtained through bone analysis of men and women who lived in pre-Columbian cultures. // La antropología  fìsica de los pueblos originarios de Mesoamérica ha ido revelando profundos e interesantes datos que nos permiten adentrarnos en el pasado ancestral. Esta conferencia nos acercará a muchos nuevos conocimientos obtenidos a traves del análisis oseo, de hombres y mujeres que vivieron en las culturas precolombinas. 

Please register for the webinar at https://tinyurl.com/y5p4dr7t

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.

Additional webinars coming up in the series include:

• April 8, 2022, at 2 pm AST: “Intercultural Education of the Mexican State: An autopsy”/“Educación Intercultural del Estado Mexicano: una autopsia” - Dr. Juan Carlos Mijangos (UADY) 
• May 13, 2022, at 2 pm AST: "Mayan feminism in the literary works of Ana Patricia Martínez Huchim"/“El feminismo maya en las obras literarias de Ana Patricia Martínez Huchim” - Dra. Cristina Leirana (UADY)
• June 10, 2022, at 2 pm AST: “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” - Dr. Lorgio Cobá Noh (UADY)

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.

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, April 1, for the April 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.