Overview: This course will review the basics of being on a board, whether it’s a for-profit or non-profit organization. Content will be reviewed through lectures, videos, and other media, and that information will be used during practical group work. By the end of this course, participants will be able to walk into a board meeting with a great deal of knowledge of prior rules, roles, and etiquette. For more information, go to https://files.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/upeI_pd_board_member_basics.pdf. 

Designed for: People who are on a board of directors, or employees who are employed by a board of directors

Type of Delivery: In-person

Duration: One course for six (6) hours

Facilitators: Lee Gallant 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, November 4, for the November 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.

UPEI faculty and students are invited to register for a free online ACENET training session, "Cloud from A to Z," which will be held on October 18, 20, 25, and 27, from 1 to 4 pm.

This is an intermediate-level series. Cloud computing provides great flexibility, allowing complete control of the computing environment. In addition, the environment can be copied, backed up, created and recreated in an automated way. In these lessons, we will start you on the path toward making use of the great flexibility and power of cloud computing. We will be using the popular static website generator Jekyll. This is an in-depth workshop for those with no prior cloud experience, at the end of which you will have a virtual machine and a Jekyll website. Prerequisite: Completion of Software Carpentry's Unix Shell, or similar experience. This workshop will have two options: an instructor-led option and a self-study option. We recommend that should you choose the self-study option, you have some prior knowledge of the topics to be successful.

 DETAILS & REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-cloud-from-a-to-z-tickets-413049541297 
 

Overview: Does your business or organization need social media marketing but don’t know where to start? The Certificate in Social Media Marketing will teach participants the skills needed to successfully manage social media campaigns and create a space to ask as many questions as needed. This interactive certificate strives to give the tools needed for participants to confidently manage social media channels with a confident brand voice. This course will focus on: 

• Identifying needs within social media platforms 
• Creating a unique brand voice 
• Creating a plan that incorporates brand voice 
• Assistance in the creation of a social media/marketing plan 
• Assistance in the creation of content 

This course is spread out over a three-day period strategically to give time to create content and have real-time feedback from the facilitator and other participants.  

Designed for: Anybody who operates the social media platforms of a business or organization, and is looking to grow their ability to market through social media

Type of Delivery: Virtual

Duration: One course for nine (9) hours over three (3) days 

Facilitator: Jenny Richard 

Cost: $599 

For more information, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/certificate-in-social-media-marketing 

The deadline for submitting applications and nominations for the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing has been extended to Friday, October 14, 2022, at 11:59 pm!

Returning undergraduate students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to apply for a MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing by submitting electronically to scholarships@upei.ca. Criteria and application forms for the four prize categories can be found through the links below. Note that there are numerous $500 awards available.

MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Community)
MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Course Work)
MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Faculty and Staff)
MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Webster Centre)

The family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI in July 2011 to create a substantial program of awards that encourages and recognizes student writing achievement. The gift honours H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor and recognizes the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning.

Overview: This course will review the basics of marketing and promotion in the digital age, including the foundations of marketing and promotion. The course will be a mix of some lectures, video content, interactive polling and discussions, and practical application through breakout sessions. For more information, go to https://files.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment/upei_pd_marketing_and_promotion_for_beginners.pdf. 

Designed for: People who want to do some marketing and promotion but have no formal training or education

Type of Delivery: In-person

Duration: One course for six (6) hours

Facilitators: Lee Gallant

You are invited to come out and see research that is being done by undergraduate and graduate students at UPEI. The Undergraduate Research Days will be held on October 11 and 12 in the H. Alex MacKinnon Auditorium (Room 242), Don and Marion McDougall Hall, starting at 9 am on both days. The Graduate Research Conference will be held on October 13 and 14, also in H. Alex MacKinnon Auditorium (Room 242), Don and Marion McDougall Hall, starting at 9 am each day.  

Please come out and support and encourage research at UPEI.

For a schedule for either event, please contact Colleen Gallant at cgallant@upei.ca.

The Health, Safety, and Environment department has moved to Kelley Memorial Building (KMB) 115-118 (previously Procurement Services). When you come in the east entrance of KMB, you can find us down the stairs to the right.

All contact info for HSE remains the same so you may continue to email HSE@upei.ca or call the staff (check out the UPEI HSE website for individual contacts).

Drop by and visit anytime!

The UPEI Chaplaincy Centre is crocheting a blanket in support of the 67 Blankets initiative, in memory of Nelson Mandela. Blankets are donated to people in need in South Africa.

We will gather to crochet together 11:30 am–12:30 pm on Tuesdays, beginning on October 18. Don't know how to crochet? No problem. There will be people to help get you started. All levels are welcome to join.

We are also gathering yarn and hooks to use in the project, if you have a few extras in your stash.

For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca

Catching up on assignments?  Starting early on assignments? Have something due immediately after reading week? The Writing Centre will be open all week except for Thanksgiving Monday for both in-person and online support.

Let our tutors help you get started, stay on track, revise your work, and answer your questions. Make an appointment at https://upei.mywconline.com/.

Enjoy your break!  May we all have good health and electricity.

The Search Committee for the Associate Vice-President Research and Dean of Graduate Studies announces an upcoming presentation by Marva Sweeney-Nixon, one of the short-listed candidates for this position. Dr. Sweeney-Nixon will deliver a Public Presentation on a Future Vision for Research and Graduate Studies at UPEI on Friday, October 7 at 2:00 pm in Andrew Hall, Room 142.

Dr. Sweeney-Nixon received her PhD degree in Neuropharmacology from Dalhousie University in 1989. Prior to joining UPEI in 1997, she held a faculty appointment in Physiology at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Sweeney-Nixon was promoted to Full Professor of Biology in 2014. She served as Department Chair of Biology during 2012 - 2019. As Chair, she led the Department's strategic plan, development of new programs (BSc in Biotechnology, BSc in Paramedicine) and a seven-year MPHEC Quality Assurance review of academic programs in Biology. In 2011, she received the UPEI Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching. From 2005–2008, she held the Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Professorship in Nutrisciences and Health. Her research interests include cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, antioxidants, and diabetes, including 44 journal articles, 8 book chapters and $1.8M of research funding in these fields. She has contributed to the supervision of over 8 MSc students and 7 Research Assistants, and served on numerous supervisory committees at the MSc and PhD level.

All are welcome to attend. For any who are unable to attend, the presentations will be recorded and available afterwards for viewing from a secure site.

Written feedback on candidates can be submitted to Donna Lawless at dlawless@upei.ca by Friday, October 14, 2022. This feedback will be shared in confidence with the committee. 

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. UPEI will be offering its next ASIST workshop on Thursday, October 13, and Friday, October 14. This workshop has limited capacity and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. All other interested contacts will be included for future ASIST sessions. Please email ewhitrow@upei.ca to ask to join the workshop.

A reminder that the deadline for the 1st Semester (Fall) Award Cycle is Saturday, October 8, 2022, at 11:59 pm.

Most applications are accepted electronically through the Scholarship and Award Application portal. Be sure that you click the links provided on the webpage, review the award criteria, and follow the submission instructions. Submit your application by the extended deadline to be considered for over 100 scholarships and awards.

For questions about the application processes or award criteria, contact scholarships@upei.ca, or visit us in Dalton Hall, Room 202. Best of luck to all who apply!

UPEI offers music and theatre studies programs that inspire students to excel and share their gifts around the world. With this in mind, we kindly ask for your support so we can enhance our programming, provide state-of-the-art equipment, renovate the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, and help shape a new 400-seat performing arts venue so that our students are set up for success!

Join other supporters and become a “part of the fabric” in UPEI’s performing arts venues by naming or dedicating a seat. Having a seat named, in either the Dr. Steel Recital Hall or the new performing arts venue, is a unique and meaningful way to celebrate your or your loved one’s passion for the performing arts, while at the same time providing crucial support for students.

In recognition of your donation of $5,000, a plaque engraved with your name or dedication will appear and remain forever on a seat. You will receive a personalized thank you from us, a photo of the plaque, and an opportunity to see it once it has been affixed to your seat.

Name your seat today with a gift of $5,000 payable over five years. For more details, please contact Kathy Weatherbie, UPEI Development Officer, at krweatherbie@upei.ca or 902-626-6791. We appreciate your consideration!

To learn more about how you can support performing arts education, visit upei.ca/performingarts

UPEI faculty and students are invited to register for a free online ACENET training session, "Introductory Programming with R," which will be held on October 11 and 13  from 12 noon to 6 pm.This is a beginner-level, hands-on workshop based on Software Carpentry materials (software-carpentry.org)  https://software-carpentry.org/  It covers the fundamentals of R, including data types, functions, importing, manipulating and analyzing data and data visualization, as well as program design, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging and using R in everyday tasks.

DETAILS & REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-introductory-programming-with-r-tickets-413038628657 

Overview: Communication is critical to success in every field, especially in business and the workplace. In this certificate program, participants will gain knowledge and practical experience in all key areas of communication, including proper workplace writing, public speaking and presentation skills, blog posts, websites, social media, and other forms of communication essential to functioning and growth in the professional world, as well as in-depth communication plans. This certificate is hybrid in nature; some content is online and asynchronous, and some content is in-person.

*Please note: If you already have completed the Intro to Workplace Writing course, you can take the rest of the certificate, and the price of the Intro to Workplace Writing course will be subtracted from the cost.

Designed for: People who deal with communication in businesses/organizations and in the workplace, from administrative professionals to communication officers, entrepreneurs, and executives

Type of Delivery: Virtual and in-person

Duration: Three courses for a total of approximately 28 hours

Facilitator: Christine Gordon Manley, Tracy Stretch, and Ann Worth

Cost: $1,800 for the entire certificate; $599 plus HST for Intro to Workplace Writing; $499 plus HST for Event Communication; $720 plus HST for Public Speaking Fundamentals

For more information, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/professional-communications-certificate 

The UPEI Chaplaincy Centre is crocheting a blanket in support of the 67 Blankets initiative, in memory of Nelson Mandela. Blankets are donated to people in need in South Africa.

We will gather to crochet together 11:30 am–12:30 pm on Tuesdays, beginning on October 18. Don't know how to crochet? No problem. There will be people to help get you started. All levels are welcome to join.

We are also gathering yarn and hooks to use in the project, if you have a few extras in your stash.

For more information, contact Lauren at lvanvliet@upei.ca

October 1 is Treaty Day and the start of Mi’kmaq History Month.

Mi’kmaq Treaty Day commemorates the key role of treaties in the relationship between the Mi’kmaq nation and the Crown, and the continuing importance of these treaties for Canada.

For more information on Treaty Day, visit https://lnuey.ca/treatyday/.

October is Mi’kmaq History Month, a time to promote awareness of Mi’kmaq treaties, culture, history, and heritage.

UPEI has stated in our “UPEI Strategic Plan, 2018–2023” that "UPEI is committed to advancing reconciliation through higher education. As a community, we have started a journey of growth to realize the role we must play in promoting an understanding of Indigenous history and culture, and supporting respectful relationships. UPEI recognizes that discussions in this era of truth and reconciliation will unveil difficult facts within our country’s history. However, in keeping with our institutional vision, we know that education is vital to understanding the history of colonialism and the forward-looking process of reconciliation. Working together, we must use knowledge as a catalyst for meaningful change in communities here in Prince Edward Island and around our world."

Check out our display of books on Mi’kmaq history from our Circulating Book Collection. Books in the display may be borrowed.

Because of the significant Mi’kmaq presence on Prince Edward Island (Epekwitk, often anglicized as “Abegweit”), many of our Library’s Mi’kmaq-related titles are housed in the PEI Collection (SPEC-PEI Location in the Library Catalogue). PEI Collection titles are available for consultation by anyone presenting a photo ID, but can only be used within the Library.

Check out the Library’s Indigenous Studies Guide and Mi’kmaq Research Guide for resources on Indigenous Studies.

The Indigenous Studies Research Guide, created by Courtney Matthews, subject librarian for Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies, is a living guide which supports UPEI’s new Faculty of IKERAS and its Indigenous Studies minor. Contact Courtney to schedule a research consultation or for further assistance.

The Mi'kmaq Research Guide highlights key resources that focus on the Mi'kmaq in Prince Edward Island and Atlantic Canada. The guide was created by Simon Lloyd, Special Collections Librarian. Contact Simon to schedule a research consultation or for further assistance. 

The 2022 Mi'kmaq History Month poster—Mi’kmaw Beadwork & the Art of Beading—is available from the Mi'kmaq History Month website.

This year’s poster honours and celebrates beading masters who have carried on beading traditions, designs and patterns through their ceremonies and art.

Catching up on assignments?  Starting early on assignments? Have something due immediately after reading week? The Writing Centre will be open all week except for Thanksgiving Monday for both in-person and online support.

Let our tutors help you get started, stay on track, revise your work, and answer your questions. Make an appointment at https://upei.mywconline.com/.

Enjoy your break!  May we all have good health and electricity.