Campus Notices
Some Hellish, the debut novel by Prince Edward Island writer Nicholas Herring, will be launched on Thursday, October 13, at 7:00 p.m. at The Gallery Coffee House and Bistro at 82 Great George Street in Charlottetown.
A Murray Harbour-based carpenter and fisherman, as well as a University of Toronto creative writing graduate, Herring has set his novel—heart-breaking, hilarious, and heartwarming—in the vividly portrayed fishing community of eastern PEI.
The launch is sponsored by the UPEI Faculty of Arts and Department of English. Admission is free.
Contact:
Dr. Richard Lemm
Department of English, UPEI
Panther Fitness has a number of Specialty Fitness Classes which include Gentle Yoga, Slow Flow Yoga, Kettlebells, Pilates! UPEI Staff/Faculty have a discounted price of $30 +HST for 1 session (12 classes per specific class), UPEI Full Time student fee is $20 +HST for 1 session (12 classes per specific class), all other participants $105 +HST for 1 session (12 classes per specific class).
Small group training sessions in a group of six individuals. UPEI Staff/Faculty have a discounted price of $55 +HST for 1 session (12 classes), UPEI Full Time student fee is $35 +HST for 1 session (12 classes), all other participants $140 +HST for 1 session (12 classes).
Log into recreation.upei.ca to find out more details and to register.
Our Specialty Fitness Class instructors and Personal Trainer include Colleen Gallant, Karina Boswell, Pam Harris Stewart, Ouma Cuniah and Derek Smith.
The UPEI Faculty of Business invites members of the campus to attend an in-person teaching demonstration by Dr. Kia Jiang for the Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Tourism Management.
Lecture Title: Environmental Sustainability in a 3rd year “tourism management” course.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 9:30 am (Atlantic Time) in SDU Main Building, Room 311.
For further information, please contact Sharon McCormack at businessfac@upei.ca.
The UPEI Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community to attend an in-person research presentation by Dr. Kai Jiang for the Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Tourism Management.
Presentation Title: Tourism, Hospitality, Events, and Leisure (THEL)
The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 8:30 am (Atlantic Time) in SDU Main Building, Room 113.
For further information, please contact Sharon McCormack at businessfac@upei.ca.
As a consensus value, peace is about freedom from harm, want, and oppression, and promotes safety, prosperity, and quality of life for all. It involves the meaningful engagement of civil society and government in systems, policies, and practices through multidimensional, multidisciplinary, and collaborative efforts addressing justice, equity, poverty, food security, and environmental protection.
On the International Day of Peace (September 21), we are organizing a series of events on the theme, Together for Peace, from sunrise to sunset, bringing together members of the community to advance peace through music and songs, promotion of disarmament, a souvenir giveaway, gentle yoga and meditation for wellness, and a panel discussion. These events are open to all in the community and are held at different locations including UPEI, Holland College, and Victoria Park, to encourage maximum participation.
Building the infrastructure of peace is a long-drawn legacy-building effort that is strengthened with everyone’s unique contribution. UPEI is a proud supporter of this peace-promoting initiative. How each one of us promotes peace is reflective of the challenges and the needs in our families and local community. Through the use of art, music, dialogue, discussions, discourses, and collective action, we gain a deeper understanding and broader perspective to reach mutually appreciable agreements, solve problems, resolve conflicts, and build a better more sustainable place for all to thrive and realize their full potential.
The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a wake-up call and presented us with an opportunity to implement new ideas and strategies and collaboratively rebuild stronger while embracing inclusive diversity and furthering gender equity and social justice.
For information about the schedule of events and to RSVP, email 2022PeaceForAll@gmail.com, or visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/4942340449221159/
Volunteers are welcome.
#Peace #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #internationalcitiesofpeace
UPEI has launched a new Mental Health Toolbox microsite in collaboration with Holland College. This resource will provide UPEI employees and their dependents with quick access to assessment tools to help determine where you are on the mental health continuum and what resources will be most helpful. The site also hosts a comprehensive guide of available resources through UPEI and within the province to help you access services more quickly.
You can access this resource through myUPEI or at https://mentalhealth.ca.gobenefits.net/upei-holland. If you have any questions or require assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact employeeservices@upei.ca.
UPEI faculty and staff are welcome to attend a free online ACENET workshop, "Introductory Programming: Unix Shell, Version Control and Python," which will be held on September 27 and 29, and October 4 and 6, from 12 noon to 4 pm.
This is a beginner-level, hands-on series based on Software Carpentry materials (software-carpentry.org) https://software-carpentry.org/ It covers the fundamentals of Python including data types, conditional statements, loops and functions, as well as program design, version control, 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 Python in everyday tasks.
DETAILS & REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-introductory-programming-unix-shell-git-and-python-tickets-413034967707
UPEI faculty and students are invited to attend a free online workshop, "ACENET Basics: Introduction to Linux," on September 21, 2022, from 10 to 11:30 am.
This core session is designed to help those with no prior experience working with a terminal interface. Linux is the terminal interface used to enable you to use the ACENET and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) HPC 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 computing 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-413030263637
The UPEI Health & Wellness Centre will be offering mass flu clinics around the third week of October in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. These clinics will be open to all students, faculty, staff, and families. There will be no charge for the flu vaccine (free); it has been provided by the Chief Public Health Office (CPHO) of Prince Edward Island. Please bring a provincial health card or student ID (if an international student) as we need to track vaccinations for the CPHO.
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, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/customer-and-client-service
Panther Fitness has a number of Specialty Fitness Classes which include Gentle Yoga, Slow Flow Yoga, Kettlebells, Pilates! UPEI Staff/Faculty have a discounted price of $30 +HST for 1 session (12 classes per specific class), UPEI Full Time student fee is $20 +HST for 1 session (12 classes per specific class), all other participants $105 +HST for 1 session (12 classes per specific class).
Small group training sessions in a group of six individuals. UPEI Staff/Faculty have a discounted price of $55 +HST for 1 session (12 classes), UPEI Full Time student fee is $35 +HST for 1 session (12 classes), all other participants $140 +HST for 1 session (12 classes).
Log into recreation.upei.ca to find out more details and to register.
Our Specialty Fitness Class instructors and Personal Trainer include Colleen Gallant, Karina Boswell, Pam Harris Stewart, Ouma Cuniah and Derek Smith.
Throughout the Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 semesters, UPEI Career Services will host monthly virtual sessions called Employer and Volunteer Showcases. These showcases will feature representatives from local organizations who are seeking student volunteers or employees. Students can attend any of these sessions to network and learn about opportunities directly from recruiters in our community.
If any students are seeking work or volunteer experience, encourage them to attend these showcases!
Learn more on the Experiential Education website.
Questions? Contact Susie Zavala at szavala@upei.ca or 902-894-2817
Lab2Market is a 16-week training program in research commercialization and entrepreneurship. Graduate students, PhD students or postdocs can apply alongside their principal investigator and may receive $15k in funding to explore their research's commercial market.
UPEI graduate students, Ph.D. students, Postdocs, and supervisors are eligible to apply to Lab2Market programs.
The Manager of Lab2Market will also provide one-one-one meetings before and after the session.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Health Sciences Center Room 103
10:30 Am - Noon
Please RSVP for the info session and one-on-one meetings to: researchservices@upei.ca
UPEI Kinesiology students are seeking volunteers to participate in a four-week supervised personal training program in the fall of 2022. No experience necessary. Participants must be 30 to 70 years old, with stable health. The program cost is $30 + HST and includes four in-person sessions in the UPEI Fitness Centre, as well as fitness testing before and after the program. For questions or to register, email trsaunders@upei.ca.
AVC currently has a male beagle named Roddy available for adoption. He is two years old, neutered, and vaccinated; a dental cleaning will be included with his adoption. Roddy is a silly puppy with a lot of energy and loves to run and play. He loves to play with other beagles and has not shown any signs of aggression. However, Roddy doesn’t always pick up on other dog’s social cues, and sometimes other dogs become agitated with his playfulness.
Roddy would thrive in a house with a family that is able to spend a lot of time training and exercising him. It is preferable that he is placed in a home where the owners are home most of the day. Single-pet and multi-pet households would be considered if it was the right fit.
If you are interested in learning more about Roddy, please contact Melissa Hamel at mhamel@upei.ca or 902-566-0938, or fill out the online adoption application at https://bit.ly/3Rc5XrK.
UPEI faculty and students are invited to attend a free online workshop, "ACENET Basics: Job Scheduling with Slurm," on September 23 from 10 to 11:30 am.
This workshop is designed for new HPC users, or for experienced users either transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s (Alliance) 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. 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-413033914557
UPEI faculty and students are invited to register for a free online ACENET training session, "ACENET Basics: Introduction to Shell Scripting," on September 22, 2022, from 10 to 11:30 am.
This core session is designed for both new and experienced users. You’ll learn how to use the command line to carry out repetitive tasks, extract information from files quickly, combine commands in powerful ways, and capture a workflow so you can re-use it easily. Save time, reduce errors, and use Linux more effectively. 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-413030755107
UPEI faculty and students are invited to attend a free online workshop, "ACENET Basics: Introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC) with ACENET," on September 20, 2022, from 10:00 to 11:30 am.
This core session is designed to help new researchers get up and running. Researchers across many disciplines use HPC to tackle analyses that would be either inefficient or impossible on a desktop. This session offers a basic description of the infrastructure and support accessible, with entry-level advice about how to begin; an overview of the software packages available for applications, data analysis, and software development, and how to request specific software relevant to your work; and insight into the potential of parallel computing to accelerate your analysis.
For details and to register, go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-basics-introduction-to-hpc-tickets-413029391027
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, September 30, 2022, for review at the September 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.
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.
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, September 30, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the October 20, 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 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 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
