Interested in ideas around ungrading? Wondering how it might work in one of your classes? Join Shannon Murray (English), Stacey MacKinnon (Psychology), and Andrew Zinck (Music) for a lively discussion of insights and reflections on their experiences using ungrading for assignments and courses.  This Lunch and Learn session will take place on Friday, January 21, at 12:30 pm Atlantic. Join us on Zoom from wherever you are.  All faculty and instructional staff are welcome to attend. 

UPEI's Experiential Education Department is offering a *free* bootcamp to support UPEI undergraduate students to develop their entrepreneurial capacity over the 2022 reading week (February 22-25, 9:30 am-4 pm).

Training will be facilitated by economist Permjot Valia. Permjot’s last role before embarking on his own business journey was as sales and marketing director of EY in London. Permjot became an angel investor and a fund manager and became active in helping companies he had invested in to grow.

Students can learn more and apply via this link. Applications are due on Friday, February 11.

Questions? Please email experientialed@upei.ca

This program is being made possible as part of a new Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) WIL Partnership with UPEI.

The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community--students, faculty, and staff--to attend a virtual research presentation by Timothy Wingate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management position, with a focus on human resource management (HRM). 

Candidate Bio:

Tim Wingate is a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business at the Haskayne School of Business and a PhD Candidate in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Calgary. Tim originally comes from New Brunswick and has lived on the East Coast for most of his life. His research focuses on employment interviews, various forms of work performance (e.g., organizational citizenship performance), and individual differences at work. His research has been published in the Journal of Business and Psychology, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the Journal of Personnel Psychology, among others.

Presentation Title: Employment Interview Goals and Design

Abstract:

The employment interview is commonly defined as a personnel selection tool for assessing applicants’ knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). However, interviewers may use the interview to serve more goals than assessing KSAs. If so, the interview might be designed differently to fulfill different goals. My research examines the prospect of multiple interview goals and design strategies. In this talk, I describe two studies of interview goals and design. The first study is an inductive qualitative examination of Human Resource Managers’ and Hiring Managers’ perspectives on interviewing. Building on this, the second study develops a quantitative measure of interview goals, and relates these goals to interview design elements. Findings from both studies suggest that the interview is used to serve a variety of staffing goals, and that interviews are commonly tailored to fulfill these goals. Overall, this work reduces the science-practice gap in selection by integrating practitioners’ perspectives into interview design.

The presentation will take place on January 19 from 1:00– 2:00 pm (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/63331434297?pwd=QWpiUEcvaTlhL0MyNjc0OVhWNDVmdz09

Meeting ID: 633 3143 4297

Passcode: 097620

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 Timothy Wingate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management position, with a focus on human resource management (HRM). 

Candidate Bio:

Tim Wingate is a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business at the Haskayne School of Business and a PhD Candidate in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Calgary. Tim originally comes from New Brunswick and has lived on the East Coast for most of his life. His research focuses on employment interviews, various forms of work performance (e.g., organizational citizenship performance), and individual differences at work. His research has been published in the Journal of Business and Psychology, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the Journal of Personnel Psychology, among others.

Lecture Title:  Evidence-Based HRM: Performance Appraisal

The lecture will take place on January 19th from 10-11am (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/62346760197?pwd=RCtIQ1pwZXl5L01yN1BzUE8wSnZldz09

Meeting ID: 623 4676 0197

Passcode: 469279

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

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre began offering on-campus COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Clinics on January 13 by appointment only. Appointments have been in high demand so additional clinics are being added as clinics become full.

To check availability and to book an appointment for a vaccine booster (or to obtain your first or second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine), visit this link: https://app.upei.ca/HCBookings.

Please note the following:

• you must be 18+ years of age.
• if you are currently self-isolating, do not come to the clinic.
• if you have symptoms of COVID-19, please obtain a negative test and wait for your symptoms to subside before booking your appointment.
• you need to bring a valid provincial health card or proof of international medical insurance. There is no charge for the vaccine. If your PEI health card has expired, please renew it at https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-pei/pei-health-card. If your health card is from a jurisdiction other than PEI, please contact your insurer to renew your health card.
• you must be a faculty, staff, student, or immediate family member (living with) to attend this clinic.

The clinics will be held in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre—look for signs that will direct you!

Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) 2022

The annual call for applications for the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program is open. 

For CSJ 2022, the Government has committed to create 100,000 CSJ jobs for youth to help ensure that the program remains responsive to the employment needs of youth and employers. In 2022, CSJ is returning to its regular parameters and will offer quality jobs over the summer months.

Applicants are able to seek funding to hire youth (people aged 15-30 years) between April 25, 2022 and September 3, 2022. Work placements must be full-time (30-40 hours per week) quality jobs with a minimum duration of six weeks and a maximum of 16 weeks.

Approved public and private sector employers will be eligible to receive a wage subsidy reimbursement of up to 50% of the provincial or territorial minimum hourly wage.

For additional information and application information for this program please click here.

To apply for this program you will need to contact Michelle Massiah, Human Resources, mmassiah@upei.ca . The closing date for applications is January 20, 2022.

In the first installment of the 2022 Island Lecture series, Ilse van Dijk will present the findings of the research she conducted as an intern with Island Studies and the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI. The research was funded by the Climate Sense project. In her research project, Ilse aimed to identify possibilities for the integration of artistic processes into climate change adaptation policies on Prince Edward Island.

Climate change and climate change adaptation are increasingly represented in the arts. Previous research has to some extent established that the resulting "climate art" can perform a variety of functions, in addition to its artistic value, such as articulating difficult emotions and translating complex information. However, policymaking for climate change and adaptation does not utilize the potential of climate art. In her research project, Ilse developed a concept for the integration of artistic processes into adaptation policymaking on Prince Edward Island. The research is based on qualitative data, gathered through in-depth interviews with artists, cultural experts, and climate change adaptation policymakers on Prince Edward Island.

If you wish to attend, please email instituteofislandstudiesupei@gmail.com to register.

The pandemic has encouraged new pedagogical perspectives and possibilities for many educators, including the various ways we can blend in-person and online, synchronous and asynchronous, learning modalities. In the past two years, instructors have adapted their teaching and tried new approaches, often with little time to reflect and prepare. Now with the benefits of a little more time, a few more resources, and far more experience, faculty can create well-design blended courses or programs that centre on students and provide engaged, active, and interactive learning experiences, in both physical and virtual environments. This blended approach can also provide flexible, equitable and more individualized learning opportunities for students.  The emerging pedagogies and concepts being developed and explored in blended teaching and learning are leading to innovations that will be vital as we transition to an educational world that combines the aspects of space and time in new and meaningful ways.

The call for proposals closes February 7, 2022. For further details on how to submit a proposal please go to: https://www.dal.ca/dept/clt/events-news/annual-events/DCUTL.html

The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community--students, faculty, and staff--to attend a virtual research presentation by Timothy Wingate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management position, with a focus on human resource management (HRM). 

Candidate Bio:

Tim Wingate is a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business at the Haskayne School of Business and a PhD Candidate in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Calgary. Tim originally comes from New Brunswick and has lived on the East Coast for most of his life. His research focuses on employment interviews, various forms of work performance (e.g., organizational citizenship performance), and individual differences at work. His research has been published in the Journal of Business and Psychology, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the Journal of Personnel Psychology, among others.

Presentation Title: Employment Interview Goals and Design

Abstract:

The employment interview is commonly defined as a personnel selection tool for assessing applicants’ knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). However, interviewers may use the interview to serve more goals than assessing KSAs. If so, the interview might be designed differently to fulfill different goals. My research examines the prospect of multiple interview goals and design strategies. In this talk, I describe two studies of interview goals and design. The first study is an inductive qualitative examination of Human Resource Managers’ and Hiring Managers’ perspectives on interviewing. Building on this, the second study develops a quantitative measure of interview goals, and relates these goals to interview design elements. Findings from both studies suggest that the interview is used to serve a variety of staffing goals, and that interviews are commonly tailored to fulfill these goals. Overall, this work reduces the science-practice gap in selection by integrating practitioners’ perspectives into interview design.

The presentation will take place on January 19 from 1:00– 2:00 pm (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/63331434297?pwd=QWpiUEcvaTlhL0MyNjc0OVhWNDVmdz09

Meeting ID: 633 3143 4297

Passcode: 097620

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 Timothy Wingate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management position, with a focus on human resource management (HRM). 

Candidate Bio:

Tim Wingate is a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business at the Haskayne School of Business and a PhD Candidate in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Calgary. Tim originally comes from New Brunswick and has lived on the East Coast for most of his life. His research focuses on employment interviews, various forms of work performance (e.g., organizational citizenship performance), and individual differences at work. His research has been published in the Journal of Business and Psychology, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the Journal of Personnel Psychology, among others.

Lecture Title:  Evidence-Based HRM: Performance Appraisal

The lecture will take place on January 19th from 10-11am (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/62346760197?pwd=RCtIQ1pwZXl5L01yN1BzUE8wSnZldz09

Meeting ID: 623 4676 0197

Passcode: 469279

For further information, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at businessfac@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, January 28, 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 researcherportal@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 researcherportal@upei.ca.

This session teaches participants how to use Compute Canada’s queuing environment on the national systems, using the job scheduler Slurm. Learn how the scheduler works, how it allocates jobs, what are reasonable requests to minimize wait time, how to make the best use of the resources to be more efficient, how to get more throughput, how to get more jobs running at the same time, and how to troubleshoot and deal with crashes. This workshop is designed for new HPC users familiar with Linux and Shell Scripting but who have not had experience with using Slurm, or for experienced users transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler. In order to get the most from the session, participants are strongly encouraged to have a Compute Canada/ACENET account and to bring a laptop to do the exercises.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-basics-job-scheduling-with-slurm-tickets-230425889037

To assist as many students as possible, Accessibility Services will continue conducting appointments for the first two weeks of classes (Jan. 10–21) for case management, learning strategy, grant applications, and adaptive technology!

Please note, in keeping with current COVID-19 public health measures, and while classes are conducted online, appointments will primarily be held online.

To make an appointment, please email accessibility@upei.ca. 

Approved recipients of the 2021/22 George Coles Bursary have had funding applied to their student account for the 2022 Winter term. Eligibility criteria must be maintained throughout the term to retain funding.  

A second list of potential recipients has been prepared for PEI Student Financial Services’ review, which includes students who may now be eligible for the George Coles Bursary and were not part of the initial list. If you do not see funding applied by January 24th, then the recommendation is for eligible students to complete a George Coles Bursary Appeal Form. Complete appeal forms must be submitted by May 31st.  

Any questions relating to this message or the George Coles Bursary can be directed to scholarships@upei.ca.

To assist as many students as possible, Student Affairs will be conducting 30 minute appointments for the first two weeks of classes (Jan 10 -21) for both personal counselling and academic advising. Please note, in keeping with current Covid 19 public health measures, and while classes are conducted online, appointments will primarily be held online. To make an appointment, please email studentserv@upei.ca.

In the first installment of the 2022 Island Lecture series, Ilse van Dijk will present the findings of the research she conducted as an intern with Island Studies and the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI. The research was funded by the Climate Sense project. In her research project, Ilse aimed to identify possibilities for the integration of artistic processes into climate change adaptation policies on Prince Edward Island.

Climate change and climate change adaptation are increasingly represented in the arts. Previous research has to some extent established that the resulting "climate art" can perform a variety of functions, in addition to its artistic value, such as articulating difficult emotions and translating complex information. However, policymaking for climate change and adaptation does not utilize the potential of climate art. In her research project, Ilse developed a concept for the integration of artistic processes into adaptation policymaking on Prince Edward Island. The research is based on qualitative data, gathered through in-depth interviews with artists, cultural experts, and climate change adaptation policymakers on Prince Edward Island.

If you wish to attend, please email instituteofislandstudiesupei@gmail.com to register.

The pandemic has encouraged new pedagogical perspectives and possibilities for many educators, including the various ways we can blend in-person and online, synchronous and asynchronous, learning modalities. In the past two years, instructors have adapted their teaching and tried new approaches, often with little time to reflect and prepare. Now with the benefits of a little more time, a few more resources, and far more experience, faculty can create well-design blended courses or programs that centre on students and provide engaged, active, and interactive learning experiences, in both physical and virtual environments. This blended approach can also provide flexible, equitable and more individualized learning opportunities for students.  The emerging pedagogies and concepts being developed and explored in blended teaching and learning are leading to innovations that will be vital as we transition to an educational world that combines the aspects of space and time in new and meaningful ways.

The call for proposals closes February 7, 2022. For further details on how to submit a proposal please go to: https://www.dal.ca/dept/clt/events-news/annual-events/DCUTL.html

The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community--students, faculty, and staff--to attend a virtual research presentation by Timothy Wingate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management position, with a focus on human resource management (HRM). 

Candidate Bio:

Tim Wingate is a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business at the Haskayne School of Business and a PhD Candidate in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Calgary. Tim originally comes from New Brunswick and has lived on the East Coast for most of his life. His research focuses on employment interviews, various forms of work performance (e.g., organizational citizenship performance), and individual differences at work. His research has been published in the Journal of Business and Psychology, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the Journal of Personnel Psychology, among others.

Presentation Title: Employment Interview Goals and Design

Abstract:

The employment interview is commonly defined as a personnel selection tool for assessing applicants’ knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). However, interviewers may use the interview to serve more goals than assessing KSAs. If so, the interview might be designed differently to fulfill different goals. My research examines the prospect of multiple interview goals and design strategies. In this talk, I describe two studies of interview goals and design. The first study is an inductive qualitative examination of Human Resource Managers’ and Hiring Managers’ perspectives on interviewing. Building on this, the second study develops a quantitative measure of interview goals, and relates these goals to interview design elements. Findings from both studies suggest that the interview is used to serve a variety of staffing goals, and that interviews are commonly tailored to fulfill these goals. Overall, this work reduces the science-practice gap in selection by integrating practitioners’ perspectives into interview design.

The presentation will take place on January 19 from 1:00– 2:00 pm (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/63331434297?pwd=QWpiUEcvaTlhL0MyNjc0OVhWNDVmdz09

Meeting ID: 633 3143 4297

Passcode: 097620

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 Timothy Wingate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management position, with a focus on human resource management (HRM). 

Candidate Bio:

Tim Wingate is a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business at the Haskayne School of Business and a PhD Candidate in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Calgary. Tim originally comes from New Brunswick and has lived on the East Coast for most of his life. His research focuses on employment interviews, various forms of work performance (e.g., organizational citizenship performance), and individual differences at work. His research has been published in the Journal of Business and Psychology, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and the Journal of Personnel Psychology, among others.

Lecture Title:  Evidence-Based HRM: Performance Appraisal

The lecture will take place on January 19th from 10-11am (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/62346760197?pwd=RCtIQ1pwZXl5L01yN1BzUE8wSnZldz09

Meeting ID: 623 4676 0197

Passcode: 469279

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

Dr. George Veletsianos, Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology and the Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Flexible Learning, will join us on January 27 for a talk entitled Finding a future beyond “ a return to normal” on campus. This link will take you to a poster with details about the talk and information to register.  The Zoom link will be circulated by email the day before the talk.