There has been extensive media coverage regarding the presence of avian influenza in wild birds in Atlantic Canada. It has also been discovered that avian influenza is affecting foxes, with symptoms that may look like distemper or rabies.

The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment office is advising members of the campus community to not handle any dead, injured, or sick wildlife on campus or elsewhere.  

If you find an injured, sick, or dead wild animal, please contact either PEI Fish and Wildlife (902-368-4683) or the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (902-628-4314).

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Monday, July 4, for the July meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through the 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 Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Yi-Wen (Eva) Liao's public presentation of her MEd research titled "Narrative Research on Asian Students' Interpretations and Integrations of Their Worldviews Studying in the Master of Education (MEd) program in Canada." Please join us in person in the UPEI HSB (Health Science Building) Room 106 or through the Zoom link below.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/66759887742?pwd=Zmp4RmdVTWQxWnZDajZhTEp1MGg4UT09

Time: June 10, 2022, 1:00 pm

Meeting ID: 667 5988 7742
Passcode: 336800
 

On Monday, June 13, at 3 pm, Jason Hogan, UPEI E-Learning Office, will give a five-to-ten minute presentation on the Introduction to Universal Design for Learning course as part of UPEI's new Academic Instructional Skills Program. As face-to-face teaching returns to the forefront of teaching formats, now is a great time to ensure that our teaching is accessible. For more information about the Academic Instructional Skills Program, please visit UPEI.ca/AISP Join us for this virtual session at meet.google.com/tzu-uvzq-rag.

The UPEI Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development will offer four one-day courses this July and August as a part of our new “Summer Sessions.”

Lee Gallant, CEO of IDEA Consulting, will be the facilitator for the Summer Sessions. The Summer Sessions are in-person courses, held in Room 208, Robertson Library, UPEI. Each course will start at 9 am and last until 3:30 pm. Coffee, tea, snacks, and a light lunch will be provided to all participants, as well as a bonus takeaway that each participant can take upon completion of the course. 

Courses:
•    Marketing and Promotion for Beginners (July 26)
•    Board Member Basics (July 27)
•    Dealing with Difficult People (August 10)
•    Successful Fundraising and Sponsorship Attainment (August 24) 

Prices:
•    Marketing and Promotion for Beginners: $349 + tax
•    Board Member Basics: $299 + tax
•    Dealing with Difficult People: $349 + tax
•    Successful Fundraising and Sponsorship Attainment: $349 + tax

For more information about the Summer Sessions, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/summer-sessions 

To register, go to https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=9KUeeE99lUaXGGaCg81bvklWR9Mgd-VIsEECR0kosIBUOE9MTjVDRTNLVzBaMFdSME9OOVRISUFUMi4u 

Spots are limited for each course, so register today to avoid disappointment.

The Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre locker rooms and showers will not be available from Friday, June 10, to Sunday, June 12. The National Wheelchair Basketball Championship athletes will have exclusive use of the locker rooms and showers during this time. Members can use the washrooms on the second floor of the Sports Centre to change. We apologize for the inconvenience.

UPEI is currently recruiting individuals and families to become homestay families. UPEI's homestay program enables hosts to help international students improve their English and learn more about Canadian life and culture. Hosts have the opportunity to learn about the student’s culture and heritage. Families are compensated for hosting. For more information, please contact the UPEI Homestay Coordinator at 902-894-2850 or homestay@upei.ca. 

There has been extensive media coverage regarding the presence of avian influenza in wild birds in Atlantic Canada. It has also been discovered that avian influenza is affecting foxes, with symptoms that may look like distemper or rabies.

The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment office is advising members of the campus community to not handle any dead, injured, or sick wildlife on campus or elsewhere.  

If you find an injured, sick, or dead wild animal, please contact either PEI Fish and Wildlife (902-368-4683) or the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (902-628-4314).

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Monday, July 4, for the July meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through the 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 Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Yi-Wen (Eva) Liao's public presentation of her MEd research titled "Narrative Research on Asian Students' Interpretations and Integrations of Their Worldviews Studying in the Master of Education (MEd) program in Canada." Please join us in person in the UPEI HSB (Health Science Building) Room 106 or through the Zoom link below.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/66759887742?pwd=Zmp4RmdVTWQxWnZDajZhTEp1MGg4UT09

Time: June 10, 2022, 1:00 pm

Meeting ID: 667 5988 7742
Passcode: 336800
 

The Student Accounts Office, located in Room 203, Dalton Hall, will close at 3:00 pm on Thursday, June 9, for training. The office will reopen on Friday June 10, for regular business hours.

A virtual event by and for 2SLGBTQ+ people in the UPEI community. Hosted through the Experiential Education Department. 

Tuesday, June 28
12:00 - 1:00 pm (ADT)

Join us for a panel discussion with four recent UPEI graduates, where we will discuss how our identities and their intersections impact our experiences of and thinking about work and career.

Queerness and its intersections can impact the experiences that we have with work in many ways. 2SLGBTQ+ folks may find that our career priorities, goals, and perspectives are informed by our sexual and/or gender identities, and we don't always have others who we can talk with about that, especially if we are working in isolation from queer colleagues.

Learn more and register on Eventbrite.

Questions? Email experientialed@upei.ca

Have you ever been impacted by extreme weather or natural disasters on PEI? Do you own a smartphone and often use apps? 

We are looking for people who use smartphone applications and who have also experienced extreme weather or natural disasters on PEI to evaluate a mobile application. This mobile app is intended to help people on PEI prepare for and respond to these types of weather events. This prototype was developed through interviews with island residents to help us understand what citizens need during storms, flash floods, and other types of environmental disasters as they become more common and more severe. The design now needs to be tested by island residents. Your evaluation will help us locate problems within the design that need fixing. 

We are looking for people who are fluent in English, 18 years of age or older, live or have lived on PEI, and have experienced an extreme weather or natural disaster event while on PEI, and has experience with smartphone app usage. Participants for this study must also have a reliable internet connection and a relatively quiet space where they are not likely to be interrupted as the evaluation would be conducted online. Participants also need a laptop or PC for proper use of the prototype. 

Evaluations will take approximately thirty (30) minutes to complete, and participants will be compensated with a UPEI keychain worth approximately $7.00 for their time. 

If you would like to help improve the preparedness and response of Islanders to natural disasters by improving the design of an app intended to do so, please contact Choyce Chappell (cachappell@upei.ca), or Christopher Power (cdspower@upei.ca), to set up an appointment between 15 May 2022 and 30 June 2022. 

This study has been approved by the UPEI Research Ethics Board.

There has been extensive media coverage regarding the presence of avian influenza in wild birds in Atlantic Canada. It has also been discovered that avian influenza is affecting foxes, with symptoms that may look like distemper or rabies.

The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment office is advising members of the campus community to not handle any dead, injured, or sick wildlife on campus or elsewhere.  

If you find an injured, sick, or dead wild animal, please contact either PEI Fish and Wildlife (902-368-4683) or the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (902-628-4314).

On Wednesday, June 8, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the MyUPEI portal and related services from 8 pm to 12 midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with MyUPEI, Self-Service, Colleague, and apply.upei.ca sites.

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

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.

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

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Monday, July 4, for the July meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through the 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 Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Yi-Wen (Eva) Liao's public presentation of her MEd research titled "Narrative Research on Asian Students' Interpretations and Integrations of Their Worldviews Studying in the Master of Education (MEd) program in Canada." Please join us in person in the UPEI HSB (Health Science Building) Room 106 or through the Zoom link below.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/66759887742?pwd=Zmp4RmdVTWQxWnZDajZhTEp1MGg4UT09

Time: June 10, 2022, 1:00 pm

Meeting ID: 667 5988 7742
Passcode: 336800
 

The Student Accounts Office, located in Room 203, Dalton Hall, will close at 3:00 pm on Thursday, June 9, for training. The office will reopen on Friday June 10, for regular business hours.

A virtual event by and for 2SLGBTQ+ people in the UPEI community. Hosted through the Experiential Education Department. 

Tuesday, June 28
12:00 - 1:00 pm (ADT)

Join us for a panel discussion with four recent UPEI graduates, where we will discuss how our identities and their intersections impact our experiences of and thinking about work and career.

Queerness and its intersections can impact the experiences that we have with work in many ways. 2SLGBTQ+ folks may find that our career priorities, goals, and perspectives are informed by our sexual and/or gender identities, and we don't always have others who we can talk with about that, especially if we are working in isolation from queer colleagues.

Learn more and register on Eventbrite.

Questions? Email experientialed@upei.ca

https://qifi.org/ is a very handy site that will create a QR code of your home wifi. Print it, and guests can scan and get online without knowing your password. You just need to type in your network's name (SSID) and password.