In June, we commemorate National Indigenous History Month, a month to recognize the rich history, heritage, resilience, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across Canada.

Canada has officially celebrated National Indigenous History Month for the entire month of June since 2009. Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, the summer solstice!

National Indigenous Peoples Day is "a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures, and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples…For generations, many Indigenous peoples and communities have celebrated their culture and heritage on or near this day due to the significance of the summer solstice as the longest day of the year.” https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100013718/1534874583157

Visit our displays in the lobby of the Library for books on Indigenous history in Canada, including resources on the Residential School System.

Check out the Library’s Indigenous Resources Guide to find articles, books, documents, websites, and other resources related to research on Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

The Government of Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s website has additional resources on Indigenous history, Indigenous trailblazers, and resources which explore the history, languages, cultures, and experiences of Indigenous Peoples across Canada.

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.

Award-winning author Leonard Cusack will launch a new book about the history of St. Dunstan’s University (SDU) from 1950–1969 on June 8, 2022, at 3:30 pm, SDU Lecture Hall, Faculty of Sustainable Design and Engineering Building, UPEI.

Published by Island Studies Press, Caught in a Changing Society: St. Dunstan’s University 1950–1969 chronicles the golden years of expansion at an esteemed Catholic university and what led to the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island.

As Cusack (SDU’69) writes, campus life was tight knit, with students participating in sports teams, drama and music performances, social activities, and mandatory classes and religious services under the watchful eyes of the priests and sisters. With increased enrolment, more resources were needed to build new campus buildings and hire more lay teaching staff. As social mores changed and mini-skirts appeared on campus in the mid-1960s, students demanded freedoms and direct representation, while the administration fought for much needed government subsidies and faced the challenges of an uncertain future.

With Prince of Wales College becoming a university, the province faced the daunting prospect of supporting two post-secondary institutions. To solve the financial crisis, Premier Alex Campbell mandated the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island. Caught in a Changing Society captures the ensuing debate that led to the closure of the 114-year-old St. Dunstan’s University and the resolve that allowed the institution to evolve into a charitable foundation that has invested more than $32 million into education, infrastructure, and the diocese. 

During his career, Cusack was a high school teacher and principal, a public servant, and a sessional lecturer in history at UPEI. He is the author of three previous books, including Owen Connolly: The Making of a Legacy 1820–2016. Now retired, he and his wife, Catherine, reside in the beautiful community of Emyvale.

At the launch, books will be available for purchase and signing. Masks are mandatory on campus. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the book or the launch, please contact Bren Simmers at 902-566-0386 or ispstaff@upei.ca.

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
 

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Directed Studies Seminars

On Friday, June 10, 2022, starting at 9 am, Jessica Rock, Biomedical Sciences, will present a seminar entitled "Capture, analysis, and interpretations of ultrasonic vocalization in rats." Logan Bigelow, Biomedical Sciences, will also present a seminar entitled "Heterospecific Play and Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rattus norvegicus.

These seminars are part of the requirements for the VBS 8810 Directed Studies course, “Current Topics in Rodent Vocalizations”.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://upei.zoom.us/j/63923570332?pwd=bVd6azl0VDQ0b1VheTRqVkkyd2xhUT09

All are welcome to attend.

If you're an international student from the University of Prince Edward Island, Holland College or Collège de l'Île, sign up at https://lnkd.in/guxQn_KN for the free bus tour to eastern PEI on Friday, June 10!

Lunch is provided. Please sign up early to reserve your spot. We'll close the form as soon as the seats are filled. Maximum is 55 people.

We will see what life is like in rural PEI in terms of employment opportunities and recreational activities. We will also take time to enjoy nature and scenery. Please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca if you have any questions.

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 UPEI WUSC Committee is seeking a member of the UPEI faculty to join our committee. WUSC is a unique national body that combines settlement services and post-secondary education. The committee is drawn from UPEI faculty, staff, and students. If you have an interest in youth empowerment, refugee resettlement, and poverty eradication, this is a wonderful committee to join. WUSC has been on the UPEI campus for over 30 years. Please contact Nouhad Mourad at nmourad@upei.ca or Richelle Greathouse at rgreathouse@upei.ca for more information.

It is the time of year again when we come asking for volunteers to staff our campus food bank. Please use this link to access the sign up form. And if your time allows, please check back over earlier months to see if there are shifts that need to be covered. Sometimes volunteers have to remove their name, creating opportunities for others to fill in. 

Thank you for your continued support of the Campus Food Bank.

Sister Sue,Lauren, and Sierrah, student staff member

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.

Award-winning author Leonard Cusack will launch a new book about the history of St. Dunstan’s University (SDU) from 1950–1969 on June 8, 2022, at 3:30 pm, SDU Lecture Hall, Faculty of Sustainable Design and Engineering Building, UPEI.

Published by Island Studies Press, Caught in a Changing Society: St. Dunstan’s University 1950–1969 chronicles the golden years of expansion at an esteemed Catholic university and what led to the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island.

As Cusack (SDU’69) writes, campus life was tight knit, with students participating in sports teams, drama and music performances, social activities, and mandatory classes and religious services under the watchful eyes of the priests and sisters. With increased enrolment, more resources were needed to build new campus buildings and hire more lay teaching staff. As social mores changed and mini-skirts appeared on campus in the mid-1960s, students demanded freedoms and direct representation, while the administration fought for much needed government subsidies and faced the challenges of an uncertain future.

With Prince of Wales College becoming a university, the province faced the daunting prospect of supporting two post-secondary institutions. To solve the financial crisis, Premier Alex Campbell mandated the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island. Caught in a Changing Society captures the ensuing debate that led to the closure of the 114-year-old St. Dunstan’s University and the resolve that allowed the institution to evolve into a charitable foundation that has invested more than $32 million into education, infrastructure, and the diocese. 

During his career, Cusack was a high school teacher and principal, a public servant, and a sessional lecturer in history at UPEI. He is the author of three previous books, including Owen Connolly: The Making of a Legacy 1820–2016. Now retired, he and his wife, Catherine, reside in the beautiful community of Emyvale.

At the launch, books will be available for purchase and signing. Masks are mandatory on campus. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the book or the launch, please contact Bren Simmers at 902-566-0386 or ispstaff@upei.ca.

Applications for the June 27-29th cohort are now open! Apply by June 20 with the Path2Innovation application form. 

Path2Innovation (P2I) is a three-day program that explores the value of entrepreneurial thinking as a means of developing careers and research of leading graduate students, post-docs, and faculty, and also advancing their research, innovations, and ideas into impacts, whether that be scientific, economic, social, cultural, or environmental. The workshop has been designed to be a precursor to the Lab2Market program, arming participants with the knowledge needed to start down the path to commercializing their research.

P2I is run as a virtual workshop and is open to graduate students, faculty, and post-doctoral fellows throughout Atlantic Canada. This program is fully funded by the Government of Canada through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and provided to students free of charge.

Applications are now open! The next cohort is scheduled for June 27,28, and 29 2022. Application deadline is June 20th.

UPEI faculty and students can contact the Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) for questions about the program (ocii@upei.ca).

Corinne Chappell, Advisor to the Vice-President Academic and Research on Indigenous Affairs, is offering information sessions to answer questions related to the 4 Seasons Reconciliation training. The first session will be Tuesday, June 7. at 1:00 pm, in the Robertson Library Annex, Room 230.

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
 

Award-winning author Leonard Cusack will launch a new book about the history of St. Dunstan’s University (SDU) from 1950–1969 on June 8, 2022, at 3:30 pm, SDU Lecture Hall, Faculty of Sustainable Design and Engineering Building, UPEI. Published by Island Studies Press, Caught in a Changing Society: St. Dunstan’s University 1950–1969 chronicles the golden years of expansion at an esteemed Catholic university and what led to the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island.

As Cusack (SDU’69) writes, campus life was tight-knit, with students participating in sports teams, drama and music performances, social activities, and mandatory classes and religious services under the watchful eyes of the priests and sisters. With increased enrolment, more resources were needed to build new campus buildings and hire more lay teaching staff. As social mores changed and mini-skirts appeared on campus in the mid-1960s, students demanded freedoms and direct representation, while the administration fought for much-needed government subsidies and faced the challenges of an uncertain future.

With Prince of Wales College becoming a university, the province faced the daunting prospect of supporting two post-secondary institutions. To solve the financial crisis, Premier Alex Campbell mandated the creation of the University of Prince Edward Island. Caught in a Changing Society captures the ensuing debate that led to the closure of the 114-year-old St. Dunstan’s University and the resolve that allowed the institution to evolve into a charitable foundation that has invested more than $32 million into education, infrastructure, and the diocese. 

During his career, Cusack was a high school teacher and principal, a public servant, and a sessional lecturer in history at UPEI. He is the author of three previous books, including Owen Connolly: The Making of a Legacy 1820–2016. Now retired, he and his wife, Catherine, reside in the beautiful community of Emyvale.

At the launch, books will be available for purchase and signing. Masks are mandatory on campus. The event is free and open to the public. For more information about the book or the launch, please contact Bren Simmers at 902-566-0386 or ispstaff@upei.ca.

Description of course: Learn how to write for the twenty-first-century workplace. In this five-week Intro to Workplace Writing course, you’ll learn tools and techniques for professional communication. As we navigate work in a digital age, with many operating in a work-from-home culture, you’ll learn updated strategies for enhancing communication. Learn new team communication tools such as Slack, Asana, and Google Docs. Ensuring your message is heard and understood is critical for a smooth workflow. Take your emails into the digital age and learn updated email etiquette strategies—what was acceptable ten years ago no longer is! Learn how to craft a message for an external audience vs an internal one, and employ effective content creation tools such as content calendars and style guides. Brush up on some basic grammar, learn how to recognize your own bias when crafting messages, and educate yourself with inclusive language best practices.

This course is virtual and can be completed independently on your own time over five sessions. Course material will be released weekly each Wednesday. There are videos and short assignments. 

Upon successful completion of the course material and all assignments, submitted on time to your facilitator, you will receive a digital badge and will have the beginnings of a portfolio of your work. 

Designed for: People who want to be or are involved with administrative work or work that involves a great deal of communication within the workplace.

Type of Delivery: Virtual

Duration: One asynchronous virtual session per week for five weeks along with independent readings and assignments

Facilitator: Christine Gordon Manley

Cost: $599.00 plus tax

To register, go to https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/professional-communications-certificate.

Yoga instructor Pam Harris will guide you through a 45-minute class of meditation and gentle yoga stretches. The meditation segment of the class creates calmness, inner peace, and balance, which benefits your emotional well-being and overall health. The class is free. Participants can sign up on a weekly basis by logging into recreation.upei.ca, click on the wellness (UPEI Faculty/Staff) icon. The class will take place on Thursdays, 12:10--12:55 pm, from May 9 to June 23.  

The yoga class is for UPEI faculty and staff only and is offered by the Healthy Campus Committee, with support from the UPEI Employee Wellness Strategy. If you have questions, contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, at amarchbank@upei.ca.

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