Campus Notices
Register now for a live orientation webinar.
Our EFAP provider, LifeWorks, is holding orientation webinars for employees, faculty members, and their dependents who want to know more about how their UPEI EFAP benefits work.
2022 dates offered are January 27, February 17, March 24, April 14, May 26, June 23, July 14, August 25, September 22, October 13, and November 17.
To register:
- Click this link to view the brochure.
- Choose the best date (please note the time zone is listed in EST).
- Click the date to open the registration window.
- You will receive an email confirmation that has the log-in and call-in details.
About EFAP
EFAP offers a short-term, solution-focused approach to professional counselling to assist you in resolving your concerns and issues. EFAP provides counselling that best suits your needs and busy schedules, whether it is in person, by telephone, or online (e-counselling), as well as immediate help with crises.
In addition to professional counselling, employees and their eligible family members can access a wide range of programs that provide telephonic consultation with qualified advisors who can help answer questions and clarify concerns that affect us all. Services include legal, financial, family, and nutritional.
For EFAP counselling, work-life programs, and information services 24 hours a day/7 days a week/365 days a year, call (English) 1-844-880-9142, or visit www.workhealthlife.com
More information on the UPEI EFAP benefit can be found on MyUPEI STAFF or FACULTY.
UPEI is excited to be a partner of the 2023 Canada Winter Games and encourages members of the University community to participate in 2023 Canada Games Spirit Day, a community-focused initiative encouraging families, partners, and community groups to share their excitement for the Games on February 17!
2023 Canada Games Spirit Day is a COVID-19 friendly initiative that will help build excitement and kick off celebrations to mark the one-year countdown to the official opening ceremony of the 2023 Canada Winter Games.
Join in online on February 17 as enthusiasm for hosting the very best in Canadian sports starts to build. There are many different ways to participate:
- Photo Contest: wear green or blue—the official colours of the 2023 Canada Games – post a photo and tag us online to win prizes
- Mascot Activity Sheets: children can get creative with the latest colouring sheets available for download on our website
- Businesses and community centres are encouraged to decorate storefront windows and light up buildings in green and blue
- Purchase official merchandise online
- Reminisce about the last time PEI hosted the Canada Winter Games, and dig out your vintage 1991 jackets!
Help spread the word by sharing social media posts and/or using the graphics included in the 2023 Canada Games Spirit Day Digital Toolkit—click here to access it.
Participants are encouraged to share photos of their 2023 Canada Games spirit on social media for a chance to win one of five $250 Canada Games gift cards, or the grand prize opportunity to become an official torchbearer in the upcoming Torch Relay. To participate, individuals or groups must take a picture of themselves showcasing their excitement for the 2023 Canada Games on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the handle @2023CanadaGames and the hashtag #CWG2023. Contest details can be found here.
#CWG2023 social media accounts: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Microsoft have made “Visio for the Web” available for all M365 paid subscribers. Visio is a great tool if you use diagrams or graphics in your work or presentations.
This web product is not as fully featured as the full desktop client (which requires additional licensing) but does allow you to create and save diagrams, access templates, etc.
You can learn more here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/overview-of-visio-for-the-web-9ca66c90-04f1-42c8-8176-1687ffb35d46#Subject=Home
To access, just login to https://portal.office.com, click the app grid in the upper left-hand corner, and select “Visio”. Note: you may first need to click “All apps”.
Have a look!
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Janet Payne's public dissertation proposal defense presentation of her PhD research titled, "A Narrative Inquiry: An Exploration of Happenstance Learning Theory and Ways of Knowing within the Stories of Wise Women Who Have Found Life Purpose".
Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/69442366631?pwd=bnUyLzBtZVFYOXB1ZjZ2cTRFVm9MQT09
Meeting ID: 694 4236 6631
Passcode: 466760
We're hoping that winter weather won't mess with the rescheduled session on Research Budgets for New(er) Faculty. Take advantage of the change of pace during break week to grab your lunch and join Maria Steele from Research Services and Deidre Smith from Financial Services to learn more about managing a research budget on Wednesday, February 23, at 1:00 pm. Anyone with questions about research budgets is welcome to join. Click here for the Zoom link.
As part of the new residence building construction project, we will be required to have a power shutdown for the Atlantic Veterinary College, Blanchard Hall, Bernardine Hall, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Memorial Hall, Cass Science Hall, Duffy Science Centre, and the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre. This power shutdown is necessary to bring permanent power to the new building.
This shutdown is scheduled for Tuesday, February 15, 2022, beginning at 5:00 am and is expected to take approximately 1 hour to complete. The emergency power generators will be started for each building prior to the beginning of the power interruption, which means that there will be no delay of power for anything currently on emergency power when the power is disconnected.
Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Janet Payne's public dissertation proposal defense presentation of her PhD research titled, "A Narrative Inquiry: An Exploration of Happenstance Learning Theory and Ways of Knowing within the Stories of Wise Women Who Have Found Life Purpose".
Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/69442366631?pwd=bnUyLzBtZVFYOXB1ZjZ2cTRFVm9MQT09
Meeting ID: 694 4236 6631
Passcode: 466760
The Robertson Library’s OER Development Program is accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs). The grant types include:
- Open Textbook Grant: up to $6000
- the development of a new open textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open textbook;
- Open Textbook Adaptation Grant: up to $4,000
- the adaptation of one or more open textbooks to create a new version or edition of an open textbook (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook);
- Supplementary Resources Grant: up to $2,000
- the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, or interactive media, etc.
Applications that support first year courses will be given priority as they reach the most amount of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 25, 2022, with work expected to begin during Spring or Summer. More information is available at https://library.upei.ca/OERProgram/grants.
Questions about your grant idea? Contact Kim Mears at kmears@upei.ca. Questions about OERs? Read more at http://opencontent.org/definition/.
The UPEI E-Learning Office and the Teaching and Learning Centre are hosting UPEI's fifth Teaching Community Conference online on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. This year's theme is Moving Forward
The call for proposals on presentations about your teaching or how you support teaching at UPEI is now open with a deadline of Thursday, April 14. Please review our submission form for more information.
We are excited to invite graduate students to our session tailored to answer frequently asked questions about teaching dossiers for an academic job search, as part of the Academic Instructional Skills Program. If you supervise graduate students, encourage them to 1) self-enroll in the AISP courses on Developing a Teaching Philosophy and Developing a Teaching Dossier AND 2) register now for our session focused on preparing a teaching dossier as part of an academic job search slated for Friday, February 11, at 1:00 pm. Click here for the ZOOM link.
Charlottetown City Police has advised UPEI that there will be a slow-rolling convoy-style protest in Charlottetown on Saturday, February 12, starting at 1 pm. Traffic disruptions may occur because of the protest, which could take several hours. The protest is expected to begin in the John Yeo Drive area and travel down University Avenue, past UPEI, to the Charlottetown cenotaph. The protesters will then turn left onto Grafton Street before dispersing at the Grafton Street and Riverside Drive intersection.
Notice from UPEI IT Systems & Services
If you are currently a Google Hangouts aficionado, you may already have heard that Google is retiring the Hangouts service, but don’t worry! All of your Hangouts contacts and conversations are available via Google Chat!
You can access Google Chat via the app menu of your Google Account by clicking on the group of dots in the upper right-hand corner and click the green “Chat” icon.
You can also bookmark the following address in your web browser for quick access: https://chat.google.com
As of Februar 23, 2022, Google Hangouts will no longer be available.
Course Information - Intro to Workplace Writing (Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development, UPEI)
Course: Intro to Workplace Writing
Date Starting: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Facilitator: Christine Gordon Manley
Description: 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 practises. Professional writer and editor Christine Gordon Manley will guide you through workplace communication 2.0 through weekly videos, short assignments, and virtual office hours.
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.
More Information/Register: https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/course/intro-workplace-writing
The UPEI Experiential Education Department has just opened applications for the third round of work-integrated learning bursaries. Forty-five (45) bursaries valued at $1,000 and an additional thirty (30) bursaries valued at $1,500 have been created for students from targeted underrepresented groups who are taking part in work-integrated learning as part of their UPEI coursework during the 2022 winter semester.
Students can learn more and access the application form on the Experiential Education webpage.
The deadline for animal care protocol submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, March 4, for the March meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal. For new protocols, select "applications," and for renewal or amendment protocols, select "events."
UPEI ACC SOPs and codes of oractice 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.
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, February 25, 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
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, February 25, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the March 2022 meeting.
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 which 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, the BSO or designate, and one other voting member of the IBC. 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 BSO.
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 researcherportal@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.
For more information about the IBC review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researcherportal@upei.ca
The UPEI Experiential Education Department has just opened applications for the third round of work-integrated learning bursaries. Forty-five (45) bursaries valued at $1,000 and an additional thirty (30) bursaries valued at $1,500 have been created for students from targeted underrepresented groups who are taking part in work-integrated learning as part of their UPEI coursework during the 2022 winter semester.
Students can learn more and access the application form on the Experiential Education webpage.
Three of UPEI’s 3M National Teaching Fellows will be part of a panel leading a discussion on Lessons Learned from the Pandemic (so far!) on February 10, 2022, at 4:00 pm. Please note the NEW start time.
Please join Dr. Ann Braithwaite, Dr. Etienne Coté, and Dr. Sue Dawson for a lively and thought-provoking session. We were planning for a dual delivery session with a combination of in-person and virtual options, but it looks like online is the way to go for this one. Click here for the Zoom link.
An information session regarding NSERC Alliance Grants will be held on Wednesday, February 23, 10:00-11:00 am via Zoom. The session will be presented by Shirine Jeradi, Manager - Research Partnerships, from the NSERC Atlantic Regional Office.
This session is open to anyone interested in learning more about NSERC Alliance Grants. To register for the session and to obtain the Zoom link, please email researchservices@upei.ca.
Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public, or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led by strong complementary collaborative teams that will generate new knowledge and accelerate the application of research results to create benefits for Canada.
