Campus Notices
The March Island Lecture Series session featured Prof. Mark Stoddart (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Dr. Ásthildur Elva Bernharðsdóttir (University of Iceland) discussing the financial crises of Iceland and Newfoundland & Labrador. What have these experiences had in common and what lessons can they teach us?
An edited version of the session will be aired on Eastlink's Podium TV in Nova Scotia and PEI from May 10–14 at 9am each day.
For more details about the presentation (or to watch the full version on the Institute of Island Studies YouTube channel), visit islandstudies.com/events/recordings.
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, IT Systems and Services (in conjunction with the E-Learning Office) will be upgrading the UPEI Online Learning Management System (Moodle) to a newer version. Maintenance will begin at 8:00 pm and is expected to be completed by midnight. For more information about the changes coming to Moodle please check the Moodle New Features document.
Moodle will be inaccessible during this time.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact moodle@upei.ca.
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to offer the final event in its new ConneXions Seminar Series. Join us on Zoom, Friday, May 7, 2021, at 2:30 pm, when Dr. Gregg French will present “Integration in an Imperial Outpost: The U.S. Empire Encounters Spain’s Imperial Legacy on the Island of Guam, 1898–1926.”
Abstract:
At the conclusion of the Spanish-American War of 1898, the once vast Spanish Empire ceded its remaining insular possessions to the United States. These islands included Puerto Rico and Cuba in the Caribbean Basin, the Philippine archipelago in Southeast Asia, as well as the isolated imperial outpost of Guam. On December 23, 1898, U.S. President William McKinley instructed the Secretary of the Navy to occupy the island and to “give it the necessary protection and government” that it required. Challenging beliefs associated with American exceptionalism, this talk will explore how U.S. naval officers borrowed from over three centuries of Spanish imperial knowledge, as they went about establishing their colonial administration on the island of Guam.
Zoom link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/61586078663?pwd=RGRjQ2pJTzAxZkI2ckxyU1cvRVJ1QT09
The ConneXions Seminar Series aims to foster understanding of the role that the liberal arts play in knowledge and ways of knowing and in making sense of the complexities of the world around us through panel discussions; speakers and research talks; collaborative projects and presentations; symposia and workshops; and reading and discussion groups.
The Health Centred Research Clinic at UPEI is offering a Chronic Disease Self-Management program for any UPEI Staff or Faculty that have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
The program will consist of weekly group exercise and education sessions at the Health Centred Research Clinic located in the lower level of the Steel Building. In order to participate individuals must be currently employed by the University of Prince Edward Island either permanently, or a contract lasting for the duration of the program and have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
If you are interested in learning more about this program, we will be hosting a 20 minute information Session Thursday May 6 at 12:10pm in the HSB building #104. Pre-registration will be required due to COVID guidelines and limited seating. Please reach out to the Program Coordinator, Laurie Michael at lmichael@upei.ca to see how you can pre-register for the session. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Adrianna Mahoney's public presentation of her MEd research titled: Lessons With a Black Female Educator: Autoethnography. Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87991896555?pwd=YzJwSU5xMVd5dDdvZkJFUVd4ZCtoUT09
Meeting ID: 879 9189 6555
Passcode: thesis
In order to accommodate UPEI on campus classroom and lab software adds, drops, or modifications for the fall semester we have set a deadline of June 1 2021.
This deadline is necessary to allow sufficient time to plan and implement the installation of new and upgraded software. This ensures our students will have the software resources they need. Any requests received after the deadline will be applied in the next round of software updates.
Information on software requirements and software currently installed in our computer labs can be found on the announcement section of the ITSS website.
The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences welcomes the campus community to public research and teaching presentations by Dr. Paul Sheridan, candidate for the tenure track position in Data Science. All are welcome to attend.
Research Talk Title: "The Literary Theme Ontology with Applications to Media Annotation and
Information Retrieval" 10am-11am
Abstract: Literary themes (e.g. courage, capitalism, and coming of age) make for a natural organizing hub when it comes to the study of cultural evolution. Inspired by the Gene Ontology knowledgebase resource from bioinformatics, the Literary Theme Ontology (LTO) is the first ever controlled vocabulary of literary themes that are hierarchically arranged into a directed acyclic graph structure. The LTO forms the core knowledgebase for an open access, community-based fiction studies project that classifies literary themes through the use of a hierarchically structured controlled-vocabulary, and annotates works of fiction with the themes within a collaborative framework. I will talk about the current state of this emerging line of research of mine with particular emphasis on the ecosystem of downstream statistical analysis we are in the process of developing. Finally, I will outline my vision of capitalizing on converging developments in interoperable frameworks of controlled vocabularies, online collaborative platform infrastructures, and modern data science techniques to build up a large-scale database of
thematically annotated works of fiction that researchers will be able to use to test their various hypotheses about cultural evolution.
Teaching Talk titled: "Model Selection in Bayesian Multiple Linear Regression" 12:30pm-1:30pm
Abstract: I will talk about model selection in a Bayesian approach to multiple linear regression using the Bayesian information criterion, or BIC. While my talk is directed toward upper level undergraduate students, anyone who is acquainted with Bayes' theorem and has performed a multiple linear regression
or two will be able to get the gist of it. And even if terms like "Bayesian", "information criterion", and "multiple linear regression" leave you scratching your head, rest assured that you'll leave my talk with a conceptual understanding of what "model selection" is all about. In other words: drop on by, there's something in it for anyone at the university level who is interested in probability and statistics.
Thursday, May 6- Research Talk 10am-11am/Teaching Talk 12:30pm-1:30pm
Via Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/98875873796?pwd=RC9yaTlWdEU3aWtKTHluU1ovTGc5UT09
Meeting ID: 988 7587 3796
Passcode: 218422
The Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development is launching a brand new Certificate in Design and Facilitation! This virtual certificate program starts May 31st with one module per month ending on September 20, 2021.
Ideal for anyone wanting to develop course design AND facilitation skills (for both online and in person). You'll learn the basics of adult learning principles and gain practical skills by developing your own course or training program that you will present on the final day of the course. You'll also receive invaluable feedback and one on one coaching from the facilitators, Laura Johnson (business consultant and sessional instructor, UPEI Faculty of Business) and Joel MacDonald (UPEI instructional designer).
For more information, please visit https://www.upei.ca/professional-development/certificates/certificate-in-design-and-facilitation or email pdp@upei.ca
We hope you'll join us!
A new call is now open for the Ocean Frontier Institute’s (OFI) International Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The program offers an opportunity for early career PhDs to conduct innovative, full-time, collaborative research that is aligned with OFI's research priorities. The deadline to apply is May 31, 2021.
The term of the award is two years, and successful candidates will be based at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with frequent travel to and from one of OFI's partner institutions in Europe or the United States. Highly qualified, early career researchers who have completed their PhDs within the past four years are eligible.
Full details on the program and how to apply can be found at this link: https://
Synapse is excited to offer the Mitacs Time Management One day Workshop on June 4, 2021 9am-5pm ADT.
This energetic, intensive one-day course will sharpen your professional time management skills and optimize your working week. Building on the Project Management Institute's (PMI) best practices, methodologies, and productivity tactics, the course provides tools and techniques that can be applied to a partner industry project or employment based role.
You will learn to:
Optimize your professional days and weeks, effectively define targets and goals so that they are clear and sustainable, accurately estimate activity duration, improve focus and better manage interruptions, reduce corrective communication, defend project schedules without sacrificing relationship quotient, and improve and leverage personal energy for sustainable follow-through on activities.
How to enrol:
- Create an account on Edge (edge.mitacs.ca)
- Navigate to the “catalog” tab on the main dashboard and enroll in the workshop title of your choice
- Select the session (date + time) you wish to attend
- Follow email notifications for workshop materials and Zoom login information
For help and questions about enrollment, please contact: .training@mitacs.ca
Synapse is excited to offer the Mitacs Project Management 2020 two-day on line workshop on May 20-21, 2021 from 9am-5pm ADT (both days)
Project Management 2020 delivers a balance of "core" project management knowledge and skills. These are blended with practical learning on key interpersonal skills essential to successfully achieve project goals.
Over an intense, two-day course you will experience a practical opportunity to bring your project into a workshop and learn how to increase your success, using professional templates while collaborating in a supportive environment.
Learning objectives
TECHNICAL - create a project plan, conduct resource forecasts, create and manage project budgets, monitor project, conduct lessons learned analysis, define and mitigate risk, design quality into the project.
PEOPLE - Manage people that do not report to you, motivate and collaborate within teams, assess and engage stakeholders effectively, manage meetings and deliver them virtually, communication throughout the project.
To sigh up:
- Create an account on Edge (edge.mitacs.ca)
- Navigate to the “catalog” tab on the main dashboard and enroll in the workshop title of your choice
- Select the session (date + time) you wish to attend
- Follow email notifications for workshop materials and Zoom login information
For help and questions about enrollment, please contact training@mitacs.ca.
The UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation is excited to announce the UPEI Climate Webinar Series, which features a number of climate research topics presented by UPEI researchers. The series runs on several Fridays at 3 pm (AT) between March 12 – May 28, 2021.
Join Stephanie Arnold, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation on Friday, May 7 at 3 pm she will speak about: Adaptation Pathways for Responding to Increasing Drought Conditions on PEI under Climate Change
Sign up to participate on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/144478273405
UPEI's Bachelor of Integrated Studies program is specifically designed for mature learners who are looking to earn a university degree. Students may study in Arts, Business or Science and pursue studies either part-time or full-time. The Bachelor of Integrated Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island places the unique needs of adult learners in focus, with a distinct entry point, ongoing learner support, broad choice of courses to meet employment requirements and personal interests, and a faculty noted for its strength in teaching.
To learn more about the Bachelor of Integrated Studies degree program at the University of Prince Edward Island, you are invited to attend one of the live online events. This will include general information and guidance on completing your application.
Attendees will be given a promo code to have their application fee waived ($50 CAD value).
Schedule of live online information sessions:
Thursday, May 6th at 12:00 noon (ADT)
Tuesday, May 11 at 4:00pm (ADT)
Wednesday, May 12 at 6:30pm (ADT)
Thursday, May 20 at 12:00 noon (ADT)
Link to join the session: UPEI BIS Information Session
For more details on the program and entry requirements, visit: UPEI Integrated Studies. If you have questions regarding the program or application, please contact Inge Dorsey at bis@upei.ca.
Please feel free to share this message with anyone that may be interested to join a session.
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to offer the final event in its new ConneXions Seminar Series. Join us on Zoom, Friday, May 7, 2021, at 2:30 pm, when Dr. Gregg French will present “Integration in an Imperial Outpost: The U.S. Empire Encounters Spain’s Imperial Legacy on the Island of Guam, 1898–1926.”
Abstract:
At the conclusion of the Spanish-American War of 1898, the once vast Spanish Empire ceded its remaining insular possessions to the United States. These islands included Puerto Rico and Cuba in the Caribbean Basin, the Philippine archipelago in Southeast Asia, as well as the isolated imperial outpost of Guam. On December 23, 1898, U.S. President William McKinley instructed the Secretary of the Navy to occupy the island and to “give it the necessary protection and government” that it required. Challenging beliefs associated with American exceptionalism, this talk will explore how U.S. naval officers borrowed from over three centuries of Spanish imperial knowledge, as they went about establishing their colonial administration on the island of Guam.
Zoom link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/61586078663?pwd=RGRjQ2pJTzAxZkI2ckxyU1cvRVJ1QT09
The ConneXions Seminar Series aims to foster understanding of the role that the liberal arts play in knowledge and ways of knowing and in making sense of the complexities of the world around us through panel discussions; speakers and research talks; collaborative projects and presentations; symposia and workshops; and reading and discussion groups.
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The Health Centred Research Clinic at UPEI is offering a Chronic Disease Self-Management program for any UPEI Staff or Faculty that have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
The program will consist of weekly group exercise and education sessions at the Health Centred Research Clinic located in the lower level of the Steel Building. In order to participate individuals must be currently employed by the University of Prince Edward Island either permanently, or a contract lasting for the duration of the program and have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
If you are interested in learning more about this program, we will be hosting a 20 minute information Session Thursday May 6 at 12:10pm in the HSB building #104. Pre-registration will be required due to COVID guidelines and limited seating. Please reach out to the Program Coordinator, Laurie Michael at lmichael@upei.ca to see how you can pre-register for the session. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Adrianna Mahoney's public presentation of her MEd research titled: Lessons With a Black Female Educator: Autoethnography. Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87991896555?pwd=YzJwSU5xMVd5dDdvZkJFUVd4ZCtoUT09
Meeting ID: 879 9189 6555
Passcode: thesis
The UPEI Healthy Campus Committee is pleased to announce a new Virgin Pulse GO (VP GO) wellnessprogram. This program is an updated version of the 100-Day Global Challenge held in previous years.
The VP GO program is a chance to improve your health in ways that work for you. It’s an all-in-one well-being program that meets you where you’re at in life. It comes with an easy-to-use app and it’s fun.
The challenge is for UPEI faculty and staff only. There is no cost to register. All individuals and teams
must be registered by Tuesday, May 4, at 11:00 pm. This deadline is firm. To register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmEzoxbgEKPls6c4onq3iajel2pSOxGtFkGcZ14FYwtcIqzg/viewform?usp=sf_link
As part of the registration process, participants will need to complete a waiver and consent form. If you
do not have a team or enough participants for a team, complete the form, and you will be assigned to a
team. For forms and questions, please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, at amarchbank@upei.ca.
In order to accommodate UPEI on campus classroom and lab software adds, drops, or modifications for the fall semester we have set a deadline of June 1 2021.
This deadline is necessary to allow sufficient time to plan and implement the installation of new and upgraded software. This ensures our students will have the software resources they need. Any requests received after the deadline will be applied in the next round of software updates.
Information on software requirements and software currently installed in our computer labs can be found on the announcement section of the ITSS website.
Join other supporters and become a “part of the fabric” in UPEI’s performing arts venues by naming or dedicating a seat. Having a seat named, in either the Dr. Steel Recital Hall or the new performing arts venue, is a unique and meaningful way to celebrate your or your loved one’s passion for the performing arts, while at the same time providing crucial support for students.
In recognition of your donation of $5,000, a plaque engraved with your name or dedication will appear and remain forever on a seat. You will receive a personalized thank you from us, a photo of the plaque, and an opportunity to see it once it has been affixed to your seat.
You may name your seat today with a gift of $5,000 payable over five years. For more details, please contact Owen Shaw at oshaw@upei.ca or 902-566-0687.
