Join the Executive Directors of several PEI non-profit organizations for an informal discussion about negotiating values and mandates during a pandemic. How have they and their organizations balanced (or not) the competing pulls between fulfilling their values and mandates and the added demands of COVID-19?

Sponsored by Diversity and Social Justice Studies. For more information and the Zoom link, contact Ann Braithwaite at abraithwaite@upei.ca. 

This year, the University of Prince Edward Island launched the first-ever UPEI Panther Pitch competition as part of the Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program. In January, twenty-five student teams were chosen to compete for support to develop their ventures. Since the competition launch, these teams have been receiving coaching from experienced mentors and refining their business plan to potentially win a portion of $45,000 in prize money to support their startup ventures.

Six of these teams will be selected to compete in a live semi-final Q & A session from 7:00 to 8:30 pm on March 24, 2021. Each team will present a five-minute pitch and face questions from a judging panel, as well as questions submitted from the online audience.

To mark this important occasion, Wade MacLauchlan, former premier of Prince Edward Island and UPEI president emeritus, will give opening remarks on behalf of the MacLauchlan family.

To attend the semi-final event virtually or to share this event with others, please register at: https://pantherpitch.eventbrite.ca

Dr. Martha Giraldo O’Meara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, candidate for the tenure track position with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts, will make two public presentations.

The first is a simulated class presentation entitled "Cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder" and will take place on Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM at the following link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/68125991415?pwd=cytOdnlabFdMamxDa2VxbjdqdkYzdz09

The second is a research talk entitled “Linking the laboratory and the clinic: a focus on body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive- compulsive disorder.” This presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here:  https://upei.zoom.us/j/63893752345?pwd=Y3M2UW9UTWNxb0Jsd0ZnODA0aVFpQT09

All are welcome to attend.

Are you hiring a summer student? Do you supervise students in your day to day work?

Health, Safety and Environment will be hosting two separate sessions for Supervisors put on by the PEI Workers Compensation Board (WCB) entitled: Young Worker Safety: Changing the Culture.

Participants will learn what is now known about the significant influence supervisors can have on young worker safety, and how employers and supervisors might capitalize on this. Participants will hear what young PEI workers say about their hesitation to raise their workplace safety concerns, and what they can do to encourage young workers to speak up.

The one hour Zoom Sessions will be held on:

              Wednesday, March 10 at 9 am,  and

              Friday, March 12 at 1:30 pm

To register for one of these courses, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at shkavanagh@upei.ca or at 566-0901.

In May, WCB will also be holding sessions on Student Safety directed at students. These sessions will be advertised closer to the date.

If you've never played Gold Rush before, what are you waiting for? We've gone two weeks with no winner, and the pot is getting bigger! It's nearly $3,000 now and is growing every day.

Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the UPEI Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or play from your computer. The weekly draw is held at 8 pm every Saturday.

Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI’s varsity and club sport programs as well as enhances recreational offerings that are available to all UPEI students.

Learn directly from Bridget King (IBM), Vicki Ng (adidas), Kelly Pereira (RBC), and Elaine Rocha (AIG) as they share how they’ve propelled their careers into positions of leadership. These powerhouse women will share inside tips and advice on how you can #ChooseToChallenge gender norms and support women in their career journeys.

Don’t miss this intimate conversation hosted by Ten Thousand Coffees, via UPEI Connect to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021.

RSVP to attend -  https://upei.tenthousandcoffees.com/rsvp/upei-cafe-cafe/event/iwd-event…

Dr. Martha Giraldo O’Meara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, candidate for the tenure track position with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts, will make two public presentations.

The first is a simulated class presentation entitled "Cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder" and will take place on Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM at the following link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/68125991415?pwd=cytOdnlabFdMamxDa2VxbjdqdkYzdz09

The second is a research talk entitled “Linking the laboratory and the clinic: a focus on body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive- compulsive disorder.” This presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here:  https://upei.zoom.us/j/63893752345?pwd=Y3M2UW9UTWNxb0Jsd0ZnODA0aVFpQT09

All are welcome to attend.

The Robertson Library is excited to announce it's first cohort of Faculty Textbook Champions during Open Education Week from March 1st - 5th (https://www.openeducationweek.org/)!

As part of the Library's Open Education Resource Development Program, this new initiative highlights University of Prince Edward Island educators who selected open textbooks or open educational materials for their course(s) and showcases the efforts of these educators to reduce student costs and provide equitable access to educational materials.

Visit https://library.upei.ca/textbook-champions to learn more about each educator's reason for switching to an open educational resource, the impact of selecting an OER on their course, and finally, advice for educators considering selecting and/or developing an open educational resource.

If you've never played Gold Rush before, what are you waiting for? We've gone two weeks with no winner, and the pot is getting bigger! It's nearly $3,000 now and is growing every day.

Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the UPEI Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or play from your computer. The weekly draw is held at 8 pm every Saturday.

Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI’s varsity and club sport programs as well as enhances recreational offerings that are available to all UPEI students.

Learn directly from Bridget King (IBM), Vicki Ng (adidas), Kelly Pereira (RBC), and Elaine Rocha (AIG) as they share how they’ve propelled their careers into positions of leadership. These powerhouse women will share inside tips and advice on how you can #ChooseToChallenge gender norms and support women in their career journeys.

Don’t miss this intimate conversation hosted by Ten Thousand Coffees, via UPEI Connect to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021.

RSVP to attend -  https://upei.tenthousandcoffees.com/rsvp/upei-cafe-cafe/event/iwd-event…

CPA Atlantic will be hosting a virtual information session- Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 12:00 pm. Please email John Thomas at jthomas@cpaatlantic.ca to RSVP and receive the virtual link. 

Atlantic Canada Study and Stay – Prince Edward Island is hosting the “Bridge to PEI” Conference on Saturday, March 20th, from 9:00 am – 1:30 pm (AST) via Zoom. Register Here:
https://upei.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wrdOCprzMqHtRHTXqJWooi-fcbFrtQ0lS2

The event is offered free of charge to all Post-Secondary International Students on Prince Edward Island.

This conference will feature workshops on:

-Immigration Pathways to Prince Edward Island

-Prince Edward Island Labour Laws

-Presentation from the PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada

-PEI Study and Stay™ Alumni Panel.

Anyone with any questions about the event can reach out to Kady McDonnell at studyandstaypei@upei.ca. 

Please help us share this event with your network. Thank you.

Dr. Martha Giraldo O’Meara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, candidate for the tenure track position with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts, will make two public presentations.

The first is a simulated class presentation entitled "Cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder" and will take place on Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM at the following link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/68125991415?pwd=cytOdnlabFdMamxDa2VxbjdqdkYzdz09

The second is a research talk entitled “Linking the laboratory and the clinic: a focus on body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive- compulsive disorder.” This presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here:  https://upei.zoom.us/j/63893752345?pwd=Y3M2UW9UTWNxb0Jsd0ZnODA0aVFpQT09

All are welcome to attend.

Thursday, March 4, 2021
2:30 pm-4:30 pm AST via Zoom

Ian McIsaac, a candidate in the Master of Arts Island Studies (MAIS) program, will defend his thesis on Thursday, March 4, 2:30–4:30 pm. The thesis is entitled "Islandness: Factors influencing change in the Prince Edward Island Lobster Fishery." 

As this thesis defence will be conducted using Zoom video conferencing technology, pre-registration is required. If you wish to attend, please visit http://bit.ly/MAISthesis-McIsaac to reserve your spot. 

For more information, contact Interim MAIS Coordinator Dr. Laurie Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with some other programming language

A great deal of high-performance computing software is written in C, but few universities offer courses in the language any more. If you have to work with "legacy code" written in C, adding features, porting to a new machine, or patching errors, or if you need to write user-defined functions for engineering packages such as Fluent, then this workshop is for you.

This session will take place on:

Thursday, March 4 - 12 pm - 4 pm (Atlantic time)

You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages. 

Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail)

Instructions for how to join will be sent out one day prior to the start of the event.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-c-as-a-second-language-tickets-135724978063

The Robertson Library is excited to announce it's first cohort of Faculty Textbook Champions during Open Education Week from March 1st - 5th (https://www.openeducationweek.org/)!

As part of the Library's Open Education Resource Development Program, this new initiative highlights University of Prince Edward Island educators who selected open textbooks or open educational materials for their course(s) and showcases the efforts of these educators to reduce student costs and provide equitable access to educational materials.

Visit https://library.upei.ca/textbook-champions to learn more about each educator's reason for switching to an open educational resource, the impact of selecting an OER on their course, and finally, advice for educators considering selecting and/or developing an open educational resource.

Thursday, March 4, 2021
2:30 pm-4:30 pm AST via Zoom

Ian McIsaac, a candidate in the Master of Arts Island Studies (MAIS) program, will defend his thesis on Thursday, March 4, 2:30–4:30 pm. The thesis is entitled "Islandness: Factors influencing change in the Prince Edward Island Lobster Fishery." 

As this thesis defence will be conducted using Zoom video conferencing technology, pre-registration is required. If you wish to attend, please visit http://bit.ly/MAISthesis-McIsaac to reserve your spot. 

For more information, contact Interim MAIS Coordinator Dr. Laurie Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca.

UPEI concussion research study seeks participants:

Charlottetown, PEI — A UPEI research group is seeking participants for a study to test a new method for assessing head injuries. Participants must be aged 16 to 27 years of age.

The team is looking for participants in the following categories:

1. Healthy people (non-concussed, no known chronic diseases)
2. People who have had a concussion within the last 36 hours
3. People who have had concussion symptoms for longer than three months but less than six months
4. People who have had a bone fracture within the last 36 hours
5. Boxers active in competition

Please contact 902-620-5215 or concussion@upei.ca if you are interested in participating in the study.

Did you know Windows allows you travel back in time? If you ever find yourself looking for something you were working on 'the day before yesterday' press the Windows Key+Tab and you can open a timeline of your activities in Windows. Easy.