Campus Notices
The UPEI Health & Wellness Centre has been notified by Dr. German that the Chlamydia and Gonorrhea molecular testing no longer has a backlog or supply issue. For women, vaginal self-collection or provider collection is again the preferred sample. For men a urine sample collected in the previous 24 hours is the preferred sample. The self-collection containers will be redistributed to campus washrooms the week of February 8th and samples are to be dropped off to the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre weekdays, and before noon on Fridays. We will need identification to complete the lab requisitions and will send off your specimens for analysis. If you have questions about this program please contact the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre at 902-566-0616 or by email: healthcentre@upei.ca.
Make Reading Week a learning week and join the E-Learning Office as each day we offer a different professional development webinar for anyone involved in teaching at UPEI. We’ll kick off the week on Tuesday, February 16th with How People Learn (Online). On Wednesday, February 17th we look at How Student Surveys Can Improve Teaching. Then on Thursday, February 18th it’s Feedback & Rubrics as Communication Elements for Student Assessment. To end the week, sit back and let us take you on a tour of what’s available for Creating Interactive Content for your Course on Friday, February 19th.
You can read more about the webinars here and you can register for the webinars here.
Please take note of our unit closures and operational hours during Reading Week:
AVC Cafe
CLOSED February 11 to 12 for the Mid-Semester Break and February 15 for Islander Day
Regular Hours resume Tuesday, February 16 | 8am - 3pm
Tim Hortons
CLOSED February 15 - 19 for Reading Week
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall
February 15 - 19 | 9:30am - 9pm
Charlottetown residents,
Please take this 5 minute survey to assist UPEI students in studying urban forestry in Charlottetown. Your input will advise on future urban forestry care and programming needs. Deadline to complete survey is February 28, 2021. Link for survey is below.
https://forms.gle/sRCUCVhomoG2mEC37
Thank you!
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, March 5th for the March meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select ‘applications’ and for renewal or amendment protocols select ‘events’.
To view any UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they 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.
On behalf of BIPOC USHR and the UPEISU, we invite you to an online open discussion about a topic that is rarely addressed within black communities: mental health. This workshop is taking place on February 12th at 3pm.
This will be a Black-led, Black only space where we will engage in a conversation addressing unique issues of stigma around mental illness and black youth, offering new ideas, and strategies to increase peer support and community engagement.
For more information and to register, click here.
February is Black History Month and the Black Cultural Society of PEI has a month of programming planned to engage and educate about the many cultures which make up the Island’s Black community.
This year’s theme is "celebrating our heritage for the culture", and the month will feature in-person and online events for Islanders to participate in, including several at UPEI.
On Thursday, February 25, 2021, join the community for the BHM @UPEI Panel Discussion, from 5-6:30 pm at the Fox & Crow, UPEI's campus pub and café.
View the full Black History Month calendar on the Black Cultural Society of PEI website.
On behalf of BIPOC USHR and the UPEISU, we invite you to an online open discussion about a topic that is rarely addressed within black communities: mental health. This workshop is taking place on February 12th at 3pm.
This will be a Black-led, Black only space where we will engage in a conversation addressing unique issues of stigma around mental illness and black youth, offering new ideas, and strategies to increase peer support and community engagement.
For more information and to register, click here.
You could win 1 of 5 $50 Visa Gift Cards!
UPEI alumnus Aaron Rainnie, now a medical student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, is completing research about Type 1 Diabetes targeted towards young adults (18–24 year-olds).
If you are between 18 and 24, please consider taking this quick survey on Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetic Ketoacidosis created through the Janeway Pediatric Research Unit at MUN. It will help improve future knowledge translation initiatives, AND you could win 1 of 5 $50 Visa Gift Cards!
Find more information here.
Fed up fiddling with USB cables? Have you ever noticed the symbol on one side? Its not decorative....the symbol will point up if you're plugging in horizontally and will face you if it goes in vertically. Now you know.
The E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant is being offered for the third time as an opportunity for faculty and staff members to create a multimedia course resource with the help of the E-Learning Instructional Multimedia Specialist.
Find out more about the grant here.
If you have questions related to your multimedia project ideas, please contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.
Closing date for applications is March 12, 2021 and completed application forms can be sent to dmoses@upei.ca with the subject line “E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant Application 2021.”
February is Black History Month in Canada.To help celebrate, we are excited to announce the launch of our year-long discussion of Canadian author Desmond Cole's book, The Skin We're In
On February 9th at 6 pm come to the Roberson Library for the kick-off event- a showing of the CBC documentary about Cole and his experience as a black Canadian. There will be spots for 22 people (with social distancing) for those who would like to attend in person and a video link will be provided to those who would prefer to join online. Plus there will be popcorn served. This event is for faculty, staff, students and the community
You are invited to a series of events on Tuesday, February 9 celebrating International Development Week 2021. Find out how Canadians are promoting the Sustainable Development Goals and How You Can Get Involved.
Participation is free!
Register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Who: Qajaq Robinson, Commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Speaks on Implications for Reconciliation during this Pandemic
And Julie Pellissier-Lush, PEI’s Poet Laureate (with music, poems, and songs)
When 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Join via Zoom
Join MMIWG Commissioner Qajaq Robinson and Poet Laureate Julie Pellissier-Lush at IDW 2021
AND
Who: Patsy Dingwell, Author of Broken Crayons and Founder of the School Twinning Program in Kenya
When: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Where: Join via Zoom
Patsy Dingwell Speaks on The School Twinning Program in Kenya and a Book Reading
In this one-day course, theory is introduced in short bursts and participants spend the majority of time practicing their presentation skills while receiving onsite feedback. The focus on extensive practice and feedback is what makes the program meaningful, and is what makes learning stick.
KEY TOPIC AREAS:
Presentation Structure - Managing Fear - Engaging Your Audience - Presentation Logistics
To register for an “in-person” course:
- Created an account or sign in to EDGE by clicking here
- After signing in, click on ‘Catalog’ tab on your dashboard
- You can then search and register for the course you are interested in by clicking the ‘Enroll’ tab
- You then need to choose available sessions at a location you prefer to finalise your registration
The UPEI Health & Wellness Centre has been notified by Dr. German that the Chlamydia and Gonorrhea molecular testing no longer has a backlog or supply issue. For women, vaginal self-collection or provider collection is again the preferred sample. For men a urine sample collected in the previous 24 hours is the preferred sample. The self-collection containers will be redistributed to campus washrooms the week of February 8th and samples are to be dropped off to the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre weekdays, and before noon on Fridays. We will need identification to complete the lab requisitions and will send off your specimens for analysis. If you have questions about this program please contact the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre at 902-566-0616 or by email: healthcentre@upei.ca.
Join us for an introduction on dating and healthy relationships. Hosted in collaboration with UPEI’s SVPRO and Accessibility Services this workshop will discuss dating norms, boundaries, communication, and first dates. This workshop will be open to all students but will have a neurodiverse lens.
Please complete the following form to sign up:
https://forms.gle/BsX5seR6Wc6zbtav5
The Healthy Campus Committee, as part of the Employee Wellness Strategy, will be providing Yoga & Fascial Release Classes for UPEI Faculty and Staff. Brenda Dowel, Yoga Teacher E-RYT-1000 and Licensed Holistic Practitioner will lead the four part series of 90-minute classes with a focused approach.
1) HIPS & Glutes: Wednesdays 10:00 am - 11:30 am February 24, March 3, 10 and 17. ONE (1) space available.
2) BACK & CORE: Wednesdays 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm February 24, March 3, 10 and 17. FOUR (4) spaces available.
Two different sets of classes with an Anatomical Focus. This series will include a comprehensive approach to the entire body while focusing on a particular area for optimal health and vitality.
- Grounding; Psoas Release; Centering
- Stretching what is tight and strengthening what is weak
- Fascial Stretching and Myofascial Releases, Yoga & Conditioning Movements
- Fluid and static movements for the Fascia/Connective Tissue
- Recognizing and addressing unhealthy movement patterns
- Relaxation and Integration
The free programming is offered to UPEI staff and faculty only on a first registration basis. To register for one of the courses please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca indicating Hips & Glutes or Back & Core. 12 participants max per series. Location: Fitness Studio 1, Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre
The Department of Health Management will be interviewing 2 candidates for the 2.5 year term faculty position in Animal Behaviour. As part of the interview process, each candidate has been asked to present two brief seminars. One suitable for DVM students and the other presentation of their vision for building/expanding behavioural medicine at AVC.
Dr. Karen L. Overall has BA, MA and VMD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She did her residency training in veterinary behavioural medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviourists (DACVB). She ran the Behaviour Clinic at Penn Vet for more than a dozen years. Dr. Overall lectures at veterinary schools world-wide and is an Associate Professor at Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI.
Dr. Overall’s research focuses on neurobehavioural genetics of dogs, the development of normal and abnormal behaviours especially with respect to early experience, assessment of behaviour, with an emphasis on working dogs, truly humane routine behavioural care and psychopharmacology.
Science-based Approaches to Understanding and Treating Dogs Who Cannot be "Home Alone"
Building a Future Where Humane Veterinary Interventions Start with Care of Mental and Behavioural Health
Thursday, February 11th, 2021 @ 12:30 pm
A copy of the candidates CV and letter of application is available by contacting Tracy O'Flaherty (toflaherty@upei.ca)
Below is the zoom link for you to attend the virtual seminar. This is part of the interview process for the term faculty position in Animal Behaviour in the Department of Health Management.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upei.zoom.us/j/63680121656?pwd=VllZbGtOQlFDZWRBS1QvMVI5c25sUT09
Meeting ID: 636 8012 1656
Passcode: 255837
The Vice-President Academic and Research will make available up to two awards to support the publication of manuscripts, written or edited by UPEI faculty, by Island Studies Press. These awards are being funded by a SSHRC Institutional Grant, therefore, the subject matter of the publication must be compatible with SSHRC’s mandate (see http://science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_FEE7261A.html for more information).
The awards of $5,000 each will be disbursed to Island Studies Press to cover publication costs (including editing, photo and other permissions, design, printing, marketing, and other costs associated with publishing a book). Authors will be offered ISP’s standard publication contract, which ensures authorial copyright and includes a royalty structure. Authors will also see their manuscripts reviewed through a peer-review process where appropriate.
ELIGIBILITY: Manuscripts that are written and/or edited by UPEI faculty (including contract and sessional faculty) are eligible. These may be single- or multi-authored results of academic research projects; textbooks; edited proceedings of a conference; or works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, or drama that pertain to the author(s)' discipline. The subject matter of the manuscript must meet SSHRC’s mandate.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2021
Submit documents electronically to Research Services, researchservices@upei.ca.
For complete terms of reference and application process, please see https://files.upei.ca/research/sshrc_exchange_publication_awards_terms_of_reference.pdf
Previous recipients of the UPEI Internal Publication Awards are Malcolm Murray, Department of Philosophy, Colleen MacQuarrie, Department of Psychology, Jim Randall, Island Studies, Michelle Evason, Department of Companion Animals, AVC, Lori Mayne, Department of English, and Laurie Brinklow, Island Studies.
For more information on the Publication Awards program, contact Dr. Laurie Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca or 902-894-2881.
February is Black History Month in Canada.To help celebrate, we are excited to announce the launch of our year-long discussion of Canadian author Desmond Cole's book, The Skin We're In
On February 9th at 6 pm come to the Roberson Library for the kick-off event- a showing of the CBC documentary about Cole and his experience as a black Canadian. There will be spots for 22 people (with social distancing) for those who would like to attend in person and a video link will be provided to those who would prefer to join online. Plus there will be popcorn served. This event is for faculty, staff, students and the community
