Campus Notices
Attention Students!
You are invited to participate in a cross-Canada research study to evaluate post-secondary student stress. The Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI) was designed to help post-secondary institutions across Canada better target campus mental health services, with the ultimate goal of improving mental health outcomes for students.
To ensure that the PSSI would serve students in the best possible way, I involved students heavily throughout the development and testing of this tool. Now it’s time to use the PSSI at post-secondary institutions across Canada to improve our understanding of the types of stressors students are managing in different parts of the country.
We are looking for student volunteers to complete an online survey a few times over the course of the 2020–2021 academic year. The first survey was conducted in October. We are now looking for volunteers to complete the survey in January and in March. If you did not participate in the survey in October, you can still participate this month! The survey should take you about 20 mins to complete.
As a thank you for participating, you will have the opportunity to submit your e-mail into a draw after each survey for a chance to win one of several $50 gift cards.
If you are interested in participating, please read the Letter of Information prior to completing the survey. The survey can be accessed at the following link:
https://queensu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_42upGHEhmMsPrmd
Sincerely,
Dr. Brooke Linden, PhD
Principal Investigator
Queen’s University
Dr. Jason Doiron, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
University of Prince Edward Island
Introductory workshop for organizing and analyzing research data using a variety of digital tools including: spreadsheets, OpenRefine and R.
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-data-organization-analysis-for-humanities-and-social-sciences-tickets-126096517077
About this Event
No previous experience with digital tools or programming is required for this workshop. Though the examples used in the workshop will be specific to the field of Social Sciences, the techniques and principals covered are applicable to a wide variety of research areas.
Data Organization in Spreadsheets
Data Cleaning with OpenRefine + Github
Data Analysis and Visualization with R (part 1)
Data Analysis and Visualization with R (part 2)
This workshop is based on Data-Carpentry (DC) materials.
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend all four as later sessions build on previous material. You 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.
This workshop will take place on:
Tuesday, January 12 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Thursday, January 14 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Tuesday, January 19 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Thursday, January 21 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Please see this link for Detailed Information.
Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail).
IT Systems and Services is preparing virtual student computer lab applications for the Winter 2021 Semester. We kindly ask that all faculty members and/or lab facilitators who require access to virtual lab applications for their courses to please submit their requests via the form provided here.
Please complete this form if you are facilitating a course in the upcoming Winter 2021 Semester and your students will require virtual lab access to complete their course.
Please note that any access previously provided for Fall 2020 Semester courses were removed on December 23, 2020. If your students still require access during the Winter 2021 semester, please re-submit the above form.
In some specialized cases there may be costs and approvals associated with provisioning virtual labs, and in these cases ITSS will contact you to discuss next steps.
Attention All UPEI Students
Online learning and the COVID-19 pandemic have created new challenges for students pursuing post-secondary education. To support our students in overcoming these challenges, Student Affairs will be hosting a series of workshops during the Winter 2021 semester.
We are asking for student feedback to identify topics and skills for these workshops. To have your voice heard, please complete this short five-minute survey by January 15, 2021: https://forms.gle/Z3KEGXvre6HrPacCA
Thank-you!
Introductory workshop for organizing and analyzing research data using a variety of digital tools including: spreadsheets, OpenRefine and R.
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-data-organization-analysis-for-humanities-and-social-sciences-tickets-126096517077
About this Event
No previous experience with digital tools or programming is required for this workshop. Though the examples used in the workshop will be specific to the field of Social Sciences, the techniques and principals covered are applicable to a wide variety of research areas.
Data Organization in Spreadsheets
Data Cleaning with OpenRefine + Github
Data Analysis and Visualization with R (part 1)
Data Analysis and Visualization with R (part 2)
This workshop is based on Data-Carpentry (DC) materials.
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend all four as later sessions build on previous material. You 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.
This workshop will take place on:
Tuesday, January 12 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Thursday, January 14 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Tuesday, January 19 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Thursday, January 21 - 2:00–5:00pm (Atlantic Time)
Please see this link for Detailed Information.
Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail).
The Island Lecture Series January session will feature Irish researcher Dr, Rory McCabe (Centre for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland Galway) joining us live from Clare Island, Ireland, to discuss music-making as a fundamental part of island community life and an important measure of island vitality. Following his presentation, Rory will be joined in conversation by Dr. Laurie Brinklow (Institute of Island Studies, UPEI), with an opportunity for questions from the audience. This session will be held virtually via Zoom on January 19, 2021, at 1 p.m. AST. Full details are available at islandstudies.com/islandlectureseries
This virtual event is free and everyone is welcome to attend. The event will be hosted on Zoom, and advance registration is required—please visit bit.ly/islandlectureseries to reserve your spot.
For more information about the Island Lecture Series, please visit islandstudies.com/islandlectureseries or contact Maggie Henry (Interim Coordinator, Institute of Island Studies)
With gratitude and humility, we dare ask again for volunteers for the UPEI Campus Food Bank. We have posted the sign up sheet for January and February as the pandemic is teaching us smaller time frames are more helpful to adjust as we go. On and off campus donations have kept our shelves well stocked and gift cards are also appreciated by those who come.
Food bank hours will remain the same this semester: Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10 am–12 noon (divided into two slots) and Wednesday evening from 7-–8 pm. Volunteers are asked to come 15 minutes before opening and stay 15 minutes after closing, and commit 75 minutes for Tuesdays/Thursdays or 90 minutes on Wednesdays. Last semester we had a particular need for volunteers to help on Wednesday evening. Each week, a reminder message with a few "Helpful Hints" is sent to volunteers.
Sign up sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mcahaBcIvAatKVWK1K_SVePpxcSmZNPjOw02MKUg4TU/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sue
The Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island Program is seeking Volunteer Mentors.
Across the Island, there are 55 selected international students this year who would benefit from developing professional relationships with a volunteer mentor. If you enjoy spending time with international students while helping create a more supportive community, we would be very lucky to have you sign up as a mentor here: https://atlanticcanadastudyandstay.com/atlantic-canada-study-and-staytm-prince-edward-island
Mentors help our international students better understand workplace culture, improve their soft skills, and develop more connections on PEI. As a mentor, you'll be meeting with your assigned student 4–6 times between January 2021 and July/August 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all meetings will be conducted online.
Please help us share this information with your network. If you have any questions, please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca.
IT Systems and Services is preparing virtual student computer lab applications for the Winter 2021 Semester. We kindly ask that all faculty members and/or lab facilitators who require access to virtual lab applications for their courses to please submit their requests via the form provided here.
Please complete this form if you are facilitating a course in the upcoming Winter 2021 Semester and your students will require virtual lab access to complete their course.
Please note that any access previously provided for Fall 2020 Semester courses were removed on December 23, 2020. If your students still require access during the Winter 2021 semester, please re-submit the above form.
In some specialized cases there may be costs and approvals associated with provisioning virtual labs, and in these cases ITSS will contact you to discuss next steps.
With gratitude and humility, we dare ask again for volunteers for the UPEI Campus Food Bank. We have posted the sign up sheet for January and February as the pandemic is teaching us smaller time frames are more helpful to adjust as we go. On and off campus donations have kept our shelves well stocked and gift cards are also appreciated by those who come.
Food bank hours will remain the same this semester: Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10 am–12 noon (divided into two slots) and Wednesday evening from 7-–8 pm. Volunteers are asked to come 15 minutes before opening and stay 15 minutes after closing, and commit 75 minutes for Tuesdays/Thursdays or 90 minutes on Wednesdays. Last semester we had a particular need for volunteers to help on Wednesday evening. Each week, a reminder message with a few "Helpful Hints" is sent to volunteers.
Sign up sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mcahaBcIvAatKVWK1K_SVePpxcSmZNPjOw02MKUg4TU/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sue
UPEI is launching the Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program’s UPEI Panther Pitch, in which aspiring UPEI student entrepreneurs can submit their start-up idea for a chance to win a minimum of $5,000 in seed money, with up to a total of $45,000 being granted each year.
We’re looking for interested UPEI faculty and staff members to help mentor the student teams. Mentors will need to commit around one hour per week from late January until March 2021. This will be dependent on the needs of the student team and the mentor’s availability.
Working in pairs, mentors will provide weekly advice and guidance to a single student team. The mentors will act as the team’s sounding board and provide professional and common-sense feedback. The intent is to have one mentor from within the UPEI community and one mentor from the broader community for each team.
Those interested in mentoring a team should email hwm_startups@upei.ca no later than Friday, January 8.
Please share this information with your network if you know of any potential mentors from UPEI and/or the local community.
Attention All UPEI Students
Online learning and the COVID-19 pandemic have created new challenges for students pursuing post-secondary education. To support our students in overcoming these challenges, Student Affairs will be hosting a series of workshops during the Winter 2021 semester.
We are asking for student feedback to identify topics and skills for these workshops. To have your voice heard, please complete this short five-minute survey by January 15, 2021: https://forms.gle/Z3KEGXvre6HrPacCA
Thank-you!
With gratitude and humility, we dare ask again for volunteers for the UPEI Campus Food Bank. We have posted the sign up sheet for January and February as the pandemic is teaching us smaller time frames are more helpful to adjust as we go. On and off campus donations have kept our shelves well stocked and gift cards are also appreciated by those who come.
Food bank hours will remain the same this semester: Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10 am–12 noon (divided into two slots) and Wednesday evening from 7-–8 pm. Volunteers are asked to come 15 minutes before opening and stay 15 minutes after closing, and commit 75 minutes for Tuesdays/Thursdays or 90 minutes on Wednesdays. Last semester we had a particular need for volunteers to help on Wednesday evening. Each week, a reminder message with a few "Helpful Hints" is sent to volunteers.
Sign up sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mcahaBcIvAatKVWK1K_SVePpxcSmZNPjOw02MKUg4TU/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sue
Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. To support employers through a period of economic recovery, temporary flexibilities will be offered for CSJ 2021 to respond to the needs of employers and youth.
Applicants will be able to seek funding to hire youth between April 26, 2021 and February 26, 2022. While employers are encouraged to offer quality jobs on a full-time basis (35 hours per week), part-time jobs (minimum of 12 hours per week) will also be eligible for funding. This flexibility was introduced to enable hiring of youth outside of the summer period.
Approved public and private sector employers will be eligible to receive a wage subsidy reimbursement of up to 75% of the provincial or territorial minimum hourly wage—in PEI the minimum hourly wage will be $13.00. For additional information and application information for this program please click here.
To apply for this program you will need to contact Michelle Massiah, Human Resources, mmassiah@upei.ca or 902-628-4306. The closing date for applications is January 25, 2021.
In this session, we will go over the importance of course-intro videos in preparation for the Winter 2021 Semester. This includes what should be covered in your course-intro video and a few simple ways you can create these videos on your own. This session will be hosted online with limited spaces. Contact kmckinney@upei.ca for more information.
January 7, 2021, 12:00–1:00pm
UPEI is launching the Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program’s UPEI Panther Pitch, in which aspiring UPEI student entrepreneurs can submit their start-up idea for a chance to win a minimum of $5,000 in seed money, with up to a total of $45,000 being granted each year.
We’re looking for interested UPEI faculty and staff members to help mentor the student teams. Mentors will need to commit around one hour per week from late January until March 2021. This will be dependent on the needs of the student team and the mentor’s availability.
Working in pairs, mentors will provide weekly advice and guidance to a single student team. The mentors will act as the team’s sounding board and provide professional and common-sense feedback. The intent is to have one mentor from within the UPEI community and one mentor from the broader community for each team.
Those interested in mentoring a team should email hwm_startups@upei.ca no later than Friday, January 8.
Please share this information with your network if you know of any potential mentors from UPEI and/or the local community.
The University of Prince Edward Island received the sad news over the weekend that UPEI honorary degree recipient Thomas H. B. Symons passed away on January 1, 2021, and retired adjunct professor of economics Dr. Larry Clark passed away on December 30, 2020. The entire UPEI community expresses condolences to their families, friends, and colleagues.
The flags in front of the Kelley Memorial Building have been lowered to half mast in their memory.
With gratitude and humility, we dare ask again for volunteers for the UPEI Campus Food Bank. We have posted the sign up sheet for January and February as the pandemic is teaching us smaller time frames are more helpful to adjust as we go. On and off campus donations have kept our shelves well stocked and gift cards are also appreciated by those who come.
Food bank hours will remain the same this semester: Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10 am–12 noon (divided into two slots) and Wednesday evening from 7-–8 pm. Volunteers are asked to come 15 minutes before opening and stay 15 minutes after closing, and commit 75 minutes for Tuesdays/Thursdays or 90 minutes on Wednesdays. Last semester we had a particular need for volunteers to help on Wednesday evening. Each week, a reminder message with a few "Helpful Hints" is sent to volunteers.
Sign up sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mcahaBcIvAatKVWK1K_SVePpxcSmZNPjOw02MKUg4TU/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sue
The Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island Program is seeking Volunteer Mentors.
Across the Island, there are 55 selected international students this year who would benefit from developing professional relationships with a volunteer mentor. If you enjoy spending time with international students while helping create a more supportive community, we would be very lucky to have you sign up as a mentor here: https://atlanticcanadastudyandstay.com/atlantic-canada-study-and-staytm-prince-edward-island
Mentors help our international students better understand workplace culture, improve their soft skills, and develop more connections on PEI. As a mentor, you'll be meeting with your assigned student 4–6 times between January 2021 and July/August 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all meetings will be conducted online.
Please help us share this information with your network. If you have any questions, please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca.
In this session, we will go over the importance of course-intro videos in preparation for the Winter 2021 Semester. This includes what should be covered in your course-intro video and a few simple ways you can create these videos on your own. This session will be hosted online with limited spaces. Contact kmckinney@upei.ca for more information.
January 7, 2021, 12:00–1:00pm
