Campus Notices
This is a reminder that the UPEI Biosafety Policy requires that all Principal Investigators confirm the security and complete inventory of all biohazardous materials being used or stored, due in November of each year. This is accomplished by updating your entries if required, then confirming the accuracy of your inventory as follows:
1. Access your inventory at https://biosafety.vre3.upei.ca/. Please copy and paste into your url.
2. Ensure your inventory is up to date, and then confirm this by following the steps as listed below.
3. Select User Menu (top right of screen) then My account (from the left side of the drop down screen).
4. Click Edit (just below the user name)
5. Click on Information (on the top right section of the screen).
6. Scroll down this page. Below the box with the phone number, you will notice a box next to I accept. If you have not already done so, please read this section and, if you agree, please check this box.
7. To report your inventory is up to date, please enter the date that you confirm this in the 2020 box.
8. Hit Save! Task completed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you are not yet a user of this site, but store or use biohazardous materials, please contact me to arrange access.
Rhoda Speare
Biosafety Officer
Phone 620-5071
rspeare@upei.ca
Synapse at UPEI is hosting a second session on how to improve professional and personal pitches.
This entire workshop is interactive as the trainer takes you through real pitches to show you how to strengthen them into more compelling presentations. Attendees interested in direct feedback on their pitches should submit written pitches or materials to trainer Linda Plano for consideration before 11 pm, Nov 11. Instructions for how to submit pitches will be sent in the registration confirmation.
Be better prepared to succeed the next time you face: grant managers and funding agencies; hiring managers; investors; family and friends; potential customers and partners; colleagues and classmates; and sought-after collaborators.
The event is Friday, November 13 from 12:30 to 2 pm. The Pitch Clinic will run 90 minutes.
Registration is now open: http://bit.ly/PEI-PCW.
UPEI Experiential Education has scheduled information sessions for faculty who are interested in learning more about Riipen, a virtual experiential learning platform that connects post-secondary educators with industry and community partners around the world. The platform provides a variety of support for educators, industry partners, and students to make the creation, management, and evaluation of online experiential learning opportunities easier for everyone involved. The platform is currently free to use for UPEI faculty, and could be a great option for those struggling to translate a traditional work-integrated learning experience to an online format.
Information sessions will be held online:
Monday, November 9th, 12:00 -1:00 pm
Tuesday, November 10th, 3:30 -4:30 pm
Visit https://forms.gle/9uX4qAiT1irmGB7h9 to register for a session and learn more.
Please be advised the email address for the music department administrative assistant has changed. Please send all requests / messages to the new address : music@upei.ca.
The Chartered Professional Accountants Atlantic School of Business is hosting an online information session for UPEI students and alumni on Tuesday, November 17th at 12:00pm.
Anyone interested in getting their CPA designation can attend this free event. Work in any sector, anywhere in the world, and at any level of the organization you can imagine. Find out where the CPA designation can take you.
Please RSVP to John Thomas at jthomas@cpaatlantic.ca to get access to the virtual session.
Questions? Email careerservices@upei.ca
The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next Environmental Sciences/Human Biology seminar on Friday, November 13 at 12:30 pm, which will be held via Google Meet:
Dr. Deivid Rodrigues of the Hospital for Sick Children will present “Regulation of gene expression during human neurogenesis: a multilayered paradigm”
All are welcome.
Call for mentors! Atlantic Canada Study and Stay Prince Edward Island
Are you a professional looking to share your knowledge, experience and skills? If so, become a mentor today and support a graduating international student in starting his/her career in Prince Edward Island.
To become a mentor, sign up at:
https://atlanticcanadastudyandstay.com/atlantic-canada-study-and-staytm-prince-edward-island
Thank you for helping more and more graduating international student stay in this lovely island after graduation. Please help us share with your network.
If you have any questions, please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca.
UPEI Experiential Education has scheduled information sessions for faculty who are interested in learning more about Riipen, a virtual experiential learning platform that connects post-secondary educators with industry and community partners around the world. The platform provides a variety of support for educators, industry partners, and students to make the creation, management, and evaluation of online experiential learning opportunities easier for everyone involved. The platform is currently free to use for UPEI faculty, and could be a great option for those struggling to translate a traditional work-integrated learning experience to an online format.
Information sessions will be held online:
Monday, November 9th, 12:00 -1:00 pm
Tuesday, November 10th, 3:30 -4:30 pm
Visit https://forms.gle/9uX4qAiT1irmGB7h9 to register for a session and learn more.
The AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) is excited to announce our online pet store (mvVETstore), where every purchase supports training the next generation of veterinarians. This online store offers UPEI faculty and staff the convenience of shopping for your pet’s products at whatever time suits you, with 24/7 service and a huge selection of food, treats, toys, and supplies for cats, dogs, pocket pets, and exotics.
With current COVID restrictions, it can be inconvenient and time consuming for you to come into the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Ordering through the myVETstore website is faster and safer for you. If your pet needs a prescription diet, these are strictly controlled by your AVC veterinarian through our myVETstore.
Ordered products can be shipped directly to your home, cottage, or office, or picked up at the VTH. We will send you an email letting you know when your order has been shipped or is available for pickup.
We invite you to sign up and create your account (please use your UPEI email address to get your staff discount) for the AVC myVETstore through the link below:
https://www.myvetstore.ca/avcvth
Got an event coming up on campus? Don't forget to submit it to the Campus Events Calendar! The calendar can help promote any academic, athletic, or social event happening at UPEI!
To submit an event, you'll need a UPEI login. Submit your event with a title, date, and brief description here.
(By the way... that's the same link for submitting a Campus Notice. If you're ever looking for it, you'll find it in the footer at the bottom of every edition of Campus Notices.)
Questions? Contact communications@upei.ca.
*please note, an older version of this notice was distributed yesterday, which didn't account for the change to the holiday schedule. The correct dates are listed below.
Depending on the work requirements of university departments, the Christmas schedule will be in effect from December 21, 2020 through January 1, 2021, inclusive. Office and regular business hours will resume Monday, January 4, 2021.
Payroll deadlines:
For the December 24 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc are due by noon on November 26. Electronic timesheets/overtime are due December 14.
For the January 8 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc are due by noon on December 10. Electronic timesheets/overtime are due January 4.
For the January 22 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc are due by noon on December 23. Electronic timesheets/overtime are due on January 11.
Additional information regarding the Christmas Holiday Schedule can be found at: https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/HR/Documents/Christmas%20Holiday%20Schedule.pdf
10 November, 11:00am-1:00pm Atlantic
The session introduces various machine learning and mathematical concepts leading up to GCNNs. Topics include various architectures of neural networks, such as feed-forward, convolutional and recurrent, and some of the mathematical theory underpinning their operations, with explanations of why each network is used. All are welcome, regardless of technical expertise. DETAILS & REGISTER
Luke J. Ignace is leading an initiative to send a gift from "Island to Island"!
Since Hurricane Dorian in September 2019, The Bahamas have been rebuilding. Luke is hoping this gift will bring some Christmas joy to his home Island. He will be accepting donations that will be sent to The Bahamas at the end of November.
Where to Donate: Warehouse at 112 Longworth Avenue
When: Tuesday through Friday from 4-7PM for the month of November starting Nov 10th
Want to Help?
Luke is looking for volunteers to help receive/collect items and create assets to help spread the word, contact him at 902-906-2064 (text only) or luke.j.ignace@gmail.com
"Hey! Luke Ignace here and I'm excited to share the vision that I have for a united Caribbean and Atlantic Canada with you! In a world that is so bitter and divisive, it's so good to see ideas that bring people together. Let's bring the warmth back to winter! Let's send a gift to the Bahamas. This is the initiation of a very mutual, and synergistic relationship with the Caribbean and Atlantic Canada"
The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and 3M Canada are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2021 3M National Student Fellowship Award.
The 3M National Student Fellowship honours up to ten full-time diploma and undergraduate students at Canadian post-secondary institutions who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their lives and at their post-secondary institution. These students embrace a vision of education that enhances their academic experience and beyond.
This award is the first in Canada to build community among visionary student leaders who demonstrate outstanding leadership and innovation through seeing current needs in higher education or society and implementing change. We believe it is their voices that will shape tomorrow’s future in post-secondary education.
You can view the revised call for nominations at https://www.stlhe.ca/awards/3m-national-student-fellowships/. The submission deadline is January 29, 2021.
An info session about the 2021 criteria and application process for this award will be held via Zoom on November 10 at 2 pm EST. Click here for more info.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Christopher Palmer's public presentation of his MEd research titled: The Integration of Critical Thinking: An Evaluability Assessment of the PEI Grades 1-3 Integrated Curriculum. Please join us through the Zoom link below.
The zoom link is: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82316536567?pwd=aUtsczllNTdCbnR3eHdNbjkxUzB0Zz09
Meeting ID: 823 1653 6567
Passcode: Defence
10 November, 11:00am-1:00pm Atlantic
The session introduces various machine learning and mathematical concepts leading up to GCNNs. Topics include various architectures of neural networks, such as feed-forward, convolutional and recurrent, and some of the mathematical theory underpinning their operations, with explanations of why each network is used. All are welcome, regardless of technical expertise. DETAILS & REGISTER
Join us for the UPEI Department of Philosophy Speaker Series Inaugural talk for 2020-2021.
Dr. Daniel Adsett (recently from Marquette University) will be launching our Philosophy Department Speaker Series this Friday Nov.6 from 2 to 3 pm on the topic of:
"What's so Irrational About Delusions?: A Jaspersian Account."
With the US election happening this week, this IS the time to be talking about delusions and rationality! Dr. Adsett's talk won't focus on issues south of the border, but the relevance is abundant, as we might explore in the follow-up discussion.
For the full abstract, see the UPEI calendar entry.
The meeting will be on Zoom at:
Meeting ID: 652 9309 6143
Passcode: UPEI
All are welcome!
On Thursday, November 5, 2020, IT Systems and Services will be performing maintenance on the myUPEI website from 10 pm to 12 am (midnight).
During this time access to myUPEI will be intermittent.
Access to UPEI Moodle is NOT affected during this work and can be reached using https://moodle.upei.ca
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465
Synapse at UPEI is hosting a session on improving your professional and personal pitches.
This session is designed to provide you with advice and resources to better prepare you to succeed the next time you face: grant managers and funding agencies; hiring managers; investors like angels, venture capitalists, family and friends; potential customers and partners; colleagues and classmates; and key talent and sought-after collaborators.
The event is Friday, November 6 from 12:30 to 2 pm.
The Perfect Pitch session will run 90 minutes, including an interactive component where attendees may volunteer to have the trainer work on a pitch of theirs.
To build on this workshop, a follow-up Pitch Clinic workshop will take place a week later.
Space is limited. Register for either or both sessions. Registration is now open for the first session: http://bit.ly/PEI-PPW.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Christopher Palmer's public presentation of his MEd research titled: The Integration of Critical Thinking: An Evaluability Assessment of the PEI Grades 1-3 Integrated Curriculum. Please join us through the Zoom link below.
The zoom link is: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82316536567?pwd=aUtsczllNTdCbnR3eHdNbjkxUzB0Zz09
Meeting ID: 823 1653 6567
Passcode: Defence
