Tim Hortons UPEI located at the WA Murphy Student Centre will be back to brewing and baking your favourites on Monday, October 26. Our team has begun preparations to ensure a safe reopening and dining experience for all of you. 

To welcome you back to our unit, with every purchase you will be entered into a raffle with prizes drawn daily from October 26 to October 30! 

We cannot wait to open our doors for you again! For updates and for more information, follow us at @chartwellsupei on Facebook and Instagram

With so much of teaching and learning now turned on its head, getting feedback from students is more important than ever. Some minor changes now could lead to some positive gains for students by the end of the course. Hosted by the E-Learning Office, this workshop will look at using Moodle to create your student survey. The workshop will also consider the various questions an instructor may want to ask their students. This workshop is offered online and will take place Friday, October 23rd from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. REGISTER

Congratulations to our week 2 competition winners Kylah Hennessy & Jason Hogan. Apple gift-cards are on the way!

This week we'd like the campus community to focus on staying cyber safe (and healthy) during COVID-19.

This is a difficult time for everyone and cyber criminals take advantage of anxieties around COVID in lots of ways. 

This PDF gives some useful tips on staying cyber safe in the pandemic.

To be in with a chance to win a $25 Apple Gift card email itss@upei.ca with CYBER SAFETY in the subject line. Winners announced next week.

The IRG and SERG programs support stand-alone projects through the funding of fully developed research proposals.

VALUE: up to $5000 for a one-year term

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 4, 2020 by 4pm

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, Business, Education, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award.  Faculty members in Veterinary Medicine may participate as co-applicant but cannot be the Principal Investigator.  A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with a tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Program guidelines and application instructions can be found here: https://files.upei.ca/research/internal_research_grant_and_serg_program_guidelines.pdf 

On Wednesday, October 21, ITSS will be conducting maintenance on the campus wireless services from 10 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent disruptions and performance issues with wireless internet on campus (Panthernet, Panthernet-Open & eduroam).

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

On Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020, myUPEI & Colleague will be unavailable from 8 pm to 12 am (midnight) to allow for the closing of fiscal year-end.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at helpdesk@upei.ca or Financial Services at financialservices@upei.ca.

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is providing three days of flu shot clinics for all students, faculty, staff and families. There is no charge for the flu vaccine. Children must be over the age of two (2). The clinics will be held as follows:

October 23, 2020:  9:00 am–3:30 pm

October 26, 2020:  1:00 pm–8:00 pm

October 27, 2020:  9:00 am–3:30 pm

In addition, there will be an AVC Flu Shot Clinic on November 4, 2020, from 12:00 pm–7:00 pm  in the AVC McCain Foundation Learning Commons Atrium for AVC faculty, staff, students, and their families.

There are no individual appointments; instead, we will provide the vaccine on a first-come, first-serve basis. We will follow the direction of the Chief Public Health Office and maintain physical distancing. If there are more than 50 people waiting you may need to wait outside or come another time. Please note the following.

• Masks are mandatory in all UPEI buildings.
• Read the fact sheets (used with permission from Public Health Nursing, Health PEI) before you come for your vaccine. They are located on the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre webpage: https://www.upei.ca/health-centre/flu-vaccines
• You must be prepared to stay for 15 minutes following your vaccine.
• Children less than 24 months old must be vaccinated by Public Health Nursing and you will need to make an appointment. 
• Children under nine (9) years old who have never had a flu vaccine will require a second vaccine in one month.
• The FluMist (intra-nasal) vaccine will be available for those aged 2–17, as well as the Fluzone High-Dose vaccine will be available for individuals over 65 years of age.
• If you have a fever or other symptoms of COVID-19, do not come to the flu shot clinics. Contact 8-1-1 for advice and direction.

Protect yourself and others.........Get the flu shot, not the flu!!

Tuesday October 20, 7:00pm – 8:00pm ADT (UTC-3)
Click here to register

The Institute of Island Studies at UPEI is delighted to announce that the annual Island Lecture Series will be hosted online for the upcoming 2020-2021 season.

October’s Island Lecture Series event will take place on Tuesday, October 20 at 7pm, and will feature JoDee Samuelson, author of The Cove Journal, reading from her collection of essays about life on the South Shore of Prince Edward Island. Following her presentation, JoDee will be joined by Bren Simmers (Island Studies Press) in conversation about her inspiration for the book, her writing process, and the art of place-based writing. Audience members will be encouraged to engage with the discussion by submitting questions.

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, please visit islandstudies.com/islandlectureseries or contact Maggie Henry (Interim Coordinator, Institute of Island Studies).

The excitement for this Saturday's Gold Rush draw is growing as big as the pot! With no winners in the last FOUR draws, the total pot has grown to more than $5300, with half going to the winner of Saturday night's draw.

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. Read the story

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.

The IRG and SERG programs support stand-alone projects through the funding of fully developed research proposals.

VALUE: up to $5000 for a one-year term

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 4, 2020 by 4pm

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, Business, Education, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award.  Faculty members in Veterinary Medicine may participate as co-applicant but cannot be the Principal Investigator.  A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with a tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Program guidelines and application instructions can be found here: https://files.upei.ca/research/internal_research_grant_and_serg_program_guidelines.pdf 

Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board (REB).  The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday October 30, 2020.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.

As of June 1, all research compliance applications, including Research Ethics Board application forms must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. The new online process and system is paired with electronic approvals to replace the hard-copy signatures process.

Earlier versions of the application forms will not be accepted.  

Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms. Contact researcherportal@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.

For more information about the REB review and approval process please contact Joy Knight (Compliance Coordinator) at mknight@upei.ca

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday October 30, 2020. These applications will be reviewed at the November 2020 meeting.

As of June 1, all research compliance applications, including Biosafety application forms must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. The new online process and system is paired with electronic approvals to replace the hard-copy signatures process.

Earlier versions of the application forms will not be accepted.  

Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms. Contact researcherportal@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.

For more information about the IBC review and approval process please contact Joy Knight (Compliance Coordinator) at mknight@upei.ca

The Robertson Library is launching a new online guide for beginner researchers! ‘Start Your Research Paper Here’ is a “choose your own adventure” style guide that covers all the different parts of writing and researching a good paper. It covers topics ranging from:

• What is a citation?
• I have no idea what to write about
• Can I use this information in my paper?
• I need help using sources in my paper

and more! You can access this guide on the library’s homepage by clicking the “Start Your Paper Here” button under the “All” search box. Or you can click here. If you have any questions or comments contact Keri McCaffrey at knmccaffrey@upei.ca.

UPEI's WUSC is a member of the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) and would like to invite the campus community to take part in this free online Symposium for 2020 with us. The theme of the symposium is 'Just Climate Action| Gender, Democracy, and Local Movements'. We hope you'll join us!

The registration is now open for our annual 2020 Symposium! This year the Symposium will take place online. This has created wonderful opportunities for us to open up registration to all and to have a great variety of both local and international speakers! It's a great opportunity to connect with others in the Atlantic, in Canada and around the world. 

WHEN: Wed. Oct. 21, 1- 4 pm Atlantic and Thurs. Oct. 22, 1 - 4 pm Atlantic
REGISTER HERE. 

Full symposium details can be found HERE. We have a variety of panel discussions, Q&A sessions and keynote presentation for you to participate in.

Keynote confirmed! We're very pleased to have Dr. Ingrid Waldron speak at our Symposium. Join Dr. Waldron as she discusses environmental racism as exemplified through the case of Nova Scotia, its impact on communities in the province and Atlantic Canada. We will also look at actions The ENRICH project and communities have taken to address the issues. See more HERE.

IT Systems & Services would like to inform the campus about upcoming changes to the ESET Endpoint Security software installed on UPEI owned & managed devices. If you have ESET Endpoint Security installed on your computer, the software will be automatically upgraded.

During the upgrade process, you may notice warning messages appear as a result (for example: “Windows does not detect an anti-virus present” or “Security Alert”).

If you notice ESET security alert messages, please ensure to restart your computer at your earliest convenience.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

19, 21, 26, 28 October, 2:30-4:30pm Atlantic
This is a beginner level series. Cloud computing provides great flexibility, allowing complete control of the computing environment. In addition, the environment can be copied, backed up, created and recreated in an automated way. In these lessons, we will start you on the path towards making use of the great flexibility and power of cloud computing. We will be using the popular static website generator Jekyll. This is an in-depth workshop for those with no prior cloud experience, at the end of which you will have a virtual machine and a Jekyll website. Space is limited so register early.  DETAILS & REGISTER

Faculty and staff are welcome to drop-in online office hours from 11-12 Thursday morning, October 15th. Discuss issues and successes in multimedia course content creation. A space to ask questions and start conversation with other faculty and staff hosted by the E-Learning Office's Instructional Multimedia Specialist, Kristy McKinney. 

Sign up for a reminder.

For any questions contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.

Would you like some support with a writing assignment or presentation?  Our friendly, knowledgeable tutors can help you

• understand assignment instructions and expectations
• brainstorm and organize
• revise sentences and paragraphs
• use and document research correctly
• build vocabulary
• identify language errors
• practice and refine presentations
• find valuable links and resources

To make an appointment, go to upei.mywconline.com and register.  Appointments are available daily, including evenings and weekends. Currently, all appointments are online. Once you have made an appointment, a tutor will contact you by email to arrange your online meeting.

Visit us early, well before your assignment is due!

On Wednesday, October 21, ITSS will be conducting maintenance on the campus wireless services from 10 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent disruptions and performance issues with wireless internet on campus (Panthernet, Panthernet-Open & eduroam).

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

On Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020, myUPEI & Colleague will be unavailable from 8 pm to 12 am (midnight) to allow for the closing of fiscal year-end.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at helpdesk@upei.ca or Financial Services at financialservices@upei.ca.