Campus Notices
Greetings to all UPEI students, faculty, and staff!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to dine with us at the AVC Cafe and the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure a safe reopening for all of you. Please feel free to ask any of our associates or reach out to our management team about our new safety protocols and current menu offerings.
Our current operating hours are as follows:
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall
Monday-Friday: 7:30 am-9:00 pm
Weekends and holidays: 9:00 am-9:00 pmAVC Cafe
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
For more information, visit dineoncampus.ca/upei or contact Angela Mackenzie at 902-628-4338 or angela.mackenzie@compass-canada.com
Applications are open! Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ - Prince Edward Island Program
The goal of Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island is to support international students to live, work, and stay in Prince Edward Island post-graduation.
Eligibility: Applicants MUST be beginning their final year of study in fall (September) 2020 and expect to graduate from their program of study in spring or fall 2021.
Applicants from one of the following PEI post-secondary institutions are welcome to apply:
The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Holland College, and Collège de I’île
Students who successfully gain entry into the Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island program will be provided with enhanced support during their final year of study. This will equip students with the cultural, language, career, and networking skills needed to launch a successful career and fulfilling life in Prince Edward Island.
Review the eligibility criteria and apply here: http://studypei.ca/
Please help us share with your network. Thank you.
Any questions, please contact:
Study and Stay PEI Co-ordinator
The UPEI Scholarships and Awards Office is accepting applications and nominations for the 2020 MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing.
In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning.
The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada.
A total of 60 awards valued at $500 each are available in 2020 for successful applicants.
Returning undergraduate students, faculty, and staff are eligible to apply for a MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing based on criteria for four categories:
MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Community)
MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Course Work)
MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Faculty and Staff)
MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (Webster Centre)
The UPEI learning community is encouraged to review the four categories of prizes for details on submission criteria. The deadline for submissions is October 6, 2020.
For more information, please contact scholarships@upei.ca.
The UPEI Office of Experiential Education and Work Integrated Learning is hosting a virtual information session on September 22, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, for faculty and students who are interested in learning how students can apply to the Rising Youth community service grants for grants ranging from $250 to $1500 to implement a community service project. The Rising Youth Atlantic Student Outreach Coordinator will give this session.
All are welcome and can register here. An email containing the link to join to the Google Meet session will be sent out the morning of September 22.
More information can also be found on the Rising Youth website: https://www.risingyouth.ca/.
Greetings to all UPEI students, faculty, and staff!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to dine with us at the AVC Cafe and the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure a safe reopening for all of you. Please feel free to ask any of our associates or reach out to our management team about our new safety protocols and current menu offerings.
Our current operating hours are as follows:
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall
Monday-Friday: 7:30 am-9:00 pm
Weekends and holidays: 9:00 am-9:00 pmAVC Cafe
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
For more information, visit dineoncampus.ca/upei or contact Angela Mackenzie at 902-628-4338 or angela.mackenzie@compass-canada.com
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, October 2nd, for the October 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.
The UPEI Co-operative Education program is currently accepting applications for students interested in joining the program for 2020-2021. Eligible students have completed their first year of undergraduate studies at UPEI, or transferred in equivalent credits, and are enrolled in any of the following: BBA/BBST (all specializations and general business), BSc (Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Foods and Nutrition (non-dietetic focus), Physics, and any major within SMCS), or BA (Economics and ACLC).
Through the Co-op program, students complete three non-credit professional development courses, and three paid, for-credit work terms. The program supports students in applying their classroom learning to a work environment, exploring career interests and options, building their professional networks, and earning income to support the costs of their university studies.
Applications are open until Wednesday, September 23rd.
Interested students can visit https://www.upei.ca/co-op/students/apply-for-co-op for criteria and to submit their Co-op application.
For questions or more information, you're invited to contact co-op@upei.ca.
The Research Portal is open to receive applications for the Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) Program at the Master’s level.
Program Details:
Complete program details are available at http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp. Please consult the program description to verify the eligibility of the applicant, program of study, and field of research. If you are unclear on the subject matter classification for your research, please send an abstract of your proposal, including your specific aims, to cgallant@upei.ca, and it will be distributed for review.
Instructions for the application process and the Common CV template are available at http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche/Instructions-Instructions/index_eng.asp.
*Please note: the granting agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) acknowledge that the widespread disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may hinder the ability of some institutions to provide applicants with official and up-to-date transcripts in advance of the deadline date, particularly at institutions which do not currently provide official electronic versions of these documents. Therefore, for the fall 2020 scholarships and fellowships competitions, the agencies will accept unofficial transcripts if official transcripts cannot be obtained.*
Allocations:
UPEI has been provided with an allocation of CGS Master’s awards for the 2020 competition as follows:
CIHR: 1 award
NSERC: 3 awards
SSHRC: 3 awards
Allocations for other institutions can be found here: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/CGSAllocations-QuotasBESC_eng.asp
Submission and acceptance process:
1) Applicants will complete and submit an application using the Research Portal.
Application Deadline: December 1, 2020
Applicants can select up to three institutions where they intend to hold the award.
2) UPEI internal adjudication committee(s) will review applications submitted to UPEI to select candidates to receive the awards (December through March).
3) Offers of awards will be made using the Research Portal.
Results announced: beginning April 1, 2021
Applicants will have 21 days from the date of each offer of award to accept or decline. Please note the following:
- A student may only accept one CGS M offer. If an offer of award is accepted, the system will automatically set all other offers and Alternate statuses to Declined. The status of offers not accepted or declined within the 21 days will also automatically be set to Declined.
- It is the responsibility of the applicant to regularly verify the Research Portal for results of the competition.
- Awards must be held at the institution where the offer of award originates.
Information session:
A virtual information session regarding the CGS Master’s Program will be held on Friday, October 23, from 1:30pm-3:00pm via Zoom. Potential applicants and supervisors, as well as Graduate Coordinators, Deans, and Chairs, are encouraged to attend. To register, please email Colleen Gallant at cgallant@upei.ca, and she will send you connection information.
The UPEI Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SV-PRO) is excited to announce the launch of the Healing Tides Newsletter created to support a community at UPEI for survivors and allies. This monthly (sometimes bi-monthly) newsletter will share day to day self-care tips, psychoeducation about trauma and healing, and information to empower and self-advocate. The newsletter will also be a platform to give a voice to community members! Visual and written art submissions from students, staff, and faculty are encouraged. Please send submissions to econboy@upei.ca
Please share widely. The first newsletter will be sent at the end of the month.
I invite you to sign up below:
Greetings to all UPEI students, faculty, and staff!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to dine with us at the AVC Cafe and the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure a safe reopening for all of you. Please feel free to ask any of our associates or reach out to our management team about our new safety protocols and current menu offerings.
Our current operating hours are as follows:
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall
Monday-Friday: 7:30 am-9:00 pm
Weekends and holidays: 9:00 am-9:00 pmAVC Cafe
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
For more information, visit dineoncampus.ca/upei or contact Angela Mackenzie at 902-628-4338 or angela.mackenzie@compass-canada.com
Join us for an information session about the Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island Program, application criteria, and expectations. We'll be assisting any students who may need a hand with submitting their program applications or answering any questions anyone may have.
Time: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 5:00 pm (Atlantic Daylight Time)
Zoom link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/66635710441?pwd=Z1lYbk03eGVxRkhEckhzcXMyOHRkQT09
Passcode: staypei
The Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island Program is for final-year international students interested in living and working on Prince Edward Island after graduation.
You can find out more about the program and apply here:
If you have questions, please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca.
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, October 2nd, for the October 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.
UPEI Accessibility Services would like to remind students that they must have a UPEI approved Mask Exemption Card to be exempt from wearing a mask in campus buildings. This can be acquired by providing valid medical documentation from an appropriate health care provider to Accessibility Services and registering for the mask exemption accommodation. Please contact studentserv@upei.ca or call 902-566-0488 to make an appointment.
The UPEI Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SV-PRO) is excited to announce the launch of the Healing Tides Newsletter created to support a community at UPEI for survivors and allies. This monthly (sometimes bi-monthly) newsletter will share day to day self-care tips, psychoeducation about trauma and healing, and information to empower and self-advocate. The newsletter will also be a platform to give a voice to community members! Visual and written art submissions from students, staff, and faculty are encouraged. Please send submissions to econboy@upei.ca
Please share widely. The first newsletter will be sent at the end of the month.
I invite you to sign up below:
Greetings to all UPEI students, faculty, and staff!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to dine with us at the AVC Cafe and the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure a safe reopening for all of you. Please feel free to ask any of our associates or reach out to our management team about our new safety protocols and current menu offerings.
Our current operating hours are as follows:
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall
Monday-Friday: 7:30 am-9:00 pm
Weekends and holidays: 9:00 am-9:00 pmAVC Cafe
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
For more information, visit dineoncampus.ca/upei or contact Angela Mackenzie at 902-628-4338 or angela.mackenzie@compass-canada.com
Join us for an information session about the Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island Program, application criteria, and expectations. We'll be assisting any students who may need a hand with submitting their program applications or answering any questions anyone may have.
Time: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 5:00 pm (Atlantic Daylight Time)
Zoom link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/66635710441?pwd=Z1lYbk03eGVxRkhEckhzcXMyOHRkQT09
Passcode: staypei
The Atlantic Canada Study and Stay™ – Prince Edward Island Program is for final-year international students interested in living and working on Prince Edward Island after graduation.
You can find out more about the program and apply here:
If you have questions, please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca.
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, October 2nd, for the October 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.
UPEI Accessibility Services would like to remind students that they must have a UPEI approved Mask Exemption Card to be exempt from wearing a mask in campus buildings. This can be acquired by providing valid medical documentation from an appropriate health care provider to Accessibility Services and registering for the mask exemption accommodation. Please contact studentserv@upei.ca or call 902-566-0488 to make an appointment.
ACENET’s fall training begins next week, and all sessions are open for registration. Courses are on different days and times
Details can be found at the link below, but sessions include:
- ACENET Basics
- Research Computing Workshop Using Python
- Research Computing Workshop Using R
- Cloud from A to Z
- Basics in Programming Workshop for Humanities and Social Sciences
- An Introduction to Graph Convolution Neural Networks and Background Theory
- Safety First! Securing Your Compute Canada Virtual Machine
- Plus, sessions from our regional partners...
All training is online.
Link to details and registration:
https://mailchi.mp/ece30cf754b6/fall-training-starts-next-week-3922633
ACENET is a consortium of post-secondary institutions in Atlantic Canada created to serve the computationally intense and large scale data based research needs of researchers.
https://www.ace-net.ca/who-we-are/acenet/
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, September 25, 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
