The UPEI Office of Research Services will host a Research Breakfast on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 am in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Dr. Misty Rossiter will present “Healthy Eating Environments: A Responsive Approach to Feeding Children, and Dr. Senthilkumar Thiruppathi will speak about “Sustainable Automation for the Agri-food and Aquaculture Sector in PEI.”

Please join us at this free event to learn more about UPEI research, and network over a delicious breakfast. Hope to see you there!

Seating is limited. Register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/upei-researcher-breakfast-tickets-1205630646719?aff=oddtdtcreator

Looking to apply for the HWMEP UPEI Panther Pitch? 👀 Don’t miss this Business Model Canvas Workshop:

🗓 When: Wednesday, January 29
🕓 Time: 4:00--6:00 pm
📍 Where: Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship, 201 Robertson Library

This is the first workshop in our series to help you prepare for the HWMEP Panther Pitch before the February 6th deadline. Perfect for anyone seeking extra guidance to complete their Business Model Canvas! 

Tag your team members, share with friends, and help spread the word! 🙌

✅ Sign up at https://forms.office.com/r/y2GZUJpLAT

It is with great sadness the UPEI informs the campus community of the passing of Dr. Tim Goddard, Professor Emeritus, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Dr. Goddard came to UPEI in 2008 as Dean of the Faculty of Education and served in that role until 2011. After completing his tenure as dean, he continued to teach in the education faculty at UPEI, retiring in July 2019. He was named Professor Emeritus in 2021. He also held a number of high-level administrative positions at UPEI as Lead Dean (International), International Liaison Officer, and Advisor to the President—International Relations. Read the full message to the campus community.

The flags at Kelley Memorial Building have been lowered to half-mast in memory of Dr. Goddard. Read the obituary here.

UPEI extends its deepest condolences to Dr. Goddard’s wife, Sally, also a retired UPEI employee, daughters Victoria and Kate, extended family, and colleagues and friends on PEI and around the world.

On Monday, February 10, please join us at 12:00 pm (Atlantic time) in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre Amphitheatre (121S) for a conversation with a McCall MacBain Scholarships representative visiting from Montreal, along with UPEI applicants Brian MacDonald and Carter Wynne! You’ll learn about the scholarship program and have the opportunity to ask questions. Register now to reserve your spot: https://apply.mccallmacbainscholars.org/register/upei

The McCall MacBain Scholarships applications will open in June 2025 for Summer/Fall 2026 admission. Up to 30 full scholarships and 100 one-time awards, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each, will be offered for admission in 2026. Two-thirds of the scholarships are available for Canadian students, and one-third are for international students in Canada and abroad. To be eligible for our 2026 cohort, you will need to meet at least ONE of the following criteria:

• You are a current student on track to earn your first bachelor’s degree by August 2026.
• You earned your first bachelor’s degree in the last five years (January 2020 or later).
• You earned your first bachelor’s degree more than five years ago and were 30 years or younger on January 1st, 2025.

Don’t miss this chance to connect and explore your future possibilities. 

Dr. Jessica Breznik, a candidate for a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology, will give a presentation titled “Finding unity in university and community” on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 11:45 a.m. in Duffy Science Centre Room 204.

In accordance with the UPEI Action Plan: Building A Culture of Trust, Safety and Inclusion, the University of Prince Edward Island has committed to developing a new Harassment and Discrimination Policy and a revised Sexual Violence Policy. In an email message issued on January 21 to students, staff, and faculty, co-chairs Wendy Rodgers and Lucky Fusca announced that a Review Committee has been struck, and work is now underway to develop a recommendation for the two policies, following a university-wide consultative process. 

The Review Committee was selected by the University among individuals who responded to a call for expressions of interest to participate, with a view to ensure a broad representation across constituency groups in the UPEI community (with diverse experiences and backgrounds). The Committee held its initial meeting on December 18, 2024, and will continue to meet on a bi-weekly basis for the next three months, with a target completion date of March 31, 2025. 

All members of the UPEI community are, and will be, encouraged to provide feedback regarding their experiences with the current suite of policies and to offer other comments or suggestions they want to bring forward for the Committee's attention. If you wish to provide feedback, you may do so either through the online feedback form, found here, or by submitting comments by email to Bobby Cameron, Chief of Staff, Office of the President, at trcameron@upei.ca. Individuals are encouraged to provide feedback on or before February 7, 2025.

The Department of Companion Animals will interview Dr. George Munguia for a tenure-track faculty position in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care. Dr. Munguia will be on campus on Tuesday, January 28, and Wednesday, January 29, 2025. 

Dr. Munguia received his DVM in 2020 from the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI. He then completed a small animal rotating internship and is currently completing an MSc and clinical residency program in emergency and critical care at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. 

As part of the interview process, he has been asked to present a 50-minute seminar on two separate topics: the first, a topic that would be appropriate to teach to third-year veterinary students; the second, to present his research interests:

SEMINAR NOTICE - Dr. George Munguia

Initial Triage and Stabilization of the Acutely Seizing Patient

Shoot For The…Clouds: A Practical Approach to Clinically Relevant Research

Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 12:30 pm, AVC Lecture Theatre “A”

Any interested faculty and staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and cover letter will be available from Jill Blaquiere (jnblaquiere@upei.ca). 

Note to Professors and Course/Lab Instructors: 

Please add the testing information (date, test length, test format, aids allowed, test open or closed book, contact information, and test start time – we do not need the test file immediately) for any in-person quizzes, tests, and midterms for the Winter 2025 semester to Accommodate as soon as possible.   

Students who are registered with Accessibility Services and want in-person testing accommodations must submit a booking request at least seven days in advance. They cannot schedule their test until you have entered the testing information in Accommodate. 

You do not need to add the test file until a few days before the test date. If needed, changes can be made to test dates after testing information has been added. 

Below are some faculty how-to resources: 

How to schedule a test in Accommodate: Video | Step-by-step guide 

How to view student accommodations: Video | Step-by-step guide 

If you have any questions about adding a test in Accommodate or testing with Accessibility Services, please contact astesting@upei.ca. 

On Wednesday, January 29, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 8:00 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email using https://outlook.office.com.

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

Shell scripting helps you save time, automate file management tasks, and better use the power of Linux. You’ll learn how to use the command line to carry out repetitive tasks, extract information from files quickly, combine commands in powerful ways, learn about job scripts, shell variables and looping commands, and capture a workflow so you can re-use it easily. Save time, reduce errors, and use Linux more effectively. This workshop is designed for either new high performance computing (HPC) users who are familiar with working in a Linux environment, or for experienced users seeking to get more out of shell scripting.

Register at https://www.acenet.training/courses.

Linux is the terminal interface used to enable you to use the ACENET and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) HPC clusters from your desktop. It's the tool you need to get your data on the clusters, run your programs, and get your data back. In this session, learn how to get started with Linux, how to create and navigate directories for your data, load files, manage your storage, run programs on the computing clusters, and set file permissions. This workshop is designed for those with no prior experience in working with a terminal interface.

Register at https://www.acenet.training/courses.
 

What is high performance computing (HPC) and what can it do for me? How can ACENET help? HPC is used by researchers across many disciplines to tackle analyses too large or complex for a desktop, or to achieve improved efficiency over a desktop. This session takes participants through the preliminary stages of learning about high performance computing (HPC) and computing clusters, and how to get started with this type of computing. It then reviews software packages available for applications, data analysis, software development, and compiling code. Finally, participants will be introduced to the concept of parallel computing to achieve much faster results in analysis. This session is designed for those with no prior experience in HPC, and are looking for an introduction and overview.

Register at https://www.acenet.training/courses.

The Robertson Library’s OER Development Program is accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs). The grant types include

• Open Educational Resource or Textbook Grant (up to $7,000) for the development of a new open textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open textbook, or major adaptations of existing textbooks
• Open Textbook Adaptation Grant (up to $4,500) for the adaptation of one or more open educational resources or open textbooks to create a new version or edition of a resource (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook)
• Supplementary Resources Grant (up to $2,500) for the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, recordings, or interactive media, etc. 

Applications that support first-year courses will be given priority as they reach the greatest number of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2025. For more information, or to apply, visit https://library.upei.ca/OERProgram/grants. 

Questions about your grant idea? Don’t need a grant, but you’d like to make an OER? Contact Keri McCaffrey, One Health and Scholarly Communications Librarian, at knmccaffrey@upei.ca or Charlene VanLeeuwen, UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre, at cvanleeuwen@upei.ca. 

It is with great sadness the UPEI informs the campus community of the passing of Dr. Tim Goddard, Professor Emeritus, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Dr. Goddard came to UPEI in 2008 as Dean of the Faculty of Education and served in that role until 2011. After completing his tenure as dean, he continued to teach in the education faculty at UPEI, retiring in July 2019. He was named Professor Emeritus in 2021. He also held a number of high-level administrative positions at UPEI as Lead Dean (International), International Liaison Officer, and Advisor to the President—International Relations. Read the full message to the campus community.

The flags at Kelley Memorial Building have been lowered to half-mast in memory of Dr. Goddard. Read the obituary here.

UPEI extends its deepest condolences to Dr. Goddard’s wife, Sally, also a retired UPEI employee, daughters Victoria and Kate, extended family, and colleagues and friends on PEI and around the world.

Dr. Jessica Breznik, a candidate for a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology, will give a presentation titled “Finding unity in university and community” on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 11:45 a.m. in Duffy Science Centre Room 204.

The Department of Religious Studies presents Theology on Tap on February 3, at 7:00 pm, at the Salvador Dali Cafe, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown.  Professor Peter Koritansky will ask the provocative question, "Does Morality Depend on God?"  We look forward to an engaging talk, excellent discussion, and much fellowship and fun. Please join us! For more information, visit our Facebook page. 

On Monday, February 10, please join us at 12:00 pm (Atlantic time) in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre Amphitheatre (121S) for a conversation with a McCall MacBain Scholarships representative visiting from Montreal, along with UPEI applicants Brian MacDonald and Carter Wynne! You’ll learn about the scholarship program and have the opportunity to ask questions. Register now to reserve your spot: https://apply.mccallmacbainscholars.org/register/upei

The McCall MacBain Scholarships applications will open in June 2025 for Summer/Fall 2026 admission. Up to 30 full scholarships and 100 one-time awards, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each, will be offered for admission in 2026. Two-thirds of the scholarships are available for Canadian students, and one-third are for international students in Canada and abroad. To be eligible for our 2026 cohort, you will need to meet at least ONE of the following criteria:

• You are a current student on track to earn your first bachelor’s degree by August 2026.
• You earned your first bachelor’s degree in the last five years (January 2020 or later).
• You earned your first bachelor’s degree more than five years ago and were 30 years or younger on January 1st, 2025.

Don’t miss this chance to connect and explore your future possibilities. 

The Robertson Library’s OER Development Program is accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs). The grant types include

• Open Educational Resource or Textbook Grant (up to $7,000) for the development of a new open textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open textbook, or major adaptations of existing textbooks;
• Open Textbook Adaptation Grant (up to $4,500) for the adaptation of one or more open educational resources or open textbooks to create a new version or edition of a resource (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook);
• Supplementary Resources Grant (up to $2,500) for the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, recordings, or interactive media, etc. 

Applications that support first-year courses will be given priority as they reach the greatest number of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2025. For more information, or to apply, visit https://library.upei.ca/OERProgram/grants. 

Questions about your grant idea? Don’t need a grant, but you’d like to make an OER? Contact Keri McCaffrey, One Health and Scholarly Communications Librarian, at knmccaffrey@upei.ca or Charlene VanLeeuwen, UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre, at cvanleeuwen@upei.ca. 

The Department of Companion Animals will interview Dr. George Munguia for a tenure-track faculty position in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care. Dr. Munguia will be on campus on Tuesday, January 28, and Wednesday, January 29, 2025. 

Dr. Munguia received his DVM in 2020 from the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI. He then completed a small animal rotating internship and is currently completing an MSc and clinical residency program in emergency and critical care at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. 

As part of the interview process, he has been asked to present a 50-minute seminar on two separate topics: the first, a topic that would be appropriate to teach to third-year veterinary students; the second, to present his research interests:

SEMINAR NOTICE - Dr. George Munguia

Initial Triage and Stabilization of the Acutely Seizing Patient

Shoot For The…Clouds: A Practical Approach to Clinically Relevant Research

Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 12:30 pm, AVC Lecture Theatre “A”

Any interested faculty and staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and cover letter will be available from Jill Blaquiere (jnblaquiere@upei.ca). 

Note to Professors and Course/Lab Instructors: 

Please add the testing information (date, test length, test format, aids allowed, test open or closed book, contact information, and test start time – we do not need the test file immediately) for any in-person quizzes, tests, and midterms for the Winter 2025 semester to Accommodate as soon as possible.   

Students who are registered with Accessibility Services and want in-person testing accommodations must submit a booking request at least seven days in advance. They cannot schedule their test until you have entered the testing information in Accommodate. 

You do not need to add the test file until a few days before the test date. If needed, changes can be made to test dates after testing information has been added. 

Below are some faculty how-to resources: 

How to schedule a test in Accommodate: Video | Step-by-step guide 

How to view student accommodations: Video | Step-by-step guide 

If you have any questions about adding a test in Accommodate or testing with Accessibility Services, please contact astesting@upei.ca.