Campus Notices
Need help registering for courses or making a course plan? The Department of Student Affairs is offering drop-in academic advising for returning undergraduate students!
Walk-ins will be held from 9:00-11:30 am and 1:00-3:30 pm in Student Affairs, Dalton Hall, 5th floor, on the following dates:
- Tuesday, September 3
- Wednesday, September 4
- Thursday, September 5
- Friday, September 6
- Monday, September 9
- Tuesday, September 10
- Wednesday, September 11
- Thursday, September 12
- Friday, September 13
Advising will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
On Wednesday, August 28, ITSS and Finance will conduct the 2024 year-end finance process 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 directly using https://outlook.office.com.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
We invite you to join us for the AVC Summer Research and Leadership Poster Presentations on Tuesday, August 27, and Wednesday, August 28, from 12:30–1:20 pm in the AVC Learning Commons Room 285N. The AVC SRLP program is designed to introduce DVM students to research opportunities by involving them in a summer research project with a faculty mentor, with supplemental group sessions and a final poster presentation of their work.
The awards presentation will be on Thursday, August 29, from 12:30-1:15 pm in AVC Learning Commons Rm 285N.
Please come and support the efforts of our students and their mentors and learn more about the exciting breadth of research at AVC.
Do you know what to do if there is a building evacuation? Do you have questions about the evacuation procedures for your building? Are you a chief warden, floor warden, or guardian for your building? Do you have questions about your role as a warden or guardian?
UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment will hold a building emergency plan session on September 12 at 10:00 am in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall Room 142.
Please let hse@upei.ca know if you are interested in attending.
UPEI Board of Governors Chair Shannon MacDonald and President Wendy Rodgers will host a Town Hall on the implementation plans and external governance review on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, from 11:00 am–12:00 pm, in the amphitheatre at the Performing Arts Centre (PAC 121S). They would like to hear the thoughts of UPEI community members about these important plans as the University continues to make the changes needed to move forward, live its values, and achieve its mission of scholarship to the benefit of our Island and beyond.
If you are unable to attend in person, you are welcome to join virtually— please use the Teams Town Hall link below.
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The UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre is hosting some August Moodle tutorials. These sessions are available for staff and faculty.
Moodle Essentials, an introduction to UPEI's learning management covering the basics for running a Moodle course, will be available as an online synchronous session on Tuesday, August 27, from 10:00 to 11:30 am. An in-person session will be hosted on Wednesday, August 28, from 1:30-3:00 pm in the UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre in the Robertson Library Annex.
Moodle New Tips and Features, a session covering some of the changes brought by the May 2024 upgrade, will be available online on Thursday, August 29, from 1:30-2:30 pm.
Recordings of the online sessions for both tutorials will be available for those unable to attend. Moodle Essentials is also available as a self-paced asynchronous resource available on the Moodle front page in the Instructor Resources section.
Register for these tutorials at https://forms.office.com/r/TyBqvLYbVJ
The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre will offer walk-in clinics for the Meningitis B (MenB) vaccine for students on August 29, and on September 6, 13, and 20, from 8:30 to noon. Students are asked to bring their PEI health card or proof of international insurance, and their student ID. They can also request an appointment for a vaccine by emailing the Health and Wellness Centre at healthcentre@upei.ca. Please note: the vaccine supply is limited.
MenB vaccines prevent against a type of meningococcal disease that targets the lining of the brain and spinal cord and is potentially life-threatening. With a high mortality rate (10%), meningococcal disease is a medical emergency. It can cause death within days if prompt antibiotic treatment is delayed. The infection typically triggers symptoms such as severe headache, sudden high fever, skin rashes, vomiting, and a stiff neck. Among survivors, 10% to 20% have long-term complications, which may include hearing loss, neurologic disabilities, and digit or limb amputations.
The disease spreads between people through saliva and respiratory fluids. Engaging in activities with infected people, such as sharing drinks, vapes, or kissing, may put you at risk. The risk is higher for young adults up to the age of 25 years and those who are living in a dormitory or crowded space as the bacterium spreads quickly through large groups.
MenB vaccine is highly recommended by the Canadian Immunization Guide to protect you from this vaccine-preventable disease. Beginning April 2023, PEI began offering free MenB vaccine to students attending a post-secondary school. To learn more about MenB, visit Meningococcal vaccine: Canadian Immunization Guide - Canada.ca.
As a buildup to the new school year, and a last hurrah for summer, Robertson Library would like to welcome everyone to come and have some free coffee or tea in the lobby on Tuesday, August 27. Bring your own reusable cup any time between 10:00 and 10:30 am to get your morning coffee or tea!
The Library’s instance of EZproxy is being upgraded from version 7.2.8 to 7.3 beginning at 4 pm on Monday, August 26. We expect the upgrade to be routine, and to take approximately two hours.
EZproxy will not be available during the upgrade. This means that off-campus users will have limited access to the Library's subscription databases and other subscription services. For example, users can use OneSearch but links to full text outside of OneSearch may fail: https://research.ebsco.com/c/xzprbb/search/advanced/filters?locale=en
On-campus users may continue to access subscription services during the upgrade, but they will need to manually remove the "https://proxy.library.upei.ca/login?url=" from links in order to gain access.
Renewal of Employee Parking Permits who use payroll deduction is now open for Faculty and Staff for 2024–2025. Please visit the UPEI Security web page and select “Buy a staff or faculty parking pass” or click on the app link below (note: app will not work with Internet Explorer). Permits holders in Lots B, C, DRC, and reserved spaces have no expiry date, but must be renewed yearly as well.
Please DO NOT select the lot you may wish to move into—that is what the wait list is for (see below). New employees will be assigned to the General Lots. All permit holders will be reassigned to their current lot/space.
We would like to advise that there will be an increase in permits this year. The last increase for a permit was in 2014. The cost of a permit will increase by 5%. This change will affect any permits issued or sold for the 2024-2025 school year. If you use payroll deductions your biweekly deductions will increase on September 13, 2024.
If you use payroll deduction, and no longer use a UPEI lot to park, please email parking@upei.ca so we can stop your deduction.
Employees taking a leave of absence from UPEI and using parking lots B, C, F, G, or DRC must email parking@upei.ca with their ID#, name, departure date, and expected return date to maintain access to their assigned lot.
All fields with a red asterisk must be filled in, including office phone number and if you have an electric vehicle.
If you have a student in your household that is starting UPEI in September and they have their own vehicle, remember to include the vehicle info, their name, and ID# on the application if you are paying for their parking. Students will only be assigned a general permit.
If you are in a gated lot and you have a student that will be using your vehicle to come and go during the workday, please include their information on the application as an additional driver. If you wish to add additional information after you have submitted your form, you must resubmit a new application and inform parking@upei.ca that you have done so.
If you change your vehicle, please email parking with the Make, Model, Province/State, Plate #.
If you would like to be added to the wait list for a designated lot or wish to change lots, please email parking@upei.ca with the following information. (Note: if you are already on the wait list there is no need to resubmit.) While you are on the waitlist, you will be assigned to your current lot until a spot opens in your requested location.
Employee ID #:
Name (last, first):
Contact Email:
Phone Number:
Current lot:
Requested lot:
Please direct any questions or information changes to parking@upei.ca
If you have already applied for your 2024-2025 Parking Permit, you can disregard this email.
902-566-0312
parking@upei.ca
NOTE: Metered parking is enforced on weekdays from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, year-round but is not enforced on weekends or holidays.
Recently we have not been able to download some of the purchase order and setup attachments on work orders. It has been brought to our attention that you cannot have any special characters in the file name of the attachment. The file name must be alphanumeric, with no () $ # - * &|\ in the name. The dot before the file type is permitted, i.e., .PDF or .Docx
Thank you.
The Teaching and Learning Centre is hosting some 1.5-hour on-boarding sessions for new(er) sessional instructors where you can learn about
- instructional design supports and professional development offerings available through the Teaching and Learning Centre,
- a brief introduction to Moodle, the UPEI learning management system,
- an introduction to the principles of universal design for learning (UDL),
- how to enhance assessment practices, specifically with grading and feedback practices, and
- what goes into a good syllabus.
These sessions are as follows:
Online: Monday, August 26, 2024, 4:00 pm
Online: Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 10:00 am
In-Person: Thursday, August 29, 2024, 10:00 am
The in-person session will be hosted in the UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre, which is located in the Robertson Library Annex, Room 230.
Register for a session with this form: https://forms.office.com/r/gTjJTC6TSc
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to TLC@upei.ca.
The Department of Physics is once again hosting public viewings of the sun using our solar telescopes throughout the summer. At these events, you can view the sun's chromosphere through our ground-based telescope before climbing to the observatory and viewing the sun's photosphere through a different telescope. If you don't know what a chromosphere or a photosphere is, we'll teach you!
Our next viewing is scheduled for Friday, August 23, from 12:30-2:00 pm. The forecast for the day is calling for a chance of rain showers, which would prevent our viewing, but we can't be sure until Friday morning. Check our website mid-morning Friday to find out if the event is going ahead.
We invite you to join us for the AVC Summer Research and Leadership Poster Presentations on Tuesday, August 27, and Wednesday, August 28, from 12:30–1:20 pm in the AVC Learning Commons Room 285N. The AVC SRLP program is designed to introduce DVM students to research opportunities by involving them in a summer research project with a faculty mentor, with supplemental group sessions and a final poster presentation of their work.
The awards presentation will be on Thursday, August 29, from 12:30-1:15 pm in AVC Learning Commons Rm 285N.
Please come and support the efforts of our students and their mentors and learn more about the exciting breadth of research at AVC.
Do you know what to do if there is a building evacuation? Do you have questions about the evacuation procedures for your building? Are you a chief warden, floor warden, or guardian for your building? Do you have questions about your role as a warden or guardian?
UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment will hold a building emergency plan session on September 12 at 10:00 am in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall Room 142.
Please let hse@upei.ca know if you are interested in attending.
The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre will offer walk-in clinics for the Meningitis B (MenB) vaccine for students on August 29, and on September 6, 13, and 20, from 8:30 to noon. Students are asked to bring their PEI health card or proof of international insurance, and their student ID. They can also request an appointment for a vaccine by emailing the Health and Wellness Centre at healthcentre@upei.ca. Please note: the vaccine supply is limited.
MenB vaccines prevent against a type of meningococcal disease that targets the lining of the brain and spinal cord and is potentially life-threatening. With a high mortality rate (10%), meningococcal disease is a medical emergency. It can cause death within days if prompt antibiotic treatment is delayed. The infection typically triggers symptoms such as severe headache, sudden high fever, skin rashes, vomiting, and a stiff neck. Among survivors, 10% to 20% have long-term complications, which may include hearing loss, neurologic disabilities, and digit or limb amputations.
The disease spreads between people through saliva and respiratory fluids. Engaging in activities with infected people, such as sharing drinks, vapes, or kissing, may put you at risk. The risk is higher for young adults up to the age of 25 years and those who are living in a dormitory or crowded space as the bacterium spreads quickly through large groups.
MenB vaccine is highly recommended by the Canadian Immunization Guide to protect you from this vaccine-preventable disease. Beginning April 2023, PEI began offering free MenB vaccine to students attending a post-secondary school. To learn more about MenB, visit Meningococcal vaccine: Canadian Immunization Guide - Canada.ca.
Title: “The Influence of Direct and Indirect Interactions in Small Biogenic Habitats Associated with the Giant Irish Moss from Basin Head, Prince Edward Island”
Abstract: Trophic interactions are often explored in literature through a terrestrial scope, with only a small amount of recent detail towards their aquatic counterpart. This Thesis first investigates the role of various complex habitats (Seagrasses, Seaweeds, Mollusks shells, and their associated mimics) as potential mediators of trophic interactions (both direct and indirect), with general conclusions suggesting that as habitats become more complex, prey survival rates increase. This Thesis then shifts to a more narrow focus within the Basin Head Marine Protected Area (MPA), the only known MPA in Prince Edward Island (PEI). The Basin Head lagoon is home to various predator and prey species used in experiments throughout this thesis. However, the main reason for its establishment in 2005 was for the protection and further conservation of the giant Irish moss (Chrondrus crispus), that is exclusively found in this lagoon, which relies on a unique association with the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) to form small patchy habitats (clumps) on the seabed. The role of these clumps (later referred to as IMBM) as a habitat mediator for various interactions between a non-indigenous predator, the European green crab (Carcinus maenas), the native consumer, the Atlantic mud crab (Panopeus herbstii) and the bottom level European oyster prey (Crassotrea virginica) has not been studied, with results outlying its key influence as a habitat for safe refuge. Finally, there are currently ongoing efforts in the MPA to actively control the ongoing green crab population via various trapping efforts, to little avail. The final chapter of this Thesis investigates a means of potential biological control against this invasive species, with results proving its effectiveness, with potential implications suggesting new methods of trapping for the removal of the green crab.
As a buildup to the new school year, and a last hurrah for summer, Robertson Library would like to welcome everyone to come and have some free coffee or tea in the lobby on Tuesday, August 27. Bring your own reusable cup any time between 10:00 and 10:30 am to get your morning coffee or tea!
The Library’s instance of EZproxy is being upgraded from version 7.2.8 to 7.3 beginning at 4 pm on Monday, August 26. We expect the upgrade to be routine, and to take approximately two hours.
EZproxy will not be available during the upgrade. This means that off-campus users will have limited access to the Library's subscription databases and other subscription services. For example, users can use OneSearch but links to full text outside of OneSearch may fail: https://research.ebsco.com/c/xzprbb/search/advanced/filters?locale=en
On-campus users may continue to access subscription services during the upgrade, but they will need to manually remove the "https://proxy.library.upei.ca/login?url=" from links in order to gain access.
Renewal of Employee Parking Permits who use payroll deduction is now open for Faculty and Staff for 2024–2025. Please visit the UPEI Security web page and select “Buy a staff or faculty parking pass” or click on the app link below (note: app will not work with Internet Explorer). Permits holders in Lots B, C, DRC, and reserved spaces have no expiry date, but must be renewed yearly as well.
Please DO NOT select the lot you may wish to move into—that is what the wait list is for (see below). New employees will be assigned to the General Lots. All permit holders will be reassigned to their current lot/space.
We would like to advise that there will be an increase in permits this year. The last increase for a permit was in 2014. The cost of a permit will increase by 5%. This change will affect any permits issued or sold for the 2024-2025 school year. If you use payroll deductions your biweekly deductions will increase on September 13, 2024.
If you use payroll deduction, and no longer use a UPEI lot to park, please email parking@upei.ca so we can stop your deduction.
Employees taking a leave of absence from UPEI and using parking lots B, C, F, G, or DRC must email parking@upei.ca with their ID#, name, departure date, and expected return date to maintain access to their assigned lot.
All fields with a red asterisk must be filled in, including office phone number and if you have an electric vehicle.
If you have a student in your household that is starting UPEI in September and they have their own vehicle, remember to include the vehicle info, their name, and ID# on the application if you are paying for their parking. Students will only be assigned a general permit.
If you are in a gated lot and you have a student that will be using your vehicle to come and go during the workday, please include their information on the application as an additional driver. If you wish to add additional information after you have submitted your form, you must resubmit a new application and inform parking@upei.ca that you have done so.
If you change your vehicle, please email parking with the Make, Model, Province/State, Plate #.
If you would like to be added to the wait list for a designated lot or wish to change lots, please email parking@upei.ca with the following information. (Note: if you are already on the wait list there is no need to resubmit.) While you are on the waitlist, you will be assigned to your current lot until a spot opens in your requested location.
Employee ID #:
Name (last, first):
Contact Email:
Phone Number:
Current lot:
Requested lot:
Please direct any questions or information changes to parking@upei.ca
If you have already applied for your 2024-2025 Parking Permit, you can disregard this email.
902-566-0312
parking@upei.ca
NOTE: Metered parking is enforced on weekdays from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, year-round but is not enforced on weekends or holidays.
