Campus Notices
UPEI faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in CBC Maritime Noon’s live show at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, St. Peter’s Bay, on Thursday, November 20, from noon to 1 pm.
Maritime Noon host Bob Murphy will ask the question: How do we tackle climate change while trying to rebuild the economy? Panelists will be Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, associate dean, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, and Dr. Xander Wang, professor, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, and director of the UPEI Climate Smart Lab and NSERC CREATE–CLImate Smart Agriculture (CLISA) Network.
Also being interviewed will be Donald Killorn, executive director of the PEI Federation of Agriculture, and Heather Laiskonis, executive director of the PEI Watershed Alliance.
You are welcome to contribute your questions and thoughts in person at the CCCCA, by calling the show at 1-800-565-1940, or by emailing marnoon@cbc.ca
Learn more about the live show at https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/maritime-noon-canadian-centre-for-climate-change-pei-9.6976482.
Join us this Giving Tuesday and make your gift count for UPEI students!
Every donation, big or small, directly supports scholarships, programs, and opportunities that empower the next generation of leaders. Help UPEI students thrive - make your gift count this Giving Tuesday.
You may choose to direct your gift to an area that resonates most with you, or you can make an unrestricted gift that will go toward the areas of greatest need, supporting students on their path to success.
A gift to UPEI this Giving Tuesday is an investment in student success and wellbeing. Your generosity touches nearly every corner of campus life and ensures that students have access to the resources and opportunities they need to achieve their goals.
Let's come together, donate, and support UPEI students.
Visit UPEI Giving Tuesday and see how your donation can support today's students.
Your gift. Their future. Our UPEI.
Ways to participate:
Donate online
For employee payroll deductions, please contact Tammy Pigott, Gift Processor at tpigott@upei.ca
Call: 902-894-2888
In Person: 618 University Avenue, Charlottetown
Giving Tuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering that takes place each year after Black Friday. To learn more about Giving Tuesday, visit givingtuesday.ca.
Mootimeter is a live-polling tool inspired by Mentimeter, the tool has recently been added to our Moodle at UPEI. This session will go over how to setup and use the tool. This Lunch and Learn will take place in the UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre located in the Robertson Library Annex (RL 230) on November 27 at 12:30 pm. Register with this link.
The campus community is invited to the next session of the fall Faculty of Arts colloquium and speaker series -- ConneXions. The speakers this week are two new Faculty of Arts colleagues, who will informally explore one of the provocative questions that motivates their teaching and research. Dr. Andrew Halliday will contemplate "Is Prince Edward Island actually an island?" and Dr. Jennifer Bradley will explore "Where are the third spaces these days?"
Friday, November 21, from 1:00-2:00pm, in SDU Main Building, Room 420
Everyone welcome!
To help launch our new strategic plan, we hope you will join us at the town hall:
- Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at 2:30 pm
- Performing Arts Centre and Residence amphitheatre (PAC 121S).
If you are unable to attend in-person, you can join us via this Teams link.
The UPEISU Winter Clothing Drive is happening on Tuesday, November 25, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre!
Students can select what they need to stay warm during the colder months, including winter jackets, sweaters, scarves, gloves, and more.
We are also putting a call out to our campus community. If you are able, please consider donating gently used winter items to the UPEISU Office between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm until Friday, November 21.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Please be advised that parking will not be available at the Charlottetown Farmer’s Market from Saturday, November 22 at 3:00 pm until Sunday, November 23 at 9:00 pm.
Any vehicles parked on the premises during this time will be towed at the owner’s expense. This closure is necessary to complete scheduled maintenance work in the parking lot.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
The UPEI Writing Centre (Robertson Library 274) will close for the exam period and the holidays at 2 pm on Thursday, December 4.
We still have appointments available. To book, please visit https://upei.mywconline.com/
Join Us for the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Panel x Mixer!
The Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship (CCCE) invites you to celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day on Wednesday, November 19 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in Schurman Market Square.
This event aims to bring together students, community members, and business leaders to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women professionals and entrepreneurs across Prince Edward Island.
The evening will begin with a panel discussion featuring:
- Katie Arsenault – Venture Capital Investor
- Natalie Haddad – Owner of Cordial Picnics
- Melanie Wildman – Founder & CEO at Nutracelle
Following the panel, connect with fellow attendees during a networking mixer. This is a great opportunity to exchange ideas, build relationships, and be inspired by the vibrant entrepreneurial community on PEI. Come celebrate innovation, leadership, and the power of women in business. Everyone is welcome!
To attend the PanelxMixer, please register here.
The Master of Arts in Island Studies program invites you to attend the thesis defence for Padmini Dambugolla's research entitled "Examining the role of social networks, collaboration, and islandness in the entrepreneurial success of businesswomen at the Charlottetown Farmers' Market." Everyone is welcome!
Monday, November 24, 2025 at 10:00 am
Memorial Hall, Room 104
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, November 28, 2025. These applications will be reviewed at the December 18 meeting.
All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the UPEI researcher portal. Information about the researcher portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.
Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the researcher portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.
The third meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, November 21, 2025, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 102 at Alumni Hall (618 University Avenue). To view the 2025-2026 calendar of Senate meetings or documents for the upcoming meeting, click here. (Posted one week before the meeting)
All meetings are open to members of the University community, although certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees) may require the Senate to go into a closed session. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the chair.
For logistical purposes, members of the UPEI community who wish to attend the open session of a UPEI Senate meeting are asked to contact senate@upei.ca one week prior to the meeting. While Senate is an in-person meeting, members of the University community may request a virtual connection when they are unable to attend in person.
What if selling wasn’t about pitching, but about asking the right questions at the right time? In this talk, students will explore proven sales methodologies, learn how to design a prospecting process, and discover how curiosity can be the most powerful tool in building lasting business relationships. The Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship invites you to join our biweekly speaker series. We are pleased to have Jonny Stevens, Fractional Chief Growth Officer of Growth Champions Consulting, joining us to talk about the art of selling!
More about the speaker: Dr. Jonny Stevens is a transformational leader specializing in business growth and change management, now driving growth for entrepreneurs and organizations through Growth Champions Consulting. Based in Charlottetown, PEI, and serving clients across Canada, Jonny has a proven track record of scaling businesses across diverse sectors, including national marketing agencies, member associations, AI companies, and global professional services firms.
Interested in attending the session? Sign up here.
Monday November 24, 2025, 12:00 pm, Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship, 201 Robertson Library
To help launch our new strategic plan, we hope you will join us at the town hall:
- Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at 2:30 pm
- Performing Arts Centre and Residence amphitheatre (PAC 121S).
If you are unable to attend in-person, you can join us via this Teams link.
The UPEISU Winter Clothing Drive is happening on Tuesday, November 25, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre!
Students can select what they need to stay warm during the colder months, including winter jackets, sweaters, scarves, gloves, and more.
We are also putting a call out to our campus community. If you are able, please consider donating gently used winter items to the UPEISU Office between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm until Friday, November 21.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Please be advised that parking will not be available at the Charlottetown Farmer’s Market from Saturday, November 22 at 3:00 pm until Sunday, November 23 at 9:00 pm.
Any vehicles parked on the premises during this time will be towed at the owner’s expense. This closure is necessary to complete scheduled maintenance work in the parking lot.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Current UPEI undergraduate students are invited to learn more about studying at the graduate level. This event, presented by the Faculties of Arts and Graduate Studies, aims to demystify graduate studies, and feature UPEI graduate programs which may be of interest to students of the Faculty of Arts. Students from other faculties are welcome to attend, though this event will have an Arts focus.
The event will feature:
11:00-11:30- A panel moderated by Dr. Cinthya Guzman of UPEI faculty (Arts-based) and staff members sharing their first hand experiences and advice about graduate studies
11:30-12:00- Info Tables and opportunity for one-on-one chats with representatives of UPEI's graduate programs, graduate admissions, scholarships and awards plus faculty members and current graduate students
Featured programs:
- Masters of Arts in Island Studies
- Doctor of Psychology
- Master of Business Administration in Global Leadership
- Master of Education in Leadership in Learning (Bachelor of Education)
- Master of Cleantech Leadership and Transformation
There will be 2 prize draws:
- For students who pre-register: draw for the value of an undergraduate course (value: up to $763) - winner must be present at the time of the draw to win
- For all student attendees: draw for a UPEI Grad Studies Prize Pack - winner must be present at the time of draw to win
To register: Registration form - Grad School: More Possible Than You Think!
Drop-in attendees are also welcome. Light refreshments provided.
The UPEI Writing Centre (Robertson Library 274) will close for the exam period and the holidays at 2 pm on Thursday, December 4.
We still have appointments available. To book, please visit https://upei.mywconline.com/
Help make the 2025-2026 Annual Fund a huge success!
Donations to the UPEI and AVC Annual Fund Campaigns help ensure students have the tools and supports they need.
Annual gifts from alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of UPEI which are received and spent in the same year, go to work immediately to support the best of UPEI by:
- Attracting and supporting top notch students with increased scholarships and student engagement programming.
- Improving student access and exposure to experiential learning, global education, research and career opportunities.
- Encouraging collaboration, innovation, and partnerships with communities and industries island-wide and around the world.
Ways to Give
- For employee payroll deductions, please contact Tammy Pigott, Gift Processor at tpigott@upei.ca
- Online
- By Mail: UPEI Annual Fund, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3
- Telephone: 902-894-2888
- In Person: 618 University Avenue, Charlottetown
Join Us for the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Panel x Mixer!
The Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship (CCCE) invites you to celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day on Wednesday, November 19 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in Schurman Market Square.
This event aims to bring together students, community members, and business leaders to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women professionals and entrepreneurs across Prince Edward Island.
The evening will begin with a panel discussion featuring:
- Katie Arsenault – Venture Capital Investor
- Natalie Haddad – Owner of Cordial Picnics
- Melanie Wildman – Founder & CEO at Nutracelle
Following the panel, connect with fellow attendees during a networking mixer. This is a great opportunity to exchange ideas, build relationships, and be inspired by the vibrant entrepreneurial community on PEI. Come celebrate innovation, leadership, and the power of women in business. Everyone is welcome!
To attend the PanelxMixer, please register here.
