Campus Notices
The UPEI Homestay Program is looking for host families in Charlottetown and surrounding areas. Families receive $900/mth and have the opportunity to meet students from all over the world. If you or anyone you know is interested please contact Tyson at homestay@upei.ca.
Today is World Hepatitis Day. Did you know that 44% of people living with Hepatitis C are unaware of their infection? You may be at risk:
- if you have ever shared drug-use equipment,
- if you have ever shared personal care items such as razors or toothbrushes,
- if you have ever had a tattoo or piercing done where non-sterile equipment was used,
- if you have ever lived in a region where hepatitis C is common,
- if you were exposed to blood during sexual activity or
- if you received a blood transfusion before 1992.
The best way to know is to get tested! Contact the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre and book an appointment with our Registered Nurse to review your risk profile and get tested. Telephone 902-566-0616 or email: healthcentre@upei.ca to obtain an appointment.
For more information check out the Canadian' Awareness, knowledge, and Attitudes to Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections: 2018 Findings Report.
As part of UPEI's network revitalization project, IT Systems and Services will be simplifying and securing the Wi-Fi experience for the campus community. Beginning August 4, 2021, we will be decommissioning Panthernet and Panthernet Open and moving to our existing “eduroam” Wi-Fi service. If you are not already using eduroam, please visit www.upei.ca/wifi for instructions on how to connect to "eduroam" Wi-Fi. It is important that you do this before August 4, in order to avoid an interruption to your Wi-Fi service.
For more information and assistance, please contact the ITSS service desk at helpdesk@upei.ca or 902-566-0465.
Often when you call for ITSS help, you will be asked “have you turned it off and back on again”. We’re not trying to annoy you ….or are we? Sometimes a reboot is all that is needed. If you notice that:
- Your PC feels hot
- The fans inside are making noise
- A file of application won’t open
- Things are freezing or taking ages to respond
- New software has updated
- New hardware was installed
Try the famous TURN OFF, TURN ON method, and if that doesn’t work give us a call 902-566-0465!
The deadline for Fall 2021 Tuition Waivers is August 18, 2021. We encourage you to have tuition waivers submitted as soon as possible to assist in their timely processing. Tuition Waiver forms must be submitted electronically.
Online Employee and Spouse/Dependent Tuition Waiver fillable forms can be found on the main page of MyUPEI under UPEI Forms.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at: (902) 566-0514 or hrgeneral@upei.ca.
Inclusive teaching and learning is about more than accepting all learners. It’s about actively removing barriers to learning so that everyone involved has the same opportunities to grow and develop. To create a learning environment that is both safe and welcoming to everyone, you need to intentionally and thoughtfully consider your curriculum, your course design, your teaching practices and your assessment methods. In this introductory workshop, you will be shown areas in which you can begin to thoughtfully and empathetically work collaboratively with your learners to diversify your content and delivery. Hosted by the E-Learning Office, this workshop takes place online Tuesday, August 3rd from 10 to 11 am.
Register here for this session.
Effective July 2021, visitors to the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre will continue to be required to wear a face mask. We are unable to guarantee physical distancing during your visit; consequently, for the safety of you, other visitors, and our staff we will continue to require you to wear your masks. We recognize this may be an inconvenience for some but appreciate your cooperation.
Stay safe and vaccinate!
This webinar will discuss some of group work theory and some online practices for group work. This session will be hosted online and a recording will be sent to registrants.
To register complete this form.
To see more upcoming workshops and webinars check out the Workshop Calendar.
As part of UPEI's network revitalization project, IT Systems and Services will be simplifying and securing the Wi-Fi experience for the campus community. Beginning August 4, 2021, we will be decommissioning Panthernet and Panthernet Open and moving to our existing “eduroam” Wi-Fi service. If you are not already using eduroam, please visit www.upei.ca/wifi for instructions on how to connect to "eduroam" Wi-Fi. It is important that you do this before August 4, in order to avoid an interruption to your Wi-Fi service.
For more information and assistance, please contact the ITSS service desk at helpdesk@upei.ca or 902-566-0465.
This webinar will discuss some of group work theory and some online practices for group work. This session will be hosted online and a recording will be sent to registrants.
To register complete this form.
To see more upcoming workshops and webinars check out the Workshop Calendar.
Sedentary behaviour has been shown to impact children's physical and mental health, as well as their academic performance. In collaboration with researchers at UPEI, the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN) is developing evidence-based recommendations for school-related sedentary behaviours (e.g. sedentary behaviours done while at school, as well as homework).
SBRN is now requesting feedback on their draft recommendations to ensure that they are relevant and applicable for parents, clinicians, and researchers.
If childhood sedentary behaviour is of interest to you in a personal or professional capacity, please complete the feedback survey here: https://forms.gle/eAmaiAtgbH3ohzsf6 prior to July 25. Please feel free to share this link with others who may be interested in this topic.
Effective July 2021, visitors to the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre will continue to be required to wear a face mask. We are unable to guarantee physical distancing during your visit; consequently, for the safety of you, other visitors, and our staff we will continue to require you to wear your masks. We recognize this may be an inconvenience for some but appreciate your cooperation.
Stay safe and vaccinate!
With the increase in the use of online learning over the past year, discussion forums have become a very popular activity. Now, learners see these online discussion forums being used in many of their classes. And the delivery of those forums is often the same: to get full credit, please write a response to the question and then make sure to comment on at least three other posts. Instead of a deep discussion, what emerges is a whole lot of “I agree with what you said” posts. In this workshop we will look at a method called #Digitalpowerups for elevating your discussion forum towards the kind of activity it is truly meant to be. Facilitated by the E-Learning Office this workshop will be offered online on Thursday, July 29th from 10:00 to 11:00 am.
This webinar will discuss some of group work theory and some online practices for group work. This session will be hosted online and a recording will be sent to registrants.
To register complete this form.
To see more upcoming workshops and webinars check out the Workshop Calendar.
On Wednesday July 21st, ITSS will be conducting routine maintenance on the MyUPEI portal and related services from 8 pm to 12 am midnight. During this time there may be intermittent access and performance issues with MyUPEI, Self-Service, Colleague & apply.upei.ca sites.
We encourage Students, Faculty, and Staff that 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 & Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
Sedentary behaviour has been shown to impact children's physical and mental health, as well as their academic performance. In collaboration with researchers at UPEI, the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN) is developing evidence-based recommendations for school-related sedentary behaviours (e.g. sedentary behaviours done while at school, as well as homework).
SBRN is now requesting feedback on their draft recommendations to ensure that they are relevant and applicable for parents, clinicians, and researchers.
If childhood sedentary behaviour is of interest to you in a personal or professional capacity, please complete the feedback survey here: https://forms.gle/eAmaiAtgbH3ohzsf6 prior to July 25. Please feel free to share this link with others who may be interested in this topic.
Inclusive teaching and learning is about more than accepting all learners. It’s about actively removing barriers to learning so that everyone involved has the same opportunities to grow and develop. To create a learning environment that is both safe and welcoming to everyone, you need to intentionally and thoughtfully consider your curriculum, your course design, your teaching practices and your assessment methods. In this introductory workshop, you will be shown areas in which you can begin to thoughtfully and empathetically work collaboratively with your learners to diversify your content and delivery. Hosted by the E-Learning Office, this workshop takes place online Tuesday, August 3rd from 10 to 11 am.
Register here for this session.
As intuitive as Outlook rules are, some junk mail will always make its way past the filter. While you can simply delete each message, you can identify messages as junk and keep them out of your inbox permanently.
To mark a message as junk, right click the message in the preview pane and locate the Junk option. From there, you can select a variety of options – including Block a Sender, making sure those emails do not continue to clog up your inbox.
The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday July 30, 2021. These applications will be reviewed at the August 2021 meeting.
All research compliance applications, including Biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. This online system is paired with electronic approvals to replace the hard-copy signatures process.
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.
July 22
10am-11am
Online
An online session for faculty and staff, covering a basic overview of podcasting. We will discuss recording space, tech, editing and how to incorporate podcasts into your course.
For further questions contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.
