Campus Notices
As the end of semester peeks at you from beyond piles of grading, you may find yourself thinking about your upcoming winter courses. There are a number of one-on-one appointments available through December for faculty who want to meet and discuss ways they can incorporate more experiential learning into their courses. If you are interested in exploring how you could make your coursework more hands-on and relevant to students' career goals, email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca to set up a meeting.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Lomeharshan Lall's public presentation of his MEd research titled: Teachers' Experiences Creating and Delivering Indigenous Curricula On Prince Edward Island In Response To The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations.
This Fascial Release & Yoga class will be an experience in exploring your connective tissue mindfully while strengthening and stretching to help reduce stress and encourage overall health & vitality.
Brenda Dowel, a registered Yoga Teacher E-RYT-1000 and Licensed Holistic Practitioner. She provides Myofascial Release Therapy, Lomilomi, Fascial Stretch Therapy, Life Stretch & Thai Yoga Massage with her business. After many years of teaching, Brenda is continually uplifted, and wishes to continue to inspire and empower others to come home to their hearts through their bodies and live their true passion.
Brenda will lead this class on Tuesday, December 17, 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm, Sports Centre fitness studio #1. Pre-registration is required, no cost. Please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca to register. This workshop is provided for UPEI employees by the Healthy Campus Committee. Space limited to 20 participants.
Do you have library fines? Would you like to help a fellow student or family on campus?
Bring non-perishable food or grocery items (e.g. canned goods, pasta, light bulbs, toilet paper, etc.- please no damaged, expired, or opened goods) for the UPEI Food Bank to the Service Desk at the Library from Wednesday, December 4 to Saturday, December 14, 2019 and we’ll deduct $2.00 per item from your library fines.
And, if you don't have any Library fines? We will gladly accept your items (as mentioned above) to support the UPEI Food Bank!
If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk, 902-566-0583.
Once again the UPEI Bookstore will be offering Christmas staff shopping to all staff/faculty.
Staff will be able to charge purchases from the UPEI Bookstore to their personal account between Monday December 9 and Saturday December 14, 2019.
Payroll deductions will be from January 24-April 17, 2020.
Your 20% discount will apply.
Please note, Adam Brimacombe, a student in the MA Island Studies program, was scheduled to defend his thesis entitled, "Aspects of Global Environmental Change in Relation to Papua New Guinea, Small Islands and Human Security" this week. It has been postponed to the new year.
5 for $25 Dining Hall Deal
5 for $25 lunch cards for the month of December are currently available for purchase at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Enjoy 5 lunches (11AM - 2PM) for only $25 taxes in
Chef Al's Turkey Dinner Holiday Luncheon
with the Bake Shop's Seasonal Sweets
On December 11, 2019 at 11am, enjoy a Turkey Dinner complete with your department, colleagues, friends, and family at our annual Holiday Luncheon at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Tickets are only $11.50 + tax and can be purchased in advance. Contact Marc Doiron at catering@upei.ca for more information and to purchase tickets.
$11.50 + tax
Catering Holiday Menu
Gear up for the Holiday season by adding these goodies to your catering order:
Egg Nog, Warm Apple Cider & Hot Chocolate
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Christmas Cookies (decorated or plain)
Yule Logs
Christmas Cheesecakes
Christmas Cupcakes
Contact Marc Doiron in the catering office for more details at catering@upei.ca or 902-628-4370
There will be a UPEI Biosafety Refresher training session:
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
AVC, Room 287N
This session is required for those who attended the Basic Biosafety course in 2016 or earlier. It is not a substitute for Basic Biosafety. Topics to be covered include a review of basic biosafety principles, a practical approach to spill cleanup, and an update on what’s new at UPEI in the field of biosafety.
To attend the Biosafety Refresher course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before December 11, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).
Please include your name, department, supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message.
If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.
There will be a UPEI Basic Biosafety training session:
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
KMB, Room 237
Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone including graduate students.
Please note: those who attended training in 2016 or earlier are currently due for the Biosafety Refresher Course.
To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before December 11, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).
Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student.
If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.
We are hosting an additional Flu Clinic by Public Health Nursing on December 11th from 1:00-5:00 pm for those who missed earlier clinics. There is no cost for the flu shot; you need to produce your health number or international insurance number. No need for appointments - the clinic is walk-in only. Drop by anytime between 1:00 pm and 5;00 pm December 11th to get your flu shot. The clinic will be held at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre, 2nd floor of the Murphy Building (North end).
All students, faculty, staff, and families welcome!
The Island Lecture Series December 10 lecture in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge features a visiting scholar from Jamaica, Dr. Dacia Leslie, speaking about Jamaica’s prison system: “'Don’t Discard the Utilitarian Aims': Revisiting the UK Prison Offer." One of the extended controversies surrounding the J$5.5 billion ($51.8 million CAD) offer of the United Kingdom in 2016 to help build a modern prison in Jamaica concerns the extent to which the offer was a form of “penal humanitarianism.” Dr. Leslie’s talk offers a pragmatic lens through which we might gain deeper insight into the justifications for Jamaica’s rejection of the offer. Dacia Leslie is a Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. She is also a 2019 recipient of the Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Scholarship that is being hosted by the Institute of Island Studies. The lecture gets under way at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
Mental Health First Aid is a nationally accredited program designed to increase awareness, challenge attitudes, and introduce intervention skills related to mental health issues and supporting those experiencing difficulties. The two-day, 12-hour workshop will be offered by the Department of Student Affairs on December 18 and 19, 2019 free of charge to UPEI faculty, staff and students. Enrollment is limited. Please email saworkshops@upei.ca to register or to make inquiries.
Members of the UPEI community are invited to a workshop on practical approaches to communication and conflict with Dr. Cheryl Picard, a member of the Applied Communication, Leadership & Culture faculty, from 24 January at 6pm to 25 January at 5pm. The workshop is free, but participants are asked to commit to the entire event. Dr. Picard is a leading scholar and practitioner in the skills of mediation and conflict resolution. She is the founder of the insight approach, a learning-centered method of mediation which will be the subject of the workshop. This is a great opportunity for students to learn from someone with training in criminology and social work, and to get better connected to some of the people in these fields. Space is limited and priority will be given to ACLC students, but after the RSVP deadline additional seats will be opened to other members of the UPEI community. Please contact student representative Katie Clark (keclark2@upei.ca) for more information. RSVP by 10 January, 2020.
As the end of semester peeks at you from beyond piles of grading, you may find yourself thinking about your upcoming winter courses. There are a number of one-on-one appointments available through December for faculty who want to meet and discuss ways they can incorporate more experiential learning into their courses. If you are interested in exploring how you could make your coursework more hands-on and relevant to students' career goals, email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca to set up a meeting.
Did you know that as an employee of UPEI you can access funding to take professional development courses and certificates right here on campus through the UPEI Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development?
We will be offering two new certificates in 2020: Executive Administration Certificate and Professional Communications Certificate. We offer a wide range of career enhancing education opportunities available right here for you to take coming up in December and early 2020. Now is the time to plan and apply!
Our courses and certificates can help you improve your professional and personal skills, and are a great addition to your resume.
To find out all about our upcoming course and certificate offerings please visit www.upei.ca/professional-development.
To learn what professional development funding is available to you or to apply please visit these links:
Contract Employees:
Information about your PD Coverage
CUPE Employees:
Information about your PD Coverage
Faculty:
For information about your coverage please email dasmith@upei.ca.
Please note, Adam Brimacombe, a student in the MA Island Studies program, was scheduled to defend his thesis entitled, "Aspects of Global Environmental Change in Relation to Papua New Guinea, Small Islands and Human Security" this week. It has been postponed to the new year.
5 for $25 Dining Hall Deal
5 for $25 lunch cards for the month of December are currently available for purchase at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Enjoy 5 lunches (11AM - 2PM) for only $25 taxes in
Chef Al's Turkey Dinner Holiday Luncheon
with the Bake Shop's Seasonal Sweets
On December 11, 2019 at 11am, enjoy a Turkey Dinner complete with your department, colleagues, friends, and family at our annual Holiday Luncheon at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall! Tickets are only $11.50 + tax and can be purchased in advance. Contact Marc Doiron at catering@upei.ca for more information and to purchase tickets.
$11.50 + tax
Catering Holiday Menu
Gear up for the Holiday season by adding these goodies to your catering order:
Egg Nog, Warm Apple Cider & Hot Chocolate
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Christmas Cookies (decorated or plain)
Yule Logs
Christmas Cheesecakes
Christmas Cupcakes
Contact Marc Doiron in the catering office for more details at catering@upei.ca or 902-628-4370
The Island Lecture Series December 10 lecture in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge features a visiting scholar from Jamaica, Dr. Dacia Leslie, speaking about Jamaica’s prison system: “'Don’t Discard the Utilitarian Aims': Revisiting the UK Prison Offer." One of the extended controversies surrounding the J$5.5 billion ($51.8 million CAD) offer of the United Kingdom in 2016 to help build a modern prison in Jamaica concerns the extent to which the offer was a form of “penal humanitarianism.” Dr. Leslie’s talk offers a pragmatic lens through which we might gain deeper insight into the justifications for Jamaica’s rejection of the offer. Dacia Leslie is a Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. She is also a 2019 recipient of the Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Scholarship that is being hosted by the Institute of Island Studies. The lecture gets under way at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.
UPEI will observe the day by lowering the flags in front of Kelley Memorial Building to half-mast.
The PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women, as part of its PEI Purple Ribbon Campaign, will hold memorial services in both Charlottetown and Summerside, marking 30 years since the Montreal massacre. The theme of the campaign this year is, "SUPPORT SURVIVORS. Support the person ~ Involve the community ~ Right the World."
The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering will also join with engineering schools across the country to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the shooting by hosting a special event at 5 pm.
Mental Health First Aid is a nationally accredited program designed to increase awareness, challenge attitudes, and introduce intervention skills related to mental health issues and supporting those experiencing difficulties. The two-day, 12-hour workshop will be offered by the Department of Student Affairs on December 18 and 19, 2019 free of charge to UPEI faculty, staff and students. Enrollment is limited. Please email saworkshops@upei.ca to register or to make inquiries.
