Campus Notices
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, June 4th for the June meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select ‘applications’ and for renewal or amendment protocols select ‘events’.
To view any UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx.
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
The Health Centred Research Clinic at UPEI is offering a Chronic Disease Self-Management program for any UPEI Staff or Faculty that have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
The program will consist of weekly group exercise and education sessions at the Health Centred Research Clinic located in the lower level of the Steel Building. In order to participate individuals must be currently employed by the University of Prince Edward Island either permanently, or a contract lasting for the duration of the program and have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
If you are interested in learning more about this program, we will be hosting a 20 minute information Session Thursday May 13 at 12:00pm online. If interested please contact Program Coordinator, Laurie Michael at lmichael@upei.ca to receive the link on how to access the virtual information session. We look forward to seeing you there!
The March Island Lecture Series session featured Prof. Mark Stoddart (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Dr. Ásthildur Elva Bernharðsdóttir (University of Iceland) discussing the financial crises of Iceland and Newfoundland & Labrador. What have these experiences had in common and what lessons can they teach us?
An edited version of the session will be aired on Eastlink's Podium TV in Nova Scotia and PEI from May 10–14 at 9am each day.
For more details about the presentation (or to watch the full version on the Institute of Island Studies YouTube channel), visit islandstudies.com/events/recordings.
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, IT Systems and Services (in conjunction with the E-Learning Office) will be upgrading the UPEI Online Learning Management System (Moodle) to a newer version. Maintenance will begin at 8:00 pm and is expected to be completed by midnight. For more information about the changes coming to Moodle please check the Moodle New Features document.
Moodle will be inaccessible during this time.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact moodle@upei.ca.
A new call is now open for the Ocean Frontier Institute’s (OFI) International Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The program offers an opportunity for early career PhDs to conduct innovative, full-time, collaborative research that is aligned with OFI's research priorities. The deadline to apply is May 31, 2021.
The term of the award is two years, and successful candidates will be based at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with frequent travel to and from one of OFI's partner institutions in Europe or the United States. Highly qualified, early career researchers who have completed their PhDs within the past four years are eligible.
Full details on the program and how to apply can be found at this link: https://
Synapse is excited to offer the Mitacs Time Management One day Workshop on June 4, 2021 9am-5pm ADT.
This energetic, intensive one-day course will sharpen your professional time management skills and optimize your working week. Building on the Project Management Institute's (PMI) best practices, methodologies, and productivity tactics, the course provides tools and techniques that can be applied to a partner industry project or employment based role.
You will learn to:
Optimize your professional days and weeks, effectively define targets and goals so that they are clear and sustainable, accurately estimate activity duration, improve focus and better manage interruptions, reduce corrective communication, defend project schedules without sacrificing relationship quotient, and improve and leverage personal energy for sustainable follow-through on activities.
How to enrol:
- Create an account on Edge (edge.mitacs.ca)
- Navigate to the “catalog” tab on the main dashboard and enroll in the workshop title of your choice
- Select the session (date + time) you wish to attend
- Follow email notifications for workshop materials and Zoom login information
For help and questions about enrollment, please contact: .training@mitacs.ca
Synapse is excited to offer the Mitacs Project Management 2020 two-day on line workshop on May 20-21, 2021 from 9am-5pm ADT (both days)
Project Management 2020 delivers a balance of "core" project management knowledge and skills. These are blended with practical learning on key interpersonal skills essential to successfully achieve project goals.
Over an intense, two-day course you will experience a practical opportunity to bring your project into a workshop and learn how to increase your success, using professional templates while collaborating in a supportive environment.
Learning objectives
TECHNICAL - create a project plan, conduct resource forecasts, create and manage project budgets, monitor project, conduct lessons learned analysis, define and mitigate risk, design quality into the project.
PEOPLE - Manage people that do not report to you, motivate and collaborate within teams, assess and engage stakeholders effectively, manage meetings and deliver them virtually, communication throughout the project.
To sigh up:
- Create an account on Edge (edge.mitacs.ca)
- Navigate to the “catalog” tab on the main dashboard and enroll in the workshop title of your choice
- Select the session (date + time) you wish to attend
- Follow email notifications for workshop materials and Zoom login information
For help and questions about enrollment, please contact training@mitacs.ca.
The UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation is excited to announce the UPEI Climate Webinar Series, which features a number of climate research topics presented by UPEI researchers. The series runs on several Fridays at 3 pm (AT) between March 12 – May 28, 2021.
Join Andy MacDonald, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation on Friday, May 14 at 3 pm he will speak about Tracking PEI Coastal Erosion Using Pin Measurements and Drone Technology
Sign up to participate on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/144430967913
The Department of Pathology and Microbiology will be interviewing 4 candidates for the tenure track faculty position in Veterinary Bacteriology.
Our third candidate, Dr. Khawaja Ashfaque Ahmed, is a board-certified microbiologist by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists in Immunology and planning to appear for the Bacteriology and Mycology in 2021.
Teaching Seminar: “Systemic Mycoses”
Systemic mycosis, or systemic fungal disease, is characterized by the spread of a fungal organism to various organs of the body following entry into an animal and after initial localized infection of the lungs or the intestines. This mini-lecture will discuss the habitat, morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, clinical findings, specimen collection, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment options for some important veterinary fungi.
Research Seminar: Host–Pathogen Interactions: Applications of Metabolomics and Seahorse Technology in the Veterinary Setting
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most important public health threats, posing a serious challenge to humans, animals, and the environment. A holistic approach is required to deal with the AMR problem, including gaining greater insights into host-pathogen interactions, finding alternatives to antibiotics, and biomarkers discovery for the early detection of pathogenic infections to prevent heavy therapeutic antibiotics use. Metabolites are the intermediates and end-products of biological processes. The bacterial pathogens have their independent metabolism, and thus metabolomics can help identify bacteria-specific metabolites as diagnostic biomarkers and bacteria-induced metabolic perturbation to help understand the disease process. The cutting-edge metabolomics and Seahorse metabolic analyzer platforms are broadly applicable in several research areas, including infectious diseases, toxicology, neuroscience, and cancer. This research seminar will present metabolomics and Seahorse metabolic analyzer data that correlates with the protection of chickens against Escherichia coli septicemia and discuss the future applications.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 @ 11:00 am
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The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, June 4th for the June meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select ‘applications’ and for renewal or amendment protocols select ‘events’.
To view any UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx.
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
UPEI’s Student Union and Experiential Education department have partnered with Skills PEI to create the International Student Employment Support Program (ISESP). This program will offer a cohort of international students the opportunity to gain employability skills through a combination of professional development training and a paid internship this summer.
In order to be eligible, international students must be finishing their first or second year of studies (having completed between 30 and 60 semester hours), living in Prince Edward Island for the duration of the program, and available to work during regular business hours.
Training begins May 25th, followed by 11-week internships through the summer with local businesses, tailored to students’ career interests.
For details, and to apply, visit https://forms.gle/zr6XKtfpzf8RknG16. Students must be signed into their UPEI account to access the Google form.
Applications close Sunday, May 16 at 11:59pm. Email any questions to experientialed@upei.ca.
The Health Centred Research Clinic at UPEI is offering a Chronic Disease Self-Management program for any UPEI Staff or Faculty that have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
The program will consist of weekly group exercise and education sessions at the Health Centred Research Clinic located in the lower level of the Steel Building. In order to participate individuals must be currently employed by the University of Prince Edward Island either permanently, or a contract lasting for the duration of the program and have been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.
If you are interested in learning more about this program, we will be hosting a 20 minute information Session Thursday May 13 at 12:00pm online. If interested please contact Program Coordinator, Laurie Michael at lmichael@upei.ca to receive the link on how to access the virtual information session. We look forward to seeing you there!
Windows has several built-in apps that may look useless but offer helpful hidden features. For instance, the calculator app can also calculate the difference between two dates and convert basically any unit of measure, including time, energy, temperature, distance, mass, and even currency.
Windows Alarms & Clock app can calculate the time difference between two locations, even into the future. Open the app, click the Clock tab, and select the + icon at the bottom to add locations. Click the Compare icon to open a timeline. As you scroll across the timeline, the time changes on the map points, allowing you to keep track of time differences more easily.
Small Group Training is a fun and effective way to reach your fitness goals. Sessions combine the expertise of a personal trainer with the dynamic and motivating of working in a small group. Derek Smith, UPEI personal trainer will be leading a group Tuesday & Thursdays 12:10 pm - 12:55 pm, May 18 - June 24. 12 training sessions. Fee: Sports Centre members $118 + hst/person. Non-Members $146 + hst/person. No subsidies. Registration deadline May 14. To register or for more information please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, IT Systems and Services (in conjunction with the E-Learning Office) will be upgrading the UPEI Online Learning Management System (Moodle) to a newer version. Maintenance will begin at 8:00 pm and is expected to be completed by midnight. For more information about the changes coming to Moodle please check the Moodle New Features document.
Moodle will be inaccessible during this time.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact moodle@upei.ca.
The UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation is excited to announce the UPEI Climate Webinar Series, which features a number of climate research topics presented by UPEI researchers. The series runs on several Fridays at 3 pm (AT) between March 12 – May 28, 2021.
Join Andy MacDonald, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation on Friday, May 14 at 3 pm he will speak about Tracking PEI Coastal Erosion Using Pin Measurements and Drone Technology
Sign up to participate on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/144430967913
We have a couple of spaces left with each group. Only for UPEI Faculty/Staff
The Healthy Campus Committee, as part of the Employee Wellness Strategy, will be providing Yoga & Fascial Release Classes for UPEI Faculty and Staff. Brenda Dowel, yoga teacher E-RYT-1000 and Licensed Holistic Practitioner will lead the four-part series of 90-minute classes with a focused approach.
Shoulders and Upper Body: Wednesdays 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, May 5, 12, 19 and 26
This series will include a comprehensive approach to the entire body while focusing on a particular area for optimal health and vitality.
- Grounding; Psoas Release; Centering
- Stretching what is tight and strengthening what is weak
- Fascial Stretching and Myofascial Releases, Yoga & Conditioning Movements
- Fluid and static movements for the Fascia/Connective Tissue
- Recognizing and addressing unhealthy movement patterns
- Relaxation and Integration
The free programming is offered to UPEI staff and faculty only on a first registration basis. To register please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca indicating which time (morning or afternoon). Twelve participants max per series. Location: Fitness Studio 1, Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre
The March Island Lecture Series session featured Prof. Mark Stoddart (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Dr. Ásthildur Elva Bernharðsdóttir (University of Iceland) discussing the financial crises of Iceland and Newfoundland & Labrador. What have these experiences had in common and what lessons can they teach us?
An edited version of the session will be aired on Eastlink's Podium TV in Nova Scotia and PEI from May 10–14 at 9am each day.
For more details about the presentation (or to watch the full version on the Institute of Island Studies YouTube channel), visit islandstudies.com/events/recordings.
The Department of Pathology and Microbiology will be interviewing 4 candidates for the tenure track faculty position in Veterinary Bacteriology.
Our second candidate, Dr. Lisanework Ayalew, is a board-certified microbiologist by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists in Bacteriology & Mycology and Virology specialities. He obtained a DVM degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and in 2014 completed his PhD in veterinary microbiology at the University of Saskatchewan. After completing his PhD program, he joined the Department of Veterinary Pathology, WCVM as a postdoctoral fellow and worked on developing vaccines and understanding the pathogenesis of various avian bacterial and viral diseases. He is currently working as a professional research associate at the WCVM and is involved in different research projects which mainly focus on emerging and re-emerging avian bacterial and viral diseases.
SEMINAR:
Teaching Seminar: “Bacillus anthracis”
Bacillus anthracis is a gram-positive spore forming bacilli responsible for causing the disease anthrax. The pathogen is a considerable global health threat affecting livestock, humans, and wildlife. In this mini lecture, the characteristics of the bacteria, the nature of the disease it causes, including diagnostic, control and prevention methods will be discussed.
Research Seminar: Molecular evolution of pathogens: a challenge to disease prevention and control.
Molecular evolution is the driver of change in the gene frequencies in the genome of organisms and plays an important role in the dynamics of several infectious diseases. Evolution pushes a shift in important processes in pathogens including change in virulence. Although vaccines have contributed significantly to the control and prevention of several infectious diseases of veterinary and public health importance, high mutation rates and/or genetic instability in certain pathogens produce extensive genetic and antigenic variability and the new variants can successfully break vaccine induced protective immunity and cause disease. In this research seminar, the molecular evolution of arthrotropic avian orthoreoviruses (ARVs) will be presented as an example of a challenge to disease prevention and control. Overall, genetic and antigenic features, the dynamics of molecular evolution as well as mechanism of pathogenesis of emerging variant ARVs will be discussed.
Monday, May 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 620 8745 0929
Passcode: 504619
Small Group Training is a fun and effective way to reach your fitness goals. Sessions combine the expertise of a personal trainer with the dynamic and motivating of working in a small group. Derek Smith, UPEI personal trainer will be leading a group Tuesday & Thursdays 12:10 pm - 12:55 pm, May 18 - June 24. 12 training sessions. Fee: Sports Centre members $118 + hst/person. Non-Members $146 + hst/person. No subsidies. Registration deadline May 14. To register or for more information please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca
