Campus Notices
As part of UPEI’s commitment to safety, the University has launched a new, free safety app called UPEI SAFE to advise the community about university/storm closures, crisis situations, and safety-related issues, as well as offer health and safety information.
While UPEI student, faculty, and staff emails have been automatically entered into UPEI SAFE, community members are encouraged to download the app from the App Store (for iOS devices) or Google Play (for Android devices) in order to receive push notifications and to access a full menu of features such as Mobile BlueLight, Friend Walk, and WorkAlone. Community members who do not have a smartphone or a supported app platform may subscribe to receive notifications by text (SMS) over cell connections by texting the word UPEI to the short code 723389. (Standard data and message rates may apply.)
Notifications about crisis situations and university/storm closures are pushed through UPEI SAFE as well as emailed to student, faculty, and staff @upei.ca email addresses. Messages are also posted on the UPEI home page (upei.ca), the UPEI Campus Screen network, and on Twitter (@UPEI). Messages may also be broadcast in UPEI buildings through a public address system.
Learn more at upei.ca/upeisafe
Please join Laura Victoria Young for her M.Sc. (Human Biology) Thesis Defense.
Abstract:
Satellite cells drive skeletal muscle regeneration in response to injury, a process regulated by factors released into the local muscle environment. However, the cellular sources of this trophic support are poorly defined. In this regard, recent work on skin and liver repair has revealed a surprising supportive role for cells termed “senescent cells” which are commonly associated with aging and pathology. However, the role of senescence in skeletal muscle repair is currently unknown. The PURPOSE of this study was to determine the presence and contribution of senescent cells in skeletal muscle repair following acute injury.
All are welcome to attend.
On the evening of Wednesday October 30, 2019, ITSS will be implementing a change affecting how UPEI faculty and staff access Microsoft Office 365. During this change, there may be intermittent access to log in to Office 365 services.
If you have previously logged in to Office 365 using a password which was different than your UPEI email password, you will need to start using your current UPEI email password to sign-in to Office 365 as of this change.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
The E-Learning Office has opened a time-based grant application for tenured and tenure-track faculty, sessional instructors, librarians, lab instructors, teaching assistants, student service professionals, and any others involved in teaching at UPEI who are interested in refreshing or revamping their course.
The grant provides you with dedicated time (40 hours) with the E-Learning instructional design team to accomplish your vision for your course. The purpose of this grant is to provide instructors with pedagogical and technological support from the E-Learning Office to develop the course experience that the faculty member envisions for their students.
Applicants can create proposals for two streams - an experiential learning stream and/or an integration of instructional technology stream.
Find out more about the grant and download the application form. If you have questions, please contact elearning@upei.ca.
Closing date for applications is November 29, 2019 and completed application forms can be sent to dmoses@upei.ca with the subject line E-Learning Course Renewal Grant Application.
The UPEI campus food bank has lots of fun things planned for the month of November. We will be having a different donation theme every week! We have “Fruits and Veggies”, “Donations by the Day”, “Soup for the Soul”, and “Study Snacks”! We are so excited to put this fun little twist on our donation drives and hope to increase student awareness of the food bank. Of course, don’t feel pressured to follow these themes as any donations are always welcomed and appreciated! Tune in to the UPEI Campus Food Bank Facebook page for more details about these themes and donation ideas. Thank you to all!
November 4th – November 8th: Fruits and Veggies
November 11th – November 15th: Donations by the Day
November 18th – November 22nd: Soup for the Soul
November 25th – November 29th: Study Snacks
How is my course going and how am I doing? These are great questions to ask your students throughout your course in order to make minor changes that could have a major impact on overall student learning outcomes. In this workshop you will learn what kinds of questions to ask to help you get the feedback you need from your students. You will also learn how to create an online survey that will make data collection and analysis easier. This workshop will be offered on Wednesday, November 6th from 10:30 to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER
On Friday November 1 at 3pm in HSB 104, Dr. Colleen Macquarrie, Dr. Sobia Ali-Faisal, and Dr. Scott Greer will be speaking (and inviting others to do the same) on "What do we mean by Decolonization and Indigenization: Conversations with Psychologists."
Learning is an action that only the student can own and control. As an instructor, what can be done to help support the development of student core skills? In this workshop, instructors will learn about three key skills that contribute to more efficient and effective learning. Those skills are how to take quality notes, how to read for learning, and how to study effectively. This workshop takes place on Wednesday, November 13th from 10:30 to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER
As part of UPEI’s commitment to safety, the University has launched a new, free safety app called UPEI SAFE to advise the community about university/storm closures, crisis situations, and safety-related issues, as well as offer health and safety information.
While UPEI student, faculty, and staff emails have been automatically entered into UPEI SAFE, community members are encouraged to download the app from the App Store (for iOS devices) or Google Play (for Android devices) in order to receive push notifications and to access a full menu of features such as Mobile BlueLight, Friend Walk, and WorkAlone. Community members who do not have a smartphone or a supported app platform may subscribe to receive notifications by text (SMS) over cell connections by texting the word UPEI to the short code 723389. (Standard data and message rates may apply.)
Notifications about crisis situations and university/storm closures are pushed through UPEI SAFE as well as emailed to student, faculty, and staff @upei.ca email addresses. Messages are also posted on the UPEI home page (upei.ca), the UPEI Campus Screen network, and on Twitter (@UPEI). Messages may also be broadcast in UPEI buildings through a public address system.
Learn more at upei.ca/upeisafe
At its September meeting, the UPEI Senate unanimously supported changes for the Convocation ceremonies in 2020, and also for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 academic years. For Convocation 2020, the University will hold four ceremonies, two each on Thursday and Friday:
Thursday, May 7
- Morning (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/Faculty of Nursing)
- Afternoon (Faculty of Business/Faculty of Engineering)
Friday, May 8
- Morning (Faculty of Arts/Faculty of Education)
- Afternoon (Faculty of Science)
To read the full story, and for 2021 and 2022 Convocation dates, click here.
The UPEI 50th Anniversary Alumni Speakers Series and the UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering are pleased to present a presentation by Jim Carter (Dip. Eng ’71, LLD ’08), retired CEO of Syncrude Canada Ltd. The event will take place on Thursday, November 7, at noon in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building, room 205. Lunch will be provided.
In 2019, the University of Prince Edward Island is marking 50 years as a leader in education and research in our province, and well beyond the Island’s shores. The University has developed a year-long celebration to reflect on its contributions spanning the globe. The Alumni Speakers Series is an opportunity to celebrate each of UPEI’s eight faculties by inviting prestigious alumni to speak about their journey from UPEI to today.
Please join Laura Victoria Young for her M.Sc. (Human Biology) Thesis Defense.
Abstract:
Satellite cells drive skeletal muscle regeneration in response to injury, a process regulated by factors released into the local muscle environment. However, the cellular sources of this trophic support are poorly defined. In this regard, recent work on skin and liver repair has revealed a surprising supportive role for cells termed “senescent cells” which are commonly associated with aging and pathology. However, the role of senescence in skeletal muscle repair is currently unknown. The PURPOSE of this study was to determine the presence and contribution of senescent cells in skeletal muscle repair following acute injury.
All are welcome to attend.
On the evening of Wednesday October 30, 2019, ITSS will be implementing a change affecting how UPEI faculty and staff access Microsoft Office 365. During this change, there may be intermittent access to log in to Office 365 services.
If you have previously logged in to Office 365 using a password which was different than your UPEI email password, you will need to start using your current UPEI email password to sign-in to Office 365 as of this change.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
Please join Mat Larade for his Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program presentation of his business capstone project, in collaboration with the largest coding firm on Prince Edward Island: Thinking Big. The project centers around a business plan applying artificial intelligence to solve a practical problem, and the business logistics behind bringing the product through development and to market. We will discuss the market, supply, demand, and pricing with regard to software, and the specific challenges presented with regard to an artificial intelligence based product in 2019.
All are welcome to attend!
Alumni Speaker Series
Celebrating 50 years of UPEI!
In celebration of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, join us for an inspiring talk by alumnus Dr. James Carter, Dip. Eng '71, LLD '08 retired CEO of Syncrude.
November 7, 2019
12:00 pm (lunch will be provided)
Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
Design Studio Room 205
The Environmental Studies Book Club Discussion Series and Roberts Library Talks is organizing the discussion “Chernobyl and Beyond: Past, Present and Future of Nuclear Energy.”
The event will start by showing a short video about the Chernobyl accident to reflect on the legacy of this event. We would also like to touch upon the popular HBO miniseries “Chernobyl” and how its release in 2019 may have influenced public awareness about the Chernobyl accident, and more generally, attitudes towards nuclear power. Next, we will move to a more general discussion about the future of nuclear energy in Canada and beyond.
Dr. Yuliya Rashchupkina, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science/School of Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI, will join the discussion to provide insights about the historical and political contexts of the Chernobyl accident.
Date and time: October 30, 2019 at 5:30pm
Place: Robertson Library, room 312
All are welcome!
If you have any questions/suggestions, please feel free to contact Dr. Nino Antadze at nantadze@upei.ca
The Saint Dunstan's University Institute for Christianity and Culture is proud to present a public lecture exploring the complex and timely-issue of short-term housing rentals. With a low vacancy rate in PEI's urban centres, many properties are being listed as short-term rentals on such websites as Airbnb and VRBO rather than serving as traditional rentals. Please join us as David Wachsmuth, McGill University, speaks on this important topic.
All are welcome to attend Dr. Kathy Snow's presentation arising from her research with co-author, Diane Obed, on Inuit student persistence and success. This research will also be presented to funders, fellow researchers, and community members at the ArcticNet Annual General Meeting in December of this year.
McGregor (2010) in Inuit Education and Schools in the Eastern Arctic, describes what Inuit believe are the differences between formal and informal learning by outlining the meaning of the words ilisayuaq and isumaqsayuaq. Isumaqsayuq is the traditional way of sharing knowledge through observation and imitation embedded in daily family and community life learning. Fundamentally based in the principals of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, isumaqsavuq which encompasses land-based learning is known to help promote language revival, cultural practices, and positive self and cultural identities that will sustain youth. Indigenous land-based education is viewed as not only a source of resistance against a capitalist settler state (Coulthard, 2015) it is also important for environmental stewardship, climate change adaptation (Watt-Cloutier, 2015), and most importantly, promoting and maintaining Inuit autonomy and sovereignty (Petrasek MacDonald, 2014; Price, 2007; Wildcat et al., 2014). However formal ilisavuaq learning for these same objectives in K-12 schools is challenged by funding and policy restrictions that make opportunities to “go off” for youth in school more “special events” than inherent in education. School districts across Inuit Nunangat are increasingly adopting land based programs, to inspire however it is still not enough to (re)balance ilisayuaq and isumaqsayuaq away from the dominating colonial education system to fully support a holistic education for all students
As part of UPEI’s commitment to safety, the University has launched a new, free safety app called UPEI SAFE to advise the community about university/storm closures, crisis situations, and safety-related issues, as well as offer health and safety information.
While UPEI student, faculty, and staff emails have been automatically entered into UPEI SAFE, community members are encouraged to download the app from the App Store (for iOS devices) or Google Play (for Android devices) in order to receive push notifications and to access a full menu of features such as Mobile BlueLight, Friend Walk, and WorkAlone. Community members who do not have a smartphone or a supported app platform may subscribe to receive notifications by text (SMS) over cell connections by texting the word UPEI to the short code 723389. (Standard data and message rates may apply.)
Notifications about crisis situations and university/storm closures are pushed through UPEI SAFE as well as emailed to student, faculty, and staff @upei.ca email addresses. Messages are also posted on the UPEI home page (upei.ca), the UPEI Campus Screen network, and on Twitter (@UPEI). Messages may also be broadcast in UPEI buildings through a public address system.
Learn more at upei.ca/upeisafe
The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next Environmental Sciences/Human Biology seminar on Friday, November 1st, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.
Dr. Matthew Krause of the University of Windsor Department of Kinesiology will present “Is there such thing as too much PAI?”
All are welcome.
