On Saturday, October 26, the UPEI Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is hosting a Sustainable Future Conference, which is the first official United Nations Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) on climate change and sustainability held in Canada. We welcome motivated youth, student, professors, activists, scientists, green entrepreneurs, sustainable developers, and anyone else who wants to get involved! The schedule for the morning:

• 9:30 am - 10:00 am: Session 1: Opening - UPEI EWB
• 10:00 am - 10:30 am: Session 1: Geneva Calder - EWB National Office; EWB'S Theory of Change: our approach to advancing solutions.
• 10:30 am - 11:00 am: Session 2: Laura Berry - The Climate Mobilization; Policy frameworks, messaging, and organizing approaches to accelerate the global transition into “Emergency Mode” to address the climate emergency.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Session 3: Søren Hermansen (Environmental Hero by TIME Magazine) - Island of Samsø: Community's efforts to become 100 per cent energy independent and prove to the world that it is possible for communities to become self-sufficient.
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch

Event and Registration:

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lcoy-sustainable-future-conference-registration-73149027711?fbclid=IwAR1mPL4jVw80Av5mOJRn7sjV84ZcsFnLbF64aYQeEDCh4Y-JjH8-vNki_G8

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/384692672216859/

The Animal Welfare Journal Club will meet to discuss:  Lynn WS, Santiago-Avila F, Lindenmayer J, Hadidian J, Wallach A, King B. 2019. A moral panic over cats. Conservation Biology 33(4):769-776, available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13346 (Note: This is a rebuttal essay; the original opinion piece is included.) 

Tuesday, October 29, 12:30-1:15 pm, AVC 278N

The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets approximately once a month to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare. Everyone is welcome to attend and to propose articles for future discussion. Contact animalwelfare@upei.ca for more information. The club is co-hosted by AVC’s Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and Animal Welfare Club.

The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI invites all Grade 7-10 girls and one parent/guardian to attend Go ENG Girl Day on Saturday, October 26, 2019. Go ENG Girl Day is a fun opportunity to spend an afternoon learning about the wonderful world of engineering, meeting women currently studying engineering, learning about some of the amazing things women engineers are doing, and participating in cool hands-on activities. We are excited to be one of 15+ other Engineering programs at universities across Canada all holding this event in October! Registration is FREE but space is limited and closes on Tuesday, October 22 at 12 noon: http://www.onwie.ca/programs/go-eng-girl. For more information:  https://sites.google.com/upei.ca/go-eng-girl2019/home

There's still time to nominate a deserving colleague for the Janet Pottie Murray Award for Educational Leadership.   The purpose of the Janet Pottie Murray Award is to encourage excellence in teaching at the University of Prince Edward Island by acknowledging those teachers who exemplify such excellence and who contribute more generally to the improvement of the quality of university teaching. The deadline for nominations is October 31. For a copy of the application guidelines, please write to Gerald at the Faculty Development Office: fdo@upei.ca 

There will be a cold water shutdown of the domestic cold water in Steel Building on Tuesday, October 22, beginning at 5:30 pm. This shutdown is necessary to repair a leak in the domestic cold water line within the building. The work is expected to take approximately two (2) hours to complete.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

If you have questions or concerns please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.

The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering invites the campus community to this week's Graduate Research Seminar by Dr. Farhat Abbas, post-doctoral researcher, entitled "Global versus regional modelling for climate change patterns".

This event is Wednesday, October  23 at noon, in the FSDE building, room 212. 

Everyone is welcome.

Dr. Malinda S. Smith, professor of political science, and a Provost Fellow EDI Policy, University of Alberta, will give a public talk called “Equity, Diversity, and Decolonization in Higher Education: An Agenda for Change,” on Wednesday, October 23, 4 pm, in AVC Lecture Theatre A. She will talk about her recent research and offer a critical assessment of the status of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) programs and initiatives in Canadian higher education.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Dr. Smith’s lecture is co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research, the UPEI Faculty Association, and the Diversity and Social Justice Studies program.
 

In this presentation, we will explore the issues frequently encountered by thesis/dissertation supervisors and their students who are researching and writing in their second language. The presentation focuses on practical strategies, suggestions, and resources (for the supervisor and the student) as recommended by Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield in their text "Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Supervisors".

Everyone is welcome to attend the 2019 VWR Vendor Show on Friday, October 25 from 10 am to 1:30 pm in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons at the Atlantic Veterinary College.

The Island Lecture Series gets under way October 22, featuring the UPEI students who participated in the International Community Energy Challenge in the Faroe Islands last May. Student teams, comprised of students from universities in Iceland, Norway, Scotland, the Faroe Islands, and Canada, researched, developed, and proposed solutions for community clients while being immersed in the culture of the Faroe Islands. 

Please join us to hear students Catherine Kennedy (Environmental Studies), Daniel Wartman (Engineering), Stephanie Arnold (Climate Change), Jane Lillian Mac Isaac (Math), Jordan Torrealba (Engineering), and Ellen Ross (Business), along with their professor, Dr. Anna Demeo (Engineering), talk about their experience.

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.

On Saturday, October 26, the UPEI Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is hosting a Sustainable Future Conference, which is the first official United Nations Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) on climate change and sustainability held in Canada. We welcome motivated youth, student, professors, activists, scientists, green entrepreneurs, sustainable developers, and anyone else who wants to get involved! The schedule for the morning:

• 9:30 am - 10:00 am: Session 1: Opening - UPEI EWB
• 10:00 am - 10:30 am: Session 1: Geneva Calder - EWB National Office; EWB'S Theory of Change: our approach to advancing solutions.
• 10:30 am - 11:00 am: Session 2: Laura Berry - The Climate Mobilization; Policy frameworks, messaging, and organizing approaches to accelerate the global transition into “Emergency Mode” to address the climate emergency.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Session 3: Søren Hermansen (Environmental Hero by TIME Magazine) - Island of Samsø: Community's efforts to become 100 per cent energy independent and prove to the world that it is possible for communities to become self-sufficient.
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch

Event and Registration:

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lcoy-sustainable-future-conference-registration-73149027711?fbclid=IwAR1mPL4jVw80Av5mOJRn7sjV84ZcsFnLbF64aYQeEDCh4Y-JjH8-vNki_G8

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/384692672216859/

We are looking for individuals to participate in a research study to evaluate the test-retest reliability of our driving simulator. 

In order to participate in this research project, you must be aged 18 years or older, hold a current drivers license, must not have suffered a concussion ever.

Those intersted in learning more about this study can contact Kenneth Murnaghan at 902-314-0325 or kenneth.murnaghan@gmail.com for more information. 

Or, just drop by after class. We are located in the lower level of the Steel Building.

This project has been approved by the UPEI Research Ethics Board.

Speaker: Emily Pope, Biomedical Sciences

Title: Development of a Microbial Domestication (MD) Pod for the Discovery of Novel Marine Natural Products

Everyone Welcome.

Do you want to learn how to stay positive and confident as a parent and reduce stress in your family? Free Triple P-Positive Parenting Seminars will be held November 6th, 13th and 20th at Murphy’s Community Centre (room 207) from 7:00-8:30pm. Triple P is an international project promoted and supported by the Government of Prince Edward Island. There are three sessions in the seminar series, and each session addresses a different theme. Fathers, mothers, grandparents and guardians are welcome! Free onsite child care will be provided by CHANCES. 

For more information, contact Catherine Noseworthy at cnoseworthy@upei.ca,

The Island Lecture Series gets under way October 22, featuring the UPEI students who participated in the International Community Energy Challenge in the Faroe Islands last May. Student teams, comprised of students from universities in Iceland, Norway, Scotland, the Faroe Islands, and Canada, researched, developed, and proposed solutions for community clients while being immersed in the culture of the Faroe Islands. 

Please join us to hear students Catherine Kennedy (Environmental Studies), Daniel Wartman (Engineering), Stephanie Arnold (Climate Change), Jane Lillian Mac Isaac (Math), Jordan Torrealba (Engineering), and Ellen Ross (Business), along with their professor, Dr. Anna Demeo (Engineering), talk about their experience.

Once again the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre is partnering with Public Health Nursing to offer the Flu Vaccine. Two mass clinics will be held on October 21st 10:30 am - 5:30 pm and November 6th 10:30 am - 5:30 pm. All UPEI Faculty, Staff, Students and their families are welcome to attend. No appointment is necessary. This vaccine is free of charge to all! Please bring your PEI health card or proof of insurance. 

UPEI students, staff, and faculty are you up for a challenge? Test your mental abilities alongside your fellow UPEI colleagues in a problem-solving fun experience—and, you won't be marked on it!

Robertson Library is presenting an escape room in the Library, Room 312, this semester: Escape the Deadly Virus on PEI: Crow Disease.

You and your fellow UPEI colleagues are locked in a room! Find clues, solve puzzles, find keys, and open locks to find the map to escape. Can you find the map and escape in time?

The Escape Room is limited to UPEI students, staff, and faculty and up to six participants per time.  Free admission!

Come and see if you have what it takes to escape!  Don’t miss out!

Sign up now!

You're Invited!  Join VWR at their 2019 Trade Show

Date: Friday, October 25, 2019

Time: 10:00 am - 1:30 pm

Location: McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC

The Department of Health Management at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, will be interviewing candidates for the tenure-track faculty position in Large Animal Surgery.  As part of the interview process, each candidate has been asked to present two brief seminars; one suitable for DVM students and the other a presentation of their research.

Our second candidate wil be on-campus October 28th and October 29th, 2019.

Dr. Marco Lopes was born in Brazil where he completed his DVM training and a Masters in Veterinary Medicine. He did a PhD in Veterinary Medical Sciences at Virginia Tech and a Residency in Equine Surgery at the University of Missouri. Dr. Lopes always loved all animals, but, as a vet, he likes to work with large animals and he really loves working as a clinician. Thus, his choice to work mostly with horses instead of farm animals had a lot to do with the higher demand for clinical work in horses (especially more intensive care and complex surgical procedures) than in the other large animals. Besides his main work as a horse veterinarian, he has always worked with ruminants and camelids. Unexpectedly he got a job at a vet school very early in his career and he immediately learned that he loved teaching and research as much as he loved working as a clinician. So he never wanted to leave academia. Dr. Lopes love for nature and being in the wild is his favourite hobby. He also likes to be physically active and he loves running and playing soccer, which helps him stay fit for the physically demanding work as a large animal surgeon.

Preoperative Assessment of Patients with Acute Abdomen

Motion Analysis in Animals - Uses, Tools, and Methods

Monday, October 21st @ 12:30 pm

AVC Learning Commons "278N"

Any interested faculty/staf are invited to attend.  A copy of the candidate's CV and letter of application are available by contacting Tracy O'Flaherty (toflaherty@upei.ca) in the Department of Health Mangement.