Celebrating 50 years of UPEI!

In celebration of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, join us for an inspiring talk by alumna Dr. Leslie Steele, DVM ’97 CEO, CBS Animal Hospital, Kenmount Road Animal Hospital and Virtual Vet Solutions.

October 3, 2019

12:30 pm (lunch will be provided)

Lecture Theatre A, AVC

There will be a UPEI Blood Borne Pathogen training session on Thursday, October 17, 2019 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in Kelley Memorial Building 313.

This session is for those individuals whose research involves human blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids. If you wish to attend you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth before October 11, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

Please join Mathew Larade for a brief introduction to the free digital research services offered by  ACENET and Compute Canada. ACENET serves researchers across all disciplines. Services include access to high performance and big data computing, cloud, storage, consultation, training and ongoing support. The talk will consist of a brief description of the services available, before presenting several case studies, and concluding with how to get you and your research group up and running on the freely available services.

You are invited to attend this free and fun family event where they can see all kinds of demonstrations and exhibits.  View a painted horse and cow;  see different dog breeds during the Parade of Dog Breeds; visit some farm animals;  learn how to dress for surgery, and much more. Children can bring their most loved stuffed toys for a check-up and treatment at the Teddy Bear Clinic. And they can have their faces painted and choose their favourite balloon animal.   

Organized and run by AVC students, AVC Open House is one of the largest, most successful open houses in Atlantic Canada. The event is one of many activities taking place during Homecoming Weekend (upei.ca/alumni/homecoming), celebrating UPEI’s 50th Anniversary, September 25-28.

 For more information:  (902) 566-0589.

Maymester 2019: The Planning, Pitfalls, and Pleasures of Taking Students to Europe 

Please grab your lunch and join us in the Main Building Faculty Lounge on September 25th from 12:00-1:00 pm for the first brown-bag lunch of the term.

This past May, Arts and Sciences faculty members took UPEI students on field schools to the UK, France, and Ireland as part of courses in English, History, Biology, and Religious Studies. In our brown-bag session, we will briefly introduce the planning and pedagogy that went into the courses, and, along with a few of our returning students, will discuss the joys and challenges of taking students abroad.

Wear orange on September 30 in honour of Residential School Survivors and to remember those who didn't make it home.

Orange shirts are available for sale at the UPEI Bookstore.

Join us for a campus photo at 12:30 pm in the Robertson Library along with an Orange Shirt Day info table.

UPEI’s Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) program will host three public lectures featuring new research on the ways that maps and other geospatial data shape regional development. The lectures are part of a three-day workshop exploring new digital humanities tools and training for research and public policy. 

Dr. Ed MacDonald, professor of history at UPEI, will present the first public talk on Thursday, October 3, starting at 7 pm at the Carriage House, Beaconsfield Historic House, Charlottetown. Dr. MacDonald’s talk, Designing Change: A Semicentennial Review of the Comprehensive Development Plan on Prince Edward Island, will explore the largest and first provincial-federal development initiative in post-war Canadian history. 

Environmental and digital historian Dr. Jim Clifford will present Combining the Local and Global Scales: London’s Nineteenth Century ‘Ghost Acres’ on Friday, October 4, at 8:30 am in the Atlantic Veterinary College’s Lecture Theatre B, UPEI. Dr. Clifford is an associate professor of environmental history at the University of Saskatchewan.

Dr. Tina Loo, professor of environmental and Canadian history at UBC, will present Moved by the State: Forced Relocation and ‘a Good Life’ in Postwar Canada on Friday, October 4, at 4 pm in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at the Atlantic Veterinary College.

All are welcome to these three public lectures.

Please join the members of the English Department as we celebrate the life of our dear friend Dr. Catherine Innes-Parker, who passed away unexpectedly. We will be celebrating Catherine's life on September 27 at 4 pm in the Steel Recital Hall. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, please contact the Chair of English. Dr. Greg Doran at gdoran@upei.ca.

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. 

Maymester 2019: The Planning, Pitfalls, and Pleasures of Taking Students to Europe 

Please grab your lunch and join us in the Main Building Faculty Lounge on September 25th from 12:00-1:00 pm for the first brown-bag lunch of the term.

This past May, Arts and Sciences faculty members took UPEI students on field schools to the UK, France, and Ireland as part of courses in English, History, Biology, and Religious Studies. In our brown-bag session, we will briefly introduce the planning and pedagogy that went into the courses, and, along with a few of our returning students, will discuss the joys and challenges of taking students abroad.

The start of a new school year brings great opportunities. Not only is it a time to take new classes and meet new people, it’s the perfect time to try new fitness activities such as Aqua Zumba. Aqua Zumba (aka “Pool Party”) is a fun, easy-to-follow, invigorating workout. Inspired by Latin music, this upbeat class is the perfect stress buster and a fantastic way to burn calories. A 45-minute class burns from 300 to 500+ calories. Moreover, it’s free for full-time UPEI students! Anyone who can stand up in shallow water and is inspired by great music will love this class.

From September to December 2019, enjoy 6 weekly classes: Monday at 5:45 pm, Tuesday at 8:00 pm, Wednesday at 5:45 pm, Thursday at 8:00 pm, Friday at 5:45 pm, and Sunday at 9:30 am. For more information contact the Bell Aliant Centre at info@bellaliantcentre.ca or 902-569-4584 ext 0. 

Please join the members of the English Department as we celebrate the life of our dear friend Dr. Catherine Innes-Parker, who passed away unexpectedly. We will be celebrating Catherine's life on September 27 at 4 pm in the Steel Recital Hall. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, please contact the Chair of English. Dr. Greg Doran at gdoran@upei.ca.

Students from UPEI’s Kinesiology 3430 class are seeking participants to take part in a five-week exercise training program. Students will create personalized exercise training programs for each participant, based on their fitness, skill level, and personal interests.

Participants must be between 30 and 65 years of age. The program will take place Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the Kinesiology Teaching Lab (Steel 128), beginning the week of October 7. Participants will receive a fitness test the first and last week of the program, separated by three weeks of supervised aerobic and strength training.  For information or to sign up, please contact Tyler Baker - tpbaker@upei.ca.

Appointments at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre can be made by telephoning 902-566-0616 or by email at:  healthcentre@upei.ca (use your UPEI email address). It is important to attend your appointment at the time it is scheduled!  If you need to cancel the appointment please contact us as we can give this appointment to someone else who is waiting.

The next performance in the UPEI Music Recital Series will feature an evening of masterworks for violin and piano. Violinist Martin Chalifour and pianist Sarah Hagen will perform together Saturday, September 21, at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI Steel Building. 

Chalifour and Hagen first met at a music festival on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia and over too many cups of coffee, began scheming plans to perform together. This highly caffeinated meeting led to laughter-filled tours in BC and Washington State and an eventual recording. Their upcoming program features Beethoven’s glorious and transcendent Opus 96 Sonata, a thoughtful work which transforms both performers and listeners.

From Québec, Chalifour has been principal concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1995. He came to wide prominence upon receiving a certificate of honour at Moscow’s International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986, with a laureate at the Montréal International Musical Competition the following year. Chalifour has maintained a career as a much sought-after orchestral violinist, soloist, and chamber musician ever since. Throughout these years, he has performed a vast repertory of more than 50 concertos, spanning the world as a soloist and sharing concert stages with such notable conductors as Pierre Boulez, Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Hagen, who makes her home on the south shore of PEI, enjoys a busy and diverse life touring across Canada and internationally as both a recitalist and a humorist. She won first prize in the 2013 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, and Artist of the Year by Ontario Contact in 2017 and the British Columbia Touring Council in 2015. Her interpretations have been described as “outstandingly inventive” by the University of Waterloo Gazette, and “with great sensitivity and heart,” by the Vernon Morning Star.

This concert is part of the UPEI Music Department Recital Series. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students. Barrier-free parking is available adjacent to the Steel Building via the driveway in front of the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre. Regular parking may be found in Lot C. All campus parking is free after 5 pm.

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the first Environmental Sciences/Human Biology seminar of the academic year.

Dr. Patrick Murphy of the UPEI Biology Department will present “Unraveling metabolite function with disruptive new tools in metabolomics and proteomics”. The seminar will take place on Friday, September 20th  at 12:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, room 204.  

All are welcome.

Please join the members of the English Department as we celebrate the life of our dear friend Dr. Catherine Innes-Parker, who passed away unexpectedly. We will be celebrating Catherine's life on September 27 at 4 pm in the Steel Recital Hall. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, please contact the Chair of English. Dr. Greg Doran at gdoran@upei.ca.

A lecture by Dr. John Todd

UPEI Environmental Studies and the Institute for Bioregional Studies Ltd. are pleased to host Dr. John Todd on Sunday, September 22, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.,  135  DSC for an stimulating lecture and book launch.

John Todd is a biologist working in the field of ecological design. He addresses problems of food production and wastewater processing by using ecosystems technologies that incorporate plants, animals and bacteria. He combines alternative technologies for renewable energy, organic farming, aquaculture, hydroponics and architecture to create "living machines"or "eco-machines"; designed for sustainable living.

John Todd is a co-founder with Nancy Jack Todd of the non-profits New Alchemy Institute and PEI’s historic Spry Point Ark. He is president of the design and engineering firm John Todd Ecological Design Inc.  A research professor emeritus and distinguished lecturer at the University of Vermont, where he teaches Ecological Design, Dr. Todd has published well as over 200 scientific papers, popular articles and essays and authored several books.

For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Peach Brown - hcpbrown@upei.ca

Registration is now open for the Atlantic Universities' Teaching Showcase, to be held at the University of Prince Edward Island on October 19.  Early-bird registration ends on September 26, so register soon!  On the site --

http://projects.upei.ca/au-showcase-2019/  

-- you will also now find abstracts for all the sessions. We look forward to seeing you in October! If you have any questions, please write to Gerald at fdo@upei.ca

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Refresher training session:

Thursday, October 3, 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 September 24th, 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.