The SJDAWC has additional funding available for 2019 for a domestic masters student ($51,600 over 2 years). Applications from doctoral or international (masters or doctoral) students will be considered as well if stipend funding above this amount is available from other documented sources (ie. support from the proposed supervisor). (Please note that the University does not allow graduate students to begin their program unless all funding is secured.)

The Scholarship will support the training of researchers to pursue animal welfare research at the University of Prince Edward Island. Both applied or more fundamental approaches to research pertaining to animal welfare are
welcome.

Application deadline: Wednesday, July 24, 2019, with decisions to be announced by mid-August. Students may take up their award at any time of the year but must do so within 12 months of the date of the letter of offer.

Application info:
http://awc.upei.ca/2019-sir-james-dunn-animal-welfare-graduate-scholarship/

Please note: All potential graduate students must identify a graduate faculty member willing to supervise the student should the application be successful.

This must be included with the application.

Starting Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019, the AVC Cafe will be closing at 2:30 pm, Monday - Friday instead of its regular closing time at 3:00 pm.

We thank you for cooperation!

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, will announce funding to support a climate change adaptation initiative in Prince Edward Island, and that will be delivered in partnership with the UPEI Climate Lab. Minister MacAulay will be joined by Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown and the Honourable Bradley Trivers, Minister Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Change.

Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 
Time: 10 am
Where: Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Schurman Market Square, University of Prince Edward Island

To ensure that the most accurate and up to date information is submitted for online tuition waivers, Human Resources will be adhering to the following submission timeline for online Employee and Spouse/Dependent Tuition Waiver forms:

Fall semester – no earlier than August 1st
Winter semester – no earlier than December 1st
Summer semester – no earlier than April 1st

For any Forms submitted prior to these dates, the Staff/Faculty member will be notified and requested to resubmit their form following the above noted submission timeline.

The elevator in the SDU Main Building will be shutdown for approximately four (4) weeks beginning Monday, July 15th.  This shutdown is necessary to complete a modernization of the elevator, including an updated control system as well as a new cab shell and flooring.

While the contractors have been instructed that the work be executed with the least possible interference or disturbance to the campus community, a certain amount of disruption is inevitable. Your patience and understanding is appreciated as we proceed with this renovation project that will enhance the facility.

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

Central Printing will be closed all day, Tuesday, July 2, 2019.  Please contact Wendy Henderson at whenderson@upei.ca.

Please note that UPEIFA Professional Officer Heather Penny's email address hjpenny@upei.ca will be decommissioned effective July 5th, 2019.

Heather's new email address is fapo@upeifa.org and she can be reached by this email address effective immediately.

Please ensure that you update your contact information for our UPEIFA

Starting Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019, the AVC Cafe will be closing at 2:30 pm, Monday - Friday instead of its regular closing time at 3:00 pm.

We thank you for cooperation!

The Department of Physics invites the campus community and members of the public to view the Sun through a solar telescope. The telescope will be set up outside the FSDE Building main entrance. Drop by to see the features of the Sun safely and learn about our nearest star. Viewings will be held every second Wednesday, 12:30-1:30pm, with the next viewing being July 3 (weather dependent). For a full list of viewing dates and to find updates about the event status related to weather, visit our website at
http://projects.upei.ca/astronomy/2019/05/31/solar-viewings-for-summer-2019/

Let the campus community know about your upcoming event! Submit it to the UPEI Events Calendar for all to see and to Campus Notices—our daily dispatch of the news you need at UPEI!

Submitting your event is easy. Just visit upei.ca/communications/submit-notice-or-event. You will be asked to log in with your UPEI username and password (the same one you use for your email).

Questions? Contact Marketing and Communications at communications@upei.ca. 

All are welcome to attend this research presentation on this Friday, June 28 from 9:30 to 10:30 at McDougall Hall, Room 328

Abstract: In this talk we review mathematical models of cancer evolution. Mutation and selection events in an “undated” evolutionary process create a dynamics that leads to different stages of tumor progression. The models are examples of the quasi-species and replicator equation framed for cancer evolution in the presence of genetic and epigenetic heterogeneities. We address the problem of drug resistance in the context of cancer evolution at the end of the talk.

The Wanda Wyatt will be open for breakfast only (8am - 9am) on Friday, June 28th, 2019. We thank you for your cooperation!

Dr. Arnold Schumann, adjunct candidate, will present a special summer research seminar, titled “Machine Vision and Learning for Precision Agriculture”

The presentation will describe what machine vision using deep learning is, and how a new suite of camera-sensor applications based on this technology can improve crop production systems.

This session will be Monday, June 24 at 10:30 am, in room FSDE 205

All are welcome to attend.

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day for all Canadians to recognize & celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures, & outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit & Métis peoples in Canada. 

Come visit our display in the lobby of the Robertson Library and check out our selected resources written by and about Canada's Indigenous peoples.

Hope Nestor will present her thesis entitled: “The Successful Transitions Initiative: Youth Skills Development Programming and How At-risk High School Participants Report Impact to Academic Success and Dropout Outcomes”. 

ABSTRACT

People who fail to attain a high school education face a multitude of risk factors associated with health, employment, crime, substance abuse, and their personal lives. The Successful Transitions Initiative on Prince Edward Island, a unique program targeting youth at-risk of dropping out of high school, teaches the youth basic skills in hopes of improving their academic outcomes. Skills development programs with similar mandates and curriculum are growing in popularity across Canada. It is important that the impact of these programs be understood to ensure they are affecting the participants positively and to improve program delivery. A case study was completed to understand the impact of the Successful Transitions Initiative. Pre and post-test survey data and post intervention focus group data were analysed to measure the 2017 Successful Transitions Initiative participant reported outcomes of the program. The participants reported improved communication skills, pride and a sense of accomplishment, higher levels of self-confidence, self-actualization, internal locus of control, increased school engagement, and newly formed positive relationships. The Successful Transitions Initiative case study also revealed trends that support a relationship between the magnitude and the longevity of the effect. Limitations of this study unearthed recommendations for future research.

This event is Monday, June 24 at noon in HSB 226. 

Another event in the 'indigenizing and decolonizing the university' discussion series! The Faculty Development Office and the Indigenous Education Advisory Circle faculty development group invite all who are interested to another discussion in our ongoing reading group on Tuesday, June 25, 12:00-1:00 pm in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge. This time we have two short articles for everyone to read and discuss:

1) Pam Palmater, "Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Universities and Colleges" - http://indigenousnationhood.blogspot.com/2019/05/reconciliation-with-indigenous-peoples.html

2) Sharon Stein, "So you want to decolonize higher education? Necessary conversations for non-Indigenous people" https://medium.com/@educationotherwise/https-medium-com-educationotherwise-so-you-want-to-decolonize-higher-education-4a7370d64955

Grab a colleague and come join the conversation!

Dr. Michael D. Noseworthy, McMaster University will present a seminar entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Risks, Limitations and Opportunities" on Friday, June 21 at 9:00 am in AVC Lecture Theatre B.

Summary - Healthcare is one, if not the largest expenses faced by governments the world over. Although not the highest globally, Canada is among the highest spenders on healthcare in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at $5,782 per person for 2015, which corresponds to 10.4% of the national GDP. This figure is expected to continually rise. The present healthcare system suffers from a great deal of inefficiency and non-optimal diagnosis and treatment decision making. These days with the vast amounts of data, cheap computing and affordable wearable technology we are at a point where healthcare costs escalation can be slowed. Machine learning (ML) is being implemented in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, utilizing the ongoing masses of available data to continually learn. Data is more and more easily generated by affordable wearable technology that keeps becoming smaller, less energy dependent and less invasive. From the largest diagnostic systems (e.g. magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) to the smallest systems of RF ID tags and “lab-on-a-chip” technology I will discuss how healthcare is changing for the better. This current healthcare revolution has clear advantages and opportunities. However, one must be aware of some points of caution as we proceed forward.

Everyone is welcome

As part of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, the Robertson Library is presenting a lecture series to celebrate the historical roots of higher education on Prince Edward Island and its future. The series is named after educator Frank Pigot, honoured as a UPEI Founder for his work building the Library’s PEI Collection and University Archives. The next talk is Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30 pm on the second floor of UPEI’s Robertson Library. PEI writer Marion Bruce will present “the Lion of Prince of Wales: Alexander Anderson—An Unsung Hero of Prince Edward Island’s Education System.”

Anderson was the principal of Prince of Wales College for almost 40 years, from 1862 to 1901. He was chief superintendent of Island schools for a decade and was much revered by his students and admired by the community.

“Of the many teachers I have known,” wrote Sir Andrew Macphail, “he was the best.”

L.M. Montgomery wrote,” of all the teachers I have ever sat under, non was to be compared to Dr. Anderson.”

Diplomat and scholar Joseph Gould Schurman described Anderson as “incomparably the greatest benefactor the Island has had” in education.
Anderson’s gifts to education did not end at the door of the classroom. Despite decades of struggle—including chronic underfunding, overcrowding, woefully unprepared products, and threats to the life of the college—Anderson not only developed an institution renowned for excellence, but also helped raise standards throughout the rural school system. He championed equality for female and extended the hand of friendship to Roman Catholic educators in an era of religious strife.

Dr. Michael D. Noseworthy, McMaster University will present a seminar entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Risks, Limitations and Opportunities" on Friday, June 21 at 9:00 am in AVC Lecture Theatre B.

Summary - Healthcare is one, if not the largest expenses faced by governments the world over. Although not the highest globally, Canada is among the highest spenders on healthcare in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at $5,782 per person for 2015, which corresponds to 10.4% of the national GDP. This figure is expected to continually rise. The present healthcare system suffers from a great deal of inefficiency and non-optimal diagnosis and treatment decision making. These days with the vast amounts of data, cheap computing and affordable wearable technology we are at a point where healthcare costs escalation can be slowed. Machine learning (ML) is being implemented in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, utilizing the ongoing masses of available data to continually learn. Data is more and more easily generated by affordable wearable technology that keeps becoming smaller, less energy dependent and less invasive. From the largest diagnostic systems (e.g. magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) to the smallest systems of RF ID tags and “lab-on-a-chip” technology I will discuss how healthcare is changing for the better. This current healthcare revolution has clear advantages and opportunities. However, one must be aware of some points of caution as we proceed forward.

Everyone Welcome

Accessibility Services has updated its email account and will now be using accessibility@upei.ca

All correspondence related to Access Deck and exam accommodations will now be facilitated through accessibility@upei.ca. If you have any questions or concerns please email accessibility@upei.ca or call extension 0668.