Campus Notices
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’s LINC, Room 265, this semester – Museum Marauders.
You and your fellow UPEI colleagues are locked in a room! Find clues, solve puzzles, find keys, and open locks to save the missing manuscript. You have 30 minutes. Can you find the manuscript 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!
Wednesday, January 30 @ 5 pm & 6:30 pm
Monday, February 11 @ 5 pm & 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 13 @ 5 pm & 6:30 pm
Sign up at https://library.upei.ca/
The Faculty of Nursing Masters of Nursing Graduate Studies committee invites the Campus community to the first graduate seminar winter 2019. Dr. Christine Cassidy will be speaking about her work in Implementation Science at the IWK Health Centre. Everyone is welcome.This event is Friday, January 25, at 3:00 pm in room 104 of the Health Sciences Building.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite you to the public presentation by Dr. Tom Russell, Queens University: Book Knowledge, Craft Knowledge & Learning From Experience In A Teacher Education Program. This presentation is Friday, January 25 at noon in room 328 of Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All are welcome.
Timothy will be defending his dissertation titled " Applying an Experiential Learning cycle to Inform a Deeper Understanding of Teaching and Learning in a Changing Canadian community College."
All are welcome to attend Timothy's public presentation, taking place Friday January 25, 2019 from 2:30 - 3:00 pm in Memorial Hall 417.
Dr. Sam Kolahgar, Finance Candidate, Faculty of Business will give a public presentation on Wednesday, January 23, at 10 am in MCDH room 329.
Topic: Corporate Communications as a Self-governing Mechanism, Evident From Substitution/Complementary Effect
All are welcome to attend.
During the evening of Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019, IT Systems & Services will be making a change to improve the delivery of regular updates to Windows computers on campus. As a result, you may notice some increased Windows Update activity on your office computer over the coming weeks.
IT Systems & Services would like to take this opportunity to share some best practices with regards to the update process on your Windows computer:
1. Please never turn off a computer that is in the process of applying an update.
2. Please frequently save your work, as updates will require your PC to restart.
3. At the end of the work day, log-off or lock your computer instead of shutting down. This will allow updates to be installed while you are out of the office. If you are concerned about power consumption, the computer's power management settings will minimize power usage during this time.
4. When new updates have been installed, you will be prompted to restart your computer. This can be done at any time that is convenient for you, such as over your lunch break or when you leave at the end of the day.
If you have any questions or issues, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at helpdesk@upei.ca or 902-566-0465.
Scholarships and bursaries are available. To learn more about these innovative degrees, join us on Tuesday, January 29th, from 3:00 to 4:00pm or from 6:00 to 7:00pm, in Rm. 237 of the Don and Marion McDougall Hall. For more information, contact Jim Randall, the Program Coordinator, at mais@upei.ca or 902-620-5013.
Come join us at an OPEN HOUSE for the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre as we welcome our newest member Lynne Fraser, Nurse Practitioner. The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre has expanded its hours of operation and will be open five days per week on a year-round basis. The Centre is also providing care to faculty, staff, and immediate family (spouse, partner, and children). Join us from 1:00 - 2:30 pm on Friday, February 8, 2019 at the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre on the second floor (north) of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre (above the bookstore). Tea/coffee and finger foods will be served!
The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday February 1, 2019. These applications will be reviewed at the February 2019 meeting.
Please ensure that you use the new electronic forms available at http://www.upei.ca/research/forms.
Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca
Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed at the March 2019 meeting. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board (REB). The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Monday February 4 2019. They will be reviewed at the February meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after February 4 will be reviewed at the March 2019 meeting.
Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.
Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms.
Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca
For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
As part of this year's Mental Health Week, the second Out of the Blue Gala is taking place on January 31st in the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall with doors opening 6:30pm followed by dinner and the guest speaker at 7:00pm. A gala night aimed to tackle the negative and harmful stigma surrounding mental health, students and other attendees will get to hear UPEI's very own Leigh Reid share his story, enjoy a delicious plated meal prepared by Chartwells Head Chef Alan Paul and his team, and engage with community mental health advocates.
Tickets for this event are available at the Residence Office and the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, or through Residence Life Coordinator, Sarah Donald (sdonald@upei.ca)
It's that time of year again! Mental Health Week is Jan 28-Feb 1 and we are sending out a call for anyone who is interested in volunteering! If so please submit your name and email to the link below and we will be in touch.
If you have any questions please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Talia Melone at tmelone@upei.ca.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsB-KSn2sFuyoxsiFlqomUDTjE49klexZnvWIwHPnCkLPE5g/viewform
Amel Farhat, Finance Candidate, Faculty of Business, will give a public presentation on Monday, January 21, at 10:00 am, in MCDH 329.
Topic: When is the Price of Dispersion Risk Positive
All are welcome to attend.
Colleen MacQuarrie and Sobia Ali-Faisal from the Department of Psychology will be facilitating a workshop on white privilege in the academy. They will be applying liberation psychological theory to:
- examine white privilege and white supremacy in the academy
- provide space for attendees to explore and navigate their emotions and thoughts around their own privilege, and
- provide time to practice strategies to challenge their white privilege.
We are holding this workshop to support UPEI's efforts at honouring the TRC recommendations and creating a safe environment for everyone. (Side note: We will also be holding a workshop for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities on campus on March 4th. Please keep an eye out for a notice regarding that very soon.)
When: February 4th, 1 - 3pm
Where: Andrew Hall, Room 142
For: Faculty, staff, and students
It is a free workshop and refreshments will be provided.
Please feel free to email Sobia (sali@upei.ca) or Colleen (cmaquarrie@upei.ca) if you have any questions.
We would like to thank the Department of Psychology, Office of the Dean of Arts, and Office of Vice-President Academic and Research for their support of the workshop.
The Faculty of Education would like to invite you to the public presentation by Dr. Tom Russell, Queens University: Book Knowledge, Craft Knowledge & Learning From Experience In A Teacher Education Program. This event is Friday, January 25 at noon in room 225 of the Health Sciences Building. All are welcome.
The Faculty of Education formally announces the upcoming PhD defense by Timothy McRoberts.
Timothy will be defending his dissertation titled " Applying an Experiential Learning cycle to Inform a Deeper Understanding of Teaching and Learning in a Changing Canadian community College."
All are welcome to attend Timothy's public presentation, taking place Friday January 25, 2019 from 2:30 - 3:00 pm in Memorial Hall 417.
Dr. Sam Kolahgar, Finance Candidate, Faculty of Business will give a public presentation on Wednesday, January 23, at 10 am in MCDH room 329.
Topic: Corporate Communications as a Self-governing Mechanism, Evident From Substitution/Complementary Effect
All are welcome to attend.
The Healthy Activity Challenge at UPEI is an opportunity for you and a group of co-workers to participate in a fun eight week physical activity challenge. It’s simple, just record the number of minutes you are active daily. Your team captain will submit team members minutes of physical activity weekly. Registration deadline: Thursday, January 24. Register at http://www.upei.ca/ar/wellness
Challenge Dates: Monday, January 28 – Sunday, March 24, 2019. For UPEI students, faculty and staff only!
Program benefits: FREE access to the Sports Centre walking track from January 28 - march 24, 2019, prize draws and group activities including noontime volleyball, dodgeball, meditation, etc.
Telefilm Canada, UPEI Campus Life, and Robertson Library are presenting the award-winning movie Play Your Gender. The documentary, by Nova Scotia-based filmmaker Stephanie Clattenburg, is about the under-representation of women in the music industry.
“Only 6 women have ever been nominated for a Producer of the Year Grammy and no woman has ever won. In PLAY YOUR GENDER, Juno award-winning producer Kinnie Starr is on a quest to find out why this disparity exists by speaking to industry stars and veterans about the realities of being a woman in the recording studio.
Play Your Gender features interviews with Sara Quinn of Tegan & Sara, Melissa Auf der Maur of the Smashing Pumpkins, Patty Schemel of Hole, Chantal Kreviazuk, and many more of the music industry’s most talented women.”
Special guest Wayne Carter, Executive Director, FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival will introduce the film and host a Q&A session after the movie.
Free dinner – pizza, drinks, and cookies (while supplies last)!
