Our UPEI Student Food Bank is donation driven an dis open during the academic year. Several groups and individuals have been very generous over the last 3 months. Unfortunately, today - the cupboard is bare. Spaghetti, sauce, tuna, rice, noodles, peanut butter, jam, healthy soup, toothpaste, tooth brushes, soap. All is welcome! T

Please join students in HIST1160 this lunch time as they display the research posters they have developed on aspects of the history of the devil. This event is Thursday, November 22 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the concourse of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

The Department of Biology is pleased to present two candidates for the position of Assistant Professor. The campus community is welcome to attend the following research presentations:
On Friday, November 23rd at 12:30 in Duffy Science 204, Dr. Alex Pasternak, University of Saskatchewan will present “Molecular genetics of the fetal response to viral infection: from SNP to function" 

On Tuesday, November 27th at 1:00 p.m. in the Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104, Dr. Chris Verschoor, McMaster University will present: “Healthy aging: How old are you really?...and how do your monocytes feel about it?" 

All are welcome to attend!

The Faculty of Education formally announces the upcoming PhD defense by Olive Bryanton. 

Olive will be defending her dissertation titled "Pioneers in Aging: Voices of women 85 years and older aging in place in rural communities". 

All are welcome to attend Olive's public presentation, taking place on Friday November 23, 2018 from 2:30 to 3:00 pm in Duffy Research Centre room 212 building #28- the building beside AVC building (not the Duffy Science Centre).

For the second time, the pinnacle of motorsport, the Sustainable Alternative Novel Design Intramural (SANDI) Race of First Year, will be held at the Mount Academy on Monday, November 19 at 12:30 pm (weather permitting). This year's contest includes a speed race, slalom, and Concours competition. 
Come join us and cheer for your favorite team! We are counting on your support!

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 December 3 2018. They will be reviewed at the December meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after December 3 will be reviewed at the January 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.

Did you know that it is illegal to travel with dogs, and other companion animals, unsecured in the back of a pickup truck? Are you aware that cosmetic surgery on animals, such as tail docking in dogs, cattle, and horses, or ear cropping in dogs, is prohibited? These regulations—and more—are part of the new PEI Animal Welfare Act, passed into law in 2017.

How does the Act impact Islanders and their animals? Dr. Alice Crook, Coordinator of the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre at AVC, will provide a “big picture” of the Act, focusing on the evolution of a distressed-based model to a standard–of-care model. Dwight Thompson, PEI Department of Agriculture and Forestry, will speak about the rights and responsibilities of owners, and Mike Gilbertson, PEI Humane Society, will focus on how the Society handles animal welfare complaints.

Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. This event is tonight at 7:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A. 

For information, contact (902) 566-0589 or upei.ca/avc.

Suicide impacts campuses and communities everywhere, and UPEI is no exception. ‘Make It Public’ aims to raise awareness and encourage conversation through personal stories. The event will be led by student speakers, and will feature live music by students from the Holland College School of Performing Arts. Free food. All are welcome. This event is 2-4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 21 in the Fox and Crow. 

Transgender Day of Remembrance was created in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman and activist, to memorialize the murder of Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts. What began as a web-based initiative has now grown into an international event observed annually on November 20. International Transgender Day of Remembrance commemorates the trans, two-spirit and non-binary people who have lost their lives to transphobic violence. Because of the way we collect statistics and record crimes, Canada has no real information about the rates of violence faced by trans Canadians. But we do know trans and non-binary people – particularly trans women of colour – are at a higher risk for experiencing violence and/or being killed because of who they are. It is important to remember those who have lost their lives and raise awareness, compassion, and empowerment for the trans community. 

This year, the Honourable Robert Mitchell, Minister of Health and Wellness, will read a statement in, and a Trans flag will be flown at, the PEI Legislature to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance. UPEI will also fly the Trans flag on November 20.

All are welcome to attend this week's FSDE Graduate research seminar on Wednesday, November 21 at 12:00 pm in FSDE 212.

This week's presenters are:
Holly Wilts - MSc Student with her title, "The Effect of Salix Buffers on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural-Riparian Transition Zones in Potato Cropping Systems"

AND

Melanie Bos - MSc Student with her title, "Evaluating the environmental impacts of potato production on PEI."

Accessibility Services would like to communicate the following to students who receive exam accommodations: 

With final exams approaching, registration can begin on Access Deck under the "Final Exams" section. Please be sure to input your exam requests in the final exams section and not the midterm/test section. All final exam requests MUST be submitted by Wednesday, November 28th to secure accommodations. Requests that come in after this date may not receive accommodation.

As always, exam requests will be verified 3-4 days before the exam to provide time for professors to submit exams to Student Affairs. Please check your Access Deck Login page for information regarding exam start time, exam location, and proctor. You must have a piece of photo ID with you for each of your final exams.

For questions regarding exam requests or accommodations, please contact Amanda Squires, our Accessibility Support Facilitator at amangallant@upei.ca or 902-566-0668. Thank you!

Black Friday is a few days away so 'tis the season to be cautious. Please be mindful when shopping online, remember when a deal seems too good to be true it usually is. Before making any purchases this week ITSS wants you to check out this quick guide. Happy (and safe) shopping.

Third event in our fourth year - Roasted Rep Pepper and Potato Soup plus Chicken Noodle Soup. Of course, rolls (with butter!) and rumours are in the wind of a tasty dessert treat or two! 
This event is co-hosted by three groups - UPEI Women in Business, Engineers Without Borders, and UPEI Retirees Association. 
Warm soup makes a cold day so much better!

This event is Wednesday, November 21 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the Chaplaincy Centre. 

Anne Minors is a musically trained architect and theatre consultant. After designing hospitals in the UK and civil engineering projects in Hong Kong, she then specialized in designing and delivering buildings for the performing arts. As Head of Design at Theatre Projects between 1984 and 1995, she consulted to the architectural practices of Moshe Safdie, Barton Myers, Charles Moore, Bing Thom, Michael Hopkins, Frank O Gehry, Cesar Pelli, Michael Wilford and Zaha Hadid on projects in North America and the Far East.

Anne founded Anne Minors Performance Consultants in 1996, a multidisciplinary practice of designers, stage engineers and lighting and sound designers, and in 20 years completed 30 arts buildings in 7 continents, working with  architectural firms Dixon Jones, Foster and Partners,Tabanlioglu, Emre Arolat Architects, David Chipperfield, Herzog and de Meuron, KPMG, ERA and Diamond Schmidt.

Anne Minors will deliver two presentations at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). Both will take place in Room 104, Memorial Hall. The first presentation is at 4:30- 5:30 pm, Tuesday, November 20 and is entitled “A Musical Tapestry- Gathering forms for Sound 1989-2019”. It will focus on international design projects for performance spaces. The second is at 3:30-4:30 pm, Wednesday, November 21 and is entitled “Audience eye-movements in viewing images of concert halls - with and without music - a behavioral study”.

Presentations are under the auspices of UPEI's Department of Psychology, in conjunction with courses on music cognition and the psychology of human learning and memory. For more information, contact Annabel Cohen at acohen@upei.ca or 902-628-4325.

The Island Lecture Series November lecture is Tuesday, November 20, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus, and will feature Dr. Joseph Glass speaking about “The Life and Times of Dr. Leo Frank: A Jewish Fox Rancher.”

Hidden away in Stratford, a small municipal park is named in memory of a former resident, Dr. Leo Frank, a unique individual in the Jewish and general history of PEI. In 1915 he established the Rosebank Fur Farms: a profitable business and showcase for black silver fox ranching as featured in many postcards, stereoscope cards, articles in North America newspapers, and a motion picture. A mysterious character, he made quite an impression on Islanders and his economic, social, and cultural activities were often discussed in the local press. However, he did not draw attention to his Jewishness until after his marriage in 1935. Although the ranch ceased operations in 1944, he and his wife Ruchamah lived at Rosebank until 1958. The lecture highlights the

Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend. 

For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.

Support local dairy and the Dairy Farmers of Canada by purchasing any local dairy product at the AVC Cafe or Samuel's Cafe. Every local dairy product you purchase such as ADL Milk, our 550 Pizza, and our Daily Mac and Cheese and Grilled Cheese lunch specials (November only), you receive $0.10 off a special meal at the end of the month in Support of the Dairy Farmers of Canada! Menus are available online at dineoncampus.ca/upei or on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @chartwellsupei

For more information, please contact Via Reyes at via.reyes@compass-canada.com.

Drop in Art - bring your own supplies and take some time to create!
No prior experience necessary

This is an open event, bring your own art supplies and take a few minutes for yourself!

You do not need to be creative to participate, just have an interest in expressing yourself! 

Bring your ideas and suggestions for future Art for the Soul meetings! 

Open to Staff, Students, and Faculty. This event is Wednesday, November 28 at 3:30 pm in the Chaplaincy Centre.

The last mass flu clinic will be held at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre (2nd floor Murphy Bldg, above the bookstore) on December 4th from 12:00 - 5:00 pm. Public Health Nurses will be on hand to provide the flu shot free of charge. All staff, faculty, students and families welcome. We will have the spray for children!!