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.

There will be a UPEI Basic Biosafety training session:

Wednesday, October 2, 2019  9:00 am – 12:30 pm 
AVC, Room 287N

Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone including graduate students.

Please note: those who attended training in 2016 or earlier are currently due for the Biosafety Refresher Course.

To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before September 24, 2019 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).

Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

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

The Indigenizing and Decolonizing reading group is starting up again! Co-organized by the FDO and the IEAC faculty development committee, this reading group is open to anyone on campus, for any or all of the sessions. Our first gathering this academic year will be on Wednesday, Oct 2, at 12:30 pm, in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge. We'll be taking a cue from Pam Palmater's reconciliation book club and reading her first suggestion there: Whose Land is it Anyway? -- available online at https://fpse.ca/sites/default/files/news_files/Decolonization%20Handbook.pdf. Read the book, grab a colleague, and come join others in the ongoing discussion about indigenizing and decolonizing the university.

PEI Energy Systems has notified Facilities Management of a leak in the district heating lines near Cass Building.

To repair the issue, a shutdown of the heating systems for Cass Building, Duffy Science Centre, Kelley Memorial Building, and the Chaplaincy Centre will be required. 

This shutdown will also shutdown the domestic hot water system for Duffy Science Centre. Cold water will not be affected.

The shutdown is scheduled for Thursday, September 19 beginning at 7:00 am, with the repair expected to take approximately 12 hours to complete.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. Please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034 with questions or concerns

Our Employee Payroll Donation Form is now available through MyUPEI in the Forms section. If you would like to donate to UPEI via payroll deductions, please complete and submit this electronic form. If you are already donating through payroll, you do not have to fill in the new form. Your deductions will continue as per usual. Thank you once again for your support! 

Take your morning coffee break with UPEI’s Biosafety Officer and Biosafety Committee members. Enjoy complementary cake and coffee as you test your biosafety knowledge for a chance to win prizes.

In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning.

The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada. There are up to 60 prizes available for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1–August 31), as a substantive role in their academic course work or for the broader community audience, and who showed most improvement through a writing support program coordinated through the Webster Centre.

There are also up to 3 prizes available for faculty or staff members, who have shown exceptional leadership in the development of writing among students at UPEI.

For application information, please check out the following links:

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Academic) – up to 35 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Community) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Webster) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Staff/Faculty) - up to 3 prizes

For more details regarding this awards program, please feel free to contact Logan Dawson in the Scholarships, Awards and Financial Aid office at lodawson@upei.ca or (902) 620-5187.

In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning.

The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada. There are up to 60 prizes available for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1–August 31), as a substantive role in their academic course work or for the broader community audience, and who showed most improvement through a writing support program coordinated through the Webster Centre.

There are also up to 3 prizes available for faculty or staff members, who have shown exceptional leadership in the development of writing among students at UPEI.

For application information, please check out the following links:

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Academic) – up to 35 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Community) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Webster) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Staff/Faculty) - up to 3 prizes

For more details regarding this awards program, please feel free to contact Logan Dawson in the Scholarships, Awards and Financial Aid office at lodawson@upei.ca or (902) 620-5187.

Are you planning a trip to the Caribbean this winter and would like to acquire basic vocabulary? Are you a student in the Spanish program who is looking for more oral practice? Or maybe, you would simply like to brush up on your once fluent Spanish? The situations are endless! All language levels are welcome to have fun with us in a friendly social setting while learning the Spanish language and culture from Spain and Latin America. If you are interested, Tertulias meets every second Thursday at 7:00-8:30pm. Modern Languages Lounge (SDU Main 427). ¡Hasta el jueves!

Dr. Doreley Coll
Associate Professor
Modern Languages

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

Members of the campus community are invited to join Ashok Somalraju for the presentation of a PhD Thesis Defense on "Potato Germplasm Development through EMS- Mutagenesis and Crop Bio-Fortification for Enhanced Plant Defense and Nutritional Quality." 

All are welcome to attend. 

Please note updated time and location!

Members of the campus community are invited to join Dr. Linyuan Guo-Brennan and Dr. Charlene VanLeeuwen for a research presentation community-based learning and international students.  The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes followed by a 10 minute question period.  

Increased global mobility has allowed more and more students to pursue graduate education overseas, and many are engaged in community-based learning (CBL) through formal or informal educational opportunities.

Based on a mixed-methods case study conducted in the context of UPEI's M.Ed with Global Perspectives Program, the presentation shares the impact of CBL on international students’ academic, sociocultural, personal, and professional development and discusses the benefits and challenges unique to international students in community-based learning.

All are welcome!

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!

The University community is invited to the "UPEI at 50 Barbecue" on Friday, September 27 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in the green space between Don and Marion McDougall Hall and the Duffy Science Centre. 

Help us celebrate the University's 50th anniversary during Homecoming Week and enjoy free food, 50th anniversary swag, music and more! In the event of inclement weather, we'll move into Schurman Market Square, MCDH. 

All are welcome!

In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning.

The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada. There are up to 60 prizes available for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1–August 31), as a substantive role in their academic course work or for the broader community audience, and who showed most improvement through a writing support program coordinated through the Webster Centre.

There are also up to 3 prizes available for faculty or staff members, who have shown exceptional leadership in the development of writing among students at UPEI.

For application information, please check out the following links:

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Academic) – up to 35 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Community) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Webster) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Staff/Faculty) - up to 3 prizes

For more details regarding this awards program, please feel free to contact Logan Dawson in the Scholarships, Awards and Financial Aid office at lodawson@upei.ca or (902) 620-5187.

Are you planning a trip to the Caribbean this winter and would like to acquire basic vocabulary? Are you a student in the Spanish program who is looking for more oral practice? Or maybe, you would simply like to brush up on your once fluent Spanish? The situations are endless! All language levels are welcome to have fun with us in a friendly social setting while learning the Spanish language and culture from Spain and Latin America. If you are interested, Tertulias meets every second Thursday at 7:00-8:30pm. Modern Languages Lounge (SDU Main 427). ¡Hasta el jueves!

Dr. Doreley Coll
Associate Professor
Modern Languages