Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program – Winter Semester 2018

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 12:30 pm in the Duffy Research Centre (Room 212), Student Presenter Hope Igboeli will present “Discovery of a new polyketide via co-treatment with an epigenetic modifier and an osmotic stressor".

All are welcome to attend!

“Death on the Miramichi: Community Responses to Sick Immigrants in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick”

Early in the shipping season of 1847, an unanticipated immigrant ship arrived on the Miramichi River, at Chatham. The Looshtauk ought to have gone to Quebec City, but fate intervened in the form of a devastating typhus epidemic. There weren't enough crew left standing to navigate the St. Lawrence by the time the Atlantic had been crossed, so Chatham became the ship's final destination. In this public talk, Dr. Lisa Chilton explores how the people of Chatham and beyond responded to the arrival of a ship carrying death in their midst as an entry point for a discussion about relations between host communities and newcomers in nineteenth-century Canada.

All are welcome to attend March 14 at 7:00 pm in SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge (Rm. 201). Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

UPEI is pleased to welcome one of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Award laureates, Dr. Lewis Kay, to present his seminal research.

Dr. Kay’s groundbreaking discoveries in molecular biochemistry and medical imaging science have advanced knowledge in protein structure and function, giving a deeper understanding of diseases and potential therapies.

He is recognized for his role in developing modern nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy which is used to study the structure and dynamics of large molecules like proteins. 

Dr. Kay will deliver his lecture to the campus community on Monday, March 5 from 10:45 am to 11:30 am in the Faculty Lounge (Rm.201), SDU Main Building.

CLICK HERE to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar! All are welcome!

The UPEI Multicultural Song Circle meets every Tuesday in SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge from 4:30 - 5:30. This is a non-audition singing group that shares songs of the many cultures and countries on the UPEI campus for fun, friendship,relaxation, and music-making.

All students, staff, faculty and community are welcome. Come when you can!

Join us Wednesday, March 7 for this years Career and Summer Job Fair!

This event is free to attend for all UPEI Students, and offers a great opportunity to meet with employers and recruiters to start networking, find a summer job, or kick start a career. Be prepared to present yourself professionally.

The event will take place in Schurman Market Square and Louis W. MacEachern Market Street in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The event will run from 10:00 am until 2:00 pmon March 7 (storm date on Thursday, March 8).

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at careerfair@upei.ca!

In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements. 

Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2018. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. 

Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients. 

Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please visit here.

Dr. Don L. Baker, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, will give the inaugural lecture in UPEI’s new Asian Studies International Seminar and Korean Studies Speaker Series on Thursday, March 8, 2:30 pm, Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building. He will give a presentation called “From the Mountains into the Cities: The Transformation of Korean Buddhism in the Twentieth Century” on Thursday from 2:30 to 3:45 pm. The storm date for the event is Friday, March 9, 2:30 to 3:45 pm, Room 213, SDU Main Building.

Everyone is invited to attend! For further information and details, click here to view the UPEI Event Calender listing.

The Société Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin (SSTA), Collège de l'Île, and the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island are pleased to host the Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec’s Minister responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie at a public lecture on Wednesday, March 7 beginning at 11:30 am in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, room 241. During his talk, Minister Fournier will address the topic, “building the Canada of tomorrow, together ("Un dialogue pour bâtir ensemble le Canada de demain"). After the lecture, there will be a question period. The event will take place in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, room 241, and begins at 11:30 am with a buffet lunch. Admission is free. Simultaneous translation will be provided. All are welcome to attend. View the full event listing on the UPEI Events Calendar

Everyone needs a washroom! And with UPEI expanding the number of all-gender washrooms to provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all members of the campus community, it is important to share information. Robertson Library Movie Talks and Dr. Ann Braithwaite are pleased to present Toilet Training (Law and Order in the Bathroom) on Monday, March 5, 4:30 pm, in the LINC at the Robertson Library. This video provides great insight into the need for all-gender washrooms. Discussion will follow. All are welcome! See the full event listing  

Note: The multi-stall washrooms on the main levels of SDU Main Building and Robertson Library will be re-designated all-gender beginning Monday, March 5. Visit upei.ca/allgenderwashrooms for more information on all-gender washrooms at UPEI.

Everyone needs a washroom! And with UPEI expanding the number of all-gender washrooms to provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all members of the campus community, it is important to share information. Robertson Library Movie Talks and Dr. Ann Braithwaite are pleased to present Toilet Training (Law and Order in the Bathroom) on Monday, March 5, 4:30 pm, in the LINC at the Robertson Library. This video provides great insight into the need for all-gender washrooms. Discussion will follow. All are welcome!

Note: The multi-stall washrooms on the main levels of SDU Main Building and Robertson Library will be re-designated all-gender beginning Monday, March 5. 

UPEI is pleased to welcome one of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Award laureates, Dr. Lewis Kay, to present his seminal research.

Dr. Kay’s groundbreaking discoveries in molecular biochemistry and medical imaging science have advanced knowledge in protein structure and function, giving a deeper understanding of diseases and potential therapies.

He is recognized for his role in developing modern nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy which is used to study the structure and dynamics of large molecules like proteins. 

Dr. Kay will deliver his lecture to the campus community on Monday, March 5 from 10:45 am to 11:30 am in the Faculty Lounge (Rm.201), SDU Main Building.

CLICK HERE to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar!

UPEI is pleased to welcome one of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Award laureates, Dr. Lewis Kay, to present his seminal research.

Dr. Kay’s groundbreaking discoveries in molecular biochemistry and medical imaging science have advanced knowledge in protein structure and function, giving a deeper understanding of diseases and potential therapies.

He is recognized for his role in developing modern nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy which is used to study the structure and dynamics of large molecules like proteins. 

Dr. Kay will deliver his lecture to the campus community on Monday, March 5 from 10:45 am to 11:30 am in the Faculty Lounge (Rm.201), SDU Main Building.

CLICK HERE to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar! All are welcome!

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present two candidates for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Each candidate will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about their research and the second will outline their vision for the PsyD at UPEI.

Please join us for the following presentations:

• On Friday, March 2 at 10:00 am, Dr. Julie Gosselin will present her research talk entitled “Women mothering in diverse family situations: Emerging research questions”. The presentation will take place in Main Building, room 213.

• On Friday, March 2 at 2:00 pm, Dr. Julie Gosselin will present “Planning for a successful and sustainable PsyD program at UPEI”. The presentation will take place in McDougall Hall 328.

• On Thursday, March 15 at 2:30 pm, Dr. Stephen Butler will present his research talk entitled “The role of treatment evaluations in improving young people’s mental health: The case of Multisystemic Therapy (MST). It will take place in McDougall Hall, room 243.

• On Friday, March 16 at 9:45 am, Dr. Stephen Butler will present "Achieving excellence: A blueprint for the PsyD program at UPEI". It will take place in Main Building, room 213.

All are welcome to attend!

Are you familiar with Open Educational Resources but want to learn more? Are you curious about the ways that you can self publish? The Robertson Library offers tools and software for students and faculty to help them write and publish their own research.

Join Meghan Landry and Kim Mears from the Robertson Library as they discuss self-publishing in the context of Open Educational Resources Week from March 5-9, 2018.

They will introduce faculty and students to Pressbooks, a software that allows users to upload or write their own material and publish it in a variety of accessible formats, such as a webbook, PDF (for print), PDF (for digital distribution), ePUB, MOBI, XML, and more. If online books are not your thing, the Library also has the capability of printing book material.

This event will take place on March 7 from 9:30 to 10:00 am in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building. Questions may be sent to Meghan Landry at mllandry@upei.ca.

“Freedom to Read Week" runs from February 25 to March 3. It is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”--that includes having access to all reading materials!

Learn more about what the staff at the Robertson Library are doing for Freedom to Read Week by clicking here!

A new capability in Moodle makes it possible to create scannable paper tests using your Moodle question bank. If you've been using multiple choice tests in your face-to-face class, this can help you save some grading time.

The E-Learning Office will demo the process of how these sheets work and how they're graded. If you're interested in attending, please register here.

If you cannot attend during one of these times, please feel free to email jbhogan@upei.ca to set up a time that works for you.

The 2017 T4s are now available electronically through your Campus Login. For those also requiring a paper copy, please email payroll@upei.ca. T4As are separate forms issued by financial services and you will receive a notification from financial services if this is applicable to you.

Join us Wednesday, March 7 for this years Career and Summer Job Fair!

This event is free to attend for all UPEI Students, and offers a great opportunity to meet with employers and recruiters to start networking, find a summer job, or kick start a career. Be prepared to present yourself professionally.

The event will take place in Schurman Market Square and Louis W. MacEachern Market Street in Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The event will run from 10:00 am until 2:00 pmon March 7 (storm date on Thursday, March 8).

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at careerfair@upei.ca!

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Justin Ferrish, masters student, will be defending his thesis entitled "On Adaptation of Salinity Tolerance: A Study of Phenotypic Divergence Between Lacustrine and Marine Populations of Cakile edentula."

The defence will take place on March 2, 2018 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Rm. 423.

Everyone welcome!

This semester, the UPEI School of Sustainable Desing Engineering is developing and executing a project that will include the launch and recovery of 16 x 350g weather balloons with our first year engineering students. 

The project aims to allow the students to plan an experiment collecting data from weather balloons, such as temperature, pressure, image and location. This is an exciting proposition for the students who will breathe life into this assignment.

You are invited to join us on Monday, March 5, 2:30 pm at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, room 128B for a pre-launch exhibition of the payloads of our near Space Exploration project.

For more information, click here to view the UPEI Events Calendar listing.