Bernard Haché, NSERC Research and Innovation Development Officer, will be giving a presentation focusing on NSERC Engage Grants and their strategic use. The presentation will take place today from 11:30 to 12:20 in the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering, Room 306.

Anyone interested is welcome to attend!

Please join us for our first Theology on Tap of 2018! Dr. David Sabapathy will speak on “The Unexamined Life of Public Health.” Presented by the SDU Institute of Christianity and Culture, 25 January 2018, at 7:00 pm in the Pourhouse at 189 Great George Street. 

All are welcome!

How is my course going and how am I doing? With the semester nearing the half way point, these are great questions to ask your students since there's still time to make minor changes that could have a major impact on overall student learning outcomes. In this workshop you will learn what kinds of questions to ask to help you get the feedback you need from your students. You will also learn how to create a quick online survey for your questions that will make data collection and analysis easy. Offered, by the E-Learning Office, you can choose to attend this workshop on one of two dates.

The workshop will be offered on January 25, 1:00-2:00 pm and again on January 29, 10:00-11:00 am. Robertson Library, Room 265 will be the location. Register!

Do your students have trouble locating appropriate secondary sources for their papers and reports–and even more trouble integrating them properly? Please come to a special session that will address these challenges and attempt to strategize some solutions.

A panel consisting of Melissa Belvadi and Yolanda Hood from the Robertson Library, Wendy Shilton from the English Department, and Gerald Wandio from the Faculty Development Office will briefly discuss their experiences and then engage participants in a discussion of the issues. The session will be held from 2:00 till 3:00 on Thursday, January 18, in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building.

All are welcome!

If you wish to read a provocative article to prepare you for the discussion, it can be found here–but please do come even if you don't have time to read the article!

Are you interested in a job with Parks Canada? Curious about what jobs they offer? The Parks Canada job application deadline is coming up! Parks Canada will be hosting an employment info booth on Wednesday, January, 17 from 11:00 am-2:00 pm in the Robertson Library Breezeway.

All students welcome! Click here to view full event listing.

Moodle's Gradebook is a way of tracking grades and sharing them with students right inside Moodle. The E-Learning Office is hosting an introductory workshop for using the Gradebook in your courses. This session will cover the basics of setting up a gradebook, entering grades in the grader report, sending your final grades to the Registrar's Office. If you're interested in attending, please sign up here. 

The worshop will be offered on Thursday, January 18, 2018 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm in the Robertson Library - LINC Computer Lab (RL 265). If you cannot attend the session but have questions or need help, please contact us at moodle@upei.ca.

All members of the University community are invited by UPEI and Bell Let's Talk to a special announcement about mental health on campus today at 10 am in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC.

Read the full UPEI event calendar listing.

How can I make the shift from lecturer to facilitator in order to promote more class discussion? What kind of questions should I ask or activities should I set up to stimulate more student engagement? How do I get students to take an active role in their learning? This last question sums up the aim of this workshop. Instructors do the teaching. Students do the learning. If the two are to mesh successfully then students must take, and be encouraged to take, a more active role in their learning.

Offered by the E-Learning Office, this workshop will help instructors create a more engaging class environment. This workshop is offered on two separate occasions. January 23, 10:30-11:30 am or February 1, 1:00-2:00 pm. The location for each is the Robertson Library, Room 265. 

Register!

Have you ever wondered what major world religions teach about women and their role in our world? Do you want to challenge assumptions and pre-conceived notions about this topic? Join the discussion on Sunda, January 21 at the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre from 2:00 to 4:00 pm for insightful discussions.

Panellists will field questions from the audience and refreshments are to follow.

Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Chemistry PhD Student Leon Liang will give a Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Presentation on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 in Duffy Research Centre Room 212 at 12:30 pm. The title of his presentation is "Natural Product Discovery through a Co-culture Mimic Methodology".

All are welcome!

The next NFB documentary to be viewed at the Robertson Library Movie Talks is Finding Dawn; a “compelling documentary that puts a human face” to the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada over the decades. The panelists for Finding Dawn are Gulrose Jiwani, PhD, RN; Jo-Ann MacDonald, PhD; and Sherri Russell.

Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

UPEI is forming its first Rotaract Club, and will meet on Friday, January 19, 4:00-5:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall Rm 227. Stop by the first meeting of 2018 to find out more about Rotary and how you can become involved in this global community.

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who come together to make positive, lasting change in communities at home and abroad.

Light refreshments provided. Anyone is welcome to join! 

Faculty, staff, students and community leaders, who are interested in helping with SHAD UPEI are invited to attend an information session on January 24, 9:30-10:20 am in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering - Room 212 (CAD Lab). Commitments can be small or large: delivering a seminar on a relevant topic that you’re passionate about; leading a workshop or tour; mentoring the students on their DE projects for a few hours over the course of the program; or living in residence with the students as a paid member of the SHAD team.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the opportunities, please join us for an information session, or contact Kaaren May, Program Co-Director, at kmay@upei.ca. You could also visit upei.ca/shad for the latest updates.

Click here to view full event listing.

Chemistry PhD Student Leon Liang will give a Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Presentation on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 in Duffy Research Centre Room 212 at 12:30 pm. The title of his presentation is "Natural Product Discovery through a Co-culture Mimic Methodology".

All are welcome!

Do your students have trouble locating appropriate secondary sources for their papers and reports–and even more trouble integrating them properly? Please come to a special session that will address these challenges and attempt to strategize some solutions.

A panel consisting of Melissa Belvadi and Yolanda Hood from the Robertson Library, Wendy Shilton from the English Department, and Gerald Wandio from the Faculty Development Office will briefly discuss their experiences and then engage participants in a discussion of the issues. The session will be held from 2:00 till 3:00 on Thursday, January 18, in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building.

All are welcome!

If you wish to read a provocative article to prepare you for the discussion, it can be found here–but please do come even if you don't have time to read the article!

An updated version of the UPEI Tobacco-use policy went into effect on September 1, 2017. This is a reminder that tobacco products are not to be used on University property. For more information regarding campus boundaries or cessation supports and services, please click here.

Thanks to everyone for respecting these changes on the UPEI campus during the Fall 2017 semester—together we helped to ensure a healthy and accessible campus for everyone at UPEI.

Please note that certain parking spaces in the "Visitor Metered" parking lot between the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre and Steel Building will be reserved every Tuesday and Thursday (and some Mondays) from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm. 

The metres at these parking spaces will be marked with covers to ensure participants in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs who have limited mobility can easily and safely access Steel Building.

Please refrain from parking in these spaces, as enforcement action including towing will be immediate.

The Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) calls for nominations for the Ted T. Aoki Award for Distinguished Service within the Field of Canadian Curriculum Studies. The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals who have made major contributions through research, teaching, and/or professional service in the field of curriculum studies in Canada. Candidates must have made major contributions to the field of Canadian curriculum studies through scholarship and service over an extended period, usually at least ten years.

Please submit nominations by Friday, March 30, 2018, to the Selection Committee to Selvi Roy at sroy@upei.ca.

For further information, please visit the CSSE website.

Please join us for our first Theology on Tap of 2018! Dr. David Sabapathy will speak on “The Unexamined Life of Public Health.” Presented by the SDU Institute of Christianity and Culture, 25 January 2018, at 7:00 pm in the Pourhouse at 189 Great George Street. 

All are welcome!

UPEI offers a wide range of well-tested professional education and career development programming. Our next course is Creating a Workplace of Respect and Trust. For more details on this course please visit our webpage.

Click here to view a complete course calendar. For more information on any of our course offerings, please call (902) 628-4394 or email sdl@upei.ca.