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 on Thursday, January 18 from 11:30 to 12:20 in the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering, Room 306.

Anyone interested is welcome to attend!

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, February 2, 2018 for the February meeting.

Ensure you download the current forms, use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms (only current forms will be accepted).

Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date.

• Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - North Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302
• Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca

Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.

For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, ACC Administrative Assistant at 902-566-0973.

On January 17, Dr. Jock Murray will present a talk entitled "Noble Goals, Dedicated Doctors: Stories from 150 years of Educating Physicians at Dalhousie Medical School," based on his recent book published in celebration of Dalhousie University's 150th anniversary.

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

Applications for 2018 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship will be accepted until 12:00 noon (AST) Friday, February 16, 2018, with decisions to be announced in April.

Call for applications from potential graduate students for the 2018 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship. The Scholarship will support the training of researchers at the masters or doctoral level to pursue animal welfare research at the University of Prince Edward Island. Both applied or more fundamental approaches to research pertaining to animal welfare are welcome.

Students may take up their award at any time of the year but must do so within twelve months of the date of the letter of offer. Click here for more information.

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.

Father John Lacey is on campus three days a week. All are welcome to attend Catholic Mass at the Chaplaincy Centre Sunday at 6:00 pm and Monday/Thursday at 12:05 pm.

For further information, please contact Campus Chaplain Sr. Susan Kidd, sukidd@upei.ca / 902-894-2876.

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.

Beginning January 15, the Robertson Library Movie Talks will take place in the LINC (Room 265) from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

Each week will highlight a timely movie available from our National Film Board Campus collection. There will be a discussion after each movie led by an interdisciplinary panel of UPEI faculty, staff, students, and community members.

The first film to be viewed is the documentary, Abegweit. Click here for full event details!

Have a great idea for a course resource? The E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant is a new opportunity for faculty members to create a multimedia resource with the help of the Instructional Multimedia Specialist over the Winter 2018 semester. Find out more about the grant and download the application form. If you have questions related to your multimedia project, please contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.

Closing date for applications is January 21, 2018 and completed application forms can be sent to dmoses@upei.ca with the subject line "E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant Application."

All members of the University community are invited by UPEI and Bell Let's Talk to a special announcement about mental health on campus on Wednesday, January 17 at 10 am in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons. Read the full UPEI event calendar listing.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday, January 26, 2018. These applications will be reviewed at the February 2018 meeting.

Please ensure that you use the new electronic 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 2018 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. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Monday, February 2, 2018. They will be reviewed at the February meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after February 2 will be reviewed at the March 2018 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. 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

The "Women in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences" (WSMCS) will be providing a professional headshot service for students today! Click here to view full event details! 

Event contact Jenna Gaudet, jengaudet@upei.ca.

The Environmental Sciences and Human Biology seminar series, hosted by the Biology Department, will resume for the winter semester on Friday, January 12 at 12:30 in Duffy Science 204.

Dr. Tandra Fraser from Agriculture Agri-Food Canada will present “Digging deeper: The role of soil biodiversity in sustainable systems”.

For more information, please contact Sharon Maritn at samartin@upei.ca.

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!

Beginning January 15, the Robertson Library Movie Talks will take place in the LINC (Room 265) from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

Each week will highlight a timely movie available from our National Film Board Campus collection. There will be a discussion after each movie led by an interdisciplinary panel of UPEI faculty, staff, students, and community members.

The first film to be viewed is the documentary, Abegweit. Click here for full event details!

Have a great idea for a course resource? The E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant is a new opportunity for faculty members to create a multimedia resource with the help of the Instructional Multimedia Specialist over the Winter 2018 semester. Find out more about the grant and download the application form. If you have questions related to your multimedia project, please contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.

Closing date for applications is January 21, 2018 and completed application forms can be sent to dmoses@upei.ca with the subject line "E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant Application."

Our latest version of Moodle now allows you to create drag & drop interactions. These can be created as part of a quiz or as their own stand alone activity. Instructors are invited to attend a workshop on how to create a basic drag & drop interaction.

Delivered by the E-Learning Office, the workshop is offered on two separate occasions: Monday, January 15 10:00 to 11:00 am (please note the change to event time from previous notices) or Thursday, January 18 1:00 to 2:00 pm. The location is Robertson Library, Room 265. Register

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in Fall 2018.

Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum hourly wage will be $11.55. For additional information and application information for this program please click here.

To apply for this Program you will need to contact Monique Geurts, Human Resources, mgeurts@upei.ca or 566-0515. The closing date for applications is January 31, 2018.

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!