The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle meets regularly from 4:30 to 5:30 pm on Wednesday in the SDU Main Building Lounge. Join students, staff, and faculty from all over the world, share songs of many cultures, relax, have fun. All welcome!

The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee presents UPEI Safety Week 2017 from October 23 to 27. For more details on individual sessions, view the full Calendar of Events. Friday's featured activities include:

• Fire Extinguisher Training, presented by the Charlottetown Fire Department, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, outdoors in the area between KMB, DSC, CC, and CSH, inclement weather location will be indoors at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre
• Yoga for Office Workers, presented by Karen Langevin, Certified Yoga Teacher, 12:10–12:50 pm, YSC 212, pre-register by contacting Kathryn Harrison by email, kharrison@upei.ca, or by phone, 902-566-0901. Space is limited to 20 participants. 
• Safety Hunt - For Friday, submit the following photos to the UPEI Safety Week 2017 event page on Facebook!  A photo of: 1. fire extinguisher training event, 2. you in the UPEI Health Centre, 3. a sharps container, 4. you holding the current UPEI Incident Report form or an Incident Reporting Kit

There will be a UPEI Basic Biosafety training session on Thursday, November 2, 2017, 1:00 - 4:30 pm inrRoom 287N, AVC.

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 the full campus community including graduate students. Please note: those who have not attended a training session since 2014 are currently due for the
Biosafety Refresher Course which will be held at a later date.

To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Kathryn Harrison, before October 30, 2017, by email (kharrison@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 Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca.

The University of Prince Edward Island’s Department of Physics is excited to host the Innovation150 Power of Ideas Tour while it makes its stop in Charlottetown from October 31 to November 1. The event is free and open to the public from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, November 1 at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on the UPEI campus, following two days of school visits. Read more...

The PEI Disability Support Program is ooking to make changes with the goal of creating a program that is more inclusive. They are looking for feedback from Islanders that live with disabilities, their families, their emploers, and service providers that support people living with disabilities. If this applies to you, please take the time to complete the survey found here, it should survey should take approximately five minutes to complete.

For more information, please conact Jaclyn Borden at jborden@upei.ca.

Join the Honourable Paula Biggar, PEI’s Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, the PEI Interministerial Women’s Secretariat, and the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women to celebrate women’s contributions to Prince Edward Island History. The event runs Friday, October 27 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm in the lobby of UPEI’s Robertson Library. There will be memory sharing at 4:00 pm and a casual reception with light refreshments. All are welcome to come and bring a photo, artefact, or memory to share.

The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee presents UPEI Safety Week 2017 from October 23 to 27. For more details on individual sessions, view the full Calendar of Events. Thursday's featured activities include:

• Coffee with Cops, 10:00–11:00 am, Credit Union Day Lounge, W.A. Murphy Student Centre
• VWR 2017 Trade Show, 10:00 am–2:00 pm, McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC 285N
• Campus Crows: Understanding why they behave the way they do, presented by Fiep de Bie, Wildlife Technician, Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Atlantic Veterinary College,12:05–12:55 pm, AVC 286A North
• Verbal Engagement/Conflict Resolution, presented by Robert Norton, Norton Arts, 1:00–3:00 pm, Memorial Hall 308 (Please email kharrison@upei.ca or call 902-566-0901 to sign up for this event. Space is limited to 24 participants.)
• Safety Hunt - Thursday's photo list, submit the following to the UPEI Safety Week 2017 event page on Facebook!  A photo of: 1. you with a UPEI Security Services member; 2. a campus first aid kit (green and white wall mounted box) – indicate the location; 3. someone wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) other than you; 4. a WHMIS pictogram/symbol

Chartwells is extending the application deadline to "Chartwells Campus Projects" until Nov 17, 2017.

For a fourth consecutive year, students will be able to partake in a unique opportunity by taking a leadership role in advancing sustainability on campus. Students are invited to develop and realize an innovative "sustainability project" with the support of Chartwells. Up to five successful applicants, campuses across Canada, will recieve a $5000 grant for their porject.

All information about how to apply and the criteria for submissions is provided here in english and here in fench. 

Let's try to have our campus represented in this year’s selected projects! Please don’t hesitate to contact Via Reyes, UPEI Chartwells Student Engagement Coordinator, at via.reyes@compass-canada.com, for further information. You can also connect directly with Jana Vodicka, Manager of Campus Engagement and Sustainability for Chartwells at jana.vodicka@compass-canada.com.

In 1993, Mi'kmaw Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy and then-Nova Scotia premier John Savage declared October as the official month to recognize and celebrate Mi'kmaw culture and heritage. Since then, Mi'kmaq History Month is celebrated in all areas of Mi’kma’ki (the Mi’kmaq homeland that includes present-day Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, central and eastern New Brunswick, the Gaspe Peninsula, and Newfoundland).  UPEI has raised the Grand Council Flag of the Mi'kmaq Nation in honour of Mi'kmaq History Month. To learn more, visit the Mi'kmaq History Month website.

North of 49 Films and UPEI Campus Life Present - Your Money Or Your Wife - When his girlfriend dumps him, the normally cautious Lionel goes drinking and ends up the victim of mistaken identity. He then becomes an unwilling robber, in an incompetent home invasion where he meets and falls for the homeowner, Annie.

Come on out on Thursday, October 26 in the Campus Life Lounge, Student Affairs, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Doors open at 6:00 pm and movie starts at 6:15. Each attendee will receive a coupon for a free coffee and muffin from Samuel's, a chance to win one of two $50 UPEI Bookstore gift cards, and snacks during the movie!

For more information, please contact Anne Bartlett at ambartlett@upei.ca. All are welcome!

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble…

The UPEI Music Department is hosting its annual Haunted House on October 27 and 28 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm, in Steel Building. This event is the department's largest fundraiser, with all proceeds going to student scholarships. Cost is just $5 a person, and $4 for UPEI and Holland College students. There will also be a bake sale, so bring an appetite when you come to get spooked!

Parental discretion is advised for young children. For more information, please contact Alexandra Smith at alexansmith@upei.ca.

The SDU Institute of Christianity and Culture will host its fifth annual Faith and Knowledge Lecture featuring Dr. Catherine E. Clifford, Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology in the Faculty of Theology at Saint Paul University, Ottawa on Thursday, October 26 at 7 pm. The lecture will take place at the SDU Class of 1954 Lecture Hall in the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering. Dr. Clifford will speak on the commemoration of the Protestant Reformation in her talk titled, "Freed by Grace towards Communion: Joint Commemoration of the Reformation 2017." All are welcome!  Read full event listing with lecture abstract

UPEI students will go door-to-door in surrounding neighbourhoods to collect non-perishable food items on Tuesday, October 31, from 6–8 pm, for the University’s food bank. The students are participating in Trick or Eat®, a youth-led national event that puts a new spin on Halloween: thousands of Trick or Eaters across the country raise money online and go door-to-door to collect non-perishable food items for local food agencies. Students also raise awareness about hunger in Canada through household flyers, educational materials, and online resources. Each year, over 4 million people, including 1.15 million children, do not have access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food.

Suggested items include dry pasta, bottled or canned pasta sauces, rice, canned meat and fish, peanut butter, cereal, canned vegetables and fruit, dry and canned soup, fruit juices, canned and powdered milk, baby food, diapers, and beans and legumes. UPEI students, staff, and faculty can drop off food donations to the Residence Office, Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 128. The office is open from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. All proceeds will support UPEI’s Food Bank.

Interested in canvassing for the campaign? Contact Abby Crain at acrain@upei.ca or Ngozi Agwagom at nagwagom@upei.ca.
 

Please be advised that Central Printing will be closed Friday, Oct. 27 2017.

Any questions may be directed to Wendy Henderson at 902-566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble…

The UPEI Music Department is hosting its annual Haunted House on October 27 and 28 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm, in Steel Building. This event is the department's largest fundraiser, with all proceeds going to student scholarships. Cost is just $5 a person, and $4 for UPEI and Holland College students. There will also be a bake sale, so bring an appetite when you come to get spooked!

Parental discretion is advised for young children. For more information, please contact Alexandra Smith at alexansmith@upei.ca.

The University of Prince Edward Island’s Department of Physics is excited to host the Innovation150 Power of Ideas Tour while it makes its stop in Charlottetown from October 31 to November 1. The event is free and open to the public from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, November 1 at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on the UPEI campus, following two days of school visits. Read more...

The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee presents UPEI Safety Week 2017 from October 23 to 27. For more details on individual sessions, view the full Calendar of Events. Wednesday's featured activities include:

• Selecting the Right Glove for the Job, presented by Keir Daborn, Ansell, 9:00–10:00 am, AVC 286A North
• Biosafety Café, 10:00–11:00 am, AVC McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC 285N
• Changes to WHMIS in the Workplace, presented by Lori Wakelin, OHS Education Consultant, Worker’s Compensation Board of PEI, 11:30 am–12:30 pm, KMB 211
• Safety Hunt - Wednesday's photo list, submit the following to the UPEI Safety Week 2017 event page on Facebook!  A photo of: 1. A hazard on campus – indicate location; 2. the UPEI Security Services office sign; 3. an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) – indicate where on campus; and 4. you and one of the Health, Safety, and Environment campus team members

The Robertson Library is joining scholars across the globe to celebrate the 10th annual International Open Access Week from October 23-29, 2017. This year’s theme, “Open in order to…,” is an invitation to answer the question of what benefits can be realized by making scholarly works openly available. The following list of events and activities will take place throughout the week:

• October 23: Open Access and Open Educational Resources
• October 24: Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Improving Music Articles
• October 25: Open Access & Publishing: How to Avoid Predatory Publishers
• October 26: Current trends in Open Access for Research Data Webinar

For more information contact Kim Mears, Health Sciences and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Robertson Library, kmears@upei.ca, 902-566-0453.

The Institute of Island Studies will host a public symposium to examine the idea of turning Prince Edward Island into Canada’s first carbon-neutral province. This public event will be Thursday, October 26 at 7 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242 of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall.

With so much in the news about monster hurricanes and other unusually severe weather events, people are becoming more concerned about the long-term impact of climate change. And so we ask ourselves what can be done about it; and also, how can we, on our own island, provide a model of positive action for elsewhere.

The title of this symposium is “Making the Case for the Island as a Carbon-Neutral Province.” The event is sponsored by UPEI’s Institute of Island Studies, in conjunction with UPEI Research Services and the UPEI Climate Research Lab.

Following the presentations, there will be ample time for discussion and questions from the floor.

For more information, see the full media release or contact Laurie at the Institute of Island Studies at 902-894-2881 or brinklow@upei.ca.

North of 49 Films and UPEI Campus Life Present - Your Money Or Your Wife - When his girlfriend dumps him, the normally cautious Lionel goes drinking and ends up the victim of mistaken identity. He then becomes an unwilling robber, in an incompetent home invasion where he meets and falls for the homeowner, Annie.

Come on out on Thursday, October 26 in the Campus Life Lounge, Student Affairs, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Doors open at 6:00 pm and movie starts at 6:15. Each attendee will receive a coupon for a free coffee and muffin from Samuel's, a chance to win one of two $50 UPEI Bookstore gift cards, and snacks during the movie!

For more information, please contact Anne Bartlett at ambartlett@upei.ca. All are welcome!