Time Management and Organizational Skills will be offered on November 20, 2017.

In this dynamic session, participants will learn to prioritize their TO-DO list, limit interruptions, delegate tasks more effectively, and become more aware of activities that waste time. The facilitator will review the basics of such organizational skills as: attention to detail, decision making, problem solving and multi-tasking. Ways to enhance these skills and incorporate them more strongly into your work life will be explored.

There will be hands-on exercises, role plays, discussions, and self-reflection. The day will be fun and interactive and provide practical, concrete methods to improve your time management and organizational skills.

Click here to register. For more information call Jennifer Hogan at 902-620-5216.

The Robertson Library is hosting an evening of ghost stories, eerie tales, songs, and legends from UPEI, PEI, and beyond! Join the fun on Wednesday, October 25 at 7:00 pm in Rm. 308 (Upper Level) of the Library. Bring your non-alcoholic lidded drink, we’ll supply treats!

Admission is free and everyone is welcome! For more information, please contact Yolanda Hood at yhood@upei.ca or (902) 566-0741.

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.

The annual Chili Lunch, during the examination period, will be served to students on December 6 and 7 in the Chaplaincy Centre. With Rocky Paquet's passing, help is needed to re-think the preparation of a meal that feeds over 700 students. Each semester 30-35 staff and faculty members volunteer to set up, serve and clean up. This year, more help will be needed to ensure the success of the annual Chili Lunch.

With input from the campus community, decisions will be made as to how this tradition can continue to thrive. Please bring your ideas to a think-tank meeting hosted by Sister Sue Kidd on Wednesday, October 25 at 4:00 pm in the Chaplaincy Centre. If you are unable to attend, please submit your suggestions via email to sukidd@upei.ca.

As an instructor, you’ve set up a syllabus that clearly explains your expectations for where students will end up. Then you set them on the journey to that destination. However, some will get off track along the way. The information you provide, how you provide it and when you provide it will be key to getting them back on the right path or in keeping them on the right path.

In this workshop, provided by the E-Learning Office, instructors will learn strategies for the use of feedback and rubrics that they can use to accompany student assessments. This workshop will be offered on two separate dates. Thursday, November 9 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm; Robertson Library, Rm 265 or Thursday, November 30 10:00 to 11:00 am; Robertson Library, Room 265.

Click here to register. For more information, please contact Joel MacDonald at joelmacdonald@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

The next presentations in the Environmental Sciences and Human Biology (ESHB) seminar series will take place on Friday, October 27 at 12:30 in Duffy Science Centre, Rm. 204.   

Robyn Leigh Connors, Applied Human Sciences - Kinesiology, will give a talk entitled “Establishing the reliability of measures of centre of pressure in postural sway and gait initiation in a cohort of university aged active individuals”; Anne Shileche Applied Human Sciences - Nutrition, will give a talk entitled "Research based learning abroad project and impact on community groups in central Kenya”.

All are welcome! 

With an increase to the quantity and quality of brain sciences research over the last few years, what of it can be usefully applied to teaching?

This workshop, facilitated through the E-Learning Office, aims to summarize the latest research on learning and memory, and to provide instructors with tips for integration into their teaching. The workshop will be offered twice: on Monday, November 6 from 10:00 to 11:00 am, or on Tuesday, November 21 from 10:00 to 11:00 am in the Robertson Library, Room 265. Click here to register.

For more information, please contact Joel MacDonald at joelmacdonald@upei.ca.

Join Accessibility Services and Student Affairs for a Lunch-and-Learn presented by Nicole Wadden Garland, Coordinator of Accessibility Services, and Murray Murphy, Lawyer at Stewart McKelvey. With rising numbers of students registering with Accessibility Services at UPEI (at present more than 10% of the overall student population), it is important to bring awareness to academic accommodations in the university setting. During this session, we will discuss academic accommodations, reasonable accommodations, and undue hardship.

The session will take place on October 25, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, in AVC 287N.

All are welcome!

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 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 Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee presents UPEI Safety Week 2017 from October 23 to 27. Tuesday's featured activities include:

• SafetyFest, 11:00 am–2:00 pm, W.A. Murphy Student Centre
  This event will bring together safety-related product suppliers, service suppliers, campus departments and groups, first responders, and others to showcase all things safety related. There will be opportunities to try products, take part in hands-on demonstrations, and prizes to be won. Read more
• Self-Defence and More: Managing your Personal Space & Physical Conflict, presented by Robert Norton, Norton Arts; 4:30–9:00 pm, SDMB 211
  This hands-on experience will focus on the dynamics of Personal Space Management in addition to practical restraints, pre-emptive/counter striking and defence strikes and grabs. Cost is $5 per person and refreshments will be served. Pre-register by contacting Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca or 902-566-0901 as space is limited to 24 participants. 
• Safety Hunt - today's photo list, submit the following to the UPEI Safety Week 2017 event page on Facebook!  A photo of: 1. you at SafetyFest at the hand washing booth, 2. you wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), 3. one of the booths at Safety Fest – make sure it is obvious, and 4. a campus Emergency Pole (blue pole)

The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee is pleased to present the first annual UPEI Safety Week, October 23–27, 2017. For each attendance at an education session, participants will receive a ballot that will go into a draw for a two-person, 72-hour emergency kit. In addition, one person at each session will win a safety-themed prize. Full Calendar of Events

"Get Caught Working Safely" and the "Safety Hunt – Photo Edition" are activities that will run Monday to Friday. The Safety Hunt photo list for each day, and the full contest rules, can be found on the UPEI Safety Week 2017 Facebook event page. Monday's list includes submitting a photo of:

• You with one of the safetycrows (these are the mannequins that are dressed in personal protective equipment and stationed around campus)
• An Emergency Evacuation Building Floor Plan sign
• The UPEI Security Services vehicle
• The OHS Bulletin Board – indicate where it is located

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 Friday November 3, 2017. They will be reviewed at the November meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after November 3 will be reviewed at the December 2017 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 ans 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 next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday October 27, 2017. These applications will be reviewed at the November 2017 meeting. Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month.

Please ensure that you use the new electronic forms and 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

For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca.

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 annual Chili Lunch, during the examination period, will be served to students on December 6 and 7 in the Chaplaincy Centre. With Rocky Paquet's passing, help is needed to re-think the preparation of a meal that feeds over 700 students. Each semester 30-35 staff and faculty members volunteer to set up, serve and clean up. This year, more help will be needed to ensure the success of the annual Chili Lunch.

With input from the campus community, decisions will be made as to how this tradition can continue to thrive. Please bring your ideas to a think-tank meeting hosted by Sister Sue Kidd on Wednesday, October 25 at 4:00 pm in the Chaplaincy Centre. If you are unable to attend, please submit your suggestions via email to sukidd@upei.ca.

This indoor cycling class is a cardio challenge using various speeds and resistance levels, sprint drills and more! The class is great for beginner to advanced participants because participants set their own resistance levels.

Cycle Instructor Bernadette Currie will offer this class on Tuesdays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm, begining October 24 until December 5 (note: no class Oct 31). The fee for UPEI full time students and Sports Centre members is $51 + hst, and for non-members it is $60 + hst. Please pre-regiser before start date of program at Panther Central Desk, Sports Centre. For more information, please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca.

A fusion of classic Hatha Yoga postures and flowing movement designed to strengthen and tighten your core so that you are more stable in your practice and your dialy life - all set to modern music! Yoga Instructor Kelly Hughes will offer this class on Wednesdays from 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm, begining October 25 until November 29. The fee for UPEI full time students and Sports Centre members is $35 + hst,  and for non-members it is $45 + hst.

Please pre-regiser before start date of program at Panther Central Desk, Sports Centre. For more information, please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca.

The class combines the cardio of indoor cycling (30 min) with upper body and core Barre (15 min). The class is a perfect combination of cardio and strength training all in one! Cycle Instructor Bernadette Currie will facilitate this class on Fridays 12:10 pm - 12:55 pm, from October 27 to December 1.

The fee for UPEI full time students and Sports Centre members is $51 + hst, and for non-members it is $60 + hst. Please pre-regiser before start date of program at Panther Central Desk, Sports Centre. For more information, please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca.