Leading Indigenous scholars Dr. Marie Battiste and Dr. J.Y. (Sa’ke’j) Henderson will each present a keynote talk at UPEI on Monday, October 2 beginning at 6:30 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The lecture is open to the public. 

In her talk, “Decolonizing Education: Indigenizing the Academy”, Dr. Battiste will speak about the importance of decolonizing our teaching practices and our curriculum in schools and universities, and what that involves. 

Dr. Henderson’s talk, “Affirming Mi’kmaw Treaty, Human Rights and Humanity,” will explore what was involved-- and what was compromised-- in the drafting and passage of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

Read the full UPEI Notice.

For more information, contact Pamela Courtenay-Hall at pcourtenay@upei.ca or David Varis at dvaris@upei.ca

The School of Graduate Studies is putting on a Media & Communications Workshop for all graduate students. The workshop will be presented by Bruce Rainnie, former host of CBC News: Compass and current CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in Halifax. 

Special topics will include managing the physical self during media engagement, how to prepare for interviews, and how to perform at peak effectiveness during thesis presentations.

The workshop will be held on Friday, October 13, 12-3 pm in Kelley Building, Room 211.

If you would like to attend the workshop, please pre-register by contacting Angela Deighan at adeighan@upei.ca no later than October 10.

Free pizza and pop on us! See you there.

If you have difficulty carving out uninterrupted time for writing, if you struggle with motivating yourself to write, or if you would simply like the supportive collaboration of a writing retreat, consider Time to Write, UPEI's faculty writers retreat.

When: Friday, November 10 to Tuesday, November 14
Where: The Marshlands Inn, Sackville, New Brunswick
Cost to participants: $200, which includes four nights accommodation, meals and snacks

Your project must be at a stage where sustained writing time makes sense. Your research and/or data collection and analysis must be completed to the point that you are ready to write. You must also be prepared to commit to the full program: a total of 3½ days focused on writing.

The retreat is open to tenured and tenure stream University of Prince Edward Island faculty in any department/faculty/school.

Email Research Communications Officer Dave Atkinson, datkinson@upei.ca, with a brief summary of the project you plan to work and your writing goals for the retreat. There is room for six participants at Time to Write.

Project Management is both a discipline and an art. As a discipline it offers a solid well researched methodology for project success. As an art it requires confidence and skills in managing people and change. This 3-day course is an introduction to project management methodology, tools and techniques that can be applied to projects. Course participants will develop skills and obtain knowledge on how to plan, manage and deliver successful projects in any work environment. Participants will gain an overall understanding of Project Management, the four phases of the project lifecycle, how to use fundamental tools and techniques to manage projects, and how to manage a project from beginning to end while controlling time, scope, cost and quality.

For more information go to www.upei.ca/professionaldevelopment or contact Jennifer Hogan 902-620-5216

Leading Indigenous scholars Dr. Marie Battiste and Dr. J.Y. (Sa’ke’j) Henderson will each present a keynote talk at UPEI on Monday, October 2 beginning at 6:30 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The lecture is open to the public. 

In her talk, “Decolonizing Education: Indigenizing the Academy”, Dr. Battiste will speak about the importance of decolonizing our teaching practices and our curriculum in schools and universities, and what that involves. 

Dr. Henderson’s talk, “Affirming Mi’kmaw Treaty, Human Rights and Humanity,” will explore what was involved-- and what was compromised-- in the drafting and passage of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

Read the full UPEI Notice.

For more information, contact Pamela Courtenay-Hall at pcourtenay@upei.ca or David Varis at dvaris@upei.ca.

IT Systems and Services has completed the migration of file and print services to Microsoft. We thank everyone for your patience to date. If you do have any technical issues please contact our help desk for assistance at helpdesk@upei.ca.

The final step in our migration will be to remove the Novell login client, which we will begin in October (this will only change the login screen on your computer). We will provide more information and timelines in the weeks to come.

Departments of Biomedical Sciences & Pathology and Microbiology Seminar
Speaker: Alyson Brown, Pathology and Microbiology
Title: Vaccine-Induced Protection Against Furunculosis in Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus)
When: Wednesday, October 4, 3 pm
Where: AVC Lecture Theatre A
 

In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made a further leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial awards program to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning. The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing are valued at $500 each, with up to 57 prizes available annually for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1 – August 31), and up to 3 prizes available for faculty or staff members, who have shown exceptional leadership in the development of writing among students at UPEI.

Please share this program with students or recommend a colleague via the following links. Deadline for submissions is Friday, October 6:

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Coursework) – up to 35 prizes 
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Community) – up to 11 prizes 
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Webster Centre) – up to 11 prizes 
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Staff/Faculty) – up to 3 prizes 

For more information, contact Adrienne in Scholarships and Awards at amontgomery@upei.ca

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.

NEW! Every Tuesday and Thursday, we will be hosting a Pop-Up Chef's Table at the MicroMarket featuring an affordable meal that you can easily enjoy on the go! Swing by the MicroMarket from 11:30-12:30 for $5.99 Taco Tuesdays and Pita Thursdays.

A ton of lunch options are available at our locations everyday including chef-made lunch specials at the AVC Cafe, classic grill meals at the Courtyard Cafe, our all-you-care-to-eat dining program at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, and all of our retail options like salads, sandwiches, and soup. View our dining map and this week's menus online at http://dineoncampus.ca/upei/menus/

Feel free to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @ChartwellsUPEI to keep up to date on events and ongoing promotions, and to see what's being served up daily.

The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle meets regularly from 4:30 to 5:30 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.

We are pleased to announce the first of our History of Medicine talks this year, by Dr. Jock Murray: "Noble Goals, Dedicated Doctors: Stories from 150 years of Educating Physicians at Dalhousie Medical School"

The stories of medical education at Dalhousie will cover the remarkable beginning of the medical school, the early acceptance of women, some outstanding doctors and some outrageous and criminal characters, the ill-fated separation from the university, the impact of a school teacher’s critical report, the role of medical students in the Halifax Explosion, and how medical education and medical admissions have changed over the years.

Dr. Jock Murray is a neurologist, medical historian, and former Dean of Medicine. His book on the history of the medical school will appear in the fall in anticipation of the 150th anniversary of the Dalhousie Medical School in 2018.

The event is Wednesday, October 4 at 7:30 pm in room 210 of SDU Main Building.

UPEI supports and encourages the use of environmentally friendly methods of transportation including cycling, public transit, and now carpooling. UPEI Parking Services will begin designating a few carpooling-parking spaces on campus over the next week.

To qualify for a carpooling-parking permit, students must be registered full-time, and faculty/staff must be full-time employees. In each carpool there must be a minimum of three participants, each with their own registered vehicle that currently has a valid UPEI parking permit.

More details of the program are available on the UPEI Parking Services webpage and the carpooling application or by emailing parking@upei.ca.
 

In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made a further leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial awards program to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning. The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing are valued at $500 each, with up to 57 prizes available annually for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1 – August 31), and up to 3 prizes available for faculty or staff members, who have shown exceptional leadership in the development of writing among students at UPEI.

Please share this program with students or recommend a colleague via the following links.  Deadline for submissions is Friday, October 6:

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Coursework) – up to 35 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Community) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Webster Centre) – up to 11 prizes
MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Staff/Faculty)  – up to 3 prizes

For more information, contact Adrienne in Scholarships and Awards at amontgomery@upei.ca

The Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts invite members of the campus community - students, faculty and staff - to attend a public presentation by Cheryl Simon, candidate for a multi-disciplinary tenure-track position in Indigenous Education. Presentations by candidates for this position will focus on issues of Indigenous Education being integrated in to the daily life, and work, of the University, and their teaching and program of research related to the areas of focus within the Facilities of Education and Arts.

Ms. Simon’s presentation takes place on Friday, 29-Sept-2017, from 9:00 am to 10:00 am in HSB 103. For further information, contact Karen-Anne O'Halloran at kohalloran@upei.ca.

On behalf of the School of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI, all are welcomed to meet Commander Michele Tessier who recently received the honour of a second naval command and will captain the HMCS Margaret Brooke, the RCN’s second arctic offshore patrol vessel starting in 2018. In this talk, she will be speaking on her experience in leadership and sharing points of encouragement for women who lead in innovation and technology.

The presentation begins at 10:00 am, Friday, September 29 in room 212 of the SSDE.