If you are planning to have the students in one of your courses or program complete UPEI’s online WHMIS training, please contact Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca or 902-566-0901.

Essentials of Conflict Resolution is an experiential core course examining the principles, concepts and techniques of the interest-based approach to conflict resolution, and their applications to the stages of mediation, negotiation and facilitation.

In this course you will explore:

• Five styles of conflict handling and their uses
• Conflict self-awareness
• Conflict analysis
• Communication for improving relationships
• Interest-based approach to conflict resolution
• Applications in mediation, negotiation and facilitation

Click here to register. For more information, contact Jennifer Hogan at jehogan@upei.ca.

Central Printing will be closed Wednesday, Sept. 6 2017. Any questions may be directed to Wendy at 902-566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

The AVC Café serves lunch specials Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. View this week's menu online by clicking here, and follow us @ChartwellsUPEI on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily updates and ongoing promotions.

Chair yoga is a gentle, unique style of yoga with poses adapted to sitting on a chair or standing using a chair for support. Perfect for those with mobility issues, physical limitations or beginners looking for a low-impact workout. You leave the class feeling stretched and refreshed!

For more information, click here.

"Moving Up to Management": To cultivate the potential of new managers, focus needs to be placed on developing both managerial and leadership skills. Moving from an employee to a manager is not just a promotion; it requires a whole new set of skills, perspectives and accountabilities. This workshop will help participants transition from individual contributor to manager. In this session explore and take away tools and strategies to:

• Establish your presence, build trust and respect
• Create a performance culture
• Appreciate different leadership styles
• Motivate your team
• Effectively coach and supervise employees

Begining September 15, click here to register! For more information, contact Jennifer Hogan at jehogan@upei.ca.

Orange Shirt Day occurs annually at the end of each September, the time of year when Indigenous children were taken away from their homes and put into residential schools. This year on September 29, 2017, the Faculty of Education is encouraging all students, staff, and faculty to wear orange as an annual opportunity to discuss aspects of residential schools, and to continue discussions year-round.

Everyone has the opportunity to order a t-shirt and join this important movement. The cost of each t-shirt is $10.00 and can be ordered in sizes XXS to XXL. If you are interested in ordering a t-shirt, please let us know in order to coordinate your order. The deadline to order is September 6, 2017.

Please email Anja Salijevic at asalijevic@upei.ca to place your order and state the quantity and t-shirt size(s) in your email.

Thank you for your support in bringing awareness to Orange Shirt Day we hope that many of you will participate in wearing orange!

Would you like to create a more interactive PowerPoint lecture for your students? Something your students could view outside of class so that your in class time could be spent promoting deeper exploration of content? The E-Learning Office is here to help. Give us your standard PowerPoint lectures and we can turn them into interactive learning pieces that will make reviewing them outside of class time an engaging experience for your students.

Book an appointment to see if this opportunity is right for you: elearning@upei.ca—space is limited so please book early!

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.

The Dept. of Biomedical Sciences invites the campus community to attend a research seminar on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 10:30 am in 286B/C, AVC Learning Commons. The seminar will be given by Dr. Stephen Glasgow and is entitled “Guiding synaptic plasticity: a role for chemotropic guidance cues in memory formation”. Dr. Glasgow will also present lecture on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 10:30 am in 286B/C, AVC Learning Commons. The lecture will be given by Dr. Stephen Glasgow and is entitled “Cardiac electrophysiology and electrocardiography”.

Dr. Glasgow is a candidate for a faculty position in physiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. He received his PhD in Psychology from Concordia University and is currently working as a Research Associate in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. His research interests involve elucidating the mechanisms underlying structural and molecular synaptic plasticity during consolidation of episodic memory and examine how these processes can be perturbed in neurodegenerative disease.

The UPEI Celebrating Student Achievement awards have been posted to accounts for the Fall 2017 semester; student can view their updated balance in myUPEI under Financial Aid. Please note awards over $1,000 in value are split equally over two semesters.

If there are any student questions, please feel free to contact Adrienne in Scholarships at 902-620-5187 or amontgomery@upei.ca.

The Office of the Registrar will be open on Saturday, September 2 -- Welcome Day -- from 9:00 am-12:00 pm.

Office staff will be on hand to assist students with registration, take tuition payments, and answer any admission questions.

We look forward to the start of a new academic year,

Donna Sutton
Registrar
dsutton@upei.ca

The Faculty Development Office invites you to UPEI's annual Let’s Talk Teaching Day on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in the Heath Sciences Building Rm. 104 at 11:30.

This year's topics examine the rapidly changing student body at UPEI, and how classrooms are more diverse than they were 10 years ago. Do we have a responsibility to know that — and address it: in short, to "size up our classrooms?" If so, how do we take those changes into consideration in our classes? In curriculum and content? In delivery and classroom practices? In assessment and evaluation exercises? In classroom discussions and expectations of student and faculty behaviours?

These topics will be discussed in large and small groups, with the goal of ending the day with a wider conception of what an “inclusive classroom” might look like and how we might work toward it. Please come at 11:30 for pizza; after lunch, we will get down to work and aim to finish somewhere around 4:00. We look forward to seeing you – all faculty and staff are welcome!

Questions may be directed to Gerald Wandio at fdo@upei.ca or (902) 620-5217.

From September 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018 the UPEI Sports Centre will operate:

• Monday to Thursday: 6:00 am - 11:00 pm
• Friday: 6:00 am - 8:00 pm
• Saturday: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
• Sunday: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program (QES) was created to improve global talent exchange between Canada and other nations. Canadian universities are invited to submit multi-year project proposals seeking funding of up to $300,000 CAD for projects of up to four years. Each Canadian university may submit one proposal to the 2017 competition.

Anyone interested in applying to the QES 2017 call for proposals must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Vice-President Academic and Research by September 13, 2017 via lcudmore@upei.ca.

The LOI should be a one-page document outlining:

• Project objectives, activities, and expected results
• Anticipated project partners
• Anticipated number of outgoing Canadian interns and/or incoming international scholars
• Anticipated budget including contributions from other sources

Applicants will be notified by September 25, 2017 of the result of the pre-selection process. The deadline for Canadian universities to submit their selected application is October 18, 2017. For more information, please click here.

Orange Shirt Day occurs annually at the end of each September, the time of year when Indigenous children were taken away from their homes and put into residential schools. This year on September 29, 2017, the Faculty of Education is encouraging all students, staff, and faculty to wear orange as an annual opportunity to discuss aspects of residential schools, and to continue discussions year-round.

Everyone has the opportunity to order a t-shirt and join this important movement. The cost of each t-shirt is $10.00 and can be ordered in sizes XXS to XXL. If you are interested in ordering a t-shirt, please let us know in order to coordinate your order. The deadline to order is September 6, 2017.

Please email Anja Salijevic at asalijevic@upei.ca to place your order and state the quantity and t-shirt size(s) in your email.

Thank you for your support in bringing awareness to Orange Shirt Day we hope that many of you will participate in wearing orange!

The Office of the Registrar will be open on Saturday, September 2 -- Welcome Day -- from 9:00 am-12:00 pm.

Office staff will be on hand to assist students with registration, take tuition payments, and answer any admission questions.

We look forward to the start of a new academic year,

Donna Sutton
Registrar
dsutton@upei.ca

UPEI’s Department of Human Resources has moved most of its information and resources on upei.ca to a site in the myUPEI portal. The portal site will create a more interactive and user-friendly environment for faculty and staff, with simplified content and easier access to the services offered by the HR department. Faculty and staff can login directly to myUPEI and the HR site through this link: https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/HR/

Highlights of the HR portal site include:

• a comprehensive FAQ section
• an expanded service section
• easier access to HR forms

Employment opportunities, retirees’ information, and general information will remain on upei.ca/hr.

Would you like to create a more interactive PowerPoint lecture for your students? Something your students could view outside of class so that your in class time could be spent promoting deeper exploration of content? The E-Learning Office is here to help. Give us your standard PowerPoint lectures and we can turn them into interactive learning pieces that will make reviewing them outside of class time an engaging experience for your students.

Book an appointment to see if this opportunity is right for you: elearning@upei.ca—space is limited so please book early!