Our UPEI Campus Food Bank is like others across the country. Student food insecurity continues to be a concern for us at UPEI. I am grateful for the many volunteers who greet our students each Wednesday afternoon, making their time here as pleasant as possible. The spirit at the UPEI Campus Food Bank is welcoming and kind.  

We are ready to post our volunteer sign-up for the new semester: Jan Feb Mar 2024

Thank you!

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, which takes place every year on December 6, marks the anniversary of the murders of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989. On PEI, we also remember the 10 women murdered in PEI since 1989 by someone who knew them, and the tragic number of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

UPEI will observe the Day by lowering campus flags to half-mast. 

To show support for ending gender-based violence, everyone is encouraged to wear purple and purple ribbons during the 16 Days of Activism from November 25 to December 10. The Purple Ribbon campaign runs November 25–December 10 (16 days)

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is November 25  
• National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is December 6
• International Human Rights Day is December 10  

Read 16 ways to end gender-based violence: https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-ways-help-end-gender-based-violence.html

The search committee for the Dean of IKERAS has arranged for the online viewing of the video presentations for

Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qsa9_Q-lWgLq5vpKMFKWBDvuUlYJhIoi/view?usp=sharing

Dr. Angelina Weenie

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vYFuBoePR-aeqDnyDdUsD_w8Y61B_d8Z/view?usp=sharing

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Thursday, December 7, 2023.

Thank you for your input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

Students in Kinesiology 3440 are seeking volunteers to participate in personal training sessions. Participants must be between 30 and 70 years of age. Participants will meet with their student trainers twice a week for 10 weeks. No previous experience is necessary.  

For more information or to sign up, contact Brett Roberts at broberts@upei.ca.

Presenter: Evan MacDonald

Title: "Topographic Influence on Crop Yield and Management Practices" 

Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:00 am, AVC 286N

Everyone is welcome.

The Healthy Campus Committee is launching a new fitness subsidy for one-on-one personal training. The intention of the program is for a UPEI staff/faculty member who isn’t active and/or hasn’t participated in small group training and/or fitness programming (i.e., fitness subsidies).  

We are arranging two 30–minute information sessions with Derek Smith, UPEI personal trainer, and Angela Marchbank, UPEI Fitness and Wellness Coordinator who will provide a tour of the sports centre and the private personal training studio, discuss what personal training is, and answer questions.

For those attending the orientation session, an offer of an Introductory personal training package will be provided. The package includes a 45-minute consultation and assessment, three 45-minute personal training sessions, and one program design at a cost of $50 (+HST). The regular cost is $230 plus applicable taxes.

Those who are currently active and have accessed fitness programming will be placed on a waitlist as we have a limited number of subsidies for this program.  

Please contact Angela Marchbank, amarchbank@upei.ca, for more information and/or to register for the information sessions and/or to be placed on the waitlist. 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, January 5, for the January 2024 meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/

For new protocols, select "applications," and for renewal or amendment protocols, select "events."

 UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx. 

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

On Thursday, December 7 at 7:30 pm, the UPEI Concert Choir, SSA Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Singers will perform a Christmas-themed choral concert.

Led by Sung Ha Shin-Bouey, the ensembles will perform alongside guest musicians Leo Marchildon (piano), Sean Kemp and Zoe Sullivan (violins), Jeffrey Bazett-Jones (viola), and Natalie Williams Calhoun (cello). Several choral favourites are featured on the program, including Vivaldi’s Gloria.

The recital will take place on the SDU Stage at Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Admission, payable by cash at the door, is $20 for adults and $10 for students.

The call for proposals for the 26th annual Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning (DCUTL) is now open. This year’s conference will take place in-person on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in the Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University, and virtually on Thursday, May 2. The annual DCUTL promotes the importance of university teaching and learning among faculty, staff, and graduate students. It is a showcase for current research and practices and provides opportunities to foster new ideas and projects. 

This year’s theme is “Transforming the Curriculum to (Re)Imagine the Future.”

They invite proposals on topics that might include but are not limited to the following areas of interest:

• redesigning curriculum
• processes of curriculum work
• designing curriculum via components/themes
• bigger ideas in curriculum design

For more information on the call, along with submission procedures and proposal format details, visit the conference website: https://www.dal.ca/dept/clt/events-news/annual-events/DCUTL.html

The call for proposals closes on January 22, 2024.

 Keynote Speaker

They are excited to welcome Dr. Nadine de Gannes as the keynote speaker for the 2024 Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning. Dr. de Gannes is the faculty director of Ivey Business School’s Honours Business Administration (HBA) Program at Western University. She is also a faculty member in Accounting and Sustainability, and a member of Ivey’s EDI Advisory Council. She holds a master's degree and a PhD in Accounting from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an HBA from Ivey Business School.

There are quite a few colleagues on campus that get Faculty Focus articles sent directly to their email inbox. Here's an example of one circulated this week:  Using Visible Thinking Routines in the Writing Process  It's easy to subscribe to these Faculty Focus articles, which are quick to read and share ideas that are easy to incorporate into your teaching practice.  

Our UPEI Campus Food Bank is like others across the country. Student food insecurity continues to be a concern for us at UPEI. I am grateful for the many volunteers who greet our students each Wednesday afternoon, making their time here as pleasant as possible. The spirit at the UPEI Campus Food Bank is welcoming and kind.  

We are ready to post our volunteer sign-up for the new semester: Jan Feb Mar 2024

Thank you!

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, which takes place every year on December 6, marks the anniversary of the murders of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989. On PEI, we also remember the 10 women murdered in PEI since 1989 by someone who knew them, and the tragic number of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

UPEI will observe the Day by lowering campus flags to half-mast. 

To show support for ending gender-based violence, everyone is encouraged to wear purple and purple ribbons during the 16 Days of Activism from November 25 to December 10. The Purple Ribbon campaign runs November 25–December 10 (16 days)

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is November 25  
• National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is December 6
• International Human Rights Day is December 10  

Read 16 ways to end gender-based violence: https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-ways-help-end-gender-based-violence.html

The search committee for the Dean of IKERAS has arranged for the online viewing of the video presentations for

Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qsa9_Q-lWgLq5vpKMFKWBDvuUlYJhIoi/view?usp=sharing

Dr. Angelina Weenie

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vYFuBoePR-aeqDnyDdUsD_w8Y61B_d8Z/view?usp=sharing

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Thursday, December 7, 2023.

Thank you for your input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

Members of the campus community are invited to a population health project showcase hosted by nursing students on December 5, 2023, from 2:00--4:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Twenty groups of fourth-year UPEI nursing students in the Nursing and Population Health 4010 course have been working with agencies across PEI this semester to create innovative projects and programs to promote health and wellness. During the showcase, they will present their projects to their community agency partners and other guests.

The showcase is a result of a collaboration between the UPEI Faculty of Nursing and the UPEI Experiential Education Department and is funded by CEWIL Canada and The Government of Canada's Innovative Work-Integrated Learning Initiative (I-WIL).

Presenter: Evan MacDonald

Title: "Topographic Influence on Crop Yield and Management Practices" 

Thursday, December 7, 2023, 9:00 am, AVC 286N

Everyone is welcome.

December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which marks the day in 1989 when 14 young women at Polytechnique Montreal (12 of whom were engineering students) were murdered in a violent act of misogyny that shook our country. 

A candlelight vigil is being hosted in the FSDE building on Wednesday, December 6, at 10:00 am, at the Academic Staircase, to honour those who lost their lives in this tragedy.  A commemorative display will also be set up near the entrance all day for those who wish to write messages of reflection and hope. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided following the ceremony. All are welcome.

For more than 20 years, the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre has been hosting an exam stress-buster meal. At a time of year when students may not plan their meals well, we offer two options: beef chili and curry dahl (lentil) with white rice. We are able to do this with the support of many on campus. Staff and faculty offer their time in 30-minute time slots to help set up, serve, and clean up. As food insecurity for our students continues to be in our minds and hearts, this is one way that UPEI responds. This semester, chili and dahl meals will be offered on December 12 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm and 4:30 to 6:00 pm. There is an extra time slot on Monday, December 11, to help set up the space.  

Please check your calendars and add your name to our Chili/Dahl Volunteer Sign-Up

Sister Sue and Lauren

Depending upon the work requirements of University departments, the Christmas holiday schedule will be in effect from December 25, 2023, through January 1, 2024, inclusive.  Office and regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. 

Payroll deadlines: 

For the December 22 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc., are due by noon on November 23. Timesheets/overtime are due on December 11 at 10:00 am. 

For the January 5 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc., are due by noon on December 7. Timesheets/overtime are due on January 2 at 10:00 am. 

For the January 19 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc., are due by noon on December 21. Timesheets/overtime are due on January 8. 

Additional information regarding the Christmas holiday schedule can be found at MyUPEI. 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, January 5, for the January 2024 meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/

For new protocols, select "applications," and for renewal or amendment protocols, select "events."

 UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx. 

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

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Mahdi Najim Albishi's PhD dissertation defense, "An Exploratory Case Study: Distributed Leadership for Reforming Higher Education Leadership and Academic Governance Aligning Vision 2030 in a Saudi Arabian Context."

The presentation will take place on December 6 at 4:00 pm in Memorial Hall 417 or through Zoom at https://upei.zoom.us/j/64690934094?pwd=TlRRUWUvd3kvL1lXTk1YWllzQkZ2QT09

Meeting ID: 646 9093 4094
Passcode: 364808