Campus Notices
The UPEI Mental Health Committee is looking for students, faculty and staff to share their personal and/or supportive experiences with mental health for the “Let's Listen” wrap-up event during Mental Health Week. Please fill out this Google form if you are interested.
If you have any questions please email:
ztcourt@upei.ca or saworkshops@upei.ca
Jordan Poley, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, will give a seminar entitled "Towards a model species: Lessons from salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)" on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre "A".
All are welcome!
This Friday, February 3rd, the UPEI community is invited to come out to the Panthers' home basketball games not only to cheer on the UPEI players, but also to show solidarity for refugees.
UPEI's World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Committee is hosting the evening! Women play at 6pm and the Men at 8pm.
So far, through WUSC's Student Refugee Program, the UPEI WUSC Committee has sponsored 24 students from refugee camps. The program allows the sponsored students to become permanent residents of Canada and complete their postsecondary education while being supported by fellow university students. The committee members are looking forward to sharing some of the things that they have learned and increasing awareness of refugee issues.
The purpose of the event is to build a supportive community, create connections, and share ideas on how to continue helping those who have been forced to leave their home country.
We hope you will join us!
This Friday, February 3rd, the UPEI community is invited to come out to the Panthers' home basketball games not only to cheer on the UPEI players, but also to show solidarity for refugees.
UPEI's World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Committee is hosting the evening! Women play at 6pm and the Men at 8pm.
So far, through WUSC's Student Refugee Program, the UPEI WUSC Committee has sponsored 24 students from refugee camps. The program allows the sponsored students to become permanent residents of Canada and complete their postsecondary education while being supported by fellow university students. The committee members are looking forward to sharing some of the things that they have learned and increasing awareness of refugee issues.
The purpose of the event is to build a supportive community, create connections, and share ideas on how to continue helping those who have been forced to leave their home country.
We hope you will join us!
Upcoming recitals and with changes to previous dates:
The recital by Liquid Architecture scheduled originally for Friday, February 3 will now take place on Sunday, March 26 at 2:30 pm at Dr. Steel Recital Hall. This recital features Linda Pearse, bass trombone; David Rogosin, piano; and Joel Cormier, marimba.
The recital by eklektikos, directed by Dale Sorensen, will be held on Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30 pm at Dr. Steel Recital Hall.
Tickets for the above mentioned concerts are available at the door, by phoning 902-566-0507, or by e-mailing music@upei.ca.
Adults and Seniors $20 / Students $15.
Difficult Dialogues is a biannual student academic conference, that highlights issues that may be considered difficult to have conversations around. The conference runs February 10 and 11 and is sponsored by Diversity and Social Justice Studies at UPEI.
Difficult Dialogues includes presentations from students from around the Atlantic region. Presentations run Friday, February 10, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm and Saturday, February 11 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Dr. Alexandre Baril, a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University, will deliver a keynote presentation.
Registration begins Friday at 1:00 pm in the Dawson Lounge of SDU Main Building. The lounge will be used as a social and gathering space throughout the conference.
All events are free, accessible, and open to the public.
The Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) will hold the 27th annual International Development Week (IDW) February 6-11. UPEI is a proud member of the ACIC and will host two events for IDW.
IDW brings together the PEI members of the ACIC and development groups from across the country. 2017 also marks the 42nd anniversary of the ACIC.
Cinema Politca Charlottetown will screen The Real Thing: Coca, Democracy and Rebellion in Bolivia Monday, February 6 at 6:00 pm in room 246 of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall. The film explores the United States’ “war on drugs” and how it has affected the people of Bolivia. The screening is free, but donations will be accepted in support of student Fallon Mawhinney’s forthcoming trip to Bolivia with Uniterra and WUSC. There will also be a raffle basket and popcorn for sale.
Thursday, February 9 from 5:00-7:00 pm, there will be a panel discussion on the topic of violence against women. Panelists include:
- Sally Armstrong, a three-time Amnesty International award winner and member of the International Women’s Commission at the UN
- Masuma Asad Khan, a third-year IDS student at Dalhousie University, campaigns and outreach coordinator for the Equity and Accessibility Office for the Dalhousie Student Union, and president of the Dalhousie Muslim Student Association
Timothy’s Café in Charlottetown will host presentations by NGOs and youth representatives of the ACIC on Sunday, February 11 from 2:30-4:30 pm. Timothy’s will also host displays from NGOs during the entire IDW.
For more information, see the ACIC website or contact Selvi Roy at selvi@acic-caci.org.
Title: Random composition of two chaotic maps can give rise to nearly ordered (non-chaotic) behavior.
Speaker: Dr. Shafiqul Islam
School of Mathematical and Computational sciences, University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)
Date: Monday, February 6 at 3:00 pm
Location: Cass, Rm. 101
Note: This talk will be delivered (Live) to Acadia and StFx via technology.
Abstract: Parrondo's Paradox states that two losing gambling games when combined one after the other (either deterministically or randomly) can result in a winning game. An analogous question in discrete time dynamical system: can two chaotic dynamical systems be combined so that the new dynamical system behaves in an ordered (non-chaotic) manner? In this talk we consider random composition of two chaotic Markov maps on an infinite partition and prove that the new dynamical system behaves in a nearly ordered manner. Also, we prove the existence of infinite absolutely continuous invariant measure.
Kim Foote, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, will give a seminar entitled "Erythrophagocytic Histiocytic Sarcoma - a diagnostic dilemma?" on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre "A". All are welcome!
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 7:30 PM in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall - The UPEI Music Department 2016-2017 Recital Series is pleased to present the 2017 Dr Frances Gray Music Performance Competition featuring five finalists, Johanna Vessey, clarinet; Leah Jordan, clarinet, Justin Amador, horn; Emily Proude, saxophone and Andrea Corder, soprano. Each will be accompanied by Frances McBurnie, piano.
Admission: Adults/Seniors $20 and Students $15. Tickets are available at the door.
Our SCENT blog post this week wonders what students are being evaluated on – “their academic work, or how well they navigate the college environment.” Click here to read “The Hidden Curriculum,” which talks about the value of mentoring programs for students less successful at navigating that environment. And please leave a comment!
Call for applications from potential graduate students for the 2017 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship will support the training of researchers at the masters or doctoral level to pursue animal welfare research at the UPEI. Both applied or more fundamental approaches to research pertaining to animal welfare are welcome. Students may take up their award at any time of the year but must do so within 12 months of the date of the letter of offer. Applications for 2017 will be accepted until 12 noon AST on Friday, February 17.
For more information please click here.
Matthew Dunlop, MSc student, and Christian Agatemor, PhD student, will each present a seminar on Wednesday, February 01, 2017 at 12:30 pm. Matthew Dunlop's presentation is entitled "“Nanocrystalline Cellulose Sourced from Island Tunicates” and Christian Agatemor's presentation is entitled “Organoiron-Mediated Synthesis of Functional Macromolecules". The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.
All are welcome!
In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements.
Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2017. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.
Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 31, 2017.
For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please click here.
Student Affairs is beginning to organize Mental Health Week 2017. This year a student-led, one day conference focused on Mental Health and Wellness using a peer-to-peer model is being organized.
The committee is open to any and all students. We hope to have a variety of people on the planning committee to bring together the diversity of knowledge, skills and abilities that the campus community holds. In creating our conference, we strive to build a collaborative and supportive temporary community that will have lasting impacts on our UPEI community, the individuals within it and beyond.
If you are interested in being involved, we would love to have you join us! Please contact Nouhad Mourad with any questions, concerns or suggestions at nmourad@upei.ca.
Campus phone service will be disrupted Thursday, January 26 to facilitate upgrades to campus phone equipment. The outage is scheduled for 5:30 pm to approximately 6:00 pm. The outage will cause all phone and voice mail service to be non-functional. Certain line service to critical areas and departments (Security, VTH, Residence) will be functional.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Peggy Court at mcourt@upei.ca or 902-566-0424.
Student Affairs is beginning to organize Mental Health Week 2017. This year a student-led, one day conference focused on Mental Health and Wellness using a peer-to-peer model is being organized.
The committee is open to any and all students. We hope to have a variety of people on the planning committee to bring together the diversity of knowledge, skills and abilities that the campus community holds. In creating our conference, we strive to build a collaborative and supportive temporary community that will have lasting impacts on our UPEI community, the individuals within it and beyond.
If you are interested in being involved, we would love to have you join us! We will meet on Thursday, January 26 at 4:00 pm in MacDougall Hall Rm. 328.
Please contact Nouhad Mourad with any questions, concerns or suggestions at nmourad@upei.ca.
Career Services will be hosting the Campus Job Fair on February 15th, 2017 in the Louis W. MacEachern Market Street from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Students are encouraged to attend and meet with on-campus employers. UPEI departments and faculties that offer employment opportunities for students throughout the year are invited to attend to promote their available and/or upcoming positions. Registration for the fair ends on Friday, January 27.
To register for the fair, please fill out the form found here.
Graduate Student Evan MacDonald (MSc-c) will give the next presentation in the Environmental Sciences and Human Biology seminar series. Evan’s seminar entitled “Are vegetation index maps from sUAS mounted multi-spectral sensors a good predictor of yield in potatoes?” will take place on Friday, January 27, 2017 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.
All are welcome!
Career Services will be hosting the Campus Job Fair on February 15th, 2017 in the Louis W. MacEachern Market Street from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Students are encouraged to attend and meet with on-campus employers. UPEI departments and faculties that offer employment opportunities for students throughout the year are invited to attend to promote their available and/or upcoming positions. Registration for the fair ends on Friday, January 27.
To register for the fair, please fill out the form found here.
