Campus Notices
We are excited to announce the first annual UPEI Health and Fitness Week, November 21 - 26, 2016. There are several fun and healthy activities for UPEI students, staff & faculty. Participate in activities and have chances to win a variety of prizes. Some activities include fitness testing, Health Fair, presentations, glucose/cholesterol clinic, SoundEscapes, fitness classes and clinics, East Coast Art Party, Pancake Breakfast, mens/womens varsity basketball game, and more..... Visit www.upei.ca/healthandfitnessweek for more details.
This week’s SCENT blog post explores another timely subject, and we want to know what you think about it. Head to http://projects.upei.ca/scent/ and leave a comment about the claim of this week’s article – “University Rankings Ignore Teaching.” Questions? Email Gerald at fdo@upei.ca.
Join Rebecca Gass, certified yoga instructor, for a free Yoga Nidra Session on Wednesday, November 16 from 12:05 to 12:50 at the Chaplaincy Centre. This session is free for UPEI students, staff and faculty. Monetary donations for Soup for the Soul will be accepted along with non-perishable food items for the UPEI Food Bank.
Yoga Nidra, also known as yogic sleep, brings an incredible calmness, quietness and clarity to the body. Yoga Nidra is one of the deepest of all meditations, leading awareness through many levels of mental process to a state of supreme stillness and insight. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and are welcome to bring a mat, pillow, blanket and any additional props.
For questions regarding the session, please contact Rebecca Gass at rjgass@upei.ca.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn Harrison (902-566-0901).
Dr. Joel Ross, UPEI Department of Biology, will present this week’s ESC-HUB seminar on Friday, November 18th. Dr. Ross will present:
“Personalized and customized human neurons for modeling synaptic dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder”
Date: Friday, November 18, 2016
Time: 12:30 pm
Room: DSC 204
All are welcome
The Animal Care Committee does not meet in December. The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, January 6, 2017 for the January meeting.
Ensure you always…
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Download the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/
research-services/research- certifications/animal-care - Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and only current forms will be accepted.
Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date.
- Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - North Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302
- Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The committee requires at least one month for processing applications. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, ACC Admin. Assistant @ 902-566-0973.
Hope Igboeli, PhD student will present a seminar on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 12:30 pm. The presentation is entitled "Natural Product Discovery in Fungi Using Epigenetic Modifiers and Stressors". The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.
Dr. Robert F. Gilmour Jr., Vice-President Academic and Research, cordially invites you to attend the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration. Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest author Deirdre Kessler, and the UPEI community on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the achievements of UPEI students.
SoundEscapes- Meditation - Saturday, November 26 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
This Sound Meditation with Trevor Grant's "SoundEscapes" will feature the sounds of crystal bowls, wooden flutes, shamanic drumming and more. Pre-Registration required. 15 people max. To register contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca or 566-0606. Available only for UPEI Students, Faculty and Staff.
We have a number of 'How To' Clinics lead by UPEI personal trainers and fitness instructors. Sessions include: Learn to Spin, Free Weights upper and lower body, Powerlifiting, Functional Training, Light Up your Core and Yoga 101. These sessions are FREE for UPEI Students/Staff/Faculty. PRE-Registration required as space is limited to 12-15. Pre-Register with the Fitness Centre Supervisor Desk Staff at (902)566-6074 or fitnesscentre@upei.ca. ID number and e-mail required to register.
For more details on activities please visit www.upei.ca/fitnessandwellnessweek
Events include: John R. Sylliboy, speaker, "Two Spirit Identity and Resilience” (Thursday); Jams for Justice concert (Friday); Mawi’omi center film screening, “Angry Inuk” (Sunday); Dawson lounge conversation, “The social construction of gender” (Monday); Cinema Politica film screening, “Yes Men Are Revolting” (Monday); “What is Social Justice” displays @ student center (Wednesday); “Rants and Raves” (Wednesday).
For more information, contact Ann Braithwaite, DSJS, abraithwaite@upei.ca
Dr. Mike Boyes has conducted research at the University of Calgary over the last five years with the students in his first year introductory courses (N = 3000 and counting). Specifically he has looked at the relationship between student identity development and identity style and student adjustment to the University environment. In addition he has examined the extent to which students are open to or reticent about accessing any of the wide array of services that are available to them at university. The key differentiator seems to be whether or not the students have successfully begun the process of forming sense of personal identity or, in effect, become engaged in themselves. Mike is particularly interested in discussing his findings with folks who work directly with students as he is trying to develop intervention tactics and strategies for assisting those students who are most in need of assistance on the same time least likely to seek out that assistance.
Central Printing will be closed Monday Nov. 14 and Tuesday Nov. 15.
Dr. Robert F. Gilmour Jr., Vice-President Academic and Research, cordially invites you to attend the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration. Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest author Deirdre Kessler, and the UPEI community on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the achievements of UPEI students.
The Open Pages series at UPEI’s Robertson Library welcomes John Cousins to discuss his book New London: The Lost Dream. The event is Wednesday, November 16 at 7 pm, in the second floor common area of the Robertson Library.
New London: The Lost Dream tells the true story of brave Quakers from London, England who settled along PEI’s north shore in 1773. This book is an excellent recreation of how some of the Island’s first European settlers arrived, survived, and occasionally thrived in the “new world.”
New London: The Lost Dream is published by Island Studies Press at UPEI. For more details, see “Recent Titles” at http://projects.upei.ca/isp/.
Open Pages features local authors speaking about their books: what inspired them, what they learned, and what they shared. The public is warmly invited to this evening, which takes place in the common area on the second floor of the UPEI Robertson Library. Light refreshments will be served, and books will be for sale and signing by the author.
For more information, contact Joan Sinclair at Island Studies Press at ispstaff@upei.ca, or Simon Lloyd in the Robertson Library, slloyd@upei.ca.
Central Printing will be closed Monday Nov. 14 and Tuesday Nov. 15.
This is a reminder that the UPEI Biosafety Policy requires that all Principal Investigators confirm the security and complete inventory of all biohazardous materials being used or stored, due in November of each year. This is accomplished by updating your entries, then confirming this action, as follows:
Access your inventory at http://biosafety.vre3.upei.ca/
Ensure your inventory is up to date, and then confirm this by following the steps as listed below.
1. Select User Menu (Top right of screen) then My account from the left side of the drop down screen.
2. Click Edit (just below the user name)
3. Click on Information, on the top right section of the screen.
4. Scroll down this page. Below the box with the phone number, you will notice a box next to I accept. If you have not already done so, please read this section and, if you agree, please check this box.
5. To report your inventory is up to date, please enter the date that you confirm this in the 2016 box.
6. 6. Hit Save! Task completed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you are not yet a user of this site, but store or use biohazardous materials, please contact me to arrange access.
Rhoda Speare
Biosafety Officer
Phone 620-5071
E mail: rspeare@upei.ca
We are in the process of updating the list of respirator users on campus. If you or someone you supervise uses a respirator in your work or research here on campus, please email the respirator users name and contact information to Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca by November 16, 2016. This includes all respirators, even the more basic models that can be purchased at a local hardware store.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn Harrison (902-566-0901)
The UPEI Music Department Recital Series 2016-2017 is pleased to present the following recital which will take place at Park Royal United Church, Charlottetown. Admission $15 Adults & Seniors/$10 students. Friday, November 25, 7:30 PM. UPEI Wind Symphony, directed by Karem J. Simon.
The UPEI Music Department Recital Series 2016-2017 is pleased to present the following recital which will take place in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI Campus. Admission $15 Adults & Seniors/$10 students Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 7:30 PM. UPEI Jazz Ensemble, directed by David Shephard.
