Campus Notices
All UPEI Alumni and Friends are welcome to attend the fourth annual Ottawa Holiday Reception taking place on Thursday, November 30 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Lowertown Brewery in the ByWard Markey (73 York Street, Ottawa, ON). Please share this event information with anyone you know who might be in the Ottawa area at this time.
RSVP to alumni@upei.ca or call 902-566-0761
Mark your calendar! Graduate students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the upcoming GSA Wine and Cheese Social. Join us for refreshments, a silent auction and presentation of faculty and staff awards.
For more information on this annual event, click here.
Today Soup for the Soul will be hosted by the UPEI Department of Athletics and Recreation from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Chaplaincy Centre. Enjoy some delicious butternut squash and apple soup, chicken and rice soup and biscuits. Tell a friend to tell a friend!
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The UPEI Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Karem J. Simon, will be performing a full recital of contemporary wind band music on Friday, November 24 at Park Royal United Church in Charlottetown.
With performances in recent years at local Churches–St. Dunstan’s Basilica and Zion Presbyterian–the Wind Symphony is continuing a tradition of performing beyond campus.
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The Environmental Sciences and Human Biology (ESC-HB) seminar series will wrap up for the fall semester on November 24 with a presentation by Dr. Ali Ahmadi, School of Sustainable Design Engineering. Dr. Ahmadi’s presentation is entitled “Biofabrication: bridging the life sciences and engineering”.
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On November 28 UPEI will hold a reception to dedicate a plaque in Rocky Paquet's honour and launch a new student award in his memory.
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In June 2017, Dalhousie University hosted the Simulations & Student Learning Symposium. This event brought three internationally renowned experts to Halifax for an intensive workshop on expanding and enriching simulation-based learning.
Now an interdisciplinary team of researchers and instructors is travelling across Atlantic Canada...
For more information about this event, click here.
Emergency and Standard First Aid Training is being offered on campus in the coming weeks. For more information, click on one ofthe options below:
Emergency First Aid and CPR
Standard First Aid and CPR
The training cost is covered by UPEI for all faculty and staff. Students who require the training for on-campus employment will also have the training cost covered.
Everyone is welcome to attend the first in a series of Department of Philosophy talks on November 24. JoAnna Howlett's talk is entitled “The Erotic, Aesthetic, and the Ethical” and Dr. Daniel Harris' talk is entitled “Nietzsche, Atheism, and Desiring Life”.
For more information, click here.
UPEI Synapse and Mitacs Training Team is offering a free Networking Skills Workshop on November 29.
For more information, click here.
On behalf of the UPEI Health Centre Team, we would like to encourage all campus Faculty, Staff and Students Staff to get the flu shot. The best way to protect yourself and others from the flu is to get vaccinated each year.
Health PEI offers Public Health Nursing Community Flu Vaccination Clinics. These Clinics are provided on a walk-in basis, no appointments are required.
The Flu Clinic Information Line, 1-855-354-4358 (4FLU) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides up-to-date information about flu vaccination clinic dates, time and locations in your area.
Flu vaccinations are also available through your family physician or nurse practitioner and at local pharmacies across the province.
Where can I get more information about the flu?
For more information about the flu, how it spreads, symptoms, or how you can protect yourself and others, visit About Influenza (the flu).
Let's help Prince Edward Island become #FluLess
Robertson Library will again be offering training sessions for RefWorks and Google Scholar as follows:
- Google Scholar - Thursday, November 23 at 2:00 pm
- RefWorks - Thursday, November 23 at 3:00 pm
Both sessions will be held in the LINC lab, Robertson Library Rm. 265. The 20-30 minute presentation will be followed by hands-on practice time.
Please contact Melissa Belvadi mbelvadi@upei.ca for more information or to indicate interest to attend workshop.
Faculty are encouraged to share this information with their students who have research papers due soon!
On November 28 UPEI will hold a reception to dedicate a plaque in Rocky Paquet's honour and launch a new student award in his memory.
This is the first year UPEI is embracing #GivingTuesday and its motto of rallying for favourite causes and thinking of others. Join UPEI in honouring Rocky's legacy of dedication and heart and contribute to the creation of an award in his memory.
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WOW! There are a ton of events planned for today! Be sure to check out as many as you can:
- Tour of New Kinesiology Lab
- Soup for the Soul
- Mindfulness Through Yoga
- GLOWGA: Glow-In-The-Dark Yoga
- Campus Life Lounge Holiday Decorating
Click here for more information and the full schedule of events!
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:
1. Access your inventory by clicking here.
2. Ensure your inventory is up to date, and then confirm this by following the steps as listed below.
3. Select User Menu (Top right of screen) then My account from the left side of the drop down screen.
4. Click Edit (just below the user name)
5. Click on Information, on the top right section of the screen.
6. 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.
7. To report your inventory is up to date, please enter the date that you confirm this in the 2017 box.
8. 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.
If you have any questions, please contact Rhoda Speare, UPEI Biosafety Officer, at 902-620-5071 or rspeare@upei.ca.
Join the UPEI Faculty of Nursing and Graduate Studies Coordinator, Dr. Janet Bryanton, for the Master of Nursing Open House on Wednedsay, November 22, 2017 from 6:00–8:00 pm in the Health Sciences Building, Room 105.
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The Kinesiology Program welcomes the UPEI community to tour the new Kinesiology Teaching Lab. Equipment demos and light refreshments will be provided. Door prizes include t-shirts and a personalized fitness assessment/program!
The open house will take place on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in Steel Building, Rm 128.
For more information, contact Katie Beck at kbeck@upei.ca.
Health and Fitness Week 2017 is off to a great start! Check out some of today's exciting events:
Click here for more information and the full schedule of events!
The UPEI Faculty of Business will host an information session for those interested in its Executive MBA program. The event will be Wednesday, November 22 at 5:00 pm in the Gallery of The Guild in Charlottetown.
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Learning is an action that only the student can own and control. As an instructor, what can be done to help a student maximize his/her learning capabilities? In this workshop, instructors will learn about three key skills that contribute to more efficient and effective learning. Those skills are how to take notes, how to read for learning, and how to study effectively.
Offered by the E-Learning Office, this workshop is available on two separate dates. Wednesday, November 22 or Tuesday, November 28 from 1:00-2:00 pm in Rm 265, Robertson Library. Register!
