The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, February 3rd for the February meeting.

Please ensure you:

· Download the current forms found here. 

· Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and only current forms will be accepted.

· 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

Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. 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, Administrative Assistant, at 902-566-0973.

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.

Please click here to read this thoughtful article from Australia: "Who should go to university? Everyone, or just enough people to fill skilled jobs?"

Good question! Leave a reply to let others know what you think.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday, January 27, 2017. These applications will be reviewed at the February 2017 meeting.

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. 

Please use Adobe Reader to complete the forms and submit the following:

• one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, February 3, 2017. They will be reviewed at the February meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after February 3 will be reviewed at the March 2017 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from found here. 

Please use Adobe Reader to complete forms and submit the following:

• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

New start dates for Specialty Fitness Programming. Each program has 6 classes. Fee: Sports Centre members $35 +hst/person/program. Non-Members $45 + hst/person/program.

Kettelbell Circuit - Wednesdays @ 7:00 am starting January 18
Hatha Yoga - Thursdays @ 4:30 pm starting January 19
Yoga Flow - Fridays @ 6:45 am starting January 20
Athletic Yoga - Mondays @ 4:30 pm starting January 23
PiYo - Tuesdays @ 12:05 pm starting January 24
Mobility & Conditioning - Wednesdays @ 4:30 pm starting January 25
PiYo - Thursdays @ 12:05 pm starting January 26

To register for a program(s) please visit Panther Central at UPEI Sports Centre. We accept cash, cheques, debit and credit cards. For more information about programs please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca or 902-566-0606.

The KeepitSocial.ca Student-Athlete Ambassadors, UPEI Department of Athletics and Recreation, and Prince Edward Island Liquor Control Commission invites the campus community to an announcement and launch regarding an important partnership and initiative on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 10:00 am in the lobby of the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. 

The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) requires that all personnel involved with the use of animals in research, teaching, testing and service take this training session.  (A refresher course is required every 5 years).

The next UPEI on-site training session in animal use and care will be held on:

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

AVC - The McCain Foundation Learning Commons Rm 286B N & 286C N

This will be a three hour training session with handouts, based on CCAC Recommended Syllabus (exam included).

Please notify Sherri Pineau by e-mail at animalcare@upei.ca by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 if you or any of your staff will be attending this session.

Please Note:

The December 1 make-up game for Men's Hockey vs Saint Mary's is Wednesday, January 11, 7:00 pm.

Box office opens at 6:00 pm.

The UPEI Faculty of Education invites you to an International Dinner and Silent Auction.

Featuring Chef Emily Wells of The Mill and Local 343

Saturday, January 28, 2017 5:00-8:00 PM 
(storm date: Sunday, January 29)
Jack Blanchard Hall, 3 Pond Street, Charlottetown
$30 per seat

For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Carolyn Francis, crfrancis@upei.ca or 902-894-2813

Student Affairs is beginning to organize UPEI’s Mental Health Week 2017 and is calling for interested students, staff and faculty to join the planning committee.

As in past years, we hope to have a variety of people on the committee in order to reach the many areas of the UPEI community. Committee work will entail meetings every three weeks with the main event scheduled for March (Dates still being set). The week with be shortened to three days this year, but then followed by a student led conference for students being organized by another committee.

The planning committee will be responsible for brainstorming ideas to showcase the theme of "Relationships Matter", setting the schedule and making the necessary contacts and bookings. If you are interested, please contact Anne Bartlett, ambartlett@upei.ca, or 902-894-2835, by Thursday, January 12, as we plan to have our first meeting the week of January 16th.

The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle will be meeting for the first time this semester on Wednesday, January 11th from 4:30 to 5:30pm in the basement of the Robertson Library, Rm. 103. This area is also accessible by an elevator, if needed (call Hailey – see below).

The multicultural choir is in its 6th year, and is a non-audition, open, free and fun activity which brings people from campus and the community together, sharing songs from cultures all around the world!

if you have any questions or comments, please contact Hailey at 902-566-6023, or airs@upei.ca.

Please note that the day has moved from Tuesdays to Wednesdays for the Winter 2017 semester.

This $75 grant can be used towards any of our small group training programs or for three specialty fitness programs (PiYo, Mobility & Conditioning, Kettlebells, Yoga) and cycle programs. Limited number of grants on a first come, first serve basis. Note: If received grant in the Fall of 2016 you are not eligible to receive again this semester. Grant is for current UPEI Faculty or Staff members. Click here to complete a program registration form. 

The Winter Seminar Series  in Environmental Sciences  & Human Biology begins this Friday, January 13th, 12:30 PM, Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. It is hosted by the UPEI Biology Department and all are welcome! Coffee and treats provided.

On Jan 13th, Elizabeth Cairns (BSc UPEI; PhD-candidate, Dalhousie U) will present a seminar entitled “Neuroprotective therapies for glaucoma: potential of CB1 allosteric modulators”.

Upcoming seminars in the series:

On Jan 27th, 2 graduate students will present their work:

Evan MacDonald (MSc-c). "Are vegetation index maps from sUAS mounted multi-spectral sensors a good predictor of yield in potatoes?"

Robyn Connors (MSc-c). "Establishing the reliability of measures of postural sway and centre of pressure in a cohort of university aged active individuals."

Come learn about the Atlantic Facilities and Research Equipment Database (AFRED), an online, open access database connecting people with research equipment and facilities throughout Atlantic Canada. Patty King, AFRED Program Manager, will present an overview, talk about how it can be a valuable tool for you, and show you how to get your equipment listed in AFRED.

Event: AFRED Lunch and Learn
Date: January 13, 2017
Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: University of Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Veterinary College in room 286A N

This session will be of interest to researchers, administrators, research and industry liaison officers, research facility and equipment managers, and others interested in promoting collaborative research and improved utilization of our region’s research infrastructure.

A light lunch will be provided.

RSVP by January 10, 2017 using the following link:
http://whoozin.com/JQP-7MC-7XMX

Unable to attend the Lunch & Learn?  Contact Patty King (902-494-6910, patty@scienceatlantic.ca) to arrange a separate meeting time; she will be on campus January 13, 2017 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.

For more information about the event contact:
Kim Johnstone, Acting Director, Synapse, 902-620-5115, kim@synapsepei.com
or
Patty King, AFRED Program Manager, 902-494-6910, patty@scienceatlantic.ca

SCENT’s winter 2017 theme extends the fall theme of “what” is university for, but now asks whom it is for, and what are the consequences of how that question is answered.

Are universities for faculty primarily? If so, which faculty? Are they primarily a place for tenured and tenure-stream scholars to conduct their research and be supported in those endeavours? Are they also for the low-paid contingent faculty who now do nearly 50% of the teaching?

Are universities primarily for students, and hence a place to focus on teaching and learning outside as well as inside of faculty specializations? If the latter, what do we mean by “students”: future workers, producers, professionals? Future citizens, participants in civil society? Humans who value knowledge, discovery, creativity, vision?

To what extent and in what ways do universities exist to serve off-campus communities – local, regional, national, international – and who decides? Indeed, who decides whom universities serve?

This semester’s theme aims to provoke more thinking about this question, and about the implications of universities’ focus(es). At a time of a rapidly changing context for universities generally, as well as massive changes in the student body—with increased calls to make universities "relevant” in a number of ways to those students – how can we (at UPEI, and more generally) respond? How do we want to respond? This semester’s blog picks up these issues and others.

Please click here to read and comment on our provocative first article of the term: “In Defense of the ‘White’ Curriculum.”

From November 1 until April 30, winter restrictions on overnight campus parking will be enforced. Parking Lot "A" is the only lot where overnight parking is permitted for the winter season. Residents of Andrew Hall and Bernardine Hall may park overnight in the Andrew Hall Lot provided that their vehicles are moved to Lot "A" during storm conditions and until the lots have been plowed after a storm.

If vehicles are left in any parking lot other than Lot "A" during snow storms or before snow removal is complete, the vehicle will be towed at the owner's expense. Facilities Management appreciates your co-operation to ensure parking lots are cleared safely. If you have any questions or concerns regarding winter parking please contact Mark Pharand, mpharand@upei.ca.

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in Fall 2017.

Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum wage will be $11. For additional information and application information for this program please click here.

To apply for this Program you will need to contact Monique Geurts, Human Resources, 566-0515. The closing date for applications is January 20, 2017.

The Department of Physics invites the campus community and members of the public to its first astronomy workshop on Thursday, January 19, from 7:00-9:00 pm. If you have a telescope that you're not quite sure how to use or if you're just interested in learning about the basics of telescope use — then this workshop is for you!

For more information and to register, please click here.

The UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle will be meeting for the first time this semester on Wednesday, January 11th from 4:30 to 5:30pm in the basement of the Robertson Library, Rm. 103. This area is also accessible by an elevator, if needed (call Hailey – see below).

The multicultural choir is in its 6th year, and is a non-audition, open, free and fun activity which brings people from campus and the community together, sharing songs from cultures all around the world!

if you have any questions or comments, please contact Hailey at 902-566-6023, or airs@upei.ca.

Please note that the day has moved from Tuesdays to Wednesdays for the Winter 2017 semester.