Campus Notices

Animal Care Protocol Submission Deadline - October 2nd

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, October 2nd for the October meeting. 

Ensure you always…

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.

Pathology and Microbiology Seminar Notice - Tuesday, September 15
Dr. Jessica Rodriguez, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas will present a seminar called "Canine schistosomiasis: The neglected tropical diseases of U.S. dogs" on Tuesday, September 15 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre C.
 
Everyone is welcome
Campus Connector correction re: research on cultural perspectives on education
Please note, a dated notice was mistakenly posted in this week’s Campus Connector. Dr. Tess Miller’s research study on cultural perspectives on education on PEI has now closed. Integrated Communications regrets the error. 
Like the new Campus Notices? Tell your colleagues!
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Island Help Line
On September 10, 2015 there was a re-launch of the Island Help Line, through the Canadian Mental Health Association, PEI division - 1800-218-2885 (as it was National Suicide Prevention Day).  This is a free service open to ALL people on PEI, in French and English.  Here is their website www.theislandhelpline.com - please take a look at it and encourage all people to use it.  
 
I am going to put this number and web address on my email signature - I encourage you to do the same.  
 
If you have any questions please let me know.
 
Treena Smith
Manager of Student Affairs
(902)566-0674

 

UPEI Personal Training Grants for UPEI Employees - 16 grants left

The Healthy Campus Committee is pleased to offer $100 subsidy grants for current UPEI Employees (student staff not eligible for grant) for this academic year. We have a total of 16 grants left. The grant can be used towards the cost of either the Healthy U Club or Small Group Training Programs. To apply please fill out an application form and return to Angela Marchbank. Employees who have received the subsidy in previous years can apply again.  https://www.upei.ca/ar/wellness

a) Healthy U Club - An eight-week program involves two training sessions per week, one weigh-in and healthy eating meeting per week.  Fee:  $169 Sports Centre members and $209 for non-members.   For those receiving the grant the cost will be $69 or $109 plus hst.

Weekly weigh in, meal plan, log book and healthy eating discussion/presentation with Simply For Life consultant: Mondays 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm (Start Date: September 28)
Training sessions: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Trainer:  Lyndsey Paynter (Start Date: September 29)

b) Small Group Training – An eight-week, two times per week small group of seven working with a certified personal trainer. Fee: $135 + taxes per person.  Cost for those receiving the grant will be $35 plus hst.

  • Group 3: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:05 pm – 12:50 pm. Trainer: Lyndsey Paynter (Start Date: September 29)
  • Group 4: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm. Trainer: Kris Lutwick (Start Date: September 29)
Candidate presentations, Department of Biology

The Department of Biology will host two presentations by Dr. P. Joel Ross,  The Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto, on September 14& 15, 2015.  Dr. Ross is a candidate for a Tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology and will present the following talks:

Research Presentation: Using stem cells to explore brain epigenetics and the neurobiology of autism

Monday, September 14, 2015
9:30 am
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Teaching Presentation: Cellular communication in antiviral defence

Tuesday, September 15, 2015
1:00 pm
AVC 286A N

All are welcome to attend and provide comments to the selection committee via email to biologychair@upei.ca

 
UPEI House Party POSTPONED
Please note, the event promoted as the UPEI House Party in previous Campus Notices has been postponed until a further date. Thank you for your understanding.
 

Nature-Inspired Writing Workshop with UPEI’s Deirdre Kessler
Macphail Homestead, 271 Macphail Park Road, Orwell
 
Saturday, September 12, 2015, 2:00 to 5:30 pm                        
 
Explore nature-based writing in the beautiful setting of the Macphail Homestead. See how poetry, memoir, dramatic monologue, and fiction begin with a sense of place and with close observation of the natural world. 
 
During this 3.5-hour workshop, participants will explore nature and their response to it as they write short pieces in a series of timed exercises developed by a skilled teacher. Supplies needed: notebook, pencil or pen.
 
People of all ages and all levels of writing experience are welcome. Register online or on the day of the workshop. The workshop fee is $40. Students and seniors pay $30.
 
Come for the workshop and stay for a light supper and free public reading by Deirdre Kessler, sponsored by the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Macphail Homestead.
 
Supper in Tea Room at participants’ own expense.  Go to macphailhomestead.ca to see menu designed by Red Seal Chef Joel Short.
 
 Contact: Doreen Huestis, Macphail Homestead Site Director: 902-651-2789 or macphailhomestead@pei.aibn.com     
 
Deirdre Kessler is a poet and author of 15 books for young people and a dozen books of nonfiction for adults. Recently published are a memoir, Mother Country, published by Oberon Press (Dec. 2014) and Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation, a children’s book illustrated by Brenda Jones set in Charlottetown in 1864, which received a 2015 P.E.I. Museum & Heritage Foundation writing award and a 2015 City of Charlottetown Heritage Award. Deirdre teaches creative writing, children’s literature, and the course on L.M. Montgomery with UPEI’s Department of English. She is a recipient of a UPEI Award for Teaching Excellence. 
Chris Benjamin, author of Indian School Road, to read at UPEI
Chris Benjamin is a well-known fiction and features writer. His latest book, Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, won the 2013 Dave Greber Freelance Book Award.
 
On Friday, September 18, Chris Benjamin will be sharing his new book on campus at UPEI during a brown bag lunch to be held in the Main Faculty Lounge from 12:00-1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
 
The event takes place soon after the publication of the Summary Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on June 1, Justice Murray Sinclair stated, “Education is the key to reconciliation.”  It is in this spirit that the UPEI community and members of the public are gathering together with Chris Benjamin to discuss Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School.
 
The Faculty of Education and the UPEI Aboriginal Students' Association are organizing the event.
UPEI Health Centre

Please be advised that the University of Prince Edward Island Student Health Centre, located in the Student Affairs office in the WA Murphy Student Centre, will be opening this year on October 19.

Until October 19, Dr David Reid will be seeing students, by appointment, at his clinic in Sherwood, 15 Brackley Point Road, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Please see this link for a map of the exact location. When the Health Centre opens on campus, Dr Reid will continue to see students Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Appointments can be made for Dr Reid, for before or after October 19, by contacting Bethany Holland at healthcentre@upei.ca

As always, call 911 if you are experiencing a health emergency. 811 is available 24/7 to speak to a registered nurse.

Apologies for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Treena Smith
Manager, Student Affairs
trlsmith@upei.ca

Library tours
Want to feel comfortable and confident in the Robertson Library? Come take a tour with us during the month of September! 
 
Tours are available on weekdays, evenings, and weekends, and last about 30 minutes. Discover the Library's resources and services, and you could win a weekly prize of a $50 gift card to a Downtown Charlottetown business, plus a grand prize of a Samsung Tab A 8" tablet.
 
To register for a tour, simply go to library.upei.ca/tours and sign-up online!
 
Chaplaincy Centre mass schedule
Mass schedule @UPEI Chaplaincy Centre begins this week
Sunday 6:00, 
Monday 12:30, 
Thursday 12:05 
‪Welcome Father John Lacey as priest chaplain.  

Chris Benjamin, author of Indian School Road, to read at UPEI
Chris Benjamin is a well-known fiction and features writer. His latest book, Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, won the 2013 Dave Greber Freelance Book Award.
 
On Friday, September 18, Chris Benjamin will be sharing his new book on campus at UPEI during a brown bag lunch to be held in the Main Faculty Lounge from 12:00-1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
 
The event takes place soon after the publication of the Summary Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  In an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on June 1, Justice Murray Sinclair stated, “Education is the key to reconciliation.”  It is in this spirit that the UPEI community and members of the public are gathering together with Chris Benjamin to discuss Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School.
 
The Faculty of Education and the UPEI Aboriginal Students' Association are organizing the event.
 
CARI Complex Annual Pool Shutdown
Who\Where: CARI Complex Aquatics Department 
 
What: Annual Pool Shutdown for maintenance and cleaning 
 
When: September 7, 2015 through September 14, 2015 – reopening September 15, 2015 
 
Why: Each year the pools at the CARI Complex are closed to complete necessary maintenance and service to equipment. The pools, pool deck, and dressing rooms also receive a vigorous cleaning to prepare for another year
 

Candidate presentations, Department of Biology
The Department of Biology will host two presentations by Dr. Schammim Ray Amith,Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, September 9 & 10, 2015.  Dr. Amith is a candidate for a Tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology and will present the following talks:
 
Research Presentation:  Membrane Proteins in Inflammation and Cancer
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
9:30 a.m.
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Teaching Presentation: Cell Signalling: Enzyme-Linked Receptors
Thursday, September 10, 2015
1:00 p.m.
AVC 286A N
 
All are welcome to attend and provide comments to the selection committee via e-mail to biologychair@upei.ca
Candidate seminar, Department of Companion Animals
The Department of Companion Animals will be interviewing three (3) candidates for the open, tenure-track faculty position in anesthesia.  The third candidate, Dr. Cate Creighton, will be on campus Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9. 
 
Dr. Creighton received her DVM in 1995 and completed a combined residency & Master of Science program in 2011; both from the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI.  She has worked in private practice and from 2011 to 2013 was a lecturer in Anaesthesia & Analgesia at the Companion Animal Health Centre, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Creighton is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia & Analgesia and has been working at the AVC in a contract position since July, 2013.
 
As part of the interview process, each candidate has been asked to present a 50-minute lecture suitable for 3rd year DVM students.  Any interested faculty / staff / students are invited to attend.  A copy of Dr. Creighton’s CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca) in the Department of Companion Animals.
 
SEMINAR NOTICE – Dr. Cate Creighton
‘Constant Rate Infusions During Anesthesia’
Tuesday, September 8th @ 12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre ‘A’
 
EVERYONE WELCOME!
 

UPEI’s Deirdre Kessler to give public reading

UPEI professor and author Deirdre Kessler will give a public reading on Saturday, 12 September, 7 pm, at the Macphail Homestead  in Orwell.

Deirdre will reading new poems, excerpts from a recently published memoir, Mother Country, and from a novel in progress.

The setting will be the Great Room of Sir Andrew Macphail’s house in Orwell. The free public reading is sponsored by The Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Macphail Homestead.

Deirdre Kessler is a poet and author of 15 books for young people and a dozen books of nonfiction for adults. Recently published are a memoir, Mother Country, published by Oberon Press (Dec. 2014) and Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation, a children’s book illustrated by Brenda Jones set in Charlottetown in 1864, which received a 2015 P.E.I. Museum & Heritage Foundation writing award and a 2015 City of Charlottetown Heritage Award. Deirdre teaches creative writing, children’s literature, and the course on L.M. Montgomery with UPEI’s Department of English. She is a recipient of a UPEI Award for Teaching Excellence.

Reading from 7:00 to 8:00 pm

 There will be a cash bar.

The Macphail Homestead, 271 Macphail Park Road, Orwell, is a 20-minute drive from Charlottetown.

Contact: Doreen Huestis, Macphail Homestead Site Director:

902-651-2789 or  macphailhomestead@pei.aibn.com

A note from Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Blood Services is excited to be on campus once again this year to offer a more convenient way for students and staff of UPEI to donate. If your department would like to receive promo for future events held on the campus please respond with a mailing address where we can send and how many posters or pay stuffers you would like. 
 
The next clinic is Thursday September 24th  from 11-3pm in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre and there are currently 87 appointments left to be filled. There are several ways to schedule an appointment.
 
1)      Download the Give Blood app
 
2)      Visit blood.ca
 
3)      Call 1-888-2-DONATE
 
This year we are excited to add to the clinic an opportunity for everyone to Get Swabbed and join the OneMatch Bone Marrow and Stem Cell network.  We will have a booth set up at the clinic where you can join and potentially be the one match for someone currently waiting for a transplant. This is new for us to offer this and we have set a modest goal of adding 50 new registrants at this booth.  If you cannot donate you still may be able to join, come and check out the booth!! 
 
We are also looking for some volunteers to assist us on campus at these events so feel free to direct anyone or any group interested in this send me an email!!
 
Also The UPEI Panthers Men’s Hockey team has signed up as a Partner for Life pledging 20 units of blood annually on behalf of players, family & friends.  If you would like to support them please join them as a member of their team on www.blood.ca/partnersforlife using the ID number UPEI1949081.  Once you register then any donation you give throughout the entire year will be counted toward this goal.
 
Thanks so much!
 
Lisa Rusk, Territory Manager PE
Canadian Blood Services 

Nature-Inspired Writing Workshop with UPEI’s Deirdre Kessler
Macphail Homestead, 271 Macphail Park Road, Orwell
 
Saturday, September 12, 2015, 2:00 to 5:30 pm                        
 
Explore nature-based writing in the beautiful setting of the Macphail Homestead. See how poetry, memoir, dramatic monologue, and fiction begin with a sense of place and with close observation of the natural world. 
 
During this 3.5-hour workshop, participants will explore nature and their response to it as they write short pieces in a series of timed exercises developed by a skilled teacher. Supplies needed: notebook, pencil or pen.
 
People of all ages and all levels of writing experience are welcome. Register online or on the day of the workshop. The workshop fee is $40. Students and seniors pay $30.
 
Come for the workshop and stay for a light supper and free public reading by Deirdre Kessler, sponsored by the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Macphail Homestead.
 
Supper in Tea Room at participants’ own expense.  Go to macphailhomestead.ca to see menu designed by Red Seal Chef Joel Short.
 
 Contact: Doreen Huestis, Macphail Homestead Site Director: 902-651-2789 or macphailhomestead@pei.aibn.com     
 
Deirdre Kessler is a poet and author of 15 books for young people and a dozen books of nonfiction for adults. Recently published are a memoir, Mother Country, published by Oberon Press (Dec. 2014) and Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation, a children’s book illustrated by Brenda Jones set in Charlottetown in 1864, which received a 2015 P.E.I. Museum & Heritage Foundation writing award and a 2015 City of Charlottetown Heritage Award. Deirdre teaches creative writing, children’s literature, and the course on L.M. Montgomery with UPEI’s Department of English. She is a recipient of a UPEI Award for Teaching Excellence. 
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