Campus Notices
Please join us in the AVC learning commons on Saturday Dec.12 from 6-9pm for the GSA’s annual Wine and Cheese event. The event is a wonderful opportunity for graduate students, staff and faculty to meet and get acquainted. The night will feature various activities such as: an ugly holiday sweater contest, silent action, photobooth, staff and faculty awards and trivia.
All UPEI graduate students, staff, faculty & post-docs are encouraged to attend.
We hope to see you all there!
Dr. Robert Gilmour, Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies, along with the UPEI Biosafety Committee cordially invite you to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Biosafety Committee!
The field of biosafety has progressed dramatically since its inception and we would like to acknowledge the support, hard work, and dedication of those who have contributed over the years!
Festivities will be held on Friday, December 18 from 3 - 4:30 pm in the SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge. Hot cider and holiday treats will be served as past and present committee members and permit holders gather for some holiday cheer.
We look forward to seeing you!
The next deadline for submitting Biosafety Protocols including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Monday January 4, 2016. These protocols will be reviewed at the January 2016 meeting. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms fromhttp://www.upei.ca/research/
Submit the following:
· one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Research Services, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
· one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca
Please note that protocols received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
lease note that the Accounting Office will be closed from 8:30-9:30 on Friday, Dec 11.
The Office of the President invites students to enjoy a festive study break on Tuesday, December 8 from 1:00-2:30 pm, in the lobby of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. There will be free hot cocoa, coffee, and cookies along with holiday music--all to help ease the stress of studying and exams, and to celebrate the holiday season. All students are welcome!
The Department of Religious Studies invites students, faculty, and staff to the following presentation for a tenure-track position in Religious Studies.
Dr. Patrick McBrine, University of Toronto, will be presenting "Sacred Language in Early Christianity".
The presentation will take place on: Friday, December 11th, at 2:30 pm in SDU Main Building - Room 320.
Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. However, the UPEI Research Ethics Board does not meet in December so the next deadline for submitting these protocols is Monday January 4, 2016. They will be reviewed at the January meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after January 4 will be reviewed at the February 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 http://www.upei.ca/research/
Submit the following:
· one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Research Services, 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
Respiratory Protection Information Session will be offered by SEM Partnerships on Monday, December 14th from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Location: TBA
This session will provide information regarding the care, selection, and use of respirators. Whether you currently have a respirator, or if you think you may need one for certain work tasks, then you should attend this session. Those who need to be trained, must be retrained every second year as a refresher. This session is also an important educational opportunity for those who supervise work, involving individuals who may need respiratory protection. There is no cost to attend this training as it is covered by the Health and Safety budget.
Respiratory Fit Testing Sessions – December 17 & 18, 2015
Respiratory Fit Testing for N95 Respirators will be offered Thursday, December 17, 2015. Location: TBA
Respiratory Fit Testing for ½ & full face Air Purifying Respirators (with cartridges) will be offered Friday, December 18, 2015. Location: TBA
Respiratory Fit Testing is required annually for anyone who uses a respirator in order to ensure a proper fit. Please book a 30-minute time slot through Angela Deighan in Research Services. Individuals must take their respirator or purchase one for the fit testing. As per the CSA Standard, faces must be clean shaven in order to have a respiratory fit test. Note that fit testing and respiratory supplies are departmental costs.
To register for the training session and/or a fit testing time slot, please contact Angela Deighan by email at adeighan@upei.ca or by phone(902) 628-4308.
To view the Respiratory Protection Program, please click on the first link on this webpage to see Section 4.9 in the UPEI Laboratory Safety Manual : http://www.upei.ca/hr/
* Prior to using a respirator, individuals are required to complete a UPEI Respirator User Screening Form and send it to Angela Deighan in Research Services. This form is located at the above link under "Appendices" (App.T, p.113-115).
On Monday, December 7 at 3 pm the English Academic Program (EAP) staff of the International Relations Office (IRO) will be hosting a holiday party in the Robertson Library PIT. Light refreshments and entertainment will be on hand.
As part of the holiday celebrations, student Farah Al-behadili would like to invite all students to attend a "unity tree" lighting ceremony at 3:30pm in the pit. She has prepared the following text to explain the purpose of the event.
Good afternoon…
Dec 24th is the Prophet Muhammad’s(pbuh) birthday. On Dec. 25th it is Jesus Christ’s birthday. What two incredible magical days to open our eyes, to recognize, that we are one, and need to support each other, against the darkness and tragedy, that is happening around the world. No matter whom you follow, no matter what your beliefs are, both these religious leaders ask for peace, justice, love, and to help one other. We are all brothers and sisters. What is happening in the world today is against humanity, and any true religion. On the 7th of Dec at 3:30pm, you are invited to come to the to the "PIT" in the Robertson Library and show your support against the darkness by lighting a tree. Two beliefs, ONE message: we are all against terrorism! Following the tree lighting there will be a a holiday celebration featuring light refreshments hosted by the International Relations Office.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Regis & Joan Duffy Research Centre
NRC Lecture Theatre
University of Prince Edward Island
The concert, under the direction of Sung-Ha Shin Bouey, will feature the UPEI Concert Choir and Chamber Singers performing selections from Handel's Messiah and Fantasy on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams.
The Ragazze Provincial Girls Vocal Ensemble and Ragazzi Juniors Children's Choir will also take part in the concertalong with special guests The Atlantic String Machine.
Admission is $10.00 Adults & Seniors/$5.00 students and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/
The use of sound feedback to assist in learning and correcting motor skills has some innate advantages. For example, sound leaves a person's eyes free for important tasks like avoiding obstacles, and ample psychological evidence shows a connection between the synthesis and perception of motion and sound. When motion is periodic, as it is with most forms of human locomotion, the sound feedback should also be periodic, i.e., rhythmic and synchronized to a person's motion. In this talk I will discuss and present computer vision and signal processing techniques for tracking people's movements. I will show how to track the underlying rhythm of a movement using input from cameras and/or wearable sensors. These tracking techniques will exploit the periodic nature of the person's movement to create a tracking signal that is also periodic. I will demonstrate how to use this periodic signal to create and control sound feedback that is synchronized with the movements of the person. This process is called Rhythmic Sonification.
Can you believe it is already December? The end of the semester means it's our favourite time of the year... chili at the Chaplaincy Centre is fast approaching!
The big event will happen this year on December 9th and 10th. If you are interested in volunteering to help serve chili to our students as they get ready for their exams, please sign up by clicking the link below. This is always so much fun. Please consider signing up! (And spread the word to your colleagues by forwarding the link!)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Do you have library fines? Would you like to help a fellow student or family on campus? Bring non-perishable food or grocery items for the Campus Food Bank to the Circulation Desk at the Library from
Wednesday, December 9 to Saturday, December 19 and we’ll deduct $2.00 per item from your library fines.
An Emergency First Aid, CPR & AED Training session will be held on Wednesday, December 23rd from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm in the Health Science Building, Room 105. The training is covered by the Health and Safety Budget. Space is limited so please sign up before December 21st.
If you would like to attend the training session, please pre-register by contacting Angela Deighan at adeighan@upei.ca
Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Prince Edward Island, and Dr. Greg Keefe, Dean, Atlantic Veterinary College, cordially invite the University community to attend a celebration in recognition of recent international achievements in epidemiology at AVC.
At the celebration, there will be a special announcement regarding the UPEI Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research at AVC.
Wednesday, December 9, 3 p.m.
The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, Atlantic Veterinary College
All are welcome
The Human Biology and Environmental Sciences research seminars will wrap up for the semester on Friday, December 4th at 12:30 in Duffy Science 204.
Ruth Cox, CERC, Health Management, AVC will present the following talk:
“Use of modelling approaches to mitigate disease emergence: case studies in terrestrial and aquatic animals”
All are welcome.
Yoga class will continue to be held Wednesday from 12:10 pm – 12:55 pm at the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Centre instead of the Chaplaincy Centre on December 2, 9 and 16. The program will start up again in January at the Chaplaincy Centre. This class is free for UPEI students and employees and is provided by the Healthy Campus Committee and Athletics & Recreation Department. For more information, please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator at amarchank@upei.ca.
