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