Campus Notices
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.
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.
Click here for further details.
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!
There are still spaces available for three Health and Fitness Week activities on Friday, November 24.
- Cholesterol/Glucose/Blood Pressure/BMI Clinic
- Piecing Together a Healthy Lifestyle
- Yoga and Sound: Elements
Please pre-register as per details in each of the above event listings.
The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Clayton Harding, Masters student, will be defending his thesis entitled,"HYBRID SOL-GEL POLY(N-ETHYLANILINE) COATINGS WITH INCREASED SELF-HEALING PROPERTIES". For more information click here.
All are welcome!
- RefWorks training, November 21
- RefWorks training, November 23
- Google Scholar training sessions, November 21
- Google Scholar training sessions, November 23
Faculty are encouraged to share this information with students who have research papers due soon.
A special seminar will be given by Dr. John Sorensen, Biomedical Sciences, entitled “The Annotation and Heterologous Expression of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Gene Clusters from the Lichen Cladonia uncialis”.
For more information, click here.
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.
UPEI is proud to be a "Barrier Buster" by having invested in infrastructure to create a more inclusive and accessible campus!
Today we celebrate the work that has been achieved with support from the Rick Hansen Foundation and the Government of Canada.
Be a Barrier Buster Buddy and check out the booths on campus from 9:00-11:00 am, and the UPEI Barrier Buster Celebration at 3:00 pm.
Refreshments will be served!
Today marks the first day of UPEI Health and Fitness Week! There is a lot going on, be sure to check out some of today's events:
Click here for the full schedule and more information!
From December 1 to 13, Chartwells UPEI is offering lunch at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall for only $6 plus taxes.
Also, on December 14, join us at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall for a special Christmas buffet luncheon featuring Chef Al's Turkey Dinner and Pastry Chef Kelsey's seasonal sweets! The luncheon will only be $10 plus taxes. For tickets, please email Marc Doiron at catering@upei.ca.
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 faculty, staff and students who require the training for on-campus employment.
UPEI is offering Mental Health First Aid Training in December at no cost to University employees.
For more information, click here.
Departments of Biomedical Sciences & Pathology and Microbiology Seminar will take place on November 22 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm in Leacture Theare A, AVC.
Logan Bigelow, Biomedical Sciences, will give a presentation entitled, "Assessment of Cognitive Function and Associated Bio-Markers in a Novel Progressive Model of Parkinson's Disease".
Contact Suzette Acorn at sacorn@upei.ca or more information.
All are welcome!
Although these events are going on during Health and Fitness Week (HFW) 2017, they also happen throughout the school year—check them out!
Click here for more information and a full schedule of events!
The School of Graduate Studies will facilitate a workshop on Intellectual Property. The workshop will be presented by Justin Moores, Chief Executive Officer of Synapse and will be held on Wednesday, November 22, from 1-2 pm in the Health Science Building, Room 106.
Please pre-register by contacting Angela Deighan at adeighan@upei.ca by November 20.
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.
As an instructor, you’ve set up a syllabus that clearly explains your expectations of where students will end up. Then you set them on the journey to that destination. However, some will get off track along the way. In this workshop, offered by the E-Learning Office...
For more information on this workshop, click here.
