TUESDAY, MARCH 8

Yoga (12:05 pm-12:50 pm, Chaplaincy Centre) Bring along your mat and water bottle and join Lyndsey Paynter for a relaxing hour of yoga. This session provides a full body strength and flexibility workout which tones the body. Long stretches will melt away stress and create a feeling of deep relaxation. 

Blast from Vet School Past: infallible wisdom from those who have survived it (12:30 pm-1:30 pm, AVC 278)
This is an opportunity for AVC and Pre-Vet students to connect with professors on a more personal level as they reminisce about challenges in vet school and the people who helped them throughout the program. 

Movie Night (7:00 pm, Robertson Library, 235) Silver Linings Playbook
Come join UPEI's Psychology Society in the watching of the Hollywood movie Silver Linings Playbook, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert DiNero, with a short discussion afterwards! Snacks will be provided. Please bring comfy clothes and friends.

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 for both sessions, either by email at adeighan@upei.ca or by phone (902) 628-4308.

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. Please note that fit testing and respiratory supplies are departmental costs.

Respiratory Fit Testing Session for N95 Respirators – March 16, 2016

Respiratory Fit Testing for N95 Respirators will be offered Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Location: MacDougall Hall, Rm 318.

Respiratory Fit Testing Session for ½ & Full Face Air Purifying Respirators – March, 18, 2016

Respiratory Fit Testing for ½ & full face Air Purifying Respirators (with cartridges) will be offered Friday, March 18, 2016. Location: Memorial Hall, Rm 308.

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/research/health-and-safety/lab-safety

* 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).

MHW Kick-Off with Lewis Page (3:00pm - 4:00pm McMillan Hall, Murphy Student Centre)
The UPEI community is invited to come celebrate with us as we kick off the 2016 UPEI Mental Health Week. We'll announce new student scholarships and feature our guest speaker, men’s soccer coach, Lewis Page. Encouraged by the overwhelming positive support after sharing his story with the Bell Let’s Talk campaign, Lewis will continue to share his story with us, focusing on the relationships that have mattered most in his life. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

Walk and Talk (4:00pm, Confederation Trail & Sports Centre)
Join us for a winter walk on the Confederation Trail after our kick-off event. Cookies and hot chocolate to follow at the upper level of the Sports Centre.

How to Help a Friend (7:00pm - 8:00pm Campus Life Lounge, Student Affairs, 2nd fl MSC)
Have you ever worried about a friend and wondered how you could be of help to them? This session will explore how you can help your friend, while taking care of yourself too. Refreshments and snacks will be provided by PASS.

Janet MacIntyre will defend her PhD dissertation Thursday, March 10 at 11:30am.  It will take place in AVC 286C N.  Her dissertation is entitled “Newly-Graduated Baccalaureate Registered Nurses, the 21st Century Health Care Environment and Mapping the Landscape for Curricular Change”  All are welcome to attend.

The School of Nursing would like to invite the University community to a research presentation which will be given by Lisa Garland Baird RN MN PhD(c), candidate for a tenure track position in Nursing. Ms. Garland Baird will present "Home Care Case Managers' Integrated Care of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: An Institutional Ethnography". The presentation will take place on Friday, March 4 from 1:40-2:20 pm in Room 213, SDU Main Building.

Robertson Library and the UPEI English Society will be holding a used book sale on Friday, March 4, noon - 6 pm and Saturday, March 5, 10 am - 3 pm in Room 302/303 (Upper Level) of the Robertson Library. 

Proceeds from the book sale help support the UPEI English Society and the Library's collection.

Tickets will be available for a chance to win signed copies of works by local UPEI authors: Deirdre Kessler, Richard Lemm, Brent MacLaine, and Shannon Murray. Money raised from the draw will go to the PEI Literacy Alliance.

Come and browse through a great collection of books - there's something for everyone!

We've just put another blog post up on the SCENT website: projects.upei.ca/scent. This one wants us to think about the difference between academic freedom and academic license in the classroom... Read, comment, tell your colleagues! We'll be posting one a week until the end of the semester, when our guest speaker will wrap up the theme for us. 

For more info: Ann Braithwaite, Chair of SCENT, abraithwaite@upei.ca or Gerald Wandio, Faculty Development Office, fdo@upei.ca.

If you love animals and science, then the Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camp is where you want to be this summer. Junior camps (grades 7-9) will take place July 4–8 and 11–15, and senior camps (grades 10-12) July 18–22 and July 25–29. The deadline to apply is March 11—just two weeks away! Visit http://www.upei.ca/avc/summer-programs/vetcamp to apply. For more information, call (902) 566-0589.

Dr. David Speare, from the Department of Pathology & Microbiology at AVC-UPEI will present the next seminar in the Human Biology and Environmental Sciences seminar series.  Dr. Speare’s seminar is entitled:

“Getting Published! A journal editor’s perspective on improving the odds of getting your work accepted and published.”

Date:  Friday, March 4, 2016
Time: 12:30 pm
Duffy Science 204

All are welcome.

Open Class Day is designed for prospective students to experience a variety of classes offered at UPEI, tour facilities, access on-site admission, and receive support with registration for September. The day includes a Welcome Session at the Steel Recital Hall where students can pick up Welcome Packages as well as lunch at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall. Students can register at upei.ca/openclassday

Students, Staff and Faculty, Join us for An Evening with Catherine MacLellan, Thursday March 10, 7:00p m, (Doors open at 6:30) in the Steele Recital Hall.
This 2015 Juno Award winner, singer-songwriter will share her stories and songs as we come together to celebrate mental health and the relationships that matter in our lives. 

FREE TICKETS can be picked up at Student Affairs Mar. 3 - Mar.10, 8:30 - 4:00 (while they last). (Initially, limited to two per person. Unlimited after Wednesday, Mar 9). Goodwill offering at the door to support UPEI Mental Health Week. This event is sponsored by the UPEI Alumni Association.

Students at UPEI will attempt to gather 1,000 signatures this Friday, recording people’s commitment to the R-Word Pledge. The pledge asks that we use respectful, people-first language that eliminates the word “retard/retarded” from our everyday language.

The R-Word Pledge day is organized by the Applied Human Sciences student society, the Nursing society, and the Best Buddies UPEI chapter. Best Buddies partners students with and without intellectual abilities for one year. Buddies talk, hang out, and build friendship! There are Best Buddies chapters at schools in more than 50 schools around North America.

Look for students with pledge sheets across campus this Friday, March 4, and take the R-Word Pledge!

In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements. 

Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2016. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. 

Susan Connolly, Associate Vice President Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients. 

Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, April 1, 2016. 

For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please visit: http://www.upei.ca/president/presidential-recognition-awards-merit

Respiratory Fit Testing for N95 Respirators will be offered Wednesday, March 16, 2016.

Location: MacDougall Hall, Rm 318.