The OER Development Program through the the Robertson Library and the Teaching and Learning Centre is accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs). The grant types include:

Open Educational Resource or Textbook Grant: Two grants of up to $6000

•  the development of a new open educational resource or textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open resource or textbook 

 Open Textbook Adaptation Grant: up to $4,000

•  the adaptation of one or more open textbooks to create a new version or edition of an open textbook (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook)

 Supplementary Resources Grant: up to $2,000

• the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, or interactive media, etc.

Applications that support first-year courses will be given priority as they reach the largest number of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered. The deadline for applications is Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, with work expected to begin during Spring or Summer 2024. 

More information is available at https://library.upei.ca/OERProgram/grants.

Questions about your grant idea? Contact TLC@upei.ca. 

Questions about OERs? Read more at http://opencontent.org/definition/.

Overview: Project management is a core competency in our rapidly changing environment.

The Project Management Certificate discusses and evaluates what is a project, what defines success, management of stakeholders, communication, leadership, project lifecycles, risk, budgets, and schedules. The program emphasizes agile and change management skills which are important in today’s project environment. At the Certificate completion, participants will have the confidence and ability to plan, manage and complete almost any project size.

Designed for: Professionals who are responsible for managing projects, programs and portfolios; project team leads, managers whose resources are allocated to projects or who support project work, business analysts, project sponsors

Duration: Six (6) courses for a total of forty-two (42) hours; “Foundations of Project Management” course is two (2) days, and all other courses are one (1)day.

Facilitator: David Boyce

Courses

• Foundations of Project Management
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Project Communication
• Introduction to Agile Project Management
• Project Start-Up, Planning and Completion

For More Information/Register

Drop-ins are welcome to join the fall reading group in discussing Reigniting Curiosity and Inquiry in Higher Education: A Realist’s Guide to Getting Started with Inquiry-Based Learning. Get the e-book through the Robertson Library. Reading group meetings will be in the TLC (RL 230) on

• Wednesday, November 8, 10:30 am  
• Wednesday, November 22, 10:30 am

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2023-24 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, October 20, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 237. 

Dr. Travis Saunders, UPEI Department of Applied Human Sciences, will present “Sedentary behaviour and health across the lifespan.”  

All are welcome.

The search committee for the Associate Vice-President (Students) and Registrar has arranged for the online viewing of the video presentations for finalists Frances Billingsley and Shawna Garrett. Chris McGrath has withdrawn from the competition.

Frances Billingsley’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6rPMAaVCH2Sal--dUcYnJhehcRZs97j/view?usp=sharing

Shawna Garrett’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrVYIRR4HEj262I2af1k2YYL-D11hc8Q/view?usp=sharing

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Monday, October 23, 2023. Thank you for your valuable input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, October 27, 2023. These applications will be reviewed at the November 16 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the UPEI  Researcher Portal. Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full UPEI REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, October 27, 2023, for review at the November 27 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 materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for the REB, must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal (https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/). Instructions for using the site are available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.

We came across this short blog post about incorporating sustainability into a survey course that is designed for students from a variety of programs. The instructor also worked with a student as part of the course redesign process to get initial feedback on changes. Here's a link to Building sustainability into an ecological agriculture course: From general to specific. 

Central Printing will be closed from November 1--10 inclusive. Please wait until Central Printing has re-opened to submit files. Jobs submitted before closure will be completed if time allows.  Please contact Wendy Henderson at whenderson@upei.ca or cpo@upei.ca or 902-566-0558.
 

 Ph.D Candidacy Exam Public Presentation--Environmental Sciences

Presenter: Bruno Carneiro de Mendonca

Title: "Factors influencing facultative anadromy in east and west coast salmonids"

Friday, October 20, 2023, 2:30 pm, via web conference

If you wish to attend the public presentation, please contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator at gsc@upei.ca to receive the link.

Everyone is welcome. 

The 2023 Fall exam schedule has been posted. You can find the time and location of your exams on your schedule in MyUPEI as well as a full posting of the exam schedule in both the Student and Faculty Toolbox.

Exams are scheduled for the 2023 Fall term from December 9-19.

In the event of a storm day during the exam period, in-person exams held on that day will be rescheduled. Rescheduled exams are typically moved to the last day of the exam period (i.e., December 19). Communication regarding storm days and exam rescheduling will be communicated via UPEI Communications directly. Please keep an eye on your @upei.ca email and the UPEI Safe App.

Best wishes for the upcoming exam season!

- Office of the Registrar

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is providing flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics for all students as well as faculty, staff, and their families in October. (Please note that children aged 12 and under have to go to Public Health for the COVID-19 booster, and children aged 2 and under have to get their flu shots at Public Health.) These are mass clinics (appointments are not required), and the vaccines are provided free. Please bring a provincial health card or student ID. You can receive both the flu shot and the COVID-19 booster at the same time, but it will require two injections.  

October 18: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

October 19: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

October 25: The McCain Foundation Learning Commons Atrium, AVC, 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Island Coastal Services has been awarded the contract to complete the construction of a new 82-stall parking lot on the south side of Blanchard Hall. The construction will consist of the development of the new parking lot along with an access road from parking lot A. The construction is expected to take approximately six (6) weeks to complete, beginning the week of October 23, 2023.

While the contractors have been instructed that the work be executed with the least possible interference or disturbance to the campus community, a certain amount of disruption is inevitable.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we proceed with this exciting project, which will enhance the campus. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034. 

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2023-24 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, October 20, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 237. 

Dr. Travis Saunders, UPEI Department of Applied Human Sciences, will present “Sedentary behaviour and health across the lifespan.”  

All are welcome.

The search committee for the Associate Vice-President (Students) and Registrar has arranged for the online viewing of the video presentations for finalists Frances Billingsley and Shawna Garrett. Chris McGrath has withdrawn from the competition.

Frances Billingsley’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6rPMAaVCH2Sal--dUcYnJhehcRZs97j/view?usp=sharing

Shawna Garrett’s presentation can be viewed at 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrVYIRR4HEj262I2af1k2YYL-D11hc8Q/view?usp=sharing

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Monday, October 23, 2023. Thank you for your valuable input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, October 27, 2023. These applications will be reviewed at the November 16 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the UPEI  Researcher Portal. Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full UPEI REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, October 27, 2023, for review at the November 27 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 materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for the REB, must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal (https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/). Instructions for using the site are available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.

This Tea(ching) break connects you to a series of personal stories written by neurodivergent researchers navigating academia. Check out the intro to the series, Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Why Sparks of Change is publishing stories from neurodivergent researchers. Two of the stories published so far are Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Nothing wrong with me and Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The meaning of self-acceptance. The series also includes a list of tips, resources, and tools collated by neurodivergent scientists.