The 2023 Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The keynote speaker will be David Newhouse, Professor of Indigenous Studies, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies. Professor Newhouse was the first principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, since 1993. For more details about the full day of session and to register, go to the AAU Teaching Showcase website.

 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. 

Please join the Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) on October 25, between 2:00 and 4:00 pm, at the Research Services Office in Room 112 of Kelley Memorial Building.

OCII offers knowledge and expertise on research collaborations to UPEI faculty, students, and staff.

We provide support in many areas such as developing research partnerships, safeguarding intellectual property (IP), and guidance through the process of commercializing products, ideas, and inventions that have the potential to generate tangible social and economic benefits.

This will be an excellent opportunity to meet with our OCII team and engage in conversations about how we can support and enhance the success of your research programs.

**Light refreshments will be provided.**

Colleagues interested in pursuing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project should check out the Internal SoTL Research Grant (ISRG) program, which provides funding for SoTL research. Here’s a chance to provide high-quality student training opportunities and collaborate with colleagues from different but complementary disciplines. Note that this call is open to all faculty, sessionals, lab instructors, CNIs, etc. in all faculties at UPEI.

VALUE: up to $2,000 for a two-year term.

Applications are due by December 13, 2023, by 4 pm. Please review the general information in the guidelines for eligibility considerations. Support in developing a SoTL proposal for this grant program is available through the UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre. 

Program guidelines and application instructions can be found on the UPEI Internal Funding webpage.

The second meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, October 20, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 128B of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building. All meetings of Senate are open to members of the University community, although for certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees), only senators may be present. While Senate is an in-person meeting, to facilitate inclusion, under special circumstances members of the University community may request a Zoom connection when they are unable to attend in person. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the Chair. 

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

With the release of the UPEI Review Report, the University has coordinated two confidential processes to support faculty and staff who have experienced harm from harassment, sexual violence, or discrimination at UPEI. 

Confidential third-party personal counselling:

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre has engaged a psychologist to meet individually with faculty and staff, by appointment. Employees may email Caylin Jenkins at cbjenkins@upei.ca, indicating “Appointment required” in the subject line. Caylin will coordinate with the psychologist and confirm the time and location of the appointment with the employee. 

Making a confidential disclosure:

People have asked about the process for making disclosures of incidents of harassment or discrimination by senior executive members of the University. The University has established an independent third-party process to address any such issues with Resonance Inc., a multidisciplinary human resources firm, based in Saint John, NB, that specializes in workplace assessments. The contact person at Resonance is Trisha Perry, who may be reached at tperry@resonanceinc.ca or (506)799-0412. 

For more information, go to https://www.upei.ca/response-to-independent-review/community-support

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.

Taking a screenshot on a computer is easy. On a PC, right-click the “Start” button, choose “Search,” and type “Snipping Tool.” Select “New,” and click and drag the cursor over the desired area. Once you are finished, you can then share or save the snip. On a Mac, Press and hold “Shift+Command+4.” Drag the crosshair to select the area of the screen to capture.

The 2023 Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The keynote speaker will be David Newhouse, Professor of Indigenous Studies, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies. Professor Newhouse was the first principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, since 1993. For more details about the full day of session and to register, go to the AAU Teaching Showcase website.

The Chaplaincy Centre is spreading gratitude this October with our Gratitude Graffiti Wall. We'll start things off on Tuesday, October 17, at 12:00 pm with a short multi-faith reflection on gratitude, and then add our graffiti to the wall. Feel free to drop by anytime before the end of October to add your gratitude to the wall.

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/.

Colleagues interested in pursuing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project should check out the Internal SoTL Research Grant (ISRG) program, which provides funding for SoTL research. Here’s a chance to provide high-quality student training opportunities and collaborate with colleagues from different but complementary disciplines. Note that this call is open to all faculty, sessionals, lab instructors, CNIs, etc. in all faculties at UPEI.

VALUE: up to $2,000 for a two-year term.

Applications are due by December 13, 2023, by 4 pm. Please review the general information in the guidelines for eligibility considerations. Support in developing a SoTL proposal for this grant program is available through the UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre. 

Program guidelines and application instructions can be found on the UPEI Internal Funding webpage.

The second meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, October 20, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 128B of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building. All meetings of Senate are open to members of the University community, although for certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees), only senators may be present. While Senate is an in-person meeting, to facilitate inclusion, under special circumstances members of the University community may request a Zoom connection when they are unable to attend in person. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the Chair. 

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.
 

The 2023 Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The keynote speaker will be David Newhouse, Professor of Indigenous Studies, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies. Professor Newhouse was the first principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, since 1993. For more details about the full day of session and to register, go to the AAU Teaching Showcase website.