Join us Friday, January 24 at 2:30 pm in the 2nd floor lounge of the Kelley Building to celebrate the first recipients of the Katherine Schultz Research Recognition Awards. Dr. Schultz, who served as UPEI's first Vice-President Research, established these awards to honour UPEI faculty, staff, and volunteers who play a critical role in supporting research endeavours. The research success of an institution rests fundamentally on the excellence, dedication, and insights of its researchers and their teams of collaborators, trainees, students, and technicians. However, their success also rests on the work of those who might be labelled the “unsung heroes” of the research enterprise – that is, those whose work behind the scenes make it all possible. Without the dedication, professionalism, and commitment of these individuals, our researchers and their research endeavours would be seriously constrained. Please join us for the awards; a small reception will follow. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca.

I am pleased to announce that our faculty and staff Annual Fund Campaign is underway. Thank you so much to those of you who have given already, and to those of you who give every month or every pay period. Your support means a lot. I am proud of our department’s 100% participation in charitable giving to UPEI. Collectively, we support many areas on campus that mean something to us, including university priorities, student awards, and AVC, to name a few. We would like to challenge all faculty and staff to join us, and our many other colleagues, in supporting the Annual Fund Campaign, too. To make it as simple as possible, you can even do so through your Campus Login. If this option is not available, please send along your completed form that we provided. Every gift counts. Every faculty and staff member is important. Please give today. Thank you, Myrtle Jenkins-Smith Interim Director, Development and Alumni Engagement

On Thursday, January 23 at 11:00 am, the Honourable Gail Shea, Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans will be on campus to announce the renewal of two Canada Research Chairs. The event will be held in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, with a brief reception to follow. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Dave Atkinson, 620-5117 or datkinson@upei.ca

The Digital Economy Research Team, led by Dr. Sean Wiebe, invites you to an evening of fun and presentations by students from Colonel Gray High School. The event begins at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 22, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium of UPEI's Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Grade ten English students from Colonel Gray will present and preform their final projects from their project-based learning approach to the current curriculum. Light snacks will be provided.

I am pleased to announce that our faculty and staff Annual Fund Campaign is underway. Thank you so much to those of you who have given already, and to those of you who give every month or every pay period. Your support means a lot. I am proud of our department’s 100% participation in charitable giving to UPEI. Collectively, we support many areas on campus that mean something to us, including university priorities, student awards, and AVC, to name a few. We would like to challenge all faculty and staff to join us, and our many other colleagues, in supporting the Annual Fund Campaign, too. To make it as simple as possible, you can even do so through your Campus Login. If this option is not available, please send along your completed form that we provided. Every gift counts. Every faculty and staff member is important. Please give today. Thank you, Myrtle Jenkins-Smith Interim Director, Development and Alumni Engagement

On Thursday, January 23 at 11:00 am, the Honourable Gail Shea, Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans will be on campus to announce the renewal of two Canada Research Chairs. The event will be held in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, with a brief reception to follow. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Dave Atkinson, 620-5117 or datkinson@upei.ca

The Digital Economy Research Team, led by Dr. Sean Wiebe, invites you to an evening of fun and presentations by students from Colonel Gray High School. The event begins at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 22, in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium of UPEI's Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Grade ten English students from Colonel Gray will present and preform their final projects from their project-based learning approach to the current curriculum. Light snacks will be provided.

The Public Health Agency of Canada advises how to protect yourself and others from the flu: · Get your annual flu shot · Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water · Keep your hands away from your face · Cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand · If you get sick, stay home until your symptoms are gone · Keep common surface areas clean and disinfected The UPEI Student Health Centre has now completed distributing its supply of the flu shot, but for a list of available PEI Flu Shot Clinics, visit: www.healthpei.ca/fluclinics For more information, visit www.fightflu.ca.

Join us Friday, January 24 at 2:30 pm in the 2nd floor lounge of the Kelley Building to celebrate the first recipients of the Katherine Schultz Research Recognition Awards. Dr. Schultz, who served as UPEI's first Vice-President Research, established these awards to honour UPEI faculty, staff, and volunteers who play a critical role in supporting research endeavours. The research success of an institution rests fundamentally on the excellence, dedication, and insights of its researchers and their teams of collaborators, trainees, students, and technicians. However, their success also rests on the work of those who might be labelled the “unsung heroes” of the research enterprise – that is, those whose work behind the scenes make it all possible. Without the dedication, professionalism, and commitment of these individuals, our researchers and their research endeavours would be seriously constrained. Please join us for the awards; a small reception will follow. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca.

On Tuesday, January 21, 6:00-10:00 pm, join us for pizza and a chance to meet the 13 Campus Life Advisors who have been hired to host the Campus Life Lounge on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings this semester. These student leaders will also be organizing events for our UPEI student community with the intent to promote a sense of belonging and engagement for both our on-campus and commuter students. Our goals are to foster an inclusive and vibrant community, develop leaders, and promote positive citizenship within the UPEI, local, and global communities. We hope to see you there!

UPEI will be hosting a blood donor clinic on January 30 from 11:00 am-3:00 pm at the Chi-Wan Young Sport Centre. This is an important clinic because of the lost donations this time of year due to illness. There is also an increase in the demand for blood as 8000 new PEI and NS donors are needed as part of the 160,000 new donors needed nationally. Appointments are recommended and may be made by calling 1-888-2-DONATE, (1 888 236 6283). Walk-ins are welcome. Allen Veale - UPEI mobile clinic facilitator - 566-0988

The next deadline for submitting Research Ethics Board protocols including new applications, renewal and/or amendments is Friday February 7. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms. Submit one copy of the signed, original protocol to 200 Kelley Memorial Building and send one e-copy to reb@upei.ca. Those protocols received after the deadline will reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at x5104.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety Protocols including new applications, renewals and/or amendments, is Friday January 31. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms. Submit one copy of the original protocol with signatures to 200 Kelley Memorial Building and send one e-copy to reb@upei.ca. Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers, and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year. Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum wage is $10.00 an hour. For additional information and application information for this program please refer to: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/yep/programs/scpp.shtml The closing date for applications is January 31, 2014. For additional information please contact Gillian Profitt, Human Resources, 0515

In an effort to improve services to employees and cut down on printing and mailing costs, UPEI HR will be launching online T4 slips for the 2013 tax year. Online tax slips will be available, through Campus Login, to current and former employees who received taxable earnings or benefits in 2013. Online T4s are official tax slips accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). However, CRA requires employees to give their consent in order to access their tax slips electronically. Your consent will be valid for all subsequent tax years. New employees can grant consent for online T4s after they have received their first pay cheque. Employees who do not provide consent will have their 2013 T4s mailed to the address on file no later than February 28, 2014. Electronic T4s will be available sooner than the printed versions due to a lesser processing time. The consent form can be accessed through Campus Login (https://secure.upei.ca/cls/login.html). The consent form must be completed by January 31, 2014. For employees who file their taxes electronically, printing the slip is optional. You will be able to read the values for each of the tax slip boxes online as you are completing your income tax return. You will always have access to slips under Campus Login should you need them now or in the future. We hope to offer similar online service for T4A slips in the future, however, for the 2013 tax year all T4As will be printed and mailed no later than February 28, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources Department at 566-0514.

You're invited to submit stories, announcements, or departmental updates to UPEI's newsletter, the Campus Connector. The submission deadline for the next edition is Monday, January 6 by 5:00 pm. Submissions must follow these guidelines: -be emailed to Sheila Kerry at communications@upei.ca -sent in a Microsoft Word or plain text document -be no longer than 250 words The editors reserve the right to edit content, will not consider incomplete submissions, and cannot guarantee that all submitted materials will be published. If you have any questions or comments, please contact communications@upei.ca.

The next deadline for submitting Research Ethics Board protocols including new applications, renewal and/or amendments is Friday February 7. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms. Submit one copy of the signed, original protocol to 200 Kelley Memorial Building and send one e-copy to reb@upei.ca. Those protocols received after the deadline will reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at x5104.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety Protocols including new applications, renewals and/or amendments, is Friday January 31. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://research.upei.ca/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms. Submit one copy of the original protocol with signatures to 200 Kelley Memorial Building and send one e-copy to reb@upei.ca. Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104.

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers, and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year. Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum wage is $10.00 an hour. For additional information and application information for this program please refer to: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/yep/programs/scpp.shtml The closing date for applications is January 31, 2014. For additional information please contact Gillian Profitt, Human Resources, 0515

In an effort to improve services to employees and cut down on printing and mailing costs, UPEI HR will be launching online T4 slips for the 2013 tax year. Online tax slips will be available, through Campus Login, to current and former employees who received taxable earnings or benefits in 2013. Online T4s are official tax slips accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). However, CRA requires employees to give their consent in order to access their tax slips electronically. Your consent will be valid for all subsequent tax years. New employees can grant consent for online T4s after they have received their first pay cheque. Employees who do not provide consent will have their 2013 T4s mailed to the address on file no later than February 28, 2014. Electronic T4s will be available sooner than the printed versions due to a lesser processing time. The consent form can be accessed through Campus Login (https://secure.upei.ca/cls/login.html). The consent form must be completed by January 31, 2014. For employees who file their taxes electronically, printing the slip is optional. You will be able to read the values for each of the tax slip boxes online as you are completing your income tax return. You will always have access to slips under Campus Login should you need them now or in the future. We hope to offer similar online service for T4A slips in the future, however, for the 2013 tax year all T4As will be printed and mailed no later than February 28, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources Department at 566-0514.