Are you interested in applying for grant funding to support students in course-based work-integrated learning projects or placements? CEWIL Canada is currently seeking applications through their iHub program for Fall 2024. Applications for this funding round are due on June 14, 2024. UPEI's Experiential Education department has submitted nine successful applications across past rounds of funding and would love to support new projects.

Please email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca with a few sentences about what course(s) you're teaching this fall and any ideas for submission(s), and they will reach out to schedule a call and discuss next steps. 

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, May 31, 2024, for review at the June 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.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, May 31, 2024. These applications will be reviewed at the June 20 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.

On Wednesday, May 29, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 8:00 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

Registration is now open for UPEI Summer Studios 2024, a five-day chamber music experience for motivated young brass, woodwind, percussion, and piano students aged 14-18, taking place Tuesday, July 2, to Saturday, July 6 in the UPEI Steel Building. Students participate in private lessons, small ensembles, workshops, masterclasses, and performances under the guidance of our world-class faculty. The days run from 9 am to 3 pm; participants will need to bring a lunch.

More information and registration is available at https://www.upei.ca/programs/bachelor-music/summer-studios

Please contact nstrum@upei.ca with any questions.

Need help registering for courses or making a course plan? The Department of Student Affairs is offering drop-in academic advising for returning undergraduate students!

Walk-ins will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 pm in the Robertson Library LINC Computer Lab, Room 264, on the following dates:

• Monday, May 6 
• Tuesday, May 7 
• Wednesday, May 8  
• Monday, May 13 
• Tuesday, May 14 
• Wednesday, May 15
• Monday, May 27
• Tuesday, May 28
• Wednesday, May 29

Advising will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Marie Pascal, tenure-track candidate for the Department of Modern Languages, will give a research presentation titled "Le sublime abject dans la transcréation" on May 27, 2024, from 2:30-3:30 pm, SDU Main Building 211. 

After more than 25 years of dedicated service to the Atlantic Veterinary College and two-and-a-half years serving as Interim President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Prince Edward Island, Dr. Greg Keefe will start enjoying a well-deserved retirement.

Join us at a celebratory reception to recognize and thank Dr. Keefe! All are welcome! Light refreshments will be served.

Friday, May 24, 2024
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
McCain Foundation Learning Commons
Atlantic Veterinary College

The UPEI Campus Food Bank remains open in the summer, thanks to the generosity of our volunteers. Are you able to donate one hour to welcome students and help them choose healthy food items from the shelves? Please use this link to offer an hour. Be sure to check back as the weeks pass as availability and needs sometimes change.

As always, thank you!

Sister Sue and Lauren

Are you interested in applying for grant funding to support students in course-based work-integrated learning projects or placements? CEWIL Canada is currently seeking applications through their iHub program for Fall 2024. Applications for this funding round are due on June 14, 2024. UPEI's Experiential Education department has submitted nine successful applications across past rounds of funding and would love to support new projects.

Please email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca with a few sentences about what course(s) you're teaching this fall and any ideas for submission(s), and they will reach out to schedule a call and discuss next steps. 

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, May 31, 2024, for review at the June 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.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, May 31, 2024. These applications will be reviewed at the June 20 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.

On Wednesday, May 29, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 8:00 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

Marie Pascal, tenure-track candidate for the Department of Modern Languages, will give a research presentation titled "Le sublime abject dans la transcréation" on May 27, 2024, from 2:30-3:30 pm, SDU Main Building 211. 

After more than 25 years of dedicated service to the Atlantic Veterinary College and two-and-a-half years serving as Interim President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Prince Edward Island, Dr. Greg Keefe will start enjoying a well-deserved retirement.

Join us at a celebratory reception to recognize and thank Dr. Keefe! All are welcome! Light refreshments will be served.

Friday, May 24, 2024
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
McCain Foundation Learning Commons
Atlantic Veterinary College

• Dr. Nola Etkin, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science;
• Dr. Nebojsa Kujundzic, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts;
• Dr. Derek Lawther, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science;
• Dr. Scott Lee, Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Arts;
• Brenda MacLean, McDougall Faculty of Business;
• Nicole Murphy, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College;
• Tracy O’Flaherty, Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College;
• Sung Ha Shin-Bouey, Department of Music, Faculty of Arts;
• Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science;
• Christopher Vessey, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Faculty of Science; 
• Dr. Andrew Zinck, Department of Music, Faculty of Arts

Are you interested in applying for grant funding to support students in course-based work-integrated learning projects or placements? CEWIL Canada is currently seeking applications through their iHub program for Fall 2024. Applications for this funding round are due on June 14, 2024. UPEI's Experiential Education department has submitted nine successful applications across past rounds of funding and would love to support new projects.

Please email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca with a few sentences about what course(s) you're teaching this fall and any ideas for submission(s), and they will reach out to schedule a call and discuss next steps. 

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, May 31, 2024, for review at the June 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.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, May 31, 2024. These applications will be reviewed at the June 20 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.

On June 5, 2024, ITSS will launch Microsoft Teams as the new standard communications platform for everyone at UPEI. We encourage you to visit the M365 Project Overview section of the ITSS website at go.upei.ca/ithelp for more information and updates.

We will host a webinar on June 5 from 11:00 to 11:45 am to launch Microsoft Teams for Communications. Click here to register for the webinar: go.upei.ca/teamslaunch