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Message from the Vice-President Academic and Research: Student Impact Payments
| Students
The following message was emailed to UPEI students on April 25, 2023, on behalf of the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research.
Dear Students,
The University remains committed to crediting students with a student impact payment using the net savings that occurred from not paying faculty salaries during the recent strike.
The University has structured the disbursement of the funds as fairly and equitably as possible, considering student status (full-time (three or more courses) versus part-time (two or fewer courses)) and whether students pay domestic versus international tuition fees. The budget of the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is separate from the main budget of other areas of UPEI, thereby requiring separate calculations.
The total salary savings during the period of the strike was $3,430,840, including $2,553,294 in the UPEI budget and $877,546 in AVC’s budget. As part of the settlement, the University paid the pension contributions of Faculty Members for the strike period—this cost to UPEI’s budget totalled $303,669. Additionally, AVC paid Faculty Members on strike with emergency fees for cases that required urgent care—this cost, plus pension contributions for AVC Faculty Members, totalled $253,146. These were the costs deducted from the total University savings during the period. This leaves $2,249,625 and $624,400 to be disbursed among UPEI students and AVC students, respectively.
Payments for full-time domestic graduate (UPEI and AVC) and undergraduate students (UPEI) will be $350. International undergraduate students from UPEI will receive payments of $700. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students at AVC will receive a payment of $1,050 (domestic students) and $4,200 (international students), respectively. Domestic part-time students will receive a payment of $125 while international part-time students will receive $250. Details on the calculation of these payments can be found here.
Payments will be allocated to student accounts by end of day on Wednesday, April 26. Students may leave the payment in their student account for use in a future semester or request a cheque from their student account through the myUPEI portal. Below are the instructions to request a cheque. For those requesting a cheque payment, they will be able to either (1) provide a Canadian mailing address for it to be mailed, or (2) pick it up from the Student Financial Accounts office in Dalton Hall.
How to Request a Cheque:
Step 1: Log into your myUPEI account.
Step 2: Navigate to the “UPEI Forms” section of the site.
Step 3: Select the “Cheque Request Form” link.
Step 4: Complete all fields on the form and click “Submit”.
Once your cheque request has been approved, you will receive an email informing you when the cheque will be available for pick-up. If you selected to have the cheque mailed to a Canadian address, in most cases, it will take 7–10 business days to receive.
If you have questions, please direct them to studentaccounts@upei.ca. Best wishes for your studies in the remainder of the academic semester.
Sincerely,
Greg F. Naterer, PhD, P.Eng.
Vice-President, Academic and Research
University of Prince Edward Island
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