Time Management Sessions (online with Google Meet)
For current UPEI students
1:00–2:00 pm
During this workshop, Accessibility Services staff will guide you through your syllabuses and support you in developing a plan to manage your time and assignments. We will also show you tools and apps you can use to make managing your time easier.
Workshops will take place via Google Meet on September 10 and 11 from 1:00–2:00 pm. We will also be available from 2:00–2:30 pm to answer questions but students are not expected to stay.
Self-Awareness Workshop (online with Google Meet)
For current UPEI students and alumni
2:00–3:30 pm
Presented by the Experiential Education department, and held online through Google Meet.
International Student Orientation - online welcome
Dr. Jerry Wang of UPEI's enrolment team will deliver a welcome speech to all new incoming international students at the beginning of the presentation.
Then he will briefly introduce the education system in Canada and how to be successful at UPEI!
His presentation will take 30-40 minutes, and then we will do "Questions and Answers" for 20 minutes.
Resumes and Cover Letters Workshop
For current UPEI students and alumni.
Presented by the Experiential Education department, and held online through Google Meet.
Thanksgiving and Mid-semester Break
Thanksgiving Day (October 12) and mid-semester break (October 13–16). No classes.
Note: does not apply to Bachelor of Education students
Final date - Apply to graduate for Fall Semester
Final date to apply to graduate for Fall Semester for the January 15, 2021 meeting of Senate.
Labour Day
Labour Day, 2020. No classes.
AVC students help barn swallow chicks thrive
AVC students Austin Ebbott and Joey Buzzell gained valuable experience caring for a protected species when they helped care for barn swallow chicks at the AVC Wildlife Service last month.
AVC graduate named Hawaiian monk seal conservation veterinarian
Dr. Sophie Whoriskey, AVC Class of 2013, has been named Hawaiian monk seal conservation veterinarian at Ke Kai Ola, the Marine Mammal Center’s hospital for Hawaiian monk seals in Kona, Hawai’i.
In a media release announcing Whoriskey’s appointment, the Marine Mammal Centre said that she is an emerging leader in marine mammal health issues and is passionate about translating her scientific work and research into the conservation of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre to host webinar series this fall
The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC), Atlantic Veterinary College, will offer its annual three-part webinar series on September 15 and 29, and October 13. Each webinar will be live from 4 to 5 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Time.
