Fall 2024 Course Planning Information Session - Incoming Students
We invite all incoming first-year international students to join the First-Year Advisors for a course planning session. This information session will assist you in planning for your Fall and Winter semester courses.
Reviewing a teaching dossier and files for tenure and promotion
This session is designed to prepare colleagues to review teaching dossiers as part of the tenure and promotions process at UPEI. We touch on applicable clauses from the collective agreement, consider elements from EDI training, and discuss how to think about and assess teaching contributions. There will also be time to ask questions of colleagues with experience serving on the URC about best practices, and guidelines for reviewing a tenure or promotion file.
Lunch and Learn: OERs and alternatives for licensing Indigenous OERs
Join librarians Courtney Matthews and Kim Mears for a Lunch and Learn session focused on Open Educational Resources (OERs) and some alternatives for licensing Indigenous OERs. They'll start with the larger OER conversation and how OERs benefit students and the academy, share resources for finding existing OERs, and then take a look at the local UPEI OER context. There will be ample time to discuss details that specifically support OER creation for Indigenous researchers and educators.
Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre to host webinar series
The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island, is pleased to announce its 2024 Webinar Series.
The series will take place on March 12, 19, and 26 from 4 to 5 p.m. Atlantic Time, and will feature Dr. Karen Overall, professor of behavioural medicine, Department of Health Management, AVC.
Department of Music Guest Recital featuring Duo Concertante
Duo Concertante will perform a program entitled Spirited Away, featuring works by Beethoven, Saint Saens, Khachaturian and Maier, and performance of a piece by Alice Pee Ying-Ho, commissioned by Duo Concertante with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Faculty and staff take on UPEI Women’s Hockey in fundraising game March 14
On March 14 at 3 pm, the campus community is invited to MacLauchlan Arena (Rink A) at the Bell Aliant Centre to watch faculty and staff take on the UPEI Women's Hockey Panthers in a fun fundraising game. Come cheer on student-athletes and colleagues in what is sure to be an entertaining display of hockey greatness. Admission is free, but “admission by donation” is encouraged to support the women's hockey program.
UPEI graduate student receives Best Student Paper Award at IEEE international symposium
Duy Anh Nguyen, a Master of Science student in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Trung Dung Ngo, professor of robotics and intelligent systems, received the Best Student Paper Award during the 16th IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration.
UPEI chemistry professor receives funding to improve long-term storage of biological materials
Dr. Marya Ahmed, associate professor of chemistry at UPEI, has received a total of $180,000 for a project to improve the prolonged storage of human tissues and genetic material.
Vagabond Productions presents “Radium Girls” at UPEI Performing Arts Centre
Vagabond Productions will present Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory from March 13–16, 2024, in the theatre in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre. The doors open at 7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm curtain. Admission is “pay-what-you-can.”
Message from the Interim President: The federal government’s cap on international students
The following message has been distributed to students, staff, and faculty by UPEI Communications on behalf of the Office of the President.
