“Freedom to Read Week" runs from February 25 to March 3. It is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”--that includes having access to all reading materials! We encourage you to come to the Library and check out books that have been challenged or banned in the Freedom to Read Week display. Enter to win a Freedom to Read Week gift card to Indigo, and don’t forget to share your favourite banned or challenged book. Stay tuned for Robertson Library's Special Reveal at the end of Freedom to Read Week! For more information on Freedom to Read Week, click here!

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the second candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Butler will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about his research and the second will outline his vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the second presentation on Friday, March 16 at 9:45 am where Dr. Stephen Butler will present "Achieving excellence: A blueprint for the PsyD program at UPEI". It will take place in SDU Main Building, room 213. All are welcome to attend!

All are welcome to attend this talk by Mount Allison University Professor of Philosophy Jane Dryden. Her talk on “Vulnerability, Control, and the Gut as Ambiguous Other” is aa paart of the UPEI Department Of Philosophy 2017-18 Speaker Series. Abstract: Recent work in feminist philosophy as well as bioethics, sociology, and theology has taken up a re-evaluation of the concept of vulnerability, such that it is not merely understood as a risk of harm, but also as an openness to the world that can also be a source of care and solidarity. Many proponents of this account of vulnerability situate it against autonomy, which they describe as individualistic denial of interdependency. Feminist work on relational autonomy, of course, suggests that autonomy should be construed otherwise, and that self-determination can go alongside an acceptance of one’s social and relational connections. Autonomy is still frequently figured as control, however, and vulnerability connected to lack of control. This paper will turn this question toward our relationship to our gut. The gut can be described as a kind of ambiguous other. It is biologically and phenomenologically part of our core. It is also other to us in various ways: much of its functioning is accomplished through microbes, and it is often unruly, despite strong social imperatives to control it and stigmatization of failure of gut control. What would it mean to turn the discussion of relational autonomy toward our relationship with our gut? What would it mean to accept our bodily vulnerability in the context of the gut? This paper will take the gut as an important case study for discussions of vulnerability more generally. 

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the second candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Butler will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about his research and the second will outline his vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the first presentation on Thursday, March 15 at 2:30 pm where Dr. Stephen Butler will present his research talk entitled “The role of treatment evaluations in improving young people’s mental health: The case of Multisystemic Therapy (MST)”. It will take place in McDougall Hall, room 243. All are welcome to attend. 

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the first candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Gosselin will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about her research and the second will outline her vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the first presentation on Friday, March 2 at 10:00 am where Dr. Julie Gosselin will present her research talk entitled “Women mothering in diverse family situations: Emerging research questions”. The presentation will take place in Main Building, room 213. All are welcome to attend.

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the first candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Gosselin will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about her research and the second will outline her vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the second presentation on Friday, March 2 at 2:00 pm where Dr. Julie Gosselin will present “Planning for a successful and sustainable PsyD program at UPEI”. The presentation will take place in McDougall Hall 328.

Please join us to hear from former study abroad students about their exciting adventures abroad! You will find out how to study at one of our partner schools around the world while paying UPEI tuition and fees. Wednesday, February 28, 3:00-4:00 pm Kelley Memorial Building Boardroom - 234 Featured Speakers: Nicole Cullicutt - Australia Cameron Hastie - Germany Also find out about how UPEI can help offset some travel costs!

Please join us to hear from former study abroad students about their exciting adventures abroad! You will find out how to study at one of our partner schools around the world while paying UPEI tuition and fees. Thursday, March 1, 2:30-3:30 pm Kelley Memorial Building, Boardroom - 234 Featured Speakers: Morgan King - USA - Killam Fellowship Andrew Whitehead - Australia Katie Biccum - USA Also find out about how UPEI can help offset some travel costs!

Dr. Don McKay has been called the Canadian poet laureate of ecological philosophy. A revered poet, esteemed naturalist, distinguished scholar and editor, celebrated teacher, and famously witty speaker, Dr. McKay will give the 2018 UPEI Don Mazer Arts & Science Lecture on Thursday, March 1 at 7:00 pm in room 246 of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All are welcome. Dr. McKay’s talk, “Dragon, or Tectonic Lithofacies Map of the Appalachian Orogen,” will be “an attempt to approach one of the most famous and important maps in geology from both sides of my brain, the scientific and aesthetic.” The Appalachian orogenic belt is an ancient mountain range extending from Alabama to Newfoundland. Dr. McKay, who lives in St. John’s, will talk “poetically” about the tectonic theory of mountain building, and focus on Gros Morne in Newfoundland, with reference to New Brunswick and to PEI with its “detritus from worn-down mountains.” Hank Williams will feature prominently in Dr. McKay’s talk: not the singer, but the legendary and colourful Newfoundland geologist. Williams advanced plate tectonics, as a unifying theory for continental drift and mountain belt evolution, inspired a new generation of geologists, and helped establish Memorial University as a leader in earth science research. An expert mapmaker as well as visionary thinker, Williams produced the famous Appalachian Orogen map, a bestseller with 10,000 copies sold worldwide. The map also helped demonstrate relationships between our landforms and those across the Atlantic Ocean. Dr. McKay will also give a poetry reading on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 pm in the Carriage House at Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown. His reading is supported by the UPEI Department of English and Dean of Arts, with assistance from The Canada Council for the Arts. The UPEI Don Mazer Arts & Science Lecture is sponsored by UPEI’s Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science. The lecture series is named in honour of Dr. Don Mazer, an esteemed UPEI psychology professor, whose interests have bridged the arts and sciences. The public is invited and admission is free.

Curious about experiential learning? Wondering what it means in different classrooms and disciplines? Experiential learning is a hot topic in education these days. Bring your lunch and join faculty from across campus for a fun showcase of 5 minute Lightning Talks on some of the various experiential opportunities and learning experiences that UPEI classrooms offer. There will be coffee, and a gong to keep things moving!