Interested in working in the healthcare sector? Then you will not want to miss this event! On Wednesday, March 21st, the UPEI Pre-Med Society will be hosting a “Health Career Conference” in Don and Marion McDougall Hall (Room 242) from 6:00-8:00pm. The theme of this evening is “Informing the Next Generation of Healthcare Workers” and the conference will showcase different health professions, shed light on current healthcare issues, and educate students and community members interested in a career in healthcare about the realities of working in the healthcare system. There will be four exciting presentations by influential healthcare workers that you won’t want to miss if you are considering working in the healthcare system. 6:00-6:30 – Sheila MacLean – Health Recruitment 6:30-7:00 – Roseanne Sark – Aboriginal Health 7:00-7:30 – Dr. William Montelpare -- Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research 7:30-8:00 – Dr. Kim Critchley the current Deputy Minister of Health and Wellness for PEI Full descriptions of each presentation are included on the Facebook Page. This event is open to anyone in the community. Admission is by donation and proceeds will be split between the 22nd Annual QEH/Eastlink Telethon and a local family in need (TBA). For more information contact us at upeipremed@gmail.com.

Research on Tap is returning on March 20 at 6:30-7:30 pm in The Wave (located in the W.A. with a presentation by Dr. Andrew Carrothers entitled, "The impact of public scrutiny on executive compensation: Evidence from the financial crisis." The event is open to all students, faculty, and staff at UPEI as well as the broader PEI community. This event is organized by the Graduate Students' Association with support from the UPEI Student Union. There will be free nachos for graduate students who attend!

All are welcome to attend UPEI's 3 Minute Thesis competition, where graduate students will present their research in 3 minutes or less. The competition will take place on March 19 at 6:30 pm in the Health Sciences Building, room105. All are welcome to attend. Come support UPEI graduate students and enjoy hearing about diverse research studies happening on campus. If you have questions, you can email Colleen Gallant at cgallant@upei.ca. 

Alaina Roach O'Keefe will deliver her PhD Defence presentation "Remixing Digital Play in the Early Years: Learning Stories from the Nested Ecology of One Family" on March 16 at 10:00 am in AVC 286N. All are welcome to attend! Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Speaker: Anna Kuznetsova, Biomedical Sciences Title: Temperature dependent regulation of natural products biosynthesis in Arctic actinomycetes Speaker: Ashley McKibbon, Pathology and Microbiology Title: Identification of virus-host receptor(s) for Atlantic salmon bafinivirus, a coronavirus of fish.

The UPEI Department of Music will hold a Directed Studies Recital featuring Johanna Vessey, clarinet and Frances McBurnie, piano at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Admission is FREE

The UPEI Department of Music will hold Junior Recitals featuring Taylor Poirier, saxophone, Frances McBurnie, pianom and Ryan Drew, percussion. Admission is free.

The Faculty of Business is pleased to present a candidate for a tenure track position in Marketing. On Friday, March 23rd, at 11:30am in MCDH329 Qian Deng will be presenting on 'What Makes Products Weird? Antecedent to and Underlying Mechanism of Weirdness'. All are welcome to attend. Please contact business@upei.ca with any questions.

Management Science Candidate, Dr. Liufang (Sophia) Yao, will be giving her public presentation Wednesday, March 21, at 9:30 am, in KMB 211. Presentation title is Product Recall Timing Optimization Using Dynamic Programming. All are welcome to attend.

One of the biggest challenges in a workplace is to understand the dynamics of how people work together. In today’s workplace the ability to identify team dynamics and understand positive and negative outcomes is a key component to building successful teams.  This two-day course will explore team dynamics using guided role play, exercises and practice sessions, you will discover: • five stages of team development; • how to identify communication problems;  • how to maximize performance;  • strategies for managing conflict; • decision-making strategies;  • how to create a shared vision for success