Can you believe it is already December? The end of the semester means it's our favourite time of the year... chili at the Chaplaincy Centre! Members of the campus community volunteer to serve chili to UPEI students on December 9th and 10th as they get ready for their exams.  All students are welcome!

Can you believe it is already December? The end of the semester means it's our favourite time of the year... chili at the Chaplaincy Centre! Members of the campus community volunteer to serve chili to UPEI students on December 9th and 10th as they get ready for their exams.  All students are welcome!

On Monday, December 7th at 3:00 pm the English Academic Program (EAP) staff of the International Relations Office will be hosting a holiday celebration in the Robertson Library "PIT". Light refreshments will be on hand, and students are welcome to take part in some caroling.  As part of the holiday celebrations student Farah Al-behadili would like to invite all students to attend a "unity tree" lighting ceremony at 3:30 pm. Farah asks all students to show their support by attending the event and hearing her message of peace and unity.

The Department of Religious Studies invites students, faculty, and staff to the following presentation for a tenure-track position in Religious Studies.  Dr. Patrick McBrine, University of Toronto, will be presenting "Sacred Language in Early Christainity".  

Come hear ten instructors presents ten fast and furious ideas for teaching first-year Arts courses. You'll get a variety of strategies, solutions, or activities, each in no more than five minutes: or else! While our focus will be on the teaching of first-year Arts courses, there will be lots of ideas here that you can adapt across disciplines and years: all are welcome. For more information (or to suggest a Furious Five), contact Shannon Murray (smurray@upei.ca).

More than 65 delegates from a cross-section of groups from across the country will gather at UPEI for The Consultation on Culture and Language Learning 2015: Perspective for the Future. The symposium is presented by UPEI and Canadian Parents for French PEI, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. More than 17,000 people on Prince Edward Island speak French, including more than 5,000 who speak it as a first language. With more young people than ever seeking the benefits of bilingualism, participants at today’s symposium discussed their challenges and opportunities. Participants will discuss ways to encourage both first and second French language speakers to live more fully in French: at work, at home, and in public. Dr. Ronald MacDonald, UPEI’s Dean of Education, spoke of education’s role in encouraging a flourishing French community. The symposium will operate with a think-tank approach, which a variety of open space sessions to encourage dialogue. The day will include a special presentation by Graham Fraser, Canada’s Commissioner of Official Languages and music from local young entertainers Julien Kitson and Zakery Cormier. The inaugural symposium is an opportunity to bring together educators and community to network, strengthen partnerships, and identify shared priorities for improving teaching and learning, addressing achievement gaps, and sharing best practices for supporting the well-being and educational outcomes of PEI students. Organizing groups for the symposium include the PEI Department of Education, Early Childhood Development and Culture, the English Language School Board, La Commission scolaire de langue français, Collège Acadie de Î.-P.-É., Holland College, UPEI Faculty of Education, UPEI Department of Modern Languages, UPEI Faculty of Arts, and Canadian Parents for French PEI.

Canadian hockey icon Ron MacLean will be in Charlottetown Monday, December 14th, headlining a fundraising event for the UPEI Men’s Hockey program. Organized by the Friends of UPEI Hockey, MacLean will be sharing stories and answering questions during the fundraiser at the PEI Brewing Company. Doors open at 6:30 pm with MacLean mixing and mingling, then taking the podium at 7 pm. Tickets are $60 per person and are available by contacting Forbie MacPherson at mhockey@upei.ca, Mike O'Brien at mike.obrien@live.ca or Lennie Kelly at lennie.kelly@apei.ca. This event is for those 19 years of age or older.

The Department of Religious Studies invites students, faculty, and staff to the following presentation for a tenure-track position in Religious Studies. Dr. Shobhana Xavier, Franklin and Marshall University, Lancaster, PA., will be presenting: "The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship and the Dynamics of Sufism in North America"

Rescheduled: The Department of Religious Studies invites students, faculty, and staff to the following presentation for a tenure-track position in Religious Studies. Dr. Shobhana Xavier, Franklin and Marshall University, Lancaster, PA., will present: "The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship and the Dynamics of Sufism in North America."

The Department of Religious Studies invites students, faculty, and staff to the following presentation for a tenure-track position in Religious Studies. Dr.  Ariana Patey, Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, will present  "Charles de Foucauld: A Catholic Imitation of the Qur'anic Isa?" The presetation will take place in SDU Main Building - Room 320 at 2:30 p.m.