Presented by Morneau Shepell  Having to work with others is a common requirement in the workplace. When collaboration successfully occurs, you feel positive, productive and willing to face any challenge. This session will build on the notion that cooperation and building bridges can be learned and should be practiced. It will teach participants the key elements of teamwork and provide them with the opportunity to practice collaboration-building techniques. In addition, a staff member will also speak about her personal experience using the Morneau Shepell's Employee and Family Assistance Program, and its benefits. Light refreshments kindly provided by UPEI's Office of Experiential Education and Work Integrated Learning. View the full schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018

Join Dr. Wendy Shilton and Adrienne Montgomery Murchison for "Dear Inspiring Self: How to Write a Self-Reflective Narrative" and learn about the importance of taking time for self-reflection, and the stages of writing a “reflective narrative” to help feel more grounded, focused, and connected to yourself and others. Participants will have the opportunity to write an inspiring letter to themselves within this lighthearted and relaxed session: letters will be mailed out during the busy end-of-term and exam season for a message of positive reinforcement, and reminder to be mindful and kind to oneself during times of stress. Writing materials and refreshments (coffee/tea/sweet treats) kindly provided by the Office of the Registrar. View the full schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018

Take a "paws" in your day and stop by to meet a couple of special dogs and their owners. Therapeutic Paws of Canada, PEI Division, is a non-profit organization of volunteers providing animal resources for human needs (physical, mental, educational, motivational, socialization) through regular visits to hospitals, residences, schools, etc. Drop by and say hi. View the full schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018

Are you ready for a mind-glowing event? Enjoy a flow yoga session with a twist. It's a fun, upbeat, glow in the dark class featuring different variations of sun salutations and invigorating poses encompassing whole body and core. All levels are encouraged to attend. Be sure to wear light or neon colours for an even better experience! Cynthia Dennis, certified yoga instructor will lead you through class. Yoga mats provided. View the full schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018

He goes by the name of Problematic, also known as Greg Macdonald, an Alternative Hip Hop artist with a unique storytelling twist. Greg’s life has not been an easy one. As a child, he experienced pain and adversity as a result of abuse, and later lost his best friend tragically in a fire. Trying to work through his pain and depression he turned to music where the creation and act of writing became his greatest outlet. Greg’s music, influenced by a wide variety of artists from Nickleback to Eminem and 2pac, is becoming increasingly popular and he is getting ready to release his debut album. Come hear his story, and listen to a few of his tracks -— you don’t want to miss this one! All ages are welcome, admission is free and snacks will be kindly donated by the International Relations Office. Check out this video for a sneak preview!    View the full schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018

Dodgeball is a game in which players try to hit other players on the opposing team with balls while avoiding being hit themselves. Teamwork and strategy are more valuable in dodgeball than athletic skill and competitiveness. Anyone can play! Dodgeball promotes maximum social enjoyment.  View the full schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018

Are you ready for a mind-glowing event? Enjoy a flow yoga session with a twist. It's a fun, upbeat, glow in the dark class featuring different variations of sun salutations and invigorating poses encompassing whole body and core. All levels are encouraged to attend. Be sure to wear light or neon colours for an even better experience! Cynthia Dennis, certified yoga instructor will lead you through class. Yoga mats provided. View the full schedule for Mental Health Week 2018

Take a "paws" in your day and stop by to meet a couple of special dogs and their owners. Therapeutic Paws of Canada, PEI Division, is a non-profit organization of volunteers providing animal resources for human needs (physical, mental, educational, motivational, socialization) through regular visits to hospitals, residences, schools, etc. Drop by and say hi. View the full schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2018

The event will wrap up MHW 2018, featuring a safe-listening and non-judgmental environment where various students, faculty, and staff members will share their stories and encounters with mental illness. These stories will provide us with an opportunity to learn, care, and be inspired to help ourselves and those around us living with mental illnesses, and remind us all, that relationships matter. Pub grub, kindly provided by the UPEI Student Union. All are welcome to attend!  

Title: Light at Heart - Fiber optics from laboratory to market Presenter: Prof. Caroline Boudoux Department of Engineering Physics Ecole Polytechnique Montréal Abstract: Endoscopy has changed modern medicine by allowing physicians to explore inner organs with minimal trauma. Single optical fiber endoscopes offer the potential to further increase patient comfort and increase access to remote organs through miniaturization. Current research focuses on sub-millimeter endoscopy using dedicated optical fibers for imaging large volumes of tissue. One such fiber - the double clad fiber - allows many imaging modalities to be performed simultaneously for greater diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. Double-clad fiber couplers combine the properties of single-mode fiber light delivery with the high collection efficiency provided by multimode fibers. They are used in multiple sensing and imaging applications including surface plasmon resonance, optical coherence tomography, confocal and nonlinear microscopy. Recent work from our laboratory allowed increasing their performance to quasi-lossless transmission through the single-mode core combined with >85% transfer efficiency of multimode light. This presentation will focus on novel double-clad fiber coupler designs as well as on the brief history of their commercialization. Biography: Associate professor & rookie entrepreneur, Prof. Boudoux obtained her PhD from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program (USA) in biomedical optics in 2007. She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Ecole Polytechnique (France) on coherent control applied to nonlinear microscopy before launching her laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal (Canada). Her research topics range from laser-tissue interactions, to novel hardware, such as lasers and fiber optics couplers, for imaging. These couplers are used in medical institutions worldwide, in applications ranging from optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal micro-endoscopy imaging to laser coagulation. With a colleague, she founded Castor Optics Inc., a spin-off company commercializing a new line of double-clad fibers couplers in a strategic partnership with Thorlabs Inc. She is the author of Fundamentals of Biomedical Optics, a comprehensive textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as of another textbook, written in French, on Engineering Design. She has won several teaching and research awards, including a Fulbright fellowship in 2015 to spend a sabbatical year at Stanford University. The 2018 CAP National Lecture Series is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Physicists - www.cap.ca and is hosted by the UPEI Department of Physics.