Celebrate Social Justice Week at UPEI! Events will be held at UPEI from Thursday, November 17 to Wednesday, November 24 including: John R. Sylliboy, speaker, "Two Spirit Identity and Resilience" (Thursday) Jams for Justice concert (Friday) Mawi'omi center film screening, "Angry Inuk" (Sunday) Dawson lounge conversation, "The social construction of gender" (Monday) Cinema Politica film screening, "Yes Men Are Revolting" (Monday) "What is Social Justice" displays @ student center (Wednesday) "Rants and Raves" (Wednesday) All events are advertised separately; see facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/572520982946031/) and other notices for more information about time and place. Everything is free and all are welcome! For more information, contact Ann Braithwaite, DSJS, abraithwaite@upei.ca

SPEAKER:  Nicole Kaiser, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE:  Prostaglandin Receptor Expression in Feline Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The December Island Studies Lecture is Tuesday, December 6, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus, featuring Dr. Sharon Myers speaking about “The Murderous Mother and the Meanings of Minnie McGee." In July 1912, 36-year-old Minnie McGee (nee Mary Cassidy, 1875-1953) of St. Mary’s Road, was tried and sentenced to hang for the murder of her son. While charged only in the death of 10-year-old John, evidence suggests she had killed all six of her children during the same week that spring. At trial, McGee’s lawyer and family members, indeed McGee herself, would raise questions about her mental condition, but the defense declined to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found McGee guilty and the judge sentenced McGee to hang. Over the course of the next weeks, over 130 people in the larger Georgetown area signed a petition for clemency, requesting the federal Minister of Justice to “commute her sentence on a plea of insanity.” The commutation was awarded and McGee would spend the rest of her life in a variety of provincial and federal institutions. Dr. Myers’ research follows McGee’s life in and out of institutions, showing a pattern of occurrences in McGee’s “criminal” life where the state chose to discipline and punish with far lighter touch than might be expected. Sharon Myers is a member of the Department of History and former Coordinator of the Canadian Studies Programme at UPEI. She studies the relationships among the state, women, and children in the late 19th- and early 20th-century Maritimes, and is especially interested in histories of law and social welfare. ** Watch for details for another lecture about islands – near and far – January 17! For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.

Join the UPEI School of Nursing and Graduate Studies Coordinator, Dr. Janet Bryanton, for a Master of Nursing Open House on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 from 6:30-8:00 pm, in the Health Sciences Building, room 106, UPEI. Talk with current Master of Nursing students to hear about their journey in the program, tour the building, and have your admissions questions answered! Refreshments will be served. All current Nurses in PEI are welcomed to attend.

Join Dr. Paul Amyotte to learn about "Process Safety Concepts for the Prevention of Major Accidents". Dr Amyotte, Ph.D. P.Eng. is a former president of Engineers Canada as well as the CD Howe Chair in Process Safety, and a professor at Dalhousie University. He will be speaking on Thursday November 24th from 2:30-3:30 in SSDE 128A. Concepts include: safety culture, inherently safer design, dynamic operational risk management, and total costs from accidents, drawn from the 1984 Bhopal disaster. Please contact Dr. Libby Osgood with any questions: eosgood@upei.ca

Upnup will be on campus taking FREE professional photos. Visit http://www.upnup.io to book your appointment now. This is an excellent opportunity to have a professional picture taken to use with social media profiles such as LinkedIn. 

Various municipalities in Canada have developed legislation to address public safety concerns about dogs that bite. Speakers at this workshop will discuss problems associated with legislation that bans specific breeds and provide information on alternative approaches to the issue of dangerous dogs. The workshop will offer information on identifying dangerous dogs, risk factors for dog bites, the effectiveness of interventions, and the impact of breed–specific legislation on dogs and humane societies. Speakers: Dr. Alice Crook, Dr. Shauna Richards, Jenna Lane, Chelsea Tuff-Hopkie, Atlantic Veterinary College Marla Somersall and Donna Marie, PEI Humane Society Admission is free, and everyone is welcome! For information, call (902) 566-0589, or visit upei.ca/avc

SPEAKER: Sushant Gavhale, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: "Defining the role of SOXC proteins in the kidney development"

Join us, the Native Council of PEI, UPEI Student Diversity Office, and AIDS PEI in remembrance and celebration us as we mark this important day with a candle light vigil, and launch Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week with live music. We will be honouring those we have lost with a candle light vigil. All are welcome!

In August, the Physics department moved its teaching labs from the Duffy Science Centre to the new School of Sustainable Design Engineering building. Many items were identified as surplus and are currently being stored in DSC 309. A general "for use on UPEI" pickup took place October, but this pickup opportunity is for any purpose (home use, disassembly for parts, etc.) as items available after this week will be disposed of. Open to all students, staff, faculty, etc. Examples include old electronics equipment such as analog meters, glassware, metal weights and stands, scales, and some office items. Please contact Lisa Steele (ldsteele@upei.ca) if you cannot make the open session on Wednesday. There are some limited opportunities to arrange something on Thursday or Friday.