The International Relations Office will be hosting an International Opportunities Day (IOD) in the PIT of Robertson Library Building on October 24th, 2012 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. The purpose of this event is to introduce students to any and all international opportunities that UPEI offers (studying, working, volunteering internationally, etc.). As part of this day, a fair will be set up, featuring booths from various UPEI departments, as well as several of our partner schools. A presentation by Chad Dumond, from Globalinks (http://www.globalinksabroad.org/) as well as guest speaker Stuart Floyd from Bond University in Australia (http://www.bond.edu.au/) will be speaking at 12:30 - 1:30 in RL 208. Ongoing student presentations will also take place in RL 208 from 11-12:30.

Join the National Farm Animal Care Council and the Sheep Code Development Committee for a series of short and informal presentations.

Over the past two years, the UPEI Business Case Team has had considerable success in regional, national, and international competitions. Here is an opportunity to see what all the buzz is about. This year's class will be highlighting their abilities at a publicly open event. Please come along and support these students, and gain a better understanding of the case competition format. The case will feature a local PEI company. Refreshments to follow.

Dr. Fathi Darrag, Chair of the Department of English, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and visiting professor to UPEI will be giving a special presentation on the lead up to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, entitled “2011: A Year of Revolutionary Theatre in Egypt.” The presentation will focus on world peoples and politicians’ reaction to the Revolution and the role of social media and the internet in hastening the collapse of the Mubarak regime. A special focus on the vital role of the Egyptian Theatre during the Revolution along with the timeline of the revolution from Day 1, namely, January 25 to the step down of Mubarak on February 11, 2011. The presentation will provide the framework for an academic discussion on the launching of the Revolution as well as the Egyptian socio-cultural and political discourse in the post January Revolution.

SPEAKER: Ghada Ebead, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Probing Fungi towards Antimicrobial Drug Discovery

UPEI Health Centre will be offering a seasonal flu vaccination clinic on Wednesday, November 7 in the UPEI Student Health Centre, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Cost is $10. Call to book your appointment at 566-0616.

On Saturday, October 27, UPEI music students will be turning the Steel Building into a spooky three story haunted house. Proceeds from this event go towards music scholarships and bursaries awards to the UPEI Wind Symphony for their annual tour and such community affairs as the Kiwanis Music Festival. Admission is $5.00 and will include a cup of hot chocolate or apple cider and a real Halloween scare. The society would like to remind everyone that this event is not recommended for small children…

Dr. Annette Boerlage, Candidate for Post Doctoral Position in Aquatic Epidemiology-Infectious Diseases in the Canada Excellence Research Chair Program will present “Transmission, dynamics and control of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes.” Fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs) are among the most neglected tropical diseases. The life-cycle involves aquatic snails, fish and final hosts which can be humans or reservoir hosts like pigs and cats. Final hosts get infected if they eat raw or undercooked fish. Objective was to give recommendations on control. Transmission experiments were performed to quantify the effect of fish size, water volume and bottom surface on transmission of FZTs to common carps. Conclusion was that transmission was independent of cercariae density, implying that pond dimensions in aquaculture are less important with regard to FZT transmission. Small fish had a much higher probability to get infected than larger fish, therefore a delay in stocking of fish in ponds might lead to lower FZT levels in fish. An experiment to quantify survival of FZTs in fish showed that in aquaculture, FZTs outlive fish. The grow-out period of fish should be extended for a few years to lead to substantially lower FZT levels in harvestable fish. A mathematical model was developed based on the life-cycle of FZTs on integrated agriculture-aquaculture farming systems in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam, using results of the experiments and literature. Control measures were compared using the basic reproduction ratio. FZTs persist in the absence of control. Application of chemotherapy to humans, as is currently the core intervention method, might not lead to complete FZT elimination without complementary measures. In conclusion, FZT control in aquaculture by delayed stocking of fish in ponds can lead to FZT control, but a combination of control measures, e.g. human chemotherapy, delayed stocking and snail control might be more effective. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The popular AVC Community Workshop Series presents Zoonoses: Diseases we share with animals on Thursday, October 25 from 7:30 - 9:00 pm in Lecture Theatre A. Dr. J McClure, AVC Professor of Large Animal Medicine, will provide an introduction to zoonotic diseases and give some examples as well as present some potentially emerging zoonotic diseases in the Maritimes. Dr. Thomas Marrie, Dean of Medicine, Dalhousie University, will focus on Q Fever, an infection that is transmitted from animals to humans, usually by infected cattle, sheep, and goats. Everyone is welcome to attend.

On Friday, October 26, Dr. Thomas Marrie, Dean of Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, will present "Q Fever - a tale of cats and dogs" in Lecture Theatre A from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Q Fever is an infection that is transmitted from animals to man, usually by infected cattle, sheep and goats. Everyone is welcome to attend.