Island Lecture Series Double Feature: “Sami Educational Viewpoints From the Past and Present” and “The Use of Yoik, Traditional Sami Singing, in Education”
Kicking off this season's Island Lecture Series on Tuesday, September 19, are two guests who are NOT talking about islands, but rather something that resonates with islands and islanders from the North: Sami culture from Lapland.
Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre Symposium Day Two
The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College invites you to its symposium, Animal Welfare in Practice: End-of-life decisions for animals, on Saturday, September 16, from 9:30 am–3:00 pm ADT, AVC Lecture Theatre A, Rm 201. The symposium will feature Dr. Patricia V. Turner, Dr. Michael Cockram, Dr. Mitchell Carr, Dr. Katie MacDonald, and Dr.
Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre Symposium Day One
The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College invites you to its symposium, Animal Welfare in Practice: End-of-life decisions for animals.
Lunch and Learn: What UPEI Can Learn from Ernest Boyer's Six Principles for a Good Campus Community
In Campus Life: In Search of Community, Ernest Boyer and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching proposed that every strong campus community should be open, just, purposeful, disciplined, caring, and celebrative. In this discussion, we'll look at those six principles, both separately and together, and imagine ways our own campus community might work towards those ideals. Join us in the Teaching and Learning Centre RL 230 on Thursday, October 5, at 11:30 am.
Lunch and Learn: Artificial Intelligence Learning Activity Exchange
Come to the Teaching and Learning Centre for an informal exchange of learning activity ideas that use generative artificial intelligence. Share what worked (or didn't work so well) with other instructors from across the campus. We'll gather in the Teaching and Learning Centre, Robertson Library, Room 230 on October 24 at 12:30 am.
Lunch and Learn: Funding opportunities for early-career faculty
Hold the date for our Lunch and Learn session focused on funding opportunities for early-career faculty on Wednesday, September 27, from 11:30 to 12:30 with Leslie Cudmore, Research Services.
UPEI Panthers this Week (September 4–10, 2023)
The UPEI Soccer, Rugby, and Cross Country teams are looking forward to a full weekend of events at home and away this Friday and Saturday.
Friday, September 8
5:00 pm: The UPEI Women’s Soccer Panthers host the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleues. Last season, the Panthers defeated the Aigles Bleues on home turf 5-1.
7:15 pm: The UPEI Men’s Soccer Panthers host the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus. In their only matchup last season, the Panthers lost a close battle 2-0.
Saturday, September 9
Intellectual Property for Researchers information sessions
OCII is pleased to invite you to our info sessions on Intellectual Property for Researchers, presented by André Gallant, IP Advisor for Atlantic Canada from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). Learn more about intellectual property (IP) as it relates to your research innovations, inventions, and entrepreneurial activities.
All faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend.
ACENET: Introductory Programming with R
This is a beginner level series that is hands-on, covering the fundamentals of R. This includes data types, functions, importing, manipulating and analyzing data and data visualization, as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging and using R in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience but intermediate level experience with a computer is highly recommended.
ACENET: Cloud from A to Z
Cloud computing provides great flexibility, allowing complete control of the computing environment. In addition, the environment can be copied, backed up, created and recreated in an automated way. In these lessons, we will start you on the path towards making use of the great flexibility and power of cloud computing. We will be using the popular static website generator Jekyll.
Prerequisite: Completion of Software Carpentry's Unix Shell or ACENET: Introduction to Linux, or similar experience.
This workshop will take place over four sessions on:
