Campus Notices
Colleagues at Brock University are pleased to co-host the virtual book launch for Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education: Learning From One Another on February 6 from 12:00 - 1:30 EASTERN. This session will feature the authors and editors, Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek and Taima Moeke-Pickering, discussing the book as a whole. Non-Brock registrants are invited to register using this online form.
Learn the basics of zine-making from Ch'town Zine Fest organizers Jordan Beaulieu and Evan Furness at a workshop from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on February 16. The workshop will outline a brief history of zines, their uses in the classroom, and different approaches to making them, including a hands-on component in which participants will be provided materials and instructions to make their own zines.
Limited seats are available.
Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/VcPDbfvEJU
If you have any questions, contact Kristy at kmckinney@upei.ca.
Sign up for 12 Gentle Yoga classes on Saturdays starting on February 3 and ending on April 20. The classes will take place each Saturday from 10-10:45 am in Studio One, Chi Wan Young Sports Centre. The cost is only $45 for full-time students and $55 for UPEI staff and faculty (less than $5 a class!), and $115 for other participants. This class will start your day and set the tone to help you build strength, increase flexibility, and find focus. During this "all levels" class focusing on alignment, beginners will safely learn the basics while more experienced yogis can take postures to a deeper level.
How to register for a specialty fitness class:
Go to recreation.upei.ca. UPEI students/faculty/staff: Click on the green UPEI LOGIN button and sign in with your UPEI email address and password. You will need to use your UPEI ID number. Community members can sign in using their email or username in the Community sign-in box.
Once you are signed in, click on the Fitness Programming ICON and then the Specialty Fitness Class icon. Select the class you would like to register for, sign the online waiver, and click on the checkout button, Add your credit card information for payment online, and click on the pay now button. When the proceed to checkout button pops up, click on checkout. You are now registered for the specialty class you selected.
On Wednesday, January 31, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 8:00 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.
We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.
As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
Greetings from the UPEI Debate and Model United Nations Club,
We are an officially recognized debate/Model United Nations (MUN) club under the UPEI Student Union, with the aim of creating a thought-provoking, innovative, and diverse community of debaters, philosophers, conversationalists, diplomats, writers, and innovators of ideas across various universal and global subjects and issues.
We are pleased to present UPEI’s second Model United Nations Conference.
Dates: February 2 and 3, 2024
Time: 4:30--9:00 pm on February 2; 9:00 am--7:00 pm on February 3
Venue: Don and Marion McDougall Hall
MUN committee topics:
- UNHRC: Human Rights Violation in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
- UNICEF: The Protection of Children in Yemen
- World Bank: Global Inflation in the Wake of Wars and Crime
- International Press: Photographers, journalists, content creator
Registration links: https://linktr.ee/upeidmc?fbclid=IwAR3LJlFcy5hNwCnbFzx3_R6A37MpjHftKI96NJQ4zCuXCxjzVoY1hjfqGMM. Registration is FREE for all members and $5.00 for other UPEI students.
For inquiries, please contact upeidebate@upeisu.ca. Thank you in advance on behalf of the UPEI Debate/MUN Club!
UPEI annually acknowledges individuals for their outstanding contributions to the success of the University. The awards are valued at $1,000 each and given in recognition of excellence of faculty, librarians, clinical veterinary professionals, clinical nursing instructors, sessional instructors, and staff.
Nominations are open and must be submitted to universityawards@upei.ca by the last Friday in February each year. This year, nominations close on Friday, February 23, 2024.
For further details about the awards and the nomination process, please visit https://www.upei.ca/president/university-awards-of-excellence
This free eight-week Learn to Run program, which starts the week of January 29, will provide participants the opportunity to train with Danie Marais, a fourth-year kinesiology student who will encourage them throughout their running journey and provide a running program, warm-up and cool-down stretches, and other helpful information. The beginner group is on Wednesdays at 12:10 pm, and the intermediate/advanced group is on Mondays at 4:30 pm. Participants can attend either or both training times regardless if they are beginners, intermediate, or advanced.
The program is for UPEI students, staff, faculty, and retirees only. Participants will submit weekly kilometres for weekly draw prizes. More information will follow once participants have registered.
To register: Log into recreation.upei.ca or through the Panther Recreation App. Log in using your UPEI email address and password by clicking on the UPEI LOGIN button. Then click on the wellness icon where the Learn to Run program is listed. Click on the Learn to Run link and follow the prompts.For questions, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca.
A reminder that the deadline for the 2nd Semester (Winter) Award Cycle is Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 11:59 pm.
Applications are accepted electronically through the Scholarship and Award Application portal. Click the link provided or find the link listed on your MyUPEI account in the UPEI Forms section.
Be sure to submit your application to be considered for numerous scholarships and awards!
For more information, please contact scholarships@upei.ca. Best of luck to all who apply!
From February 12-16, 2024, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (Alliance) and the Alliance Federation will offer an introductory digital research tools webinar series for humanities, arts, and social sciences researchers. These are introductory, beginner-level sessions. No prior experience or knowledge is required.
Tools available through the Alliance and Federation will be discussed, as well as some out-of-the-box tools available to Canadian researchers, and additional information and techniques relevant to digital research projects.
You may register for as many or as few of the sessions as you wish. Registration for English sessions is available here.
Sessions at-a-glance:
- Keynote: Dr. John Simpson (ISED)
- Introduction to Canadian Certificate of Digital Humanities (cc:DH/HN)
- Canadian HSS Commons platform
- Introduction to GIS
- DMP Assistant
- Managing sensitive data in Canada
- Introduction to FRDR, Lunaris, Borealis, and Odesi platforms
- Stylo: semantic text editor
- TEI (Text Encoding Initiative)
- Introduction to interactive coding notebook environments: Jupyter and Colab
- Introduction to Python
- Introduction to R
- Machine Learning
- 3D Visualization
Most sessions are in both French and English. For further information, contact hss-series@gw.alliancecan.ca.
There will be a basic biosafety training session on February 14, 2024, at 9:00 am in AVC 287N. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students.
To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day on February 7, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), if you are a graduate student, email address, and phone number in your email or voice message.
NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it.
The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is now accepting applications for the Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camps, taking place in July/August 2024.
Designed for students entering grades 7-9 or 10-12, each of the four week-long camps will provide campers with a behind-the-scenes look at the world of veterinary medicine. Campers will learn about caring for animals, go on field trips, and take part in fun and educational activities.
For more information, and to apply, visit www.upei.ca/avcsummerprograms/vetcamp
The deadline for applications is March 18, 2024.
Colleagues at Brock University are pleased to co-host the virtual book launch for Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education: Learning From One Another on February 6 from 12:00 - 1:30 EASTERN. This session will feature the authors and editors, Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek and Taima Moeke-Pickering, discussing the book as a whole. Non-Brock registrants are invited to register using this online form.
On Wednesday, January 31, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 8:00 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.
We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.
As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
Greetings from the UPEI Debate and Model United Nations Club,
We are an officially recognized debate/Model United Nations (MUN) club under the UPEI Student Union, with the aim of creating a thought-provoking, innovative, and diverse community of debaters, philosophers, conversationalists, diplomats, writers, and innovators of ideas across various universal and global subjects and issues.
We are pleased to present UPEI’s second Model United Nations Conference.
Dates: February 2 and 3, 2024
Time: 4:30--9:00 pm on February 2; 9:00 am--7:00 pm on February 3
Venue: Don and Marion McDougall Hall
MUN committee topics:
- UNHRC: Human Rights Violation in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
- UNICEF: The Protection of Children in Yemen
- World Bank: Global Inflation in the Wake of Wars and Crime
- International Press: Photographers, journalists, content creator
Registration links: https://linktr.ee/upeidmc?fbclid=IwAR3LJlFcy5hNwCnbFzx3_R6A37MpjHftKI96NJQ4zCuXCxjzVoY1hjfqGMM. Registration is FREE for all members and $5.00 for other UPEI students.
For inquiries, please contact upeidebate@upeisu.ca. Thank you in advance on behalf of the UPEI Debate/MUN Club!
Your generosity with your time and treasure continues to feed our Campus Food Bank. We are grateful! There are some gaps in our volunteer sign-up form (we missed January 31, oops!). Late March has openings, and now April is available. Please use this link to book your time slot and check back often as slots become available as schedules change.
Sister Sue and Lauren
A reminder that the deadline for the 2nd Semester (Winter) Award Cycle is Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 11:59 pm.
Applications are accepted electronically through the Scholarship and Award Application portal. Click the link provided or find the link listed on your MyUPEI account in the UPEI Forms section.
Be sure to submit your application to be considered for numerous scholarships and awards!
For more information, please contact scholarships@upei.ca. Best of luck to all who apply!
The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs (APC) via the Atlantic Indigenous Economic Development Integrated Research Program (AIEDIRP) invites you to attend a presentation on their latest study: Innovative Governance Structures to Support Indigenous Economic Growth
The study’s purpose is to identify innovative governance structures to support Indigenous economic growth and development, and how these can be optimized for the benefit of communities, using Nation-building approaches. After the presentation, there will be opportunities for questions and comments.
Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Kelley Memorial Building, Room 237, University of Prince Edward Island
Presenter: Jarvis Googoo, Director of AIEDIRP
Refreshments will be available.
If you have any questions, please email lois.daye@apcfnc.ca
Join us for a virtual overview of the services ITSS provides the campus, followed by a Q&A. This interactive session will be held on February 6 from 12 noon to 1:00 pm. Click on the link below to register:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2024), cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020.
Facts about cervical cancer:
- The highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality are in low- and middle-income countries. This reflects major inequities driven by lack of access to national HPV vaccination, cervical screening and treatment services, and social and economic determinants.
- Cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Women living with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to women without HIV.
- Prophylactic vaccination against HPV and screening and treatment of pre-cancer lesions are effective ways to prevent cervical cancer and are very cost-effective.
- Cervical cancer can be cured if diagnosed at an early stage and treated promptly.
- Countries around the world are working to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer in the coming decades, with an agreed set of three targets to be met by 2030.
If you have not been vaccinated for HPV, please contact the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre to discuss and potentially receive the HPV vaccine.
If you are sexually active and have not had a pap test in the last two years, contact the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre (healthcentre@upei.ca; 902-566-0616) or SHORS PEI (Sexual Health, Options and Reproductive Services, call toll free: 1-844-365-8258).
Looking to get out of the cold and go for a walk/run inside? UPEI staff and faculty have free access to the indoor track at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. To register weekly, log in at recreation.upei.ca or through the new Panther Recreation app with your UPEI email address and password. Click on the wellness icon and then on walking track access. Participants must register to gain access. For all staff and faculty who have already completed this step, you do not have to do it again. Access to the track will expire on October 3, 2024. Please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, for assistance and/or questions. Access to the track is provided through the Healthy Campus Committee.
