A resource suggestion from the Fall Reading Group. This chapter from Resilient Pedagogies the e-book we've been discussing this fall, has practical course design strategies which can add resiliency that help deal with disruptions like snow days or being away from campus because you have children out of school for the day, etc.  Check out the chapter here.  

Beat the New Years Resolution rush and sign up for small group training now.   Small Group Training is a fun and effective way to reach your fitness goals by training in a group of six under the guidance of a certified personal trainer.    We have a variety of options (once/week, two times/week, three times/week) at a great price for UPEI staff/faculty   $50 + hst  for 1 session (12 classes), regular price is $135 + hst.    If you have any questions, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca

For more details visit https://www.upei.ca/ar/fitness-classes

To register for small group training please log into our new online registration site.

UPEI faculty, staff, and students: 

• You can sign in using your UPEI email address and password at our new portal, recreation.upei.ca. 
• After signing in click on the Fitness Programming icon and following prompts.         

Want to increase the battery life of your phone? Reduce the screen's brightness by 10-15% and set the screen to go blank in fewer seconds. Turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you're not using them. 

The Study & Stay PEI Program is still looking for 8 more volunteer mentors! If you're a working professional on PEI, we would love to have you as a mentor! Get matched with a graduating international student and share your knowledge to support their career journey on PEI. A time commitment of only 4 hours in total between February to July 2022. Sign up as a mentor today at: studypei.ca

Help us reach our goal of 58 mentors in the program! If you have any questions, please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca

The pandemic has encouraged new pedagogical perspectives and possibilities for many educators, including the various ways we can blend in-person and online, synchronous and asynchronous, learning modalities. In the past two years, instructors have adapted their teaching and tried new approaches, often with little time to reflect and prepare. Now with the benefits of a little more time, a few more resources, and far more experience, faculty can create well-design blended courses or programs that centre on students and provide engaged, active, and interactive learning experiences, in both physical and virtual environments. This blended approach can also provide flexible, equitable and more individualized learning opportunities for students.  The emerging pedagogies and concepts being developed and explored in blended teaching and learning are leading to innovations that will be vital as we transition to an educational world that combines the aspects of space and time in new and meaningful ways.

The call for proposals closes February 7, 2022. For further details on how to submit a proposal please go to: https://www.dal.ca/dept/clt/events-news/annual-events/DCUTL.html

Please help get the word out and invite your students to our next Free Food event.  Free Food - Chili and Dahl. Tuesday December 14 12:00 - 1:30 and 5:00 - 6:30 pm 

Many exams with large student enrollments are scheduled for Dec 14.  Why not add a note in your Moodle account, inviting students to a healthy, free meal?  Anyone on campus to study that day?  Clubs and other campus groups can share the word too.  

Check campus screens for details.  Or email Sister Sue <sukidd@upei.ca> for graphics. All are welcome.

Central Printing's last operating day before the holiday break will be Friday, Dec 17, 2021.  Please contact Wendy at 902-566-0558 or email whenderson@upei.ca or cpo@upei.ca

The pandemic has encouraged new pedagogical perspectives and possibilities for many educators, including the various ways we can blend in-person and online, synchronous and asynchronous, learning modalities. In the past two years, instructors have adapted their teaching and tried new approaches, often with little time to reflect and prepare. Now with the benefits of a little more time, a few more resources, and far more experience, faculty can create well-design blended courses or programs that centre on students and provide engaged, active, and interactive learning experiences, in both physical and virtual environments. This blended approach can also provide flexible, equitable and more individualized learning opportunities for students.  The emerging pedagogies and concepts being developed and explored in blended teaching and learning are leading to innovations that will be vital as we transition to an educational world that combines the aspects of space and time in new and meaningful ways.

The call for proposals closes February 7, 2022. For further details on how to submit a proposal please go to: https://www.dal.ca/dept/clt/events-news/annual-events/DCUTL.html

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Thursday December 23, 2021. These applications will be reviewed at the January 2022 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including Biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. This online system is paired with electronic approvals to replace the hard-copy signatures process.

Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms. Contact researcherportal@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.

For more information about the IBC review and approval process please contact Joy Knight (Compliance Coordinator) at mknight@upei.ca

Do you think of bowling when you are reflecting on your teaching?  No?  Well check out this 3 minute video from Shelley Moore, a PhD student at UBC, that brilliantly draws together inclusive teaching and bowling.  Enjoy!

Please help get the word out and invite your students to our next Free Food event.  Free Food - Chili and Dahl. Tuesday December 14 12:00 - 1:30 and 5:00 - 6:30 pm 

Many exams with large student enrollments are scheduled for Dec 14.  Why not add a note in your Moodle account, inviting students to a healthy, free meal?  Anyone on campus to study that day?  Clubs and other campus groups can share the word too.  

Check campus screens for details.  Or email Sister Sue <sukidd@upei.ca> for graphics. All are welcome.

UPEI’s Department of Athletics and Recreation offers some great programming to faculty and staff—and even better—at a discounted rate!

• Specialty fitness classes include barre, gentle yoga, mat pilates, and yoga strength and flexibility, to name a few. Each session includes 12 classes. The cost for UPEI faculty and staff is $25 (plus HST) per person.

To register, go to recreation.upei.ca, click on UPEI Login, and sign in with your UPEI email address and password. After signing in, click on the Fitness Programming icon and follow the prompts. If you have any questions about fitness programming registrations, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca.

The deadline for Winter 2022 Tuition Waivers is December 17, 2021. We encourage you to have tuition waivers submitted as soon as possible to assist in the timely processing. Tuition Waiver forms must be submitted electronically.  

Online Employee and Spouse/Dependent Tuition Waiver fillable forms can be found on the main page of MyUPEI under UPEI Forms.

If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at: (902) 566-0514 or hrgeneral@upei.ca.

Hi ! we are members of the Presents for Pediatrics ratified club at the University of Prince Edward Island. 

We are reaching out to you in hope that you can help make holidays warmer for children who have to spend their Christmas on the Pediatric Unit.

We received donations from great local businesses, and we are hosting an online auction on Facebook where people can bid on the items donated. The money raised will go towards purchasing gifts for children who have to spend Christmas time in the Pediatric Unit at QEH hospital. 

If you want to help, you can follow, share, and/or bid on our Facebook page named: presents for peds online auction, where the online auction will take place. See page here: https://m.facebook.com/Presents-for-Peds-Online-Auction-111486590779451/

 *Anybody in Prince Edward Island can bid from December 6 to December 12 at midnight.

if you have any question, feel free to contact: upeipresentsforpeds@gmail.com or (902) 218-8266

We are extremely grateful to anyone who contributes!

Thank you so much!! :)

Regards,

VP of Communications of Presents for Peds

Hi ! we are members of the Presents for Pediatrics ratified club at the University of Prince Edward Island. 

We are reaching out to you in hope that you can help make holidays warmer for children who have to spend their Christmas on the Pediatric Unit.

We received donations from great local businesses, and we are hosting an online auction on Facebook where people can bid on the items donated. The money raised will go towards purchasing gifts for children who have to spend Christmas time in the Pediatric Unit at QEH hospital. 

If you want to help, you can follow, share, and/or bid on our Facebook page named: presents for peds online auction, where the online auction will take place. See page here: https://m.facebook.com/Presents-for-Peds-Online-Auction-111486590779451/

 *Anybody in Prince Edward Island can bid from December 6 to December 12 at midnight.

if you have any question, feel free to contact: upeipresentsforpeds@gmail.com or (902) 218-8266

We are extremely grateful to anyone who contributes!

Thank you so much!! :)

Regards,

VP of Communications of Presents for Peds

This virtual workshop offered by SoTL Canada on  Dec. 17th offers a chance to share a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project in development and provide feedback to others on their SoTL projects. A fantastic opportunity for those planning a proposal for the new Internal SoTL Research Grants (details coming soon). Spaces are limited. Register for the workshop  before Dec 10, 2021.

Spend the morning of  Friday Dec. 10, 2021  with Professor George J. Sefa Dei for a discussion on race, indigeneity and anti-colonial education. Ghanaian-born George Sefa Dei is a renowned educator, researcher and writer who is considered by many as one of Canada’s foremost scholars on race and anti-racism studies. Hosted by the University of Windsor. For more information and to register.

Join the Study & Stay PEI Program International Students, Alumni, Mentors, Faculty, and Staff on Friday, December 10 from 5:00-7:00 pm for an in person Holiday Reception at the Schurman Market Square, Room 248 in Don and Marion Hall, UPEI.

Open to UPEI Faculty and Staff. Light food and refreshments available.

Due to restrictions and guidelines set by the Chief Public Health Office, pre-registration will be required, and VAX Pass is required upon entering. Register for the event HERE.

The UPEI Office of Research Services welcomes Neil LeBlanc LLB, PhD, as the new Research Contracts Advisor to the team.  Research-related contracts are submitted in the UPEI Researcher Portal.  Instructions on the portal are found here.  Once submitted, contracts will route to the Research Contracts Advisor for review.  Feel free to contact Neil at researchcontracts@upei.ca for questions on research contracts.  

Partnered research contracts are supported by the UPEI Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation through the Industry Contracts Officer, Marc Richard PhD.  Feel free to contact Marc for questions on partnered research contracts at mrichard@upei.ca.   

For Operational contracts, continue to use contracts@upei.ca as the point of contact and complete the "Operational Contract Approval form" defined here.  

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, January 7th, 2022 for the September meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/

For new protocols select ‘applications’ and for renewal or amendment protocols select ‘events’.

To view any UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx. 

Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month.  The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.