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.         

The UPEI Music Department is pleased to present the UPEI Choral Concert on December 3 at 7:30 pm at the Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $20 for adults and seniors. Students pay $10.

Pre-registration is required. Please register online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HJWPC9C.

Vax passes are required to attend this event. Masks must be worn at all times.

More than 20 years ago, the Chaplaincy Centre began hosting free lunches during exams.  This year, we plan to bring the tradition back and host our historic "Free Chili and More Exam Lunch".  Rather than two days, we are planning two serving times on one day,  Tuesday December 14, 2021, 12:00 - 1:30 and 5:00 - 6:30.  This event counts on the generosity of staff and faculty who volunteer 30 minutes (or more) to set up, serve and clean up.  Please consider participating in this fun, community building event.  Use this link to sign up.

Thank you to all!

Sister Sue

In response to some inquiries, the Teaching and Learning Centre looking for faculty interested in learning about Liquid Syllabi.  If you have a liquid syllabus for one or more of your courses that you are willing to share, or are interested in creating one of your own, email TLC@upei.ca  before Friday Dec. 3 and we'll find a time in the next few weeks to bring folks together. 

The Faculty of Arts welcomes the campus community to two presentations by tenure track candidate for Island Studies, Dr. Tyler DesRoches.  The first presentation is a sample class lecture on Wednesday, December 1st at 12:30 pm in Kelley room 210.  The title of the lecture is "The Concept of Sustainability and Measuring Island Sustainability".

The next presentation is a public lecture on Thursday, December 2nd at 10:00 am in Kelley room 210.  The title of the lecture is "The Arts, Humanities, and Island Studies".

Vaxpass and masks are required for both events.

The UPEI Music Department is pleased to present the UPEI Choral Concert on December 3 at 7:30 pm at the Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $20 for adults and seniors. Students pay $10.

Pre-registration is required. Please register online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HJWPC9C.

Vax passes are required to attend this event. Masks must be worn at all times.

More than 20 years ago, the Chaplaincy Centre began hosting free lunches during exams.  This year, we plan to bring the tradition back and host our historic "Free Chili and More Exam Lunch".  Rather than two days, we are planning two serving times on one day,  Tuesday December 14, 2021, 12:00 - 1:30 and 5:00 - 6:30.  This event counts on the generosity of staff and faculty who volunteer 30 minutes (or more) to set up, serve and clean up.  Please consider participating in this fun, community building event.  Use this link to sign up.

Thank you to all!

Sister Sue

On Wednesday December 1st, ITSS will be conducting routine maintenance on the MyUPEI portal and related services from 8 pm to 12 midnight. During this time there may be intermittent access and performance issues with MyUPEI, Self-Service, Colleague & apply.upei.ca sites.

We encourage Students, Faculty, and Staff that 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 & Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.

Join PEI Community Reads on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6 pm as we continue discussing the national bestseller, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, by award-winning author, journalist, and activist, Desmond Cole.

For our virtual meeting in November, we will be discussing chapters the unsettling (july) and here for dafonte (august). Follow our Facebook page for the link to join our Zoom meeting. Discussion questions and resources to help guide you through the chapters are also available through our Facebook page.

We're very excited to announce that we will host a special virtual event featuring Desmond Cole in the spring of 2022! Details will be announced at a later date.

Copies of the book are available at the Robertson Library for a 28-day loan and through the PEI Public Library Service in both hardcover and e-book editions! 

Whether you can make our programming this Tuesday or not, be sure to follow us on social media for updates!

https://www.facebook.com/PEICOMMUNITYREADS

https://www.instagram.com/peicommunityreads/

PEI Community Reads is a joint initiative of the UPEI Robertson Library, UPEI International Student Office, UPEI Student Union, Prince Edward Island Public Library Service, Charlottetown Rotary Club, Rotaract Club of UPEI, and Black Cultural Society of PEI.

Everyone is welcome to join!

Getting ready to hang your office decorations up? Grab your iPhone and flick to the Measurement tool and you have an instant spirit level. Balance the phone on the edge of the decoration and there you go. Android phones have a similar feature: you just need to search 'bubble level' in the Google app. No more arguments over crooked decorations in ITSS!

In response to some inquiries, the Teaching and Learning Centre looking for faculty interested in learning about Liquid Syllabi.  If you have a liquid syllabus for one or more of your courses that you are willing to share, or are interested in creating one of your own, email TLC@upei.ca  before Friday Dec. 3 and we'll find a time in the next few weeks to bring folks together. 

The Faculty of Arts welcomes the campus community to two presentations by tenure track candidate for Island Studies, Dr. Tyler DesRoches.  The first presentation is a sample class lecture on Wednesday, December 1st at 12:30 pm in Kelley room 210.  The title of the lecture is "The Concept of Sustainability and Measuring Island Sustainability".

The next presentation is a public lecture on Thursday, December 2nd at 10:00 am in Kelley room 210.  The title of the lecture is "The Arts, Humanities, and Island Studies".

Vaxpass and masks are required for both events.

Together we can make a difference! 

UPEI students are extremely grateful for people like you who choose to give back through donations, volunteering, and genuine acts of kindness on GivingTuesday and throughout the year!

We are hoping you will consider designating your Giving Tuesday gift to the area of Performing Arts at UPEI. 

All levels of donations matter and will help us expand artistic endeavors, support renovations to the beloved Dr. Steel Recital Hall, and purchase much-needed equipment that will enable our students to thrive!

We are thrilled that the UPEI Alumni Association has generously offered to be our "Matching Funds Partner"!

Every donation made on Giving Tuesday designated to the Performing Arts will be matched by the UPEI Alumni Association up to $2,500, making your gift that much more impactful! 

Thank you for your generous act of giving and for making a difference in the lives of UPEI students! 

upei.ca/donate

GivingTuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. As the “opening day of the giving season,” it is a time when charities, companies, and individuals join together and rally for favourite causes. To learn more about GivingTuesday, you can visit givingtuesday.ca

The UPEI Health, Safety and Environment Department (HSE) is offering Emergency and Standard First Aid/CPR training sessions in December.

Emergency First Aid/CPR 
December 17, 2021
8:30 am–3:30 pm  HSB 104

This basic one-day course offers lifesaving first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills. 

Standard First Aid/CPR
December 15 & 16, 2021
8:30 am–3:30 pm  HSB 105

This comprehensive two-day course offers first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for those who need enhanced training as a work requirement (high risk areas such as labs).

Cost of registration will be covered by HSE for all UPEI faculty and staff, Priority will be given to First Aiders in each campus building who need to renew their certification. Please note that lunch will not be provided.

Please contact Melissa Bender at mbender@upei.ca or 902-566-0901. 

Are you willing to answer some questions on concussion knowledge and policies on PEI? The Concussion Awareness Program is conducting a brief (30 min max) survey and would love to hear from you. 

If you are 18+, a PEI resident and involved with children/youth between the ages of 5 and 22, please reach out to us at jdeighan@upei.ca or 902-628-4300. 

It's the home stretch!

If you need some support with a writing assignment or presentation, or perhaps just a second pair of eyes to confirm that you're on the right track, make an appointment with the UPEI Writing Centre.

Go to upei.mywconline.com to see our schedule. We offer both online and in-person appointments seven days a week, including on some evenings.

If we're fully booked when you need us, try the waiting list option (bottom right of each daily schedule).

We will remain open until the final day of classes, Thursday, December 9.

Finish strong!

(Reminder: Submit your strong academic or creative piece to the UPEI Arts Review to be considered for publication. Artwork submissions also welcome.  For more information, visit the Writing Centre in the Robertson Library or our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/UPEIArtsReview.  The deadline for submissions is December 21.)

Once again the UPEI Bookstore will be offering Christmas Staff Shopping to all Staff/Faculty. 

Staff/Faculty will be able to charge purchases from the UPEI Bookstore to their personal account between Monday, December 6 and Saturday, December 11, 2021.

Payroll deductions will be from January 21-April 29, 2022. 

Your 20% discount will apply.

Please contact bookstore@upei.ca for any questions.

In response to some inquiries, the Teaching and Learning Centre looking for faculty interested in learning about Liquid Syllabi.  If you have a liquid syllabus for one or more of your courses that you are willing to share, or are interested in creating one of your own, email TLC@upei.ca  before Friday Dec. 3 and we'll find a time in the next few weeks to bring folks together. 

The Faculty of Arts welcomes the campus community to two presentations by tenure track candidate for Island Studies, Dr. Tyler DesRoches.  The first presentation is a sample class lecture on Wednesday, December 1st at 12:30 pm in Kelley room 210.  The title of the lecture is "The Concept of Sustainability and Measuring Island Sustainability".

The next presentation is a public lecture on Thursday, December 2nd at 10:00 am in Kelley room 210.  The title of the lecture is "The Arts, Humanities, and Island Studies".

Vaxpass and masks are required for both events.

UPEI was saddened to learn of the death of philanthropist and Chancellor Emeritus Norman Webster in Magog, Quebec on November 19, 2021. He served as Chancellor from 1996–2004, and was elevated to Chancellor Emeritus in 2006 for his exceptional commitment and service to UPEI.

As Chancellor, he worked steadily and generously to promote and support the University, including the creation of the Webster Smart Campus Fund and the establishment of the Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning.

After having a distinguished career in journalism, Chancellor Emeritus Webster served as president of the R. Howard Webster Foundation of Montreal. 

UPEI expresses condolences to Chancellor Emeritus Webster’s wife, Patterson (UPEI LLD’06), and his children David, Andrew, Derek, Gillian, and Hilary. There will be a memorial service in North Hatley, Quebec, next summer.