Campus Notices
UPEI Procurement Services is currently taking bids on some used fitness equipment.
- LifeFitness 93X Elliptical 2
- Hammer Strength ground base leg extension
- Cybex plate loaded leg extension
Bids are being accepted in the University's e-tendering portal Bonfire until December 6, 2021, at 2:00 pm. This portal requires you to register by creating a username and password as your UPEI credentials are not connected to this system. When registering for the Bonfire portal, please put your name in the Vendor Name and Contact Name fields. You can access the information on this opportunity at the following link:
The Faculty of Arts welcomes the campus community to a mock class presentation by Dr. Laurie Brinklow, candidate for tenure track position in Island Studies, on Wednesday, November 17th at 12:30 pm in Kelley room 210. The title of the presentation is "Love you to death: Measuring tourism sustainability on islands".
Interested in ideas for asynchronous discussions that will take you and your students beyond the cycle of prompt, post and reply? Join Nino Antadze (Environmental Studies), Patrice Drake (Nursing) and Charlene VanLeeuwen (Teaching and Learning Centre) for a lively discussion for a lively discussion of insights they drew from reading this essay on facilitating online discussion forums. This Lunch and Learn session will be Wednesday Nov. 17 at 12:30pm Atlantic. Join us on Zoom from wherever you are. All faculty and instructional staff are welcome to attend.
This is a reminder that the UPEI Biosafety Policy requires that Principal Investigators confirm the security and complete inventory of all biohazardous materials being used or stored. This confirmation is due in November of each year.
Inventory records must be kept up to date throughout the year. Any inventory discrepancies noted during an annual lab inspection may lead to an in depth inventory audit by the Biosafety Committee.
To confirm your inventory is up to date, take the following steps:
1. Access your inventory at http://biosafety.vre3.upei.ca
2. Review your inventory record and update if/as necessary. Confirm the accuracy and your approval of the inventory record by following the steps listed below.
- Select User Menu (top right of screen) then My account (from the left side of the drop down screen).
- Click Edit (just below the user name)
- Click on Information (on the top right section of the screen).
- Scroll down this page. Below the box with the phone number, you will notice a box next to I accept. If you have not already done so, please read this section and, if you agree, please check this box.
- To report your inventory is up to date, please enter the date that you confirm this in the 2020 box.
- Hit Save! Task completed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you are not yet a user of this site, but store or use biohazardous materials, please contact me to arrange access.
Rhoda Speare
Biosafety Officer
Phone 620-5071
E mail: rspeare@upei.ca
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.
Calling all knitters!
UPEI's Campus Foodbank is hosting a "Toques and Tootsies Drive" for the month of November. We are accepting donations of hats, socks and other cold-weather accessories that will be given to members of the UPEI community. Donations may be dropped off at the Chaplaincy Centre or arrangements can be made for pick up in individual departments by contacting Brianna Downey at bdowney@upei.ca
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @UPEI Campus Foodbank for notices and updates.
The Faculty of Arts welcomes the campus community to a public lecture by Dr. Laurie Brinklow, candidate for tenure track position in Island Studies, on Thursday, November 18th at 10:00 am in Kelley room 210. The title of the lecture is "My island's the house I sleep in at night: Exploring islandness through the language of art".
The Faculty of Arts welcomes the campus community to a mock class presentation by Dr. Laurie Brinklow, candidate for tenure track position in Island Studies, on Wednesday, November 17th at 12:30 pm in Kelley room 210. The title of the presentation is "Love you to death: Measuring tourism sustainability on islands".
There will be a UPEI Blood Borne Pathogen Training session on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm in Kelley Memorial Building Room 237
This session is for those individuals whose research involves human blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids. If you wish to attend you must pre-register by contacting Shelly Kavanagh before November 19, 2021 by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, email address, and phone number in your email or voice message.
If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Shelly.
Athletics & Recreation invites the campus community to enjoy an exciting weekend of Panther basketball and hockey!
Special Ticket Pricing
* Only $5 per game upon presentation of UPEI Staff ID
* Youth 12 & under are Free
* Bring a friend for additional $5
Drop by the Fox & Crow on Friday evening and enjoy their 7 Under $7 Special and Lone Oak's $5 pints!
Schedule
Friday, November 12
6:00 pm (W) Basketball vs CBU
7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs StFX
8:00 pm (M) Basketball vs CBU
Saturday, November 13
3:00 pm (W) Hockey vs UdeM
6:00 pm (W) Basketball vs CBU
8:00 pm (M) Basketball vs CBU
Sunday, November 14
5:00 pm (W) Hockey vs StFX
UPEI’s Faculty of Business will be holding information sessions for those interested in the MBA in Global Leadership and Executive MBA programs. The events will be Tuesday, November 23rd with information on the MBA in Global Leadership being shared at 12:00 pm and information on the Executive MBA being shared at 5:00 pm. Both events will be held virtually. Please register by emailing mba@upei.ca
The MBA in Global Leadership program is a cohort-model MBA program that can be completed in 12- or 24-months. The program is designed to enhance students' skill sets and decision-making abilities needed in today’s dynamic international business environment.
UPEI's Executive MBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work in a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.
To learn more about these exciting opportunities, the Faculty of Business invites you to attend these upcoming information sessions. Learn more about the program and application process, have your questions answered, and meet with staff, faculty, and students. Please email mba@upei.ca to register, and you will be sent an access link prior to the event. For more information about UPEI's MBA programs, please visit www.upei.ca/globalmba or www.upei.ca/emba
This week's Tea(ching) Break is a blog that is part of a special collection celebrating the centenary of Paulo Freire’s birth. The author of Classrooms as a Space for Imagination and Hope uses critical pedagogy as an entry point to explore how to create educational spaces in higher education that enable students to make meaningful contributions to research and society, and how traditional student teacher positions can be challenged through partnership. By re-considering the relationship between undergraduate teaching and academic research, he wants to re-establish the university as a place for collaboration between students and academics with the common purpose to co-create knowledge and meaning.
UPEI ChangeMakers is a new program operating from November 2021 through April 2022, aimed at developing, supporting, and celebrating UPEI students’ community work.
Program participants will either be matched with a local community group to engage in community service learning, or they can provide information about existing community service work. Participants will then receive free training and career planning support, be featured on UPEI's website and in the press, and will have opportunities to collaborate with other like-minded students.
Students can learn more and sign up on the Experiential Education website.
This program is being made possible as part of a new Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) WIL Partnership with UPEI.
Questions? email experientialed@upei.ca
For faculty and instructional staff on the go, there's a new podcast series exploring emerging practices in hybrid teaching in higher education called Teaching Here and There. It will join the list of other podcasts focused on post-secondary teaching and learning on the Faculty Supports webpage for the Teaching and Learning Centre.
The Animal Care Committee does not meet in December. The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, January 7, 2022 for the January 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.
The Search Committee for the Dean of Business position is posting the video presentation for candidate Tarek Mady. This can be viewed at the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Af5_NzW21IQe2CpAZMGUT2VlRInWWhHG/view?usp=sharing
The Committee welcomes your feedback on this candidate and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 p.m. on November 15, 2021.
All feedback remains confidential.
Athletics & Recreation invites the campus community to enjoy an exciting weekend of Panther basketball and hockey!
Special Ticket Pricing
* Only $5 per game upon presentation of UPEI Staff ID
* Youth 12 & under are Free
* Bring a friend for additional $5
Drop by the Fox & Crow on Friday evening and enjoy their 7 Under $7 Special and Lone Oak's $5 pints!
Schedule
Friday, November 12
6:00 pm (W) Basketball vs CBU
7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs StFX
8:00 pm (M) Basketball vs CBU
Saturday, November 13
3:00 pm (W) Hockey vs UdeM
6:00 pm (W) Basketball vs CBU
8:00 pm (M) Basketball vs CBU
Sunday, November 14
5:00 pm (W) Hockey vs StFX
As part of the new residence building construction project, we will be required to have a power shutdown. This power shutdown is necessary to bring permanent power to the new building.
This shutdown is scheduled for Thursday, November 11, 2021 beginning at 7:00am and is expected to take approximately 4 hours to complete, however some buildings will have power restored throughout the process.
The emergency power generators will be started for each building prior to the power interruption beginning, which will mean there will be no delay of power for anything currently on emergency power when the power is disconnected.
The schedule of power interruptions and associated buildings are listed below, this schedule may be required to be changed as we progress through the stages.
7:00am the following buildings will have the power shutdown.
Dalton Hall, Robertson Library, K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, Andrew Hall, Bernardine Hall, Blanchard Hall, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Cass Science Hall, Duffy Science Centre and Memorial Hall.
Approximately 8:30am the following buildings will have power restored.
Dalton Hall, Robertson Library, K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre and Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall.
Between 8:00am – 9:00am the following buildings will have the power shutdown.
Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre and the Atlantic Veterinary College.
Approximately 30 minutes after the above power shutdown begins the power will be restored to the Atlantic Veterinary College.
The following buildings will have the power restored when all the above has been completed.
Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Memorial Hall, Cass Science Hall, Duffy Science Centre, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Andrew Hall, Bernardine Hall and Blanchard Hall.
Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
UPEI ChangeMakers is a new program operating from November 2021 through April 2022, aimed at developing, supporting, and celebrating UPEI students’ community work.
Program participants will either be matched with a local community group to engage in community service learning, or they can provide information about existing community service work. Participants will then receive free training and career planning support, be featured on UPEI's website and in the press, and will have opportunities to collaborate with other like-minded students.
Students can learn more and sign up on the Experiential Education website.
This program is being made possible as part of a new Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) WIL Partnership with UPEI.
Questions? email experientialed@upei.ca
The UPEI Experiential Learning department is pleased to announce the creation of an Experiential Learning Initiative Fund. The fund will support new curricular experiential and work-integrated learning opportunities for the Winter 2022 semester.
Do you have an idea that would give your students an innovative hands-on learning experience or build a connection with local community and industry, but the cost to incorporate it has been a barrier?
Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded for new curricular experiential and work-integrated learning opportunities and will be assessed based on innovation and impact. Priority will be given to creative pilot projects that have the potential for sustainability beyond the grant-funding.
Project proposals could look like:
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A class visit to a business or worksite where students are able to put into practice a concept or process being taught in the class, where transportation is needed
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An applied research or community based research project where funding could support innovative knowledge mobilization for the community partner and stakeholders
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A community service learning project where students require a considerable amount of supervision by the partner organization and the situation warrants an honorarium
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A field placement where the acquisition of adaptive technologies would reduce barriers to WIL for students with disabilities
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An entrepreneurial project (with a community or industry partner involved) where tools or resources for prototyping enable students to move their ventures forward beyond the traditional scope of the course
Note: If you don’t have a community or industry partner identified or need help framing your engagement - we can help.
Please submit your requests via the form linked to below. The deadline for request is Thursday, December 2, 2021. Submissions will be responded to by Thursday, December 9, 2021.
https://forms.gle/uM1WtWbtAsbDMVgV8
If you have any questions about the funding, process or if you’d like to discuss your idea, please reach out to Megan MacLean, at megmaclean@upei.ca, 902-628-4315.
