Need some support with a writing assignment or presentation?  Free, friendly, qualified help is available at the Writing Centre!  Save yourself from frustration, anxiety, and wasted time. 

Go to upei.mywconline.com to make an online or in-person appointment.  Drop-ins are also welcome at our location in the Robertson Library when tutors are present and available.

And the call for submissions is out for the UPEI Arts Review, volume XI.  This annual publication celebrates writing and writers on campus.  Both creative and academic pieces are welcome from any subject area. 

Send your submissions or questions to artsreview@upei.ca. and visit us at https://www.facebook.com/UPEIArtsReview.  Deadline for submissions:  December 21, 2021.

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.  

This zoom presentation provides a high-level overview of how stress and anxiety might impact work. It takes a particular focus on anxiety in the workplace and guides participants through the MHW 3-Gear method of addressing it. A representative from Canadian Mental Health Association will lead the session.

Wednesday, November 17, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

To register for this zoom presentation, please log into recreation.upei.ca with your campus email and password.   Click on Fitness Programming icon, then click on 'Campus Faculty/Wellness Programs' and the presentation registration will be posted.  Session provide by the Healthy Campus Committee via UPEI Employee Wellness Strategy.

Starting Monday November 8, the UPEI Bookstore will be open from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. 

Any questions please contact bookstore@upei.ca or 566-0625

Looking for digital tools to engage with students while you are in class?  Here's a blog post, Backchannel in Education with a variety of ideas and a handy guide to Using a Backchannel in In-Person Synchronous Classes.  

Professor Louis Doiron, Director of the Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics programs at UPEI, will give a second virtual presentation about “The Feasibility and Costing of Implementing a Guaranteed Basic Income Program in Canada” on Wednesday, November 10, at 3:00 pm.

The seminar is a repeat of one given by Professor Doiron on October 17 with some additional aspects covered. He will discuss the design, potential challenges, and the cost of implementing a guaranteed basic income program, as well as the impacts of inflation and other trends, which were part of the federal government’s budget in April 2021. He will also discuss the role that actuaries would play in the various stages of implementing such a program should it take place.

The presentation, which is open to the public, will take place via Zoom. Please use the following link: https://upei.zoom.us/j/66764932250?pwd=bElsa0ZydGx0eGFZNkdUbjFieHJtQT09. The meeting ID is 667 6493 2250, and the passcode is 467845. 

The Chaplaincy Centre is hosting a multi-faith opportunity to remember our loved ones who have died. The event will include representatives from the UPEI Muslim Student Association, UPEI Mawi'omi Student Centre, UPEI Canadian Catholic Student Association, and Great Wisdom Buddhist Institute, sharing their traditions around death and remembrance. Join us on Tuesday, November 9, 11:30-12:30.

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar on Friday November 5th 2021 at 12:30pm in the Duffy Science Centre, room 204. 

Dr. Derek Plotkowski (Independent Consultant at Medaille D'Or Consulting and Industry Research Coordinator at PEI Tree Fruit Grower's Association) will present "Cider and culture: Understanding terroir, high-value horticulture, and how we relate to our food".

All are welcome!

Due to campus being closed on Thursday November 11 in honor of Remembrance Day, Financial Services will be moving up the weekly cheque runs by one day. The Accounts Payable deadline for payment processing will be Monday, November 8th at 4 pm.

The Chaplaincy Centre is hosting a multi-faith opportunity to remember our loved ones who have died. The event will include representatives from the UPEI Muslim Student Association, UPEI Mawi'omi Student Centre, UPEI Canadian Catholic Student Association, and Great Wisdom Buddhist Institute, sharing their traditions around death and remembrance. Join us on Tuesday, November 9, 11:30-12:30.

UPEI International Students are invited to take part in the national Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) 2021 Survey. The UPEI International Student Office (ISO) is pleased to let the campus community know that all currently enrolled international students are being asked to participate in the 2021 survey of students; students have an opportunity to win four cash prizes of $500 and three cash prizes of $1000 dollars. This survey is being conducted at institutions across Canada and gives our students the opportunity to provide important feedback and suggestions about all aspects of their educational experience. Students can find the link to the survey in their email inbox.

Building on the concepts introduced in SoTL 101, this SoTL Canada roadshow will introduce participants to the steps of launching a SoTL Project. This session will include information about how to begin your literature review, formulate a research question, introduce methodologies commonly used in SoTL, review data collection and analysis techniques, and offer considerations for disseminating your work. We will also briefly discuss the role of ethics in SoTL. If you are new to SoTL, just getting started with SoTL, or want a refresher as you’re planning your next project, this workshop is right for you! Please join the members of the SoTL Canada executive for this exciting event, taking place Thursday November 4th, 2021 at 1:00 Atlantic.  To register, please follow this link: https://forms.gle/p9z7eSynN1J2ytVh7

Psychology Honours Information Day

Friday, November 12th at 12:30 pm

Main Building, room 213

Hosted by Dr. Scott Greer (Coordinator) and the Department of Psychology

The Psychology Department has recently made a number of significant changes to their Honours program.  This information session will review these changes, particularly focusing on how and when a student applies to the Honours program; also discussed will be what an "Honours degree in Psychology" is, what it entails, past examples of Honours research, as well as a "question and answer" period.  All are welcome!

Colleagues from Atlantic Canada are invited to join Mount Saint Vincent University for a talk by Aisha Haque, sought-after speaker and expert on inclusive teaching practices on Thursday, November 4, 2021 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The session will be online via Teams and advance registration is required. The link to join the event will be sent on November 4th. Please register online.

Synopsis: In her session “Antiracist and Decolonial Approaches to Higher Education,” Aisha will explore key principles for putting antiracist and decolonial theory into practice in education and encourage participants to collectively reflect on how we might embed these within our instructional practices. Before educators can ethically engage in antiracist work on their campuses, it is imperative that they understand and confront structural racism within the academy and within their own disciplines. To that end, participants will be invited to question, unsettle, and re-imagine what it means to be an educator for racial justice and ethical solidarity in our current times. Though based on the higher education environment, the lecture will be relevant to educators at every level, and others who seek to embed these practices in their work.

The Department of Health Management will be interviewing 3 candidates for the tenure-track faculty position in Aquatic Epidemiology. As part of the interview process, each candidate has been asked to present two brief seminars: one suitable for DVM/graduate students and the other presentation of their research.

Dr. Beibei Jia holds the degrees: Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, China; Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, China Academy of Agriculture Science; Master of Veterinary Public Health, Germany Freie Universität Berlin – Thailand Chiang Mai University; and PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology, University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). She has completed several postdoctoral terms at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) (2016-2017,2018 -2020) and the School of Mathematics and Computational Sciences (SMCS) in UPEI (2020-2021). She was a sessional instructor teaching Statistical Learning and Modeling at SMCS in Winter 2021.  

Since 2016, her research has focused on production diseases of farmed finfish in Canada.  She led    collaborative historic review with fish health professionals of BC salmon companies and Fisheries and Ocean Canada. Additionally, she worked for Canadian Food Inspection Agency on the import risk analysis of exotic aquatic infectious agents. Before 2016, her thesis research work was to explore the application of epidemiology in warm-water finfish health management in China.  

From 2009-2013, she served as the veterinary epidemiologist of the China-based teams of the organizations - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Health Organization, and International Livestock Institute. She was responsible for curriculum developing, launching, and monitoring and evaluation of the China Field Veterinary Epidemiology Training Program. In 2017, she was the national animal health consultant at FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) China, where she was technically in charge of the development and delivery of antimicrobial resistance awareness and epidemiology capacity building.  

She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at AVC in UPEI, working on the epidemiological components of the Complex Gill Disease Initiative. Her career goal is for better health at the animal- human-environment interface. She values cross-disciplinary research collaborations. Her research interest includes  aquatic biosecurity, spatial-temporal analysis, situation analysis, modeling of risk factors, values chain study, and knowledge synthesis.  

RESEARCH SEMINAR:

"Working Together for Better Health at the Animal-Human-Environment Interface: Thoughts and Reflections from Training and Research in Epidemiology"

 Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 11:00 am

AVC Lecture Theatre "B"

TEACHING SEMINAR:

"Application and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests in Aquatic Epidemiology"

Friday, November 5th, 2021 @ 12:30 pm

AVC Learning Commons 287N

Anyone interested is invited to attend.  A copy of the candidate's CV and letter of application are available by contacting Tracy O'Flaherty (toflaherty@upei.ca)

Alasdair Cameron Thesis Defense MSc Human Biology

Title: Single Cell RNA Sequencing of Human Skeletal Muscle Reveals Novel Vascular Populations.

The thesis defense is open to all members of the UPEI community.

Members of the general public may attend via Google Meet. Contact the Grad Studies Coordinator at GSC@upei.ca for the web conference information.

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

Building on the concepts introduced in SoTL 101, this SoTL Canada roadshow will introduce participants to the steps of launching a SoTL Project. This session will include information about how to begin your literature review, formulate a research question, introduce methodologies commonly used in SoTL, review data collection and analysis techniques, and offer considerations for disseminating your work. We will also briefly discuss the role of ethics in SoTL. If you are new to SoTL, just getting started with SoTL, or want a refresher as you’re planning your next project, this workshop is right for you! Please join the members of the SoTL Canada executive for this exciting event, taking place Thursday November 4th, 2021 at 1:00 Atlantic.  To register, please follow this link: https://forms.gle/p9z7eSynN1J2ytVh7

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.  

On Wednesday November 3rd, ITSS will be conducting routine maintenance on the MyUPEI portal and related services from 8 pm to 12 am 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.