Campus Notices
Hello Panthers,
Happy Technology Tip Tuesday! Today, we have an important message for you.
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Canada, and we at IT Systems and Services are excited to share resources and information to help you stay safe online. Here’s how you can get involved:
- Weekly training: If you are an employee at UPEI, check out our brand-new Cybersecurity Awareness Training catalogue! We’ll highlight a different course each week throughout the month that is aimed at helping you increase your knowledge and awareness about online security.
- Technology Tip Tuesday: Every Tuesday, we will share helpful cybersecurity tips and tricks along with the cybersecurity awareness training course for the week via campus notices and on the ITSS website. Tune in and learn about being cyber-safe!
- Spread the word: Share this message with your co-workers and fellow UPEI members! Together, we can foster an environment that encourages safe and secure online practices.
Ready to get started? Well so are we!
Complete this week’s course on the Terranova Cybersecurity Awareness Training Portal, and explore the “Become CyberSafe” section on the IT Systems and Services site for more insights.
Thank you for joining us in strengthening our community against cyber threats!
Hey Arts students! The Dean of Arts warmly invites you to our monthly Fall Fika in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, Room 201. Fika is a Swedish tradition that encourages taking a break to enjoy coffee and snacks while catching up with friends. There will be hot drinks, yummy treats, and engaging conversations with your classmates and faculty. We hope to see you there!
Dates:
- Tuesday, October 22, 10:00—11:00 am
- Tuesday, November 12, 10:00—11:00 am
- Monday, December 2, 11:00 am—12:00 pm
Bring your breakfast and come learn what coaches know that can enhance your teaching. The first session in this four-part workshop series is titled "Let’s Get Non-Linear: Teaching Without Boundaries and Still Keeping Your Job." During this session, you'll explore how viewing teaching through the lens of dynamic systems can revolutionize your classroom. By leveraging self-organization and practice variability, you’ll learn how to design learning environments that encourage students to adapt, explore, and discover solutions on their own
Date: Thursday, October 3
Time: 8:00 to 9:00 am
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre, Room 230, Robertson Library Annex
The first UPEI Board of Governors meeting of the 2024-2025 Academic Year will take place on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 102, Alumni Hall. All board meetings generally include sessions that are open to the public. Certain agenda items, including but not limited to human resources discussions, may require the board to go into a closed session. For logistical purposes, members of the public who wish to attend the open session of a meeting are asked to contact board@upei.ca one week prior to the meeting. Members of the public wishing to attend the public portion of a meeting must adhere to the UPEI Board of Governors' Meeting Observer Guidelines.
A reminder that the deadline for the 1st Semester (Fall) Award Cycle is Tuesday, October 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 over 100 scholarships and awards!
For more information, please contact scholarships@upei.ca.
UPEI is a member of the Academics Without Borders (AWB) network of partner institutions, and UPEI's Dr. Ann Braithwaite, Professor, Diversity and Social Justice Studies is a member of the AWB Board of Directors.
As a member of the network, anyone at UPEI can respond to an AWB volunteer opportunity. To learn more about the latest volunteer opportunity at the Université d’Antsiranana in Madagascar, "Strengthening English Language Programs: Curriculum Development and Training Program for English Language Teachers", click here. (Deadline: October 21, 2024)
For more information about Academics Without Borders, reach out to Dr. Braithwaite at abraithwaite@upei.ca or visit the AWB website: https://www.awb-usf.org/
UPEI will host Research on Tap with a presentation titled “Render unto Caesar: Catholics and the Alt-Right” on Wednesday, October 2, at 6 pm, at the Upstreet Brewery Taproom, 41 Allen St., Charlottetown, PEI.
Dr. Ariana Patey, assistant professor, Department of Religious Studies, is the guest speaker for the event.
“The Internet has facilitated the creation of an Alt-Right movement that includes Catholics,” she said. “This talk explores the ways in which such groups understand and use Catholicism (and the Internet) to attract followers to extremist and white supremacist movements.”
Dr. Patey’s presentation was originally scheduled for last March but had to be postponed at that time because of inclement weather.
Research on Tap is a discussion series featuring UPEI researchers and is open to students, faculty, staff, and the general public. There is no charge to attend. All are welcome to attend.
There will be a basic biosafety training session on October 8, 2024, at 1:00 pm 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 October 1, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, phone number, and if you are a graduate student.
NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it.
Attention Students and Researchers!
Join us for an informative session on Innovation PEI's Ignition Fund, a competitive funding opportunity for entrepreneurs seeking start-up capital for their innovative projects.
Details:
- Date: October 3, 2024
- Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
- Location: Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship, 201 Robertson Library
Don’t miss this chance to learn about funding opportunities that can help turn your venture ideas into reality! Please register in advance to secure your spot: https://forms.office.com/r/rd87fAKaUs
The Office of Research Services (ORS) would like the campus community to know that the Contracts Research Policy has been replaced with a new Sponsored Research and Research Contracts Policy, now available on UPEI’s Policy website. This new policy, along with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), comes into effect now so all new sponsored research will be governed by this policy and its procedures. ORS encourages researchers to review the policy and SOPs.
Summary of main changes: The indirect cost rate for research projects (“overhead”) has been revised to adopt a fixed rate of 25% on all direct costs, with half of this going to the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research and half to the PI’s Faculty, with some exceptions, as outlined in the SOPs. Additionally, there is a portion of indirect costs (generally 30% of the Faculty’s share) that will be distributed from the Faculty to the PI to support research-related activities. The AVC Distribution of Overheads from Research Contracts Policy is unchanged and applies to all AVC research projects. The AVC Policy can be found on myupei.ca.
The following changes have been applied to UPEI Researcher Portal application forms:
- Research CONTRACTS Approvals Form (rev. Sept 2022): An updated budget spreadsheet incorporating the new indirect cost calculations is available in this form. All new contracts submitted must use the new budget spreadsheet. There are separate tabs for MAIN campus and AVC that automate the indirect cost rate calculations.
- Research GRANTS Approvals Form (rev. Sept 2022): The budget spreadsheet is removed from this form and is no longer required.
The following change has been applied to UPEI Researcher Portal event forms:
- Account Modification Form (Rev July 2024): modified to permit the option for the PI to request their portion of the Faculty’s indirect costs (generally 30%). These requests for PI share of indirect costs must occur after the funds have been transferred to the faculty, which is based on the contract terms and conditions. Normally, project claims occur at the end of the project.
If there are any questions about the changes and updates, please contact Maria Steele, Manager of Research Administration, Partnerships, and Innovation, at 902-566-6479, mlsteele@upei.ca.
A reminder that the deadline for the 1st Semester (Fall) Award Cycle is Tuesday, October 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 over 100 scholarships and awards!
For more information, please contact scholarships@upei.ca.
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Sylvie Glisinski’s public dissertation defence presentation of her PsyD research titled "Examining the Associations Between ADHD, Callousness, Anxiety, and Antisociality in a Sample of Youth with History of Serious Antisocial Behaviour."
Please join us on Thursday, October 3, at 4 pm ADT through https://upei-ca-healthcare.zoom.us/j/64201681258?pwd=zmdZqMGSeat7ZoYJWATxffY2mOiQkJ.1
Meeting ID: 642 0168 1258
Passcode: 391696
Robertson Library and the UPEI International Student Office (ISO) present Postcards Home!
On Tuesday, October 1, celebrate World Postcard Day from noon to 3:00 pm at the Robertson Library by writing a postcard to your family and friends back home. We provide the postcards, and we will mail them for free anywhere in the world. Last semester, we sent 166 postcards!
Everyone is welcome!
Hey UPEI students!
Learn about the IT basics you should know as you begin the semester at UPEI with the Student IT Checklist! This is a starting guide to help you navigate the IT resources offered by IT Systems and Services at UPEI.
From connecting to the campus Wi-fi to online safety, we want to help you learn more about the IT resources offered on campus. So, check out the Student IT Checklist at https://go.upei.ca/studentitchecklist to get started!
To learn more about the IT services offered at UPEI, check out the ITSS site at https://go.upei.ca/ithelp. For IT-related assistance, please contact the ITSS Helpdesk at helpdesk@upei.ca.
Flags at UPEI will be flown at half-mast on Sunday, September 29, to commemorate Police and Peace Officers' National Memorial Day. In 1998, the Government of Canada officially proclaimed the last Sunday of September as a national memorial day to give Canadians an opportunity to formally express appreciation for the dedication of police and peace officers, and to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in keeping communities safe.
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to “honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process.” (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada). The University will be closed on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to observe the provincial statutory holiday and flags will be lowered to half-mast. Read more about how UPEI will mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Due to the rain expected tomorrow (September 27), the TRC Mawi’omi, scheduled for the afternoon, is postponed. The event will be rescheduled on a date in October. The new date will be communicated to the campus community when it has been determined.
One aspect of the Mawi’omi that will take place tomorrow afternoon is the tying of orange ribbons to the fence on the University Avenue side of the campus. Members of the campus community may pick up orange ribbons to tie on the fence, as well as smaller orange ribbons to wear, in MacMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, from noon to 1:30 pm.
Other related events on campus will continue as planned. The Department of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Rights’ compelling educational display, “Yes, Here Too: Prince Edward Island’s Indian Day Schools and Residential Schools in Canada’s Maritimes,” can be viewed in the Kelley Memorial Building, Rooms 115 to 118, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on September 27—the last day for the display.
As well, the Robertson Library is hosting an educational display that will focus on Truth and Reconciliation regarding residential schools, which will transition to a celebration of Mi'kmaq History Month in October, particularly the history and culture of Epekwitk.
We invite you to visit the Earl L. Wonnacott Observatory this fall and look through our telescope. We will be pointing our telescope at various objects of interest: the moon, planets, stars, nebula, and galaxies, depending on the date and sky conditions. We will once again schedule viewings every two weeks this semester, anticipating that at least half of the events will be cancelled by cloudy weather. The full list of dates is available at https://projects.upei.ca/astronomy/2024/09/17/fall-2024-public-viewings/
Our next scheduled viewing is Saturday, September 28, 8:00-10:00 pm, weather permitting. Please come to Memorial Hall, Room 417, to join the event.
If cloudy weather causes this event to be cancelled, we will post an update on our website by 10:00 am on Saturday.
On Saturday, September 28, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the Moodle application and related services from 8:00 to 9:00 am. During this time, there will be intermittent access to Moodle and performance issues. We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located in Moodle to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
The UPEI Department of Music is hosting a performance by the Looking Glass Ensemble at 7:30 pm on Friday, September 27, in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall.
The Looking Glass Ensemble is an interdisciplinary performance collective founded by clarinetist Christine Carter and dance artist Shannon Litzenberger. In collaboration with Canada’s trailblazing pianist Gregory Oh and award-winning cellist Vernon Regehr, the ensemble presents a program pairing newly imagined interdisciplinary creations, including Randall Woolf’s breathtaking “Everything is Green” and Arvo Pärt’s equally exquisite “Spiegel im Spiegel,” with whimsical repertoire for the clarinet, cello, and piano trio combination by Ludwig von Beethoven and Vivian Fung.
Admission is $30 for adults and seniors and $10 for students payable by cash or cheque at the door. Accessible entry is available via elevator.
The first UPEI Board of Governors meeting of the 2024-2025 Academic Year will take place on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 102, Alumni Hall. All board meetings generally include sessions that are open to the public. Certain agenda items, including but not limited to human resources discussions, may require the board to go into a closed session. For logistical purposes, members of the public who wish to attend the open session of a meeting are asked to contact board@upei.ca one week prior to the meeting. Members of the public wishing to attend the public portion of a meeting must adhere to the UPEI Board of Governors' Meeting Observer Guidelines.
