The UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation is excited to launch the UPEI Climate Webinar Series, which will feature a number of climate research topics presented by UPEI researchers. The series will run on several Fridays at 3 pm (AT) between March 12–May 28, 2021.

Join Dr. Xander Wang, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation for the 2nd webinar of the series on Friday, March 19 at 3 pm when he will speak about Mapping the Spatial Patterns of Precipitation in Prince Edward Island

Sign up to participate on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/144426113393

This year, the University of Prince Edward Island launched the first-ever UPEI Panther Pitch competition as part of the Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program. In January, twenty-five student teams were chosen to compete for support to develop their ventures. Since the competition launch, these teams have been receiving coaching from experienced mentors and refining their business plan to potentially win a portion of $45,000 in prize money to support their startup ventures.

Six of these teams will be selected to compete in a live semi-final Q & A session from 7:00 to 8:30 pm on March 24, 2021. Each team will present a five-minute pitch and face questions from a judging panel, as well as questions submitted from the online audience.

To mark this important occasion, Wade MacLauchlan, former premier of Prince Edward Island and UPEI president emeritus, will give opening remarks on behalf of the MacLauchlan family.

To attend the semi-final event virtually or to share this event with others, please register at: https://pantherpitch.eventbrite.ca

Dear Student, 
 
You are invited to participate in a cross-Canada research study to evaluate post-secondary student stress. The Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI) was designed to help post-secondary institutions across Canada better target campus mental health services, with the ultimate goal of improving mental health outcomes for students.  
 
To ensure that the PSSI would serve students in the best possible way, I involved students heavily throughout the development and testing of this tool. Now it’s time to use the PSSI at post-secondary institutions across Canada to improve our understanding of the types of stressors students are managing in different parts of the country. 
 
We are looking for student volunteers to complete an online survey. The first survey was conducted in October, and the second was conducted in January. If you did not participate in the survey in October or January, you can still participate this month! The survey should take you about 20 mins to complete. 
  
As a thank you for participating, you will have the opportunity to submit your e-mail into a draw after each survey for a chance to win one of several $50 gift cards. 
 
If you are interested in participating, you will find more information in the Letter of Information (LOI), found here.  

The survey can be accessed at the following link: 
 
https://queensu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2sje9cgP3X7kcd0  

To all users of UPEI Researcher Portal,

Please be advised that as of March 22, 2021, the following forms will no longer be available on the UPEI Researcher Portal:

• Research Funding Administrative Approvals Form for CONTRACTS
• Research Funding Administrative Approvals Form for GRANTS

Please be reassured that any documents that were prepared using these forms and that are already submitted and in the review process will be unaffected. The review of these documents will proceed as usual.

It is important to note that it will not be possible to work with existing DRAFT versions of these documents after March 21, 2021. All researchers are advised to complete any draft versions of these documents and submit them prior to March 21, 2021. Alternatively, researchers may wish to transfer the information to the updated version of the form.

The above-noted forms were updated in December 2020 and the updated versions must be used by all researchers.  They are labeled as follows:

• Research Funding Administrative Approvals Form for CONTRACTS (rev Dec 2020)
• Research Funding Administrative Approvals Form for GRANTS (rev Dec 2020)

Details on the access and usage of the UPEI Researcher Portal can be found at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.   Please contact Research Services at researcherportal@upei.ca or 902-620-5104 for any questions.

Disabling background data on your phone doesn't just save your data it saves your battery. For Android phones the feature is called "Data Saver". Go to Settings> Connections>Data Usage>Data Saver>toggle Off.

For iPhone the feature is called Background App Refresh. Go to Settings>tap on General>scroll down and tap on Background App Refresh>toggle Background App Refresh off.

The UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation is excited to launch the UPEI Climate Webinar Series, which will feature a number of climate research topics presented by UPEI researchers. The series will run on several Fridays at 3 pm (AT) between March 12–May 28, 2021.

Join Dr. Xander Wang, UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation for the 2nd webinar of the series on Friday, March 19 at 3 pm when he will speak about Mapping the Spatial Patterns of Precipitation in Prince Edward Island

Sign up to participate on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/144426113393

The deadline for the Florence Simmons Global Experience Scholarship is being extended until Friday, March 19, 2021.

Traditionally granted to students enrolled in a bachelor or graduate degree program at UPEI who will study abroad as part of their UPEI education, applicants who demonstrate that they have assisted with the COVID-19 response instead of study abroad as part of their UPEI education will be considered.

The application form can be found here: Florence Simmons Global Experience Scholarship

Please submit your application and any supporting documents electronically to scholarships@upei.ca.

The deadline for the James "Jim" E. L. Pratt Memorial Scholarship is being extended until Friday, March 19, 2021.

Traditionally granted to a full time undergraduate student enrolled in a bachelor degree program in the Faculty of Science at UPEI who will study abroad as part of their UPEI education, applicants who demonstrate that they have assisted with the COVID-19 response instead of study abroad as part of their UPEI education will be considered.

The application form can be found here: James "Jim" E. L. Pratt Memorial Scholarship

Please submit your application and any supporting documents electronically to scholarships@upei.ca.

The deadline for the Diamond Awards is being extended until Friday, March 19, 2021.

Awards are available to full time students in good academic standing in the following areas:

• Sustainability Leadership
• Health & Wellness Leadership
• Educational Leadership
• Campus Spirit

Applicants will also be assessed on the following criteria:

• Originality: Is the student demonstrating a unique initiative, or are they doing something that has been commonly done by others in the past?
• Legacy: How long will the student’s efforts impact the campus and/or the off-campus community? Will the impact be felt for a day or will others be benefiting from the student’s efforts years in the future?
• Reach: How many people did the student’s efforts impact? Did they have an impact on the lives of few, or did they impact the lives of many?
• Leadership: Was the student the individual responsible for establishing an impactful initiative, or was their support passive in nature?

The application form can be found here: Diamond Awards

Please submit your application and any supporting documents electronically to scholarships@upei.ca.

The deadline for the Roderick Stirling MacDonald Scholarships is being extended until Friday, March 19, 2021.

Scholarships are available to Graduate and Undergraduate students based on the following criteria:

• Students must be registered in full time studies at UPEI;
• Must have maintained an academic record of 85% or greater in every course in their previous year of study (or equivalent, for pass/fail coursework); and,
• Must demonstrate an interest in developing skills that “will enhance our local and global communities”, whether academic or professional skills, to align with the original intent of the scholarship program

The application form can be found here: Roderick Stirling MacDonald Scholarships 

Please submit your application and any supporting documents electronically to scholarships@upei.ca.

Are you thinking about an Honours degree in Psychology?

Do you know what an Honours degree is?

Do you have questions about an Honours degree requirement for graduate school?

Are you wondering how to get into the Psychology Honours Programme at UPEI?

Psychology Honours Programme Coordinator, Dr. Scott Greer will be hosting an information session for students interested in learning more about the Honours Programme in Psychology at UPEI. 

The session will be held on Friday, March 19 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (AST) via Zoom at the following link:

https://upei.zoom.us/j/69218220264?pwd=T2xCbnk3TEJIZkZCd0o1WFdBTUkydz09

The UPEI Health & Wellness Centre will be conducting Hand Hygiene audits on March 22-25th.  Visitors to the health centre will be asked to complete a brief survey on handwashing/sanitizing by our staff.  Proper hand hygiene alone can reduce healthcare-associated infections by 50%.  

In our mission to provide high quality, safe care, the health centre is working on quality improvements, one of them being to ensure we are performing good hand hygiene.  

Help us to find out how we are doing by completing a survey if you visit us between March 22-25th.

Thank you!!

The UPEI Health & Wellness is conducting its annual Patient Satisfaction Survey.  For the first time, the survey is digital and the link will be mailed to all patients who visit the clinic between March 8-19, 2021.  If you are not visiting during this time, but have feedback, please go to www.upei.ca/health-centre and click on the link: "We'd love to hear from you" to submit your feedback. 

Prerequisites: "C as a Second Language" or prior experience with C programming

A great deal of high-performance computing software is written in C++, but few universities offer courses in the language any more. If you have to work with "legacy code" written in C++, adding features, porting to a new machine, or patching errors, or if you need to extend packages like OpenFOAM which are written in C++, then this workshop is for you.

C++ was designed as an extension of the C language but has its own distinct idiom or style. This workshop assumes that you already know C to the level reached in the ACENET workshop, "C as a Second Language".

This session will take place on:

Thursday, March 18th - 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm (Atlantic time)

You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages. 

Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail)

Instructions for how to join will be sent out one day prior to the start of the event.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-c-as-a-second-language-tickets-135725419383

This webinar session takes a look at the effect that the COVID pandemic has had on key aspects of our health: socialization, nutrition, physical exercise, and sleep.  Our goal is to help you reduce stress levels by providing you with the skills to recognize signs and symptoms of unhealthy coping. We will then work through the process of creating healthy coping mechanisms that can be used in your day to day life.  Presented by Third Year Nursing Students.

Date and Time: March 15th at 10:30 AM

Draw prize:  UPEI Bookstore $50 gift certificate.   Only UPEI staff and faculty eligible for draw.  Please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator for the webinar link.

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Tuesday, April 6 for the April 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.

Prerequisites: "C as a Second Language" or prior experience with C programming

A great deal of high-performance computing software is written in C++, but few universities offer courses in the language any more. If you have to work with "legacy code" written in C++, adding features, porting to a new machine, or patching errors, or if you need to extend packages like OpenFOAM which are written in C++, then this workshop is for you.

C++ was designed as an extension of the C language but has its own distinct idiom or style. This workshop assumes that you already know C to the level reached in the ACENET workshop, "C as a Second Language".

This session will take place on:

Thursday, March 18th - 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm (Atlantic time)

You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages. 

Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail)

Instructions for how to join will be sent out one day prior to the start of the event.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-c-as-a-second-language-tickets-135725419383

Earlier this week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau designated March 11 a national day of observance to commemorate those who have died from COVID-19. Canada will mark the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic on Thursday, March 11, 2021.

The government has asked Canadians to think about those whose lives were claimed by the novel coronavirus, as well as the health-care and other essential workers who have been on the front lines.

UPEI will join governments and other organizations across the country in lowering the flags to half-mast as part of this observance.

This webinar session takes a look at the effect that the COVID pandemic has had on key aspects of our health: socialization, nutrition, physical exercise, and sleep.  Our goal is to help you reduce stress levels by providing you with the skills to recognize signs and symptoms of unhealthy coping. We will then work through the process of creating healthy coping mechanisms that can be used in your day to day life.  Presented by Third Year Nursing Students.

Date and Time: March 15th at 10:30 AM

Draw prize:  UPEI Bookstore $50 gift certificate.   Only UPEI staff and faculty eligible for draw.  Please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator for the webinar link.