The Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, will be interviewing the third, and final, candidate for a newly-created, tenure-track faculty position in Zoo, Exotic & Wildlife Animal Medicine.

Each candidate has been asked to present two (2) thirty-minute seminars; one a topic of their choosing that should be geared toward 3rd year DVM students and aimed at delivering “core” information for veterinary students (i.e., information that a new graduate will need to possess to be successful on Day 1); and the other on their vision for building/expanding an exotic animal practice at the AVC.

Our third candidate will be on-campus Monday & Tuesday of next week.

April 8th and 9th, 2019
Dr. Ariane Santamaria-Bouvier (U of Montréal ’07) has completed an internship in Zoological Medicine at the Université de Montréal (2008); an internship in Wildlife & Conservation Medicine at the Wildlife Center of Virginia (2010) and a residency in Zoological Medicine at the Université de Montréal (2014). She obtained a Certificate in Laboratory Animal Medicine from OVC in 2017 and is currently working as an Associate Veterinarian at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, MB.


Zoonotic Diseases of Exotic Pets
Vision for Building/Expanding an Exotic Animal Practice at AVC
Monday, April 8th @ 12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre ‘A’

Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of the candidate’s CV and letter of application are available by contacting Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca) in the Department of Companion Animals.

Girls in grades 7 to 9 are invited to a science and engineering retreat on Friday, May 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This 5th Girls Get WISE Science and Engineering Retreat will give girls a hands-on experience in chemistry, physics, biology, computer science, and engineering through fun workshops. Girls will also meet female role models who are working or studying in the science, engineering, and technology fields. These experiences will help girls make informed decisions about subject choices in their later school years.

Register at http://www.engineerspei.com/node/455 by Friday, April 26. Space is limited. Cost is $10 which includes lunch. Subsidies may be available upon request.

This event is hosted by UPEI with assistance from WISE (Women In Science and Engineering) Atlantic and Engineers PEI.

World Health Day was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO)in 1966 as a way to advocate for health services for all.

The WHO recognizes that health is a human right; everyone should have the information and services they need to take care of their own health and the health of their families.

Quality, accessible primary health care is the foundation for universal health coverage.

At its heart, primary health care is about caring for people and helping them improve their health or maintain their well-being, rather than just treating a single disease or condition.

Primary health care covers the majority of your health needs throughout your life including services such as screening for health problems, vaccines, information on how to prevent disease, family planning, treatment for long- and short-term conditions, coordination with other levels of care, and rehabilitation.

Your primary care site on campus is the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre, located on the 2nd level of the Murphy Building (North, above the Bookstore). Phone 902-566-0616 or email healthcentre@upei.ca for an appointment today!

On Monday, April 8, 2019, the AVC Wildlife Service and the AVC Wildlife Club will hold their annual Wildlife Art Silent Auction and Raffle during National Wildlife Week from 9:30 am-4 pm. The fundraiser will be held on AVC's main floor near the cafeteria. The AVC Wildlife Service provides veterinary care for sick, injured, and displaced wildlife, with over 300 admissions each year. Every year, our talented students, faculty, and staff generously provide art and wildlife-related items for the fundraiser. There will be delicious wildlife-themed cupcakes during the day and a prize draw at 4 pm. Please come and check it out!

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present two candidates for a tenure-track position. Please join us for the following presentations:

On Monday, April 8th at 9:45am, Dr. Susan Longley will present her research talk entitled "Back to the Future Extended". The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Tuesday, April 9th at 10:00am, Dr. Susan Longley will present “Building Research Excellence in the PsyD Program”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Tuesday, April 16th at 9:45am, Dr. Jessica Strong will present her research talk entitled “Understanding the Intersection of Cognition, Health, and Aging Through Music”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Wednesday, April 17th at 10:00am, Dr. Jessica Strong will present “The World Is Your Lab: Developing Research Excellence in Clinical PsyD Graduate Students”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328.

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre reminds the campus community to wear green shirts on April 7 and 8 for Green Shirt Day, which aims to raise awareness about organ and tissue donations. Green Shirt Day falls on the anniversary of the Humboldt Bronco bus crash tragedy, where one of the victims, Logan Boulet, was an organ donor. Six people received organ/tissue because Logan signed a donor card. Learn more or register to be an organ donor at Make it Zero.

The Fall 2019 and Winter 2020 schedule is now available in the myUPEI Course Catalogue http://www.upei.ca/discovermore/course-catalogue. Incoming First Year students are now able to register for classes. 

Registration dates for all other students are as follows:
Fourth Year, Graduate Students, BEd students: May 16th, 2019
Third Year: May 21st, 2019
Second Year: May 24th, 2019
All other Students: May 27th, 2019

Any questions regarding registration may be directed to registrar@upei.ca.

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present two candidates for a tenure-track position. Please join us for the following presentations:

On Monday, April 8th at 9:45 am, Dr. Susan Longley will present her research talk entitled "Back to the Future Extended". The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Tuesday, April 9th at 10:00 am, Dr. Susan Longley will present “Building Research Excellence in the PsyD Program”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Tuesday, April 16th at 9:45 am, Dr. Jessica Strong will present her research talk entitled “Understanding the Intersection of Cognition, Health, and Aging Through Music”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 
On Wednesday, April 17th at 10:00am, Dr. Jessica Strong will present “The World Is Your Lab: Developing Research Excellence in Clinical PsyD Graduate Students”. The presentation will take place in MCDH328. 

Place your order before April 21 and you could win your frame!

Degree framing services are offered by the UPEI Alumni Association. Visit the secure site 8734upei.com to view the five models of frames that are available and to order (choose "pick up in store" option). Each frame includes a mat with the UPEI coat of arms embossed in gold. 

Frames may be picked up at the reception in McMillan Hall immediately following convocation ceremonies.

Contact Sarah Hastelow in the UPEI Alumni Office at (902) 566-0615 or frames@upei.ca with any questions.

All are invited to register for the Atlantic ConnecTions Conference on Sustaining Women in SETT, to be held at UPEI on May 30 and 31. The ACT Conference is the regional conference for CCWESTT (Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Sciences, Trades, Technology) and is held every other year when CCWESTT is not held. Women and men in SETT professions, students, faculty, and staff are welcomed to this one-and-a-half day conference that includes a workshop on communication and panel discussions on hiring, retention, and diversity and inclusion in SETT workplaces. Early bird registration is open now until April 19! Registration and more information can be found here: http://atlanticconnections.ca/

On Monday April 8, 2019, the AVC Wildlife Service and the AVC Wildlife Club will hold their annual Wildlife Art Silent Auction and Raffle from 9:30 am-4 pm. on the College's main floor, near the cafeteria.

The AVC Wildlife Service provides veterinary care for sick, injured, and displaced wildlife, with over 300 admissions each year. Every year, our talented students, faculty, and staff generously provide art and wildlife-related items for the fundraiser. There will be delicious wildlife-themed cupcakes during the day and a prize draw at 4 pm. This event is being held during National Wildlife Week, which runs from April 7–13. Please come and check it out! 

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz and Chair of The INSPIRE! Campaign J. Gordon MacKay cordially invite you to INSPIRE! 50, an event to celebrate reaching and exceeding our campaign goal and to mark the successful completion of our joint efforts!

All are welcome!

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10 am
The McCain Foundation Learning Commons
Atlantic Veterinary College

Do you have library fines? Would you like to help a fellow student or family on Campus?

Bring non-perishable food or grocery items (e.g. canned goods, pasta, light bulbs, toilet paper, etc.- please no damaged, expired, or opened goods) for the UPEI Campus Food Bank to the Service Desk at the Library from Saturday, April 6th to Saturday, April 27th, 2019 and we’ll deduct $2.00 per item from your library fines.

And, if you don't have any Library fines??? We will gladly accept your items (as mentioned above) to support the Campus Food Bank.

If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk, 902-566-0583.

The Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, invites members of the campus community to attend a presentation by Dr. Grazieli Maboni, candidate for the tenure-track position in Veterinary Bacteriology. As part of the interview process, Dr. Maboni will be presenting two (2) thirty-minute seminars on Friday, April 5th at 9:30 am in Lecture Theatre A (Room 201N) AVC; 1) Teaching seminar: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex; and 2) Research seminar: Applications of Real-Time Sequencing and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene analysis in the Clinical Veterinary Setting.

A copy of the candidate's CV and letter of application are available by contacting Karen Roche (kroche@upei.ca) in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

All are welcome to attend.

Our final post for the semester. "U Sports revises equity policy to include transgender student athletes" explores another way in which dividing up the world into only two genders--in this case, through university sports teams--can work to exclude students, and force others to express gender in particularly rigid ways. Head on over to http://projects.upei.ca/arts-equity-and-inclusion, click on the 'join the discussion' image, and let us know what you think! While we'll stop posting weekly discussion items for the summer break, the website, with many more resources than what we've posted all semester, is still there--and we'll be continually adding to it too. And we have plans for the fall -- for more discussions (in person too) and to get more of the campus community involved in helping us produce materials for the website too. So stay tuned for lots more focus on how to transform UPEI into a more equitable campus for all.

As part of the Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program, Mark Nabuurs will be presenting on "Evaluation of a Potential Biopesticide Product Intended for the Emerging Canadian Cannabis Production Industry" 

All are welcome to attend. This event is today at 12:30 pm in KCI 104.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz and Chair of The INSPIRE! Campaign J. Gordon MacKay cordially invite you to INSPIRE! 50, an event to celebrate reaching and exceeding our campaign goal and to mark the successful completion of our joint efforts!

All are welcome!

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10 am
The McCain Foundation Learning Commons
Atlantic Veterinary College

The E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant is being offered for the second time as an opportunity for faculty and staff members to create a multimedia course resource with the help of the E-Learning Instructional Multimedia Specialist over the Summer 2019 semester. Find out more about the grant here.

If you have questions related to your multimedia project ideas, please contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.

Closing date for applications is April 5, 2019 and completed application forms can be sent to dmoses@upei.ca with the subject line “E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant Application 2019.”