Campus Notices
Expert and novice instructors alike find it challenging to write effective statements for assessment of learning. This workshop will provide you with some evidence for what is relevant and effective. It will provide you with a systematic approach for writing statements. And it will provide you with an alternative method to the standard learning outcome or objective. The workshop takes place on Tuesday, March 26th from 10:30 am to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER
All UPEI teaching and learning proposals are welcome, but last year's faculty participants indicated interest in these following topics:
•Decolonization/Indigenization of Education/Implementing TRC recommendations in the classroom
•Inclusive education and accessibility
•Blended and Online teaching practice and strategies
•Experiential education
To submit a proposal please complete this form: (Teaching Community Conference Call for Proposals -https://goo.gl/forms/vFMxgqevjDv7ygcR2).
Proposals are due 4:30 PM March 29, 2019
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please contact elearning@upei.ca
The Island Lecture Series March lecture is Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus, and will feature Jocelyn Plourde speaking about his Island Studies master’s research in Samsø, Denmark.
“From Policy to Action” is a research project that delves into the link between public policy and the deployment of renewable energy systems. At the heart of the research is a case study of the Danish island community of Samsø. Also known as the Renewable Energy Island, Samsø transitioned away from conventional (fossil fuel) energy sources to being 100% carbon-neutral in only ten years. As part of his presentation, researcher Jocelyn Plourde will discuss the details of Samsø’s transition, the role of public policy in that transition, and the lessons that communities like Prince Edward Island can learn from Samsø’s example.
While “from away,” Jocelyn Plourde has lived in PEI for more than a decade. He lives in Charlottetown and teaches high school math and sciences at École La-Belle-Cloche, in Rollo Bay. Jocelyn obtained his degrees in sciences and in education at the University of Ottawa. His thesis titled “From Policy to Action – Renewable Energy in Samsø, Denmark” was written as part of UPEI’s Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program, which he completed in June of 2018.
Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend. This is the last lecture of the season. The series will start up again in the fall. For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.
The Island Lecture Series March lecture is Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus, and will feature Jocelyn Plourde speaking about his Island Studies master’s research in Samsø, Denmark.
“From Policy to Action” is a research project that delves into the link between public policy and the deployment of renewable energy systems. At the heart of the research is a case study of the Danish island community of Samsø. Also known as the Renewable Energy Island, Samsø transitioned away from conventional (fossil fuel) energy sources to being 100% carbon-neutral in only ten years. As part of his presentation, researcher Jocelyn Plourde will discuss the details of Samsø’s transition, the role of public policy in that transition, and the lessons that communities like Prince Edward Island can learn from Samsø’s example.
While “from away,” Jocelyn Plourde has lived in PEI for more than a decade. He lives in Charlottetown and teaches high school math and sciences at École La-Belle-Cloche, in Rollo Bay. Jocelyn obtained his degrees in sciences and in education at the University of Ottawa. His thesis titled “From Policy to Action – Renewable Energy in Samsø, Denmark” was written as part of UPEI’s Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program, which he completed in June of 2018.
Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
This is the last lecture of the season. The series will start up again in the fall.
For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.
The E-Learning Office is hosting some workshops on using Moodle for quizzes.
On Tuesday, March 19th is a session on importing your your questions into Moodle and setting up graded online quizzes
On Wednesday, March 20th is a session on using Moodle to create paper quizzes that can be scanned and graded.
For more information about these sessions, or to register please view this form.
For more E-Learning Office workshops check out upei.ca/teachingsupport/workshop-calendar
Thank you to everyone who participated, attended and helped out at the 3 Minute Thesis competition on March 12th. The below participates were awarded the 3MT prizes:
First place – Melanie Bos, MSc Sustainable Design Engineering – Supervisor: Aitazaz Farooque. Melanie will also be representing UPEI at the Eastern Regional 3MT on April 30th at McGill University.
Second place – Lomeharshan Lall, MEd – Supervisor: John Doiron
Third place – Ashley McKibbon, MSc – Supervisor: Fred Kibenge
People’s Choice Awards:
Melanie Bos, MSc Sustainable Design Engineering – Supervisor: Aitazaz Farooque
Tartela Alkayyali, MSc, Sustainable Design Engineering – Supervisor: Ali Ahmadi
Speaker: Will Robbins, Biomedical Sciences
Title: Investigating Novel Transmission Routes of the Canid Metastrongylids Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis.
This presentation is Tuesday, March 19 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B.
As part of UPEI’s 50th anniversary, the Robertson Library is presenting a lecture series to celebrate the historical roots of higher education on Prince Edward Island and its future. The series is named after educator Frank Pigot, honoured as a UPEI Founder for his work building the Library’s PEI Collection and University Archives.
Dr. Edward MacDonald’s will deliver the first lecture of the series on Tuesday, March 26 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. Dr. MacDonald’s presentation is titled “The School of Experience: A Patchwork Quilt of Informal Island Education, 1825-1965.”
While the Island’s formal education system evolved slowly and painfully across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, other, more informal modes of teaching and learning developed to answer Islanders’ educational needs. From the agricultural societies and mechanics’ institutes of the first half of the 20th century, through the farmer’s institutes that followed, to the adult education underpinning of the Antigonish Movement and the DIY ethos of community schools in the 1960s, these informal systems of education shared one characteristic: they emphasized various kinds of practical, applied learning for Islanders who found themselves outside the province’s structured educational system.
Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome.
It's time for another event in the series of discussions about indigenization and decolonization being presented by the Faculty Development Office and the Indigenous Education Advisory Circle's faculty development committee. On Wednesday, March 20, from 3:00-4:00 in HSB 106, Gary Evans will present on and lead a discussion about “Indigenization at Other Universities.” Come out and join the conversation!
Dr. Lara Cusack (AVC ’05) has completed an Exotics, Wildlife & Zoo Animal Medicine Veterinary internship at WCVM (2007); a Wildlife, Aquatic Animal & Zoo Animal Medicine Veterinary internship at St. Matthews University, Grand Cayman (2011) and a Zoological Medicine Residency at the University of Georgia, Georgia Aquarium (2013-2016). She is currently working for the Florida Panther Project as part of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Research Institute.
Exotic Animal Medicine: Triage, Restraint & Examination
Vision for Building/Expanding an Exotic Animal Practice at AVC
Tuesday, March 19, 12:30pm, Lecture Theatre ‘A’, AVC
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.
The UPEI Faculty of Arts, Asian Studies Programme, and Korean Studies Project are pleased to announce the following special lecture by a prominent scholar, our 2019 annual speaker in the AST International Seminar and Speaker Series:
Professor Charles K. Armstrong, Department of History, Columbia University (NYC), https://history.columbia.edu/
Dr. Charles K. Armstrong is The Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History at Columbia University, NYC. A famous international scholar in History and Asian Studies, especially the study of contemporary Korean history and politics and international relations. He authored or edited five outstanding books, including Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992 (Cornell University Press, 2013) and The Koreas (Routledge, 2014). His current publication projects include a history of modern East Asia (forthcoming) and American cultural policy in East Asia during the Cold War. He holds a BA in Chinese Studies (Yale University), an MA in International Relations (London School of Economics), and a PhD in History (University of Chicago).
Dr. Charlie Pye, veterinary dermatologist at AVC, will give a public workshop on Tuesday, March 19, at 7 pm, on common medical conditions that can cause excessive scratching in our canine companions and explain what treatments can be used to treat them. The workshop will take place in Lecture Theatre A at AVC.
Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For information, contact (902) 566-0589 or upei.ca/avc
Colorectal cancer does not always display obvious symptoms, especially in early stages, but free testing is available to help identify when the illness may be developing.
Screening using the FIT (Fecal Immunochemical Test) Kit is recommended every two years for those of average risk who are 50 to 74 years of age. Average risk means no family history of colorectal cancer (parent or sibling) or no symptoms such as a change in bowel movements, visible blood in the stool, or excessive vomiting. The test screens stool for signs of blood which can indicate the presence of polyps or cancer cells.
Testing is simple, can be done in the comfort of your home and takes only a few minutes. Anyone can do this test to detect warning signs of cancer and take action while you are still feeling healthy. It’s convenient, free and improves your chances of survival. Pick up a FIT kit at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre, 2nd Floor North, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board (REB). The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Monday April 1 2019. They will be reviewed at the April meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after April 1 will be reviewed at the May 2019 meeting.
Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.
Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms.
Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca
For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
Next meeting: Friday, March 22, 12:30-1:15, AVC 286N, to discuss:
Graham C, von Keyserlingk M, Franks B. 2018. Zebrafish welfare: Natural history, social motivation and behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 200:13-22.
Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159117303192?via%3Dihub
The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets approximately once a month to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare. Everyone is welcome to attend and to propose articles for future discussion.
The club is co hosted by AVC’s Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and Animal Welfare Club. Email acrook@upei.ca or jdamico@upei.ca to be on the e-mail list for future information.
A hackathon takes a creative and collaborative problem solving approach to addressing a real issue. In May-June, 2019, the Province of Prince Edward Island will be hosting the second annual public service hackathon, a 6-week case competition designed as a professional development opportunity that brings together multi-disciplinary teams of federal, provincial, municipal and private sector professionals working in PEI. In recognition of the value of experiential learning, the planning committee is offering one space on each of the ten teams to a UPEI student as an unpaid internship opportunity. The hackathon/internship carries 3-semester credit hours. Students must apply by March 31, 2019 by registering in ARTS 1050-1. For more information email policyhack@upei.ca
explore ways in which colonization impacts our well-being
determine ways in which to challenge colonial understandings of being to create safe spaces for ourselves
build community among BIPOC peoples on campus
When: March 15th, 1 - 3pm
Where: Andrew Hall, Room 142
For: Faculty, staff, and students
It is a free workshop and refreshments will be provided.
Please feel free to email Sobia (sali@upei.ca) or Dawne (daknockwood@upei.ca) if you have any questions.
As part of the MMS Seminar Series, Dr. David Palmer from the University of Saskatchewan will be presenting on " Lessons from nature in catalysis and inhibitor design". HIs presentation will take place today at 12:30 pm in DRC 212 and will be followed by a pizza luncheon in Room 200, the Chemistry Student Lounge in the KC Irving Chemistry Centre. All are welcome to attend.
Relay for Life is a community-based fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society, where participants walk around the track, partake in various activities (ie Swing Dancing and Minute to Win it), and join together in the fight against cancer! The first ever combined UPEI/Holland College event is scheduled to take place on Friday, March 15th 2019 from 6pm until midnight in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.
Visit relayforlife.ca/UPEI today!
