President and Vice Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz
invites you and a guest to a special 50th Anniversary Event.

Join together with alumni and friends of UPEI and celebrate 50 years of
People, Impact, and Excellence. 

Courtyard Restaurant
21 George St,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 8W5

March 7, 2019
6:00PM - 8:00PM

Please RSVP by March 3 to Anthony at adgill@upei.ca or call 902-566-0761.

March 8th is International Women's Day - a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. 

In celebration of International Women’s Day, WUSC UPEI Local Committee, the Rotaract Club of UPEI, and Robertson Library will be showing the documentary To Educate A Girl: Empowering Women and Girls in the Developing World, by filmmakers Frederick Rendina and Oren Rudavsky.

“What does it take to educate a girl? Framed by the United Nations global initiative to provide equal access to education for girls by 2015, TO EDUCATE A GIRL takes a ground-up and visually stunning view of that effort through the eyes of girls out of school, starting school or fighting against the odds to stay in school.” Kanopy

The purpose of the film will be to raise money for the Shine A Light Program, an initiative that provides women and girls within refugee camps the opportunity to better their educational prospects.

Admission is free, but there will be donations accepted at the door. Any amount can make a difference in someone's life.

Friday, March 8th
Robertson Library, Room 312 
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Show starts at 5:45 pm

All are welcome!

Earn your MBA in just 12 months!

You’re invited to attend an Open House for the new MBA in Global Leadership at UPEI!

Meet with Dean of Business Dr. Jurgen Krause, MBA Program Director, Dr. Don Wagner, faculty, staff, and current students to learn all about this innovative and in-demand program.

Attendees will be able to apply on-site (please bring a laptop or mobile device) and have their application fee waived.

UPEI students with an average of at least 80% in their last two years of undergraduate study in any discipline are automatically eligible for the MBA program, with no GMAT/GRE requirement. 

Light refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Can’t make the Open House? Feel free to contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator Grace McCourt at 902-566-6474, or by email at mba@upei.ca to request a call.

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences welcomes the campus community to a public research presentation by Dr. Faiza Khan Khattak, candidate for tenure track position in Data Analytics, on Monday, March 4th at 3:00 pm at Cass Science Hall, Room 101. 

Presentation Title: Automatic extraction of information from patient-clinician dialogues

Abstract: AutoScribe is a system for automatically extracting pertinent medical information from dialogues between clinicians and patients. The system parses the dialogue and extracts entities such as medications and symptoms, using context to predict which entities are relevant. It also classifies the primary diagnosis for each conversation. A novelty of this work is that, unlike most of the existing systems which primarily use lexicon-based term matching, AutoScribe uses linguistic context and time information to extract entities and also determines which entities are relevant. 

All are welcome to attend.

The Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) has launched its phase 2 research call by sharing plans to invest approximately $16 million in research that will examine climate change and the impacts our changing ocean has on coastal communities. Full details are available on OFI’s web site.Phase 2 was designed through a collaborative effort — through a series of meetings with researchers and other ocean experts we created the call, building on our learnings from the first phase of OFI’s large research projects and assessing the research requirements to advance the sustainable development of the North Atlantic.  An information session will take place on Thursday, March 7 at 10:00 am in AVC room 343N (the boardroom) . If you are plan to attend, please advise. Jan Coffin, jdcoffin@upei.ca.  Seating is limited.

The Department of Economics would like to invite you to a public presentation by Dr. Nazanin Behzadan: "The Paradox of Transfers: Distribution and the Dutch Disease."

This event is today at 4:00 pm in SDU Main Building room 211. 

Join us at HFX Sport Bar and Grill for a pre and post game rally during the AUS Basketball Championship. There will be some cheer gear available, some light snacks and lots of Panther Pride!! We'll be there at 11 am and will return following UPEI's 3 PM game. For more information check out the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/383475215536536/

Think BIG! Exploring Issues and Opportunities to Promote Family Well-being on Prince Edward Island

As the province’s only university, the University of Prince Edward Island is committed to advancing family well-being, and is proud to be partnering with the Vanier Institute of the Family for the Families in Canada Conference 2019. Through dynamic local programming and the national livestream from Ottawa, this satellite conference event will explore issues and opportunities facing PEI families today. Local panelists will share their experiences representing different perspectives as individuals with lived experience, policy-makers, practitioners and researchers. For more information about the UPEI satellite conference or to register go to https://familiesincanada.ca/upei/

Title: The Second Quantum Revolution
Presenter: Dr. John Donohue,Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo

This event is Friday, March 1 at 3:30 pm in room room 202 of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering. 

The 2018 CAP National Lecture Series is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Physicists - www.cap.ca and is hosted by the UPEI Department of Physics. See the calendar listing for an abstract and bio of the presenter. 

Invitation to Students

Faculty of Arts
Academic Advising
Drop In Session
Thursday, 7 March 2019
11:30am - 2:00pm

SDU Main 201 (Faculty Lounge)

• Explore Arts programs and courses
• Ask questions
• Faculty advisors will be available to talk with you
• Check out the 2019-20 timetable
• Socialize
• Free refreshments

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre reminds members of the campus community that February is Heart Month.  Major risk factors for cardiovascular disease include: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking and family history of early cardiovascular disease. Other important risk factors include obesity and lack of physical activity. Here are the facts:

• 1/5 Islanders over the age of 18 have hypertension (high blood pressure)
• 1/12 slanders aged 20+ are living with heart disease
• 1,200 Islanders will experience an acute cardiac event each year
• Heart attacks happen more frequently in men; however, other cardiovascular events happen more commonly in women.

Contact the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre for more information or to book an appointment: healthcentre@upei.ca or 902-566-0616

The next event in the series being presented by the Faculty Development Office and the Indigenous Education Advisory Circle’s faculty development committee will occur on Wednesday, March 6, from 3:00-4:00 in HSB 106. Dr. Ann Braithwaite will facilitate a discussion of the article "Questions academics can ask to decolonise their classrooms" by Shannon Morreira and Kathy Luckett. African Skies blog. 2018. Please read the article and come join the discussion! Available at https://folukeafrica.com/questions-academics-can-ask-to-decolonise-their-classrooms/?fbclid=IwAR0GEvqZ2jfXxyP2pyCdPuPktAe_lVnvLMrkW-7t7nBzPP45RSxu8p93AUY

Speaker: Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte
Title: The gut an immunological organ: Part II - The gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) and nutritional intervention.

This event is Tuesday, March 5 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B. 

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), on behalf of the granting agencies and in collaboration with the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research, is hosting a workshop at UPEI on the implementation of the “made-in-Canada” Athena SWAN program on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 9 am to 12 noon.

We hope you can attend this workshop and share your insights on how we can best implement this initiative in Canada and provide comments on the proposed draft Charter. The workshop is a half-day event. Refreshments and treats will be provided. For more information on the made-in-Canada Athena SWAN initiative and to register for the workshop, please visit NSERC’s website.

There will be a workshop for instructors on how to facilitate participation from students in class. The workshop will focus on topics like planning for discussions, developing a questioning strategy, choreographing group dynamics, getting more/less talk from students and dealing with generational differences and with international students. The workshop takes place on Tuesday, March 5th from 10:30 am to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER

UPEI's Executive MBA program hosts Information Session

UPEI’s Executive MBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work, in a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.

Central to the program design is an evidence-based management approach which helps students develop the skills and knowledge to make better-informed and well-supported decisions both in the program and in applied situations in their workplaces.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity in business graduate studies, UPEI’s School of Business invites you to attend the following information session. Learn more about the program and application process, have your questions answered, and meet with staff from the School of Business.

Thursday, March 14
The Gallery, The Guild
Charlottetown
5:00 pm

We encourage you to call (902) 566-6474 or email: mba@upei.ca to reserve a seat. For more information about UPEI’s Executive MBA program, please visit: upei.ca/mba or contact the MBA Coordinator at (902)566-6474.

The Faculty of Education formally announces the upcoming PhD defence by Brittany Jakubiec titled "Out of the Box: Queerying Identity Development for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Prince Edward Island."

All are welcome to attend Brittany's public presentation, taking place on Tuesday February 26, 2019 from 2:30 - 3:00 pm in the Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104.

Take some time for 'YOU' and drop by the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre between 10:00 am-3:00 pm on Wednesday, February 27. See the nutritional information display and learn more about your biometric measurements and the healthy rates to strive for. Tests include blood pressure, glucose, COPD test, BMI, hand grip strength, flexibility test, and stress questionnaire.    

Lynne Fraser, UPEI's Nurse Practitioner will also provide a 15-minute "Heart Health" presentation from noon-12:15 pm and 12:45-1:00pm. Light Refreshments provided. No appointment required!

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre is on the second floor (north) of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre (above the bookstore).

This clinic is brought to you by UPEI's Healthy Campus Committee, through its Employee Wellness Strategy.

BlackBoard Collaborate is web conferencing software that allows instructors to do many things to engage with their students. Use BlackBoard Collaborate to record your teaching for days when your face-to-face class has been cancelled. Share your PowerPoint or use the interactive whiteboard, BlackBoard Collaborate allows you to set up a complete virtual classroom. It’s simple, easy and reliable. This workshop takes place on March 12 from 10:30 to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER