It's that time of year again! Mental Health Week is Jan 28-Feb 1 and we are sending out a call for anyone who is interested in volunteering! If so please submit your name and email to the link below and we will be in touch.

If you have any questions please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Talia Melone at tmelone@upei.ca.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsB-KSn2sFuyoxsiFlqomUDTjE49klexZnvWIwHPnCkLPE5g/viewform

Next meeting: Friday, Jan. 18, 12:30-1:15, room AVC 280N. Dr. Paul Bernard (AVC Biomedical Sciences) will lead discussion of the article: 
Makowska IJ, Weary DM. 2016. The importance of burrowing, climbing and standing upright for laboratory rats. Royal Society Open Science 3:160136. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160136

This article looks at optimizing rodent housing from an ethological perspective, which will be of benefit to both the animals and the science.

The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets once a month (third Friday, generally) to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare; for eg in areas of animal welfare science, animal ethics, animal behaviour, anesthesia and analgesia, ethical veterinary practice. 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.

Telefilm Canada, UPEI Campus Life, and Robertson Library are presenting the award-winning movie Play Your Gender. The documentary, by Nova Scotia-based filmmaker Stephanie Clattenburg, is about the under-representation of women in the music industry.

“Only 6 women have ever been nominated for a Producer of the Year Grammy and no woman has ever won. In PLAY YOUR GENDER, Juno award-winning producer Kinnie Starr is on a quest to find out why this disparity exists by speaking to industry stars and veterans about the realities of being a woman in the recording studio.

Play Your Gender features interviews with Sara Quinn of Tegan & Sara, Melissa Auf der Maur of the Smashing Pumpkins, Patty Schemel of Hole, Chantal Kreviazuk, and many more of the music industry’s most talented women.” https://indiecanent.com/2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PLAY-YOUR-GENDER-Synopsis.pdf

Special guest Wayne Carter, Executive Director, FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival will introduce the film and host a Q&A session after the movie.

Free dinner – pizza, drinks, and cookies (while supplies last)! 

The Senate of Canada is currently seeking candidates for the Senate Page Program , a unique and exciting opportunity for Canadian undergraduate students to be a key contributor within the Parliamentary system at the Senate of Canada. To learn more details about the program, eligibility criteria, and application process, please click here.  Note that the closing date is January 18, 2019.

The Senate of Canada is currently seeking candidates for the Senate Page Program , a unique and exciting opportunity for Canadian undergraduate students to be a key contributor within the Parliamentary system at the Senate of Canada. To learn more details about the program, eligibility criteria, and application process, please click here.  Note that the closing date is January 18, 2019.

Moodle will be updating its theme as part of the spring update happening this May. A preview of the theme has been set up and faculty are invited to try it out before the May update. 
Feel free to come to the E-Learning Office's drop-in session Tuesday Jan 15 from 10am to 12pm, or Wednesday Jan 16 from 1pm to 3pm. 

If you cannot attend these sessions but are interested in trying out the new theme, please contact moodle@upei.ca for more information.

Fisheries and Seaplants on PEI
The Environmental Studies Book Club Discussion Series

This winter we will be reading and discussing "Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island" (2016). Our discussions will probe into past and present environmental changes on PEI, and how and why the Islanders are particularly sensitive to environmental issues and enmeshed in their landscape in a way that is unique among Canadians.

During our first discussion we will focus on two chapters: “Lines in the Water: Time and Place in a Fishery“ and “The Mermaid’s Tresses: Seaplants in the Culture and Economy of Prince Edward Island”. 

We are thrilled that the authors of these chapters and the book editors, Dr. Edward MacDonald and Dr. Irené Novaczek, will join our discussion. 

Date and time: January 16, 2019 at 5pm
Place: The Fox & Crow

All are welcome!

The e-book is available through the UPEI library. https://library.upei.ca/ 

If have any questions/suggestions, please feel free to contact Dr. Nino Antadze at nantadze@upei.ca

UPEI students, staff, and faculty are you up for a challenge? Test your mental abilities alongside your fellow UPEI colleagues in a problem-solving fun experience – and, you won't be marked on it!

Robertson Library is presenting an escape room in the Library’s LINC, Room 265, this semester – Museum Marauders.

You and your fellow UPEI colleagues are locked in a room! Find clues, solve puzzles, find keys, and open locks to save the missing manuscript. You have 30 minutes. Can you find the manuscript in time?

The Escape Room is limited to UPEI students, staff, and faculty and up to six participants per time. Free admission!

Come and see if you have what it takes to escape! Don’t miss out!

Wednesday, January 30 @ 5 pm & 6:30 pm
Monday, February 11 @ 5 pm & 6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 13 @ 5 pm & 6:30 pm

Sign up at https://library.upei.ca/

All are welcome to attend this week's FSDE Graduate research seminar on Wednesday, January 16 at 12:00pm in FSDE 212.

This week's presenter is: Walid Mazyan, Post-doctoral Researcher with his title, "Supercritical CO2 and Subcritical Water used for Natural Products Extractions."

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years. 
Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum hourly wage will be $12.25. For additional information and application information for this program please click here.
To apply for this Program you will need to contact Monique Geurts, Human Resources, mgeurts@upei.ca or 566-0515. The closing date for applications is January 25, 2019.

Jack Frost Winterfest 20% Discount for UPEI Alumni, Faculty and Staff!

The UPEI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION is offering an exclusive 20% DISCOUNT for UPEI ALUMNI, FACULTY and STAFF attending JACK FROST WINTERFEST! 

Help celebrate UPEI’s 50th Anniversary by visiting the UPEI booth in the lobby of the Eastlink Centre on Saturday, February 16 between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. 
Say Hello to Pride the Panther and some of his Jack Frost Character Friends, get some Free Swag, Free Cookies, and Enter to WIN some Awesome Prizes!

From January 2 – February 8th register with the UPEI Alumni office to receive your special promotion code for discount on ticket purchases and be automatically entered for your chance to win up to 4 Jack Frost Weekend Passes. 
The lucky winners will be contacted on February 11. 
Contact Sarah today at shastelow@upei.ca or by calling 902-566-0615.

Once you have your promo code you will be all set to purchase your weekend passes.

For tickets and the full schedule visit
jackfrostfestival.com

Please plan to join us on January 16th from 12-1 in room 328 of McDougall Hall for a talk entitled "Teaching iGen: Considerations for the Next Decade of University Instruction," presented by Dr. Dany MacDonald, Department of Applied Human Sciences.

Students currently attending our classes have been named the iGen generation. With them, these students carry many characteristics that affect how they should be taught. This brown-bag lunch session will start by providing an overview of iGen by identifying important considerations regarding this group of students and subsequently outline implications for the classroom. Following a brief presentation, a discussion regarding the impact of iGen in the classroom will take place. 

Individuals interested in reading about iGen can look at the following text. The presentation will be based on the arguments made in the book.

Twenge, J.M. (2017). iGen: Why today’s super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy – and completely unprepared for adulthood. Simon & Schuster, Inc: New York, NY.

ISBN: 978-1-5011-5198-9

Email Etiquette from ITSS
Tips to remember when writing effective e-mails:
1. Spelling and grammar. Get into the habit of reading over your emails before you hit send.
2. Keep it succinct. Less is always more.
3. Make the subject line clear. What is this email about?
4. Email isn't private, so be careful what it contains.
5. Don't forward jokes or cat pictures. EVER.
6. Use reply all cautiously (if at all).
7. Keep the cc'ing and bcc'ing to a minimum. Don't be THAT person.
Your friends and colleagues will thank you.