Happy New Year!! With the new year we have a new contract beginning here on campus. ISI (Interuniversity Services) has awarded the shredding contract for Maritime Universities to ShredIt.
There will be no interruption of service as ShredIt will be utilizing the consoles from our previous vendor. Shred Guard had completed their last pick up on their contract in December. We are awaiting further details about frequency and prices. We will let the campus community know as soon as we have the contract finalized with UPEI.

If you are interested in joining our monthly pick up program please contact Procurement Services at procurement@upei.ca.

Once again MHW will be hosting “Let’s Listen”, UPEI’s Mental Health Week Wrap-up event. We are looking for up to six members of the UPEI community (students, faculty, and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health. You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe, relaxed, and non-judgmental environment, and then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the UPEI Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation. 

If you’re interested in being a part of our Let’s Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Grace Gibson at ggibson@upei.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 16th. 

Let’s Listen to be held: Fri. February 1st, 3:30 - 5:00, The Fox & Crow.

Moodle Courses are unavailable to students until instructors have opened them. If you would like students to have access to your Moodle course or receive Moodle announcements please make sure your course has been opened by following these steps: https://moodle31.upei.ca/pluginfile.php/56914/mod_resource/content/1/Moodle%20Course%20Visibility.pdf
If you have any questions or need help opening your course please contact moodle@upei.ca

Once again MHW will be hosting “Let’s Listen”, UPEI’s Mental Health Week Wrap-up event. We are looking for up to six members of the UPEI community (students, faculty, and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health. You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe, relaxed, and non-judgmental environment, and then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the UPEI Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation. 

If you’re interested in being a part of our Let’s Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Grace Gibson at ggibson@upei.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 16th. 

Let’s Listen to be held: Fri. February 1st, 3:30 - 5:00, The Fox & Crow.

How much time do you spend reflecting on your instruction? Would you like to do more? Why not start 2019 off with a commitment to become more reflective? In this workshop, participants will be provided with exercises to practice reflection daily over a 30 day period. This is a collaborative and social learning experience. Participants will share their own reflections and comment on the reflections of others. The workshop consists of two face-to-face sessions (January 8th and February 6th, 12:00-1:00 PM, Rm 292 Robertson Library) with the remainder of the workshop occurring online between those two sessions. Register early as space is limited for this event. REGISTER

Did you now there was mass on campus three times a week?
Sunday 6:00 pm; Monday and Thursday 12:05
All masses are in the Chaplaincy Centre and will resume this Sunday January 6 at 6:00 pm for the Feast of the Epiphany.

Book a Library Orientation Tour!

Welcome all new and returning students! Come take a tour of your Library! 

Learn how to use the library website, how to contact your subject librarian for research help, and where to go for writing and IT help.

Discover the best places to study in the Library, learn how to book group study rooms, find out about library computers, printers, laptops, 3D printing, Wi-Fi, and much more!

Not only will you learn about your Library's services and resources by attending a Library Orientation Tour, but your name will also be entered in a draw to win a $15 gift card to Indigo!
Tours start on Saturday, January 5 and are available throughout the month. 

Tours leave from the Service Desk, last 30-40 minutes, and are limited to 6 people per tour so be sure to book early!

Let us help you with your academic journey! We have resources and information for all students! And, we'd love to show you around!

Book your tour today at https://library.upei.ca/tours.

We have had two UPEI employee fitness training grants become available. The $75 grant can be applied to specialty fitness class, cycle class or a small group training. If interested please email Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca immediately. Based on a first email basis. Note: if you are receiving a fitness training subsidy already this winter semester, you are not eligible.

UPEI Panther Fitness programming kicking off the new year! Specialty fitness classes and cycle classes start the week of January 7. Register now to secure your spot. Details and costs of programs can be found at http://www.upei.ca/ar/fitness-classes

Interested in training in a small group of six with a UPEI personal trainer? Details and costs of training can be found here: http://www.upei.ca/ar/small-group-training

UPEI Sports Centre membership fitness classes started the new year on January 2. The membership classes are free for sports centre members. For non-members cost is $6 + hst per person per class.

For more information about Fitness Programming at UPEI, please contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca.

Next meeting: Friday, Jan. 18, 12:30-1:15 pm, 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.

Once again MHW will be hosting “Let’s Listen”, UPEI’s Mental Health Week Wrap-up event. We are looking for up to six members of the UPEI community (students, faculty, and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health. You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe, relaxed, and non-judgmental environment, and then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the UPEI Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation. 

If you’re interested in being a part of our Let’s Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Grace Gibson at ggibson@upei.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 16th. 

Let’s Listen to be held: Fri. February 1st, 3:30 - 5:00, The Fox & Crow

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.

Once again MHW will be hosting “Let’s Listen”, UPEI’s Mental Health Week Wrap-up event. We are looking for up to six members of the UPEI community (students, faculty, and staff) who would be willing to share their personal and/or supportive experience with mental health. You would be asked to speak for approximately 5 minutes in a safe, relaxed, and non-judgmental environment, and then engage in small group discussions with the support of professional staff as co-facilitators. You will have the full support of a representative from the UPEI Counselling Services to prepare and work with you throughout the presentation. 

If you’re interested in being a part of our Let’s Listen event and are willing to share your story, please contact Grace Gibson at ggibson@upei.ca by Wednesday, Jan. 16th. 

Let’s Listen to be held: Fri. February 1st, 3:30 - 5:00, The Fox & Crow.

Did you now there was mass on campus three times a week?
Sunday 6:00 pm; Monday and Thursday 12:05
All masses are in the Chaplaincy Centre and will resume this Sunday January 6 at 6:00 pm for the Feast of the Epiphany.

Moodle Courses are unavailable to students until instructors have opened them. If you would like students to have access to your Moodle course or receive Moodle announcements please make sure your course has been opened by following these steps:

If you have any questions or need help opening your course please contact moodle@upei.ca.