The UPEI Department of Music's Afternoon Recital Series will return on Friday, October 27 at 12:40 pm in Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Please note that the afternoon recital originally scheduled for Friday October 20 has been cancelled.

All are welcome to attend!

Catholic Mass times at the Chaplaincy Centre are as follows:

• Sunday 6:00 pm and Monday 12:05 pm
• Thursday 12:50 pm is a new time to accommodate student participation

For more information, please contact Sister Susan Kidd at sukidd@upei.ca or 902-894-2876.

Support current BEd students traveling abroad for international placements by attending the annual BEd International Dinner and Silent Auction on Sunday, November 26 from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Jack Blanchard Hall, 3 Pond Street, Charlottetown, PEI. The evening will feature Chef Emily Mills from Local 343 and The Mill.

To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Carolyn Francis at crfrancis@upei.ca or 902-894-2813. 

The Wave, located in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, is proud to announce a new, healthier menu including vegetarian, gluten friendly and vegan options! Featuring daily specials designed by Chef Ilona Daniel, you can check out the full menu on Facebook or stop by Monday to Friday from 11:00 am to close. 

Time Management and Organizational Skills will be offered on November 20, 2017.

In this dynamic session, participants will learn to prioritize their TO-DO list, limit interruptions, delegate tasks more effectively, and become more aware of activities that waste time. The facilitator will review the basics of such organizational skills as: attention to detail, decision making, problem solving and multi-tasking. Ways to enhance these skills and incorporate them more strongly into your work life will be explored.

There will be hands-on exercises, role plays, discussions, and self-reflection. The day will be fun and interactive and provide practical, concrete methods to improve your time management and organizational skills.

Click here to register. For more information call Jennifer Hogan at 902-620-5216.

How is my course going and how am I doing? With the semester half over, these are great questions to ask your students since there's still time to make minor changes that could have a major impact on overall student learning outcomes. The E-Learning Office is hosting a student feedback survey creation workshop on Tuesday, October 17 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in the LINC (Room 265) at the Robertson Library. This workshop is for any interested faculty or instructional staff. In this workshop you will learn what kinds of questions to ask to help you get the feedback you need from your students. You will also learn how to create a quick online survey for your questions that will make data collection and analysis easy.

To register for this workshop, or if you cannot attend but would like to learn more, please email Joel at joelmacdonald@upei.ca.  Space is limited!

UPEI Women's Hockey JV program is hosting an information session on Monday October 16 at 4:30 pm in the Athletics Boardroom 2nd floor Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre.

For more information, please contact Bruce Donaldson at bdonaldson@upei.ca.

Please join us for a very special presentation by a distinguished visitor from the University of Malta, Dr. Josef Trapani. Dr. Trapani holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Malta and a PhD from the University of Brighton. He is Lecturer in the University of Malta’s Faculty of Health Sciences and is the International Coordinator for that university’s Department of Nursing. His main academic interests include critical care nursing, clinical decision making, evidence-based practice, e-learning, health promotion, qualitative research methodologies, and Maltese linguistics.

On Thursday, October 19th, Dr. Trapani will speak about “Referring in Critical Care: Nurses as Dual Agents”. Research indicates that one of the most frequent nursing decisions is that of seeking help from medical, nursing, or other health care practitioners; yet, there is very limited research around the factors related to, and the actual process of, such referring. Dr. Trapani’s study sought to address this research gap by exploring the factors associated with critical care nurses’ decisions to seek help from doctors, and to explain the process of referral in the context of an intensive care unit by means of a substantive theory derived from the data.

The presentation will take place on October 19 from 2:00-3:00 in the St. Dunstan's University Main Building Faculty Lounge. For more information, please contact Gerald Wandio at fdo@upei.ca.

All are welcome to attend!

How is my course going and how am I doing? With the semester half over, these are great questions to ask your students since there's still time to make minor changes that could have a major impact on overall student learning outcomes. The E-Learning Office is hosting a student feedback survey creation workshop on Tuesday, October 17 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in the LINC (Room 265) at the Robertson Library. This workshop is for any interested faculty or instructional staff. In this workshop you will learn what kinds of questions to ask to help you get the feedback you need from your students. You will also learn how to create a quick online survey for your questions that will make data collection and analysis easy.

To register for this workshop email Joel at joelmacdonald@upei.ca. Space is limited!

The UPEI Department of History and the Benevolent Irish Society invite you to a presentation on "The Origins of Fenianism in Canada", to be delivered by Dr. David Wilson, Department of History, University of Toronto, on Friday, October 13, 2017 at 7:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall.  

For more information, please contact Dr. Ed MacDonald at gemacdonald@upei.ca or (902) 894-2805.

Dr. Kim Foote, Pathology and Microbiology, will present a seminar entitled "Appropriate Prognosis and Treatment of Horses with Respiratory Disease - Assessing Microscopic Area and Sample Volume of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" on October 18, 2017 at 3:00 pm in Lecture Theatre A of the AVC.

All are welcome!

The deadline for November's Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, November 3. Please ensure you download the current forms, and use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms (only current forms will be accepted). Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date.

• Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - North Annex, Biomedical Sciences department room 2302
• Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca

Submissions received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.

For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, ACC Administrative Assistant at 902-566-0973.

After a successful start in September, Research on Tap returns October 19 at 6:30 pm at The Wave, the UPEI campus pub in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Dr. Janet Bryanton, professor in the Faculty of Nursing at UPEI, will lead a discussion about women who seek planned caesareans due to fear of childbirth.

Giving birth is a significant life experience for women. Fear of childbirth is not a new phenomenon, and it can occur at any time before, during, and after birth. Sometimes, the fear of childbirth leads to women asking for a planned caesarean section. Researchers do not have a clear understanding of this experience. Dr. Bryanton explored women’s experiences of fear in relation to their decision to have a planned cesarean birth. In her presentation, Dr. Bryanton will speak about the 16 women who shared their experiences with fear of childbirth.

Research on Tap is a series of public discussions led by UPEI researchers.  For more information, please email gsa@upei.ca. 

Dr. Rankin Sherling will give a presentation on how, when, and why the Gaelic language went "Global" on Friday, October 13, 2017 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Dr. Sherling has been interviewed widely on his commitment to sharing and learning the Gaelic language. For a story on how he helped promote Gaelic in rural Alabama, click here.

For more information, please contact Dr. Rob Dennis at rdennis@upei.ca or 902-566-0774.

In honour of the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation, Dr. David Wilson, FRSC, Department of History, University of Toronto will give a presentation on "The Hardest Internal Battle:' Thomas D'Arcy McGee and Catholicism" as part of the SDU Institute of Christianity and Culture's Theology on Tap Series. Please join us on Thursday, October 12, 2017 ar 6:30 pm in The Pourhouse, 189 Great George Street. Talk to begin at 7:00 pm, must 19 or older to attend. 

For more information, please contact Dr. Rob Dennis at rdennis@upei.ca or 902-566-0774.

Professor Anne Warner La Forest, of the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Law, will present the 2017 Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law on Friday, October 20, at 1:30 pm, in The Guild, Charlottetown. Her presentation is entitled “Canada and International Human Rights Law at 150: A Journey in Three Parts.” Co-sponsored by the University of Prince Edward Island and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law honours Thane A. Campbell, Rhodes Scholar, former premier of Prince Edward Island, and first chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.

The lecture is free, but seating is limited. All are welcome!

The Environmental Sciences and Human Biology (ESHB) seminar series will continue  on Friday, October 13. Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaa, Mount Saint Vincent University, will present on the topics of: “The skeletons of animal eyes” and "The current status of women in Science in Canada" in room 204 of the Duffy Science Centre at 12:30 pm.

All are welcome!

Nathaniel Preston, from the Master of Arts, Island Studies program, will be defending his thesis entitled "Lost Mermaids: The Social and Economic Impacts of Development for Haenyeo Culture and Jeju Island" on Wednesday, October 11 at 3:00 pm. Due to space limitations this defense will not be open to the public.

For more information, please contact Dr. Jim Randall at jarandall@upei.ca or 902-620-5013.

UPEI faculty and staff can apply for a UPEI Employee Fitness Training Subsidy to use towards either small group training or specialty fitness classes. We have 17 subsidies left. Click here for a copy of the application form.

Note: Those who have already received the subsidy in the Fall 2017 are not eligible.

The schedule for the next round of specialty fitness classes has been announced. Classes include: Pilates on the Bosu, Kettlebell Circuit and a a variety of Yoga classes. 

Click here for class descriptions, times, and start dates. Six classes / session. Classes require pre-registration 24 hours prior to start date of class. Fee: Sports Centre members $35 + hst; non-members $45 + hst. Drop in fee: $10 + hst/person/class.

For more information, please contact Angela Marcbhank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca.