Health & Safety is compiling a list of employees who may enter a confined space as part of their job duties here at UPEI. This list will be used to ensure that employees in confined spaces have received appropriate training and are following the Occupational Health & Safety Act and Regulations while in such spaces.

Please review the definition of confined space below. If you or any of your employees may enter a confined space while working for UPEI please email Kathryn Harrison (kharrison@upei.ca) their names.

Confined space is defined as an enclosed or partially enclosed space,
a) not designed or intended for human occupancy.
b) with restricted access or exit; and
c) that is or may become hazardous to a person entering it because of its design, construction, location, atmosphere or the materials or substances in it or other conditions, and includes any bin, tank, tanker, tunnel, silo, sewer, vault, chamber, pipeline, pit, vessel, vat and flue.

If you have any questions please contact Kathryn Harrison 902-566-0901 or Kevin Robinson 902-566-0516.

Chartwells is looking for some feedback regarding its "On the go program", please take a few minutes to fill out and share this survey!

The UPEI Department of History wishes to inform the campus community of the sad news that Dr. Joanne Veer, the first female member of the Department, passed away May 8, 2017. The Department extends its condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. Survived by her husband, Conrad, Dr. Veer taught in the department for many years and was known for her dedication to her students. No visitation or funeral by request. View the obituary

Health & Safety is compiling a list of employees who may enter a confined space as part of their job duties here at UPEI. This list will be used to ensure that employees in confined spaces have received appropriate training and are following the Occupational Health & Safety Act and Regulations while in such spaces.

Please review the definition of confined space below. If you or any of your employees may enter a confined space while working for UPEI please email Kathryn Harrison (kharrison@upei.ca) their names.

Confined space is defined as an enclosed or partially enclosed space,
a) not designed or intended for human occupancy.
b) with restricted access or exit; and
c) that is or may become hazardous to a person entering it because of its design, construction, location, atmosphere or the materials or substances in it or other conditions, and includes any bin, tank, tanker, tunnel, silo, sewer, vault, chamber, pipeline, pit, vessel, vat and flue.

If you have any questions please contact Kathryn Harrison 902-566-0901 or Kevin Robinson 902-566-0516.

Jay Naidoo, political and soial activist, has been a leader in the anti-apartheid movement and served as the founding General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. Mr. Naidoo is author of the book Change: organizing tomorrow, today, which warns: “Unless there is significant change, the world is heading to an explosion. The growing gap between rich and poor is dangerous and unsustainable.”

On Thursday, June 1, Mr. Naidoo will present at UPEI in Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. Naidoo's discussion explores why people are poor when we walk on gold, diamonds, and resources that fuel the global economy; the extent to which the technological revolution has changed the way we live, organize ourselves, and work; and what the future may hold for education, training and jobs.

For more information, contact Dr. Ron MacDonald at rjmacdonald@upei.ca or Dr. Neb Kujundzic at nkujundzic@upei.ca.

All are welcome to attend!

The UPEI Alumni and Friends St. John's Chapter is hosting a reception on Tuesday, May 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 at 58 Doran's Lane, Outer Cove, NL which is the home of UPEI Friend, Carolyn Dobbin Noseworthy.

All PWC, SDU, and UPEI alumni, staff, and faculty are welcome to attend. Please share this invitation with any of your UPEI/PEI connections in the St. John's area.

For more details on all upcoming events please visit our website or contact Anthony at adgill@upei.ca.

Staff, faculty, and alumni are invited to welcome the UPEI class of 2017 at the third annual Alumni Welcome Mixer! Join the fun on Thursday, May 11 at The PEI Brewing Company.

• 5:00 - 7:00 New Alumni Mixer with entertainment by Ryan Merry
• 8:00 - 10:00 New Alumni Social with entertainment by The Love Junkies

There will be food, entertainment, and great door prizes. Please join the UPEI Alumni Association and give a great big welcome to the Class of 2017!

The UPEI Student Union offices will be closed on Thursday, May 11, for staff training. The offices will re-open on Friday, May 12 at 9:00 am.

Sorry for any inconvenience!

Hatha Yoga class with Cynthia Dennis, Thursdays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm from May 11 - June 22 (no class June 1). Six classes. Fee: Sports Centre members $35 + hst, non-members $45 + hst.

Yoga Flow with Cynthia Dennis, Tuesdays 6:30 am - 7:15 am, May 16 & 23. Two classes. Fee: Sports Centre members $11.50 + hst, Non-members $15 + hst.

To register for programs please visit the Panther Central desk at the Sports Centre. For more information about fitness programming at the Sports Centre contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator, at amarchbank@upei.ca or 566-0606.

Please be advised that UPEI is switching all shredding services to ShredGuard/DocGuard. They offer a wide range of services at low prices and are currently the holder of the ISI contract.

We would encourage any departments that have a bag service for shredding at this time to consider going to a console with a lock and key.  There is no rental fee for the console and it keeps your documents secure and confidential until they are shredded on campus by ShredGuard. The console holds one bag and would be picked up monthly for a fee of $5.96 per console per visit. If your department only requires shredding services on an infrequent basis you can call Shredguard or procurement services for a current price list and to schedule a pick up. For further information on the services provided by ShredGuard please visit shredguard.ca.

If you are interested in receiving a console please contact Carolyn at cgarro@upei.ca. 

You’ve worked so hard to receive your degree and it’s certainly something to be extremely proud of and on display.

Degree framing services are offered by the UPEI Alumni Association. Visit the secure order website, to view the five models of frames that are available. Each frame includes a mat with the UPEI coat of arms embossed in gold. You are encouraged to place your orders immediately so your desired frame is available. Frames may be picked up at the reception immediately following convocation ceremonies at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. AVC Graduates may pick-up their frames at their post-convocation reception in the AVC Learning Commons.

Contact Sarah Hastelow in the UPEI Alumni Office (618 University Avenue) at (902) 566-0615 or shastelow@upei.ca to learn more. 

The Department of Pathology and Microbiology has short listed two candidates for Competition #08A17 (tenure track Anatomic Pathology), Dr. Carolyn Legge and Dr. Melanie Buote. They will deliver a seminar as part of their interview process.

Dr. Legge will deliver her seminar, "A Diagnostic Pathologist’s Approach to Case-based Learning & Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex - Diagnostic Challenges and Potential Opportunities", on Friday, May 12, 2017 at 10:30 am in lecture theatre AVC-A.

Dr. Buote will deliver her seminar, ‘Looking is Not Seeing:  The Perils of Media Multitasking’ - on Monday, on May 15, 2017 at 10:30 am in lecture theatre AVC-A.

All are welcome!

The Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) presents a summer school on financial mathematics and actuarial sciences at
UPEI from July 3 to 28, 2017. This summer school is intended for graduate students and promising undergraduates. Each participant is expected to register for at least two of the three courses. Each course consists of three hours lecture sessions per day for two weeks. AARMS and UPEI will provide a certificate indicating course completion and facilitate transfer of credit to students' home university.

Registration and accommodation are free and deadline to apply is May 15, 2017.

The Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) presents a summer school on financial mathematics and actuarial sciences at
UPEI from July 3 to 28, 2017. This summer school is intended for graduate students and promising undergraduates. Each participant is expected to register for at least two of the three courses. Each course consists of three hours lecture sessions per day for two weeks. AARMS and UPEI will provide a certificate indicating course completion and facilitate transfer of credit to students' home university.

Registration and accommodation are free and deadline to apply is May 15, 2017.

Come out for a delicious soup lunch, and to support Fallon in her LAST fundraising event for her trip to the International Seminar in Bolivia. 

Menu: Creamy roasted garlic & potato soup and vegan chili

Tuesday, May 9th, 11:30-1:30
UPEI Chaplaincy Centre
Cost: by donation
Cause: to finish off Fallon's fundraising efforts
Questions: fmawhinney@upei.ca, 902-940-9751
Donate online at  https://ceci.akaraisin.com/uniterraen/FallonMawhinney

Mark your calendars to attend Science Graduate Research Day on Monday, May 8 where over twenty graduate students from the Faculty of Science will present posters and talks of their thesis research. 

We are also delighted to have Dr. Justin Moores and Dr. Kimberley Johnstone from SYNAPSE as the keynote speakers and PEI BioAlliance and WISE-Atlantic as the sponsors of the day's awards. 

A special closing reception at 4:00 pm will recognize Best Poster and Presentations and celebrate our 15 graduates receiving their MSc and PhD degrees at convocation. 

Monday, May 8, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
School of Sustainable Design Engineering room 128A/B

This is an event about graduate research in science, engineering and innovation not to be missed, all are welcomed!

The Senate Committee on the Enhancement of Teaching has a modest fund to support instructional development and travel to conferences whose subject is teaching and learning. The deadline for applications is noon on May 31. If you would like an application, or if you have any questions, please write to Gerald at the Faculty Development Office: fdo@upei.ca

Kim Leeson from the Communications Security Establishment (the CSE is an agency of the federal government tasked with protecting Canadian security and information) will be on Campus on Monday, May 8 and will be hosting an information session on careers with the CSE. The session will be from 12 noon to 1 pm in Cass Science Hall, Room 101. The opportunities are mostly in areas such as Business and Information Management, Cybersecurity, GIS development, IT security, Network Analysis and System Administration.

Attendees must register in advance (by Thursday, May 4) and can do so by contacting Rita Stanley (rstanley@upei.ca) in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences.

UPEI will be officially rolling out its Moodle upgrade on the morning of May 5, 2017. As a result of the rollout process, courses from the Winter 2017 semester and prior will be inaccessible between 8:00 am and 12:00 pm Atlantic Time. There should not be any disruption to Spring courses already using the upgraded Moodle (moodle31.upei.ca).