Campus Notices
Paul Davis Restoration has been awarded the UPEI Fitness Centre project, announced this past May. The project consists of constructing new fitness studios in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre and will include renovating the existing racquetball court and fitness room on the first level along with some minor work in the existing second floor lobby area of the Fitness Centre.
Construction will begin on Monday, August 29, 2016 and is expected to be completed by the end of October 2016. While the contractors have been instructed to limit the inconvenience to the campus community, a certain amount of disruption is inevitable.
Facilities Management appreciates your patience and understanding as we proceed with this exciting renovation project that will enhance the services, facilities, and environment provided to students, faculty, staff and University guests.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at 902-566-6034 or jmacphail@upei.ca.
Gated Lots B and C Renewals: Faculty and staff who have already been contacted by email about their renewal can keep their existing permit as the renewal process is complete. If you have not received an email from Parking Services, contact parking@upei.ca for your status.
Lot F (AVC Large Animal) Renewals: Permit holders in this lot should have been contacted concerning their permit renewal. If you have submitted your form and have not yet received your permit, pick it up at the Central Utility Building from 9:00 am–3:00 pm, Monday to Friday.
New faculty, staff and all students: To purchase a permit, please come see us at our Parking Permit Kiosk at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre beginning August 24 until September 23 (or until permits are sold out). Our hours of operation are 9:00 am–3:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Have your license plate number, make and model of your car, along with your UPEI ID number with you to fill out your application.
Enforcement: Parking enforcement will begin on September 6, the first day of classes. Ensure that you have your parking permit clearly visible and follow all other parking regulations to avoid being ticketed. Please refer to parking regulations on the UPEI website. If you have further questions, contact Mark Pharand, Manager, Security Services or security@upei.ca
Gated Lots B and C Renewals: Faculty and staff who have already been contacted by email about their renewal can keep their existing permit as the renewal process is complete. If you have not received an email from Parking Services, contact parking@upei.ca for your status.
Lot F (AVC Large Animal) Renewals: Permit holders in this lot should have been contacted concerning their permit renewal. If you have submitted your form and have not yet received your permit, pick it up at the Central Utility Building from 9:00 am–3:00 pm, Monday to Friday.
New faculty, staff and all students: To purchase a permit, please come see us at our Parking Permit Kiosk at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre beginning August 24 until September 23 (or until permits are sold out). Our hours of operation are 9:00 am–3:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Have your license plate number, make and model of your car, along with your UPEI ID number with you to fill out your application.
Enforcement: Parking enforcement will begin on September 6, the first day of classes. Ensure that you have your parking permit clearly visible and follow all other parking regulations to avoid being ticketed. Please refer to parking regulations on the UPEI website. If you have further questions, contact Mark Pharand, Manager, Security Services or security@upei.ca
Dr. Faizal Careem, Associate Professor of Virology, University of Calgary will be presenting a special seminar, “In Ovo Induction of Antiviral Responses Against Poultry Respiratory Viral Infections" on Thursday, August 18/16 at 10 a.m. in Room 278N, AVC McCain Learning Commons.
Everyone is welcome.
Dr. James Dundas will be on-campus next week interviewing for the open, tenure-track faculty position in small animal surgery in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Dundas is board-certified in small animal surgery and is currently an Assistant Professor in Small Animal Surgery at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitt’s.
As part of the interview process, Dr. Dundas will be presenting a seminar. Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca).
James Dundas, DVM, MVSc., DACVS - SA
Assistant Professor, Small Animal Surgery
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Critical Evaluation of Simulation and Models in Veterinary Education
Tuesday, August 23, 8:30am
287N, McCain Learning Commons
Atlantic Veterinary College
Hi everyone; I just wanted to let you know about an exciting event coming up in September. "The Road to Cavendish" is a running event that offers a 5 km, 10.5 km and 19 km run from the North Rustico Bay to Cavendish in the PEI National Park.
This run is a non-profit event where proceeds will be donated to the AVC-VTH equipment fund.
If you or someone you know maybe interested in participating Sunday September 4 please check out my Facebook page by searching for "The Road to Cavendish" or look at the PEI Road Runners Event page for more information.
There is also a need for volunteers so if you are available and would like to assist along the course please email me and I be happy to add you to the volunteer team!! :)
Hope to see you in September,
Stephanie Barry-Benedik
Race Director
AVC-RVT Anesthesia
UPEI's Executive MBA Program is pleased to open up limited seats in three public sector courses this fall:
Bus 720A - Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector
(every second Saturday from August 27 to October 8)
Bus 785A - Public Policy Management
(every second Friday from October 21 to December 2)
Bus 785B - Program Development and Evaluation
(every second Saturday from October 22 to December 3)
Full details about the courses and how to apply are provided at the following URL:
https://files.upei.ca/business/
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the UPEI EMBA Program Coordinator at 566-6474 or by email: mba@upei.ca .
The next UPEI on-site training session in animal use and care will be held...
Monday, September 12
1:00 - 4:00 pm
AVC - The McCain Foundation Learning Commons Rm 287N
This will be a 3 hour training session with handouts, based on CCAC Recommended Syllabus (exam included).
The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) requires that all personnel involved with the use of animals in research, teaching, testing and service take this course. (A refresher course is required every 5 years.)
Please notify me by e-mail animalcare@upei.ca by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, September 6 if you or any of your staff will be attending this session.
Regards,
Sherri Pineau
ACC Admin. Assistant
You are cordially invited to join Mr. Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; the Honourable Richard Brown, Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning; Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island, and Mr. Mike O’Grady, Vice-President, Innovation and Strategic Development at Holland College for a special announcement regarding an infrastructure upgrade on the UPEI campus.
Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: UPEI Artificial Turf Field
For more information:
Nicole Phillips, UPEI Marketing and Communications, nphillips@upei.ca
Dr. Andrew Makrigiannis
“Natural Killer Cells Possess Antigen-Specific Long-term Memory: A Central Role for Class 1 MHC Receptors”
DATE: Tuesday, August 23, 2016
LOCATION: DRC 212 (NRC Building)
TIME: 10:00 am
Dr. Makrigiannis received his PhD from Dalhousie University. He went on to complete his postdoctoral training at the NIH, specifically at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, MD. He returned to Canada in 2002 where he started his own laboratory at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal. Dr. Makrigiannis has received several awards including a CIHR New Investigator Award, an FRSQ Salary Award, and was awarded a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Innate Pathogen Resistance upon joining the University of Ottawa in 2009. He has recently returned to the Maritimes as Head of the Microbiology and Immunology department at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Makrigiannis has over 80 peer reviewed publications in the field of immunology. His main interest is natural killer cells, a type of white blood cell that roams the body in search of virally infected cells or cancer cells which to kill. He specifically works on the cell-surface receptors used by natural killer cells to identify these unhealthy cells and how to manipulate this system of recognition to reduce human disease severity and frequency.
Everyone welcome!
We are very pleased to announce that the UPEI Executive MBA program will be hosting a special guest speaker event on Thursday, August 25th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at Marc's Studio, 125 Sydney Street.
Most entrepreneurs focus on writing a business plan, prototyping their product, and raising capital. But they often ignore—or postpone—critical organizational issues that may have as much or more impact on their eventual success. Who should be on the founding team? How do we allocate rewards including equity? What should everyone’s roles be? Unfortunately, the “obvious” decision can be dead wrong…but the entrepreneur doesn’t realize this until it is months or years too late.
Matt Marx is an Associate Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management and Mitsui Career Development Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management. Drawing on his experience working in both Silicon Valley and Boston startups, Marx studies the systematic and institutional barriers to the growth of new ventures. He holds seven patents, and was previously an inventor and an executive at multiple startup companies in the speech recognition industry. As vice president of professional services at Tellme Networks, he led a team of 75 in growing annualized revenue from $5 million to more than $100 million. Marx holds a BS in symbolic systems from Stanford University, an SM in media arts and sciences from MIT, and an MBA and a DBA in business administration from Harvard University.
RSVP by contacting Joanne Smith, (902) 894-2866
You are cordially invited to join Mr. Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; the Honourable Richard Brown, Minister of Workforce and Advance Learning; Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island, and Mr. Mike O’Grady, Vice-President, Innovation and Strategic Development at Holland College for a special announcement regarding an infrastructure upgrade on the UPEI campus.
Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: UPEI Artificial Turf Field
For more information:
Nicole Phillips, UPEI Marketing and Communications, nphillips@upei.ca
Anne Webb, Program Officer, Scholarships and Fellowships
Women in Science and Engineering
NSERC is conscious of and concerned about gender equity and diversity in natural sciences and engineering research. For decades, we have been implementing initiatives to increase women and girls’ participation in these fields. These initiatives are now being complemented by additional institutional commitments and a Council-wide action plan to increase gender equity as an element of research excellence. Our current strategic plan, NSERC 2020, has as one of the five strategic goals “Building a Diversified and Competitive Research Base” which includes gender equity as a key priority.
This presentation addresses the current participation of women in science and engineering in Canada, what some of the equity issues are as NSERC understands them, and presents the initiatives and actions NSERC is committed to undertaking to increase gender equity in science and engineering research.
Thursday, August 25
10:00 am - 11:00 am
HSB 104
Tea and coffee will be served
Please rsvp to Lisa Sanderson, lmsanderson@upei.ca by Tuesday, August 16.
The Offices of the Comptroller and VP Admin. & Finance have a surplus of legal size hanging file folders and binders. If you are in need of, or have a use for these items, please visit our office in Kelley 205 and we will be happy to supply you with some. First come first served.
If you have difficulty carving out uninterrupted time for writing, if you struggle with motivating yourself to write, or if you would simply like the supportive collaboration of a writing retreat, consider Time to Write, UPEI's faculty writers retreat.
When: Wednesday, November 9 to Sunday, November 13
Where: TBD
Cost to participants: $200, which includes four nights accommodation, meals and snacks
Your project must be at a stage where sustained writing time makes sense. Your research and/or data collection and analysis must be completed to the point that you are ready to write. You must also be prepared to commit to the full program: a total of 3½ days focused on writing. The retreat is open to tenured and tenure stream University of Prince Edward Island faculty in any Department/Faculty/School.
Email Research Communications Officer Dave Atkinson, datkinson@upei.ca, with a brief summary of the project you plan to work and your writing goals for the retreat. There is room for six participants.
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, September 2nd for the September meeting.
Ensure you always…
· Download the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/
· Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and 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 Dept., Rm 2302
· Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca
Those protocols 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 Admin. Assistant @ 902-566-0973.
