We have printer toner cartridges for LaserJet HP printers: 2100, 2100M, 2100TN, 2100SE, 2100XI, 2200D, 2200DN, 2200DSE, 2200DT, 2200DTN, HP C40496A. If anyone can use these cartridges please let me know at (902)566-0620.

If you have any questions or concerns contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.

Message from IT Systems & Services

Replacement of Windows XP Computers

As part of the IT Risk Management Plan, many Windows XP Computers will be replaced on campus over the summer months. Standard Dell PC have already been acquired and are being configured for implementation.As part of this plan,the cost of these standard Dell PCs will not be charged to individual departments. If you have special equipment and/or software that requires the Windows XP platform and cannot be switched out, please notify the ITSS HelpDesk at helpdesk@upei.ca.

Migration from Novell Directory Services (NDS) to Microsoft Active Directory 
Services (AD).

To support Project Beacon and to extend our capability to provision end users, ITSS is migrating from Novell Directory Services (NDS) to Microsoft Active Directory Services (AD). In order to do this, ITSS will need to visit your location and update software and configurations on your computer. We will need you to be available at this time to enter passwords to complete this process. We are estimating this process will take approximately 30-60 minutes to complete on each computer. 

Migration from Novell Groupwise to Gmail

To improve our email service, maintain consistency and access from any device, anywhere, and to a have a universal email experience for all UPEI Faculty, Staff, and Students, UPEI will be migrating all users to the Google Apps for Education platform which includes Google mail web service.

The Google Mail service will improve uptime, availability and usability from the multitude of devices that users interact with eir email ( PCs, laptops, smart devices, mobile devices) and access from anywhere internet service is available. As well Google mail is an integrated part of Google Apps for Education and this integration offers many benefits such as collaboration. 

ITSS is currently drafting a plan to schedule these desk visits and will be communicating with departmental staff to coordinate the date and time for each department migration.

ITSS asks that you make every effort to be available when your department is scheduled to be visited as the replacement of Windows XP computers and the migration of the email program is to be completed by August 26th. Users who systems have not been migrated by this time may experience network login and email issues.

ITSS thanks you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.

UPEI's Faculty of Education is proud to be hosting PEI's inaugural Digital Pedagogy Lab institute from July 13-15, 2016. Faculty, sessionals, graduate students, and staff are welcome at this in-depth exploration of the role and application of digital technologies in teaching. UPEI is also invited to engage in the event via the #digped hashtag and the public keynote by celebrated edtech writer and critic Audrey Watters, 3pm July 13 in McDougall Hall.

#DigPed participants choose between one of two tracks - Networks and Digital Literacies - and work collaboratively in small workshop-style classes. The learning community that participants create together will give educators hands-on experience with key digital tools AND concepts to engage in successful, sustained innovative practice. 

To register, click here. Registration fees include HST, and are eligible for both faculty Professional Development Travel Reimbursement and for UPEISU Student Academic Enrichment funding. There are also a limited number of full #DigPed fellowships available to UPEI faculty and sessional faculty thanks to the Office of the Vice President Academic and Research. If you are interested in applying for fellowship support, please fill out and submit this form by Friday May 20th. Successful applicants will be notified by May 31st and given a code to secure a free EventBrite ticket.

Save the date and join us for this community- and capacity-building event at UPEI!

A glucose and cholesterol clinic will be held on Thursday, May 26 from 8:30 am - 1:00 pm. To book your FREE 10 minute appointment please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca or 566-0606.

May 25, 2016 - 9 am - noon. Master of Science Thesis Defence
Osama Alharbi
"Synthesis and Characterization of Thermoplastic Polymers". 

May 26, 2016 - 9 am to noon. Master of Science Thesis Defence
Wael Alsaedi
"Decomposition Kinetics of Polymer-Nanocomposite Materials"

Location for both is ICC 104

UPEI, through Interuniversity Services Incorporated (ISI), has recently partnered with Staples Advantage to offer a convenient and cost-effective solution to order office and stationary supplies. Staples Advantage will now be the direct, preferred supplier for the entire campus while the UPEI Bookstore will focus more on retail services.

As a next step and to facilitate the transition to our new supplier, we request that all UPEI personnel who have signing authority to purchase office supplies and stationary products please complete a Staples Advantage form.  

This form will gather your name, delivery information and all University account(s) you will use to purchase supplies. This will allow Staples Advantage to set up your individual user accounts within their Eway.ca online ordering system. Staples Advantage will deliver directly to your individual campus locations so please ensure the delivery information you provide is the campus location you wish the products to be delivered to.

Staples Advantage will arrange and hold 10- to 15-minute WebEx training session(s) in the coming weeks (location, date and time to be determined) for those who will now be using the new ordering system.

Please take a moment to continue reading more about Staples Advantage and the University’s purchasing guidelines regarding what types of products should now be purchased through Staples Advantage.

Please note that Central Printing will be closed at 12:00 pm
on both Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday, May 18 for the day.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday June 3 2016. They will be reviewed at the June meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after June 3 will be reviewed at the July meeting. 

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received. 

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms.

Submit the following: 
• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and 
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday May 27 2016. These applications will be reviewed at the June 2016 meeting. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete the forms.

Submit the following: 
• one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and 
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

The UPEI GSA is happy to announce that the call for presentations for the UPEI Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference 2016 is now open (https://files.upei.ca/research/gsa/umgrc_call_for_presentations_2016.pdf). We welcome all graduate students from UPEI and across Canada at all stages of your research to submit an abstract. Our theme this year is “Different Ways of Knowing.” The conference will take place August 11–13, 2016 at UPEI.

For information about the UMGRC, please contact Brittany Jakubiec at gsa@upei.ca.

The UPEI Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference (UMGRC) is happy to announce that Rebecca Thomas, Indigenous Poet and Scholar, will be coming to UPEI on August 12 for a keynote presentation.

Where: MacDougall Hall room 242
When: August 12, 9-10 am
Title: Do you see what I see? Can you? Contemporary world-view and perspective through the eyes of an Indigenous poet and scholar.

Speaker Bio: Rebecca Thomas is a Mi'kmaw woman living in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. She is the daughter of a residential school survivor whose family is rooted in Lennox Island First Nation, Prince Edward Island. Rebecca is outspoken when it comes to confronting Aboriginal stereotypes, as well as educating her colleagues and the general public about cultural safety and integrity. Through her work as coordinator for Aboriginal Student Services at the Nova Scotia Community College, and also as a Slam Poet, Rebecca encourages people to think before they speak. Having Captained the Nova Scotia Slam poetry team for the third year in a row she was able to bring her voice, along with three other Nova Scotians, to the national stage. Having been named HRM's most recent Poet Laureate, most of her work focuses on the relationships between Canada's First Peoples, their relationship with the federal government, and how First Nations' people are perceived publicly. Rebecca is on a life long journey to promote understanding and empathy for Indigenous people and marginalized communities.

Questions and comments can be sent to Brittany Jakubiec at gsa@upei.ca

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, June 3 for the June meeting. 

Ensure you always…

·        Download the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/research-services/research-certifications/animal-care

·        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.

UPEI's Faculty of Education is proud to be hosting PEI's inaugural Digital Pedagogy Lab institute from July 13-15, 2016. Faculty, sessionals, graduate students, and staff are welcome at this in-depth exploration of the role and application of digital technologies in teaching. UPEI is also invited to engage in the event via the #digped hashtag and the public keynote by celebrated edtech writer and critic Audrey Watters, 3pm July 13 in McDougall Hall.

#DigPed participants choose between one of two tracks - Networks and Digital Literacies - and work collaboratively in small workshop-style classes. The learning community that participants create together will give educators hands-on experience with key digital tools AND concepts to engage in successful, sustained innovative practice. 

To register, click here. Registration fees include HST, and are eligible for both faculty Professional Development Travel Reimbursement and for UPEISU Student Academic Enrichment funding. There are also a limited number of full #DigPed fellowships available to UPEI faculty and sessional faculty thanks to the Office of the Vice President Academic and Research. If you are interested in applying for fellowship support, please fill out and submit this form by Friday May 20th. Successful applicants will be notified by May 31st and given a code to secure a free EventBrite ticket.

Save the date and join us for this community- and capacity-building event at UPEI!

Student Affairs will be closed Thursday, May 12 from 8:00am to 1:00pm for staff training. In case of an emergency please contact Security Services 902-566-0384. Thank you for your understanding.

The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI will celebrate the achievements of its graduate students and researchers at its 24th annual Graduate Studies and Research Days (GS&R Days) event on Thursday, May 12, and Friday, May 13, in Lecture Theatre A. During the celebration, 20 graduate students and six post-doctoral fellows at AVC will present their research findings. New students will present their research plans. Their presentations cover research topics ranging from terrestrial and aquatic animal health to environmental health and biomedical sciences.

GS&R Days will open on Thursday at 9 a.m., with welcoming remarks from UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning Richard Brown, and AVC Dean Greg Keefe. Immediately following the opening remarks will be the annual R.G. Thomson Lecture, an endowed lecture honouring AVC’s founding dean, Dr. Reginald Thomson. This year’s R.G. Thomson lecturer, Dr. Dorothee Bienzle will present “Researcher, clinician and teacher: How best to move the veterinary profession forward.” Dr. Bienzle is an internationally recognized professor of pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.

On Friday, May 13, at 9 a.m., Dr. J Trenton McClure, professor of large animal medicine at AVC, will be presented with the 2016 Zoetis Research Excellence Award. He will give a presentation called “So many interests, too little time: A veterinary clinician’s experience in research.”
AVC’s GS&R Days will conclude on Friday with an awards presentation in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, starting at 12:45 p.m.

All are invited to attend this celebration of AVC’s graduate studies and research program.

The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI will celebrate the achievements of its graduate students and researchers at its 24th annual Graduate Studies and Research Days (GS&R Days) event on Thursday, May 12, and Friday, May 13, in Lecture Theatre A. During the celebration, 20 graduate students and six post-doctoral fellows at AVC will present their research findings. New students will present their research plans. Their presentations cover research topics ranging from terrestrial and aquatic animal health to environmental health and biomedical sciences.

GS&R Days will open on Thursday at 9 a.m., with welcoming remarks from UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning Richard Brown, and AVC Dean Greg Keefe. Immediately following the opening remarks will be the annual R.G. Thomson Lecture, an endowed lecture honouring AVC’s founding dean, Dr. Reginald Thomson. This year’s R.G. Thomson lecturer, Dr. Dorothee Bienzle will present “Researcher, clinician and teacher: How best to move the veterinary profession forward.” Dr. Bienzle is an internationally recognized professor of pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.

On Friday, May 13, at 9 a.m., Dr. J Trenton McClure, professor of large animal medicine at AVC, will be presented with the 2016 Zoetis Research Excellence Award. He will give a presentation called “So many interests, too little time: A veterinary clinician’s experience in research.”
AVC’s GS&R Days will conclude on Friday with an awards presentation in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, starting at 12:45 p.m.

All are invited to attend this celebration of AVC’s graduate studies and research program.
 

Effective Thursday, May 12, 2016, UPEI will be changing its campus phone system service provider from Bell Aliant to Eastlink.

In preparation for the change, upgrades to campus phone equipment will take place on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. An outage is scheduled to commence between 6 - 7 pm and last for approximately 30 minutes. All inbound and outbound phone services on campus will be nonfunctional during this time.

In order to facilitate the service provider transition, phone service may also be disrupted on Thursday May 12, 2016 between 6 - 8 pm for approximately one hour. All inbound and outbound phone services on campus will be nonfunctional during this time.

Although the service provider is changing, the end user will not see any changes to the services they currently have, including phone numbers and voice mail.

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact ITSS: Peggy at 902-566-0424, Jeff MacDonald at 902-566-0388 or email: phonehelp@upei.ca.