URGENT UPDATE re: COVID-19 measures at UPEI
This message was distributed to UPEI students, faculty, and staff on March 15, 2020 via their @upei.ca emails. While we will continue to update our website, the latest news will be shared with the UPEI community by email and notifications will be sent by UPEI SAFE, the University’s safety app (available on The App Store and Google Play).
Message to UPEI Students regarding COVID-19
The following message was distributed to students on March 13, 2020 on behalf of the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research.
2020 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship cancelled due to COVID-19
In a joint release issued late Thursday night, the University of Prince Edward Island and U SPORTS, the governing body for university sport in Canada, announced the cancellation of the 2020 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship. READ THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT
The decision was prompted by Hockey Canada, which announced earlier that all sanctioned hockey activities were being cancelled effective March 13. The U SPORTS University Cup, the men’s championship taking place in Halifax, was also cancelled.
PEI Symphony Orchestra performance to feature UPEI’s Magdalena von Eccher
The PEI Symphony Orchestra (PEISO) is hosting a fundraising concert featuring two new Charlottetown residents, including UPEI’s recently appointed assistant professor of piano Magdalena von Eccher. The event takes place in the sanctuary of Charlottetown’s Zion Presbyterian Church 135 Prince Street, on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 pm. The concert features von Eccher and Glen Montgomery, both recognized as amongst Canada’s outstanding musicians. The concert will present an array of selections including solo, duet, and trio repertoire in a range of styles.
UPEI researchers aim to help Islanders improve health through CHANGE program
Researchers from UPEI’s Health and Wellness Centre and the Department of Applied Human Sciences are seeking participants for a free lifestyle intervention program called CHANGE, which stands for Canadian Health Advanced by Nutrition and Graded Exercise.
Departments of Biomedical Sciences & Pathology and Microbiology Seminar
SPEAKER: Zacharie Maw, Biomedical Sciences
TITLE: Surfactants as chemical elicitors for marine Streptomyces and metabolomic strategies to dereplicate biotransformations
Everyone is welcome
Neuroscience Journal Club
The UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday March 13, 2020 from 3-4 pm in the Fishbowl conference room of the Duffy Research Centre (NRC). All faculty, students and staff with an interest in neuroscience are most welcome. For a copy of the paper to be discussed please contact Brandon Smith (bssmith@upei.ca) or Andy Tasker (tasker@upei.ca)
2020 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms Women’s Hockey Championship begins Thursday
UPEI is proud to host the 2020 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms Women’s Hockey Championship! The puck drops for the tournament’s opening game on Thursday, March 12, at 3 pm and wraps with the gold-medal game on Sunday, March 15, at 6 pm!
The Panthers enter the tournament seeded eighth of eight teams. They kick off their tournament on Friday with a 7 pm match up with number-one seed University of Alberta. The game will feature a performance by Island musicians, twins Ava and Lily Rashed.
Guest lecture: Post-Colonia Literature of Portuguese Africa
The Department of Modern Languages, the Master in Global Affairs program, and UPEI’s Spanish Club are pleased to present a lecture by Dr. Lúcia Helena Marques Ribeiro, entitled “Literatura pós-colonial da Africa Portuguesa: Uma visão de dentro” (Post-Colonial Literature of Portuguese Africa: A Vision from Within). The lecture will take place on Monday, March 16, at 7 pm in room 246 of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall.
Two public talks in the Asian Studies International Seminar/Korean Studies Speaker Series
The UPEI Faculty of Arts, Asian Studies Program, and Korean Studies Project are pleased to announce the following public talks by two engaging and promising scholars from Philadelphia for the 2020 AST International Seminar and KS Speaker Series. The event is Thursday, March 26, from 2:15–4:45 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main building:
