Meetings of the UPEI Senate are open to members  of  the community, although for certain  in-camera  items (e.g., granting  of  degrees), only senators may be present.   To register your attendance, email senate@upei.ca one week in advance.

View the schedule of UPEI Senate meetings for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Stacey MacKinnon, Brenton Dickieson, and Ryan Drew from the Curiosity and Inquiry Research Collaboration Lab (CIRCL) and Inquiry Studies team will share preliminary observations from their research, which is funded with an Internal Gen AI and Assessment Innovations Research Grant, in the TLC on November 6 at 12:30 pm.

Join us in the TLC to learn about Moodle activities you can use in active syllabi and anonymous surveys with Megan Glover and Lisa Steele.  

As UPEI continues to think about the best first-year experience or our students, Shannon Murray and Philip Smith will introduce two successful programs from our past: the First-Year Advantage Program and the senior student-led First-Year Seminar. After a brief description of each program, we will open up the discussion to the larger question of what we hope for in the experience of our first-year undergraduate students.

Assessments in large classes often are a challenge to move beyond mid-term and final exams. Come to the TLC when Bob Deziel is going to share his experience with large classes, creating individualized assessments and projects for each person. Bob teaches a relatively large course (~130 students in Human Biochemistry), which does not have a lab nor tutorial component.  As a result, connecting with the students and crafting modes of assessment that go beyond tests can be a struggle.

While sipping on cedar and chaga teas, we can start with digging into the Peace and Friendship Treaties, discussing what being a treaty person means.  Coming from a settler descendant perspective, Heathyr Francis hopes we will connect this discussion with two of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action: 

Justin Shaw is a proud alumnus of the University of Prince Edward Island. Since graduating in 2014, he has gained professional experience in the performing arts, the non-profit sector, and the world of business. Shaw credits much of his eclectic portfolio to the skills acquired and honed during his time as an undergraduate at UPEI.

Join this entertaining presentation at the UPEI Performing Arts Centre as Shaw aims to provide a compelling answer to the oft-grating question: What can you do with an Arts degree?

Join the Institute of Island Studies in welcoming Dr. Eric Mjits from the University of Aruba to open the Island Lecture Series this fall! All are welcome!

ABOUT THE LECTURE:

Sustainable Island Solutions through STEM: the SISSTEM programs at the University of Aruba

Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have followed the 13 Moons or moon cycles to ground themselves in their teachings and ensure balance. Life on Earth is connected to and regulated by Grandmother Moon, through the tides and waters, which stabilizes our Earth's position and determines the cycle of women and the birth of new life. Grandmother Moon helps us with healing and is strongly connected to human life. Every phase of Grandmother Moon has a different focus, and this month, we focus on the strength and beauty of slowing down as Mother Earth begins to awaken from her rest.

The Board of Governors cordially invites all members of the UPEI community to the installation of Dr. Wendy Rodgers as the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.

Please join us Friday, October 11, 2024, at 1:30 pm in the amphitheatre of the Performing Arts Centre (enter upstairs via PAC 216-217S). Reception immediately following the ceremony in the Greg and Debbie Keefe Foyer. RSVP by Monday, October 7, 2024, to rsvp@upei.ca