President's Holiday Social for Faculty and Staff

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2017 President’s Holiday Social for Faculty and Staff on Thursday, December 14 from 2-4 pm at the School of Sustainable Design Engineering in the SDU Class of 1954 Lecture Hall.  Celebrate with your colleagues at this special time of year! Enjoy complimentary appetizers and refreshments while listening to students from the UPEI Brass Quintet perform songs of the season. You are encouraged to bring your food and monetary donations for the UPEI Food Bank—the Office of the President will match your support! (PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT LISTING HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT A NEW LOCATION)

Webinar - Social Presence

A webinar on using social presence to establish a community of inquiry in an online space. La Dawna Minnis and Jason Hogan will be discussing how social presence plays an important role in face-to-face, blended, and online courses and going through examples for introducing and developing social presence in online environments. The webinar will be run online through YouTube Live and you're welcome to participate in the synchronous chat box using your @UPEI.ca or @Gmail.com accounts, a recording of the session will be posted on the E-Learning Blog following the session.  The session will take place December 14th at 6pm, register here for a calendar invite and an email copy of the link to the session

Thesis Defense: MSc in Science

The Faculty of Science wishes to announce Andrew MacDonald, masters student, will be defending his thesis entitled "Comparing The Effectiveness Of Hard And Soft Armouring Techniques In Protecting The Eroding Coastlines Of Augustine Cove, Prince Edward Island." The event begins at 9:00am, December 21, in room 287N, AVC