PEERS Alliance, in partnership with Holland College, UPEI, and Women's Network PEI are beginning an LGBTQ2+ adult drop in starting on Wednesday, Feb, 21! Looking to meet others form the lgbtq2+ community? Want to get involved and connected? Share information? Explore community? Come on down! This group will be held the third Wednesday of the month in room 20 w, Holland College, Main Campus, 140 Weymouth Street, Charlottetown, PEI. Ages 18 and over are welcome! See the PEERS Alliance Facebook event for more details.

Have you enjoyed watching the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea? Here is another fantastic opportunity for you to enjoy knowing more about Korean culture! The UPEI Faculty of Arts, Asian Studies Program, and its Korean Studies Project are pleased to announce the following special public talk by the first invited speaker of our new Asian Studies International Seminar and Korean Studies Speaker Series: Professor Don L. Baker from the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, will deliver a presentation called “From the Mountains into the Cities: The Transformation of Korean Buddhism in the Twentieth Century” on March 8 from 2:30 to 3:45 pm in the Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building (storm date: Friday, March 9 from 2:30 to 3:45 pm in Room 213 of SDU Main Building). As the first of our international seminar and speaker series, this is a wonderful lecture topic for understanding the religious-cultural transformation of Buddhism in modern Korea under the influence of Japan, changing Korean values, Christianity, and Western ideas. Everyone is invited! --- Dr. Don L. Baker is a renowned scholar in the area of East Asian History, especially Korea’s religious, intellectual and cultural history. He joined UBC in 1987 as its first professor of Korean Studies (KS) and was entrusted with the task of building a Korean Studies program. Under his leadership, it has become the best KS program (with BA, MA and PhD streams) in Canada and one of the premier KS programs in the world. For many years, Don also served as Director of UBC’s Centre for Korean Research. He has authored, edited, co-edited, or translated eight scholarly books since 1996. His Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, vol. II and Korean Spirituality are accepted as two popular textbooks in Korean history or religion courses and frequently cited by scholars and students. He recently published a monograph: Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Chosŏn Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2017). Special acknowledgement: This international seminar and speaker series project is supported by an international Seed Program for Korean Studies grant (AKS-2017-INC-2230001) through the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS).

Canadian Blood Services is looking for people to join their OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, a registry that is responsible for finding and matching volunteer donors to patients requiring stem cell transplants. For more information about OneMatch and the registration process check out the following link. Canadian Blood Services will be set up on Tuesday February 27th from 11am-2pm in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre Concourse for those who are interested in joining. Anyone between the ages of 17-35 are eligible to register, and the registration process only takes 10 minutes and a cheek swab. If you have any questions feel free to contact Dianne MacAdam (Atlantic Territory Manager of the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Registry) at 902-237-8520.  

“Freedom to Read Week" runs from February 25 to March 3. It is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”--that includes having access to all reading materials! We encourage you to come to the Library and check out books that have been challenged or banned in the Freedom to Read Week display. Enter to win a Freedom to Read Week gift card to Indigo, and don’t forget to share your favourite banned or challenged book. Stay tuned for Robertson Library's Special Reveal at the end of Freedom to Read Week! For more information on Freedom to Read Week, click here!

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the second candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Butler will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about his research and the second will outline his vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the second presentation on Friday, March 16 at 9:45 am where Dr. Stephen Butler will present "Achieving excellence: A blueprint for the PsyD program at UPEI". It will take place in SDU Main Building, room 213. All are welcome to attend!

All are welcome to attend this talk by Mount Allison University Professor of Philosophy Jane Dryden. Her talk on “Vulnerability, Control, and the Gut as Ambiguous Other” is aa paart of the UPEI Department Of Philosophy 2017-18 Speaker Series. Abstract: Recent work in feminist philosophy as well as bioethics, sociology, and theology has taken up a re-evaluation of the concept of vulnerability, such that it is not merely understood as a risk of harm, but also as an openness to the world that can also be a source of care and solidarity. Many proponents of this account of vulnerability situate it against autonomy, which they describe as individualistic denial of interdependency. Feminist work on relational autonomy, of course, suggests that autonomy should be construed otherwise, and that self-determination can go alongside an acceptance of one’s social and relational connections. Autonomy is still frequently figured as control, however, and vulnerability connected to lack of control. This paper will turn this question toward our relationship to our gut. The gut can be described as a kind of ambiguous other. It is biologically and phenomenologically part of our core. It is also other to us in various ways: much of its functioning is accomplished through microbes, and it is often unruly, despite strong social imperatives to control it and stigmatization of failure of gut control. What would it mean to turn the discussion of relational autonomy toward our relationship with our gut? What would it mean to accept our bodily vulnerability in the context of the gut? This paper will take the gut as an important case study for discussions of vulnerability more generally. 

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the second candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Butler will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about his research and the second will outline his vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the first presentation on Thursday, March 15 at 2:30 pm where Dr. Stephen Butler will present his research talk entitled “The role of treatment evaluations in improving young people’s mental health: The case of Multisystemic Therapy (MST)”. It will take place in McDougall Hall, room 243. All are welcome to attend. 

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the first candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Gosselin will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about her research and the second will outline her vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the first presentation on Friday, March 2 at 10:00 am where Dr. Julie Gosselin will present her research talk entitled “Women mothering in diverse family situations: Emerging research questions”. The presentation will take place in Main Building, room 213. All are welcome to attend.

The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the first candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Gosselin will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about her research and the second will outline her vision for the PsyD at UPEI. Please join us at the second presentation on Friday, March 2 at 2:00 pm where Dr. Julie Gosselin will present “Planning for a successful and sustainable PsyD program at UPEI”. The presentation will take place in McDougall Hall 328.

Please join us to hear from former study abroad students about their exciting adventures abroad! You will find out how to study at one of our partner schools around the world while paying UPEI tuition and fees. Wednesday, February 28, 3:00-4:00 pm Kelley Memorial Building Boardroom - 234 Featured Speakers: Nicole Cullicutt - Australia Cameron Hastie - Germany Also find out about how UPEI can help offset some travel costs!