Student symposium featuring music from around the world

Please join us in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building for a symposium presented by the students of MUS 4220—Global Musics. Students will present their research-in-progress on a diverse range of topics, from South Indian classical music, to Mexican punk rock, to the relationship between bagpiping and Scottish identity on Prince Edward Island. This symposium is part of a major research project that students in MUS 4220 are undertaking this semester, and they would greatly appreciate support and feedback. Students from other courses are welcome to present their own work at the symposium, but there is limited space in the schedule. Please contact music@upei.ca. All are welcome!

Candlelight Vigil for victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue attack

The University of Prince Edward Island expresses its condolences to the entire Jewish community on the senseless act of hate and violence that took place at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last Saturday. UPEI wishes to inform the campus that PEI's Jewish Community is holding a Candlelight Vigil in memory of the 11 victims of the shooting rampage and in support of those wounded. The Vigil will take place Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 3 pm in front of Founders Hall, at the corner Water Street and Prince Street in downtown Charlottetown. All are invited and encouraged to attend in solidarity as a way to show their support.

The CCDA's struggle for land justice in Guatemala

"We will not be silenced. The CCDA's struggle for land justice in Guatemala" presentation will take place at UPEI campus, room 328 MacDougall Hall, Charlottetown at 2 :00 pm, November 10. As part of the Fall Speaking Tour of the Maritime-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Solidarity Network, the public is invited to a presentation by Marcelo Sabuc. Marcelo is the National Coordinator of the Comite Campesino del Altiplanto CCDA (Highland Committee of Small Farmers). As a result of his work with the CCDA, Marcelo has received threats and is a target of criminalization, facing charges for political reasons. The CCDA supports 30,000 indigenous small farmers throughout the country in struggles for access to and defense of land and territory through advocacy, the production of coffee for export and the promotion of sustainable agriculture. Marcelo will also speak about the current political context and how it impacts organizations like the CCDA. For more information phone 902-367-6246.  CUPE 1870 and CUPE Global Justice which partner with CCDA is also a co-host of this event.

Campus Life Charades Night

Campus Life Lounge brings you Charades Night. Join us on Thursday, November 8 at Dalton Hall Mawi'omi and campus life lounge. It runs from 6 pm until 10 pm. Just pop in anytime or stay for the whole event. It's free! Snacks and drinks are provided. Charades is a game where you pick a word in secret, and you must get others to guess the word using only body language.  Everyone is welcome!  

Neuroscience Journal Club

The monthly meeting of the UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday November 9, 2018 from 3-4 pm in the "fishbowl" of the Duffy Research Centre (NRC). All neuroscience research students as well as faculty, scientists and staff with an interest in neuroscience topics are welcome to attend. For a copy of the paper to be discussed please contact either Adam Johnston (adjohnston@upei.ca) or Andy Tasker (tasker@upei.ca)