The Atlantic Veterinary College is pleased to offer our popular Summer Academy for high school graduates, undergraduate students, and university graduates interested in pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine. The College's Summer Academy provides students an exceptional opportunity to explore the profession in a hands-on, authentic way. Students at the AVC Summer Academy will interact with the College's faculty, staff and students through a variety of instructional approaches including classroom lectures, labs, and hands-on sessions, all of which serve to expose students to the profession of veterinary medicine. The students' experience is further enhanced through an educational off-campus field trip. Applications have closed for the 2019 AVC Summer Academy. Please check back in early January 2020 for information about next summer's academy. 

Colleen MacQuarrie and Sobia Ali-Faisal from the Department of Psychology will be facilitating a workshop on white privilege in the academy. They will be applying liberation psychological theory to: - examine white privilege and white supremacy in the academy - provide space for attendees to explore and navigate their emotions and thoughts around their own privilege, and  - provide time to practice strategies to challenge their white privilege. We are holding this workshop to support UPEI's efforts at honouring the TRC recommendations and creating a safe environment for everyone. (Side note: We will also be holding a workshop for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities on campus on March 4th. Please keep an eye out for a notice regarding that very soon.) When: February 4th, 1 - 3pm Where: Andrew Hall, Room 142 For: Faculty, staff, and students It is a free workshop and refreshments will be provided. Please feel free to email Sobia (sali@upei.ca) or Colleen (cmaquarrie@upei.ca) if you have any questions.  We would like to thank the Department of Psychology, Office of the Dean of Arts, and Office of Vice-President Academic and Research for their support of the workshop.

Fourty-eight exceptional high-school students from across Canada will spend June 30 - July 26 participating in the second SHAD enrichment program at UPEI, where they will be exposed to exciting workshops, lectures and other activities related to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and entrepreneurship.  For more information please visit www.shad.ca

Fourty-eight exceptional high-school students from across Canada will spend June 30 - July 26 participating in the second SHAD enrichment program at UPEI, where they will be exposed to exciting workshops, lectures and other activities related to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and entrepreneurship. The students will also work in teams on a Design Entrepreneurship project to devise a product or service addressing a complex problem (set by SHAD Canada) that has both economic and social implications. From 2 to 4 pm on July 25th, please join the SHAD UPEI participants for their Open Day Exhibits in the foyer of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, where they will showcase their accomplishments over the 26 days of the program, including their Design Entrepreneurship projects. All are welcome.

The topic for this week's Graduate Seminar in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering is "Managing Stress in Graduate Studies", given by James Reddin, MEd, CCC, Counsellor, Student Affairs. While the topic will be focused for FSDE graduate students, all are welcomed to attend.

The UPEI Music Department Recital Series will present “Variations” featuring David Rogosin on piano. The concert is Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall of UPEI’s Steel Building. Rogosin divides the program into three sections: a central part consisting of tonal music by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin, flanked on either side by non-tonal works. Two late Renaissance composers precede: the Englishman Orlando Gibbons, and Jan Pieters Sweelinck from the Netherlands. The program will close with post-tonal contemporaries: first the American composer (and Tin Pan Alley aficionado) Milton Babbitt, followed by Kevin Morse of Mount Allison University. “The groundwork for the variations concept was laid by the earliest keyboard composers, and in many ways, their methods prevailed even through the twentieth century,” said Rogosin. “Babbitt’s 1956 Semi-Simple Variations — all two minutes of it — stands out from the others in almost every way, yet even there the variation principle is alive and well. As for ‘semi-simple,’ Babbitt is characteristically tongue-in-cheek. They are insanely complex, though I hasten to reassure you—they are delicate and harmless, and I have come to love playing them as much as the others.” Pianist David Rogosin has performed across Canada, in the American Midwest, the Caribbean and France. Praised for the brilliance, clarity, and passion of his performances, he is highly regarded as a performer, adjudicator, and clinician. Aside from solo recitals, Rogosin is a frequent collaborator and chamber player with a particular passion for the two-piano repertoire. He has released two solo recordings: Incandescence (2005) and Evocation (2012), the latter nominated for an the Classical Recording of the Year at that year’s ECMAs. Professor at Mount Allison University since 2001, he was awarded that institution’s Paul Paré Excellence Award in 2013. His first sabbatical in 2007-08 was spent in Paris preparing a recital program based on Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen for two pianos. A second sabbatical in 2015-16 was used to prepare two new solo programs: Variations and Ludus Tonalis, a program centered around Paul Hindemith’s contrapuntal opus of the same name, a kind of twentieth-century Well-Tempered Clavier. A month of this time was spent as artist in residence at The Banff Centre. Rogosin holds a master’s degree from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate in performance from the University of British Columbia. Apart from classical music he enjoys jazz, world music, cooking and woodworking, and holds the rank of shodan in aikido, a martial art that he teaches on the Mount Allison campus since 2015. Admission is $25 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets are available at the door.

Together Towards Equality: Local and Global Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (International Development Week 2019) The Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) and UPEI will host a special day of events as part of International Development Week 2019. Together Towards Equality will be Wednesday, February 6 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in room 285N of the Atlantic Veterinary College. As part of International Development Week, the ACIC celebrates achievements of Canadians in furthering the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, both within Canada and across the world. Presenters will discuss complex issues that require holistic approaches informed by diverse voices working together across sectors, disciplines, and borders. In the face of social and political divisiveness, how do we overcome barriers to walk together on a journey that will lead us towards more sustainable and resilient societies? How do we work within our own communities to address local issues within a global framework? And what are the transformative steps we need to take that will allow us to travel the distance on this collective journey? The event begins with a prayer by Dr. Judy Clark, UPEI’s Elder-in-Residence. Jennifer Sloot, executive director of the ACIC-CACI, will give a welcome address. The Honourable Antoinette Perry, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, will give opening remarks. Speakers for the event include: • Dr. Jennifer Taylor (Professor, Faculty of Science, UPEI) • Dr. Ali Ahmadi (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, UPEI) • Dr. Josh MacFadyen (Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Arts, UPEI) • Ted Grant (President of Board of Directors, Mikinduri Children of Hope and Shirley Case Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement winner, 2018) • Jane Ledwell (Executive Director, PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women) • Jillian Kilfoil (Executive Director, Women’s Network, PEI) • Ouma Cuniah (Secretary, Rotary International) • Erin Mahar (Settlement Programs Coordinator, PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada) • Dr. Olive Bryanton (Researcher, UPEI) • Cassidy McKellop (International Indigenous Internship Youth Program Awardee, 2018, Returning from Kenya) All are welcome to attend this free event, but registration is encouraged. Contact selvi@acic-caci.org to register by February 1. Lunch and snacks will be provided.  

The UPEI Climate Research Lab will host an information session on new Canadian drone regulations on February 20 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in room 235 of UPEI’s Robertson Library. The event features Roger Smith of Transport Canada and the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Task Force. The new regulations come into effect June 1. The UPEI Climate Research Lab has done extensive work with drone technology, including studying dune systems, coastal erosion, shoreline armouring, wind turbine inspection, and waste management. Space is limited. Please contact climate@upei.ca with your name, affiliation, email and mailing address to reserve your spot. All are welcome. Please direct all inquiries regarding the RPAS Task Force or Transport Canada drone regulations to Transport Canada at (613) 993-0055 or media@tc.gc.ca

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with us! Robertson Library Movie Talks and UPEI Student Diversity Office (SDO) are presenting the Sundance Film Festival award-winning movie The Miseducation of Cameron Post on Thursday, February 14th. “Based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows the titular character (Chloe Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night.” Kanopy. FREE movie!  Thursday, February 14th  5 pm, Doors open at 4:30 pm Duffy Amphitheatre 135 Bring a date, a friend, or come on your own! Everyone is welcome!

Please join us for Theology on Tap with Ms. Julia Kenney, World Youth Alliance, New York City. WYA has standing with the United Nations and works on questions of human dignity. Ms. Kenney will speak on "Why Not Excellence? Raising Society to Authentic Standards of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness."