As a part of "Social Justice Week" arranged by the DSJS community of UPEI, Rants and Raves is HERE! These rants will be about anything folks believe in that they believe deserves to be said. The rants will be a diverse collection of happy, sad, angry, intellectual, goofy, funny, passionate and excited. This event is always a great time and we look forward to seeing you come out and support those who have something to say! Spread the word!

Have you heard of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) committee at UPEI? We're doing what we can to sponsor student from refugee camps so that they can come study at UPEI, but most of the students who finish high school in the camps are boys. There are FOUR TIMES more boys than girls in schools in refugee camps! To actively help improve this ratio we are putting on a night of glow-in-the-dark UFIT to support the Shine A Light Campaign. Money from the event ($5 entry per person) will help girls in refugee camps through remedial classes, scholarships, and solar lights so that they can study after dark. The end of the semester can be overwhelming and so can the refugee crisis. This event will give you the chance to take an evening to de-stress and, at the same time, do something practical to help refugees.

Career Development Association of PEI and UPEI Career Services are partnering to host a networking event as part of Career Month 2016. A presentation by the PEI Department of Workforce & Advanced Learning with present it's strategic plan for 2016-19, followed by a Q & A session. There will also be some guided small group discussions and networking opportunities. Please RSVP to cdaofpei@gmail.com.

FREE ADMISSION/FREE HOT CHOCOLATE! During the grind of exams and papers, sometimes you need to relax and listen to some music with a hot drink. As part of Social Justice Week at UPEI, J4J will be putting on a concert, free to all who are interested. In collaboration with the Student Diversity Office, this concert is emphasizing diversity, and will contain lots of different forms of musical expression, including some originals from Robbie Hynes and some cultural music.

In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning. The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada. There are up to 57 prizes available for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1 – August 31), as a substantive role in their academic course work or for the broader community audience, and who showed most improvement through a writing support program coordinated through the Webster Centre. Dr. Robert F. Gilmour Jr., Vice-President Academic and Research, cordially invites you to attend the 2016 edition of the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration. Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest author Deirdre Kessler, and the UPEI community on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the achievements of UPEI students.

Join us for a presentation and discussion at UPEI from 6:00 - 9:00 pm on Thursday, Nov 17.  In this presentation, John R. Sylliboy will speak about the findings of the Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance research study on the coming out processes of Two Spirits in Atlantic Canada. This study captured the resilience by Two Spirits in their surroundings where there were lack of mental and health supports on First Nations or available supports targeting Aboriginals in urban centres in the Atlantic region. The presentation will be followed by a discussion involving interested community groups and individuals. Refreshments will be provided.  This is a free event. Coffee, tea, and sweets will be served. Everyone is welcome!

Celebrate Social Justice Week at UPEI! Events will be held at UPEI from Thursday, November 17 to Wednesday, November 24 including: John R. Sylliboy, speaker, "Two Spirit Identity and Resilience" (Thursday) Jams for Justice concert (Friday) Mawi'omi center film screening, "Angry Inuk" (Sunday) Dawson lounge conversation, "The social construction of gender" (Monday) Cinema Politica film screening, "Yes Men Are Revolting" (Monday) "What is Social Justice" displays @ student center (Wednesday) "Rants and Raves" (Wednesday) All events are advertised separately; see facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/572520982946031/) and other notices for more information about time and place. Everything is free and all are welcome! For more information, contact Ann Braithwaite, DSJS, abraithwaite@upei.ca

SPEAKER:  Nicole Kaiser, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE:  Prostaglandin Receptor Expression in Feline Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The December Island Studies Lecture is Tuesday, December 6, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus, featuring Dr. Sharon Myers speaking about “The Murderous Mother and the Meanings of Minnie McGee." In July 1912, 36-year-old Minnie McGee (nee Mary Cassidy, 1875-1953) of St. Mary’s Road, was tried and sentenced to hang for the murder of her son. While charged only in the death of 10-year-old John, evidence suggests she had killed all six of her children during the same week that spring. At trial, McGee’s lawyer and family members, indeed McGee herself, would raise questions about her mental condition, but the defense declined to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found McGee guilty and the judge sentenced McGee to hang. Over the course of the next weeks, over 130 people in the larger Georgetown area signed a petition for clemency, requesting the federal Minister of Justice to “commute her sentence on a plea of insanity.” The commutation was awarded and McGee would spend the rest of her life in a variety of provincial and federal institutions. Dr. Myers’ research follows McGee’s life in and out of institutions, showing a pattern of occurrences in McGee’s “criminal” life where the state chose to discipline and punish with far lighter touch than might be expected. Sharon Myers is a member of the Department of History and former Coordinator of the Canadian Studies Programme at UPEI. She studies the relationships among the state, women, and children in the late 19th- and early 20th-century Maritimes, and is especially interested in histories of law and social welfare. ** Watch for details for another lecture about islands – near and far – January 17! For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.

Join the UPEI School of Nursing and Graduate Studies Coordinator, Dr. Janet Bryanton, for a Master of Nursing Open House on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 from 6:30-8:00 pm, in the Health Sciences Building, room 106, UPEI. Talk with current Master of Nursing students to hear about their journey in the program, tour the building, and have your admissions questions answered! Refreshments will be served. All current Nurses in PEI are welcomed to attend.