Research on Tap returns for its sixth season of public discussion, debate, and ideas presented by researchers from the University of Prince Edward Island. The series kicks off Tuesday, October 7 at 7pm in the Pourhouse above the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse in Charlottetown. Dr. Christina Murray, assistant professor of Nursing, will lead a discussion entitled “I didn’t get married to be a single mother”, featuring stories of Prince Edward Island women whose husbands work in western Canada. The 2014/2015 season of Research on Tap is presented in cooperation with the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Atlantic Chapter. The RSC is Canada’s national academy and is the senior national body of distinguished scholars, artists, and scientists.

The Problem of “Method” in Youth Participatory Action Research, a presentation by Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. As a research methodology, YPAR presents us with a peculiar problem with regards to "methods" because of entanglements between the empirical, the pedagogical, and the ethical are highlighted by the blurring of the lines between researcher and researched. Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández is an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for studies in Education of the University of Toronto. His current research focuses on the experiences of young artists attending urban arts high schools in Canada and the United States. He is also the Principal Investigator of Proyecto Latin@, a participatory action research project with Latin@ youth in Toronto. His theoretical work focuses on the relationship between creativity, decolonization, and solidarity. He is particularly interested in the pedagogical and creative possibilities that arise from the social and cultural dynamics of urban centers. Co-sponsored by: Vice President Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Young Lives Research Lab.

Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Rather than making a case that something called “the arts” should be applied like a magic salve onto the lives of youth, the argument should hinge on the understanding that the lives of all students are always-already imbued with creativity and symbolic work, whether it involves something called “the arts” or not. Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández is an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for studies in Education of the University of Toronto. His current research focuses on the experiences of young artists attending urban arts high schools in Canada and the United States. He is also the Principal Investigator of Proyecto Latin@, a participatory action research project with Latin@ youth in Toronto. His theoretical work focuses on the relationship between creativity, decolonization, and solidarity. He is particularly interested in the pedagogical and creative possibilities that arise from the social and cultural dynamics of urban centers. Co-sponsored by: Vice President Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Young Lives Research Lab.

Please join us for the public component of Verne Lorway's PhD defence beginning at 10:00am in AVC room 286A N. Ms. Lorway is the first PhD student from the Faculty of Education to defend her thesis. Title: Disrupting the "maestro": Tuneful youth insights for engaged music in education. ABSTRACT This innovative project has been designed, implemented, and disseminated through public performance and website, with, for, and by high school students. The dissertation answers the following research questions: 1. How do students articulate their perceptions and experiences of engagement in music making? 2. How do these student ideas and perceptions figure into pedagogical practices for teaching music and further engaging in music making and school? 3. Are student ideas being heard? Why or why not? By whom? How could we better translate youthful insights to local and national audiences? To answer these questions, thirty students collaborated with the researcher who is also a music teacher in situ over a two year period with sustained and varied critical ethnographic methods used throughout. For instance, interviews, document analysis, reflexive observations, music making, and musical performances were collected and analyzed collaboratively through a creative fugue-like process. A Song Writers Club arose from the process at Sydney Academy. The teacher collaborated with the students such that the duties of the club were shared which included studio production, musical instruction, accompaniment, and equipment management. Students were encouraged to write, perform, and record songs and to talk about their experiences with the teacher during two interviews. Documentation of the process was shared with the students via video, song, journals, and images. Students emerged with a sense of confidence that they could transfer their insights into teaching and learning gained during musical performance into other educational settings. This dissertation is presented in both traditional text (reading), and musical/visual constructions (hearing and seeing) of the students on a website. Readers are encouraged to read this dissertation on line which will facilitate the transition between the two modes (http://saswclub.wix.com/saswclub).

Do you like to sing? Join the UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle! Our choir encourages experienced singers and new singing enthusiasts to join us in sharing world songs from different countries and cultures music. This week's rehearsal (September 17) will take place, from 4:30-5:30 pm, in the the Steel Building.

The Time Travelling Trombone featuring Dale Sorensen will be presented at Steel Recital Hall, UPEI on Sunday, September 28 at 2:30 pm. Dale will be accompanied by Jacqueline Sorensen Young, piano; Frances McBurnie, piano; Richard Covey, piano; David Parker, horn; Gregory Irvine, tuba. PEI native Dale Sorensen holds music degrees from UPEI and Northwestern University (IL), and is currently completing a doctorate in trombone performance at the University of Toronto. A frequent recitalist, Dale has performed as soloist with the Windsor Symphony and PEI Symphony, the Acadia University, UPEI, and University of Toronto Wind Ensembles, and has given the premieres of 16 solo trombone pieces and dozens of chamber works by Canadian composers. Tickets are $15/$10 for students and seniors and are available at the door or in advance by calling 566-0507 or by email at music@upei.ca

SPEAKER: Sushant Gavhale, Department of Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Investigation of the interaction of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) virulence factors with the immune system of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to Kyle Knysh's MSc Thesis Defence on Monday, September 22, 2014 at 9:30 am in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. Mr. Knysh's thesis is entitled: Agricultural land use impacts on cool-spring flora and fauna, with an emphasis on freshwater invertebrate diversity and phenology in spring pools of eastern Prince Edward Island (Canada). Everyone is welcome to attend.

Versions of Canada is a a conference organized by the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Prince Edward Island in conjunction with the Canadian Studies Network/Le Réseau d’études canadiennes. The conference is set to take place September 25 to 28, 2014, and features a keynote address by Ged Martin, a leading historian of Canadian history and a professor at the University of Edinburgh. For more information, visit the conference website.

The fourth annual UPEI Kitchen Party will be held on Saturday, September 27 in support of the UPEI Panthers and our varsity sport programs. The evening will kick off at 5:00 pm, in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, with a reception and silent auction, followed by a live auction and delicious lobster dinner served by the athletes. Tickets are available at a cost of $45 each or $330 per table of eight. We hope that you will be able to join us for the party—the evening promises to be entertaining from start to finish with an opportunity to meet our amazing and dedicated student athletes in person. Tickets can be purchased directly from Bruce Donaldson at bdonaldson@upei.ca or 902-393-0662.