Join Liz Shropshire, the founder of the Shropshire Music Foundation, for a presentation entitled Singing with War-Affected Children: Transforming lives in Kosovo, Uganda, and Northern Ireland, on Wednesday, October 29 from 5:45-6:30 pm in Kelley Memorial Building, room 210. The Shropshire Music Foundation has provided instruments and music classes to more than 15,000 war-impacted children in conflict zones including Uganda, Northern Ireland, and Kosovo. After receiving her B.Mus. from Brigham Young University in Composition and Theory and an advanced graduate degree from the University of Southern California in Composition for the Music Industry and working in music education and composition for decades, Liz dropped everything to move to a refugee camp in Kosovo where she developed innovative programs using music to redress war trauma in children. Utilizing classes taught by trained teen volunteers, the Shropshire Music Foundation continues to expand and is presently developing new programs for refugee camps around the world. All are welcome to attend. For further information contact Ross Dwyer at rdwyer@upei.ca or 1-902-566-6023.

Join the Masters of Islands Studies students, staff and faculty for No island is an island: Opportunities for interdisciplinary learning through the Master of Arts in Island Studies, a panel discussion featuring MAIS graduate students and faculty on Friday, October 24, 3-4:30 pm in SDU Main Building, room 211. The session will focus on MAIS graduate faculty who have made linkages between their own research interests and Island Studies, and on some of the MAIS students who will give us their "Three-minute Thesis" pitch. During the discussion that follows, Chair Laurie Brinklow will invite other MAIS Graduate Faculty in the audience to talk about their experience. Everyone is welcome to attend!

UPEI’s Department of Student Affairs, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and the PEI Breast Cancer Information Partnership will introduce Breast Health 101 to the UPEI campus. This will be the first time that Breast Health 101 is offered on a Canadian university campus. Breast Health 101 will be offered by a pioneer in the development and implementation of the PEI Breast Screening Program on PEI, Norah Smith. Norah is the PEI Provincial Breast Screening Coordinator, represents PEI nationally on a number of boards, and has over 20 years of experience in breast health. UPEI faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to sign-up for these sessions. Sessions will be held on November 13, 14, and 20 from 12:15-1:00 pm in the Student Affairs boardroom. A boxed lunch will be provided for attendees. Sign-up is required, as space is limited to 10-12 participants in each session. To sign up, please contact Krystal Mayne at kmayne@upei.ca. Please come and join us for a great discussion about breast health.

UPEI’s Department of Student Affairs, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and the PEI Breast Cancer Information Partnership will introduce Breast Health 101 to the UPEI campus. This will be the first time that Breast Health 101 is offered on a Canadian university campus. Breast Health 101 will be offered by a pioneer in the development and implementation of the PEI Breast Screening Program on PEI, Norah Smith. Norah is the PEI Provincial Breast Screening Coordinator, represents PEI nationally on a number of boards, and has over 20 years of experience in breast health. UPEI faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to sign-up for these sessions. Sessions will be held on November 14 and 20 from 12:15-1:00 pm in the Student Affairs boardroom. A boxed lunch will be provided for attendees. Sign-up is required, as space is limited to 10-12 participants in each session. To sign up, please contact Krystal Mayne at kmayne@upei.ca. Please come and join us for a great discussion about breast health.

UPEI’s Department of Student Affairs, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and the PEI Breast Cancer Information Partnership will introduce Breast Health 101 to the UPEI campus. This will be the first time that Breast Health 101 is offered on a Canadian university campus. Breast Health 101 will be offered by a pioneer in the development and implementation of the PEI Breast Screening Program on PEI, Norah Smith. Norah is the PEI Provincial Breast Screening Coordinator, represents PEI nationally on a number of boards, and has over 20 years of experience in breast health. UPEI faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to sign-up for these sessions. The last session will be held on November 20 from 12:15-1:00 pm in the Student Affairs boardroom. A boxed lunch will be provided for attendees. Sign-up is required, as space is limited to 10-12 participants in each session. To sign up, please contact Krystal Mayne at kmayne@upei.ca. Please come and join us for a great discussion about breast health.

UPEI students are going door to door in surrounding neighborhoods to collect non-perishable food items on Friday, October 31 from 5:00–7:00 pm in support of UPEI’s food bank. Trick or Eat® is a youth-led national event that puts a new spin on the annual night of giving – Halloween. Instead of candy, thousands of Trick or Eaters across the country raise money online and go door to door to collect non-perishable food items for local food agencies. We also raise awareness about hunger in Canada through household flyers, educational materials and online resources. Suggested items include: pasta products/pasta sauce, rice, canned meats and fish, peanut butter, cereal, canned vegetables, dry and canned soups, fruit juices, canned/powdered milk, baby food, diapers, beans and legumes. Students, staff and faculty can drop off any food donations to the Residence Office, Bernadine Hall, 340 (first floor). The office is open from 9:00am-8:00pm. All proceeds will support UPEI’s Food Bank. Interested in canvassing for the campaign? Contact Aaron Patton at apatton@upei.ca or Mitchell McIntosh at mrmcintosh@upei.ca

Dr. Sarah Malek, Department of Biomedical Sciences will present a seminar called FTIR spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool in canine osteoarthritis on Tuesday, October 28 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre C. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Bringing in the Bystander teaches bystanders how to intervene safely and effectively. Its main message is that “everyone in the community has a role to play in ending sexual violence.” This program increases participants’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours about effective responses to sexual violence. The training program will be offered to UPEI students in two sessions on Tuesday, October 28 from 10:00 am to 12:00pm OR 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, room 142. Lunch will be provided to all participants at 12:00 pm. Trainer, Annie Chau, Project Co­ordinator, Preventing Violence at St. FX and Bridget Housten, a St. FX student, will share statistics and stories on why bystander intervention works. Please join us in addressing violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence in our community. To register email Krystal at kmayne@upei.ca. Registration is limited to 30 per session.

The show will be performed in the Faculty Lounge in SDU Main Building, November 13, 14, and 15. The doors will open at 7:00 pm for a 7:30 start. Admission is pay-what-you can. For more information, contact Dr. Greg Doran at gdoran@upei.ca or (902) 566-6013. The play is a twisted story of love, deceit, betrayal, denial, and identity; Johnnyville aims to capture the complexity of human emotions. A struggle between the real self and the self we present to others thrusts the characters into multiple versions of reality with the same outcome. Who can you trust and how do you know if you ever truly see someone for who he or she is?

On Thursday, October 30, UPEI music students will be turning the Steel Building into a spooky three story haunted house. Admission is $5.00 per person, and $4.00 if you show a valid UPEI or Holland College student ID. Admission includes a free cup of hot chocolate. Proceeds from this event will go towards music scholarships and awards and to help support the large performance ensembles of the Music Department.