Campus Notices
Hi everyone, especially new employees and students,
The AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital has an online pet store () as well as our on-site pet food offerings. This 24/7 service offers a huge selection of food, treats, toys, and supplies for cats, dogs, pocket pets, and exotics. Every purchase supports the next generation of veterinarians. At times, it can be inconvenient for you to shop in person. Our home delivery option is perfect as we prefer that clients have orders shipped directly to their homes.
To facilitate this, we reduced the order purchase amount from $80 to $30 before tax to have it qualify for free shipping to your home. As well, if you sign up for auto orders, you can save 5% on your order.
How does it work? If you haven't already, we invite you to sign up for an account for the AVC myVETstore through this link:
Once you sign up, you can place your order, which will then be processed. You will receive an email letting you know when your order has shipped or is available for pickup. Certain orders that do not qualify for home shipment can still be shipped to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital for pickup.
If you receive the staff/AVC student food discount at the VTH and are not seeing your discount on the AVCmyVetstore website pricing when you sign in, please email avcmyvetsore@upei.ca with the email address you used to sign up.
The deadline for Winter 2023 Tuition Waivers is December 12, 2022. We encourage you to have tuition waivers submitted as soon as possible to assist in the timely processing. Tuition Waiver forms must be submitted electronically.
Online Employee and Spouse/Dependent Tuition Waiver fillable forms can be found on the main page of My69传媒under 69传媒Forms.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at (902) 566-0514 or hrgeneral@upei.ca.
Depending upon the work requirements of University departments, the Christmas holiday schedule will be in effect from December 24, 2022, through January 2, 2023, inclusive. Office and regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
Payroll deadlines:
For the December 23 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc., is 12 noon on November 24. Electronic timesheets/overtime are due on December 12 at 10:00 a.m.
For the January 6 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc., is 12 noon on December 8. Electronic timesheets/overtime are due on January 3 at 10:00 a.m.
For the January 20 pay, the deadline for PTFs, pay changes, etc., is 12 noon on December 23. Electronic timesheets/overtime are due on January 9.
Additional information regarding the Christmas holiday schedule can be .
Monday, November 14, is World Diabetes Day, and the theme this year is "Education to Protect Tomorrow." Approximately 16,000 Islanders are living with diabetes; 95 per cent have type 2 diabetes. If diabetes is unmanaged or undiagnosed, individuals living with it could experience complications that are challenging and potentially life-limiting. To learn more, check out Diabetes Canada's .
For more information about PEI's provincial diabetes program, go to
To screen and understand your risk of developing diabetes, visit
If you think you are at risk of having diabetes, visit the 69传媒Health and Wellness Centre for a blood glucose check.
This is an introductory workshop to research data management for Humanists and Social Scientists. The Tri-Agencies, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), require that researchers make their data openly available to the public. What does this mean for Humanists and Social Scientists that don鈥檛 work with traditional 鈥渄ata鈥� and instead work with humans, books, or art? The session will focus on the importance of data management planning. Specifically, we will cover the tools and services available to Atlantic Canadian researchers that can help you better manage your data, enhance the discoverability of your research, and ensure that your valuable research data are preserved for future reuse. Special attention will also be given to managing sensitive data, including FRDR鈥檚 Sensitive Data Pilot Project. This session will be co-facilitated by a data librarian to foster a discussion of the role of research data management in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
For details and registration, go to
This session will focus on collaborative development workflows using Git-collaboration sites like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket and will demonstrate how to work with branches, issue tracking, contribute to projects using pull-/merge-requests, code-review, how to run CI/CD-pipelines and use other common features of these platforms. Prerequisite: basic experience using Git or participation in the 17 November workshop.
For details and registration, go to
69传媒Athletics and Recreation has a new recreation portal that is used for all fitness, intramural, panther academy, and staff/faculty wellness programming.
To gain access, log into , and click on "Sign In" in the upper right-hand corner. Ensure that you click on the green button that states 69传媒LOGIN --- use your 69传媒username/email and password to gain access. Do NOT sign in on the community button, and do NOT reset the password. Use the same email/username and password that you use to log into myupei.ca.
Once you are on the site, please take some time to click and review it. For 69传媒staff/faculty, click on the Wellness (69传媒Faculty/Staff) icon to view and/or register for any wellness programs. 69传媒staff/faculty also have discounts on specialty fitness classes, small group training, and virtual fitness programming.
69传媒students have access to intramural programs. Only full-time 69传媒students have access to intramurals. The site includes the team they are on, game stats, and game schedules with dates, times, and locations.
Those who have purchased Sports Centre memberships and wish to attend a membership fitness class must log in and sign up for a class on a specific date and time. As well, if they can't make the class, they have to cancel it. Instructions are found in the class description.
Take some time as well to view your profile. Click on your name and then your profile. This profile will give you access to program registrations, program attendance, memberships (start and end dates), etc.
NOTE: All 69传媒staff and faculty have a "default membership." This is not a membership with any membership benefits. Instead, it is a membership that will give you access to discounts on programming and allow you to register for 69传媒staff/faculty wellness programs.
Athabasca University is hosting a virtual institute on Wednesday, November 23, from 1:45 to 8:00 pm Atlantic. Join the conversation about innovative, unique assessment strategies; hear about research that is currently underway; find research collaborators; share your alternative assessment practices and experiences; ask questions of others trying something new; and learn how you can support alternative assessment in your department or faculty. The participation of individuals from around the world and from a variety of institutional roles will allow participants to consider alternative assessment holistically and from multiple perspectives. Click on the links for more details about the , and to .
Governor General鈥檚 Literary Awards & Scotiabank Giller Prize: 2021 Finalists and Winner/s
Embrace your love of reading! Check out our book display and find your next great book!
The Robertson Library has award-winning Canadian books for you to discover, whatever genre of books you are in the mood to read.
The display includes the finalists and winners of the 2021 Governor General鈥檚 Literary Awards (GGBooks) in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.
The Canada Council for the Arts is responsible for administering and promoting the Governor General鈥檚 Literary Awards. The awards recognize Canada鈥檚 best English-language and French-language books in seven categories and encourage Canadians to read Canadian literature.
Lists of finalists and winning books from previous years are available on the .
Also included in the book display are the longlist, shortlist, and winner of the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.
Check out the for further information, including this year鈥檚 winner, The Sleeping Car Porter, by Suzette Mayr.
The 2022 Governor General鈥檚 Literary Awards and Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists and winner/s will be displayed in the Library next semester.
Discover your next best author 鈥� read award-winning Canadian literature!
Instantly create a PivotTable without learning about PivotTables. PivotTables are extremely useful tools, but if you have not yet had the chance to learn how to create one, Excel may be able to do all the work for you. Select the data to be included in the PivotTable, go to the Insert tab, Tables group, and select Recommended PivotTables. If you have enough data, Excel will give you some options of PivotTables to choose from.
If you're registered with Accessibility Services and would like to receive your accommodations for final exams, you must book in AccessDeck no later than November 28, 2022.
If you try to book a final but can't find the course code, please email astesting@upei.ca with your student ID number and course code you're looking for. Remember to book under the "Finals" tab, and do not book exams under the "Midterms" tab.
If you're having trouble logging into AccessDeck, please contact us to let us know! Late bookings will not be accepted, so make sure to troubleshoot any problems ASAP.
Author Leonard Cusack will speak about his new book, Caught in a Changing Society: St. Dunstan's University 1950-1969, at the Benevolent Irish Society, Edward Whelan Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Road, Charlottetown, on Wednesday, November 23, at 7 p.m.
Published by Island Studies Press, Caught in a Changing Society chronicles the golden years of expansion at an esteemed Catholic university and what led to the creation of the 69传媒.
During his career, Cusack was a high school teacher and principal, a public servant, and a sessional lecturer in history at UPEI. He is the author of three previous books, including Owen Connolly: The Making of a Legacy 1820鈥�2016.
All are welcome to attend this free event.
The 69传媒Healthy Campus Committee is hosting a Virgin Pulse GO program/Destination GO Challenge celebration and a faculty/staff coffee break on Wednesday, November 23, at 10:00 am, in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
During the coffee break, we will celebrate the results of the Virgin Pulse GO program/Destination GO Challenge with team prizes, individual prizes, and draws.
Nurses from the 69传媒Health and Wellness Centre will take blood pressures and provide blood pressure information. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided.
All 69传媒faculty and staff are invited to attend even if they didn't participate in this year's Virgin Pulse GO wellness program and/or Destination GO Challenge. There will be a door prize draw for those in attendance.
Mark your calendars! Giving Tuesday is November 29!
Giving is not just about donating...it is about making a difference!
We are extremely grateful for people like you who choose to give back through donations, volunteering, and genuine acts of kindness on Giving Tuesday and throughout the year! You truly make a difference!
We are hoping you will consider providing a gift, of any amount, to support the AVC Wildlife Service at 69传媒on Giving Tuesday!
Your generosity helps support a range of services for wildlife care, enabling us to provide a valuable educational and public service by treating injured and sick wildlife at AVC. Visit upei.ca/friends/giving-tuesday for more details.
Every donation made before or on Giving Tuesday designated to the 鈥淎VC Wildlife Service鈥� will be matched by an incredible anonymous donor up to $10,000, making your gift that much more impactful!
Thank you for your generous act of giving and for making a difference for the AVC Wildlife Service at UPEI!
Donate Today!&苍产蝉辫;馃檪
Giving Tuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. As the 鈥渙pening day of the giving season,鈥� it is a time when charities, companies, and individuals join together and rally for favourite causes. To learn more about Giving Tuesday, you can visit
Overview: Project management is a core competency in our rapidly changing environment. This certificate discusses and evaluates what is a project, what defines success, management of stakeholders, communication, leadership, project lifecycles, risk, budgets, and schedules. The program emphasizes agile and change management skills, which are important in today鈥檚 project environment. At the certificate completion, participants will have the confidence and ability to plan, manage, and complete almost any project size.
Designed for: Professionals who are responsible for managing projects, programs and portfolios, project team leads, managers whose resources are allocated to projects or who support project work, business analysts, project sponsors
Type of Delivery: In-person
Duration: Six courses for a total of forty-two hours; the 鈥淔oundations of Project Management鈥� course is two days, and all other courses are one day
Facilitator: David Boyce
For more information, head to /professional-development/certificates/project-management-certificate.
If you're registered with Accessibility Services and would like to receive your accommodations for final exams, you must book in AccessDeck no later than November 28, 2022.
If you try to book a final but can't find the course code, please email astesting@upei.ca with your student ID number and course code you're looking for. Remember to book under the "Finals" tab, and do not book exams under the "Midterms" tab.
If you're having trouble logging into AccessDeck, please contact us to let us know! Late bookings will not be accepted, so make sure to troubleshoot any problems ASAP.
This is a reminder that the 69传媒Biosafety Policy requires that all principal investigators confirm the security and complete inventory of all biohazardous materials being used or stored. This confirmation is due in November of each year.
Inventory records must be kept up to date throughout the year. Any inventory discrepancies noted during an annual lab inspection may lead to an in-depth inventory audit by the biosafety committee.
To confirm your inventory is up to date, take the following steps:
1. Access your inventory at
2. Review your inventory record and update if/as necessary. Confirm the accuracy and your approval of the inventory record by following the steps listed below.
- Select User Menu (top right of screen), then My account (from the left side of the drop-down screen).
- Click Edit (just below the username).
- Click on Information (on the top right section of the screen).
- Scroll down this page. Below the box with the phone number, you will notice a box next to I accept. If you have not already done so, please read this section and, if you agree, please check this box.
- To report your inventory is up to date, please enter the date that you confirm this in the 2022 box. Please use the yyyy/mm/dd format.
- Hit Save! Task completed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you are not yet a user of this site but store or use biohazardous materials, please contact me to arrange access.
Rhoda Speare
Biosafety Officer
Phone 620-5071; E mail: rspeare@upei.ca
Hi everyone, especially new employees and students,
The AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital has an online pet store () as well as our on-site pet food offerings. This 24/7 service offers a huge selection of food, treats, toys, and supplies for cats, dogs, pocket pets, and exotics. Every purchase supports the next generation of veterinarians. At times, it can be inconvenient for you to shop in person. Our home delivery option is perfect as we prefer that clients have orders shipped directly to their homes.
To facilitate this, we reduced the order purchase amount from $80 to $30 before tax to have it qualify for free shipping to your home. As well, if you sign up for auto orders, you can save 5% on your order.
How does it work? If you haven't already, we invite you to sign up for an account for the AVC myVETstore through this link:
Once you sign up, you can place your order, which will then be processed. You will receive an email letting you know when your order has shipped or is available for pickup. Certain orders that do not qualify for home shipment can still be shipped to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital for pickup.
If you receive the staff/AVC student food discount at the VTH and are not seeing your discount on the AVCmyVetstore website pricing when you sign in, please email avcmyvetsore@upei.ca with the email address you used to sign up.
If you're a working professional and passionate about sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience with international students in PEI, this opportunity is for you! You can sign up as a mentor today: .
The Study & Stay PEI program provides international students with enhanced one-on-one and group support throughout their final year of study at a post-secondary institution in PEI. The program also includes a managed mentorship component, providing opportunities for students to apply what they鈥檝e learned, build connections, and gain a deeper understanding of PEI鈥檚 workplace culture. As a mentor, you can be a part of this support system and share your valuable knowledge, skills, and experience with students.
Please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca if you have any questions. Thank you.
Author Leonard Cusack will speak about his new book, Caught in a Changing Society: St. Dunstan's University 1950-1969, at the Benevolent Irish Society, Edward Whelan Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Road, Charlottetown, on Wednesday, November 23, at 7 p.m.
Published by Island Studies Press, Caught in a Changing Society chronicles the golden years of expansion at an esteemed Catholic university and what led to the creation of the 69传媒.
During his career, Cusack was a high school teacher and principal, a public servant, and a sessional lecturer in history at UPEI. He is the author of three previous books, including Owen Connolly: The Making of a Legacy 1820鈥�2016.
All are welcome to attend this free event.
