Campus Notices
Dr. Jake Pushie, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
A Chemist鈥檚 interdisciplinary journey in synchrotron science, human health, and disease models (or: Where my 69传媒degree has taken me)
Some of the most complex human health and disease challenges we currently face require an understanding of a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, including organic and bioinorganic chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, cell physiology, anatomy, microbiology, and the list goes on. Since graduating from the 69传媒, I have focused my love of chemistry and interest in biology, physics, and computational methods toward the study of complex topics in health research, including prion disease and other protein misfolding disorders, trace element trafficking, metabolic disorders, stroke, and cancer treatment. In addition to conventional techniques, I also employ synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM) in order to obtain essential data that cannot be obtained by other conventional means. I will present an overview of how XAS and XFM experiments are carried out at the synchrotron, some of the methods we have developed, along with examples of how these methods have helped inform many of our investigations into vitally-important topics relating to human health and disease.
Dr. Jake Pushie graduated from 69传媒with a BSc (honours) in Chemistry in 1999. He completed an MSc in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in 2002 and a PhD in Physical Bioinorganic Chemistry in 2007 (U Calgary). Dr. Pushie held highly competitive postdoctoral fellowships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation and has since been employed at the University of Saskatchewan. He currently oversees the academic research program for the Saskatchewan Cerebrovascular Centre and works directly with undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, as well as undergraduate medical students, medical residents, and physicians. Dr. Pushie also maintains an active independent research program with local and international collaborators and to date has 65 peer-reviewed publications.
All are welcome!
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, would like to invite all to attend Allegra Netten's public dissertation defense presentation of her PsyD research titled "The Development of a Scale to Measure Climate Change Anxiety." Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Time: July 26, 2022, 01:00 pm Atlantic
Meeting ID: 677 0647 4739
Passcode: 455980
Central Printing will be closed from Friday, July 22, to Monday, August 8 inclusive, re-opening on Tuesday, August 9.
The 69传媒Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development will offer four one-day courses this July and August as a part of our new 鈥淪ummer Sessions.鈥�
Lee Gallant, CEO of IDEA Consulting, will be the facilitator for the Summer Sessions. The Summer Sessions are in-person courses, held in Room 208, Robertson Library, UPEI. Each course will start at 9 am and last until 3:30 pm. Coffee, tea, snacks, and a light lunch will be provided to all participants, as well as a bonus takeaway that each participant can take upon completion of the course.
Courses:
鈥� Marketing and Promotion for Beginners (July 26)
鈥� Board Member Basics (July 27)
鈥� Dealing with Difficult People (August 10)
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Successful Fundraising and Sponsorship Attainment (August 24)
Prices:
鈥� Marketing and Promotion for Beginners: $349 + tax
鈥� Board Member Basics: $299 + tax
鈥� Dealing with Difficult People: $349 + tax
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Successful Fundraising and Sponsorship Attainment: $349 + tax
For more information about the Summer Sessions, go to /professional-development/summer-sessions
To register, go to
Spots are limited for each course, so register today to avoid disappointment.
The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2022 (July 28) is "I can't wait." Every 30 seconds, someone dies from a hepatitis-related illness. We can't wait to act on viral hepatitis!
I can't wait........
- People living with viral hepatitis unaware can鈥檛 wait for testing.
- People living with hepatitis can鈥檛 wait for life-saving treatments.
- Expectant mothers can鈥檛 wait for hepatitis screening and treatment.
- Newborn babies can鈥檛 wait for birth dose vaccination.
- People affected by hepatitis can鈥檛 wait to end stigma and discrimination.
Some of the risk factors are as follows: received a blood product prior to 1992; use needles to take illegal drugs; snort cocaine; work around blood or needles; are on dialysis; have more than one sexual partner; have a spouse or partner with hepatitis; have body piercings or tattoos; or were born to a mother with Hepatitis C.
Contact the 69传媒Health and Wellness Centre to request a blood test to test for Hepatitis C (email: healthcentre@upei.ca). You could have this virus for 20 to 30 years before getting symptoms. Hepatitis C is now curable, and there is a provincial program to assist those affected ().
Don't wait! Get tested now!
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, would like to invite all to attend Allegra Netten's public dissertation defense presentation of her PsyD research titled "The Development of a Scale to Measure Climate Change Anxiety." Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Time: July 26, 2022, 01:00 pm Atlantic
Meeting ID: 677 0647 4739
Passcode: 455980
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, July 29, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the August 2022 meeting.
Please be sure to use the March 2022 update to the application form. Please also note that the IBC has instituted a new category of protocol amendment: biosafety permit minor amendment. This event form is included in the Researcher Portal.
Minor amendments that are strictly limited to changes in personnel and/or funding can be submitted at any time but require up to a two-week review period. They are normally reviewed by the IBC chair or designate, the BSO or designate, and one other voting member of the IBC. If the amendment is approved, then an approval notification will be sent to the PI. Submissions via this route may be sent for full committee review at the discretion of the IBC chair and the BSO.
All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal.
Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at /research-services/forms. Contact researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.
For more information about the IBC review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca
Pride flags will be raised across PEI, including at UPEI, in recognition of the PEI Pride Festival, which celebrates the diversity of gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression.
The University will fly the Progress Pride flag for the duration of the Festival in front of Kelley Memorial Building and at 69传媒Alumni Canada Games Place.
The 69传媒Student Union will be participating in the and invites all students, staff and faculty to join them by meeting at 12 noon, Saturday, July 23, on Terry Fox Drive in the parking lot behind the provincial government buildings. Look for the Panther Patrol van! The parade begins at 12:30 pm and ends approximately at 1:00 pm.
All you need to do to join the 69传媒parade team is to be yourself and be ready to wave and cheer. If you like, you can purchase a 69传媒Pride t-shirt from the bookstore or you can make your own!
Wear a 69传媒shirt or hat and add a little Pride colour!
Immediately after the parade, join us for games on the field in Victoria Park. For a full schedule of the week's events, check out .
If you鈥檙e unable to make it to the Parade, don your bright rainbow colours all week to express your support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Come show your Pride!
Overview: All Canadians are called to learn about Canada鈥檚 relationship with Indigenous peoples and how we can move forward in reconciliation and restitution. In the Indigenous Cultural Awareness course, facilitator Julie Pellissier-Lush, author, actor, engaged community member, educator of Mi鈥檏maq culture and heritage, and Poet Laureate of Prince Edward Island, will highlight and explain in-depth the traditional knowledge of the Mi鈥檏maq (the Indigenous peoples of Mi鈥檏ma鈥檏i, and specifically Epetwitk), their life before contact with Europeans, the impact of colonization on the Mi鈥檏maq, and how all Canadians can move forward positively with Indigenous peoples. This will be done in a fun way that will focus on participants feeling safe in the learning circle provided and ensure all taking part in the course will leave with a greater knowledge of traditional Mi鈥檏maq teachings and history, and how to engage and grow through truth, reconciliation, and restitution.
Designed for: Anybody, from employees to executives, managers and entrepreneurs, who wish to learn about the traditional ways and knowledge of Indigenous 鈥� specifically Mi鈥檏maq 鈥� people, their journey, and how all Canadians can move forward positively in terms of truth, reconciliation, and restitution with Indigenous peoples
Type of delivery: Virtual.
Duration: One course for six hours.
Dates: September 26--27, 2022 (9 am--12 pm both days)
Facilitator: Julie Pellissier-Lush
Cost: $225 plus HST.
More information/registration: /professional-development/course/indigenous-cultural-awareness
The 69传媒Health and Wellness Centre will be providing booster shots in mid-September for COVID-19. For anyone who is not yet vaccinated against COVID-19, we can provide vaccines as well as third and fourth doses (booster shots). Watch Campus Notices in August for dates/times of the clinics.
Global Affairs Review is an online peer-reviewed journal created by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) and UPEI. The journal provides students, academics, and working professionals with an academic platform to disseminate the work pertinent to global affairs. Please send your work to Terrisa Lynch at tjlynch@upei.ca or dcoll@upei.ca.
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, would like to invite all to attend Allegra Netten's public dissertation defense presentation of her PsyD research titled "The Development of a Scale to Measure Climate Change Anxiety." Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Time: July 26, 2022, 01:00 pm Atlantic
Meeting ID: 677 0647 4739
Passcode: 455980
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, July 29, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the August 2022 meeting.
Please be sure to use the March 2022 update to the application form. Please also note that the IBC has instituted a new category of protocol amendment: biosafety permit minor amendment. This event form is included in the Researcher Portal.
Minor amendments that are strictly limited to changes in personnel and/or funding can be submitted at any time but require up to a two-week review period. They are normally reviewed by the IBC chair or designate, the BSO or designate, and one other voting member of the IBC. If the amendment is approved, then an approval notification will be sent to the PI. Submissions via this route may be sent for full committee review at the discretion of the IBC chair and the BSO.
All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal.
Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at /research-services/forms. Contact researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.
For more information about the IBC review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca
Global Affairs Review is an online peer-reviewed journal created by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) and UPEI. The journal provides students, academics, and working professionals with an academic platform to disseminate the work pertinent to global affairs. Please send your work to Terrisa Lynch at tjlynch@upei.ca or dcoll@upei.ca.
Global Affairs Review is an online peer-reviewed journal created by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) and UPEI. The journal provides students, academics, and working professionals with an academic platform to disseminate the work pertinent to global affairs. Please send your work to Terrisa Lynch at tjlynch@upei.ca or dcoll@upei.ca.
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, would like to invite all to attend Allegra Netten's public dissertation defense presentation of her PsyD research titled "The Development of a Scale to Measure Climate Change Anxiety." Please join us through the Zoom link below.
Time: July 26, 2022, 01:00 pm Atlantic
Meeting ID: 677 0647 4739
Passcode: 455980
Central Printing will be closed from Friday, July 22, to Monday, August 8 inclusive, re-opening on Tuesday, August 9.
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, July 29, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the August 2022 meeting.
Please be sure to use the March 2022 update to the application form. Please also note that the IBC has instituted a new category of protocol amendment: biosafety permit minor amendment. This event form is included in the Researcher Portal.
Minor amendments that are strictly limited to changes in personnel and/or funding can be submitted at any time but require up to a two-week review period. They are normally reviewed by the IBC chair or designate, the BSO or designate, and one other voting member of the IBC. If the amendment is approved, then an approval notification will be sent to the PI. Submissions via this route may be sent for full committee review at the discretion of the IBC chair and the BSO.
All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal.
Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at /research-services/forms. Contact researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.
For more information about the IBC review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca
Pride flags will be raised across PEI, including at UPEI, in recognition of the PEI Pride Festival, which celebrates the diversity of gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression.
The University will fly the Progress Pride flag for the duration of the Festival in front of Kelley Memorial Building and at 69传媒Alumni Canada Games Place.
The 69传媒Student Union will be participating in the and invites all students, staff and faculty to join them by meeting at 12 noon, Saturday, July 23, on Terry Fox Drive in the parking lot behind the provincial government buildings. Look for the Panther Patrol van! The parade begins at 12:30 pm and ends approximately at 1:00 pm.
All you need to do to join the 69传媒parade team is to be yourself and be ready to wave and cheer. If you like, you can purchase a 69传媒Pride t-shirt from the bookstore or you can make your own!
Wear a 69传媒shirt or hat and add a little Pride colour!
Immediately after the parade, join us for games on the field in Victoria Park. For a full schedule of the week's events, check out .
If you鈥檙e unable to make it to the Parade, don your bright rainbow colours all week to express your support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Come show your Pride!
The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments is Friday, July 29, 2022. These applications will be reviewed at the August 2022 meeting.
Please be sure to use the March 2022 update to the application form. Please also note that the IBC has instituted a new category of protocol amendment: biosafety permit minor amendment. This event form is included in the Researcher Portal.
Minor amendments that are strictly limited to changes in personnel and/or funding can be submitted at any time but require up to a two-week review period. They are normally reviewed by the IBC chair or designate, the BSO or designate, and one other voting member of the IBC. If the amendment is approved, then an approval notification will be sent to the PI. Submissions via this route may be sent for full committee review at the discretion of the IBC chair and the BSO.
All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal.
Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at /research-services/forms. Contact researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.
For more information about the IBC review and approval process, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca
