Campus Notices
With the cancellation of the Festive Holiday Meals that were originally scheduled for December 20 and December 21, Chartwells has an overstock of Chicken Supreme and Sticky Date Pudding. Anyone interested in purchasing a box of chicken (16 pieces of chicken breast with bone-in) will receive 16 servings of sticky date pudding and sauce. Chef Dave has also prepared two recipes that will be included with your purchase as well! All this can be yours for the low price of one $60 payment!
That is right--$60 for 16 breasts of chicken,16 servings of sticky date pudding, and two of Chef Dave's recipes!
To purchase this amazing deal, just visit the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall between 10:00 am--4:00 pm on December 23 or 24.
Methods of payment accepted are cash, debit, VISA, or MasterCard.
Please note: Chicken is frozen and split into two bags of 8/box (total of 16 servings). The Sticky Date Pudding is frozen and will be provided in two dishes of 8 (total of 16 servings).
For more information, please email Angela MacKenzie at angela.mackenzie@compass-canada.com
IT Systems and Services is preparing virtual student computer lab applications for the Winter 2022 Semester. We kindly ask that all Faculty and/or lab facilitators who require access to virtual lab applications for their courses
Please complete this form if you are facilitating a course in the upcoming Winter 2022 Semester and your students will require virtual lab access to complete their course.
Please note that any virtual lab access previously provided for courses will be removed by January 30, 2021. If your students still require access during the Winter 2022 semester, please re-submit the above form.
In some specialized cases there may be costs and approvals associated with provisioning virtual labs, and in these cases ITSS will contact you to discuss next steps.
Due to the changing Covid regulations on campus, the food bank is adjusting how it serves students on Wednesday, December 22, 2021.
Students who wish to use the food bank must complete , and will be assigned a time to access the food bank.
This is the final day the food bank will be open before the holiday break. Please follow 69传媒Campus Food Bank on Facebook for details about when we re-open in January.
The Robertson Library鈥檚 is accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs). The grant types include:
- Open Textbook Grant: up to $6000
- the development of a new open textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open textbook;
- Open Textbook Adaptation Grant: up to $4,000
- the adaptation of one or more open textbooks to create a new version or edition of an open textbook (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook);
- Supplementary Resources Grant: up to $2,000
- the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, or interactive media, etc.
Applications that support first year courses will be given priority as they reach the most amount of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 25, 2022, with work expected to begin during Spring or Summer. More information is available at .
Questions about your grant idea? Contact Kim Mears at kmears@upei.ca. Questions about OERs? Read more at .
Student Affairs will be closed Wednesday, December 22 from 12pm to 4pm for a staff development event. If you have an on campus emergency contact security services 902-566-0384.
In the first installment of the 2022 Island Lecture series, Ilse van Dijk will present the findings of the research she conducted as an intern with Island Studies and the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI. The research was funded by the Climate Sense project. In her research project, Ilse aimed to identify possibilities for the integration of artistic processes into climate change adaptation policies on Prince Edward Island.
Climate change and climate change adaptation are increasingly represented in the arts. Previous research has to some extent established that the resulting "climate art" can perform a variety of functions, in addition to its artistic value, such as articulating difficult emotions and translating complex information. However, policymaking for climate change and adaptation does not utilize the potential of climate art. In her research project, Ilse developed a concept for the integration of artistic processes into adaptation policymaking on Prince Edward Island. The research is based on qualitative data, gathered through in-depth interviews with artists, cultural experts, and climate change adaptation policymakers on Prince Edward Island.
If you wish to attend, please email instituteofislandstudiesupei@gmail.com to register.
Due to the changing Covid regulations on campus, the food bank is adjusting how it serves students on Wednesday, December 22, 2021.
Students who wish to use the food bank must complete , and will be assigned a time to access the food bank.
This is the final day the food bank will be open before the holiday break. Please follow 69传媒Campus Food Bank on Facebook for details about when we re-open in January.
Merry Christmas everyone - our last tip of the year is the best one (and the same as last years...) Over the break, if a piece of technology lets you down before doing anything else, turn it off and then back on again. A wise man once said, "60 percent of the time, it works every time".
See you in 2022. Be safe, wear a mask, and get boosted as soon as you are eligible. From your friends in ITSS
The Robertson Library鈥檚 is accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs). The grant types include:
- Open Textbook Grant: up to $6000
- the development of a new open textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open textbook;
- Open Textbook Adaptation Grant: up to $4,000
- the adaptation of one or more open textbooks to create a new version or edition of an open textbook (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook);
- Supplementary Resources Grant: up to $2,000
- the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, or interactive media, etc.
Applications that support first year courses will be given priority as they reach the most amount of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 25, 2022, with work expected to begin during Spring or Summer. More information is available at .
Questions about your grant idea? Contact Kim Mears at kmears@upei.ca. Questions about OERs? Read more at .
Student Affairs will be closed Wednesday, December 22 from 12pm to 4pm for a staff development event. If you have an on campus emergency contact security services 902-566-0384.
Yoga Instructor Pam Harris will guide you through a 45-minute class offering meditation and gentle yoga stretches. The meditation segment of the class creates more calm, inner peace, and balance that benefits both your emotional well-being and overall health
Thursdays 12:10鈥�12:55 pm
January 13 - February 17
March 3 - April 7
The class is FREE and for 69传媒employees only, provided by the Healthy Campus Committee and supported by the 69传媒Employee Wellness Strategy. You do not need to have a sports centre membership in order to take this class. Staff/Faculty can only register for one of the sessions above per semester.
Registration and to check if spots available be follow instructions below.
69传媒FACULTY/STAFF: Please sign in using your 69传媒email address and password at our new portal: . Then click on the Fitness Programs Icon. In the drop-down menu on the left, click on Campus Staff/Faculty Wellness programs. Sign up information is at that site. Ensure you also click on January - April 2022 Semester.
MSc Human Biology Thesis Defence
Presenter: Julie A. Oyoo
Title of the Thesis:
Effects of Food-Based Nutrition Education Interventions on Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Dietary Behaviours of Primary School Children in Ndhiwa, Homa-Bay, Kenya
Date/Time /Location
Monday December 20th, 2021
1:00pm
Via Web Conference
If you wish to attend the public presentation, please contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator at gsc@upei.ca to receive the link.
If you're a working professional on PEI who wants to support our international students, we would love to have you sign up as a mentor today: . Volunteer mentors help our international students from UPEI, Holland College, and Coll猫ge de l'脦le better transition to the PEI community and workforce.
As a mentor, we only require a total of 4 hours commitment (meeting with your mentee) between February - July 2022. Meetings can be conducted either online via webcam, by phone or in-person (following the public health guidance).
If you have any questions, please contact us at studyandstaypei@upei.ca
Student Affairs will be closed Wednesday, December 22 from 12pm to 4pm for a staff development event. If you have an on campus emergency contact security services 902-566-0384.
Central Printing will be closed from Monday Dec. 20, 2021 - Mon. Jan. 3, 2022. Please contact Wendy Henderson at 902-566-0558 or email whenderson@upei.ca or cpo@upei.ca
The Teaching and Learning Centre is pleased to announce the launch of a new internal research grant focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Faculty and Instructional staff such as lab instructors are eligible to apply for the Internal SoTL Research Grant (ISRG).
Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded for SoTL research initiatives at UPEI. Researchers are encouraged to propose collaborations with colleagues from different, but complementary, disciplines which can also provide high-quality student training opportunities.
SoTL involves:
- asking meaningful questions about student learning, and about the teaching activities designed to facilitate student learning,
- answering those questions by making relevant student learning visible to gather evidence of thinking and learning, and then systematically analyzing this evidence, and
- sharing the results of that analysis publicly to invite peer review, and to contribute to broader bodies of knowledge on student learning, and
- aiming to improve student learning by strengthening the practice of teaching (one鈥檚 own and others鈥�).
Guidelines and application forms for the ISRG are available on the Research Services Internal Funding page
Please submit applications using the 69传媒Romeo Researcher Portal. The deadline for proposals is January 21, 2022 by 4:00 pm. Applicants will be notified in early February.
If you have any questions about the funding, process, or if you鈥檇 like to discuss your idea, please reach out to Charlene VanLeeuwen, Teaching and Learning Centre Coordinator at 902.620.5217 or cvanleeuwen@upei.ca
The PEI community is invited to join the PEI Community Reads book club in reading and discussing the national best-seller, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, by award-winning author, journalist, and activist, Desmond Cole.
Every month we read a couple of chapters, learn, and discuss them together using an intersectional and antiracist lens. We invite you to read and reflect on race, injustice, history, and a better future.
PEI Community Reads was launched in February 2021. The group meets virtually, once a month, via Zoom.
On Tuesday, December 21st at 6 pm, we will be discussing chapters 鈥渦ncontrolled movement (september)鈥� and 鈥渨omen of exceptional merit (october).鈥�
Follow our page (https://www.facebook.com/PEICOMMUNITYREADS) for updates and further information.
We are pleased to announce that we will host a special virtual event featuring Desmond Cole on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Details will be announced at a later date.
PEI Community Reads is a joint initiative of the 69传媒Robertson Library, the 69传媒International Student Office, the 69传媒Student Union, the Prince Edward Island Public Library Service, Charlottetown Rotary Club, the Rotaract Club of UPEI, and the Black Cultural Society of PEI.
For anyone needing a copy of the book, PEI Public Libraries & 69传媒Robertson Library have copies of the book to borrow should you have a library card. Bookmark has offered 15% off the book purchase to those joining PEI Community Reads.
Everyone is welcome to join!
The Student Financial Services office, located in Room 202 in Dalton Hall, will be closed over lunch on Monday, December 20th to attend a staff function beginning at 12pm.
Start the Winter semester off by planning to join Yvonne Poitras Pratt and Patricia J. Danyluk from the University of Calgary for their virtual talk "Exploring Reconciliatory Pedagogy and Its Possibilities through Educator-led Praxis" on Monday January 10, 2022 at 12:30 pm Atlantic. More details to be available soon
Research shows that students who think and act like consumers have worse academic outcomes. published in yesterday's The Campus shares practical steps to help build students鈥� identities as learners rather than as consumers of education. The peer-reviewed article from this research study was discussed this past summer by the SoTL Atlantic Journal Club. Curious and interested in more details about this study? Here a link to the journal article Want more info about SoTL Atlantic? Email TLC@upei.ca
