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The Island Lecture Series April session celebrates Poetry Month and features two Island poets in conversation with a third. Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers will read from their new books, My Island鈥檚 the house I sleep in at night (Island Studies Press, 2021) and If, When (Gaspereau Press, 2021), in a conversation hosted by Richard Lemm. Topics range from the role of story, place, and history in their poetry to their own poetic practices. There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience.

This virtual event is free to attend and all are welcome. The event will be hosted on Zoom, and advance registration is required 鈥� please visit http://islandstudies.com/events/islandlectureseries-april2021/ for more details and to reserve your spot.

Faculty of Nursing Tenure-Track Candidate Brianna Richardson. PhD(c)

Friday, April 23, 2021
Via Blackboard Collaborate

Brianna Richardson, PhD(c) candidate for the tenure-track faculty position will be offering two presentations:

Teaching presentation: Teaching within the Context of Primary Health Care

Friday, April 23, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. AST, and can be accessed by visiting the following link:

Research presentation: Bridging research to nursing practice: Articulating your program of research and how this aligns with the Faculty of Nursing at UPEI

Friday, April 23, 2021 at 1:15 p.m. AST, and can be accessed by visiting the following link:

All are welcome to attend.

The 69传媒School of Climate Change and Adaptation is excited to announce the 69传媒Climate Webinar Series, which features a number of climate research topics presented by 69传媒researchers. The series runs on several Fridays at 3 pm (AT) between March 12鈥揗ay 28, 2021.

Join Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, 69传媒School of Climate Change and Adaptation on Friday, April 23 at 3 pm when he will speak about the Climate Smart Agriculture Practices to Ensure Economic and Environmental Sustainability

Sign up to participate on Eventbrite :

Do you supervise students (graduate or undergraduate) to do research or as award winners? Are you hiring a summer student?

Health, Safety and Environment will be hosting a session for Supervisors put on by the PEI Workers Compensation Board (WCB) entitled: Young Worker Safety: Changing the Culture.

Participants will learn what is now known about the significant influence supervisors can have on young worker safety, and how employers and supervisors might capitalize on this. Participants will hear what young PEI workers say about their hesitation to raise their workplace safety concerns, and what they can do to encourage young workers to speak up.

The one hour Zoom Session will be held on Monday, May 10 at 1:30 pm

 To register for one of this course, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at shkavanagh@upei.ca or at 566-0901.

In May, WCB will also be holding sessions on Student Safety directed at students. These sessions will be advertised closer to the date.

The 69传媒Healthy Campus Committee is pleased to announce the new Virgin Pulse GO (VP GO) wellness program. This program is an updated version of the 100-Day Global Challenge held in previous years.

The VP GO program is a chance to improve your health in ways that work for you. It鈥檚 an all-in-one well-being program that meets you where you鈥檙e at in life. It comes with an easy-to-use app and it鈥檚 fun. Read more 

The challenge is for 69传媒faculty and staff only. There is no cost to register. All individuals and teams must be registered by Tuesday, May 4, at 11:00 pm. This deadline is firm. To register:

As part of the registration process, participants will need to complete a waiver and consent form. If you do not have a team or enough participants for a team, complete the form, and you will be assigned to a team. For forms and questions, please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness and Wellness Coordinator, at amarchbank@upei.ca.

Presenter: Harriette L. Spiegel, PhD

Abstract: This presentation introduces the author鈥檚 interest in the topic, quickly pols the audience on their knowledge of Digital Accessibility, provides background information on statistics and legislation, and then presents basic Digital Accessibility Guidelines regarding alt text, headings, meaningful links, tables and PowerPoint. If time allows, a basic 鈥渋naccessible鈥� document is provided for the audience to practice with in applying the guidelines. References and resources are provided.

Harriette L. Spiegel, Ph.D. is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Education at St. Mary鈥檚 University for the term January 4 - April 30, 2021.

The 69传媒 is pleased to host the 2021 CBIE Atlantic Regional meeting. This year the conference will be virtual and will be held over two half days on June 3rd and 4th, 2021. We will have a series of sessions scheduled between 1:00pm and 4:00pm on June 3rd and between 9:00am and 12:00pm on June 4th, 2021.

This year鈥檚 conference theme is inspired by the region we live in and the connectivity we all enjoy. Atlantic Canada is unique in many ways but most of all the ability to 鈥渂ubble up鈥� and move between all four provinces seamlessly while learning from one another and internationalizing our communities and campuses together. As international educators, we are always fully committed to achieving our internationalization objectives. During this regional meeting, we will explore an array of topics under our three main areas: student mobility, recruitment/retention of international students, and immigration and employment.

Proposals can be submitted

To learn more about the Executive Master of Business Administration program at the 69传媒, we invite you to attend this live online event. This will include general information and guidance on completing your application. Attendees will be given a promo code to have their application fee waived ($50 CAD value).

Wednesday, April 28th at 5:00 pm (ADT)

To register, 

UPEI's Executive MBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work in, a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.

Central to the program design is an evidence-based management approach which helps students develop the skills and knowledge to make better-informed and well-supported decisions both in the program and in applied situations in their workplaces.

For more details on the program and entry requirements, visit our website:   

If you have questions regarding the program or application, we encourage you to contact the MBA Program Office at mba@upei.ca

Thank you to the many volunteers who have helped staff the food bank over the past months.  Numbers fluctuate but we seem to welcome 50-75 students each week.  Gratefully, our donations are keeping up.  

For May and June we will continue to operate as we have since last spring.  We will make some changes this summer so stay tuned for updates.  

May and June volunteer sign up form is

Sister Sue

The Healthy Campus Committee, as part of the Employee Wellness Strategy, will be providing FREE "Gentle Yoga Stretch and Meditation Classes" for 69传媒faculty and staff. Classes will be on Tuesdays 12:10 pm鈥�12:50 pm. Classes will be on a four-week rotation.  Yoga instructor Colleen Gallant will be leading the class. Pre-registration required. No drop-ins. Tuesdays - May 4, 11, 18 and 25.  

Six spots for Tuesdays group.   

How to register: email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca

The Faculty of Arts is pleased to offer the fourth event in its new ConneXions Seminar Series. Join us on Zoom, Friday, April 23, 2021, at 2:00 pm, when Dr. Yuliya Rashchupkina will present 鈥淐limate Resilience and Climate Catastrophe Narratives: Is There Any Place for International Solidarity?鈥�

Abstract:

As the negative impacts of climate change become more and more evident, the different narratives around living in a future with increasing temperatures have been established by scholars and international organizations working on the issues of climate change and development. While these narratives are vastly diverse, two groups of discourses may be discerned: one of calamity, disaster and social hardship, while the other is of resilient communities capable of withstanding unprecedented challenges. Dr. Rashchupkina will discuss the limitations of the discourse of resiliency-oriented communities and of the discourse of calamity-unfolding events, arguing that both narratives are limited in their scope and the ability to mobilize actions that will facilitate the revamping of fossil fuels-based major economies and lead to the further enhancement of global justice. She will then demonstrate how the notion of international solidarity, currently overlooked in mainstream solutions to climate change, will help to overcome the limitations of both discourses.

Zoom link:

The Connexions Seminar Series aims to foster understanding of the role that the liberal arts play in knowledge and ways of knowing and in making sense of the complexities of the world around us through panel discussions; speakers and research talks; collaborative projects and presentations; symposia and workshops; and reading and discussion groups.

Thursday, April 22, 2021
Via Blackboard Collaborate

Rianne Carragher, candidate for the tenure-track faculty position will be offering two presentations:

Teaching presentation: Teaching within the Context of Primary Health Care

Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. AST, and can be accessed by visiting the following link:

Research presentation: Bridging research to nursing practice: Articulating your program of research and how this aligns with the Faculty of Nursing at UPEI

Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 1:15 p.m. AST, and can be accessed by visiting the following link:

All are welcome to attend.

Online Employee and Spouse/Dependent Tuition Waiver fillable form can be found on the main page of My69传媒under 69传媒Forms.

The 69传媒School of Climate Change and Adaptation is excited to announce the 69传媒Climate Webinar Series, which features a number of climate research topics presented by 69传媒researchers. The series runs on several Fridays at 3 pm (AT) between March 12鈥揗ay 28, 2021.

Join Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, 69传媒School of Climate Change and Adaptation on Friday, April 23 at 3 pm when he will speak about the Climate Smart Agriculture Practices to Ensure Economic and Environmental Sustainability

Sign up to participate on Eventbrite :

A new call is now open for the Ocean Frontier Institute鈥檚 (OFI) International Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The program offers an opportunity for early career PhDs to conduct innovative, full-time, collaborative research that is aligned with OFI's research priorities. The deadline to apply is May 31, 2021.

The term of the award is two years, and successful candidates will be based at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with frequent travel to and from one of OFI's partner institutions in Europe or the United States. Highly qualified, early career researchers who have completed their PhDs within the past four years are eligible.

Full details on the program and how to apply can be found at this link: 

Thank you to the many volunteers who have helped staff the food bank over the past months.  Numbers fluctuate but we seem to welcome 50-75 students each week.  Gratefully, our donations are keeping up.  

For May and June we will continue to operate as we have since last spring.  We will make some changes this summer so stay tuned for updates.  

May and June volunteer sign up form is

Sister Sue

Scheduled Maintenance - Online Credit Card Payments (Friday, April 23rd, 2021)

On Friday, April 23rd, 2021, our third party vendor will be conducting routine maintenance on the credit card payment portal from 4am to 8 am ATL. During this time there may be intermittent access and performance issues when accessing and making a deposit or tuition credit card payment through the online portal. If you experience difficulty making a credit card payment outside of this period, please contact accounting@upei.ca. We appreciate your patience during this time.  

The Healthy Campus Committee, as part of the Employee Wellness Strategy, will be providing FREE "Gentle Yoga Stretch and Meditation Classes" for 69传媒faculty and staff. Classes will be on Tuesdays 12:10 pm鈥�12:50 pm. Classes will be on a four-week rotation.  Yoga instructor Colleen Gallant will be leading the class. Pre-registration required. No drop-ins. Tuesdays - May 4, 11, 18 and 25.  

Six spots for Tuesdays group.   

How to register: email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca

The Faculty of Arts is pleased to offer the fourth event in its new ConneXions Seminar Series. Join us on Zoom, Friday, April 23, 2021, at 2:00 pm, when Dr. Yuliya Rashchupkina will present 鈥淐limate Resilience and Climate Catastrophe Narratives: Is There Any Place for International Solidarity?鈥�

Abstract:

As the negative impacts of climate change become more and more evident, the different narratives around living in a future with increasing temperatures have been established by scholars and international organizations working on the issues of climate change and development. While these narratives are vastly diverse, two groups of discourses may be discerned: one of calamity, disaster and social hardship, while the other is of resilient communities capable of withstanding unprecedented challenges. Dr. Rashchupkina will discuss the limitations of the discourse of resiliency-oriented communities and of the discourse of calamity-unfolding events, arguing that both narratives are limited in their scope and the ability to mobilize actions that will facilitate the revamping of fossil fuels-based major economies and lead to the further enhancement of global justice. She will then demonstrate how the notion of international solidarity, currently overlooked in mainstream solutions to climate change, will help to overcome the limitations of both discourses.

Zoom link:

The Connexions Seminar Series aims to foster understanding of the role that the liberal arts play in knowledge and ways of knowing and in making sense of the complexities of the world around us through panel discussions; speakers and research talks; collaborative projects and presentations; symposia and workshops; and reading and discussion groups.

UPEI鈥檚 4th annual Teaching Community Conference will take place on May 4th, 2021, hosted by the E-Learning Office and the Experiential Education Office. The conference will be hosted online through the website: UPEI.ca/teachingcommunityconference

The keynote presentation for this year鈥檚 conference is on the theme of a Pedagogy of Care, a care-oriented approach to the design and philosophical set up of the course, occurring within the context of the learning experience and in relationships formed through teaching and learning.

The Teaching Community Conference is calling for proposals regarding your approach to a pedagogy of care, innovative designs or approaches to teaching, experiential teaching, or communities of practice.

The Teaching Community Conference is accepting proposals in the form of synchronous webinar sessions, asynchronous recorded video presentations, or written presentations (e.g. a conference blog post).

To submit your proposal please complete this form before April 23rd