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Drop by the Chaplaincy Centre to see a new art showing of twenty-four abstracts by Lisa Bulman Taylor. Lisa is a graphic designer for UPEI and an artist of various different mediums including digital art, pottery, woodcarving, painting, drawing, and fiber crafts. This showing is a combination of pastel and digital mediums. The Chaplaincy Centre will remain open Monday to Friday, 8:00am鈥�8:00pm for those who wish to drop by. Any contributions to the 69传媒Food Bank are greatly appreciated. 

Synapse is excited to offer the Mitacs Project Management 2020 two-day on line workshop on May 20-21, 2021 from 9am-5pm ADT (both days)

Project Management 2020 delivers a balance of "core" project management knowledge and skills.  These are blended with practical learning on key interpersonal skills essential to successfully achieve project goals.

Over an intense, two-day course you will experience a practical opportunity to bring your project into a workshop and learn how to increase your success, using professional templates while collaborating in a supportive environment.

Learning objectives

TECHNICAL - create a project plan, conduct resource forecasts, create and manage project budgets, monitor project, conduct lessons learned analysis, define and mitigate risk, design quality into the project.

PEOPLE - Manage people that do not report to you, motivate and collaborate within teams, assess and engage stakeholders effectively, manage meetings and deliver them virtually, communication throughout the project.

To sigh up:

1. Create an account on Edge (edge.mitacs.ca)

2. Navigate to the 鈥渃atalog鈥� tab on the main dashboard and enroll in the workshop title of your choice

3. Select the session (date + time) you wish to attend

4. Follow email notifications for workshop materials and Zoom login information

For help and questions about enrollment, please contact training@mitacs.ca.

The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering is pleased to host three candidate presentations for the tenure-track faculty position in Bioresource Engineering. The remaining two candidates will present a public research seminar via Zoom as follows (Candidate Dr. Yulin Hu presented on April 19, 2021, at 10:45 am). All are welcome to attend!

Dr. Jaskaran Dhiman鈥擜pril 22, 2021, at 10:45 am
Dr. Jaskaran Dhiman, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph, will present a research talk entitled 鈥淏ioresource Technologies for a Greener Future!鈥� This presentation will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 10:45 AM AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here:

Meeting ID: 966 7985 1796
Passcode: 548505

Dr. Moye Ajao鈥擜pril 23, 2021, at 10:45 am
Dr. Moye Ajao, Engineer, Natural Resources Canada, will present a research talk entitled 鈥淣ext Generation Sustainable Processes for Bioresources Valorization and Energy Systems.鈥� This presentation will be held on Friday, April 23, 2021, at 10:45 am AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here: 

Meeting ID: 944 4978 1665
Passcode: 322770

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 :

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.

YOU ARE INVITED!!

69传媒FACULTY OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ENGINEERING

2021 DESIGN EXPO AND AWARDS CEREMONY (VIRTUAL)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 at 1:00 pm

Student teams at UPEI鈥檚 Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering are bringing creative solutions and immense value to projects.  

Join us virtually to see what our students have done.  

1:00鈥�3:00 PM DESIGN EXPO

3:00鈥�4:00 PM AWARDS CEREMONY

This year鈥檚 Design Expo will be a virtual event. 

https://upei.ca/virtualexpo

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

Did you know you can use your PC's microphone to dictate your Google Doc's? If you're not a great typist, it's a fantastic tool. It's free, and it works well. 

Open a new document in Google Docs, then enable Voice Typing from the Tools menu. Start dictating. Voice Typing recognizes commands like 鈥渃omma,鈥� 鈥減eriod,鈥� and 鈥渘ew paragraph鈥� as well. Try it! You won't look back!

Health, Safety and Environment is holding a 69传媒Basic Biosafety Training session.

Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 69传媒, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone including graduate students.

To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Shelly Kavanagh, before the end of the day April 30, 2021 by email (shkavanagh@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).

Please provide your name, department, your supervisor鈥檚 name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message.  Please indicate if you are a graduate student.

Ramadan Mubarak to all from the International Student Office! May this month be generous with blessings, love, and peace to you and your loved ones.

Some reminders about Ramadan:

- Ramadan is a holy month of fasting practiced by Muslims all around the world. It will end approximately on May 12th and goes by the lunar calendar.

- Fasting means no food or water- not even chewing gum. Fasting is done from dawn until dusk. Students may be up until midnight for prayers and up again to eat before dawn. In PEI, this translates to roughly 16 hours and those studying abroad could be fasting for up to 21 hours.

- Not all Muslims may be fasting and may participate in the religion in various and different ways. There are many reasons for this and it doesn鈥檛 dictate a person鈥檚 religiosity.

- There are many resources available online, should you like to learn more.

Muslim students, faculty and staff may be hungry, dehydrated and tired come the afternoon and towards the end of the day. Due to the pandemic and limitations on gatherings, this may feel lonelier for those practicing. It is commonly a very social time where communal gatherings to break fast, eat together, and pray occur. 

We thank you all for creating a caring and supportive environment for our Muslim community on campus this Ramadan and every day.

Thank you,

The 69传媒International Student Office

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Via Blackboard Collaborate

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

Teaching presentation: Teaching within the Context of Primary Health Care

Tuesday, April 20, 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

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 1:15 p.m. AST, and can be accessed by visiting the following link:

All are welcome to attend.

69传媒fiscal year ends on April 30, 2021.

Purchasing Cut-Off: April 21, 2021

The last day to create a requisition/purchase order for 2020-21 will be on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at noon with guaranteed delivery date on or before April 30, 2021. Requisitions/purchase orders created after April 22, 2021 must have a requisition date changed to May 1, 2021 and the good and services must be delivered on or after May 1, 2021.

Just a reminder that the Vice-Presidents continue to only approve items that are essential purchases. This includes goods purchased by all approved 69传媒procurement methods (PO, corporate credit card, Staples Advantage, etc).

Receiving Goods/Services Cut-Off: April 30, 2021

Goods and Services must be received on campus by Friday, April 30, 2021. Only the goods that have been physically received or completed services should be accepted at this time. This will ensure that these goods and services are paid in the 2020-21 fiscal year.  Any items received in my69传媒after April 30, 2021 will be considered new fiscal year goods and services and will then be deducted from your new fiscal year budget (2021-22).

All departments are required to look at their outstanding purchase order list to see if there are any purchase orders that need to be cancelled. This functionality can be accessed through the my69传媒Self-Service Menu under "Financial Information" and the 鈥淩eceive Goods and Services鈥� selection.

If the items have been back-ordered for some time you will need to check with the supplier to see if they are still on their records as back ordered.  If they are not back-ordered,then please email procurement@upei.ca to cancel your purchase order.

If you are in receipt of vendor invoices, forward these to invoices@upei.ca ASAP. Please contact apadmin@upei.ca with questions or concerns regarding billing and invoicing.

Need assistance? 

Please take a look at the 鈥淔inancial Tools Reference Guide鈥� under the "Self-Service Help" tab on myUPEI. 

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 :

Ethics protocols that involve 鈥�more than minimal risk鈥� must be reviewed by the full 69传媒Research Ethics Board (REB).  The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday April 30, 2021.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve 鈥榤ore than minimal risk鈥�, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.

All research compliance applications, including Research Ethics Board application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. This online system is paired with electronic approvals to replace the hard-copy signatures process.

Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at /research-services/forms. Contact researcherportal@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal.

For more information about the REB review and approval process please contact Joy Knight (Compliance Coordinator) at mknight@upei.ca

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday April 30, 2021. These applications will be reviewed at the May 2021 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including Biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the Researcher Portal. This online system is paired with electronic approvals to replace the hard-copy signatures process.

Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at /research-services/forms. Contact researcherportal@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 Joy Knight (Compliance Coordinator) at mknight@upei.ca

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has implemented new guidelines for testing for STIs Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. The new guidelines recommend that individuals under the age of 30 who are sexually active with one partner (average risk) should get tested yearly.  If you have more than one partner (high risk) the recommendation is to get tested every three months.  

Why get tested? 

• Both of these infections often don't show symptoms and so you may not realize you have been infected.
• If left untreated they can lead to more serious problems including pelvic inflammatory disease/pain/infertility
• Both conditions are curable with antibiotics and can be treated right here on campus

How do I get tested?

• You can perform self-tests in various higher traffic public washrooms on campus and drop the specimen off at the 69传媒Health & Wellness Centre Mondays-Thursday and until noon on Fridays
• You can request a test at the 69传媒Health & Wellness Centre
• Health Centre staff/physicians will be offering you screening during regular appointments

What happens if my test comes back positive?

• You will be contacted by a health care provider to come in for counseling and treatment
• As both Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are considered Communicable Diseases under the Public Health Act the Public Health Nurses will conduct contact tracing to ensure we can treat contacts as well.  

Other considerations:

• If you are considered high risk, you could request testing for Sexually Transmitted Blood-Borne Infections (ask at the Health Centre)
• Always wear a condom, use a dental dam - available free at the Health Centre; 
• Lower your risk by practicing safe sex
• Get tested

Drop by the Chaplaincy Centre to see a new art showing of twenty-four abstracts by Lisa Bulman Taylor. Lisa is a graphic designer for UPEI and an artist of various different mediums including digital art, pottery, woodcarving, painting, drawing, and fiber crafts. This showing is a combination of pastel and digital mediums. The Chaplaincy Centre will remain open Monday to Friday, 8:00am鈥�8:00pm for those who wish to drop by. Any contributions to the 69传媒Food Bank are greatly appreciated. 

The Vice-President Academic and Research will make available up to two awards to support the publication of manuscripts, written or edited by 69传媒faculty, by Island Studies Press. These awards are being funded by a SSHRC Institutional Grant, therefore, the subject matter of the publication must be compatible with SSHRC鈥檚 mandate (see  for more information).

ELIGIBILITY: Manuscripts that are written and/or edited by 69传媒faculty (including contract and sessional faculty) are eligible. These may be single- or multi-authored results of academic research projects; textbooks; edited proceedings of a conference; or works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, or drama that pertain to the author(s)' discipline. The subject matter of the manuscript must meet SSHRC鈥檚 mandate.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2021

Submit documents electronically to Research Services, researchservices@upei.ca.

For complete terms of reference and application process, please see 

Ramadan Mubarak to all from the International Student Office! May this month be generous with blessings, love, and peace to you and your loved ones.

Some reminders about Ramadan:

- Ramadan is a holy month of fasting practiced by Muslims all around the world. It will end approximately on May 12th and goes by the lunar calendar.

- Fasting means no food or water- not even chewing gum. Fasting is done from dawn until dusk. Students may be up until midnight for prayers and up again to eat before dawn. In PEI, this translates to roughly 16 hours and those studying abroad could be fasting for up to 21 hours.

- Not all Muslims may be fasting and may participate in the religion in various and different ways. There are many reasons for this and it doesn鈥檛 dictate a person鈥檚 religiosity.

- There are many resources available online, should you like to learn more.

Muslim students, faculty and staff may be hungry, dehydrated and tired come the afternoon and towards the end of the day. Due to the pandemic and limitations on gatherings, this may feel lonelier for those practicing. It is commonly a very social time where communal gatherings to break fast, eat together, and pray occur. 

We thank you all for creating a caring and supportive environment for our Muslim community on campus this Ramadan and every day.

Thank you,

The 69传媒International Student Office

The Bookstore will be closed Thursday, April 29 and Friday, April 30 for our annual Inventory count. There will be no transactions completed during this time.

Re-opening Monday, May 3 at 9:00am.