Campus Notices
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, March 5th for the March meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through 69传媒Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select 鈥榓pplications鈥� and for renewal or amendment protocols select 鈥榚vents鈥�.
To view any 69传媒ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through my69传媒at .
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
You could win 1 of 5 $50 Visa Gift Cards!
69传媒alumnus Aaron Rainnie, now a medical student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, is completing research about Type 1 Diabetes targeted towards young adults (18鈥�24 year-olds).
If you are between 18 and 24, please consider taking this quick survey on Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetic Ketoacidosis created through the Janeway Pediatric Research Unit at MUN. It will help improve future knowledge translation initiatives, AND you could win 1 of 5 $50 Visa Gift Cards!
Find more information .
The E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant is being offered for the third time as an opportunity for faculty and staff members to create a multimedia course resource with the help of the E-Learning Instructional Multimedia Specialist.
Find out more about the grant .
If you have questions related to your multimedia project ideas, please contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.
Closing date for applications is March 12, 2021 and completed application forms can be sent to dmoses@upei.ca with the subject line 鈥淓-Learning Multimedia Development Grant Application 2021.鈥�
Compute Canada Federation will be offering an introductory digital research series for humanities and social sciences researchers.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/compute-canada-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences-series-winter-2021-tickets-133111483029
About this Event
This is an introductory, beginner-level digital research workshop series for humanities and social sciences (HSS) researchers. Advanced digital tools available through the Compute Canada Federation will be discussed, as well as some out-of-the-box tools available to Canadian researchers, and additional information and techniques relevant for digital research projects. Registrants can attend as many or as few of the 8 sessions as they wish. Sessions will all be delivered in English, but those indicated with an asterisk will have presentation materials available in French and attendees will be able to ask and receive answers to questions in French.
The 8 sessions are as follows:
- *Introduction to Compute Canada for HSS Researchers, 16 February, 12:00鈥�1:00 pm ET
- *Cloud Applications for HSS, 16 February, 2:30鈥�3:30 pm ET
- *Data Management Plans for HSS, 17 February, 12:00鈥�1:00 pm ET
- *Project Management for HSS, 17 February, 2:30鈥�3:30 pm ET
- *Out(side) of the Box - Online Tools for HSS, 18 February, 12:00鈥�1:00 pm ET
- *Taming the Command Line, 18 February, 2:30鈥�5:30 pm ET
- Introduction to Photogrammetry, 19 February, 12:00鈥�1:30 pm ET
- Introduction to Web Scraping, 19 February, 2:30鈥�4:00 pm ET
Course details and materials for each sessions can be found here:
Participants must register using their institutional email address. Personal/gmail addresses will not be accepted.
The registration form will ask you to indicate which courses you plan to attend.
For further information, please contact lydia.vermeyden@ace-net.ca or megan.lobay@ubc.ca
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Cette s茅rie de huit ateliers s鈥檃dresse aux chercheuses et chercheurs qui veulent utiliser des outils num茅riques dans leur projet de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales. Nous d茅crirons les ressources et services offerts par l鈥檌nfrastructure nationale de la f茅d茅ration Calcul Canada et vous pr茅senterons des outils en ligne que vous pouvez utiliser d猫s aujourd鈥檋ui. Nous aurons aussi des trucs et astuces pour bien pr茅parer et mener votre projet. Vous pouvez vous inscrire 脿 autant d鈥檃teliers que vous voulez. Les pr茅sentations se feront en anglais. Toutefois, dans le cas des ateliers marqu茅s d鈥檜n ast茅risque (*), le contenu sera traduit et vous pourrez poser vos questions en fran莽ais.
Les huit ateliers sont :
- * La f茅d茅ration Calcul Canada au service de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, mardi, 16 f茅vrier, 12 h 00 - 13 h 00 HE
- * L'infonuagique pour la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, mardi, 16 f茅vrier, 14 h 30 - 15 h 30 HE
- * Un plan de gestion des donn茅es pour la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, mercredi, 17 f茅vrier, 12 h 00 - 13 h 00 HE
- * Gestion des projets de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, mercredi, 17 f茅vrier, 14 h 30-15 h 30 HE
- * Des outils conviviaux pour la recherche en humanit茅s num茅riques, jeudi, 18 f茅vrier, 12 h 00 - 13 h 00 HE
- * Apprivoiser la ligne de commande, jeudi, 18 f茅vrier, 14 h 30 - 17 h 30 HE
- Introduction 脿 la photogramm茅trie, vendredi, 19 f茅vrier, 12 h 00 - 13 h 30 HE
- Introduction au moissonnage du Web, vendredi, 19 f茅vrier, 14 h 30-16 h 00 HE
Vous trouverez les d茅tails et le mat茅riel pour les ateliers sur
Vous devez vous inscrire en utilisant votre adresse de courriel avec votre 茅tablissement ou organisation. Les demandes d鈥檌nscription faites avec une adresse de courriel personnelle seront refus茅es.
Indiquez dans le formulaire les ateliers auxquels vous voulez participer.
Pour plus d鈥檌nformation, 茅crivez 脿 pier-luc.st-onge@calculquebec.ca
Join us for Ash Wednesday Mass at Steel Recital Hall, at 12:05 or 4:05pm
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we can only welcome 34 people, and are asking you to . Please do so before the end of the day on Tuesday, February 16th.
Please arrive early on February 17th to avoid crowding, as we check your name off the list.
69传媒concussion research study seeks participants:
Charlottetown, PEI 鈥� A 69传媒research group is seeking participants for a study to test a new method for assessing head injuries. Participants must be aged 16 to 27 years of age.
The team is looking for participants in the following categories:
1. Healthy people (non-concussed, no known chronic diseases)
2. People who have had a concussion within the last 36 hours
3. People who have had concussion symptoms for longer than three months but less than six months
4. People who have had a bone fracture within the last 36 hours
5. Boxers active in competition
Please contact 902-620-5215 or concussion@upei.ca if you are interested in participating in the study.
The Healthy Campus Committee, as part of the Employee Wellness Strategy, will be providing Yoga & Fascial Release Classes for 69传媒Faculty and Staff. Brenda Dowel, Yoga Teacher E-RYT-1000 and Licensed Holistic Practitioner will lead the four part series of 90-minute classes with a focused approach.
BACK & CORE: Wednesdays 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, February 24, March 3, 10 and 17. FOUR (4) spaces available. Currently have 4 spaces available.
This series will include a comprehensive approach to the entire body while focusing on a particular area for optimal health and vitality.
- Grounding; Psoas Release; Centering
- Stretching what is tight and strengthening what is weak
- Fascial Stretching and Myofascial Releases, Yoga & Conditioning Movements
- Fluid and static movements for the Fascia/Connective Tissue
- Recognizing and addressing unhealthy movement patterns
- Relaxation and Integration
The free programming is offered to 69传媒staff and faculty only on a first registration basis. To register please email Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca
Please take note of our unit closures and operational hours during Reading Week:
AVC Cafe
CLOSED February 11 to 12 for the Mid-Semester Break and February 15 for Islander Day
Regular Hours resume Tuesday, February 16 | 8am - 3pm
Tim Hortons
CLOSED February 15 - 19 for Reading Week
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall
February 15 - 19 | 9:30am - 9pm
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, March 5th for the March meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through 69传媒Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select 鈥榓pplications鈥� and for renewal or amendment protocols select 鈥榚vents鈥�.
To view any 69传媒ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through my69传媒at .
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
The 69传媒Health & Wellness Centre has been notified by Dr. German that the Chlamydia and Gonorrhea molecular testing no longer has a backlog or supply issue. For women, vaginal self-collection or provider collection is again the preferred sample. For men a urine sample collected in the previous 24 hours is the preferred sample. The self-collection containers will be redistributed to campus washrooms the week of February 8th and samples are to be dropped off to the 69传媒Health & Wellness Centre weekdays, and before noon on Fridays. We will need identification to complete the lab requisitions and will send off your specimens for analysis. If you have questions about this program please contact the 69传媒Health & Wellness Centre at 902-566-0616 or by email: healthcentre@upei.ca.
Make Reading Week a learning week and join the E-Learning Office as each day we offer a different professional development webinar for anyone involved in teaching at UPEI. We鈥檒l kick off the week on Tuesday, February 16th with How People Learn (Online). On Wednesday, February 17th we look at How Student Surveys Can Improve Teaching. Then on Thursday, February 18th it鈥檚 Feedback & Rubrics as Communication Elements for Student Assessment. To end the week, sit back and let us take you on a tour of what鈥檚 available for Creating Interactive Content for your Course on Friday, February 19th.
You can read more about the webinars and you can register for the webinars .
Please take note of our unit closures and operational hours during Reading Week:
AVC Cafe
CLOSED February 11 to 12 for the Mid-Semester Break and February 15 for Islander Day
Regular Hours resume Tuesday, February 16 | 8am - 3pm
Tim Hortons
CLOSED February 15 - 19 for Reading Week
Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall
February 15 - 19 | 9:30am - 9pm
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, March 5th for the March meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through 69传媒Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select 鈥榓pplications鈥� and for renewal or amendment protocols select 鈥榚vents鈥�.
To view any 69传媒ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through my69传媒at .
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
On behalf of BIPOC USHR and the UPEISU, we invite you to an online open discussion about a topic that is rarely addressed within black communities: mental health. This workshop is taking place on February 12th at 3pm.
This will be a Black-led, Black only space where we will engage in a conversation addressing unique issues of stigma around mental illness and black youth, offering new ideas, and strategies to increase peer support and community engagement.
For more information and to register, .
February is Black History Month and the Black Cultural Society of PEI has a month of programming planned to engage and educate about the many cultures which make up the Island鈥檚 Black community.
This year鈥檚 theme is "celebrating our heritage for the culture", and the month will feature in-person and online events for Islanders to participate in, including several at UPEI.
On Thursday, February 25, 2021, join the community for the BHM @69传媒Panel Discussion, from 5-6:30 pm at the Fox & Crow, UPEI's campus pub and caf茅.
on the Black Cultural Society of PEI website.
On behalf of BIPOC USHR and the UPEISU, we invite you to an online open discussion about a topic that is rarely addressed within black communities: mental health. This workshop is taking place on February 12th at 3pm.
This will be a Black-led, Black only space where we will engage in a conversation addressing unique issues of stigma around mental illness and black youth, offering new ideas, and strategies to increase peer support and community engagement.
For more information and to register, .
You could win 1 of 5 $50 Visa Gift Cards!
69传媒alumnus Aaron Rainnie, now a medical student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, is completing research about Type 1 Diabetes targeted towards young adults (18鈥�24 year-olds).
If you are between 18 and 24, please consider taking this quick survey on Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetic Ketoacidosis created through the Janeway Pediatric Research Unit at MUN. It will help improve future knowledge translation initiatives, AND you could win 1 of 5 $50 Visa Gift Cards!
Find more information .
Fed up fiddling with USB cables? Have you ever noticed the symbol on one side? Its not decorative....the symbol will point up if you're plugging in horizontally and will face you if it goes in vertically. Now you know.
The E-Learning Multimedia Development Grant is being offered for the third time as an opportunity for faculty and staff members to create a multimedia course resource with the help of the E-Learning Instructional Multimedia Specialist.
Find out more about the grant .
If you have questions related to your multimedia project ideas, please contact Kristy McKinney at kmckinney@upei.ca.
Closing date for applications is March 12, 2021 and completed application forms can be sent to dmoses@upei.ca with the subject line 鈥淓-Learning Multimedia Development Grant Application 2021.鈥�
