Campus Notices

The 69传媒Department of Music Student Recital Series is pleased to present a Showcase Recital featuring 69传媒Music Majors in performance at the Kirk of St. James Thursday, November 17 at 7:30 pm.  Admission is Free.  The students will be performing works by Bernstein, Britten, Vivaldi, Schubert, Wilder, Bach and others. All are welcome.
 
And on Friday, November 18 at 12:40 pm the Afternoon Recital series featuring 69传媒Music majors continues at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, 69传媒Campus. Admission is free.

Dr. Joel Ross, 69传媒Department of Biology, will present this week鈥檚  ESC-HUB seminar on Friday, November 18th.  Dr. Ross will present:

 鈥淧ersonalized and customized human neurons for modeling synaptic dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder鈥

鈥婦ate:    Friday, November 18, 2016

Time: 12:30 pm

Room: DSC 204

All are welcome

The Animal Care Committee does not meet in December. The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, January 6, 2017 for the January meeting.

Ensure you always鈥

  • Download the current forms from 
  • Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and only current forms will be accepted.

Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date.

  • Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - North Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302
  • Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca

Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The committee requires at least one month for processing applications. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, ACC Admin. Assistant @ 902-566-0973.

 
UPEI鈥檚 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. 
 
To learn more about the program and to meet with staff, faculty and students from the School of Business, we invite you to attend the following information session:
 
Tuesday, November 22, 5:00 pm
Richmond Room, Rodd Charlottetown Hotel
Charlottetown
 
Please call (902) 566-6474 or email mba@upei.ca to reserve a seat.
 
For more information on UPEI's EMBA Program, please visit 
 

Hope Igboeli, PhD student will present a seminar on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 12:30 pm. The presentation is entitled "Natural Product Discovery in Fungi Using Epigenetic Modifiers and Stressors". The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are Welcome!

Dr. Robert F. Gilmour Jr., Vice-President Academic and Research, cordially invites you to attend the . Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest author Deirdre Kessler, and the 69传媒community on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the achievements of 69传媒students.

SoundEscapes- Meditation - Saturday, November 26 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
This Sound Meditation with Trevor Grant's "SoundEscapes" will feature the sounds of crystal bowls, wooden flutes, shamanic drumming and more. Pre-Registration required. 15 people max. To register contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca or 566-0606. Available only for 69传媒Students, Faculty and Staff.

We have a number of 'How To' Clinics lead by 69传媒personal trainers and fitness instructors. Sessions include: Learn to Spin, Free Weights upper and lower body, Powerlifiting, Functional Training, Light Up your Core and Yoga 101. These sessions are FREE for 69传媒Students/Staff/Faculty. PRE-Registration required as space is limited to 12-15. Pre-Register with the Fitness Centre Supervisor Desk Staff at (902)566-6074 or fitnesscentre@upei.ca. ID number and e-mail required to register. 

For more details on activities please visit

It's Social Justice Week at UPEI! Join us for a range of different events and activities, from Thursday November 17 to Wednesday November 23: if you're on facebook, there is more info at . 

Events include: John R. Sylliboy, speaker, "Two Spirit Identity and Resilience鈥 (Thursday); Jams for Justice concert (Friday); Mawi鈥檕mi center film screening, 鈥淎ngry Inuk鈥 (Sunday); Dawson lounge conversation, 鈥淭he social construction of gender鈥 (Monday); Cinema Politica film screening, 鈥淵es Men Are Revolting鈥 (Monday); 鈥淲hat is Social Justice鈥 displays @ student center (Wednesday); 鈥淩ants and Raves鈥 (Wednesday). 

For more information, contact Ann Braithwaite, DSJS, abraithwaite@upei.ca

 

The Psychology Department & the Vice President's Office will host a talk by Dr. Mike Boyes, University of Calgary on Thursday, November 17 at 4pm in Memorial Hall 215 entitled "Student Engagement and Student Identity: A Relationship We Must Understand".  Refreshments and conversation will follow in the Psychology Lounge. Faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to attend!
 
Abstract

Dr. Mike Boyes has conducted research at the University of Calgary over the last five years with the students in his first year introductory courses (N = 3000 and counting). Specifically he has looked at the relationship between student identity development and identity style and student adjustment to the University environment. In addition he has examined the extent to which students are open to or reticent about accessing any of the wide array of services that are available to them at university. The key differentiator seems to be whether or not the students have successfully begun the process of forming sense of personal identity or, in effect, become engaged in themselves. Mike is particularly interested in discussing his findings with folks who work directly with students as he is trying to develop intervention tactics and strategies for assisting those students who are most in need of assistance on the same time least likely to seek out that assistance.

 

Central Printing will be closed Monday Nov. 14 and Tuesday Nov. 15.

Dr. Robert F. Gilmour Jr., Vice-President Academic and Research, cordially invites you to attend the . Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest author Deirdre Kessler, and the 69传媒community on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the achievements of 69传媒students.

The Open Pages series at UPEI鈥檚 Robertson Library welcomes John Cousins to discuss his book New London: The Lost Dream. The event is Wednesday, November 16 at 7 pm, in the second floor common area of the Robertson Library.

New London: The Lost Dream tells the true story of brave Quakers from London, England who settled along PEI鈥檚 north shore in 1773. This book is an excellent recreation of how some of the Island鈥檚 first European settlers arrived, survived, and occasionally thrived in the 鈥渘ew world.鈥

New London: The Lost Dream is published by Island Studies Press at UPEI. For more details, see 鈥淩ecent Titles鈥 at .

Open Pages features local authors speaking about their books: what inspired them, what they learned, and what they shared. The public is warmly invited to this evening, which takes place in the common area on the second floor of the 69传媒Robertson Library. Light refreshments will be served, and books will be for sale and signing by the author.

For more information, contact Joan Sinclair at Island Studies Press at ispstaff@upei.ca, or Simon Lloyd in the Robertson Library, slloyd@upei.ca

Central Printing will be closed Monday Nov. 14 and Tuesday Nov. 15.

This is a reminder that the 69传媒Biosafety Policy requires that all Principal Investigators confirm the security and complete inventory of all biohazardous materials being used or stored, due in November of each year. This is accomplished by updating your entries, then confirming this action, as follows:

Access your inventory at  

Ensure your inventory is up to date, and then confirm this by following the steps as listed below.
1. Select User Menu (Top right of screen) then My account from the left side of the drop down screen.
2. Click Edit (just below the user name)
3. Click on Information, on the top right section of the screen.
4. Scroll down this page. Below the box with the phone number, you will notice a box next to I accept. If you have not already done so, please read this section and, if you agree, please check this box.
5. To report your inventory is up to date, please enter the date that you confirm this in the 2016 box. 
6. 6. Hit Save! Task completed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you are not yet a user of this site, but store or use biohazardous materials, please contact me to arrange access. 

Rhoda Speare
Biosafety Officer 
Phone 620-5071
E mail: rspeare@upei.ca

We are in the process of updating the list of respirator users on campus. If you or someone you supervise uses a respirator in your work or research here on campus, please email the respirator users name and contact information to Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca by November 16, 2016. This includes all respirators, even the more basic models that can be purchased at a local hardware store.

If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn Harrison (902-566-0901)

The 69传媒Music Department Recital Series 2016-2017 is pleased to present the following recital which will take place at Park Royal United Church, Charlottetown.  Admission $15 Adults & Seniors/$10 students. Friday, November 25, 7:30 PM. 69传媒Wind Symphony, directed by Karem J. Simon.

The 69传媒Music Department Recital Series 2016-2017 is pleased to present the following recital which will take place in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, 69传媒Campus.  Admission $15 Adults & Seniors/$10 students Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 7:30 PM. 69传媒Jazz Ensemble, directed by David Shephard.

Dr. Okey Igboeli, President, True Spring Pharmaceuticals Inc. will give a seminar entitled "Use of RNAi in signaling studies and drug target discovery" on Tuesday, November 15 at 3:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre "B". 

Dr. Igboeli is a candidate for an adjunct and graduate faculty position in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Everyone welcome

Join Rebecca Gass, certified yoga instructor, for a free Yoga Nidra Session on Wednesday, November 16 from 12:05 to 12:50 at the Chaplaincy Centre. This session is free for 69传媒students, staff and faculty. Monetary donations for Soup for the Soul will be accepted along with non-perishable food items for the 69传媒Food Bank. 

Yoga Nidra, also known as yogic sleep, brings an incredible calmness, quietness and clarity to the body. Yoga Nidra is one of the deepest of all meditations, leading awareness through many levels of mental process to a state of supreme stillness and insight. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and are welcome to bring a mat, pillow, blanket and any additional props. 

For questions regarding the session, please contact Rebecca Gass at rjgass@upei.ca.

Dr. Knut Wiik Vollset, a Postdoctoral Fellow from Uni Research Environment, Bergen Norway, will be giving a seminar on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 1:30 pm in AVC Room 286B/C entitled: 
 
"Disentangling the role of 鈥媠almon lice on the marine survival of Atlantic Salmon:  A Norwegian perspective".
 
The effects of salmon lice on the recruitment survival of salmon is widely debated and has huge economic and political ramification through its limitations on the further development of the salmon aquaculture industry, and the impacts on conservation and harvestable surplus of salmon. In Norway, this conflict of interest has reached an important crossroad as the Norwegian state has limited the increase of biomass and new license for production of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout in Norway. Recently the Norwegian government suggested a new regulation frame work, where regulation of salmon lice levels and biomass in fish farms should be more directly linked to impacts on wild fish. Some key scientific studies on the effect of salmon lice on marine survival of Atlantic salmon and the ongoing NFR project BaseLice will be presented. A recently held workshop which aimed at scrutinizing the new regulation frame work will also be discussed.
 
Everyone welcome.

Friday evening, 8 pm, at the Benevolent Irish Society (BIS) on North River Road, there will be an evening of ancient Persian music by Saeed & Lana, with poems by the beloved Persian poet Rumi, read by P.E.I. poet laureate, Deirdre Kessler.