Events Archive
All are welcome to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the L.M. Montgomery Institute at the 69传媒 and the launch of the new book Anne around the World: L.M. Montgomery and Her Classic, edited by Jane Ledwell and Jean Mitchell and published by McGill-Queen's University鈥�
The Office of Graduate Studies invites you to our Annual Graduate Research Recognition Day on June 20 from 3:00-6:30 pm. There will be oral presentations from 3:00-5:30 pm with the poster presentationsand refreshments to follow. This will be held in the Health Sciences Building, Main Floor.
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The 69传媒Alumni Association will host its annual general meeting on Wednesday, June 19 at 12:00 pm in UPEI鈥檚 Faculty Lounge, Main Building. All PWC, SDU, and 69传媒alumni are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Anthony Gill at alumni@upei.ca or 902-566-0761.
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Introduction to Multilevel Modelling
5 day course
June 17-21, 2013
Instructed by: Drs. Ian Dohoo & Henrik Stryhn
This five-day course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to successfully fit multilevel models to both continuous data (linear models)鈥�
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Introduction to Bayesian Risk Assessment
3 day course
June 13-15, 2013
Instructed by: Drs. Curtis Smith & Javier Sanchez
This three-day course will introduce the concepts of probabilistic risk analysis (PRA) using a Bayesian framework. PRA is an analysis of the frequency and鈥�
Participants in Vet Health Global 2013, North America's premier international animal health & nutrition business conference, will attend a tour of the Atlantic Veterinary College on Monday, June 10 at 8:30 am. The tour will include an overview of the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology Research鈥�
The Walk to Fight Arthritis is a national event that brings families, friends and organizations together with a common goal - to help the 4.6 million Canadians living with arthritis.
When you register for the Walk, you become a part of a community focused on building awareness and raising critical鈥�
PEI鈥檚 newest poet, Mathew Henderson, will launch his first book, The Lease, on Wednesday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the 69传媒Faculty Lounge, Main Building.
Mathew grew up on the Island and graduated from 69传媒in 2008. During his summers, he worked in the Saskatchewan oil patch. The poems in The Lease鈥�
There will be a 69传媒Biosafety Training Session:
Tuesday, June 4th
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Room 286A, AVC Learning Commons
Topics to be covered include Biosecurity Plan training as well as basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 69传媒. (Please note, only鈥�
69传媒is proud to host the PEISAA Track and Field Championship taking place at the 69传媒Alumni Canada Games Place on May 31 and June 1.
Like humans, pets can be affected by cancer. Many cancers can be treated, and some can be cured.
Dr. Pierre Amsellem, Small Animal Surgeon at the Atlantic Veterinary College, will discuss pets and cancer, including types and causes of cancer in animals; prevention and detection, new diagnostic and鈥�
From May 29-June 7, the Registrar's Office will be holding first-year registration for all students beginning at 69传媒in September 2013. This registration will take place in two separate sessions--9:00 am and 1:00 pm鈥�-daily in the language lab of the Robertson Library. There will also be a parents鈥�
The Graduate Studies Committee of the Faculty of Science invites the campus community to the annual Graduate Studies Day to take place in McDougall Hall 246. The event includes a keynote presentation and twenty graduate student presentations on an array of topics and disciplines. Join us to鈥�
QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from the award-winning director, Taggart Siegel of THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Join the Department of Biology, Cinema Politica and the Cooper Institute for a film screening on Tuesday, May 21鈥�
If you have difficulty carving out uninterrupted time for writing, if you struggle with motivating yourself to write, or if you would simply like the supportive collaboration of a writing retreat, consider Time to Write, UPEI's faculty writers retreat.
When: Monday, May 20 to Friday, May 24.
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Tailings of Warren Peace, by Nova Scotia author Stephen Law, leads readers through tendrils of the past, evoking memories and spirits that both guide and forewarn a man who repossesses gravestones, to a burial site in the highlands of Guatemala.
There will be a book launch on Friday, May 17, 2013鈥�
The next 69传媒on-site training session in animal use and care will be held Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00-4:00 pm in the AVC - The McCain Foundation Learning Commons (278N).
This will be a 3-hour training session with handout, based on the The Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC) recommended syllabus鈥�
AVC's Class of 2013, their families and friends, faculty and staff are invited to attend a reception after Convocation in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at the Atlantic Veterinary College. We expect the reception to start at approximately 12 noon.
