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Message from the Vice-President Academic and Research: Student Impact Payments
| Students
The following message was emailed to 69传媒students on April 25, 2023, on behalf of the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research.
Dear Students,
The University remains committed to crediting students with a student impact payment using the net savings that occurred from not paying faculty salaries during the recent strike.
The University has structured the disbursement of the funds as fairly and equitably as possible, considering student status (full-time (three or more courses) versus part-time (two or fewer courses)) and whether students pay domestic versus international tuition fees. The budget of the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is separate from the main budget of other areas of UPEI, thereby requiring separate calculations.
The total salary savings during the period of the strike was $3,430,840, including $2,553,294 in the 69传媒budget and $877,546 in AVC鈥檚 budget. As part of the settlement, the University paid the pension contributions of Faculty Members for the strike period鈥攖his cost to UPEI鈥檚 budget totalled $303,669. Additionally, AVC paid Faculty Members on strike with emergency fees for cases that required urgent care鈥攖his cost, plus pension contributions for AVC Faculty Members, totalled $253,146. These were the costs deducted from the total University savings during the period. This leaves $2,249,625 and $624,400 to be disbursed among 69传媒students and AVC students, respectively.
Payments for full-time domestic graduate (69传媒and AVC) and undergraduate students (UPEI) will be $350. International undergraduate students from 69传媒will receive payments of $700. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students at AVC will receive a payment of $1,050 (domestic students) and $4,200 (international students), respectively. Domestic part-time students will receive a payment of $125 while international part-time students will receive $250. Details on the calculation of these payments can be found .
Payments will be allocated to student accounts by end of day on Wednesday, April 26. Students may leave the payment in their student account for use in a future semester or request a cheque from their student account through the . Below are the instructions to request a cheque. For those requesting a cheque payment, they will be able to either (1) provide a Canadian mailing address for it to be mailed, or (2) pick it up from the Student Financial Accounts office in Dalton Hall.
How to Request a Cheque:
Step 1: Log into your my69传媒account.
Step 2: Navigate to the 鈥�69传媒Forms鈥� section of the site.
Step 3: Select the 鈥溾�� link.
Step 4: Complete all fields on the form and click 鈥淪ubmit鈥�.
Once your cheque request has been approved, you will receive an email informing you when the cheque will be available for pick-up. If you selected to have the cheque mailed to a Canadian address, in most cases, it will take 7鈥�10 business days to receive.
If you have questions, please direct them to studentaccounts@upei.ca. Best wishes for your studies in the remainder of the academic semester.
Sincerely,
Greg F. Naterer, PhD, P.Eng.
Vice-President, Academic and Research
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