Campus Notices
As a part of the PEI Pride Festival, the UPEI Campus Life Program and UPEI Student Union are excited to bring you the ultimate Pride Student Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, July 29th, from 2–7 PM! Navigate Downtown Charlottetown, decode riddles, snap photos, and soak up the Pride atmosphere! This will be an afternoon filled with excitement, camaraderie, and the spirit of Pride.
The hunt is open to all UPEI students, staff, faculty, and non-UPEI individuals who would like to participate as part of a group. You're welcome to take on the challenge solo or form a team. There are bonus points and exciting prizes to be won, including a $50 bookstore gift card! Register now at upeicl.link/pride and make your Pride celebration unforgettable!
The UPEI Student Union will be participating in the 2023 Pride Parade on Saturday, July 29 and invites all students, alumni, staff, and faculty to join them by meeting at 11:00 a.m. on parade day at Terry Fox Drive in the parking lot behind the provincial government buildings. Look for the Panther Patrol van! The parade begins at 12:00 p.m. and ends approximately at 12:30 p.m.
All you need to do to join the UPEI parade team is to be yourself and be ready to wave and cheer. If you like, you can purchase a UPEI Pride t-shirt from the bookstore or you can make your own! Wear a UPEI shirt or hat and add a little Pride colour! Additionally, the Student Union will be handing out bucket hats, flags, fans, and stickers.
For a full schedule of the week's events, check out the 2023 PEI Pride Festival website.
If you’re unable to make it to the Parade, don your bright rainbow colours all week to express your support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Come show your Pride!
It is Summer Reunion time here at UPEI!
Summer Reunion takes place from July 27-29, with many exciting events to celebrate our reunion groups.
Event highlights include:
- SDU All Years' Mass - Friday, July 28, 11:00 am
- SDU All Years' Luncheon - Friday, July 28, 12:30 pm
- All Years' Campus Tour - Friday, July 28, 5:00 pm
- All Years' Milestone Reunion Reception - Friday, July 28, 6:00 pm
- PWC Summer Reunion - Saturday, July 29, 2:00 pm
To learn more, visit upei.ca/summerreunion
On Wednesday, August 2, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with MyUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.
We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.
As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
The Faculty of Education invites everyone to attend Paulina Maria Huayamave's public presentation of her PhD dissertation proposal research titled "Transformative Teacher Education in Search of the Sumak Kawsay (the Good Living): A Mixed-Methods Study on Critical Global Citizenship Education in Ecuador."
Please join us in person in Memorial Hall 417 or through Zoom at https://upei.zoom.us/j/63649137607?pwd=M1RxQ1JmZDZrZWFKWXYxdHorZkdJQT09 (Meeting ID: 636 4913 7607, Passcode: 842362)
The deadline for Fall 2023 Tuition Waivers is August 18, 2023. We encourage you to have tuition waivers submitted as soon as possible to assist in the timely processing. Tuition waiver forms must be submitted electronically.
Online Employee and Spouse/Dependent Tuition Waiver fillable forms can be found on the main page of MyUPEI under UPEI Forms.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at (902) 566- 0514 or hrgeneral@upei.ca.
Taking a summer course and looking for some support with a writing or research assignment or presentation? Teaching a course and need a place to send students for support with an assignment? Keep us in mind.
The Writing Centre will be open, offering a limited schedule but with appointments available six days a week, in RL 274 (closed Saturdays) from Friday, July 7, to Thursday, August 10. As always, to see our schedule and make an appointment, go to https://upei.mywconline.com/
Our summer tutors can also help you refine resumés and cover letters!
Have a great summer, everyone!
Kwe’! All members of the community are invited to a special event hosted by the Native Council of PEI (NCPEI) at which the University of Prince Edward Island will be recognized for its commitment and outstanding contributions to the ongoing work toward reconciliation.
Lisa Cooper, President and Chief of NCPEI, will present the University with an eagle feather, and Dr. Greg Keefe, interim President and Vice-Chancellor, and Dr. Gary Evans, interim Dean of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies at UPEI, with smudging bowls.
An opening prayer will be provided by Georgina Knockwood Crane, and the Mi'kmaw Honour Song will be sung by a women's hand drum group.
The event will take place on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at 10:00 am in Schurman Market Square at Don and Marion McDougall Hall.
All are welcome!
As a part of the PEI Pride Festival, the UPEI Campus Life Program and UPEI Student Union are excited to bring you the ultimate Pride Student Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, July 29th, from 2–7 PM! Navigate Downtown Charlottetown, decode riddles, snap photos, and soak up the Pride atmosphere! This will be an afternoon filled with excitement, camaraderie, and the spirit of Pride.
The hunt is open to all UPEI students, staff, faculty, and non-UPEI individuals who would like to participate as part of a group. You're welcome to take on the challenge solo or form a team. There are bonus points and exciting prizes to be won, including a $50 bookstore gift card! Register now at upeicl.link/pride and make your Pride celebration unforgettable!
As a result of the power interruption the campus experienced on Thursday, July 20, we will be required to have a power shutdown that will affect all campus buildings. This shutdown is scheduled for Thursday, July 27, 2023, beginning at 6:00 am, and is expected to take approximately 1 hour to complete.
Since the power outage last Thursday, the campus has been getting power from University Avenue. The shutdown on July 27 is necessary for Maritime Electric to transfer power back to the substation from which we usually get our power.
The emergency power generators will be started for each building prior to the beginning of the power interruptions, which means that there will be no delay of power for anything currently on emergency power when the power is disconnected.
Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
New African Canadians and International Cities of Peace are organizing a Global Mental Well-Being and Substance (Mis)Use Conference from August 11 to 13 at the University of Prince Edward Island. The theme is Rest, Recovery, and Resilience During and Beyond Pandemics. Delegates will showcase knowledge and research from community members, advocates, service providers, allied health professionals, media, and policymakers.
The conference will take place in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre and Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Details on sessions being held at each venue will be available soon.
The registration fee has been waived for all Islanders and students. For more information, click here. To register, click here. For all other inquiries, email sroy@upei.ca or luyombya@gmail.com.
The UPEI Student Union will be participating in the 2023 Pride Parade on Saturday, July 29 and invites all students, alumni, staff, and faculty to join them by meeting at 11:00 a.m. on parade day at Terry Fox Drive in the parking lot behind the provincial government buildings. Look for the Panther Patrol van! The parade begins at 12:00 p.m. and ends approximately at 12:30 p.m.
All you need to do to join the UPEI parade team is to be yourself and be ready to wave and cheer. If you like, you can purchase a UPEI Pride t-shirt from the bookstore or you can make your own! Wear a UPEI shirt or hat and add a little Pride colour! Additionally, the Student Union will be handing out bucket hats, flags, fans, and stickers.
For a full schedule of the week's events, check out the 2023 PEI Pride Festival website.
If you’re unable to make it to the Parade, don your bright rainbow colours all week to express your support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Come show your Pride!
It is Summer Reunion time here at UPEI!
Summer Reunion takes place from July 27-29, with many exciting events to celebrate our reunion groups.
Event highlights include:
- SDU All Years' Mass - Friday, July 28, 11:00 am
- SDU All Years' Luncheon - Friday, July 28, 12:30 pm
- All Years' Campus Tour - Friday, July 28, 5:00 pm
- All Years' Milestone Reunion Reception - Friday, July 28, 6:00 pm
- PWC Summer Reunion - Saturday, July 29, 2:00 pm
To learn more, visit upei.ca/summerreunion
This summer's student and faculty interdisciplinary research forum and workshop will take place on Wednesday, July 26, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 142.
We invite attendance from all people from campus, community, and government interested in music from different disciplinary perspectives. A particular focus is the issue of equal access to music education in the public school system, integrating the work and ideas of students and faculty researchers, practitioners (teachers), musicians, and community members. Registration is required for planning purposes. Please follow this link. For more information, please email Annabel Cohen (Psychology) at acohen@upei.ca or Linyuan Guo Brennan (Education) at liguo@upei.ca.
On Wednesday, August 2, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the myUPEI portal and related services from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with MyUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.
We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.
As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email directly using https://outlook.office.com.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS Help Desk at 902-566-0465.
The Faculty of Education invites everyone to attend Paulina Maria Huayamave's public presentation of her PhD dissertation proposal research titled "Transformative Teacher Education in Search of the Sumak Kawsay (the Good Living): A Mixed-Methods Study on Critical Global Citizenship Education in Ecuador."
Please join us in person in Memorial Hall 417 or through Zoom at https://upei.zoom.us/j/63649137607?pwd=M1RxQ1JmZDZrZWFKWXYxdHorZkdJQT09 (Meeting ID: 636 4913 7607, Passcode: 842362)
The UPEI Student Union will be participating in the 2023 Pride Parade on Saturday, July 29 and invites all students, alumni, staff, and faculty to join them by meeting at 11:00 a.m. on parade day at Terry Fox Drive in the parking lot behind the provincial government buildings. Look for the Panther Patrol van! The parade begins at 12:00 p.m. and ends approximately at 12:30 p.m.
All you need to do to join the UPEI parade team is to be yourself and be ready to wave and cheer. If you like, you can purchase a UPEI Pride t-shirt from the bookstore or you can make your own! Wear a UPEI shirt or hat and add a little Pride colour! Additionally, the Student Union will be handing out bucket hats, flags, fans, and stickers.
For a full schedule of the week's events, check out the 2023 PEI Pride Festival website.
If you’re unable to make it to the Parade, don your bright rainbow colours all week to express your support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Come show your Pride!
Troy Life & Fire Safety is performing the annual fire alarm inspections throughout the campus. As part of these inspections, the alarms are being tested. There will be an audible notification stating that this is a test at the start and at the completion of testing. The building occupants are not required to evacuate during the testing period. The ringing of alarms is required to test their function and to ensure the speakers work throughout the building. This will be a small portion (up to two hours) of the total time they are in the building.
Pleasew note the new date for testing in Memorial Hall.
- Kelley Memorial Building: July 24
- Robertson Library: July 25
- Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering: July 26
- Memorial Hall: July 27 (NEW DATE)
- Bill & Denise Andrew Hall: August 8 and 9
- Bernardine Hall: August 10
- Blanchard Hall: August 11
- Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall: August 14
- New Residence Building: August 14 to 18
- Atlantic Veterinary College: August 21 to 25
- Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation: August 28
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.
The UPEI Physics Department invites everyone to view the sun through our telescopes today (weather permitting). Between 12:00-1:30 pm, drop by the grassy area between Memorial Hall and Robertson Library where we will have our hydrogen-alpha telescope set up to let you view the sun's atmosphere. From there, we will direct you to the Earl L. Wonnacott Observatory on the top of Memorial Hall, where you can view sunspots on the sun's surface through a white-light filter on our large observatory telescope.
Our ground-based telescope is accessible for people with all mobility levels. It is necessary to be able to climb stairs to reach our observatory telescope.
If the sky is too cloudy, the viewing will have to be cancelled. Check our website for the most up-to-date event status: https://projects.upei.ca/astronomy/
We are holding these viewings every two weeks. The next event dates are August 8 and 22.
The University of Prince Edward Island community is saddened to learn of the passing of James "Jim" MacAulay, Saint Dunstan's University alumnus and recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from UPEI. Campus flags have been lowered to half-mast in his memory.
Read the full story on upei.ca. His obituary can be viewed at https://www.belvederefh.com/obituary/James-MacAulay
UPEI sends its deepest condolences to Dr. MacAulay’s family and friends.
