World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year by people around the world on June 14, the birthday anniversary of Karl Landsteiner who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the ABO blood group system. Dr. Landsteiner was born in Austria and emigrated to the United States of America in 1923. His background was in biology, and he was a physician and immunologist. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute.

World Blood Donor Day was organized in 2004 for the first time to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank donors for their voluntary life-saving gifts of blood. Transfusion of blood and blood products helps to save millions of lives each year and improve the quality of life of individuals who rely on blood and blood products to live.

To learn more about donating blood, plasma, stem cells, or organ/tissue donation go to blood.ca.  You can book online appointments to donate by choosing Charlottetown as your site.

Sydney Gaudet, candidate for a term appointment faculty position with the Faculty of Nursing will be offering a Teaching Presentation: Teaching and Scholarship in the Faculty of Nursing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, from 2:00-3:00 P.M. in the Health Science Building (HSB) room 104. 

All are welcome to attend.

Mark your calendars for Friday, June 23, from 1:00--7:00 pm! The Campus Life Soccer Tournament is taking over the UPEI Artificial Turf Field. UPEI students, solo or in groups, and non-UPEI friends (as part of your group) are welcome! Don't worry about staying all day--you'll only need to be present for your matches. With exciting games, new friendships, and a mystery prize for the winning team, the day is set to be a blast! Ready for some soccer fun? Register and learn more at upeicl.link/soccer.

We're also rolling out the green carpet for UPEI faculty and staff! Whether you're signing up individually or in a group, we can't wait to see you flex your soccer prowess on the "UPEI Faculty & Staff" team. Simply register by selecting the "UPEI Faculty & Staff" option at upeicl.link/soccer. Merging all faculty and staff sign-ups into one powerhouse team, we'll bolster the ranks with enthusiastic student registrants, if needed, to hit the 11-player team minimum. It's more than a match--it's a chance to strengthen the bonds of our UPEI community. So gear up and bring your A-game! Let the games begin! ⚽🏆🎉

For any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at campuslife@upei.ca. We're here to help!

The Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network (Atlantic-IMN) has announced the launch of another round of its Promise Scholarship program funded by the Johnson Scholarship Foundation and Dalhousie University. 

The Atlantic-IMN Promise Scholarship program is for Indigenous high school students who will be graduating from high school in 2023 and who are applying to attend a health-related program at a post-secondary institution for the next school year (Fall 2023 or Winter 2024).

The value of the Promise Scholarship award is between $1,500 and $2,000: 

• A portion of funds ($500) will be awarded to successful applicants when they officially accept an offer of admission to a health-related program for the following school year (2023/2024). 
• The remaining funds will be awarded when the student officially begins their PSE program (in Fall 2023 or Winter 2024).

More details and eligibility requirements can be found on the Atlantic-IMN website. 

Application materials (resume, application form and transcript) are to be submitted by email to Tara Pride, Regional Coordinator, Wabanaki Branch, Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network, tarapride@dal.ca, by Friday, June 16, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.

The UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre will be closed from June 13 to 16 to allow the TLC team to attend the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education conference. Our email response times will be a bit slower on these dates. If you have an urgent issue, please include URGENT in the subject line, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

The search committee for the Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College has arranged the video presentations for finalists Dr. Andrew Mackin, Dr. Chris Clark, and Dr. Dominique Griffon.  

Dr. Mackin’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xz8IEztyMyES0ZJp9bKlXzytpdf0zr-Q/view?usp=sharing 

Dr. Clark’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yJncfL-EKnvPVKEgcLV-IJj4STZZXWNX/view?usp=share_link 

Dr. Griffon’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YdgoqXZGrWS4FuKJty8FCt6ETZv343YV/view?usp=sharing 

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Friday, June 16, 2023. Thank you for your valued input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

UPEI faculty and staff are invited to attend a Wellness Check and Coffee Break on Friday, June 16, anytime between 10:00 am and noon. The event will be held at McMillan Hall,  W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided. There will be a draw for two wellness baskets ($125 value each). 

 There will be a variety of booths, including

• rapid neurofascial specialists demonstration and information
• glucose and blood pressure checks 
• colorectal and cervical cancer screening booth
• diabetes and blood glucose information
• meditation and mindful breathing demo
• nutrition display
• ADAPT booth
• health and safety (summer safety, hand hygiene and your health, tick safety, and food safety).

The event is being coordinated by the UPEI Healthy Campus Committee.  

Sydney Gaudet, candidate for a term appointment faculty position with the Faculty of Nursing will be offering a Teaching Presentation: Teaching and Scholarship in the Faculty of Nursing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, from 2:00-3:00 P.M. in the Health Science Building (HSB) room 104. 

All are welcome to attend.

PsyD Dissertation Defense by Emily Jewell

The Department Psychology, Faculty of Arts, would like to invite all to attend Emily Jewell’s public Dissertation Defense presentation of her PsyD research titled: The Use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy among Older Adults in Assisted Living: A Trend Analysis and Acceptability and Feasibility Study.

Time: June 13, at 3pm in Memorial Hall room 104

15 June, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic / 1330-1700hrs NL

Scientific visualization of large datasets allows you to identify critical areas and vulnerabilities during the design process so that you can focus efforts, cut design time and create a better product. Imagine how you could use it in your research, and then join us to learn how to use the open source software Paraview to create scientific visualizations on your desktop.

DETAILS & REGISTER:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-scientific-visualization-with-paraview-tickets-619279169667 

The search committee for the Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College has arranged the video presentations for finalists Dr. Andrew Mackin, Dr. Chris Clark, and Dr. Dominique Griffon.  

Dr. Mackin’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xz8IEztyMyES0ZJp9bKlXzytpdf0zr-Q/view?usp=sharing 

Dr. Clark’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yJncfL-EKnvPVKEgcLV-IJj4STZZXWNX/view?usp=share_link 

Dr. Griffon’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YdgoqXZGrWS4FuKJty8FCt6ETZv343YV/view?usp=sharing 

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Friday, June 16, 2023. Thank you for your valued input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

UPEI faculty and staff are invited to attend a Wellness Check and Coffee Break on Friday, June 16, anytime between 10:00 am and noon. The event will be held at McMillan Hall,  W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided. There will be a draw for two wellness baskets ($125 value each). 

 There will be a variety of booths, including

• rapid neurofascial specialists demonstration and information
• glucose and blood pressure checks 
• colorectal and cervical cancer screening booth
• diabetes and blood glucose information
• meditation and mindful breathing demo
• nutrition display
• ADAPT booth
• health and safety (summer safety, hand hygiene and your health, tick safety, and food safety).

The event is being coordinated by the UPEI Healthy Campus Committee.  

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year by people around the world on June 14, the birthday anniversary of Karl Landsteiner who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the ABO blood group system. Dr. Landsteiner was born in Austria and emigrated to the United States of America in 1923. His background was in biology, and he was a physician and immunologist. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute.

World Blood Donor Day was organized in 2004 for the first time to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank donors for their voluntary life-saving gifts of blood. Transfusion of blood and blood products helps to save millions of lives each year and improve the quality of life of individuals who rely on blood and blood products to live.

To learn more about donating blood, plasma, stem cells, or organ/tissue donation go to blood.ca.  You can book online appointments to donate by choosing Charlottetown as your site.

Sydney Gaudet, candidate for a term appointment faculty position with the Faculty of Nursing will be offering a Teaching Presentation: Teaching and Scholarship in the Faculty of Nursing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, from 2:00-3:00 P.M. in the Health Science Building (HSB) room 104. 

All are welcome to attend.

The search committee for the Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College has arranged the video presentations for finalists Dr. Andrew Mackin, Dr. Chris Clark, and Dr. Dominique Griffon.  

Dr. Mackin’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xz8IEztyMyES0ZJp9bKlXzytpdf0zr-Q/view?usp=sharing 

Dr. Clark’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yJncfL-EKnvPVKEgcLV-IJj4STZZXWNX/view?usp=share_link 

Dr. Griffon’s presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YdgoqXZGrWS4FuKJty8FCt6ETZv343YV/view?usp=sharing 

The committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 pm on Friday, June 16, 2023. Thank you for your valued input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.  

The Student Accounts Office (Dalton Hall Room #202) will be closed from 1:00 to 2:00 pm on Friday, June 9. 

The introduction of readily available AI resources provides a catalyst for better assessment practices. Enacting the principles of good assessment becomes even more pressing as we prepare our students to work and live with artificial intelligence. This guide from the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) identifies two sets of recommendations that enhance student development as well as promoting academic integrity. It makes suggestions for: 1) how the principles of assessment design can be enacted in a time of genAI; and 2) how assessment practices can immediately take account of genAI, including ChatGPT. Here's a link to the guide.   

The search committee for the AVC Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, announces the upcoming public presentation by Dr. Laurie McDuffee, Professor of Large Animal Surgery and Director of Human and Animal Health Collaborations, Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island.

Public Presentation:  Monday, June 12, 2023, 8:30–9:30 am, AVC, Room 201N (Lecture Theatre A).

All are welcome to attend.

PsyD Dissertation Defense by Emily Jewell

The Department Psychology, Faculty of Arts, would like to invite all to attend Emily Jewell’s public Dissertation Defense presentation of her PsyD research titled: The Use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy among Older Adults in Assisted Living: A Trend Analysis and Acceptability and Feasibility Study.

Time: June 13, at 3pm in Memorial Hall room 104

ITSS will be migrating Kelley Memorial Building to our new network on Saturday, June 10. We expect minimal disruption to staff and faculty during this time.

Once the migration is complete, please contact our helpdesk at helpdesk@upei.ca or call 902 566 0465 if you experience any network issues.

Please note that this migration will not affect WiFi.

Thank you,

The ITSS Team