The UPEI Annual Fund is an integral part of our fundraising needs every year, allowing us to provide students with an excellent postsecondary education through investments in technology, educational equipment, renewed study spaces, experiential learning opportunities like conferences around the world, and so much more. Thanks to the generous support of donors, students receive the resources that they need to reach their full potential. The 2022/23 Annual Fund is coming to a close, but there is still time to give!

Ways to Give

• Online by visiting upei.ca/donate
• Mail: UPEI Annual Fund, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3
• Telephone: (902) 894-2888 or toll free at 1-866-453-4119
• In person: Alumni Hall, 618 University Avenue, Charlottetown
• Gifts of Marketable Securities: Process description and form

I begin with gratitude. The UPEI Campus Food Bank continues to respond in our small way to student need. We do so through the generosity of many who donate time and finances. In the first months of 2023, we welcomed over 1400 student visits. Thank you!

We will continue in May and June to be open on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 6:00 pm, and we count on your support. Please click this link to sign up for one hour (or more) of service. Occasionally, we need to contact a volunteer so we ask that you include a phone number or email address with your name. 

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Colleagues from UPEI registering for the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Conference in Charlottetown from June 13 to 16 can receive a discounted rate by emailing TLC@upei.ca for the discount code.

If you have a student attending the STLHE conference, please make sure they are aware of the STLHE Conference Student Bursaries. The deadline for student bursaries is April 28.   

Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full UPEI REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, April 28, 2023, for review at the May 17 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve more than minimal risk, renewals, and amendments, may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for REB, must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal (https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/). Instructions for using the site are available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, April 28, 2023. These applications will be reviewed at the May 18 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the UPEI  Researcher Portal. Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

Please join us on a round-the-world thesis defence by MAIS student Fiona Steele. Entitled "When stories lead to sustainable tourism – the role podcasting plays in the development of sustainable tourism on islands,” the thesis is co-supervised by Drs. Susan Graham (Business) and Laurie Brinklow (Island Studies), with UPEI Adjunct Graduate Faculty member Dr. Andrew Jennings (University of the Highlands and Islands) serving on the committee. Dr. Valia Papoutsaki from New Zealand will serve as External Examiner, and Dr. Jean Mitchell (Sociology/Anthropology) will chair. To receive the Zoom link, please contact Dr. Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca. Everyone is welcome! 

On Tuesday, April 25, a group of UPEI engineering students who recently participated in a Global Brigades experience in Honduras will give a public presentation about their experience. The presentation, which is open to the public, will take place at 6 pm in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) building, Room 128A.

Led by Dr. Libby Osgood, assistant professor in the FSDE, the 17 students spent their two-week study break in rural Honduras where they built eco-stoves for six families in one community and did an engineering survey project in another town to ensure that the people living there have access to clean water. 

The presentation will also be streamed on Zoom at https://upei.zoom.us/j/67636417524?pwd=SllJUUZhcHNZM1hvT3Boak5mQjlaQT09. Everyone is welcome.
 

From May 1 to September 5, 2023, the hours for the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre hours will be 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Mondays to Fridays, and 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays.

The University of Prince Edward Island’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) will showcase the best in sustainable design engineering by its students at the annual Student Design Expo on Friday, April 28, starting at 1 pm. Projects can be viewed through the afternoon until 3:30 pm.

Student projects will be presented in person. Each project is the result of collaboration between FSDE students and an industry or community partner. Students were tasked with designing and creating solutions to their partners’ unique challenges. We look forward to seeing everyone in person again.

The deadline for a few select Entrance scholarships is May 1, 2023. Click the application link below or visit the webpage to access the application forms for more information. Members of the campus community are encouraged to share this information with any eligible incoming students.

• E. Marion and Donald N. MacKenzie Entrance Scholarship in Nursing
• Friends of UPEI Calgary - Bill & Denise Andrew Scholarship in Nursing
• Friends of UPEI Calgary - Lou MacEachern Scholarship in Business
• Friends of UPEI Calgary Scholarships
• From VK to C in 50 Scholarship

Applications and any supporting documents should be sent electronically to scholarships@upei.ca or in-person to the Scholarships and Awards Office at 202 Dalton Hall.

The UPEI Bookstore will be closed for its annual inventory count on Thursday, April 27, and Friday, April 28. Any online orders submitted during this time will be processed on Monday, May 1. The final day for internal charges is Wednesday, April 26. 

The presentation by marine ecologist Dr. Irené Novaczek about the ecosystem restoration project at Basin Head, previously scheduled for  April 18, will take place on Tuesday, April 25, at 7 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, UPEI. 

Basin Head was designated as a marine protected area under the federal Oceans Act in 2005 to conserve and protect a unique strain of Irish moss (Chondrus crispus), which is thought to exist only within that area.

Part of the Institute of Island Studies’ 2023 Island Lecture Series, the presentation will focus on adaptive management of the marine protected area to ensure that the unique giant form of Irish moss at Basin Head is able to survive in the coastal lagoon environment, which is challenged by impacts of local agriculture, invasive European green crabs, and ongoing climate changes. 

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Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full UPEI REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, April 28, 2023, for review at the May 17 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve more than minimal risk, renewals, and amendments, may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for REB, must be submitted through the UPEI Researcher Portal (https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/). Instructions for using the site are available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, April 28, 2023. These applications will be reviewed at the May 18 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the UPEI  Researcher Portal. Information about the Researcher Portal, including instructions for using the site, is available at https://www.upei.ca/research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the Researcher Portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

Please join us on a round-the-world thesis defence by MAIS student Fiona Steele. Entitled "When stories lead to sustainable tourism – the role podcasting plays in the development of sustainable tourism on islands,” the thesis is co-supervised by Drs. Susan Graham (Business) and Laurie Brinklow (Island Studies), with UPEI Adjunct Graduate Faculty member Dr. Andrew Jennings (University of the Highlands and Islands) serving on the committee. Dr. Valia Papoutsaki from New Zealand will serve as External Examiner, and Dr. Jean Mitchell (Sociology/Anthropology) will chair. To receive the Zoom link, please contact Dr. Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca. Everyone is welcome! 

On Tuesday, April 25, a group of UPEI engineering students who recently participated in a Global Brigades experience in Honduras will give a public presentation about their experience. The presentation, which is open to the public, will take place at 6 pm in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) building, Room 128A.

Led by Dr. Libby Osgood, assistant professor in the FSDE, the 17 students spent their two-week study break in rural Honduras where they built eco-stoves for six families in one community and did an engineering survey project in another town to ensure that the people living there have access to clean water. 

The presentation will also be streamed on Zoom at https://upei.zoom.us/j/67636417524?pwd=SllJUUZhcHNZM1hvT3Boak5mQjlaQT09. Everyone is welcome.
 

The Healthy Campus Committee provides two FREE Meditation and Yoga classes per week for UPEI faculty and staff. The 45-minute class offers meditation and gentle yoga stretches. The meditation segment of the class creates more calm, inner peace, and balance that benefits your emotional well-being and overall health. Yoga instructor Pam Harris Stewart leads the 12:10--12:55 pm class on Thursdays, and yoga instructor Colleen Gallant leads the 4:15--5:00 pm class on Tuesdays.

Preregistration is required.

1.  Go to recreation.upei.ca.

2.  UPEI faculty/staff – click on green "UPEI LOGIN" button. Sign in with your UPEI email address and password.

3.  Go to Wellness (UPEI Faculty/Staff) icon and follow the prompts

Please contact Angela Marchbank, coordinator of Fitness & Wellness, at amarchbank@upei.ca with any questions.  

Every year in Canada, since 1997, we have celebrated National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week. The purpose of this week is to increase awareness of the need for individuals to think about and take action to become organ and tissue donors. The last week of April was specifically chosen to commemorate the death of Stuart Herriott, a toddler killed in a motor vehicle incident in the riding of Pickering-Scarborough East in 1994. The child's parents donated his organs and, in turn, helped to save and improve the lives of four others.

Bill C-202, enacting National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week in Canada was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology on Feb. 4, 1997. The bill was brought forward by former Liberal Member of Parliament Dan McTeague who says the intent of the bill was to encourage education and awareness about donation and allow Parliament to take a leadership role in addressing the scarcity of organs and thinking about those who die every year waiting for a transplant.

According to Canadian Blood Services, approximately 4,400 Canadians are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant and many more are waiting for tissue transplants. The sad reality is that on average, 250 Canadians die each year waiting. Public opinion data indicates that 90 per cent of Canadians approve of organ and tissue donation yet only 32 per cent have actually put their names on an organ donation registry.

Organ and Tissue Donation by the numbers:

• 90: Percentage of Canadians who polls show support organ and tissue donation. 
• 32: Percentage who have actually registered their decision to be a donor.
• 8: Number of lives that can be saved by one donor.
• 75: Number of patients who could receive tissue from one donor.
• 4400: Number of Canadians awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant.
• 250: Average number of Canadians who die each year waiting.
• 6: Number of times more likely you are to need a transplant than become an organ donor.
• 90+: Age of Canada’s oldest organ donor. 
• 2: Number of minutes it takes to register your decision to be an organ donor online

For more information, visit https://www.blood.ca/en/about-us/media/organ-and-tissue-donation/backgrounder-national-organ-and-tissue-donation-awareness-week.

The Government of Prince Edward Island invites students aged 14 to 24 to undertake anti-racism work on PEI. Students can apply for funding ranging from $100 to $1,500 for projects that must align with one or more of the following goals: strengthening organizational capacity with activities focused on anti-racism; public outreach, engagement, and advocacy; and strengthening BIPOC communities. Project proposals will be accepted until May 1, 2023. For more information, visit princeedwardisland.ca/antiracismmicrogrants