Campus Notices
Join Maria Campbell as she leads two different classes as part of Mental Health Week. Both classes are free and for UPEI students, staff, and faculty only. Registration is required.
Virtual mindful movement class: This is a gentle movement class focusing on sensations in the body and feelings evoked through various forms of movement. The class will take place on Thursday, January 26, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.
Virtual stress management techniques class: Participants explore four different tools to soothe the nervous system in moments of stress including tea meditation, breathing exercises, journaling, and self-massage. This class will take place on Monday, January 23, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm.
To register:
* Go to recreation.upei.ca
* UPEI students/faculty/staff – click on Green ‘UPEI LOGIN’ button. Sign in with your UPEI email address and password.
* Click on mental health Icon and follow the prompts
Both opportunities are provided by the UPEI Healthy Campus Committee as part of Mental Health Week.
If you are going up for tenure or promotion soon and are thinking about the details of your teaching dossier, then this session is for you. Dr. Kathy Gottschall-Pass will talk about some of the things faculty members should focus on for tenure and promotion purposes on Friday, January 27, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm (snow date: February 16). Colleagues are strongly encouraged to review the Teaching Philosophy and Teaching Dossier course materials that are part of the Academic Instructional Skills Program (AISP) first and then come to the in-person workshop where you can focus on T & P specifics. You can self-enroll in both of these self-paced courses here. You'll find them in the Professional Growth, Development, and Identity Domain.
You may have heard a few things about Chat GPT in recent weeks that have piqued your curiosity about artificial intelligence. Join panelists Chris Power, Inge Dorsey, Wendy Shilton, Richard Raiswell, and Andrew Godbout in a discussion of artificial intelligence in university learning on Friday, January 27, at 12:00 pm in the Teaching and Learning Centre, RL 230. This will be a hybrid Lunch and Learn session. Please register here to attend online.
Happy New Year!
The UPEI Health Centered Research Clinic is looking for full/part-time undergraduate students for the Connections program starting at the end of January 2023!
Would you like to meet new friends and be involved in an inclusive and non-judgmental environment to learn about food, health, stress, coping, and physical activity?
The staff at the Health Centered Research Clinic at UPEI is offering a free eight-session program to help connect undergraduate students to provide an environment for learning on a variety of topics around health and well-being and connecting to the student community. Snacks will be provided at each session!
This free program will include a total of eight weekly group education sessions with a registered dietitian and health promoter and exercise sessions with a kinesiologist (plus open gym times) located in the lower level of the Steel Building.
If you are interested in registering, please email Anja and Laurie at connections@upei.ca for more information or to register. We look forward to seeing you there!
Dr. Greg Keefe, UPEI’s interim President and Vice-Chancellor, delivered a presentation on January 13, 2023, updating faculty, staff, and students on the progress of the development of the UPEI Faculty of Medicine, the joint doctor of medicine degree with Memorial University, and the new building being built at the north end of campus that will house the new faculty, the expanded UPEI Health and Wellness Centre and Doctor of Psychology clinics, simulation and clinical skills labs, as well other allied health spaces.
If you weren't able to attend, you can view a recording of the presentation here. For periodic updates, you can also subscribe to the UPEI Faculty of Medicine E-News
UPEI would like to remind you of the coming changes related to multi-factor authentication (MFA). Today (January 25), MFA will be applied to all student accounts, and the approval approach for the Microsoft authenticator app will change, requiring you to enter a code provided when you log into UPEI services such as email.
Do I have to do anything to prepare for this change?
In preparation for these changes, please ensure that you have at least one MFA method registered for your UPEI account.
For those who are using the Microsoft authenticator app, make sure you have the latest version of the app installed on your mobile device.
Where can I get help to set up MFA?
ITSS is offering various pop-up support opportunities to help you with MFA. Drop by and see us at the following locations:
• Tuesday, January 24: 4:30 to 8:00 pm, Robertson Library
• Wednesday, January 25: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, and 4:30 to 8:00 pm, Robertson Library
• Thursday, January 26: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, and 4:30 to 8:00 pm, Robertson Library
• Friday, January 27: 4:30 to 8:00 pm, Robertson Library
• Saturday, January 28: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Robertson Library
Unable to make one of the pop-up locations? Use our helpful three-step process: ITSS M365 Info and check out our training video and text-based guide here.
Need further assistance? Contact the ITSS Help Desk at helpdesk@upei.ca or (902) 566-0465.
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to present the next event of this year's ConneXion Series. Join Dr. Lisa Chilton (Department of History and Classics), Dr. Yuliya Rashchupkina (Department of Political Science), and Dr. Jason Stevens (Department of Economics) for a lively panel discussion entitled "Ukraine Invaded: A View from Canada."
This event will be held on Friday, January 27, 2023, at 2:30 pm, in SDU Main Building, Room 320.
The Connexions Series aims to foster understanding of the role that the liberal arts play in the construction of knowledge and ways of knowing, and in making sense of the complexities of the world around us.
For more information, contact Andrew Zinck, ConneXions Coordinator, at azinck@upei.ca.
On January 26, 2023, from 1:00–1:30 pm, please join the Chartwells team at the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre to celebrate the success of their recent food drive and fundraiser in partnership with UPEI Athletics and Recreation to support the Campus Food Bank. We will serve coffee, cranberry punch, and some scrumptious treats—cookies, cupcakes, and brownies. Swing by and say hello!
The excitement for this Saturday's Gold Rush draw is growing as big as the pot! With no winners in the last FIVE draws, the total pot has grown to more than $9,500, with half going to the winner of the draw.
Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI’s athletic programs.
Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the UPEI Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or play from your computer. The weekly draw is held at 8 pm every Saturday.
Are you looking for ideas that offer students choice (a key principle for UDL and trauma-informed educational approaches) that don't require you to curate a whole range of materials? A student-led choice board might be an option to try. Read more about setting up a choice board and how they can be used for different purposes in this blog, Strategies to Make Choice Boards More Efficient.
The supervisor training session scheduled for January 25, 2023, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, in the Joan and Regis Duffy Research Centre (DRC) has been moved to Bill and Denise Andrew Hall (AH), Room 142.
This session is still open to anyone in a supervisory role on campus who is available to attend. Please RSVP to Jacky Buell at hse@upei.ca.
The session will include information and training specifically for anyone in a supervisory position. This session will introduce participants to the concept of due diligence and inform them of the legal responsibilities supervisors have for worker safety.
You may have heard a few things about Chat GPT in recent weeks that have piqued your curiosity about artificial intelligence. Join panelists Chris Power, Inge Dorsey, Wendy Shilton, Richard Raiswell, and Andrew Godbout in a discussion of artificial intelligence in university learning on Friday, January 27, at 12:00 pm in the Teaching and Learning Centre, RL 230. This will be a hybrid Lunch and Learn session. Please register here to attend online.
Do you struggle to deal with a deluge of student emails? Dr. Elizabeth Wells will join us for a virtual Lunch and Learn session on Thursday, January 26, at 12:00 noon, with strategies to manage student emails and navigate boundaries. To register, click here.
Plugins enable you to add additional features and functionality to Moodle, such as new activities, new quiz question types, new reports, integrations with other systems, and many more. UPEI's Moodle has had a number of new plugins added over the fall that you may not be aware of. In this 60-minute workshop, the Teaching and Learning Centre will take you through all those new toys. From sticky notes to mind maps to adaptive quizzes, there are lots of new ways to enhance your Moodle course page for your participants.
Date: Tuesday, January 31
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 am
Location: In person at the Teaching and Learning Centre or join us online
Meditation and gentle yoga classes: A new free class is offered for UPEI faculty and staff starting Monday, January 16. You'll be guided through a 45-minute class that offers mediation and gentle yoga stretches. Registration weekly is required.
Mondays, 4:30--5:15 pm, with Colleen Gallant
Thursdays, 12:10--12:55 pm, with Pam Harris
Walking track access: UPEI faculty and staff can have free access to the indoor walking track until April 30, 2023. Registration is required.
To register for wellness programs, visit recreation.upei.ca. Log in by clicking on the green UPEI LOGIN button. Then enter your UPEI email and user name to access your account. Click on the wellness (UPEI Faculty/Staff) icon and follow the prompts for the programs you would like to register for. Please take some time to review the information provided under each program.
These programs are coordinated through the UPEI Healthy Campus Committee.
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020. About 90 percent of the new cases and deaths worldwide in 2020 occurred in low- and middle-income countries.
According to the World Health Organization (2023), a large majority of cervical cancer (more than 95 per cent) is due to the human papillomavirus (HPV). Two human papillomavirus (HPV) types (16 and 18) are responsible for nearly 50 per cent of high-grade cervical pre-cancers.
HPV is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract. Most sexually active women and men will be infected at some point in their lives, and some may be repeatedly infected. More than 90 per cent of the infected populations eventually clear the infection.
Although most HPV infections clear up on their own and most pre-cancerous lesions resolve spontaneously, there is a risk for all women that HPV infection may become chronic, and pre-cancerous lesions progress to invasive cervical cancer.
It takes 15 to 20 years for cervical cancer to develop in women with normal immune systems. It can take only 5 to 10 years in women with weakened immune systems, such as those with untreated HIV infection.
Using condoms and HPV vaccination are two of the ways you can prevent cervical cancer from HPV. Having regular pap screens once you become sexually active can help to detect pre-cancerous cells in the cervix. If cervical cancer is detected, it is curable if detected early.
For more information on HPV vaccines and other sexual health questions, contact the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre at healthcentre@upei.ca or 902-566-0616)to make an appointment and talk to a health care provider.
Pathways to Thrive is a project that focuses on healing as a community when it comes to topics centred around GBV. As peer support workers aiding to facilitate this project, we want to hear from you in our focus group. Through your input, you can help expand our knowledge on how to best support individuals navigating their healing journeys. We want to offer Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour a safer space to discuss ideas about self care and healing. With support from UPEI SVPRO, BIPOC USHR and the PEI Black Cultural Society are partnering to host a focus group on Tuesday, January 24, at 1:00 pm in 313 Kelley Building. Please email Maria Gomez at mgomez2@upei.ca or Jasonique Moss at peersupport@bcspei.ca.
The supervisor training session scheduled for January 25, 2023, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, in the Joan and Regis Duffy Research Centre (DRC) has been moved to Bill and Denise Andrew Hall (AH), Room 142.
This session is still open to anyone in a supervisory role on campus who is available to attend. Please RSVP to Jacky Buell at hse@upei.ca.
The session will include information and training specifically for anyone in a supervisory position. This session will introduce participants to the concept of due diligence and inform them of the legal responsibilities supervisors have for worker safety.
UPEI is excited to participate once again in the Bell Let's Talk campaign as part of our year-round efforts to build a culture of care that nurtures and celebrates the mental health and wellness of everyone in the University community. UPEI students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to take part in Bell Let’s Talk - Mental Health Week activities on campus. For a complete list of events, please CLICK HERE!
The Scholarships and Awards Office is reminding the campus community that the deadline for the 2nd Semester (Winter) Award Cycle is Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 11:59 pm.
You can access numerous scholarships and awards on the Scholarship and Award Application portal by clicking the link provided here or in the UPEI Forms section of your MyUPEI. Review the application instructions and submit your electronic application by February 1 to be considered. Be sure to submit any saved applications you may have started.
Additional awards are also available with a separate application process listed on the 2nd Semester (Winter) Award Cycle webpage. Be sure to click the links, review the award criteria, and submit in time for the deadline listed to be considered.
If you have questions about the application processes, award criteria, or deadlines, please contact scholarships@upei.ca or visit us in Dalton Hall, Room 202. Best of luck to all who apply!
