There will be a UPEI Basic Biosafety training session:
Thursday, February 14th, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 
AVC, Room 287N

Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone including graduate students.

Please note: those who attended training in 2016 or earlier are currently due for the Biosafety Refresher Course.

To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before February 11th, 2019 by email (ssudworth@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901).

Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

With the increase in quality and quantity of cognitive sciences research over the last few years, what of it can be usefully applied to teaching? This workshop aims to summarize that research on learning and memory and provide instructors with tips for integration into their teaching. Offered by the E-Learning Office, this workshop will be offered on two different dates: February 11th or March 19th from 10:30 to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER

A new article is on the website at http://projects.upei.ca/arts-equity-and-inclusion/category/discussions/. The Arts Equity and Inclusion group invite the campus community to check out this week's addition to the ongoing discussion series aimed at getting us all to think more deeply about how equity and inclusion can affect our everyday behaviours and practices. This week's resource--“If someone wants to be called 'they' and not 'he' or 'she', why say no?”--addresses the issue of pronouns. Everyone welcome to read and leave a comment!

The Office of Experiential Education is hosting an alternative reading week offering of the Professionalization Badge program from February 19 to 21. This 2.5 day intensive program is a chance for students to complete all of the Professionalization skill-building workshops and register for a 10-hour job shadow experience. Topics covered will include communication skills, such as teamwork and conflict management, and labour market literacies, such as resume writing and interview preparation.

Open to all students, visit our webpage to learn more and sign up: http://www.upei.ca/experientialeducation/ex-ed
Questions? Email us at experientialed@upei.ca

Phishing is a cyber attack that uses disguised email as a weapon. The phishers goal is to trick you into believing the email you just received is from someone you know - for instance a colleague or boss, maybe even your bank, asking you to click on a link or send some information. There are lots of ways to protect yourself from phishing attacks and ITSS have put together a guide here. Please read through and if you have any questions about suspicious emails give us a call 902 566 0465

A new article is on the website at http://projects.upei.ca/arts-equity-and-inclusion/category/discussions/. The Arts Equity and Inclusion group invite the campus community to check out this week's addition to the ongoing discussion series aimed at getting us all to think more deeply about how equity and inclusion can affect our everyday behaviours and practices. This week's resource--“If someone wants to be called 'they' and not 'he' or 'she', why say no?”--addresses the issue of pronouns. Everyone welcome to read and leave a comment!

Colleen MacQuarrie and Sobia Ali-Faisal from the Department of Psychology will be facilitating a workshop on white privilege in the academy. They will be applying liberation psychological theory to:
- examine white privilege and white supremacy in the academy
- provide space for attendees to explore and navigate their emotions and thoughts around their own privilege, and 
- provide time to practice strategies to challenge their white privilege.

We are holding this workshop to support UPEI's efforts at honouring the TRC recommendations and creating a safe environment for everyone. (Side note: We will also be holding a workshop for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities on campus on March 4th. Please keep an eye out for a notice regarding that very soon.)

When: February 4th, 1 - 3pm
Where: Andrew Hall, Room 142
For: Faculty, staff, and students

It is a free workshop and refreshments will be provided.

Please feel free to email Sobia (sali@upei.ca) or Colleen (cmaquarrie@upei.ca) if you have any questions. 

We would like to thank the Department of Psychology, Office of the Dean of Arts, and Office of Vice-President Academic and Research for their support of the workshop.

Energy History of PEI The Environmental Studies Book Club Discussion Series

This winter we will be reading and discussing "Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island" (2016). Our discussions will probe into past and present environmental changes on PEI, and how and why the Islanders are particularly sensitive to environmental issues and enmeshed in their landscape in a way that is unique among Canadians.

During our second discussion, we will talk about energy transitions in PEI history and will focus on the chapter by Kathleen Stuart: “Two centuries of energy on Prince Edward Island.” Those interested in more information about the province’s energy policies in the 1973-1990 period can also read the book by Alan MacEachern "The Institute of Man and Resources: An Environmental Fable" (2003).

We are thrilled that the authors and editors of these books, Ms. Kathleen Stuart, Dr. Alan MacEachern, and Dr. Josh MacFadyen, will join our discussion. 

Date and time: February 15, 2019 at 4pm
Place: The Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI campus.

All are welcome!

"Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island" and "The Institute of Man and Resources: An Environmental Fable" are available at the UPEI library. The former is available as an e-book at https://library.upei.ca/ and the first chapter of the latter book is available on library reserves as a digital file. 

If have any questions/suggestions, please feel free to contact Dr. Nino Antadze at nantadze@upei.ca.

There will be a UPEI Biosafety Refresher training session:
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
AVC, Room 287N

This session is required for those who attended the Basic Biosafety course in 2016 or earlier. It is not a substitute for Basic Biosafety. Topics to be covered include a review of basic biosafety principles, a practical approach to spill cleanup, and an update on what’s new at UPEI in the field of biosafety.

To attend the Biosafety Refresher course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before February 11th, 2019 by email (ssudworth@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). 

Please include your name, department, supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

The ACLC Workshop: The Insight Approach to Communication and Conflict, will take place Friday 1st February from 6-9pm and Saturday 2nd February from 9am - 5pm, in Andrew Hall 142, and will be led by Dr. Cheryl Picard. There is no charge for this workshop and Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Dr. Picard comes to us from Carleton University where she is Professor Emeritus and where she founded the Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution, the Centre for Conflict Education and Research, and the Mediation Centre.

Dr. Picard is a leading scholar and practitioner in the skills of mediation and conflict resolution, and she is the founder of the insight approach, a learning-centered method of mediation which will be the subject of the workshop. 

In this workshop, students will learn: 1) new ways of thinking about difficult and conflictual interpersonal and group relations 2) how to deepen the learning conversation by listening to understand and asking about interpretation, meaning- making, feelings and values, 3) how to link, delink and verify insights, and 4) to advance their existing communication and leadership skills and develop new ones.

This is a great opportunity for students to learn from someone with training in criminology and social work, and to get better connected to some of the people in these fields.

To register for this event please contact Phoebe Murphy - pbmurphy@upei.ca.

Please join us on Thursday, February 7, from 2:30-3:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building, when Dr. John Doran will facilitate a discussion of the film Trick or Treaty, dir. Alanis Obomsawin: National Film Board of Canada, 2014. The film is available through UPEI library website; please search for the title in the catalogue and watch it before the session!

The Healthy Campus Committee is providing a 45 minute class that offers gentle yoga stretches and muscle strengthening and toning through slow controlled movements. The meditation segment of the class creates more calm, inner peace and balance that benefits both your emotional wellbeing and overall health. This is a class for all fitness levels. The class will be held on Mondays at 12;10 pm - 12:55 pm in Fitness Studio #2, February 4, 11, 25 and March 4. Free but pre-registration required as we only have space for 12. Please contact Angela Marchbank, Fitness & Wellness Coordinator at amarchbank@upei.ca to reserve your spot.

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the following two seminars: 

Laura Young (MSc-Human Biology): Determining the role of cellular senescence in skeletal muscle regeneration. And

Rachel Kays (MSc-Human Biology): Sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and health measures in participants of the SHAPES-PEI study. 

Everyone is welcome. The event is today at 12:30 in Duffy Science Centre, room 204.