Campus Notices
You're invited to join the Experiential Ed Office for Job Ready Bootcamp, April 19 and 20!
Navigating an increasingly precarious work world can be difficult. Job Ready Bootcamp is a two-day workshop focused on helping UPEI students prepare for today's labour market.
Primarily face-to-face, with supplementary online modules, Job Ready Bootcamp will help you focus your goals and competencies, polish your resume and networking skills, and practice your responses to difficult questions. This FREE mini-badge program will be part of a broader non-credit badging system coming to UPEI in 2018-19!
April's Bootcamp is a way to build competencies and confidence that you can carry into potential work situations, while earning a mini-badge you can display on Linked In & other social platforms. Registration is limited and will be first-come, first-served - sign up here.
Tuesday, March 20 (7:30 PM)
Showcase Recital at the Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown
Featuring UPEI Music Majors in performance
FREE
Saturday, March 24 (7:30 PM)
UPEI Wind Symphony at Park Royal United Church
Directed by Karem J. Simon
Adults $15/Students $10
Sunday, March 25 (2:30 PM)
Junior Recitals featuring Mallory McInnis, mezzo, Stephanie Cole, piano; TingTing Wei, soprano, Leo Marchildon, piano FREE
Tuesday, March 27 (7:30pm)
UPEI Jazz Ensemble, directed by David Shephard
Adults $15/Students $10
One of the biggest challenges in a workplace is to understand the dynamics of how people work together. In today’s workplace the ability to identify team dynamics and understand positive and negative outcomes is a key component to building successful teams.
This two-day course will explore team dynamics using guided role play, exercises and practice sessions, you will discover:
• five stages of team development;
• how to identify communication problems;
• how to maximize performance;
• strategies for managing conflict;
• decision-making strategies;
• how to create a shared vision for success
The course runs 8:30 am - 4:00 pm March 22 and 23. Contact Koren Glenn, sdl@upei.ca, or 902-628-4394.
Management Science Candidate, Dr. Liufang (Sophia) Yao, will be giving her public presentation Wednesday, March 21, at 9:30 am, in KMB 211. Presentation title is Product Recall Timing Optimization Using Dynamic Programming. All are welcome to attend.
The UPEI Multicultural Song Circle meets every Tuesday in Main Building Lounge from 4:30 - 5:30. All students, staff, faculty and community are welcome. Come when you can. This is a non-audition singing group that shares songs of the many cultures and countries on the UPEI campus for fun, friendship,relaxation, and music-making.
The Karma Wellness Yoga class is cancelled on Tuesday, March 20.
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Dr. Martha Mellish, of AVC’s Equine Ambulatory Service, will give a free public workshop, entitled “A pain in the gut: Managing equine digestive issues,” on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:00 pm, in Lecture Theatre A, Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI.
Horses have complex gastro-intestinal systems and can have equally complex digestive problems. The more knowledge horse owners have about these issues, the better they can understand and appropriately manage digestive conditions affecting their animals. Using a practical model, Dr. Mellish will explain the equine gastro-intestinal tract and talk about common medical conditions that can affect it.
Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. For information, contact (902) 566-0589.
You are invited to attend UPEI's 3 Minute Thesis competition, where graduate students will present their research in 3 minutes or less. The competition will take place on March 19 at 6:30 pm in HSB 105. All are welcome to attend. Come support UPEI graduate students and enjoy hearing about diverse research studies happening on campus.
If you have questions, you can email Colleen Gallant at cgallant@upei.ca.
Research on Tap is returning on March 20th at 6:30-7:30 pm in The Wave with a presentation by Dr. Andrew Carrothers entitled, "The impact of public scrutiny on executive compensation: Evidence from the financial crisis."
The event is open to all students, faculty, and staff at UPEI as well as the broader PEI community.
This event is brought to you by the Graduate Students' Association with support from the Student Union. There will be free nachos for graduate students who attend!
Interested in working in the healthcare sector? Then you will not want to miss this event!
On Wednesday, March 21st, the UPEI Pre-Med Society will be hosting a “Health Career Conference” in Don and Marion McDougall Hall (Room 242) from 6:00-8:00pm. The theme of this evening is “Informing the Next Generation of Healthcare Workers” and the conference will showcase different health professions, shed light on current healthcare issues, and educate students and community members interested in a career in healthcare about the realities of working in the healthcare system.
There will be four exciting presentations by influential healthcare workers that you won’t want to miss if you are considering working in the healthcare system.
6:00-6:30 – Sheila MacLean – Health Recruitment
6:30-7:00 – Roseanne Sark – Aboriginal Health
7:00-7:30 – Dr. William Montelpare -- Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research
7:30-8:00 – Dr. Kim Critchley the current Deputy Minister of Health and Wellness for PEI
Full descriptions of each presentation are included on the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/584197705381855
This event is open to anyone in the community. Admission is by donation and proceeds will be split between the 22nd Annual QEH/Eastlink Telethon and a local family in need (TBA). For more information contact us at upeipremed@gmail.com.
Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Monday April 6 2018. They will be reviewed at the April meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after April 6 will be reviewed at the May 2018 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 forms are received.
Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms.
Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca
For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
Take your kids and spend St Patrick's Day at the Campus Life Lounge (located in Student Affairs above the bookstore) for science experiments with the Let's Talk Science volunteer group, St Paddy's Day crafts and some diving in our super-fun BALL PIT!
The science activities planned for the day are "Elephant Toothpaste," which is a fun bubble-filled activity and "Ozobots"; easily programmable robots for kids.
Lets Talk Science is a volunteer-based program offering a wide variety of meaningful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning experiences to kids.
You are invited to attend UPEI's 3 Minute Thesis competition, where graduate students will present their research in 3 minutes or less. The competition will take place on March 19 at 6:30 pm in HSB 105. All are welcome to attend. Come support UPEI graduate students and enjoy hearing about diverse research studies happening on campus.
If you have questions, you can email Colleen Gallant at cgallant@upei.ca.
Interested in working in the healthcare sector? Then you will not want to miss this event!
On Wednesday, March 21st, the UPEI Pre-Med Society will be hosting a “Health Career Conference” in Don and Marion McDougall Hall (Room 242) from 6:00-8:00pm. The theme of this evening is “Informing the Next Generation of Healthcare Workers” and the conference will showcase different health professions, shed light on current healthcare issues, and educate students and community members interested in a career in healthcare about the realities of working in the healthcare system.
There will be four exciting presentations by influential healthcare workers that you won’t want to miss if you are considering working in the healthcare system.
6:00-6:30 – Sheila MacLean – Health Recruitment
6:30-7:00 – Roseanne Sark – Aboriginal Health
7:00-7:30 – Dr. William Montelpare -- Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research
7:30-8:00 – Dr. Kim Critchley the current Deputy Minister of Health and Wellness for PEI
Full descriptions of each presentation are included on the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/584197705381855
This event is open to anyone in the community. Admission is by donation and proceeds will be split between the 22nd Annual QEH/Eastlink Telethon and a local family in need (TBA). For more information contact us at upeipremed@gmail.com.
Speaker: Anna Kuznetsova, Biomedical Sciences
Title: Temperature dependent regulation of natural products biosynthesis in Arctic actinomycetes
Speaker: Ashley McKibbon, Pathology and Microbiology
Title: Identification of virus-host receptor(s) for Atlantic salmon bafinivirus, a coronavirus of fish.
This event begins at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, March 20 in AVC Lecture Theatre A.
Do you have an interest in and commitment to health and safety? Are you looking for a way to be more involved on campus? Can you commit 1-2 hours per month to serve in a volunteer role?
The Health, Safety and Environment Department is looking for representatives from the following buildings/areas to serve on the Main Campus Health and Safety Working Group.
- W.A. Murphy Student Centre
- Faculty of Education (Memorial Hall)
- Don and Marion McDougall Hall
- 618 University Avenue
- ITSS (AVC)
If you would like more information or would like to volunteer to serve on this working group, please contact Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca or 902-566-0901.
Alaina Roach O'Keefe will deliver her PhD Defence presentation "Remixing Digital Play in the Early Years: Learning Stories from the Nested Ecology of One Family" on March 16 at 10:00 am in AVC 286N.
All are welcome to attend! Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.
The Faculty of Business is pleased to present a candidate for a tenure track position in Marketing. On Friday, March 16, at 9:30 am in Kelley 211, Soyoung Kim will be presenting on 'Some Like It Warm: When and Why Warm Brands Make Better Partners.'
All are welcome to attend. Please contact business@upei.ca with any questions.
The Department of Psychology is pleased to present the second candidate for the position of Faculty Member and Director of Training for UPEI’s new Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program. Dr. Butler will give two talks: the first is a simulated classroom presentation about his research and the second will outline his vision for the PsyD at UPEI.
Please join us for the following presentations:
The first presentation on Thursday, March 15 at 2:30 pm where Dr. Stephen Butler will present his research talk entitled “The role of treatment evaluations in improving young people’s mental health: The case of Multisystemic Therapy (MST)”. It will take place in McDougall Hall, room 243.
The second presentation will take place on Friday, March 16 at 9:45 am where Dr. Stephen Butler will present "Achieving excellence: A blueprint for the PsyD program at UPEI". It will take place in Memorial Hall room 417. (Please note that this is a room change.)
