Campus Notices
Macphail Homestead, 271 Macphail Park Road, Orwell
Saturday, September 12, 2015, 2:00 to 5:30 pm
Explore nature-based writing in the beautiful setting of the Macphail Homestead. See how poetry, memoir, dramatic monologue, and fiction begin with a sense of place and with close observation of the natural world.
During this 3.5-hour workshop, participants will explore nature and their response to it as they write short pieces in a series of timed exercises developed by a skilled teacher. Supplies needed: notebook, pencil or pen.
People of all ages and all levels of writing experience are welcome. Register online or on the day of the workshop. The workshop fee is $40. Students and seniors pay $30.
Come for the workshop and stay for a light supper and free public reading by Deirdre Kessler, sponsored by the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Macphail Homestead.
Supper in Tea Room at participants’ own expense. Go to macphailhomestead.ca to see menu designed by Red Seal Chef Joel Short.
Contact: Doreen Huestis, Macphail Homestead Site Director: 902-651-2789 or macphailhomestead@pei.aibn.com
Deirdre Kessler is a poet and author of 15 books for young people and a dozen books of nonfiction for adults. Recently published are a memoir, Mother Country, published by Oberon Press (Dec. 2014) and Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation, a children’s book illustrated by Brenda Jones set in Charlottetown in 1864, which received a 2015 P.E.I. Museum & Heritage Foundation writing award and a 2015 City of Charlottetown Heritage Award. Deirdre teaches creative writing, children’s literature, and the course on L.M. Montgomery with UPEI’s Department of English. She is a recipient of a UPEI Award for Teaching Excellence.
Chris Benjamin is a well-known fiction and features writer. His latest book, Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, won the 2013 Dave Greber Freelance Book Award.
On Friday, September 18, Chris Benjamin will be sharing his new book on campus at UPEI during a brown bag lunch to be held in the Main Faculty Lounge from 12:00-1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The event takes place soon after the publication of the Summary Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on June 1, Justice Murray Sinclair stated, “Education is the key to reconciliation.” It is in this spirit that the UPEI community and members of the public are gathering together with Chris Benjamin to discuss Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School.
The Faculty of Education and the UPEI Aboriginal Students' Association are organizing the event.
Please be advised that the University of Prince Edward Island Student Health Centre, located in the Student Affairs office in the WA Murphy Student Centre, will be opening this year on October 19.
Until October 19, Dr David Reid will be seeing students, by appointment, at his clinic in Sherwood, 15 Brackley Point Road, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Please see this link for a map of the exact location. When the Health Centre opens on campus, Dr Reid will continue to see students Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
Appointments can be made for Dr Reid, for before or after October 19, by contacting Bethany Holland at healthcentre@upei.ca
As always, call 911 if you are experiencing a health emergency. 811 is available 24/7 to speak to a registered nurse.
Apologies for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
Treena Smith
Manager, Student Affairs
trlsmith@upei.ca
Want to feel comfortable and confident in the Robertson Library? Come take a tour with us during the month of September!
Tours are available on weekdays, evenings, and weekends, and last about 30 minutes. Discover the Library's resources and services, and you could win a weekly prize of a $50 gift card to a Downtown Charlottetown business, plus a grand prize of a Samsung Tab A 8" tablet.
To register for a tour, simply go to library.upei.ca/tours and sign-up online!
Mass schedule @UPEI Chaplaincy Centre begins this week
Sunday 6:00,
Monday 12:30,
Thursday 12:05
Welcome Father John Lacey as priest chaplain.
Chris Benjamin is a well-known fiction and features writer. His latest book, Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, won the 2013 Dave Greber Freelance Book Award.
On Friday, September 18, Chris Benjamin will be sharing his new book on campus at UPEI during a brown bag lunch to be held in the Main Faculty Lounge from 12:00-1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The event takes place soon after the publication of the Summary Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on June 1, Justice Murray Sinclair stated, “Education is the key to reconciliation.” It is in this spirit that the UPEI community and members of the public are gathering together with Chris Benjamin to discuss Legacies of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School.
The Faculty of Education and the UPEI Aboriginal Students' Association are organizing the event.
Who\Where: CARI Complex Aquatics Department
What: Annual Pool Shutdown for maintenance and cleaning
When: September 7, 2015 through September 14, 2015 – reopening September 15, 2015
Why: Each year the pools at the CARI Complex are closed to complete necessary maintenance and service to equipment. The pools, pool deck, and dressing rooms also receive a vigorous cleaning to prepare for another year
The Department of Biology will host two presentations by Dr. Schammim Ray Amith,Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, September 9 & 10, 2015. Dr. Amith is a candidate for a Tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biology and will present the following talks:
Research Presentation: Membrane Proteins in Inflammation and Cancer
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
9:30 a.m.
DSC 204
Teaching Presentation: Cell Signalling: Enzyme-Linked Receptors
Thursday, September 10, 2015
1:00 p.m.
AVC 286A N
All are welcome to attend and provide comments to the selection committee via e-mail to biologychair@upei.ca
The Department of Companion Animals will be interviewing three (3) candidates for the open, tenure-track faculty position in anesthesia. The third candidate, Dr. Cate Creighton, will be on campus Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9.
Dr. Creighton received her DVM in 1995 and completed a combined residency & Master of Science program in 2011; both from the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI. She has worked in private practice and from 2011 to 2013 was a lecturer in Anaesthesia & Analgesia at the Companion Animal Health Centre, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Creighton is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia & Analgesia and has been working at the AVC in a contract position since July, 2013.
As part of the interview process, each candidate has been asked to present a 50-minute lecture suitable for 3rd year DVM students. Any interested faculty / staff / students are invited to attend. A copy of Dr. Creighton’s CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca) in the Department of Companion Animals.
SEMINAR NOTICE – Dr. Cate Creighton
‘Constant Rate Infusions During Anesthesia’
Tuesday, September 8th @ 12:30pm, AVC Lecture Theatre ‘A’
EVERYONE WELCOME!
UPEI professor and author Deirdre Kessler will give a public reading on Saturday, 12 September, 7 pm, at the Macphail Homestead in Orwell.
Deirdre will reading new poems, excerpts from a recently published memoir, Mother Country, and from a novel in progress.
The setting will be the Great Room of Sir Andrew Macphail’s house in Orwell. The free public reading is sponsored by The Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Macphail Homestead.
Deirdre Kessler is a poet and author of 15 books for young people and a dozen books of nonfiction for adults. Recently published are a memoir, Mother Country, published by Oberon Press (Dec. 2014) and Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation, a children’s book illustrated by Brenda Jones set in Charlottetown in 1864, which received a 2015 P.E.I. Museum & Heritage Foundation writing award and a 2015 City of Charlottetown Heritage Award. Deirdre teaches creative writing, children’s literature, and the course on L.M. Montgomery with UPEI’s Department of English. She is a recipient of a UPEI Award for Teaching Excellence.
Reading from 7:00 to 8:00 pm
There will be a cash bar.
The Macphail Homestead, 271 Macphail Park Road, Orwell, is a 20-minute drive from Charlottetown.
Contact: Doreen Huestis, Macphail Homestead Site Director:
902-651-2789 or macphailhomestead@pei.aibn.com
Canadian Blood Services is excited to be on campus once again this year to offer a more convenient way for students and staff of UPEI to donate. If your department would like to receive promo for future events held on the campus please respond with a mailing address where we can send and how many posters or pay stuffers you would like.
The next clinic is Thursday September 24th from 11-3pm in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre and there are currently 87 appointments left to be filled. There are several ways to schedule an appointment.
1) Download the Give Blood app
2) Visit blood.ca
3) Call 1-888-2-DONATE
This year we are excited to add to the clinic an opportunity for everyone to Get Swabbed and join the OneMatch Bone Marrow and Stem Cell network. We will have a booth set up at the clinic where you can join and potentially be the one match for someone currently waiting for a transplant. This is new for us to offer this and we have set a modest goal of adding 50 new registrants at this booth. If you cannot donate you still may be able to join, come and check out the booth!!
We are also looking for some volunteers to assist us on campus at these events so feel free to direct anyone or any group interested in this send me an email!!
Also The UPEI Panthers Men’s Hockey team has signed up as a Partner for Life pledging 20 units of blood annually on behalf of players, family & friends. If you would like to support them please join them as a member of their team on www.blood.ca/partnersforlife using the ID number UPEI1949081. Once you register then any donation you give throughout the entire year will be counted toward this goal.
Thanks so much!
Lisa Rusk, Territory Manager PE
Canadian Blood Services
Macphail Homestead, 271 Macphail Park Road, Orwell
Saturday, September 12, 2015, 2:00 to 5:30 pm
Explore nature-based writing in the beautiful setting of the Macphail Homestead. See how poetry, memoir, dramatic monologue, and fiction begin with a sense of place and with close observation of the natural world.
During this 3.5-hour workshop, participants will explore nature and their response to it as they write short pieces in a series of timed exercises developed by a skilled teacher. Supplies needed: notebook, pencil or pen.
People of all ages and all levels of writing experience are welcome. Register online or on the day of the workshop. The workshop fee is $40. Students and seniors pay $30.
Come for the workshop and stay for a light supper and free public reading by Deirdre Kessler, sponsored by the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Macphail Homestead.
Supper in Tea Room at participants’ own expense. Go to macphailhomestead.ca to see menu designed by Red Seal Chef Joel Short.
Contact: Doreen Huestis, Macphail Homestead Site Director: 902-651-2789 or macphailhomestead@pei.aibn.com
Deirdre Kessler is a poet and author of 15 books for young people and a dozen books of nonfiction for adults. Recently published are a memoir, Mother Country, published by Oberon Press (Dec. 2014) and Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation, a children’s book illustrated by Brenda Jones set in Charlottetown in 1864, which received a 2015 P.E.I. Museum & Heritage Foundation writing award and a 2015 City of Charlottetown Heritage Award. Deirdre teaches creative writing, children’s literature, and the course on L.M. Montgomery with UPEI’s Department of English. She is a recipient of a UPEI Award for Teaching Excellence.
There are a handful of seats left for the standard First Aid, CPR & AED Training session to be held on September 1 & 2from 9am-3pm. The training cost is covered. If you are interested in attending please contact Angela Deighan today.
628-4308 or adeighan@upei.ca
The UPEI Office of Skills Development and Learning will be offering a number of professional development certificate programs and courses beginning in late September.
: Interpersonal and Workplace Conflict Resolution Certificate - September 23
: Collaboration and Facilitation Certificate- beginning September 30
: Financial Management Certificate - October 14
: New Managers Series - October 15 (Summerside) & November 19 (Charlottetown)
Our complete course listing and certificate program information can be found at www.upei.ca/skillsdevelopmentandlearning or contact us at sdl@upei.ca or 902-566-0336.
Facilities Management wishes to advise the campus community that general parking lot spaces are still available for purchase, but spaces for designated lots have now been sold out.
Students can purchase a campus parking permit at the Parking Kiosk located on the main level of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, until September 26. After that date they will be available from the Facilities Management Office (in the Central Utility Building) from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm weekdays or until permits sell out.
Staff and faculty can purchase campus parking permits from the Facilities Management Office (Central Utility Building) starting August 10, 2015, Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm; or at the Parking Kiosk located on the main level of the W. A. Murphy Student Centre (kiosk operating August 26 to September 26, 2015 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm).
For more information on parking services at UPEI, visit upei.ca/parking.
Harmonie Richard, Lead Student Mentor for Accessibility Services and Elyse Cottrell, UPEISU Accessibility Representative have created a 10-15 minute presentation on Accessibility at UPEI. This presentation will cover services available to all students to help them on their academic journey, services available to students registered with Accessibility Services, who should register and how to register, and the importance of being mindful of differences.
During the first 2 weeks of school Harmonie, Elyse and the other student mentors will be speaking to classes. If you would like the presentation to be given to your class, please contact Elyse at accessibility@upeisu.ca to set up a time.
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to a memorial for Dr. Barry Bartmann, a professor in Political Science and Island Studies who passed away earlier this week. The memorial will take place in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Bldg., from 4:00 - 5:00pm, Friday, August 28th.
The Faculty of Science Grad Studies Committee invites the campus community to the following seminar presented by Dr. Stephen Heard, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Heard’s seminar is entitled:
“What Scientific Writing Is: Reflections on the History, Culture, and Practice of Composition in the Natural Sciences”
Abstract: How do scientists write, and how do they think about writing? For many scientists, the answers are "painfully" and "we don't". Fixing the problem inherent in the first answer involves changing the second. I will discuss some aspects of the cultural and historical roots of the scientific-writing form, of the function of the written document in the hands of its readers, and of the writing behaviour of ordinary scientists. We can increase our own scientific impact, while simultaneously improving our literature, with conscious attention to what writing is.
The seminar will take place on:
Friday, August 28, 2015
Duffy Science Centre, Room 204
10:30 am
Everyone is welcome to attend.
On Friday, August 28, 2015, the Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee will host a Master of Science Defense. Brittany Cole will defend her Master of Science thesis entitled:
“Adapting to Beach and Dune Environments: A Study of Fitness and Ecological Factors in the Coastal Plant Cakile Edentula ”
The seminar will be held on:
Friday, August 28, 2015
1:00 p.m.
Duffy Science Centre – Room 204
Everyone is welcome.
UPEI’s Climate Research Lab, in partnership with PEI EMO and the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) to bring a special presentation to Prince Edward Island. Dr. Adam Sobel, author of Storm Surge will give a talk in the Lecture Theatre of the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre. The talk begins at 10 am Friday, August 28.
There is no cost to attend, but please RSVP to messery@gov.pe.ca.
Dr Sobel is a renowned atmospheric scientist and Columbia University Professor. His book details the devastating and unprecedented events of Hurricane Sandy, using it to explain our planet’s changing climate and what we need to do to protect ourselves and our cities for the future.
Storm Surge brings together the melting glaciers, the shifting jet streams, and the warming oceans to make clear how our changing climate will make New York and other cities more vulnerable than ever to huge storms—and how we need to think differently about these long-term risks if we hope to mitigate the damage. Engaging, informative, and timely, Sobel’s book provokes us to rethink the future of our climate and how we can better prepare for the storms to come.
