UPEI faculty and graduate students are invited to attend a special presentation on the mentorship relationships in graduate school on Tuesday, March 10 at 6:00 pm in SDU Main Building, room 113. The event is organized by the Graduate Students’ Association and Dr. Brian Wagner, Faculty of Science. It will begin with a 30-minute presentation by Dr. Wagner, followed by open discussion. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.

When collaboration successfully occurs in the workplace, you feel positive, productive, and willing to face any challenge. This session will teach the key elements of teamwork and provide the opportunity to practice collaboration-building techniques and will take place on Monday, March 9 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC. NOTE: This session is for staff & faculty. Space is limited, so please sign up before March 5. If you would like to attend the session, please register by contacting Megan in Human Resources at mgee@upei.ca.

Watch and discuss slam poetry (competition where people read their poems without props, costumes, or music) online with your peers, on Wednesday, March 11 from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in the Campus Life Lounge (second floor above the Bookstore in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre). Discover how this art form can be used to talk about mental health. This event is in support of Mental Health Week at UPEI and put on by the Student Diversity Office. All are welcome to attend.

John Underhay, also known as @peicurmudgeon, is a well-known blogger who describes himself as "just your average mentally ill, left-wing atheist, SCUBA-diving, snorkeling biker." Come chat with John about his experiences and listen to his story on Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30 pm in the Campus Life Lounge (second floor above the Bookstore in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre). This event is in support of Mental Health Week at UPEI, and organized by Student Affairs campus life advisors.

Join the Psychology Society for a night of mental-health-themed trivia on Wednesday, March 11 at 8:30 pm, at The Wave in support of mental health awareness and Mental Health Week at UPEI.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to join a discussion on mental health and what it means to our international community here at UPEI, on Thursday, March 12 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm, in the PIT, Robertson Library. This session will be led by Marion Clorey, counsellor, and Erica Stanley, international student advisor. All guests are welcome to bring their lunch. Sweets and coffee will be provided.

Yoga Nidra, also known as yogic sleep, brings an incredible calmness, quietness and clarity to the body. Yoga Nidra is one of the deepest of all meditations, leading awareness through many levels of mental process to a state of supreme stillness and insight. Join in the practice on Thursday, March 12 from 12:45-1:30 pm at the Chaplaincy Centre. All are welcome to attend. This event is free and in support of Mental Health Week at UPEI. Bring a mat, pillow, blanket and any additional props.

Take part in a showing of A Beautiful Mind, a biopic of John Nash and his experiences with schizophrenia, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ron Howard on Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, room 135. Immediately following the movie, there will be a discussion facilitated by Dr. Jason Doiron, and Michael Matusiewicz. Popcorn will be provided. All are welcome to attend.

Join us as we wrap up the week’s events featuring a safe-listening and non-judgemental environment where various students, staff and faculty members will share their stories and encounters with mental illness, on Friday, March 13 at 3:00 pm in The Wave. These stories will provide us with an opportunity to learn, care, and be inspired to help ourselves and those around us living with mental illnesses, and remind us all, that relationships matter. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to attend!

Sponsored by the English Department & Dean of Arts with PEI Writers’ Guild support Saturday, March 14 – 10:00­-12:00 & 1:00­-3:00 UPEI campus – Main Building, Room 420 10:00­-12:00 – The Attractions of Nature Writing In this workshop we’ll discuss many aspects of nature writing, including location, time of year, and subjects of focus (from birds and mammals to flowers and mushrooms to clouds and stars). We’ll pose several key questions. How are observation and sensual detail mixed with reflection, memory, and the writer’s presence? How can you structure your explorations of the natural world? What are the advantages of both single­mindedness and variety? Special attention will be paid to the tradition of chronological “books of days,” and to the special rewards of plein­air (outdoor) writing. You are asked to bring one object from forests, fields, beaches, and other sorts of environments – an object you feel might inspire others into writing. 1:00-­3:00 – Writing Praise Poems This workshop will centre on poems of celebration and praise. We will look at such poems, including odes and elegies, by poets as diverse as Pablo Neruda, Alden Nowlan, and Mary Oliver. How do we mix celebration with humour, irony, and fantasy? How can we escape clichés, making our praise original and worthy of its subject? Feel free to bring drafts of your own poems of celebration, whether they're about people, places, works of art, natural phenomena, or other subjects. Coffee, tea, juice, fruit, and muffins will be provided. An elevator is located in the Main lobby. Workshop fees for students, seniors, and PEI Writers’ Guild members are $25 for one workshop and $40 for both workshops, and $35 or $60 for other participants. To register, contact the UPEI English Department: 566­0389 or tjohnston@upei.ca. Limit: 15 participants per workshop A professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Saint Mary’s University, Brian Bartlett was born in St. Stephen, N.B., grew up in Fredericton, lived for fifteen years in Montreal, and moved to Halifax in 1990. His poetry collections include Planet Harbour, Underwater Carpentry, The Afterlife of Trees, and Wanting the Day: Selected Poems, which won the 2004 Atlantic Poetry Prize. His most recent book is Ringing Here and There: A Nature Calendar. He also edited Don McKay: Essays on His Works and a selection of Don Domanski’s poetry, Earthly Pages.