Dr. Katie Hoddinott (AVC Class of 2012) will be on-campus next week interviewing for the open, tenure-track faculty position in small animal surgery in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Hoddinott is in the final year of her small animal surgery residency/graduate student program at the Ontario Veterinary College.

As part of the interview process, Dr. Hoddinott will be presenting a seminar. Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of her CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca).

Dr. Hoddinott will present on Wound Management Techniques on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 12:30 pm in Lecture Theatre ‘A’, Atlantic Veterinary College.

Featuring visiting professor Dr. Nand Bardouille who will present Overcoming "small size" in the Caribbean.

The March 2018 Island Studies Lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 20, at 7 pm in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus and will feature Dr. Nand C. Bardouille speaking about the important role of regional integration in positioning Caribbean island states to overcome the disadvantages associated with “small size.”

Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

The UPEI Health, Safety and Environment Department has an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) that can be borrowed/signed out for large gatherings, conferences, athletic events, etc. on campus if an AED is not in close proximity to the event location.

Please contact Kathryn Harrison (ext: 0901 or email: kharrison@upei.ca) or Kevin Robinson (ext: 0516 or email: kjrobinson@upei.ca) for details on how to borrow this life saving equipment for your large scale event.

UPEI Mental Health Week 2018 is a five-day event jam-packed with a variety of events and sessions for all members of our UPEI community. Connect with friends and colleagues; relationships matter! Tuesday events include:

• MHW’s Keynote Address with Wil Gunning (11:30 am–12:30 pm, McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre)
• Q&A with Wil Gunning (12:30–1:30 pm, Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building)
• Karma Yoga (12:10–12:55 pm, UPEI Chaplaincy Centre)
• Jack Talk (1:00–2:00 pm, Memorial Hall 308)
• Art & Bullet Journalling (4:00–5:00 pm, PIT, Robertson Library) Repeat Session
• Coffee With a Stranger (6:00–7:00 pm, Campus Life Lounge, W.A. Murphy Student Centre)

View the full UPEI Mental Health Week 2018 schedule

The UPEI Mawi'omi Aboriginal Student Centre once again will host their annual Pow Wow on campus, featuring a Grand Entry at 10 am, followed by a mini Pow Wow with drumming, dancing, and cultural presentations. All are welcome to join in on Wednesday, March 14 in McMillan Hall at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 10 am to 2 pm!

“Evil Isn’t Necessarily Wrong” will be presented by Dr. Todd Calder, Saint Mary’s University, on March 16 at 3:30 pm in SDU Main Building, room 211.

Most people (including most philosophers) assume that wrongdoing is an essential component of the concept of evil. This paper argues that this view is mistaken. A case is presented that appears to be evil and yet not wrongful on act-consequentialist, contractualist, and contractarian theories of wrongdoing. Proponents of these theories should accept that evil actions need not be wrongful. Furthermore, even if all evil actions are wrongful on the correct theory of wrongdoing, it does not follow that wrongdoing is an essential component of the concept of evil. Wrongdoing is an essential component of the concept of evil only if wrongdoing is, at least partly, what makes evil actions evil. A plausible theory of evil is offered that does not make wrongdoing (even partly) what makes evil actions evil. To explain how evil actions can be morally worse than merely wrongful actions without being more morally wrong, a distinction is made between the deontic right/wrong and the aretaic admirable/despicable moral spectrums. Evil actions are morally worse than merely wrongful actions by being more morally despicable, but not necessarily more morally wrong. 

All are welcome!

Department of Psychology Candidate - Dr. Stephen Butler

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.)

UPEI Mental Health Week 2018 is a five-day event jam-packed with a variety of events and sessions for all members of our UPEI community. Connect with friends and colleagues—relationships matter!

Monday MHW 2018 events include:

• Staff & Faculty Brown Bag Lunch: Meet The Counselling Team, 12:00 to 1:00 pm – SDU Main Building
• Art & Bullet Journalling, 12:30 to 1:20 pm – Atlantic Veterinary College
• How to Help a Friend, 6:00 to 7:00 pm – SDU Main Building
• Movie Talks @ RL: My Depression: The Up and Down and Up of It, 7:00 to 8:15 pm – Robertson Library

View the full UPEI Mental Health Week 2018 schedule
 

The Faculty of Business is pleased to present two candidates for the tenure-track position in Entrepreneurship.

The public presentations are as follows:

• Monday, March 12, Dr. Dianne Tyers, 9:30 am in MCDH 329. Her presentation will be on The Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs Operating Businesses Cross-Culturally and Cross-Linguistically

• Wednesday, March 14, Dr. Jarrod Wiener, 9:30 am in MCDH 329. His presentation will be on Entrepreneurship in Complex Regulatory Environments: A Research Agenda

All are welcome!

The Rotaract Club of UPEI meets weekly on Fridays at 2:00 pm, Robertson Library room 209 (room subject to change). Find us on facebook, all students welcome, always accepting new members!

Rotaract Club is a service club that works with leaders in the community to help local organizations, develop leadership skills, and have fun serving others.

All are welcome!

Head over to The Grille located in the WA Murphy Student Centre and try out our new and improved burgers made in-house. From March 12-16, Buy One, Get One Half-Off on Bacon Cheeseburgers starting at 11:30 am.

The Grille's menu can be viewed here!

The UPEI Mawi'omi Aboriginal Student Centre once again will host their annual Pow Wow on campus, featuring a Grand Entry at 10 am, followed by a mini Pow Wow with drumming, dancing, and cultural presentations. All are welcome to join in on Wednesday, March 14 in McMillan Hall at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre from 10 am to 2 pm!

The UPEI Department of Music Recital Series presents "Vocal Chamber Music", featuring UPEI Music majors in performance directed by Sung Ha Shin Bouey and Stephen Bouey. The recital will now take place Friday, March 16, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI Campus. 

Tickets will be available at the door. All are welcome!

In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements. 

Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2018. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. 

Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients. 

Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please visit here.

The UPEI Multicultural Song Circle meets every Tuesday in SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge from 4:30 - 5:30. 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.

All students, staff, faculty and community are welcome. Come when you can!

UPEI’s Executive MBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. The program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work, in a management or leadership position. Classes are offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays with the option to complete the program in 20 months.

To learn more about the program and to meet with staff, faculty and students from the School of Business, we invite you to attend an information session on Tuesday, March 13 at 5:00 pm in the Boardroom at The Confederation Centre of the Arts (Richmond Street Entrance).

Please call (902) 566-6474 or email mba@upei.ca to reserve a seat. For more information on UPEI's EMBA Program, please click here.

“Death on the Miramichi: Community Responses to Sick Immigrants in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick”

Early in the shipping season of 1847, an unanticipated immigrant ship arrived on the Miramichi River, at Chatham. The Looshtauk ought to have gone to Quebec City, but fate intervened in the form of a devastating typhus epidemic. There weren't enough crew left standing to navigate the St. Lawrence by the time the Atlantic had been crossed, so Chatham became the ship's final destination. In this public talk, Dr. Lisa Chilton explores how the people of Chatham and beyond responded to the arrival of a ship carrying death in their midst as an entry point for a discussion about relations between host communities and newcomers in nineteenth-century Canada.

All are welcome to attend March 14 at 7:00 pm in SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge (Rm. 201). Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

UPEI will host a public lecture by Dr. Mark Tremblay, chair of Canada’s Physical Activity Guideless Committee, on Canada’s 24-hour movement guidelines for young children. The presentation will be Tuesday, March 13 at 7:00 pm at the UPEI Health Sciences Building in Room 105. 

Dr. Tremblay will discuss Canada’s Guidelines for Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep for children aged 0–4 years. His lecture will explore how these guidelines were created, the evidence supporting the guidelines, and how they are being implemented. The information will be relevant for teachers, early childhood educators, researchers, parents, health promoters, policy makers, and members of the general public.

To register, please contact Travis Saunders, trsaunders@upei.ca. All are welcome!

In support of UPEI Mental Health Week, Relationships Matter, Robertson Library is presenting My Depression: The Up and Down and Up of It in our Movie Talks series.

Monday, March 12
7:00—8:30 pm
3rd floor, Robertson Library

Join us for this entertaining but enlightening film on the symptoms, emotions, and side effects of depression. It will help you to understand someone suffering from depression a little bit better and those who suffer from depression will not feel so alone. A discussion/Q & A period will follow the film. Free popcorn.

Everyone is welcome!

On Wednesday, March 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm "The spotlight is on you!" Sign up for your 10 minutes of fame!

Present your short story, poem, excerpt from your novel or journal, a song you have written, play your instrument, perform stand-up comedy, etc. – whatever you like – in front of a friendly audience.

Register online to book your performance by clicking here! Don’t want to perform? Come, relax & be part of the audience. Free popcorn, and everyone is welcome!

Click here to view full lisitng details on the UPEI Events Calendar.