The Department of Economics is pleased to invite you to our seminar series on Wednesday, April 1, at 12:30 pm in SDU Main Building, Room 420.

Dr. Anastasiia Suvorova (St. FX University) will present “The Evolution of Prices and Quantities of Occupational Human Capital.”

All are welcome to attend.

The UPEI Philosophy Reading Group will meet in downtown Charlottetown on Thursday, April 2, at 7:00 PM.

We will discuss pages 94 (sec. 11: “The Concept of Truth”) to 122 (up to sec. 6: “The Paralogism”) from Gilles Deleuze’s Nietzsche and Philosophy.

This group is an invitation to think with Deleuze—and with one another. No prior experience in philosophy is required. Just an open mind and a willingness to experiment with ideas.

If you would like to attend, please reach out to Dr. Max Schaefer at mschaefer@upei.ca for more information.

“If the book we are reading does not wake us [...] then why do we read it? [...] A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” — Franz Kafka

On Wednesday, April 1, ITSS will conduct maintenance on myUPEI from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, Web Advisor, and Colleague.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email using https://outlook.office.com.

If you have any questions, please fill out our new Help Form: https://go.upei.ca/itrequest

Navigating Conflict – if not at university, then where do we learn?

Tuesday, March 31, 12:00 -1:30, UPEI Chaplaincy Centre

Join us for our next session of Courageous Conversations, featuring Dr. Jane Ngobia, Kelton Thomason, Sula Levesque and Kylah Hennessey

Together, our panel will explore what it means to navigate conflict with courage, clarity and compassion.  Drawing from their diverse roles across campus including VP People and Culture, Residence Life, EDI-HR and ExEd, they will share their lived experience, practical strategies and insights on bridging difference in our campus community.  This session follows a lunch and learn style, inviting UPEI community to listen, learn and engage in thoughtful dialogue.

Join UPEI President Wendy Rodgers for casual "coffee chats" at the Fox and Crow in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on Thursday, April 2 from 9:30-10:30 am.

These coffee chats offer a relaxed setting where any member of the UPEI community can drop by, grab a drink, and chat with Wendy about anything on your mind. Whether you want to share ideas, ask questions or simply say hello, these chats are a great way to connect with the president in a comfortable and informal environment.

Join the UPEI Student Union for an insightful and engaging panel discussion on March 31, 11:30 am in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, featuring two distinguished physicians: Dr. Preston Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Dr. Peter MacPherson. They will share their expertise, experiences, and perspectives on the medical field.

This event is open to all community members and students interested in healthcare and medicine. It’s a great opportunity to learn, ask questions, and connect with professionals and peers alike.

Dr. Preston Smith has dedicated his career to advancing medical education. With 25 years as a family physician in Moncton and serving as VP of Medicine in New Brunswick, he gained significant expertise in health system reform. As Senior Associate Dean of Education at Dalhousie University, he played a key role in launching the Dalhousie medical education program in Saint John and starting new family medicine residency programs in PEI, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Most recently, as Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, he led a major restructuring of the college. Dr. Smith is eager to contribute to the development of a unique medical education program in Prince Edward Island in partnership with Memorial University. His passion for the evolution of medical education and research drives his interest in corporate governance. He has served on the boards of AFMC, VIDO, and the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Dr. Peter MacPherson is Memorial University's Associate Dean for the PEI regional campus. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Alberta. He completed his pediatrics residency and a Master of Education degree at Memorial University. After residency, he worked as a clinician educator at Queen’s University and held several educational leadership roles related to undergraduate medical education there. He is also a consultant general pediatrician at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown. 

Title of the Thesis “Modeling Groundwater Dynamics Under Anthropogenic and Climatic Changes for Prince Edward Island, Canada”

Abstract: This thesis investigates how groundwater in Prince Edward Island (PEI) is being affected by climate change and growing water demand. Because PEI relies almost entirely on groundwater for drinking water, understanding these pressures is essential for future water security. The research includes a review of groundwater monitoring, mapping, and modeling, examines the sustainability of Charlottetown’s municipal groundwater abstraction, evaluates saltwater intrusion in Summerside, and presents an island-wide groundwater flow model to assess groundwater and baseflow responses under changing conditions. Overall, this work identifies key risks and supports more informed and sustainable groundwater management in PEI.

April 1, 2026 @ 1:00 pm via Web Conferencing

If you wish to attend the public presentation, please contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator at gsc@upei.ca to receive the link.

Researchers at UPEI are looking to understand how students, faculty, staff, and community members get to and from the UPEI campus. This will help identify ways to make it easier to get to and from UPEI with or without a vehicle. The anonymous survey will take five to ten minutes to complete, and participants who complete the survey will be eligible for a draw for one of five $50 VISA gift cards.  For more information or to complete the survey, please go to https://forms.office.com/r/Ck97PRtw4N.  For questions, you can also email the lead investigator, Dr. Travis Saunders, at trsaunders@upei.ca. This project has been reviewed by the UPEI Research Ethics Board.

The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) invites you to its three-part webinar series exploring preparing to be an expert witness for animal welfare cases. This series will explore the critical role veterinarians play in animal welfare cases--from investigation through legal proceedings.

The webinars feature Dr. Shane Bateman, Dr. Kathleen MacMillan, and Janine Kidd, and will take place on March 31, and April 7 and 14, all beginning at 3:30 p.m. ADT. Veterinarians and veterinary technicians are eligible for continuing education credit. The webinar cost is $50 per webinar, or $120 for all three.  There will be no charge for students or participants not seeking credit.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: Participating veterinarians and veterinary technicians are eligible to earn one hour of RACE-accredited continuing education per webinar. Participants are required to attend the live webinar to earn this credit. RACE-program number: 20-1355999. 

REGISTER HERE!

Get a chance to win $200! Join The Shared Space brought to you by the UPEI Student Union

The Shared Space is a four-part series designed to support international students through connection, information, and opportunity. Each session is 30 minutes long, drop-in, and begins at 4:00 PM, with food provided for participants. All sessions will be located at McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre!

Students who attend the series will receive a certificate of completion and will also have the chance to win $200 in cash prizes.

Session Schedule

Session 1: Mental Health for International Students
March 18, 2026 | 4:00 PM
Moving to a new country can feel overwhelming. This session will explore mental health challenges unique to international students while sharing practical strategies and campus resources to support your wellbeing.

Session 2: Integrating Into a New Culture
March 25, 2026 | 4:00 PM
Delivered by our Vice President of People and Culture, this session focuses on navigating cultural differences, building meaningful connections, and developing confidence while adapting to a new environment.

Session 3: International Student Rights and Obligations
March 31, 2026 | 4:00 PM
Learn about your rights and responsibilities as an international student. This session will break down key information to help you better understand your protections and make informed decisions during your studies.

Final Session: Networking & Closing Event
April 8, 2026 | 4:00 PM
Our closing event brings students and professionals together to connect, share experiences, and build meaningful networks that can support your future opportunities.

The Shared Space is an exclusive community built on participation, representation, and support. Through this series, international students will gain access to valuable resources and connect with professionals who have lived experiences and understand the realities of studying abroad.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to vpacademic@upeisu.ca or president@upeisu.ca

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Erin Pilling's public presentation of her MEd research titled: "Children’s Mental Well-Being: Interwoven Experiences Through Community Learning Environments." 

Please join us in person on April 2 at 1:00 pm, Memorial Hall, Room 417 or on Teams: Erin Pelling - Thesis Dissertation Exam | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams

The third UPEI Board of Governors meeting of the 2025-2026 academic year will take place on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 102, Alumni Hall. All board meetings generally include sessions that are open to the public. Certain agenda items, including but not limited to human resources discussions, may require the board to go into a closed session. For logistical purposes, members of the public who wish to attend the open session of a meeting are asked to contact board@upei.ca one week prior to the meeting. Members of the public wishing to attend the public portion of a meeting must adhere to the UPEI Board of Governors' Meeting Observer Guidelines.

The UPEI Philosophy Reading Group will meet in downtown Charlottetown on Thursday, April 2, at 7:00 PM.

We will discuss pages 94 (sec. 11: “The Concept of Truth”) to 122 (up to sec. 6: “The Paralogism”) from Gilles Deleuze’s Nietzsche and Philosophy.

This group is an invitation to think with Deleuze—and with one another. No prior experience in philosophy is required. Just an open mind and a willingness to experiment with ideas.

If you would like to attend, please reach out to Dr. Max Schaefer at mschaefer@upei.ca for more information.

“If the book we are reading does not wake us [...] then why do we read it? [...] A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” — Franz Kafka

UPEI fiscal year ends on April 30, 2026.

Preparation for Fiscal Year End

Procurement Services request that all departments review their outstanding purchase order list to see if there are any purchase orders that should be cancelled. Your purchase order listing can be found in the myUPEISelf-Service Menu under "Financial Management" and the “Receive Goods and Services” selection.

If any line items have been backordered for some time, it is recommended that you confirm with the supplier that the goods are still on their records as being back ordered. 

To cancel a purchase order, please email procurement@upei.ca with the PO number and vendor name.

If you are in possession of vendor invoices, please forward these to invoices@upei.ca as soon as possible. For questions or concerns you may have regarding billing and invoicing, contact apadmin@upei.ca. 

Requisitions and Purchase Orders

The last day to create a requisition or purchase order for the 2025-26 fiscal year will be Friday, April 17, 2026, at noon with guaranteed delivery date on or before April 30, 2026. 

For requisitions and purchase orders created after April 17, 2026, please change the requisition date to May 1, 2026. For these requisitions, the goods and services must be delivered or performed on or after May 1, 2026.

Receiving Goods and Services Cut-Off: April 30, 2026

For the expense to be recorded in the 2025-26 fiscal year, goods and services must be received by April 30, 2026. Only the goods that have been physically received on campus or performed services should be accepted against the purchase order at this time. 

Please note that you cannot backdate receiving items in myUPEI. Please reach out to procurement@upei.ca for assistance accepting backdated goods or services for 2025-26. Additionally, the vendor invoice must be dated on or before April 30, 2026.

Any goods received or services performed after April 30, 2026 will be recorded against your new fiscal year budget (2026-27). 

On Wednesday, April 1, ITSS will conduct maintenance on myUPEI from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, Web Advisor, and Colleague.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on myUPEI to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using https://moodle.upei.ca and Outlook email using https://outlook.office.com.

If you have any questions, please fill out our new Help Form: https://go.upei.ca/itrequest

Navigating Conflict – if not at university, then where do we learn?

Tuesday, March 31, 12:00 -1:30, UPEI Chaplaincy Centre

Join us for our next session of Courageous Conversations, featuring Dr. Jane Ngobia, Kelton Thomason, Sula Levesque and Kylah Hennessey

Together, our panel will explore what it means to navigate conflict with courage, clarity and compassion.  Drawing from their diverse roles across campus including VP People and Culture, Residence Life, EDI-HR and ExEd, they will share their lived experience, practical strategies and insights on bridging difference in our campus community.  This session follows a lunch and learn style, inviting UPEI community to listen, learn and engage in thoughtful dialogue.

The position of Interim Vice-President Academic and Research has been posted on the Human Resources web page on upei.ca. This one-year interim appointment will provide an opportunity to further develop and refine the academic and research portfolio, while also supporting planning for the recruitment of a permanent Vice-President Academic and Research.

As part of the recruitment process, the University is establishing a Selection Advisory Committee to support this important appointment. While two deans have already been selected, we are seeking expressions of interest from the following members of the University community to serve on the committee, including:

• Two faculty members
• One staff member from the Vice-President Academic and Research portfolio
• One student

The Committee will play an important advisory role in the review of candidates and will help ensure a fair, inclusive selection process. Those interested in serving on the Selection Advisory Committee are asked to complete the linked form by end of day, Monday, March 30, 2026.

Expression of Interest: Deadline March 30, 2026 – Fill out form

Thank you for your consideration and for your continued engagement in supporting UPEI’s academic leadership.

Join UPEI President Wendy Rodgers for casual "coffee chats" at the Fox and Crow in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on Thursday, April 2 from 9:30-10:30 am.

These coffee chats offer a relaxed setting where any member of the UPEI community can drop by, grab a drink, and chat with Wendy about anything on your mind. Whether you want to share ideas, ask questions or simply say hello, these chats are a great way to connect with the president in a comfortable and informal environment.

Due to budget constraints, RefWorks access for UPEI users through Robertson Library will now end on April 30, 2026. This is one year earlier than our previously-announced transition date. We are adopting Zotero–a free, open-source, and user-friendly citation manager–as a replacement for RefWorks.

If you have used RefWorks, the most important thing to do before April 30 is to export your citation data and any attached files from RefWorks. We have a written and video tutorial to guide you through this process. 

If you want to continue using a citation manager, you can use Zotero for free. The Library website has instructions showing how to install Zotero and how to migrate your RefWorks data to Zotero. The Zotero Connector browser plug-in makes it easy to import your RefWorks data into Zotero.

If you are writing a document and adding citations with RefWorks in Microsoft Word or Google Docs, you will need to finish adding citations by April 30 or re-insert your citations with Zotero. There is no automatic document conversion process.

If you do not currently plan to use Zotero or another citation manager, make sure you back up your RefWorks data somewhere that you will be able to find it in the future.

Your subject librarian can answer questions about setting up Zotero and exporting from RefWorks. If you are not sure who to contact, you can e-mail reference@upei.ca, use the Library’s online chat tool, or ask at the Library service desk. 

We have also scheduled several times when you can get support from librarians in person or via Teams. These times are open to all students, staff, faculty, and other UPEI-affiliated people.

Drop-In Times (individual or small group help available during these windows) All sessions are hybrid. Note that each date has a separate Teams link.

• Friday, March 27 - 9:30-11:30 am, RL 264 and Teams

• Wednesday, April 1 - 1:00-3:00 pm, RL 264 and Teams

• Thursday, April 16 - 9:30-11:30 am, RL 264 and Teams

• Monday, April 27 - 1:30-3:30 pm, RL 264 and Teams

• Thursday, April 30 - 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, RL 264 and Teams

Workshops (more structured guidance; please arrive at the start time)

• Tuesday, April 7 - 10:30-11:15 am, online–register here

• Wednesday, April 8 - 1:30-2:15 pm, RL 264

Join the UPEI Student Union for an insightful and engaging panel discussion on March 31, 11:30 am in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, featuring two distinguished physicians: Dr. Preston Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Dr. Peter MacPherson. They will share their expertise, experiences, and perspectives on the medical field.

This event is open to all community members and students interested in healthcare and medicine. It’s a great opportunity to learn, ask questions, and connect with professionals and peers alike.

Dr. Preston Smith has dedicated his career to advancing medical education. With 25 years as a family physician in Moncton and serving as VP of Medicine in New Brunswick, he gained significant expertise in health system reform. As Senior Associate Dean of Education at Dalhousie University, he played a key role in launching the Dalhousie medical education program in Saint John and starting new family medicine residency programs in PEI, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Most recently, as Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, he led a major restructuring of the college. Dr. Smith is eager to contribute to the development of a unique medical education program in Prince Edward Island in partnership with Memorial University. His passion for the evolution of medical education and research drives his interest in corporate governance. He has served on the boards of AFMC, VIDO, and the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Dr. Peter MacPherson is Memorial University's Associate Dean for the PEI regional campus. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Alberta. He completed his pediatrics residency and a Master of Education degree at Memorial University. After residency, he worked as a clinician educator at Queen’s University and held several educational leadership roles related to undergraduate medical education there. He is also a consultant general pediatrician at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.