Campus Notices

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions -- new, renewal, or amendment -- is Friday, November 7 for the November meeting. Ensure you always… · Download the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/research-services/research-certifications/a… · Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and only current forms will be accepted. Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. · Submit one copy of original protocol with signature to AVC - North Annex, Biomedical Sciences Dept., Rm 2302 · Submit an electronic copy to animalcare@upei.ca Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, ACC Admin. Assistant @ (902) 566-0973.
On Wednesday, October 29, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, a Health Career Showcase for UPEI students will be held in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Interested students are asked to come out and join local health professionals to learn more about health careers on PEI. UPEI faculty and staff are asked to encourage their students to attend. A light lunch will be provided.
Join UPEI Student Affairs in their lounge to watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk "A Danger Of a Single Story" on Wednesday, October 15 at 4:30 pm. This talk begins by telling a story about what the speaker would write about as a child. She would write stories that were similar to the foreign stories she would read, which depicted children that looked nothing like her. When she found African stories, she realized that people like her could be involved in the stories. If we hear or read stories about a part of the world, we tend to perceive that part of the world as the stories describe those places. After viewing this Ted Talk, an open discussion will be held to discuss the complexity of the Talk. For more information, visit the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/263981790392247/
Two graduate students in Biology will present the findings of their research in the Environmental Science and Human Biology research seminar series on Friday, October 24 in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. Hailey Lambe will speak to her MSc research conducted under the supervision of Drs. Marina Silva-Opps and Sheldon Opps as part of the Urban Fox project. Her talk, which starts at 12:30 pm is entitled: "Where does the fox stay? Den site selection and movement patterns of Charlottetown's red foxes." Luke MacDougall will speak to his MSc research conducted under the supervision of Dr. Rob Hurta on the effects of natural products on prostrate cancer cell growth. Luke's talk, which starts at approximately 1:00 pm is entitled: "Magnolol inhibits protein expression levels of cellular adhesion molecules in DU145 human prostate cancer cells in vitro." All talks in the seminar series are open to the public. The full schedule can be found at http://www.upei.ca/science/biology/seminar-series Coffee and light snacks will be provided.
The second candidate for Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Dr. Amarjeet Bassi, Western University will present on Friday, October 17, 10:45 am-12:00 pm in McDougall Hall, Room 243. UPEI’s new School of Engineering is in the process of searching for its first Associate Dean who will be the academic, administrative, and community leader of the School. Two candidates have been short-listed and invited to campus for a public presentation and final interview process. This public presentation is an opportunity for the candidate to express their view to the campus community on “The Role of the Associate Dean in Leading the New School of Engineering at UPEI.” All are welcome to attend!

Central Printing will be closed for the morning on Wednesday, October 15. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Wendy at 0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.
Central Printing will be closed for the morning on Wednesday, October 15. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Wendy at 0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

The Office of Skills Development and Learning is excited to welcome Dr. Terry Anderson of Athabasca University, former Canada Research chair in Distance Education, and co-author of the recent book Teaching crowds: Learning and social media to do a talk this Friday. There will be coffee and snacks in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall at 10:00am, followed by the talk at 10:30am in McDougall Hall, room 243. If you haven't already expressed your interest in attending the talk, you can do so here: http://goo.gl/forms/0Z9IxKZwd4
Join us Friday, October 10 for a celebration of the culture of writing and publishing from UPEI’s Faculty of Arts. We’ll launch eight new books by UPEI author/editors that were published in 2014. The event begins at 3 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s Main Building. Books will be available for sale and for signing. This year’s titles include: Books: • Dr. Ian Dowbiggin, The Search for Domestic Bliss: Marriage and Family Counseling in 20th-Century America (University Press of Kansas) • Deirdre Kessler, Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation (The Acorn Press) • Deirdre Kessler, Mother Country (coming this month from Oberon Press) • Dr. Peter Koritansky, Human Nature, Contemplation & the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics (Catholic University of America Press) • Dr. Udo Krautwurst, Culturing Bioscience: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Science (University of Toronto Press) Journal Special Issues: • Dr. Michael Arfken, guest co-editor (with Dr. Jeffery Yen), Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology, Volume 34, number 1, 2014, Special issue: Psychology and Social Justice (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 23, number 4, 2013, Special Issue: Jazz improvisation; Cognitive Perspectives (guest co-editors: Dr. Martin Norgaard, Dr. Susan Rogers, Dr. Peter, Vuust) (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 24, number 1, 2014, Special Issue: Interactions between emotion and cognition in music (guest co-editors: Renee Timmers, Eduardo Coutinho) (American Psychological Association)
Join us Friday, October 10 at 5pm for the first Graduate Student Pub at the Wave! It’s been a long week. You’ve been working hard. Come out and meet some of the other graduate students on campus who make this place tick. Come for the camaraderie, stay for the Three Minute Thesis Open Mic! 3MT is an international competition where graduate students deliver lay-summaries of their research in less than three minutes. It’s fast past, hectic, and a lot of fun. We’ll be participating in the formal competition this spring, but if you want a bit of practice, we’ll give you a shot! If you’d like to participate, email datkinson@upei.ca. We’ll start the competition around 6pm. We’ll supply some great prizes! It's all in good fun, and great practice for the spring. The Graduate Student Pub is organized by the UPEISU, the UPEI Graduate Student Association, and UPEI’s Office of Graduate Studies. Contact: Dave Atkinson, Research Communications, 902-620-5117
Staff and faculty are encouraged to share the following scholarship opportunities with students and to consider students to nominate. *John J. Sark Memorial Scholarship The scholarship program was established in the name of distinguished Mi'kmaq Islander John James Sark in September 2009. He earned a post-secondary education at St. Dunstan's University, and was the Island's first Mi'kmaq teacher. It will be awarded to aboriginal students who have made a contribution to their First Nations, Inuit or Metis community, have commitment to their field of study, a strong academic performance and financial need. More details and application forms can be found online: http://www.upei.ca/studentlife/scholarshipsandawards/673 *UPEI MBA Healthy Living Leadership Award This award was established in April 2011 by students in the UPEI Master of Business Administration program. It is well recognized that healthy living can lead to better health. Yet, MBA students also recognize that maintaining a successful healthy living strategy is never easy - let alone doing so while managing the added demands of an MBA program. It will be awarded to a student entering the second year of the Master of Business Administration Program at UPEI who has made an extra effort to maintain and promote balanced healthy living, and who, in the process, sets an example of community leadership. More details and application forms can be found online: http://www.upei.ca/studentlife/scholarshipsandawards/744
Join us Friday, October 10 for a celebration of the culture of writing and publishing from UPEI’s Faculty of Arts. We’ll launch eight new books by UPEI author/editors that were published in 2014. The event begins at 3 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s Main Building. Books will be available for sale and for signing. This year’s titles include: Books: • Dr. Ian Dowbiggin, The Search for Domestic Bliss: Marriage and Family Counseling in 20th-Century America (University Press of Kansas) • Deirdre Kessler, Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation (The Acorn Press) • Deirdre Kessler, Mother Country (coming this month from Oberon Press) • Dr. Peter Koritansky, Human Nature, Contemplation & the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics (Catholic University of America Press) • Dr. Udo Krautwurst, Culturing Bioscience: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Science (University of Toronto Press) Journal Special Issues: • Dr. Michael Arfken, guest co-editor (with Dr. Jeffery Yen), Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology, Volume 34, number 1, 2014, Special issue: Psychology and Social Justice (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 23, number 4, 2013, Special Issue: Jazz improvisation; Cognitive Perspectives (guest co-editors: Dr. Martin Norgaard, Dr. Susan Rogers, Dr. Peter, Vuust) (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 24, number 1, 2014, Special Issue: Interactions between emotion and cognition in music (guest co-editors: Renee Timmers, Eduardo Coutinho) (American Psychological Association)
Join us Friday, October 10 for a celebration of the culture of writing and publishing from UPEI’s Faculty of Arts. We’ll launch eight new books by UPEI author/editors that were published in 2014. The event begins at 3 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s Main Building. Books will be available for sale and for signing. This year’s titles include: Books: • Dr. Ian Dowbiggin, The Search for Domestic Bliss: Marriage and Family Counseling in 20th-Century America (University Press of Kansas) • Deirdre Kessler, Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation (The Acorn Press) • Deirdre Kessler, Mother Country (coming this month from Oberon Press) • Dr. Peter Koritansky, Human Nature, Contemplation & the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics (Catholic University of America Press) • Dr. Udo Krautwurst, Culturing Bioscience: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Science (University of Toronto Press) Journal Special Issues: • Dr. Michael Arfken, guest co-editor (with Dr. Jeffery Yen), Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology, Volume 34, number 1, 2014, Special issue: Psychology and Social Justice (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 23, number 4, 2013, Special Issue: Jazz improvisation; Cognitive Perspectives (guest co-editors: Dr. Martin Norgaard, Dr. Susan Rogers, Dr. Peter, Vuust) (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 24, number 1, 2014, Special Issue: Interactions between emotion and cognition in music (guest co-editors: Renee Timmers, Eduardo Coutinho) (American Psychological Association)
Join us Friday, October 10 for a celebration of the culture of writing and publishing from UPEI’s Faculty of Arts. We’ll launch eight new books by UPEI author/editors that were published in 2014. The event begins at 3 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s Main Building. Books will be available for sale and for signing. This year’s titles include: Books: • Dr. Ian Dowbiggin, The Search for Domestic Bliss: Marriage and Family Counseling in 20th-Century America (University Press of Kansas) • Deirdre Kessler, Born! A foal, five kittens, and Confederation (The Acorn Press) • Deirdre Kessler, Mother Country (coming this month from Oberon Press) • Dr. Peter Koritansky, Human Nature, Contemplation & the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics (Catholic University of America Press) • Dr. Udo Krautwurst, Culturing Bioscience: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Science (University of Toronto Press) Journal Special Issues: • Dr. Michael Arfken, guest co-editor (with Dr. Jeffery Yen), Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology, Volume 34, number 1, 2014, Special issue: Psychology and Social Justice (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 23, number 4, 2013, Special Issue: Jazz improvisation; Cognitive Perspectives (guest co-editors: Dr. Martin Norgaard, Dr. Susan Rogers, Dr. Peter, Vuust) (American Psychological Association) • Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychomusicology: music, mind, & brain, Volume 24, number 1, 2014, Special Issue: Interactions between emotion and cognition in music (guest co-editors: Renee Timmers, Eduardo Coutinho) (American Psychological Association)
Join us Friday, October 10 at 5pm for the first Graduate Student Pub at the Wave! It’s been a long week. You’ve been working hard. Come out and meet some of the other graduate students on campus who make this place tick. Come for the camaraderie, stay for the Three Minute Thesis Open Mic! 3MT is an international competition where graduate students deliver lay-summaries of their research in less than three minutes. It’s fast past, hectic, and a lot of fun. We’ll be participating in the formal competition this spring, but if you want a bit of practice, we’ll give you a shot! If you’d like to participate, email datkinson@upei.ca. We’ll start the competition around 6pm. We’ll supply some great prizes! It's all in good fun, and great practice for the spring. The Graduate Student Pub is organized by the UPEISU, the UPEI Graduate Student Association, and UPEI’s Office of Graduate Studies. Contact: Dave Atkinson, Research Communications, 902-620-5117
Staff and faculty are encouraged to share the following scholarship opportunities with students and to consider students to nominate. *John J. Sark Memorial Scholarship The scholarship program was established in the name of distinguished Mi'kmaq Islander John James Sark in September 2009. He earned a post-secondary education at St. Dunstan's University, and was the Island's first Mi'kmaq teacher. It will be awarded to aboriginal students who have made a contribution to their First Nations, Inuit or Metis community, have commitment to their field of study, a strong academic performance and financial need. More details and application forms can be found online: http://www.upei.ca/studentlife/scholarshipsandawards/673 *UPEI MBA Healthy Living Leadership Award This award was established in April 2011 by students in the UPEI Master of Business Administration program. It is well recognized that healthy living can lead to better health. Yet, MBA students also recognize that maintaining a successful healthy living strategy is never easy - let alone doing so while managing the added demands of an MBA program. It will be awarded to a student entering the second year of the Master of Business Administration Program at UPEI who has made an extra effort to maintain and promote balanced healthy living, and who, in the process, sets an example of community leadership. More details and application forms can be found online: http://www.upei.ca/studentlife/scholarshipsandawards/744
The Office of Skills Development and Learning is excited to welcome Dr. Terry Anderson of Athabasca University, former Canada Research chair in Distance Education, and co-author of the recent book Teaching crowds: Learning and social media to do a talk this Friday. There will be coffee and snacks in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall at 10:00am, followed by the talk at 10:30am in McDougall Hall, room 243. If you haven't already expressed your interest in attending the talk, you can do so here: http://goo.gl/forms/0Z9IxKZwd4

On November 16, UPEI's Faculty of Education will host an international dinner and silent auction from 5:00-8:00 pm at Jack Blanchard Hall, 3 Pond Street, Charlottetown. The event will feature Chef Emily Wells of the Olde Glasgow Mill. Tickets can be purchased for $30. For more information or to purchase a ticket, please contact (902) 894-2813 or kddoucette@upei.ca.
The next presentation in The Environmental Sciences and Human Biology research seminars, hosted by the Biology Department, will be held on Friday, October 10. Dr. Bourlaye Fofana, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will present “How gene discovery meets plant and bioreactor genetic resources development” at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. All are welcome to attend. ​
Fany Marron, Department of Pathology and Microbiology will present a seminar called "CAR-bacillus-like organism in cats with pneumoina" on Tuesday, October 14 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre C. Everyone is welcome to attend.