We are pleased to share an important update regarding the structure and identity of the University’s financial administration units.

Historically, the various teams supporting the University’s financial operations have been informally referred to as “Finance,” though no single unit held that name. As part of our commitment to clarity, efficiency, and improved service, we have consolidated and rebranded these units under one unified identity: Finance.

This change includes the retirement of the former Comptroller’s Office and the regrouping of all financial administration functions under the Finance umbrella.

Finance supports the University’s mission by providing financial leadership, maintaining strong stewardship, and ensuring efficient, responsible service across campus.

The Finance team now includes the following units:

• Budget and Planning – Oversight of budgeting processes and support for long‑term financial and capital planning, reporting, and advisory services.
• Contracts and Insurance – Contract review and commercial insurance management.
• Financial Compliance and Audit – Oversight of audits, internal controls, pensions, endowments, and taxation.
• Financial Information Systems – Management and optimization of financial technology platforms.
• Financial Services – Administration of University‑managed funds, including Student Accounts, AR, AP, Research Accounting, and Data Control & Banking.
• Procurement Services – Support for purchasing decisions and compliance with procurement legislation.

This streamlined structure enhances collaboration and ensures consistent, effective service for the UPEI community.

Thank you for your continued cooperation and support.

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Mudtha Wijesundarage's public presentation of her MEd research titled: "Empowering Globally Competent Professionals Through Virtual Work-Integrated Learning." 

Please join us in person on April 17 at 10:00 am, Memorial Hall, Room 417 or on Teams: Muditha Wijesundarage - Thesis Dissertation Exam | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams

The Faculty of Education invites all to attend the public presentation of Elizabeth Blake's PhD Dissertation Defense, Chair(s), Child, Cut(s): A Diffractive Exploration of How Agential Realism Makes—and Unmakes—Distributed Inclusion Across Summer Camp Encounters.

Please join us in person on April 22 at 1:00 pm, Memorial Hall, Room 417 or on Teams: E. Blake PhD Dissertation Defense | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams

Moodle is UPEI's online course space. This session will provide an introduction to the basics of using Moodle: sending course announcements; organizing your course page; creating some online activities. This session will be hosted synchronously online on April 22 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. Please register to get an invite to the session. 

The Master of Arts in Island Studies program invites you to a thesis defence by Laurie Rayner Langford entitled “FOXMAN: The story of B.I. Rayner as told by eight women.” Please join in person or on Teams (email brinklow@upei.ca for the Teams link). Everyone is welcome!

April 24, 10:00 am, Memorial Building Room 104

The Master of Arts in Island Studies program invites you to a thesis defence by Em Coates entitled “Now I know my ABC(D)s: Lessons in island sustainability via asset-based community development (ABCD) and autoethnography in community-based research on the Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.” Please join in person or on Teams (email brinklow@upei.ca for the Teams link). Everyone is welcome!

April 23, 10:00 am, Memorial Building Room 104

The UPEI Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Office is updating the Access to Information and Protection of Personal Information and Privacy Policy and would like input from the campus community. Your feedback is important in helping us ensure that our practices reflect the needs, expectations, and concerns of everyone on campus. Please share your thoughts by completing this short survey —your input will help to inform the final policy updates.

Any questions related to the survey or the policy update can be directed to accessprivacy@upei.ca. The ATIP Office thanks you for your valuable input.

The 2026 Zoonoses, AMR, and BioInformatics (ZAMBI) meeting will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from July 6-9. The meeting brings together cross-disciplinary researchers and trainees working at the intersection of antimicrobial resistance, emerging zoonotic diseases, and computational biology to share their research and develop new cross-cutting One Health skills. There will be a mix of talks and workshops. 

May 1 is the deadline to submit a title and abstract for consideration for poster and oral presentations, and May 31 is the deadline to register to attend the meeting. Registration for all four days is $50 (plus $20 for an optional conference dinner and Agricultural Campus tour). More information about the program and the meeting in general can be found at https://zambi.ca/

All are invited to the Inge Dorsey Student Showcase on Wednesday, April 15 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm in SDU Main Building (various rooms).

•  Session 1, 9:00-10:30 am
• Session 2, 10:45 am -noon. 

Come celebrate the amazing work of our Faculty of Arts students! This showcase features the best of student projects, including individual and group presentations, digital projects, creative performances, and displays.

What’s the goal?

• Celebrate student achievement
• Give students the chance to present their work
• Build connections and support within our academic community

Don’t miss out on this chance to cheer on our talented students and explore their creative projects!

We can’t wait to see you there!

In order to accommodate UPEI computer classroom and lab software adds, drops, or modifications for the 2026 fall semester, we have set a firm deadline of June 1, 2026.

This date is necessary to allow sufficient time to plan and implement the installation of new and upgraded software. This ensures our students will have the software resources they need. Any requests received after the deadline will be applied in the next round of software updates.

Further information of currently installed software is available on the ITSS website, and you can fill out the following Computer Lab Software Request Form by June 1 with your request for software.

The Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship invites you to attend the Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program Panther Pitch Finale!

Join us on April 15, 2025, at the W.A. Murphy Centre, McMillan Hall for an exciting day of student innovation and competition.

This year, we’re proud to introduce a new stream, Aspire, giving 1st and 2nd year students the opportunity to participate in Panther Pitch for the very first time.

Event Schedule:

• Aspire Finalists: 1:00 – 2:30 PM
• Accelerate Finalists: 4:00 – 6:30 PM
• Reception and Awards Ceremony: 6:30 – 8:30 PM

All events will take place in McMillan Hall.

Come support our student entrepreneurs as they pitch their ideas and compete for top awards!

Red Dress Day is a National Day of Awareness and Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse Peoples (MMIWG2S) that takes place on May 5. 

MMIWG2S is an ongoing human rights crisis of gender-based and racialized violence in Canada. Indigenous women’s groups estimate that more than 4,000 Indigenous women, girls, and gender diverse people have gone missing or been murdered in Canada since 1980. This violence is a result of past and ongoing systems of oppression and harm including colonization, racism, misogyny, transphobia, and anti-Indigeneity. 

In 2010, in response to this crisis, Métis artist Jaime Black-Morsette created the REDress Project, an art installation featuring red dresses hung in public spaces to symbolize the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and gender diverse people across this territory. Her art installation was the inspiration for Red Dress Day in Canada.

The UPEI Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) encourages the campus community to join them in honouring Red Dress Day:  

• Display a red dress or a red dress flyer in your department or office until May 5 (You can access a Red Dress flyer here: https://tinyurl.com/33kz2r8k  If you do not have access to a colour printer, Kelly at SVPRO can send copies by interoffice mail: 902-620-5428 or sv-pro@upei.ca)
• Educate yourself on MMIWG2S (You can access the final report of the National Inquiry here: www.mmiwg-ffada.ca and Safe Passage here: www.safe-passage.ca)
• Wear red on May 5
• Take part in local vigils, walks, or events (watch for news from the Aboriginal Women’s Association of PEI, L’Nuey, Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI, and the Native Council of PEI)
• Speak up about MMIWG2S on social media using hashtags #MMIWG2S, #RedDressDay, and #WhyWeWearRed 

There is 24-hour support available for Indigenous, Inuit, or Métis individuals impacted by this crisis at 1-844-413-6649. Any UPEI Campus Member impacted by sexual violence can access confidential, trauma-informed support at the UPEI Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO), Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm: 902-620-5090 or sv-pro@upei.ca . SVPRO is located at the Kelley Memorial Building, Room 115-118. 

Classes are over; you just have to make it through exams. The library is here to help, and not just with books and research advice. April 17-25, in the Robertson Library Lobby, we've scheduled a number of surprises, featuring a treat, craft, or activity to give your brain a break. Follow @RobertsonLibrary on Instagram and Facebook so you never miss a Pop-Up Surprise. (Here's a freebie: we're co-hosting a coffee break with Dana Hospitality, Monday April 20 at 1:00 pm!)   

You'll find the lobby lounge transformed into the Stress-Free Zone for the duration of exams. Relax with colouring pages, yarn, origami, and so much more!    

Good luck on your finals! 

Dr. Billy Johnson, a candidate for the new tenure-track position in the English Department, will give a research presentation titled "From Halifax to Harlem: Arthur Huff Fauset's Folklore from Nova Scotia (1931)" on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 10:30 am in SDU Main Building, Room 320. We invite faculty, staff, and students to attend.

Dr. Kristen Smith, a candidate for the new tenure-track position in the English Department, will give a research presentation titled "'Sounds despatched abroad': Poetics, Analysis, Experience" on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 1:30 pm in SDU Main Building, Room 213. We invite faculty, staff, and students to attend. 

It is time again to offer support to our students during exams and final papers. The Chaplaincy Centre continues to host a free meal for students on Friday, April 17, with the generous help of many UPEI faculty and staff. There are three chances to volunteer: 

• set up on April 16 and
• two (2) servings on April 17. 

Please use this link to sign up for a 30-minute shift to volunteer. Opportunities to set up, serve, and clean up are available as well as a chance to mingle with students in an informal conversation with good food. 

On Thursday, April 16, from 10:00 - 10;30, we will set up the space, including tables, chairs, and decorations for the next day.  

On Friday, April 17, we will offer two serving times:11:30 am-1:00 pm and 4:30-6:00 pm. If slots are full, please check back closer to the day as schedules change and time slots may open up. Contact Sister Sue at sukidd@upei.ca for further information.  

This event is a little different from Soup for the Soul as this time, staff at the Fox and Crow cook and UPEI faculty, staff and friend volunteers set up, serve and clean up.

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 & 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 & 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). 

The Faculty of Education would like to invite all to attend Mudtha Wijesundarage's public presentation of her MEd research titled: "Empowering Globally Competent Professionals Through Virtual Work-Integrated Learning." 

Please join us in person on April 17 at 10:00 am, Memorial Hall, Room 417 or on Teams: Muditha Wijesundarage - Thesis Dissertation Exam | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams

The Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development (OCEPD) at UPEI is pleased to announce our Spring and Summer 2026 Certificate programming. Whether you are strengthening leadership capacity, improving workplace culture, enhancing technical skills, or sharpening communication strategy, we have a program designed for measurable impact.

Explore full program details at: https://www.upei.ca/professional-development

The following programs are available with start dates this spring:

• Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
• Certificate in Introductory Data Analytics – Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• Certificate in Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being
• Certificate in Conflict Resolution
• Certificate in Professional Communications
• Certificate in Marketing and Branding
• Certificate in Motivational Interviewing
• Microcredential in Applied Artificial Intelligence for the Workplace

UPEI Staff are eligible for all of these programs for a rate of $995. Please contact pdp@upei.ca for more details.

For program selection guidance or group registrations, contact us at rdbyrne@upei.ca.

We look forward to supporting your professional growth this Spring and Summer 2026!

The 2026 Zoonoses, AMR, and BioInformatics (ZAMBI) meeting will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from July 6-9. The meeting brings together cross-disciplinary researchers and trainees working at the intersection of antimicrobial resistance, emerging zoonotic diseases, and computational biology to share their research and develop new cross-cutting One Health skills. There will be a mix of talks and workshops. 

May 1 is the deadline to submit a title and abstract for consideration for poster and oral presentations, and May 31 is the deadline to register to attend the meeting. Registration for all four days is $50 (plus $20 for an optional conference dinner and Agricultural Campus tour). More information about the program and the meeting in general can be found at https://zambi.ca/