The second event of the UPEI student conference series—“Difficult Dialogues”—takes place on Thursday, March 14, 5:30–7:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre A.
The event will feature a screening of the short film “Toilet Training”—a documentary following several transgendered people as they talk about the struggles they had growing up as transgendered—as well as a presentation by guest speaker Greg Howard, Executive Director of the PEI Human Rights Commission, a panel discussion involving four people with a variety of transgender experiences, and a question and answer period, followed by a reception.
John Peller, President and CEO, Andrew Peller Limited, one of the most
successful corporate wine companies in North America will speak at the
annual UPEI Business Society Luncheon on Friday, March 8 at 11:00 am at the
Historic Charlottetown Seaport Event Centre.
Tables and tickets are still available for purchase by contacting the UPEI
Business Society at (902) 566-0407 or upeibusinesssociety@gmail.com.
The Office of the President wishes to invite the UPEI community to a Farewell Reception for Tracey Comeau, UPEI Director of Advancement. Tracey has accepted a position with QEH Foundation that begins in April 2013.
Join us as we celebrate Tracey’s service to UPEI and for an opportunity to extend best wishes on her new endeavour:
Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 3:00–5:00 pm
The McCain Foundation Learning Commons
Atlantic Veterinary College
For more information:
Rhonda Sexton
Office of the President
(902) 566-0414
rsexton@upei.ca
The Signal, the US Library of Congress' journal on digital preservation, profiled UPEI Librarian Mark Leggott in a recent interview. Read the whole article, "Islandora’s Open Source Ecosystem and Digital Preservation: An Interview with Mark Leggott," here: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/03/islandoras-open-source-ecosystem-and-digital-preservation-an-interview-with-mark-leggott/
Did you miss Research on Tap? Dr. Richard Kurial, associate professor of history at UPEI, led a public discussion to a packed house in The Pourhouse about how "alcohol built the West."
Listen to Dr. Kurial lay out his central arguments in this interview on CBC Radio's Island Morning. http://www.cbc.ca/islandmorning/episodes/2013/03/05/research-on-tap---richard-kurial/
John Peller, President and CEO, Andrew Peller Limited, one of the most successful corporate wine companies in North America will speak at the annual UPEI Business Society Luncheon on Friday, March 8 at 11:00 am at the Historic Charlottetown Seaport Event Centre.
Tables and tickets are still available for purchase by contacting the UPEI Business Society at (902) 566-0407 or upeibusinesssociety@gmail.com.
The Office of the President invites the UPEI community to a farewell reception for Tracey Comeau, Director of Department of Advancement. Tracey has accepted a position with QEH Foundation that begins in April.
Join us as we celebrate Tracey’s service to UPEI, and for an opportunity to extend best wishes in her new endeavour.
Tuesday, March 12 3:00–5:00 pm
The McCain Foundation Learning Commons
Atlantic Veterinary College
For more information, contact
Rhonda Sexton
Office of the President
(902) 566-0414
rsexton@upei.ca
"Island NDP cautiously optimistic about poll position"
CBC PEI story quotes Dr. Don Desserud, professor of political science and
dean of arts at UPEI.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/03/07/pei-ndp-optimism-584.html
Dr. Gordon MacDonald, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, UPEI will
present a seminar on Wednesday, March 13 at 3:00 pm.
The title of Dr. MacDonald’s presentation is “Universal bounds for Matrix semi-groups."
No background beyond basic linear algebra is required to follow the talk.
The seminar will be held in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons (287N) in AVC.
Shafiqul Islam
Mathematics & Statistics
566-6499