Campus Notices
MSc in Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Presenter: Maleeha Haris
Title of the Thesis: “Theory and Applications of Linear Difference Equations via the h-Operator”
Have you ever wondered about the study of classical differential equations, but restricting the independent variable to take discrete values? This is where the study of Difference Equations comes in.
We will be exploring the h-difference equations, the study of the linear difference equations, some theorems and corollaries of the h-difference operators and recovering their analogue in the classical differential equations. We will look at linear first-order difference equations and ways to find their solutions. We will also explore the equivalent forms of the second-order difference equations and derive the d_{h}AIM scheme for finding the solution. We end by applying the methods studied above to find the solution of several classical second-order difference equations.
April 15, 9:00 am in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 328
Everyone is welcome.
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!
The UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre is pleased to invite you to our annual Teaching Community Conference, taking place on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in the Health Sciences Building.
This year’s theme, Connected Teaching: Connecting with Community, Self, and Place, invites us to reflect on how teaching is shaped by relationships, context, and care. We hope you’ll join us for a full day of conversation, learning, and connection with colleagues from across campus.
The Teaching Community Conference is an opportunity to further energize UPEI’s strategic commitment to innovative and connected teaching, research, and scholarship by sharing our experiences, questions, and opportunities for advancing teaching and learning at UPEI.
Throughout the day, participants will be invited to explore questions such as:
- What supports, skills, and critical capacities do faculty need to embrace the relational and connected nature of teaching?
- As we expand the walls of our classrooms and broaden our partnerships, how do we move beyond supplementing traditional practices to truly transform what teaching can be?
Please RSVP by April 20 to help us with planning and catering, and be sure to save the date in your calendar.
We look forward to learning together and hope you can join us for this engaging day.
Please be advised that the ITSS department, including the Employee and Student help desks, will be closed on Friday, April 10 from 12:30 pm–4:00 pm for a scheduled department development session.
Only truly critical issues will be responded to via the ITSS Critical Phone Line:
902-566-0465, Option 2
Thank you for your understanding as we continue to invest in ongoing service improvement.
Stop by our sidewalk sale and save 40% on selected kids clothing, up to 50% on select hoodies and sweatpants and grab some $9.00 UPEI t-shirts. Sale runs from Wednesday April 8 to Friday April 10, follow us on Facebook and Instagram for our latest promotions, contests and hot new items!
The Faculty of Science ESC/HB Seminar Series invites the Campus community to a seminar by ParsaKhorsand (MSc-ESC, Sadri's Lab, SCCA) entitled "Climate change and livelihood impacts on food security: A case study of Prince Edward Island, Canada".
Everyone is welcome
The PEI Symphony Orchestra's season closes with a program of unbridled joy, centered in the rhythms and character of jazz, pop, and gospel music. Tracing a remarkable musical evolution from the late 19th to the 20th century, "Blue" connects Ravel’s mesmerizing Bolero to Omar Thomas’ exuberant 2018 work Come Sunday, celebrating new sounds and cultural voices in classical music. UPEI piano professor, Magdalena von Eccher, performs Debussy’s seldom-heard Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, while Gershwin’s An American in Paris—inspired by Ravel and reimagined here as perhaps a Canadian in Paris—anchors the concert with the vibrant, cosmopolitan energy of 1920s Paris. The concert takes place on Sunday, April 12 at 2:30 pm at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. Tickets can be purchased here.
The Faculty of Nursing would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Kevin Ryan's’ Master of Nursing Thesis Defense, titled: "Examining the Impact of Nursing Stories and Songs on Nurses."
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 11:00 AM
AVC, Room 287 N
Everyone is welcome.
We are pleased and excited to invite all to attend Warren Britton's PsyD Dissertation Defense presentation taking place April 15, 2026 at 7pm in Memorial Hall Room 104. Please join us in supporting Warren on this momentous occasion!
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).
The eight meeting of the UPEI Senate will take place on Friday, April 24, 2026, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 102 at Alumni Hall (618 University Avenue). To view the 2025-2026 calendar of Senate meetings or documents for the upcoming meeting, click here. (Posted one week before the meeting)
All meetings are open to members of the University community, although certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees) may require the Senate to go into a closed session. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the chair.
For logistical purposes, members of the UPEI community who wish to attend the open session of a UPEI Senate meeting are asked to contact senate@upei.ca one week prior to the meeting. While Senate is an in-person meeting, members of the University community may request a virtual connection when they are unable to attend in person.
Join us Thursday, April 9 for our final SMCS Pizza Seminar of the semester! Our speaker will be UPEI alum Patricia Kibenge and the topic is the use of machine learning and deep learning for cybersecurity. As always, there will be free pizza and drinks to follow.
Bio:
Patricia (Patti) Kibenge is a 2nd generation Ugandan-Canadian living in Kjipuktuk, in the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people. She is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Dalhousie University in her final year of studies. Her research is in Adversarial Machine Learning (AML) which is an emerging field that combines cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, investigating attacks on machine and deep learning algorithms and defences against such attacks. She can most likely be found working at a café in the North End, supporting her 5 yr old's multiple interests and/or surrounded by music.
The PEI Symphony Orchestra's season closes with a program of unbridled joy, centered in the rhythms and character of jazz, pop, and gospel music. Tracing a remarkable musical evolution from the late 19th to the 20th century, "Blue" connects Ravel’s mesmerizing Bolero to Omar Thomas’ exuberant 2018 work Come Sunday, celebrating new sounds and cultural voices in classical music. UPEI piano professor, Magdalena von Eccher, performs Debussy’s seldom-heard Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, while Gershwin’s An American in Paris—inspired by Ravel and reimagined here as perhaps a Canadian in Paris—anchors the concert with the vibrant, cosmopolitan energy of 1920s Paris. The concert takes place on Sunday, April 12 at 2:30 pm at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. Tickets can be purchased here.
The Faculty of Nursing would like to invite all to attend the public presentation of Kevin Ryan's’ Master of Nursing Thesis Defense, titled: "Examining the Impact of Nursing Stories and Songs on Nurses."
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 11:00 AM
AVC, Room 287 N
Everyone is welcome.
Research Presentation at 9:30 am on Friday, April 10, 2026 in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 211
Teaching Demonstration at 1:30 pm on Friday, April 10, 2026 in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 210
On Friday, April 10th, Michelle Sylliboy, PhD, a candidate for a tenure-track position in the Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research and Applied Studies (IKERAS), will give a research presentation at 9:30am in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 211 and a teaching demonstration at 1:30pm in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 210.
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.
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 UPEI MBA in Global Leadership (MBA-GL) program will host an Open House on Thursday, April 9, from 3:30–5:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall.
This session will offer attendees the opportunity to learn more about the program and application process, ask questions, and connect with students, professors, and staff from the McDougall Faculty of Business.
Attendees will be able to apply on-site (please bring a laptop or mobile device) and have their UPEI application fee waived ($50 CAD value). UPEI graduates are automatically eligible for a $2,000 MBA Future Leaders: UPEI Alumni Scholarship!
For more information, visit upei.ca/globalmba, or email mba@upei.ca.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Can’t make the Open House? Contact the program office at 902-566-6474, or mba@upei.ca to request more information or book a one-on-one meeting.
The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, May 1 for the May meeting.
Please note that as of June 1, 2020 all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/
For new protocols select ‘applications’ and for renewal or amendment protocols select ‘events’.
To view any UPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice, they can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx.
Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications.
Join us at McMillan Hall in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre as we welcome the UPEI Class of 2026 to our alumni family! This event is open to all 2026 grads and UPEI/SDU/PWC alumni.
Friday, April 10, 2026
5:00–7:00 pm
Celebrate with free refreshments, live entertainment by Ryan Merry, fun door prizes to be won, and more!
- Every 2026 grad in attendance will get a complimentary grad gift!
- Alumni who RSVP and attend the event will be entered to win an alumni prize pack.
- All 2026 grads who attend will be entered to win additional door prizes.
- GRAND PRIZE DRAW: Two lucky grads will EACH win a $1000 CASH prize* sponsored by TD Insurance.
You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczCN7aqo2DIpA3vgS1-Q8aKECbK42opSkxuxj2KzHtShBaCw/viewform?usp=header
If you have any questions, please reach out to Faith Phillips at flphillips@upei.ca or 902-566-0687.
*Only 2026 grads are eligible to win and must be present at the time of draw.
