As an instructor, you’ve set up a syllabus that clearly explains your expectations for where students will end up. Then you set them on the journey to that destination. However, some will get off track along the way. The information you provide, how you provide it and when you provide it will be key to getting them back on the right path or in keeping them on the right path.

In this workshop, offered by the E-Learning Office, instructors will learn strategies for the use of feedback and rubrics that they can use to accompany student assessments. You can attend on either February 8th from 1:00 to 2:00 pm or on March 5th from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. Location is Room 265, Robertson Library. REGISTER

Please join us for a Brown-Bag Lunch on Wednesday, January 24 from 11:30-12:30 in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge. Dr. Debbie MacLellan will lead a discussion on the phenomenon of the "helicopter professor".

Click here to view full details on UPEI's Event Calendar.

All are welcome to join the discussion!

The Faculty Development Office is offering two afternoon workshops and consultations for anyone interested in creating or updating a teaching dossier: for promotion, tenure, or teaching awards. The workshops will be facilitated by Shannon Murray, and participants will have the opportunity for individual consultations in the weeks after the workshops. The two sessions are:

• Introducing the Teaching Dossier (2:30-4:00, February 2 – location TBA)

After a brief introduction to the history and purpose of a teaching dossier, a panel of colleagues experienced in working with teaching dossiers will share their advice about what to do and what to avoid. The rest of the session will look at the requirements and the options for documenting your teaching practice.

• Starting a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (2:30-4:00, February 9 – location TBA)

A statement of teaching philosophy is an essential opening for most teaching dossiers: and it signals the central beliefs and practices that the rest of the dossier will demonstrate. This workshop will take participants through a variety of strategies for crafting an effective statement, looking at examples from across disciplines. Participants will leave with a sound basic structure for their STPs.

You may attend either or both, but please register with Gerald Wandio (fdo@upei.ca) by January 26. 

Faculty, staff, students and community leaders, who are interested in helping with SHAD UPEI are invited to attend an information session on January 24, 9:30-10:20 am in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering - Room 212 (CAD Lab). Commitments can be small or large: delivering a seminar on a relevant topic that you’re passionate about; leading a workshop or tour; mentoring the students on their DE projects for a few hours over the course of the program; or living in residence with the students as a paid member of the SHAD team.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the opportunities, please join us for an information session, or contact Kaaren May, Program Co-Director, at kmay@upei.ca. You could also visit upei.ca/shad for the latest updates.

Click here to view full event listing.

Learn about the student awards, scholarships, and financial bursaries available through UPEI this semester at 12:30 pm and at 5:00 pm (click either timeslot to view full event details).

All are welcome!

The Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) calls for nominations for the Ted T. Aoki Award for Distinguished Service within the Field of Canadian Curriculum Studies. The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals who have made major contributions through research, teaching, and/or professional service in the field of curriculum studies in Canada. Candidates must have made major contributions to the field of Canadian curriculum studies through scholarship and service over an extended period, usually at least ten years.

Please submit nominations by Friday, March 30, 2018, to the Selection Committee to Selvi Roy at sroy@upei.ca.

For further information, please visit the CSSE website.

Please join us for our first Theology on Tap of 2018! Dr. David Sabapathy will speak on “The Unexamined Life of Public Health.” Presented by the SDU Institute of Christianity and Culture, 25 January 2018, at 7:00 pm in the Pourhouse at 189 Great George Street. 

All are welcome!

Please note that certain parking spaces in the "Visitor Metered" parking lot between the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre and Steel Building will be reserved every Tuesday and Thursday (and some Mondays) from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm. 

The metres at these parking spaces will be marked with covers to ensure participants in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs who have limited mobility can easily and safely access Steel Building.

Please refrain from parking in these spaces, as enforcement action including towing will be immediate.

Applications for 2018 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship will be accepted until 12:00 noon (AST) Friday, February 16, 2018, with decisions to be announced in April.

Call for applications from potential graduate students for the 2018 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship. The Scholarship will support the training of researchers at the masters or doctoral level to pursue animal welfare research at the University of Prince Edward Island. Both applied or more fundamental approaches to research pertaining to animal welfare are welcome.

Students may take up their award at any time of the year but must do so within twelve months of the date of the letter of offer. Click here for more information.

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in Fall 2018.

Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage – in PEI the minimum hourly wage will be $11.55. For additional information and application information for this program please click here.

To apply for this Program you will need to contact Monique Geurts, Human Resources, mgeurts@upei.ca or 566-0515. The closing date for applications is January 31, 2018.

Power Shutdown

There will be a power shutdown for Dalton Hall, Robertson Library, K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Duffy Science Centre, Cass Building, Chaplaincy Centre, Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, Andrew Hall, Bernardine Hall and Blanchard Hall. The Shutdown is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 27, 2018 beginning at 6:00am and is expected to take approximately 2 hours to complete. Emergency power will not be affected.

This shutdown is necessary to complete work on the electrical transformer at the exterior of Dalton Hall as part of the on-going renovations for this building.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.

Power Shutdown

There will be a power shutdown for the Atlantic Veterinary College. This shutdown is necessary to complete an electrical switchgear upgrade for the AVC. The shutdown is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Feb 10, 2018 beginning at 5:00 pm and is expected to take 10 - 12 hours to complete. This will result in the normal power being shutdown for the entire building. Emergency power will not be affected.

In order to prepare for this shutdown, Facilities Management are required to complete some preliminary electrical work, which will result in a power shutdown for the heat pumps, the central elevator and medical air. This shutdown is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 4, 2018 beginning at 6:00 am and is expected to take 3 - 4 hours to complete.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca or 902-566-6034.

The next NFB documentary to be viewed at the Robertson Library Movie Talks is Finding Dawn; a “compelling documentary that puts a human face” to the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada over the decades. The panelists for Finding Dawn are Gulrose Jiwani, PhD, RN; Jo-Ann MacDonald, PhD; and Sherri Russell.

Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

The UPEI Department of Music Recital Series 2017-2018 is pleased to present O Mistress Moon, featuring Jennifer King on piano with guest soprano Sung Ha Shin-Bouey. Works will include nocturnes by various composers, including Poulenc, Scriabin, Chopin, Ravel and others.​  

Admission is $20 Adults/$15 students. Tickets are available online by clicking here, or at the door on Saturday, January 27 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on the UPEI campus. 

Sign up to receive text notifications for university/storm closures and emergencies on UPEI Emergency Alert-- and you'll have a chance to win one of four $100 gift certificates for the UPEI Bookstore. There are two ways to enter:

1. Visit upei.ca/alert for instructions on how to login, update your profile, and opt-in to receive texts, or read the UPEI Emergency Alert instruction guide
2. Visit the UPEI Emergency Alert booth from 12 noon - 2 pm at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre (January 22-26) and Robertson Library (January 29-February 2) for a streamlined way to update your profile and opt-in to receive texts.

Contest closes February 2, 2018 at midnight, so be sure to update your profile before then to be included in the draw. For more information on UPEI Emergency Alert, visit upei.ca/alert or if you have questions about it or the contest, email Mark Pharand, Manager, Security Services.

Please join us for our first Theology on Tap of 2018! Dr. David Sabapathy will speak on “The Unexamined Life of Public Health.” Presented by the SDU Institute of Christianity and Culture, 25 January 2018, at 7:00 pm in the Pourhouse at 189 Great George Street. 

All are welcome!

Have you ever wondered what major world religions teach about women and their role in our world? Do you want to challenge assumptions and pre-conceived notions about this topic? Join the discussion on Sunda, January 21 at the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre from 2:00 to 4:00 pm for insightful discussions.

Panellists will field questions from the audience and refreshments are to follow.

Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Faculty, staff, students and community leaders, who are interested in helping with SHAD UPEI are invited to attend an information session on January 24, 9:30-10:20 am in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering - Room 212 (CAD Lab). Commitments can be small or large: delivering a seminar on a relevant topic that you’re passionate about; leading a workshop or tour; mentoring the students on their DE projects for a few hours over the course of the program; or living in residence with the students as a paid member of the SHAD team.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the opportunities, please join us for an information session, or contact Kaaren May, Program Co-Director, at kmay@upei.ca. You could also visit upei.ca/shad for the latest updates.

Click here to view full event listing.

The next NFB documentary to be viewed at the Robertson Library Movie Talks is Finding Dawn; a “compelling documentary that puts a human face” to the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada over the decades. The panelists for Finding Dawn are Gulrose Jiwani, PhD, RN; Jo-Ann MacDonald, PhD; and Sherri Russell.

Click here to view full details on the UPEI Events Calendar.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

UPEI is forming its first Rotaract Club, and will meet on Friday, January 19, 4:00-5:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall Rm 227. Stop by the first meeting of 2018 to find out more about Rotary and how you can become involved in this global community.

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who come together to make positive, lasting change in communities at home and abroad.

Light refreshments provided. Anyone is welcome to join!