The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday, March 31, 2017. These applications will be reviewed at the April 2017 meeting. Please ensure that you download and use the current forms, found here. Please use Adobe Reader to complete these forms.

Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

The Canadian Cancer Society is gearing up for their annual fresh cut daffodil sales and UPEI is lucky to be a part of the pre-sale campaign. Daffodils will be delivered to UPEI on Monday March 27th. Please consider purchasing daffodils in support of the research, education and patient services programs provided to Islanders and their families living with cancer.

One bundle of 10 daffodils is only $8. Please email Kathryn Harrison at kharrison@upei.ca by 2 p.m. Thursday, March 16 if you would like to pre-order daffodils. Money will be collected on March 27th when daffodils are delivered. Alternatetively you can telephone Kathryn at 902-566-0901.

• Beginner Yoga with Cynthia Dennis begins Monday, March 20 at 4:30 pm.
• Circuit Fit with Maria Campbell begins Tuesday, March 21 at 4:30 pm.
• PiYo with Bernadette Currie begins Tuesday, March 21 at 12:05 pm.
• Hatha Yoga with Cynthia Dennis starts Thursday, March 23 at 4:30 pm.

If you're interested in joining one of these groups, please stop by the Panther Central desk at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre to register. Cost for 6 classes is $35 + hst for Sports Centre members and full time UPEI students. For non-members cost is $45 + hst.

Pre-registration is required before the start of the program.

Check out all program details by clicking here! 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, April 7, 2017. Both the signed hard copy and electronic protocol submission must be submitted by the deadline date. 

Ensure you always:

· Download the current forms found here.

· Use the most current Adobe Reader to complete forms and only current forms will be accepted.

· 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

The Committee requires at least one month for processing applications. Potocol submissions received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month.

For more information, please contact Sherri Pineau, ACC Administrative Assistant, at 902-566-0973.

What are the effects of tidal turbines on fish, and how can researchers measure them? Dr. Haley Viehman, postdoctoral researcher at the Acadia Tidal Energy Institute, will discuss the current state of the art in answering questions such as these. Haley completed her PhD at the University of Maine, monitoring fish presence and behaviour at the site of the first tidal turbine deployed in the USA. By combining a variety of hydroacoustic technologies and sampling techniques, Haley and other members of her lab have begun to understand how fish may interact with tidal energy devices. Now at Acadia University, Haley is applying her experience to the new 2 MW tidal turbine deployed in the Minas Passage of the Bay of Fundy.

The seminar will take place at 2:30 pm on Friday, March 17 in Room 128B of the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. The 40 minute presentation will be followed by a time for questions and discussion.

All are welcome!

The UPEI community is invited to complete this short survey for Mental Health Week 2017. Once completed, enter your email for a chance to win a $50 gift card to the UPEI Bookstore!

We are pleased to invite applications for the 2017 Student as Scholar Grant competition. Student as Scholar grants are intended to support instructors developing particular inquiry-based learning experiences in undergraduate courses at the University of Prince Edward Island. Funds can be requested for the purchase of resources, supplies, and equipment or to defray other costs related to the development and implementation of research-based projects that engage students in the context of a “for credit” course. Funds may not be used to supplement a faculty member’s personal research agenda. All faculty and term instructors are eligible to apply. Although requests may be up to $5,000, applicants should be aware that the full amount will only be awarded under exceptional circumstances.

Completed applications are to be sent to the Faculty Development Office at fdo@upei.ca on or before April 28th at 4:00 pm. If you would like an application form, please email Gerald at fdo@upei.ca. 

mportant information session for staff, faculty and students: Do you wish you could have someone read your textbook to you? Would you rather "speak" your paper instead of writing it? Are you tired of taking notes in class? Are you looking for ways to help your students with any of the aforementioned?

If you answered yes (or maybe) to any of these questions, we have a session for you! Come check out the magic of some life changing adaptive technologies and Apps!

Location: Andrew Hall, Rm. 142
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (with time for questions after)
Date: March 15, 2017 (this session is rescheduled from Feb. 8th)

We hope to see you there!

As we continue to transition to myUPEI, experts will be stationed at a Help Booth to answer questions about planning, scheduling, registering, degree audit, student account, and other topics related to myUPEI.

You can drop by a myUPEI Help Booth on:

● Wednesday, March 15, 10:30 am–1:30 pm, W.A. Murphy Student Centre
● Thursday, March 16, 1:00 pm–4:00 pm, W.A. Murphy Student Centre
● Tuesday, March 21, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, “The Pit”, Robertson Library building

If you have any pressing questions, send an email to studentsupport@upei.ca

Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, April 7, 2017. These submissions will be reviewed at the April meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after April 7 will be reviewed at the May 2017 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms found here. Please use Adobe Reader to complete forms.

Submit the following:
• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca
 

Important information session for staff, faculty and students: Do you wish you could have someone read your textbook to you? Would you rather "speak" your paper instead of writing it? Are you tired of taking notes in class? Are you looking for ways to help your students with any of the aforementioned?

If you answered yes (or maybe) to any of these questions, we have a session for you! Come check out the magic of some life changing adaptive technologies and Apps!

Location: Andrew Hall, Rm. 142
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (with time for questions after)
Date: March 15, 2017 (this session is rescheduled from Feb. 8th)

We hope to see you there!

A campus-wide discussion for students and faculty on the theme of “Dreaming Big: What Should UPEI Be?” will be held on Thursday, March 23, 3:00-5:00, in Lecture Theatre A in the Atlantic Veterinary College. The discussion is sponsored by the Senate Committee for the Enhancement of Teaching (SCENT) and the Faculty Development Office (FDO) and is open to all students and faculty.

This event is the culmination of SCENT’s year-long focus on “What is University For?” and “Whom is University For?” The session will begin with two-minute presentations by a panel that includes three students from different faculties and three Deans or their representatives. All those present will then explore this theme in small groups and propose ideas and initiatives concerning what UPEI should be now and in the years ahead. The afternoon will conclude with the groups sharing their ideas with everyone present.

SCENT and the FDO will follow up this meeting by presenting the ideas and proposals to the President of UPEI and other senior administrators and to the campus community through appropriate channels.

Please register by Thursday, March 16th by emailing Gerald at fdo@upei.ca – you are also welcome to attend if you don’t register but find you have time on the day itself.

The next Island Studies Lecture is Tuesday, March 14, at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building. Dr. Peter Buker will speak about scale and governance, including its effects on small islands such as Prince Edward Island.

The relation between a political jurisdiction’s scale and how well (or poorly) its government performs is seldom addressed in scholarly literature or in practice. However, scale does affect governance. This lecture addresses the question: how do size factors of population and geography relate to accountability and responsibility to efficiency and effectiveness? Citing political theory, public administration, economics, and social “small-scale” literature, and taking into account technological advances, Dr. Buker will focus on how scale applies to governance. The implications, especially for small island jurisdictions such as Prince Edward Island, are many. For example, the case for and against Maritime Union can be explored by looking at the tension between small governing systems supporting reciprocal relations between their citizens and their government and large governing systems supporting one-way command relations.

Dr. Peter Buker is chair of General Studies at Yorkville University. He has a widely varied academic background in economics, politics, and community economic development, and considers scale to be one of the most important single factors affecting our experience as citizens. Admission to the lecture is free. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or (902) 894-2881.

The School of Nursing would like to welcome the campus community to the public presentation for Margie Burns' thesis examination. Margie will present her thesis entitled "Anticipating the Awakening: The Lived Experience of Families of Patients Undergoing Targeted Temperature Management after Cardiac Arrest" at 10:00 am on Wednesday, March 15 in HSB Rm. 103.

The March Island Studies Lecture originally scheduled for Tursday, March 14 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus, featuring Dr. Peter Buker speaking about scale and governance, including its effects on small islands such as Prince Edward Island.

The relation between a political jurisdiction’s scale and how well (or poorly) its government performs is seldom addressed in scholarly literature or in practice. However, scale does affect governance. This lecture addresses the question: How do size factors of population and geography relate to accountability and responsibility, to efficiency and effectiveness? Citing political theory, public administration, economics, and social “small-scale” literature, and taking into account technological advances, Dr. Buker will focus on how scale applies to governance. The implications, especially for small island jurisdictions such as Prince Edward Island, are many. For example, the case for and against Maritime Union can be explored by looking at the tension between small governing systems supporting reciprocal relations between their citizens and their government and large governing systems supporting one-way command relations.

Dr. Peter Buker is Chair of General Studies at Yorkville University. He has a widely varied academic background in economics, politics, and community economic development, and considers scale to be one of the most important single factors affecting our experience as citizens.

Admission to the lecture is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Is the University a commuter destination?  That and associated questions are explored in this week’s SCENT blog post, “Academics as Suburbanites,” which can be read here.

The authors are professors at Ithaca College; to what extent do you think their arguments apply to UPEI? Leave a comment and have your say!

Kettlebell Circuit with Wendy Chappell begins Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 am.

Yoga Flow with Cynthia Dennis begins Friday, March 17 at 6:45 am.

If you're interested in joining one of these groups, please stop by the Panther Central desk at the Sports Centre to register. Cost for 6 classes is $35 + hst for Sports Centre members and full time UPEI students. For non-members cost is $45 + hst.

Pre-registration is required before the start of the program.

Check out all program details by clicking here!

The UPEI community is invited to complete this short survey for Mental Health Week 2017. Once completed, enter your email for a chance to win a $50 gift card to the UPEI Bookstore!

On Monday, March 13, from 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm, Dr. Andrew Godbout, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS) will give a public presentation on building a speed skating robot in MCDH, Rm. 246.

Abstract:
The Microsoft Kinect camera simplifies a number of computer vision tasks, which makes it an enticing addition to many computer vision projects. However, there is a drawback, namely, the camera has extremely limited range. In this presentation Dr.Godbout will discuss a project involving tracking speed skating athletes with a Kinect camera. Because of the range limitations of the camera, an autonomous mobile platform (or extremely loosely: a speed skating robot) was required to host the camera and keep it within a few metres of the athletes while they were skating. Dr. Godbout will share some field notes and discuss the end result of the design and implementation of this autonomous mobile platform.

All are welcome!

In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements.

Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for UPEI Staff will be awarded in 2017. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 date changed to Tuesday, May 23, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.

Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 31, 2017.

For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please click here.