There will be a UPEI Biosafety Refresher training session:
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
AVC, Room 287N

This session is required for those who attended the Basic Biosafety course in 2016 or earlier. It is not a substitute for Basic Biosafety. Topics to be covered include a review of basic biosafety principles, a practical approach to spill cleanup, and an update on what’s new at UPEI in the field of biosafety.

To attend the Biosafety Refresher course, you must pre-register by contacting Sarah Sudworth, before February 11th, 2019 by email (ssudworth@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). 

Please include your name, department, supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. 

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Sarah.

The Faculty of Education would like to invite you to the public presentation by Dr. Tom Russell, Queens University: Book Knowledge, Craft Knowledge & Learning From Experience In A Teacher Education Program.

This event is today at noon in room 328 of Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All are welcome. 

The Faculty of Education formally announces the upcoming PhD defense by Timothy McRoberts.
Timothy will be defending his dissertation titled " Applying an Experiential Learning cycle to Inform a Deeper Understanding of Teaching and Learning in a Changing Canadian community College."
All are welcome to attend Timothy's public presentation, taking place Friday January 25, 2019 from 2:30 - 3:00 pm in Memorial Hall 417.

There will be a workshop for instructors on how to facilitate participation from students in class. The workshop will focus on topics like planning for discussions, developing a questioning strategy, choreographing group dynamics, getting more/less talk from students and dealing with generational differences and with international students. The workshop takes place on two separate dates. Monday, January 28th or Tuesday, March 5th from 10:30 am to 11:30 am in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER

Starting in Fall 2019, UPEI’s Island Studies department will be offering three versions of the Master of Arts in Island Studies program. In addition to the thesis degree option, we will be offering two specializations in the new course and work-study-based version of the program; one in Island Tourism, and another in Sustainable Island Communities. 
Scholarships and bursaries are available. To learn more about these innovative degrees, join us on Tuesday, January 29th, from 3:00 to 4:00pm or from 6:00 to 7:00pm, in Rm. 237 of the Don and Marion McDougall Hall. For more information, contact Jim Randall, the Program Coordinator, at mais@upei.ca or 902-620-5013.

Speaker: Anna Kuznetsova, Biomedical Sciences
Title: The role of fermentation temperature on natural product biosynthesis in streptomycetes

This event is Tuesday, January 29 at 3:30 in AVC Lecture Theatre B. 

The Atlantic Veterinary College seeks nominees who demonstrate participation in the community, advancement of the profession, the highest values of compassion, leadership and dedication, and exceptional service and contributions to the profession.

For more detailed criteria and a nomination form, visit: upei.ca/avc/community; 902-566-0882; avc@upei.ca

Nominations are due January 31, 2019

The English Language Centre, which includes the English Academic Prep (EAP) and Homestay program offices, has moved to the first floor of Kelley Memorial Building (previously the Registrar's Office). 

Students can now go to Kelley Building to meet with the EAP and Homestay staff, write the CanTEST, get information about living with a Homestay family, and general questions regarding the EAP and Homestay programs. 

Please contact jengaudet@upei.ca with any questions.

The Environmental Studies Book Club Discussion Series will be reading and discussing "Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island" (2016). Our discussions will probe into past and present environmental changes on PEI, and how and why the Islanders are particularly sensitive to environmental issues and enmeshed in their landscape in a way that is unique among Canadians.

During our second discussion, we will talk about energy transitions in PEI history and will focus on the chapter by Kathleen Stuart: “Two centuries of energy on Prince Edward Island.” Those interested in more information about the province’s energy policies in the 1973-1990 period can also read the book by Alan MacEachern "The Institute of Man and Resources: An Environmental Fable" (2003).

We are thrilled that the authors and editors of these books, Ms. Kathleen Stuart, Dr. Alan MacEachern, and Dr. Josh MacFadyen, will join our discussion. 

Date and time: February 15, 2019 at 4pm
Place: The Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI campus.

All are welcome!

"Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island" and "The Institute of Man and Resources: An Environmental Fable" are available at the UPEI library. The former is available as an e-book at https://library.upei.ca/ and the first chapter of the latter book is available on library reserves as a digital file. 

If have any questions/suggestions, please feel free to contact Dr. Nino Antadze at nantadze@upei.ca

The Department of Psychology welcomes faculty, students, and the campus community to join us at our next Fiona Papps Colloquium Series on Friday, January 25 at 2pm where Dr. Scott Lee will present "Fetishism According to Lacan: Origins and Perversion in Jeanne by Marie-Hélène Lafon”. The presentation will take place in Main 232. All are welcome to attend.

The Faculty of Education would like to invite you to the public presentation by Dr. Tom Russell, Queens University: Book Knowledge, Craft Knowledge & Learning From Experience In A Teacher Education Program.

This event is Friday, January 25 at noon in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 328.

The Faculty of Education formally announces the upcoming PhD defense by Timothy McRoberts.
Timothy will be defending his dissertation titled " Applying an Experiential Learning cycle to Inform a Deeper Understanding of Teaching and Learning in a Changing Canadian community College."
All are welcome to attend Timothy's public presentation, taking place Friday January 25, 2019 from 2:30 - 3:00 pm in Memorial Hall 417.

Starting in Fall 2019, UPEI’s Island Studies department will be offering three versions of the Master of Arts in Island Studies program. In addition to the thesis degree option, we will be offering two specializations in the new course and work-study-based version of the program; one in Island Tourism, and another in Sustainable Island Communities. 
Scholarships and bursaries are available. To learn more about these innovative degrees, join us on Tuesday, January 29th, from 3:00 to 4:00pm or from 6:00 to 7:00pm, in Rm. 237 of the Don and Marion McDougall Hall. For more information, contact Jim Randall, the Program Coordinator, at mais@upei.ca or 902-620-5013.

Speaker: Anna Kuznetsova, Biomedical Sciences
Title: The role of fermentation temperature on natural product biosynthesis in streptomycetes

This event is Tuesday, January 29 at 3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B.

Recruiting Clinical Study Participants for the following study: Investigation of the Effects of Sedentary Behaviour and Moderate Exercise on Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Sensitivity

Are you a healthy non-smoker between the ages of 18-50? Researchers at the UPEI Department of Applied Health Sciences are seeking participants for a clinical study to investigate the effects of sedentary behaviour and moderate exercise on glucose metabolism.
You may qualify if you are:
- healthy
- a non-smoker
- not diabetic
- not pregnant
- aged 18-50 years
This research project has received approval from the UPEI Research Ethics Boards. If you have any concerns about this study, please contact the University of PEI Research Ethics Board (902) 620-5104, or by e-mail at reb@upei.ca. You can also contact the study Principal Investigators, Dr. Travis Saunders at 902-566-0641 or Dr. Adam Johnston at 902-620-5225

For full study details, or to sign-up for this study, please contact Marcellus Campbell: marccampbell@upei.ca, or call (780) 340-5994. 

On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday May 15, 16, 17, 2019, the Faculty of Graduate Studies will be holding its Annual UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference. This will be the second time that graduate students from all UPEI faculties will jointly participate in presenting their research at a university-wide event.

These three days are a celebration of the accomplishments of our Graduate Students and their research efforts. Over the course of the three days, graduate students from multiple faculties will present
their research orally.

Call for Abstracts

The Faculty of Graduate Studies invites all graduate students to submit an abstract for a presentation to the second Annual UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference. For details on submissions, please go to our website.

More conference information to follow in the coming weeks.