UPEI’s Faculty of Business is launching the new MBA in Global Leadership program this Fall. This 12-month cohort-model program is designed for those who have completed an undergraduate degree and wish to continue into graduate studies. Anyone interested in learning more about this new program is invited to participate in one of two "virtual" information sessions: Thursday, May 17th or Thursday, May 24th from 12:00-12:30. This session will be offered through Blackboard Collaborate. A link to join the session will be provided to all who register.

MBA Coordinator, Grace McCourt, will provide an overview of the program and answer your questions.

Please call (902) 894-2866 or email cprime@upei.ca to register. Be sure to indicate your preferred date.

Lecture Posters for the Annual UPEI Graduate Studies and Research Conference on May 16, 17, and 18 can be viewed here. 

All are welcome to attend these lectures!

Central Printing will be closed May 31 - June 8, 2018.

Any questions may be directed to Wendy Henderson at 902-566-0558 or whenderson@upei.ca.

The Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI will be holding its 2nd ProGRES Summer Program to promote engineering research interest and involvement among young women in high school. Through the ProGRES Program, high-school students will have the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research projects with world-class researchers in state-of-the-art facilities. The selected students will work directly with a woman faculty researcher and mentor on an independent research project, and they will have opportunities to meet and work with women engineers and women engineering students.

Young women of Prince Edward Island going into grades 11 and 12 are encouraged to apply for the ProGRES Summer Program by completing this application form. Application forms will be reviewed and successful applicants will be selected to participate in engineering research projects at UPEI’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering for a five-week period (July 9 – August 10). Each participant will also be awarded a stipend of $2200. There will be 7-8 participants selected, depending on interest.

Participants will be asked to share their research experiences with the public and their peers in the following school year. The hope is that the shared research experiences will encourage more young women to choose Engineering at UPEI and see how women can thrive and be successful as engineering researchers or professional engineers.

Application deadline is Monday, May 28, 2018, by 5:00 PM.

The regular May 2018 Island Studies Lecture takes place on Tuesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge on the UPEI campus and will feature L.M. Montgomery scholar Dr. Kate Scarth speaking about “Anne of Charlottetown and Summerside: L.M. Montgomery’s Urban PEI.”

Read more on the UPEI Events Calendar.

In consideration of the difficulties that exposure to scented products cause to sensitive individuals UPEI asks for your cooperation in making our campus a scent-free environment. We ask that all faculty, staff, students, and visitors refrain from wearing or using products with strong scents/fragrances while on campus. A few examples of products to refrain from wearing or using are: colognes/perfumes, body sprays, lotions, hair care products, hand/body soaps and lotions, shaving cream, sun screen, laundry soap, fabric softeners, air fresheners, scented candles and Aromatic Oils (used in aromatherapy).

UPEI’s Scent-Free Initiative Policy can be viewed here.

If you have any questions about UPEI’s Scent-Free Initiative please contact the Health, Safety and Environment Department at 902-566-0901 (Kathryn Harrison) or 902-566-0516 (Kevin Robinson). To report an exposure to scented products please follow UPEI’s incident reporting process.

The UPEI Student Union offices will be closed all day on Wednesday, May 16, for staff training, and will re-open on Thursday, May 17 at 9:00 am.

Sorry for any inconvenience!

UPEI’s Faculty of Business is launching the new MBA in Global Leadership program this Fall. This 12-month cohort-model program is designed for those who have completed an undergraduate degree and wish to continue into graduate studies. Anyone interested in learning more about this new program is invited to participate in one of two "virtual" information sessions: Thursday, May 17th or Thursday, May 24th from 12:00-12:30. This session will be offered through Blackboard Collaborate. A link to join the session will be provided to all who register.

MBA Coordinator, Grace McCourt, will provide an overview of the program and answer your questions.

Please call (902) 894-2866 or email cprime@upei.ca to register. Be sure to indicate your preferred date.

How is my course going and how am I doing? With the semester near half over, these are great questions to ask your students since there's still time to make minor changes that could have a major impact on overall student learning outcomes. In this workshop you will learn what kinds of questions to ask to help you get the feedback you need from your students.

You will also learn how to create a quick online survey for your questions that will make data collection and analysis easy. Offered by the E-Learning Office this workshop will take place on Monday, May 28th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in Room 265 of the Robertson Library. REGISTER
 

The University of Prince Edward Island invites applications from emerging leaders for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Adaptation. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

This will be a tenure stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, conditional on the successful applicant being approved as a Tier II Canada Research Chair by the CRC Secretariat. Further information about the CRC program and nominee eligibility is available at https://www.chairs.gc.ca.

Salary is commensurate with experience and in accordance with the UPEI Faculty Association Collective Agreement. Full-time faculty members at UPEI receive a comprehensive benefits package.

Call for applications and UPEI job listing.

As of December 1, 2018 all employers in Canada must be compliant with the New WHMIS 2015 Regulations. This update to Canada's WHMIS Regulations ensures alignment with the worldwide hazard communication system known as the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).

There has been several changes from the former WHMIS 1988 Regulations. It is strongly recommended that everyone that handles, stores, uses or disposes of hazardous products reviews the attachment.

Each supervisor must review a document and its imbedded links (please contact email kjrobinson@upei.ca for a copy) to determine what action is required to ensure their hazardous products are in compliance with the New Regulations. Please feel free to contact Kevin Robinson (Health, Safety and Environment Manager) for any additional information at kjrobinson@upei.ca or 902-566-0516.

UPEI will be migrating from the Groupwise email system to Microsoft Exchange this spring and summer 2018. The UPEI Microsoft Exchange email system is hosted in Canada and is an enterprise level email system.

At this time, only current faculty and staff who are using Groupwise will be migrated to Exchange Online. A direct communication will be sent out to this group with details on next steps. If you do not receive this communication and are actively using a Groupwise email account, or you are using Gmail and still have archived Groupwise mail that was not migrated, please contact ITSS at emailmigration@upei.ca by June 1, 2018. Failure to contact ITSS via the email address above will result in the loss of archives.

Details of the migration plan, and more information and training regarding the new Microsoft Exchange environment, will be communicated to the campus community over the coming weeks. In the meantime, for more information, please contact us via email at emailmigration@upei.ca.

Dr. Debbie R. De Rantere, a candidate for the two-year term small animal surgery lecturer position in the Department of Companion Animals will be interviewing on Monday, May 14. As part of this interview process, Dr. De Rantere has been asked to provide a seminar to the AVC community. 

Her seminar on "Prevention and Management of Surgical Site Infections" will be given on Monday, May 14 at 8:30 am in Lecture Theatre B, AVC.

All are welcome!

The University of Prince Edward Island invites applications from emerging leaders for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Adaptation. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

This will be a tenure stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, conditional on the successful applicant being approved as a Tier II Canada Research Chair by the CRC Secretariat. Further information about the CRC program and nominee eligibility is available at https://www.chairs.gc.ca.

Salary is commensurate with experience and in accordance with the UPEI Faculty Association Collective Agreement. Full-time faculty members at UPEI receive a comprehensive benefits package.

Call for applications and UPEI job listing.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday May 25 2018. These applications will be reviewed at the June 2018 meeting.

Please ensure that you use the new electronic forms available here.

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 at the July 2018 meeting. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca.

Do you work with families that are separated due to employment in oil and gas, construction, trucking, health care, or some other type of out-of-province employment? Are you part of a family impacted by this type of employment?

The Families, Mobility, and Work Atlantic Canadian Symposium will examine intersections between diverse families, work situations and employment-related geographical mobility in the Canadian context. This event will bring together policy and civil society leaders, researchers studying families and mobility, and families directly impacted by work-related mobility to facilitate dialogue and knowledge-sharing with a focus on leading and emerging policy and practices at home, at work and in the community.

This event is in partnership with the Vanier Institute in Ottawa and the On the Move Partnership at Memorial University, it is the first event of its kind in Canada.

Click here to register!

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 Monday June 4 2018. They will be reviewed at the June meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after June 4 will be reviewed at the July 2018 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 from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. 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

Build strength and balance on your mat in this fun,upbeat class. Challenging yet safe for beginners with lots of modifications. Wednesdays, 4:30–5:15 pm, May 16–June 20.

Yoga Instructor: Kelly Hughes. Fee: Sports Centre members #36 + hst, Non-Members $45 + hst. To register visit Panther Central desk, Sports Centre.

Pre-register at least 24 hours prior to start date of program. For more information contact Angela Marchbank, Coordinator Fitness and Wellness at amarchbank@upei.ca.

The next UPEI on-site training session in animal use and care will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC, Rm 278 N.

This will be a 3 hour training session with handouts, based on CCAC Recommended Syllabus (exam included). The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) requires that all personnel involved with the use of animals in research, teaching, testing and service take this course. (A refresher course is required every 5 years).

Please notify Sherri Pineau by e-mail at animalcare@upei.ca by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 if you or any of your staff will be attending this session.

All faculty and staff are invited to attend the 2018 Celebration of Colleagues on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

In recognition of the outstanding performance of our faculty and staff and their dedication to students and community, the annual Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit and 25 Year Service Awards will be presented at this event.

Please join us on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.