Events Archive
Our twenty fourth Research Breakfast will take place on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at The Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Georgian Room, from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. It will feature presentations from two of our faculty members: Dr. Ian Dowbiggin, Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts will…
The Island Studies Program and the Institute of Island Studies at UPEI invite you to a public lecture by Dr. Eve Hepburn, Deputy Director of Government Senior Research Fellow in Politics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
"Sovereignty, Secession and Autonomist Movements in the 21st Century: A…
UNIVERSITY REVIEW COMMITTEE (URC) INFORMATION SESSION - Friday, May 21st at 1:00.
Rosemary Herbert, Acting Vice-President Academic Development and Chair of the University Review Committee is hosting an information session on Friday, May 21st at 1:00 in classroom 220 in the Main Building.
This…
From the Campus to Country, is a learning forum for UPEI staff and faculty and other
interested educational providers. UPEI is building a technology platform toward a
comprehensive distance learning strategy that will enhance access and availability to
learning across Prince Edward Island and to…
The Search Committee will be seeking feedback from the UPEI community following the visits. We encourage colleagues to participate in this process.
Dr. Val Beasley,
Professor of Veterinary, Wildlife and Ecological Toxicology
Executive Director,Envirovet Program
Depart of Veterinary Biosciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Affiliate, Illinois Natural History Survey of the Institute of Natural Resources Sustainability
University of Illinois
The Search Committee will be seeking feedback from the UPEI community following the visits. We encourage colleagues to participate in this process.
Proceeds to UPEI Recreation
When: May 1, 8 am to 3 pm
Where: UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre
Cost: $12 per table,
$2 at the door
To register for a table, contact:
Janice Robertson
(902) 566-0305robertson@upei.ca
What : UPEI Recreation Yard Sale
When: May 1, 2010 8 am to 3 pm
Where: UPEI Chi Wan Young Sport Centre
Cost: $12 per tables, $2 at the door
Proceeds: UPEI Recreation
The UPEI Physics Department and the RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) will host a public telescope viewing April 17th, from 8:30 to 10:30 pm, weather permitting. If the sky is overcast or it is raining, this event will be canceled.
Arteries, Movie Trailers, and Wedding Cakes:
Crafting the Perfect Course Syllabus
Presented by:
Elizabeth Wells, Music, Mount Allison University
Shannon Murray, English, UPEI
So much depends upon the course syllabus: or so it seems. Whether it represents our hopes and dreams or our bad past…
SPEAKER: Elizabeth O'Neil, Pathology and Microbiology
TITLE: The balance to prevent - Urinary tract infections in cats and dogs
By Visiting scholar Dr Linda Price, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Date: Thursday March 18, 2010
Time: noon – 1PM
Location: Main Building Faculty Lounge, UPEI
Dr Price is writing a book on family farming, belonging, stress and change which…
SPEAKER: Carolyn Legge, Pathology and Microbiology
TITLE: Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Juvenile Toy Manchester Terriers
Research on Tap discusses “Fries with that? Are school nutrition policies the solution to childhood obesity?”
The kids are overweight because of hot dogs and garlic fingers at school? What about triple-stacked burgers at fast food restaurants? Rink fries.....? Let’s face it: the kids have an…
SPEAKER: K. Fraser Clark, Pathology and Microbiology
TITLE: Garnering insight into crustacean immunity through transcriptomic profiling in lobster
The next session of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Management course begins April 1, 2010. The dates for this Spring session are April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and May 6, 13 and 27. The full-day retreat day will be Saturday May 8th. The location for the course will be Mount St. Mary's, Thursday evenings…
Visiting chemist to give public talk on ‘green’ plastics
You can’t spin a two-litre pop bottle in the modern world without hitting another piece of plastic. Plastics are cheap to produce, lightweight, and are strong and flexible enough to be used in millions of applications. However, most are made…
