Campus Notices
Call for Nominations: The UPEIFA’s Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement Subcommittee is currently calling for nominations for this award for 2018-2019.
The deadline for nominations and all supporting documentation, is Friday, March 22, 2019.
Nominations should be sent ELECTRONICALLY:
Chair, UPEI Faculty Association Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement c/o Faculty Association Office upeifa@upeifa.org
Information about the award can be found on the UPEI Faculty Association website: http://www.upeifa.org
Take some time for 'YOU' and drop by the UPEI Health and Wellness Centre between 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Wednesday, February 27. Learn more about your measurements and the healthy rates to strive for. Tests include blood pressure, glucose, COPD test, BMI, hand grip strength, flexibility test, and stress questionnaire. Nutrition information display. Lynne Fraser,UPEI Nurse Practitioner will provide a 15 min. Heart Health presentation noon - 12:15 pm and 12:45 pm - 1:00pm. Light Refreshments provided. No appointment required!
The Health and Wellness Centre is on the second floor (north) of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre (above the bookstore).
Clinic brought to you by the Healthy Campus Committee, Employee Wellness Strategy
TUESDAY, February 19th, 2019
12:30pm, 287N, AVC Learning Commons
Treatment & Management of Hypoadrenocorticism
Research & Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis
Any interested faculty / staff are invited to attend. A copy of her CV and letter of application will be available from Laurel Fisher (fisher@upei.ca).
Dr. Jay Penney, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA will present a seminar entitled "Using iPSC-derived microglia to model mutations in the Alzheimer's Disease risk gene TREM2" on Friday, February 22 at 2:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B.
Dr. Jay Penney, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA will present a seminar entitled "Using iPSC-derived microglia to model mutations in the Alzheimer's Disease risk gene TREM2" on Friday, February 22 at 2:00 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B.
The Search Committee for the University Librarian is pleased to announce the upcoming visit for the final candidate for this position. Each candidate will deliver a Public Presentation on:
Academic libraries have been rapidly changing, and will continue to evolve in the coming years. With this in mind:
a. Speak to a trend in academic libraries that excites you.
b. Speak to a trend in academic libraries that concerns you.
Brad Eden - Wednesday, February 20
11:30 - 12:30 Public Presentation in the Regis & Joan Duffy Research Centre, Room 212 (NRC Building)
All are welcome to attend.
Members of the UPEI community are invited by Mayor Philip Brown and members of Charlottetown CIty Council to attend "A Celebration of Heritage Day 2019" featuring a special focus on post-secondary education and UPEI's 50th anniversary. The event will include the City's Heritage Awards Presentation and a short lecture by UPEI's very own Dr. Edward MacDonald, professor of history. Dr. MacDonald will present "The Road to UPEI: Some Reflections on Higher Education in Prince Edward Island. There will also be an exhibit launched called "On Saints and Welshmen: The Evolution of Post Secondary Education in Charlottetown." The festivities begin at 12 noon on Tuesday, February 19 at City Hall, second level, 199 Queen Street. All are welcome.
The next meeting is Friday, February 22 at 12:30 pm in AVC 286B.
Next article to be discussed at the Animal Welfare Journal Club is:
Fawcett A, Mullen S, McGreevy P. 2018. Application of Fraser's"Practical" Ethic in Veterinary Practice, and its compatibility with a "One Welfare" framework. Animal 8, 109; available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071015/
All welcome!
The Faculty of Education formally announces the upcoming PhD defense by
Brittany Jakubiec titled "Out of the Box: Queerying Identity Development for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Prince Edward Island".
All are welcome to attend Brittany's public presentation, taking place on Tuesday February 26, 2019 from 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm in the Irving Chemistry Centre room 104.
Mental Health Week 2019 Survey: https://goo.gl/forms/BLq4X32JZcDxGTdo1
Please join us for an Open House at the UPEI Health & Wellness Centre to talk about the newly expanded services. The Open House will be held on Friday, February 15th from 1-2:30 pm. Snacks available.
All fathers and mothers, grandfathers, and grandmothers, and anyone who cares for children is invited to a series of Triple P Positive Parenting Seminars. There are three sessions, and the first (rescheduled from February 13th due to weather) is on Wednesday, February 20th at 7:00 in the evening, at the Murphy Community Centre on Richmond Street in Charlottetown. The first week’s topic is “The Power of Positive Parenting”. Dr. Philip Smith, Psychology, is the presenter. Sessions are free, and childcare is available. Visit triplep-parenting.net for more information and to sign up in advance for free childcare during the session. Every dad and mom and other person caring for a child age 2-12 is welcome.
Title: A mixed methodology: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and serological survey of harvested Ringed Seals in Iqaluit, NU
and
Speaker: Elena Yan, Pathology and Microbiology
Title: Development and validation of multiplex PCR based diagnostic procedures for detecting eight viruses and one viroid in potato nuclear stocks
Please note the Summer Catalogue is now available for viewing on myupei. The Catalogue can also be found here: http://www.upei.ca/discovermore/course-catalogue . Registration for students opens on Tuesday, February 19th.
Members of the UPEI community are invited by Mayor Philip Brown and members of Charlottetown CIty Council to attend "A Celebration of Heritage Day 2019" featuring a special focus on post-secondary education and UPEI's 50th anniversary. The event will include the City's Heritage Awards Presentation and a short lecture by UPEI's very own Dr. Edward MacDonald, professor of history. Dr. MacDonald will present "The Road to UPEI: Some Reflections on Higher Education in Prince Edward Island. There will also be an exhibit launched called "On Saints and Welshmen: The Evolution of Post Secondary Education in Charlottetown." The festivities begin at 12 noon on Tuesday, February 19 at City Hall, second level, 199 Queen Street. All are welcome.
Next article to be discussed at the Animal Welfare Journal Club is:
Fawcett A, Mullen S, McGreevy P. 2018. Application of Fraser's"Practical" Ethic in Veterinary Practice, and its compatibility with a "One Welfare" framework. Animal 8, 109; available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071015/
This event is Friday, February 22 at 12:30 pm in AVC 286B. All welcome!
The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus
community to a presentation by Megan Jones (Atlantic Veterinary College) entitled: "Wildlife health and environmental change".
This event is today at 12:30 pm in room 204 of the Duffy Science Centre.
Title: A mixed methodology: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and serological survey of harvested Ringed Seals in Iqaluit, NU
and
Speaker: Elena Yan, Pathology and Microbiology
Title: Development and validation of multiplex PCR based diagnostic procedures for detecting eight viruses and one viroid in potato nuclear stocks
community to a presentation by Megan Jones (Atlantic Veterinary College) entitled: "Wildlife health and environmental change".
This event is Friday, February 15 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre room 204. Everyone is welcome.
The Environmental Studies Book Club Discussion Series
This winter we 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.
