Job-Ready Bootcamp
Today's university students are graduating into a rapidly changing work-world. This Job-Ready Bootcamp helps students make sense of the labour market and translate their academic learning and experiences into the job skills employers are seeking. Understanding the contemporary landscape of work and how employers evaluate potential candidates is key to effectively preparing job search documents, delivering an impressive interview, and ultimately achieving short-term and long-term career goals.
The full-day program includes the following four skill-building workshops:
Gender Justice and Equality From a Sustainable Development Perspective: A Workshop with Jillian Kilfoil
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of International Development Week, a Workshop on Promoting Gender Justice with a Social Determinants and Sustainable Development perspective will be held on Wednesday, 5 February in the Home Science Building 104 (HSB 104) at 5:00 pm.
The workshop will be led by Jillian Kilfoil, Executive Director, Women's Network of PEI.
All are welcome to attend this free event.
Coffee and snacks will be served.
Please RSVP (sroy@upei.ca) by 29 January 2020.
‘UPEI was so important in making me who I am’
“My earliest memories of theatre are on the mainstage of the Homburg Theatre,” said Brittany Banks. “I was seven years old and a Child of Avonlea. Anne of Green Gables—The Musical™ was my very first show. It feels really natural to be home.”
Job Skills and Pathways Workshop
Understanding how career pathways connect to different sets of skills and competencies can be important in preparing yourself for a changing work world.
In this workshop, students will learn about:
- Transferable skills
- Job clusters and potential pathways
- Gaining meaningful experience
Please register via Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/job-skills-and-pathways-workshop-tickets-86801827603
Public Speaking Workshop
This workshop is open to UPEI students and aims to provide an opportunity to build confidence in communicating ideas, thoughts, and opinions through interactive activities and exploration of the communication process.
Please register via Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/public-speaking-workshop-tickets-86799677171
Read the latest edition of the UPEI Magazine
UPEI is pleased to release the Winter 2020 edition of the UPEI Magazine in digital format. To read the latest edition, use one of the following links:
Peripatetic and Peripheral: Some Thoughts on Architecture, Art, Engineering and Coffee.
Lewis Page selected as head coach of UPEI women’s soccer team
Chris Huggan, director of Athletics and Recreation at UPEI, has named Lewis Page the new head coach of the UPEI women’s soccer team. Page has an extensive and impressive track record, including currently serving as head coach of the UPEI men’s soccer team.
Veterans Affairs Canada and UPEI forge new partnership
UPEI and Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) signed a memorandum of understanding today to explore ways in which the two organizations can collaborate in clinical services, recruitment, training and educational services. The following is a media release issued by VAC following the signing ceremony, which was held at UPEI’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering:
15 January 2020 – Charlottetown, P.E.I. – Veterans Affairs Canada
Mammals Book Launch at Eptek Centre
A book launch and talk celebrating Mammals of Prince Edward Island and Adjacent Marine Waters will be held in the Eptek Centre in Summerside on Sunday, February 2, from 2 to 3:30 pm. This long-overdue book provides a comprehensive guide to the Island’s terrestrial and marine mammals. Rooted in historical accounts and local research, it illuminates the lives of PEI mammals large and small. From the little brown bat to the Sowerby’s beaked whale, this book highlights each species in illustrated detail and outlines the continued need for conservation efforts in this province.
