The Role of Emotional Entropy in Dismantling Ethnocentric Paradigms: American Student Encounters with Power, Privilege, and Global Agency through Service-Learning in India.

Dr. Jason Hickey (UNB, Fredericton) will describe his experiences working as a nursing instructor and doing research in Qatar, a traditional Muslim country in the Middle East.

The Office of the President cordially invites you to attend the MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing Celebration. Please join members of the MacLauchlan family, guest speaker Dr. Laurie Brinklow, and the UPEI community on Friday, January 25, 2019 at 1:30 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall to celebrate the writing achievements of UPEI students and faculty and staff.

Join the UPEI Faculty of Nursing and Graduate Studies Coordinator, Dr. Janet Bryanton, for a Master of Nursing Open House on Tuesday, January 8 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in room 106 of UPEI's Health Sciences Building. Talk with current Master of Nursing students to hear about their journey in the program, tour the building, and have your admissions questions answered!   Refreshments will be served.   All nurses in PEI are invited to attend.

Next meeting: Friday, Jan. 18, 12:30-1:15, room AVC 280N. Dr. Paul Bernard (AVC Biomedical Sciences) will lead discussion of the article:  Makowska IJ, Weary DM. 2016. The importance of burrowing, climbing and standing upright for laboratory rats. Royal Society Open Science 3:160136. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160136 This article looks at optimizing rodent housing from an ethological perspective, which will be of benefit to both the animals and the science. The Animal Welfare Journal Club meets once a month (third Friday, generally) to discuss scientific articles related to animal welfare; for eg in areas of animal welfare science, animal ethics, animal behaviour, anesthesia and analgesia, ethical veterinary practice. Everyone is welcome to attend and to propose articles for future discussion. The club is co hosted by AVC’s Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and Animal Welfare Club. Email acrook@upei.ca or jdamico@upei.ca to be on the e-mail list for future information.

UPEI Experiential Education and Work Integrated Learning is proud to present the new Career Studio! This new space provides career resources for students, and will offer one-on-one peer mentoring for all things career related. Stop by on Thursday, January 10th between 11:00 and 1:00 to meet our team and learn about the new Career Studio in Dalton Hall! Free snacks will be provided  Thursday, January 10, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Dalton Hall 209

Speaker: Walaa Nasry, Pathology and Microbiology Title: Hypoxia and cyclooxygenase related mechanisms as therapeutic targets for oral squamous cell carcinoma  

Dr. Ryan Staufer, University of Calgary Topic Bitcoin Microstructure and the Kimchi Premium Wednesday, January 9, 2019 10:00 am in MCDH 329 ALL ARE WELCOME

The Faculty of Nursing Selection Committee has short-listed Dr. Gail Macartney as a candidate for tenure track nursing faculty position. Dr. Macartney's public presentation on Linking Teaching, Learning and Research will be from 9:00-10:00am in the Steel Building Rm. 224 .   All welcome to join! 

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies committee invites the Campus community to the first Environmental Sciences / Human Biology seminar of the winter series. Pedro Quijon (Graduate Coordinator) will be offering the following talk: "A defense of the thesis defense: Role, concerns and some advice". Everyone is welcome.