The Department of Environmental Sciences and Human Biology will host Allison MacDougall, a UPEI Biology masters student, for a research seminar on Friday, November 21 at 12:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, room 204. Allison's talk is entitled: Exploring older adults' knowledge of the oral health and chronic disease association. ​All Environmental Sciences and Human Biology Research Seminar will occur on Fridays at 12:30 pm for the 2014-15 year. Coffee and light snacks provided.

The Department of Environmental Sciences and Human Biology will host Dr. Derek Kimmerly, from Dalhousie University Kinesiology, for a research seminar on Friday, December at 12:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, room 204. Dr. Kimmerly's talk is entitled: The brain-heart connection: Insights into central control of cardiovascular function during exercise. ​All Environmental Sciences and Human Biology Research Seminar will occur on Fridays at 12:30 pm for the 2014-15 year. Coffee and light snacks provided.

UPEI students, staff, and faculty are invited to join the School of Business, as they host the monthly Chamber of Commerce Business Mixer on Wednesday, September 17 from 4:30-6:30 in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Charlottetown's most effective networking tool, the Chamber's monthly business mixers provide members with a unique opportunity to develop their business contacts and their products and services. Chamber mixers are complimentary and feature appetizers with a cash bar. All members and future members are encouraged to come out and network! For more information, visit the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce webpage.

MMPA candidates are selected from a broad range of academic backgrounds. Although the program is designed primarily for students from non-business undergraduate and graduate degrees, it is possible for students with four-year undergraduate or graduate business degrees to apply for advanced standing. The program begins in May of each year. There will be a program recruiter on campus to deliver information and answer questions.

The Celebration of Student Success (formerly Deans’ Honours Night) for the Faculties of Arts and Science will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 7:00 pm in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. At this prestigious event, students who are on the Dean’s List for the 2013-14 Academic Year, will be presented with a certificate recognizing their accomplishments. Students are encouraged to invite two guests to the event. Student awards, with the exception of the Haines Academic Award of Merit, will be presented at another time.

Research on Tap returns for its sixth season of public discussion, debate, and ideas presented by researchers from the University of Prince Edward Island. The series kicks off Tuesday, October 7 at 7pm in the Pourhouse above the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse in Charlottetown. Dr. Christina Murray, assistant professor of Nursing, will lead a discussion entitled “I didn’t get married to be a single mother”, featuring stories of Prince Edward Island women whose husbands work in western Canada. The 2014/2015 season of Research on Tap is presented in cooperation with the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Atlantic Chapter. The RSC is Canada’s national academy and is the senior national body of distinguished scholars, artists, and scientists.

The Problem of “Method” in Youth Participatory Action Research, a presentation by Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. As a research methodology, YPAR presents us with a peculiar problem with regards to "methods" because of entanglements between the empirical, the pedagogical, and the ethical are highlighted by the blurring of the lines between researcher and researched. Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández is an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for studies in Education of the University of Toronto. His current research focuses on the experiences of young artists attending urban arts high schools in Canada and the United States. He is also the Principal Investigator of Proyecto Latin@, a participatory action research project with Latin@ youth in Toronto. His theoretical work focuses on the relationship between creativity, decolonization, and solidarity. He is particularly interested in the pedagogical and creative possibilities that arise from the social and cultural dynamics of urban centers. Co-sponsored by: Vice President Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Young Lives Research Lab.

Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Rather than making a case that something called “the arts” should be applied like a magic salve onto the lives of youth, the argument should hinge on the understanding that the lives of all students are always-already imbued with creativity and symbolic work, whether it involves something called “the arts” or not. Dr. Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández is an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for studies in Education of the University of Toronto. His current research focuses on the experiences of young artists attending urban arts high schools in Canada and the United States. He is also the Principal Investigator of Proyecto Latin@, a participatory action research project with Latin@ youth in Toronto. His theoretical work focuses on the relationship between creativity, decolonization, and solidarity. He is particularly interested in the pedagogical and creative possibilities that arise from the social and cultural dynamics of urban centers. Co-sponsored by: Vice President Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Young Lives Research Lab.

Please join us for the public component of Verne Lorway's PhD defence beginning at 10:00am in AVC room 286A N. Ms. Lorway is the first PhD student from the Faculty of Education to defend her thesis. Title: Disrupting the "maestro": Tuneful youth insights for engaged music in education. ABSTRACT This innovative project has been designed, implemented, and disseminated through public performance and website, with, for, and by high school students. The dissertation answers the following research questions: 1. How do students articulate their perceptions and experiences of engagement in music making? 2. How do these student ideas and perceptions figure into pedagogical practices for teaching music and further engaging in music making and school? 3. Are student ideas being heard? Why or why not? By whom? How could we better translate youthful insights to local and national audiences? To answer these questions, thirty students collaborated with the researcher who is also a music teacher in situ over a two year period with sustained and varied critical ethnographic methods used throughout. For instance, interviews, document analysis, reflexive observations, music making, and musical performances were collected and analyzed collaboratively through a creative fugue-like process. A Song Writers Club arose from the process at Sydney Academy. The teacher collaborated with the students such that the duties of the club were shared which included studio production, musical instruction, accompaniment, and equipment management. Students were encouraged to write, perform, and record songs and to talk about their experiences with the teacher during two interviews. Documentation of the process was shared with the students via video, song, journals, and images. Students emerged with a sense of confidence that they could transfer their insights into teaching and learning gained during musical performance into other educational settings. This dissertation is presented in both traditional text (reading), and musical/visual constructions (hearing and seeing) of the students on a website. Readers are encouraged to read this dissertation on line which will facilitate the transition between the two modes (http://saswclub.wix.com/saswclub).

Do you like to sing? Join the UPEI Multicultural Choir and Song Circle! Our choir encourages experienced singers and new singing enthusiasts to join us in sharing world songs from different countries and cultures music. This week's rehearsal (September 17) will take place, from 4:30-5:30 pm, in the the Steel Building.