Campus Notices
The 黑料吃瓜 community is invited to come celebrate with us as we kick off 黑料吃瓜 Mental Health Week 2017 at 11:30 am in McMillan Hall with featured guest speaker, former 黑料吃瓜 Student Union President, Anastasia Smallwood. 鈥淕rowing up I didn't talk about mental health-- it wasn't at home or in school, but mental illness was still there. As any relationship does, it has taken time to come to terms with my mental illness,Trichotillomania: accepting the good, the ugly, and myself through self acceptance and relying on others.鈥�
Come be a part of our celebrations, support one another and be reminded of the relationships that matter to you. Snacks and refreshments will be served.
The 2016 T4/T4As are now available electronically through the 黑料吃瓜 Campus Login.
For those who did not select the electronic option your T4/T4A will be mailed to your home address.
The 黑料吃瓜 Incident Reporting Form has been updated. Please visit the page to familiarize yourself with the new form, related forms and the process for both reporting and investigating incidents. It is important that all incidents be reported using the form. Anyone with questions should contact Kevin Robinson (902-566-0516, kjrobinson@upei.ca) or Kathryn Harrison (902-566-0901, kharrison@upei.ca).
The Environmental Sciences and Human Biology seminar series continues on Friday, March 3, 2017 at 12:30 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Rm. 204. Graduate students Andy MacDonald and Bennett Crane will present the following talks:
Andy MacDonald (MSc-c): 鈥淐omparing the effectiveness of armouring techniques in protecting the eroding coastlines of Augustine Cove, Prince Edward Island鈥�
Bennett Crane (MSc-c): 鈥淎 survey of metalaxyl-m resistant Phytophthora erythroseptica populations in Canadian potato growing regions and the development of alternative management strategies in field and storage settings.
All are welcome!
The E-Learning Office has moved to Robertson Library 302/303. Faculty and staff are invited to come visit our new location on Thursday, March 2nd from 9:00 am - 11:00 am. Come enjoy some refreshments, meet our staff, and find out how we can help support you!
Career Services will be hosting the 黑料吃瓜 Career and Summer Job Fair on March 8, 2017 in Schurman Market Square, McDougall Hall from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend and develop networks with on-island and off-Island companies, organizations, and businesses. Our hope is that these networks will inspire our students and provide career opportunities in the future.
Come and learn about 黑料吃瓜's new Actuarial Program and careers for Actuaries.
Mr. Louis Doiron is a Professor and Director of Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences. He will be giving a talk entitled "Being an Actuary" on March 1, 2017 at 3:00 pm in Health Science Building, Room 104.
All are welcome to attend!
Come and learn about 黑料吃瓜's new Actuarial Program and careers for Actuaries.
Mr. Louis Doiron is a Professor and Director of Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences. He will be giving a talk entitled "Being an Actuary" on March 1, 2017 at 3:00 pm in Health Science Building, Room 104.
All are welcome to attend!
Attention: 2016 T4/T4As are now available electronically through your . For those who did not select the electronic option, your T4/T4A will be mailed to your home address.
Please be advised that Konica Minolta photocopiers have now been set to order toner automatically directly from Konica. The machine monitors the levels, and a notification is electronically sent to Konica when a photocopier has 20% life left in a toner cartridge. The toner will arrive in shipping and receiving within 3-5 business days and it will be delivered to your office at no charge.
If you happen to run out before your toner arrives there are extra toners available in Procurement and Payment Services. If your office has a high usage of toner you might like to have an extra cartridge available for immediate use. For more information please email procurement@upei.ca
In an effort to reduce the Eco footprint at 黑料吃瓜 we ask that you send any empty toner cartridges, imaging units, fusers, developer units and drums from any manufacturer to Shipping and Receiving in a box labeled Recycle. We will ship these items back to Konica for recycling!
If there is a change in location required for a unit please contact Carolyn Garro, cgarro@upei.ca, to have the machine moved.
The 黑料吃瓜 community is invited to celebrate on Wednesday, March 1 at 11:30 am, in McMillan Hall, as we kick off this year's Mental Health Week 2017 with guest speaker, former 黑料吃瓜 Student Union President, Anastasia Smallwood, who will share her story about coming to terms with her mental illness, Trichotillomania.
Come to great activities all week, check out the Info Booth and Zen Zone, support one another, and be reminded of the relationships that matter to you. For day-by-day activities and partner events, click here for the full .
The 黑料吃瓜 Mawi'omi Student Centre invites members of the University and Island community to the annual event taking place today, Tuesday, February 28, 2017 in McMillan Hall at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The Grand Entry will begin at 10:00 am followed by a mini Pow Wow, with drumming, dancing, cultural presentations. All are welcome!
Thank-you to partners: Aboriginal Women's Association of PEI, Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI, Native Council of PEI, 黑料吃瓜 Aboriginal Students Association, and the Department of Canadian Heritage
In recognition of the outstanding performance and dedication of our faculty and staff, a number of annual awards have been created to acknowledge their efforts and achievements.
Up to 10 Presidential Awards of Merit for 黑料吃瓜 Faculty, Librarians and Clinical Veterinary Professionals and four Presidential Awards of Merit for 黑料吃瓜 Staff will be awarded in 2017. These awards will be presented during a Celebration of Colleagues to be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Susan Connolly, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources & Legal, will lead the process and chair the committee to select award recipients.
Nominations for both faculty and staff awards close on Friday, March 31, 2017.
For further details on the awards and the nomination process, please .
We hear (and talk) a lot about indigenization and decolonization in the university 鈥� but what do we actually mean by those terms? This week鈥檚 SCENT article, 鈥淒oing the Work: The Historian鈥檚 Place in Indigenization and Decolonization,鈥� goes some way towards answering that question.
and, as always, please leave a comment!
The E-Learning Office has moved to Robertson Library 302/303. Faculty and staff are invited to come visit our new location on Thursday, March 2nd from 9:00 am - 11:00 am. Come enjoy some refreshments, meet our staff, and find out how we can help support you!
The AVC Wildlife Service will hold its first Midwinter Pub Night for Wildlife at Upstreet Craft Brewing, 41 Allen Street, Charlottetown, on March 2, 2017, from 7-11 pm. There will be an art raffle and silent auction to raise funds in support of ongoing updates to the outdoor wildlife facility and care for wildlife. For more information, contact Fiep de Bie at (902) 620-5166.
A sample of the art work will be shown, and pre-sale tickets will be sold on Tuesday, February 28, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm, in the AVC lobby near the cafeteria.
All are welcome!
Tuesday Noon Yoga, which usually takes place at the Chaplaincy Centre, will be held in Fitness Studio #2 at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Tuesday, February 28.
Aleya Quilty and Mathew Larade, MSc students, will each present a seminar on Wednesday, March 01, 2017 at 12:30 pm. Aleya Quilty's presentation is entitled "Anthocyanin Derived Pigments鈥� and Mathew Larade's presentation is entitled "Applying Neural Networks to Predict Atomic Energies: Leveraging Data for More Efficient Calculations". The seminars will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.
All are welcome!
The Campus Life program is hosting this event for people with children. Let's Talk Science will be here to do fun experiments and projects with the kids, and we'll be showing the movie Meet The Robinsons.
Snacks will be provided, and there will be coffee and tea for parents. Current students, recently graduated students, staff, and faculty, are all invited to bring their kids/grandkids/children in their care.
Join us Saturday March 4, 2017, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm in Student Affairs, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
If you have any questions please contact Elyse Cottrell at ecottrell@upei.ca.
