Campus Notices
The Office of Research Services is thrilled to welcome Julie VanLeeuwen to their team as the new research navigator.
Julie did her undergraduate degree at UPEI, earning a BSc in Chemistry with a minor in Catholic Studies. She went on to complete her Master of Science Communication degree at Laurentian University.
As research navigator, Julie will assist in supporting UPEI鈥檚 Strategic Research Plan (2023-2028) to streamline and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of research administrative processes for research and graduate studies. She will also communicate these changes to the University community as they come into effect. This work will eventually evolve into assisting faculty members in navigating various research processes.
As this term position is supported by the Canada Research Chair Program (CRCP) Stipend for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Julie will also develop best practices and provide guidance on creating meaningful EDI statements for funding proposals. Finally, she will help highlight recent research successes throughout the University.
Julie is excited to return to 大发快三彩票as a staff member and support the research happening on campus.
Please join us on Friday, January 31, at 3:30 pm in FSDE 128B for the next lecture in our Pizza Seminar series. In this seminar, David LeBlanc will give a talk on the potential of machine learning techniques to evolve into models of human intelligence. Pizza and pop will follow the presentation.
Happy New Year!
The 大发快三彩票Health Research Network is looking for full/part-time undergraduate students for the Connections program, which will start in February 2025.
Would you like to meet new friends and be involved in an inclusive and non-judgmental environment to learn about food, health, stress, coping, and physical activity?
The staff at the Health Research Network is offering a free eight-session program to help connect undergraduate students to provide an environment for learning on a variety of topics around health and well-being and connecting to the student community. Snacks will be provided at each session!
Check out our Instagram @upeihrn and our Facebook page "大发快三彩票Health Research Network" for our program posters!
This free program will include eight weekly (2 hour) group education sessions, including 1 hour with a registered dietitian and health educator followed by 1 hour of exercise sessions with a kinesiologist (plus open gym times) located in the lower level of the Steel Building. These sessions will be student-centered so we welcome any level of knowledge and ability.
If you are interested in registering and booking the pre-assessment screening requirement before starting the program, please email Anja and Laurie at connections@upei.ca for more information or to register.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Anja and Laurie
Accessibility Services invites colleagues to our session, 鈥淲hat are Executive Functions,鈥� on Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the TLC. Learn about executive functions, what they look like in action, and effective supports and strategies for instructors and students. Specifically, the session will cover prioritizing and goal selection; planning and organizing; working memory; attention and flexibility; self-regulation; inhibition and initiation; and execution and goal attainment.
Through a generous endowment from the Fondation J.-Louis 尝茅惫别蝉辩耻别, 大发快三彩票has established the 尝茅惫别蝉辩耻别 Undergraduate Research Awards in Human Health. This program is intended for students interested in performing human health-related research during the summer of 2025.
Please visit the Undergraduate Research Opportunities page for the call for applications and application forms.
The deadline for applications is Friday, February 21, 2025, by 4 pm.
For more information, contact Leslie Cudmore, Research Grants Coordinator, at lcudmore@upei.ca or 902-566-0709.
The 大发快三彩票Office of Research Services will host a Research Breakfast on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 am in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
Dr. Misty Rossiter will present 鈥淗ealthy Eating Environments: A Responsive Approach to Feeding Children, and Dr. Senthilkumar Thiruppathi will speak about 鈥淪ustainable Automation for the Agri-food and Aquaculture Sector in PEI.鈥�
Please join us at this free event to learn more about 大发快三彩票research, and network over a delicious breakfast. Hope to see you there!
Seating is limited. Register at
Looking to apply for the HWMEP 大发快三彩票Panther Pitch? 馃憖 Don鈥檛 miss this Business Model Canvas Workshop:
馃棑 When: Wednesday, January 29
馃晸 Time: 4:00--6:00 pm
馃搷 Where: Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship, 201 Robertson Library
This is the first workshop in our series to help you prepare for the HWMEP Panther Pitch before the February 6th deadline. Perfect for anyone seeking extra guidance to complete their Business Model Canvas!
Tag your team members, share with friends, and help spread the word! 馃檶
鉁� Sign up at
In accordance with the 大发快三彩票Action Plan: Building A Culture of Trust, Safety and Inclusion, the 大发快三彩票 has committed to developing a new Harassment and Discrimination Policy and a revised Sexual Violence Policy. In an email message issued on January 21 to students, staff, and faculty, co-chairs Wendy Rodgers and Lucky Fusca announced that a Review Committee has been struck, and work is now underway to develop a recommendation for the two policies, following a university-wide consultative process.
The Review Committee was selected by the University among individuals who responded to a call for expressions of interest to participate, with a view to ensure a broad representation across constituency groups in the 大发快三彩票community (with diverse experiences and backgrounds). The Committee held its initial meeting on December 18, 2024, and will continue to meet on a bi-weekly basis for the next three months, with a target completion date of March 31, 2025.
All members of the 大发快三彩票community are, and will be, encouraged to provide feedback regarding their experiences with the current suite of policies and to offer other comments or suggestions they want to bring forward for the Committee's attention. If you wish to provide feedback, you may do so either through the online feedback form, , or by submitting comments by email to Bobby Cameron, Chief of Staff, Office of the President, at trcameron@upei.ca. Individuals are encouraged to provide feedback on or before February 7, 2025.
On Wednesday, January 29, ITSS will conduct routine maintenance on the my大发快三彩票portal and related services from 8:00 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with myUPEI, Self-Service, and Colleague.
We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on my大发快三彩票to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.
As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using and Outlook email using .
If you have any questions, please contact the ITSS help desk at 902-566-0465.
The national systems use a job scheduler called 鈥淪lurm.鈥� In this session, you will learn how Slurm works and how it allocates jobs, helping you to minimize wait time by framing reasonable requests; ask for only the resources you need to improve efficiency; increase throughput; run more jobs simultaneously; and troubleshoot and address crashes. This workshop is designed for new HPC users familiar with Linux and Shell Scripting, or for experienced users transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler.
Register at .
Shell scripting helps you save time, automate file management tasks, and better use the power of Linux. You鈥檒l learn how to use the command line to carry out repetitive tasks, extract information from files quickly, combine commands in powerful ways, learn about job scripts, shell variables and looping commands, and capture a workflow so you can re-use it easily. Save time, reduce errors, and use Linux more effectively. This workshop is designed for either new high performance computing (HPC) users who are familiar with working in a Linux environment, or for experienced users seeking to get more out of shell scripting.
Register at .
Please join us on Friday, January 31, at 3:30 pm in FSDE 128B for the next lecture in our Pizza Seminar series. In this seminar, David LeBlanc will give a talk on the potential of machine learning techniques to evolve into models of human intelligence. Pizza and pop will follow the presentation.
The excitement for this Saturday's Gold Rush draw is growing as big as the pot! With no winners in the last FOUR draws, the total pot has grown to more than $16,300!
Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for UPEI鈥檚 athletic and recreation programs. You can now select a specific team, club, or program to direct your proceeds from each of your tickets.
Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the 大发快三彩票Panther Recreation app from the App Store or on Google Play, or . The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.
大发快三彩票Class of 2025 Mix and Mingle!
Event Date: Friday, April 4, 2025, 5:00 pm
Location: W.A. Murphy Student Centre
Room: McMillan Hall
Join us as we welcome the 大发快三彩票Class of 2025 to our alumni family! This event is open to all 2025 grads and UPEI/SDU/PWC alumni.
Celebrate the last day of classes with free refreshments, live music entertainment, fun door prizes to be won, and more!
Please RSVP at
If you have any questions, please contact Faith Phillips at fsteeves@upei.ca or 902-566-0687.
Accessibility Services invites colleagues to our session, 鈥淲hat are Executive Functions,鈥� on Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the TLC. Learn about executive functions, what they look like in action, and effective supports and strategies for instructors and students. Specifically, the session will cover prioritizing and goal selection; planning and organizing; working memory; attention and flexibility; self-regulation; inhibition and initiation; and execution and goal attainment.
Through a generous endowment from the Fondation J.-Louis 尝茅惫别蝉辩耻别, 大发快三彩票has established the 尝茅惫别蝉辩耻别 Undergraduate Research Awards in Human Health. This program is intended for students interested in performing human health-related research during the summer of 2025.
Please visit the Undergraduate Research Opportunities page for the call for applications and application forms.
The deadline for applications is Friday, February 21, 2025, by 4 pm.
For more information, contact Leslie Cudmore, Research Grants Coordinator, at lcudmore@upei.ca or 902-566-0709.
Looking to apply for the HWMEP 大发快三彩票Panther Pitch? 馃憖 Don鈥檛 miss this Business Model Canvas Workshop:
馃棑 When: Wednesday, January 29
馃晸 Time: 4:00--6:00 pm
馃搷 Where: Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship, 201 Robertson Library
This is the first workshop in our series to help you prepare for the HWMEP Panther Pitch before the February 6th deadline. Perfect for anyone seeking extra guidance to complete their Business Model Canvas!
Tag your team members, share with friends, and help spread the word! 馃檶
鉁� Sign up at
The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next presentation of the 2024-25 Environmental Sciences & Human Biology seminar series on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. Dr. Enooyaq Sudlovenick, Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies, will present 鈥淏eluga whales, arctic marine mammals, and Inuit knowledge.鈥�
The Department of Religious Studies presents Theology on Tap on February 3, at 7:00 pm, at the Salvador Dali Cafe, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown. Professor Peter Koritansky will ask the provocative question, "Does Morality Depend on God?" We look forward to an engaging talk, excellent discussion, and much fellowship and fun. Please join us! For more information, visit our page.
The Department of Companion Animals will interview Dr. George Munguia for a tenure-track faculty position in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care. Dr. Munguia will be on campus on Tuesday, January 28, and Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Dr. Munguia received his DVM in 2020 from the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI. He then completed a small animal rotating internship and is currently completing an MSc and clinical residency program in emergency and critical care at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine.
As part of the interview process, he has been asked to present a 50-minute seminar on two separate topics: the first, a topic that would be appropriate to teach to third-year veterinary students; the second, to present his research interests:
SEMINAR NOTICE - Dr. George Munguia
Initial Triage and Stabilization of the Acutely Seizing Patient
Shoot For The鈥louds: A Practical Approach to Clinically Relevant Research
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 12:30 pm, AVC Lecture Theatre 鈥淎鈥�
Any interested faculty and staff are invited to attend. A copy of his CV and cover letter will be available from Jill Blaquiere (jnblaquiere@upei.ca).
