Campus Notices
Dr. Martha Giraldo O鈥橫eara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, candidate for the tenure track position with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts, will make two public presentations.
The first is a simulated class presentation entitled "Cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder" and will take place on Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM at the following link:
The second is a research talk entitled 鈥淟inking the laboratory and the clinic: a focus on body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive- compulsive disorder.鈥� This presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here:
All are welcome to attend.
Are you hiring a summer student? Do you supervise students in your day to day work?
Health, Safety and Environment will be hosting two separate sessions for Supervisors put on by the PEI Workers Compensation Board (WCB) entitled: Young Worker Safety: Changing the Culture.
Participants will learn what is now known about the significant influence supervisors can have on young worker safety, and how employers and supervisors might capitalize on this. Participants will hear what young PEI workers say about their hesitation to raise their workplace safety concerns, and what they can do to encourage young workers to speak up.
The one hour Zoom Sessions will be held on:
Wednesday, March 10 at 9 am, and
Friday, March 12 at 1:30 pm
To register for one of these courses, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at shkavanagh@upei.ca or at 566-0901.
In May, WCB will also be holding sessions on Student Safety directed at students. These sessions will be advertised closer to the date.
If you've never played Gold Rush before, what are you waiting for? We've gone two weeks with no winner, and the pot is getting bigger! It's nearly $3,000 now and is growing every day.
Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the 糖心原创 Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or . The weekly draw is held at 8 pm every Saturday.
Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for 糖心原创鈥檚 varsity and club sport programs as well as enhances recreational offerings that are available to all 糖心原创 students.
Learn directly from Bridget King (IBM), Vicki Ng (adidas), Kelly Pereira (RBC), and Elaine Rocha (AIG) as they share how they鈥檝e propelled their careers into positions of leadership. These powerhouse women will share inside tips and advice on how you can #ChooseToChallenge gender norms and support women in their career journeys.
Don鈥檛 miss this intimate conversation hosted by Ten Thousand Coffees, via 糖心原创 Connect to celebrate International Women鈥檚 Day 2021.
RSVP to attend -
Dr. Martha Giraldo O鈥橫eara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, candidate for the tenure track position with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts, will make two public presentations.
The first is a simulated class presentation entitled "Cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder" and will take place on Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM at the following link:
The second is a research talk entitled 鈥淟inking the laboratory and the clinic: a focus on body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive- compulsive disorder.鈥� This presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here:
All are welcome to attend.
The Robertson Library is excited to announce it's first cohort of Faculty Textbook Champions during Open Education Week from March 1st - 5th (https://www.openeducationweek.org/)!
As part of the Library's Open Education Resource Development Program, this new initiative highlights 糖心原创 educators who selected open textbooks or open educational materials for their course(s) and showcases the efforts of these educators to reduce student costs and provide equitable access to educational materials.
Visit to learn more about each educator's reason for switching to an open educational resource, the impact of selecting an OER on their course, and finally, advice for educators considering selecting and/or developing an open educational resource.
If you've never played Gold Rush before, what are you waiting for? We've gone two weeks with no winner, and the pot is getting bigger! It's nearly $3,000 now and is growing every day.
Play today and every week for a chance to win! Download the 糖心原创 Panthers app from the App Store or on Google Play, or . The weekly draw is held at 8 pm every Saturday.
Gold Rush is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for 糖心原创鈥檚 varsity and club sport programs as well as enhances recreational offerings that are available to all 糖心原创 students.
Learn directly from Bridget King (IBM), Vicki Ng (adidas), Kelly Pereira (RBC), and Elaine Rocha (AIG) as they share how they鈥檝e propelled their careers into positions of leadership. These powerhouse women will share inside tips and advice on how you can #ChooseToChallenge gender norms and support women in their career journeys.
Don鈥檛 miss this intimate conversation hosted by Ten Thousand Coffees, via 糖心原创 Connect to celebrate International Women鈥檚 Day 2021.
RSVP to attend -
CPA Atlantic will be hosting a virtual information session- Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 12:00 pm. Please email John Thomas at jthomas@cpaatlantic.ca to RSVP and receive the virtual link.
Atlantic Canada Study and Stay 鈥� Prince Edward Island is hosting the 鈥淏ridge to PEI鈥� Conference on Saturday, March 20th, from 9:00 am 鈥� 1:30 pm (AST) via Zoom. Register Here:
The event is offered free of charge to all Post-Secondary International Students on Prince Edward Island.
This conference will feature workshops on:
-Immigration Pathways to Prince Edward Island
-Prince Edward Island Labour Laws
-Presentation from the PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada
-PEI Study and Stay鈩� Alumni Panel.
Anyone with any questions about the event can reach out to Kady McDonnell at studyandstaypei@upei.ca.
Please help us share this event with your network. Thank you.
The Professor Emeritus Evaluation Committee will consider all nominees and forward its recommendations to Senate. Senate is the final approval body and will notify nominees of its decision.
Inquiries may be directed to vpar@upei.ca
Dr. Martha Giraldo O鈥橫eara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, candidate for the tenure track position with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts, will make two public presentations.
The first is a simulated class presentation entitled "Cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder" and will take place on Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM at the following link:
The second is a research talk entitled 鈥淟inking the laboratory and the clinic: a focus on body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive- compulsive disorder.鈥� This presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm AST via ZOOM, and can be accessed here:
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, March 4, 2021
2:30 pm-4:30 pm AST via Zoom
Ian McIsaac, a candidate in the Master of Arts Island Studies (MAIS) program, will defend his thesis on Thursday, March 4, 2:30鈥�4:30 pm. The thesis is entitled "Islandness: Factors influencing change in the Prince Edward Island Lobster Fishery."
As this thesis defence will be conducted using Zoom video conferencing technology, pre-registration is required. If you wish to attend, please visit to reserve your spot.
For more information, contact Interim MAIS Coordinator Dr. Laurie Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with some other programming language
A great deal of high-performance computing software is written in C, but few universities offer courses in the language any more. If you have to work with "legacy code" written in C, adding features, porting to a new machine, or patching errors, or if you need to write user-defined functions for engineering packages such as Fluent, then this workshop is for you.
This session will take place on:
Thursday, March 4 - 12 pm - 4 pm (Atlantic time)
You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages.
Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail)
Instructions for how to join will be sent out one day prior to the start of the event.
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/acenet-c-as-a-second-language-tickets-135724978063
The Robertson Library is excited to announce it's first cohort of Faculty Textbook Champions during Open Education Week from March 1st - 5th (https://www.openeducationweek.org/)!
As part of the Library's Open Education Resource Development Program, this new initiative highlights 糖心原创 educators who selected open textbooks or open educational materials for their course(s) and showcases the efforts of these educators to reduce student costs and provide equitable access to educational materials.
Visit to learn more about each educator's reason for switching to an open educational resource, the impact of selecting an OER on their course, and finally, advice for educators considering selecting and/or developing an open educational resource.
Thursday, March 4, 2021
2:30 pm-4:30 pm AST via Zoom
Ian McIsaac, a candidate in the Master of Arts Island Studies (MAIS) program, will defend his thesis on Thursday, March 4, 2:30鈥�4:30 pm. The thesis is entitled "Islandness: Factors influencing change in the Prince Edward Island Lobster Fishery."
As this thesis defence will be conducted using Zoom video conferencing technology, pre-registration is required. If you wish to attend, please visit to reserve your spot.
For more information, contact Interim MAIS Coordinator Dr. Laurie Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca.
糖心原创 concussion research study seeks participants:
Charlottetown, PEI 鈥� A 糖心原创 research group is seeking participants for a study to test a new method for assessing head injuries. Participants must be aged 16 to 27 years of age.
The team is looking for participants in the following categories:
1. Healthy people (non-concussed, no known chronic diseases)
2. People who have had a concussion within the last 36 hours
3. People who have had concussion symptoms for longer than three months but less than six months
4. People who have had a bone fracture within the last 36 hours
5. Boxers active in competition
Please contact 902-620-5215 or concussion@upei.ca if you are interested in participating in the study.
Did you know Windows allows you travel back in time? If you ever find yourself looking for something you were working on 'the day before yesterday' press the Windows Key+Tab and you can open a timeline of your activities in Windows. Easy.
On March 4, 2021, the sign-in page for my糖心原创 will look slightly different as ITSS will be applying a security improvement to the my糖心原创 portal.
This will mean beginning March 4, and on a go-forward basis, you will need to login to my糖心原创 using your full 糖心原创 email address. Then click 鈥淣ext鈥� before you can enter your password. Examples of what the new login will look like can be seen section of our website.
As always, if you have any questions or issues after the change, please contact the ITSS Help Desk (helpdesk@upei.ca) or call 902 566 0465.
I am back with my hat in my hand (when it is not a toque on my head). Food costs and student traffic at the campus food bank have increased to numbers comparable to last spring and summer. I continue to be grateful for the generosity of the 糖心原创 campus community for volunteering time as well as donations of food and funding.
If you are able to volunteer to cover a shift or two, please sign up here .
We are also grateful for your financial support upei.ca/donate.
And as always, rice, pasta, frozen and canned vegetables, and gift cards can be donated.
Thank you!
Sister Sue
